Quinton “Rampage” Jackson returns to the cage when goes up against Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal in the main event of Bellator 175 on March 31.
But, the former UFC light heavyweight champion seems to have a bigger fight to battle.
On Dec. 30, Jackson filed a lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court against Jazella, Breckenridge, and Wedgewood for quiet title, unjust enrichment, and declaratory relief in order to keep his house.
The complaint states: “Due to [Jackson’s] celebrity as a mixed martial-arts fighter, instead of taking title to the Subject Property in his name as an individual, with the advice and guidance of his business partner and manager, non-party Howard Denis Joseph Gwynn (director of Jazella), [Jackson] decided to purchase the Subject Property in such a way that Jazella would be known as the record titleholder.”
Jackson purchased the home on July 25, 2010 for $1.15 million and paid for it in cash. When the home was purchased, the title wasn’t in his name due to his high profile name.
lnstead, Jackson claimed his manager Howard Denis Joseph Gwynn told him to record the title under Jazella which is one of Gwynn’s businesses.
The relationship with Gwynn started to sour so Rampage “made efforts” to get the home into his name. It looks like Jackson might have late to the draw as he alleges Gwynn, through Jazella, “purported to sell the Subject Property to defendants Breckenridge and Wedgewood” on Nov. 1, 2016. Due to that, Jackson feels the LLC’s “intend to unlawfully dispossess [Jackson] and his family and children from the Subject Property.”
