Quinton “Rampage” Jackson says the UFC changed his contract after discovering how much he earned from knocking out Chuck Liddell to win the light heavyweight title in 2007. Jackson made the claim during a recent Kick stream with Adin Ross, where he said the promotion reacted after learning he made around $7 million from the fight. According to Jackson, that number came from terms already attached to the deal he had before the UFC acquired his contract.
“When they found out I made that $7 million, I’m gonna say it — they changed my contract without me knowing,” Jackson said. “Because they bought my contract from another organization.”
The accusation is not about a bad renegotiation. Jackson is saying the UFC changed the deal without his knowledge after realizing what his old terms were paying out. It is another ugly money story in a sport that keeps dragging fighter pay complaints back into the spotlight, whether the noise is coming from retired stars or more recent criticism of what the promotion pays active talent.
Before his UFC title run, Jackson was already a major name in PRIDE. When the UFC bought the World Fighting Alliance in 2006, it also took control of Jackson’s contract. He now says the promotion did not realize that deal included pay-per-view money, which kept paying him after the Liddell win. That would explain why he still points to that fight as a turning point in his relationship with the company.
Watch the clip below.
Rampage Jackson REVEALS when the UFC & Dana White found out he made $7,000,000 from his fight vs Chuck Liddell, they CHANGED his contract without him KNOWING 😳
“Dana doesn’t like to PAY people what they’re WORTH.” pic.twitter.com/F1Usb8le0S
— AdinUpdate (@AdinUpdate) March 31, 2026
Rampage says the contract issue changed everything
Jackson and the UFC never had a smooth relationship after that title run. He had multiple public disputes with the promotion and eventually fought out his deal before leaving in 2015. That larger fallout has shown up in other complaints from Rampage over the years, including his anger over sponsorship money and the way he felt business was handled during his UFC run.
The key part of this new claim is the wording. Jackson is framing it as something done without his knowledge, not just a contract revision he hated. That is a much heavier accusation. At the same time, there is no public contract attached to the allegation, so all anyone can confirm right now is that Jackson made it publicly.
