On this day in 2002, an MMA icon sent shock waves in pride by hitting his opponent in the floor.
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson can believe that Wanderlei Silva was the scariest hunter at the time, but the American knockout artist was another feared competitor.
The former UFC and Pride Star yielded a number of incredible highlights during his long career that ended in 2019, including Jackson's One-Punch Ko about Silva on UFC 92 where he received some revenge.
He was also at the end of a few major losses after he had confronted the majority of the top names of his era with his defeat through football kicks against Mauricio Rua as a particularly rough moment for Jackson.
During his entire run there was a specific technique that he became known for with his pure power, making him an intimidating physical strength in Japan.
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Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson recorded his first victory through Slam when he drove Masaaki Satake in the floor
In 2001, Quinton Jackson debuted in pride where he suffered the second loss of his career after he was submitted by the Japanese icon Kazushi Sakuraba.
That year he would return to the promotion for two more fights, with 1-1 before he arrived at Pride 20: Armed and ready on April 28 in 2002.
In the Yokohama Arena in Japan, 'Rampage' next to Dan Henderson, Antonio Nogueira and Bob Sapp with Wanderlei Silva would fight against a draw with Mirko Cro Cop in the main event.
Jackson recorded the Japanese Masaaki Satake, where the physical benefits of the American were clearly visible from an early stage of the fight while holding his opponent in the corner.
After he was divorced by the referee, 'Rampage' immediately pushed him back into the corner where he grabbed a leg before he hired sattake in the air and drove him back to the canvas.
The traveling hunter dominated a few minutes of the top position while landing a vicious land and bond where satake was eventually able to escape by climbing back to his feet.
Unfortunately for him, where Jackson had still wrapped his hands around the waist of his opponent, he suplexed him back through the air with the impact that caused considerable damage.
Satake did not defend the follow -up attacks and as soon as the referee entered to wave the fight, he rolled around on the mat in pain with the repetition that showed how he had landed on his shoulder when he was driven into the canvas.
Jackson would then compile a six-fighter wintreak with victories over people like Chuck Liddell and Kevin Randleman before he was eliminated in 2003 by Silva during the last conflict of Pride.
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson produced an even more devastating SLAM only two years later
It is remarkable that Jackson would make Quinton 'Rampage' only two years later, the SLAM would make his characteristic move after he had produced a second knockout through this technique.
After he returned in 2003 from his loss to Wanderlei Silva at Pride Final Conflict, the Fans's favorite was linked to Ricardo Arona at Pride Critical Countdown in June 2004.
This fight would be notorious for producing one of the most devastating finishes of all time, in which Jackson uses his strength to perfectly prevent an attempt at entry.
While Arona looked at threatening with a triangle stick from the bottom, 'Rampage' picked him up and bombarded him in the floor, and hit his opponent in an instant with his head in the floor.
He would then suffer his second knockout loss against Silva later that year.