Josh Lawless
Warning: The following post contains scenes of extreme violence.
Raja Jackson's immediate comments after a brutal attack which left a professional wrestler hospitalised have emerged.
Jackson, son of former UFC star Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, appeared to assault an independent wrestling star on livestream during Knokx Pro Wrestling's show in Los Angeles, California.
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After an altercation with wrestler Syko Stu, real name Stuart Smith, backstage earlier that night - the 25-year-old was set to interfere in the tag team match and perform a double-leg takedown.
However, he did not stick with what appeared to be the planned angle and proceeded to enter the ring and slam Smith onto the mat before pummelling him with at least 20 punches as he lay motionless on the canvas.
A fellow wrestler said Stu, although awake and communicating, had lost teeth and suffered broken facial bones following the incident.
Footage of the sickening attack went viral online and saw wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer call it "one of the worst things I have ever seen in the ring".
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MMA fighter Jackson was escorted from the venue afterwards but did not stop his stream and refused to show any real remorse for his actions.
"I'm tired of motherf***ers playing with me, bro. Real sh**," Jackson, with blood on his white t-shirt, said to the camera.
"I'm tired of everybody f**king playing with me and sh*t. Think I'm always playing and sh*t, call me b**ch and sh**. I'm not no f***ing b**ch, bro.
"At the end of the day, I'm going to stand up for my f***ing self because I'm tired of everybody f***ing playing with me. Real sh**!"
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Amid calls for the 25-year-old to be prosecuted, both The New York Times and TMZ say the Los Angeles Police Department have launched an investigation.
In attendance to watch his friend Andre Joel Hudson, Jackson had been streaming backstage at the show and was involved altercation with Smith, who told him "You need to be worried about Syko Stu" and smashed a can of beer on the side of his head.
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Smith was then informed that Jackson is not a wrestler and wasn't part of the show, leading to him issuing an apology which looked to be accepted.
However, on stream Hudson told Jackson to give Smith his "f***ing receipt" when it emerged that the promotion planned to run an angle where he got involved in the match.
He streamed from the front row and could be heard saying that he was "gonna hit him as many times as I can".
Raja has not reacted to the incident but Rampage posted a statement where he called it "a work that went wrong" and revealing his son had suffered a concussion in MMA sparring just days prior.
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Knokx Pro Wrestling slammed Jackson for what they called a "selfish, irresponsible act of violence".