The former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion got dropped by a punch at 2:30 in the very first round, however, replays clearly showed that the finishing strike from the Russian legend wasn’t all that powerful.
This has kicked off a conspiracy theory amongst the fans that the fight may have been fixed.
Rampage took to Instagram and squashed the speculation before owning up to the loss. Jackson admitted that he was extremely out of the shape for the fight, which ended up costing him the final Bellator fight of the decade.
He made no excuses for the loss and thanked his ‘real fans’ for all the support.
The former Light Heavyweight fighter weighed in at just around 265 pounds for the main event contest, which is ridiculous if you think about it.
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Jackson did a great job of marketing the fight, however, he showed no intention to physically tune-up to face The Last Emperor. In the end, being overweight proved to be his downfall as he suffered one of his rare knockout losses. The former UFC fighter was so off the pace that Emelianenko looked incredible for a 43-year-old veteran.
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