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Chael Sonnen vs Rampage Jackson

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Chael Sonnen and Rampage Jackson met 0 times, on dates the sources do not establish.

SOURCE·Chael Sonnen and Rampage Jackson — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Chael SonnenRampage Jackson
73″ (185.4 cm)Reach—
73″ (185.4 cm)Height73″ (185.4 cm)
0%Reach advantage—
31–17Record38–13
39%Finish rate63%
7Longest unbeaten run9
60Recorded bouts54
SouthpawStance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 10. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentChael SonnenRampage Jackson
Fedor Emelianenko L L
Wanderlei Silva W W
Jon Jones L L
Lyoto Machida L W
Rashad Evans L L
Wanderlei Silva W W
Forrest Griffin L L
Maurício Rua W L
Wanderlei Silva W L
Wanderlei Silva W L

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Chael Sonnen

1990200020102020UNFILEDwin v Ben Hailey, 1997, decisionloss v Alexandre Ferreira, 2001, submissionwin v Justin Hawes, 2002, kowin v Jesse Ault, 2002, decisionwin v Scott Shipman, 2002, submissionwin v Jason Miller, 2002, decisionwin v Homer Moore, 2003, decisionwin v Greg Curnut, 2003, submissionwin v Jason Lambert, 2003, decisionloss v Forrest Griffin, 2003, submissionwin v Renato Sobral, 2003, decisiondraw v Akihiro Gono, 2003, drawloss v Trevor Prangley, 2003, submissionloss v Alexandre Ferreira, 2003loss v Terry Martin, 2004, kowin v Alex Stiebling, 2004, decisionloss v Jeremy Horn, 2004, submissionloss v Keiichiro Yamamiya, 2004, decisionwin v Justin Bailey, 2004, kowin v Arman Gambaryan, 2004, decisionloss v Renato Sobral, 2005, submissionwin v Tim Williams, 2005, kowin v Adam Ryan, 2005, kowin v Aleksei Oleinik, 2006, decisionwin v Tim Credeur, 2006, koloss v Jeremy Horn, 2006, submissionwin v Trevor Prangley, 2006, decisionloss v Paulo Filho, 2007, submissionwin v Kyacey Uscola, 2007, kowin v Amar Suloev, 2007, kowin v Tim McKenzie, 2007, submissionwin v Paulo Filho, 2008, decisionwin v Bryan Baker, 2008, decisionwin v Yushin Okami, 2009, decisionwin v Dan Miller, 2009, decisionloss v Demian Maia, 2009, submissionloss v Anderson Silva, 2010, submissionwin v Nate Marquardt, 2010, decisionwin v Brian Stann, 2011, submissionloss v Anderson Silva, 2012, kowin v Michael Bisping, 2012, decisionloss v Rashad Evans, 2013, kowin v Maurício Rua, 2013, submissionloss v Jon Jones, 2013, koloss v André Galvão, 2014, submissiondraw v Renato Sobral, 2015, drawdraw v Michael Bisping, 2016, drawwin v Wanderlei Silva, 2017, decisionloss v Tito Ortiz, 2017, submissionloss v Craig Jones, 2017, submissionloss v Fedor Emelianenko, 2018, kowin v Quinton Jackson, 2018, decisionloss v Lyoto Machida, 2019, koloss v Craig Jones, 2025, submissionwin v Jesse Ault, no date on recordwin v Léo Vieira, no date on recordwin v Beau Clark, no date on recordwin v Stephan Potvin, no date on recordresult not stated v ko-losses=, no date on recordresult not stated v Record, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1997–2025 · 6 UNDATED
2000 2010 2020 win vs Ben Hailey (1997)loss vs Alexandre Ferreira (2001)win vs Justin Hawes (2002)win vs Jesse Ault (2002)win vs Scott Shipman (2002)win vs Jason Miller (2002)win vs Homer Moore (2003)win vs Greg Curnut (2003)win vs Jason Lambert (2003)loss vs Forrest Griffin (2003)win vs Renato Sobral (2003)draw vs Akihiro Gono (2003)loss vs Trevor Prangley (2003)loss vs Alexandre Ferreira (2003)loss vs Terry Martin (2004)win vs Alex Stiebling (2004)loss vs Jeremy Horn (2004)loss vs Keiichiro Yamamiya (2004)win vs Justin Bailey (2004)win vs Arman Gambaryan (2004)loss vs Renato Sobral (2005)win vs Tim Williams (2005)win vs Adam Ryan (2005)win vs Aleksei Oleinik (2006)win vs Tim Credeur (2006)loss vs Jeremy Horn (2006)win vs Trevor Prangley (2006)loss vs Paulo Filho (2007)win vs Kyacey Uscola (2007)win vs Amar Suloev (2007)win vs Tim McKenzie (2007)win vs Paulo Filho (2008)win vs Bryan Baker (2008)win vs Yushin Okami (2009)win vs Dan Miller (2009)loss vs Demian Maia (2009)loss vs Anderson Silva (2010)win vs Nate Marquardt (2010)win vs Brian Stann (2011)loss vs Anderson Silva (2012)win vs Michael Bisping (2012)loss vs Rashad Evans (2013)win vs Maurício Rua (2013)loss vs Jon Jones (2013)loss vs André Galvão (2014)draw vs Renato Sobral (2015)draw vs Michael Bisping (2016)win vs Wanderlei Silva (2017)loss vs Tito Ortiz (2017)loss vs Craig Jones (2017)loss vs Fedor Emelianenko (2018)win vs Quinton Jackson (2018)loss vs Lyoto Machida (2019)loss vs Craig Jones (2025)
winlossdraw / NC1997–2025

Rampage Jackson

1990200020102020UNFILEDwin v Mike Pyle, 1999, decisionwin v Charlie West, 2000, decisionwin v Rob Smith, 2000, decisionwin v Warren Owsley, 2000, submissionwin v Ron Rumpf, 2000, koloss v Marvin Eastman, 2000, decisionwin v Marco Bermudaz, 2000, submissionloss v Daijiro Matsui, 2001, dqwin v Yuki Ishikawa, 2001, kowin v Alexander Otsuka, 2001, koloss v Kazushi Sakuraba, 2001, submissionwin v Kenneth Williams, 2001, submissionwin v Bryson Haubrick, 2001, submissionwin v Dennis Henderson, 2001, submissionwin v Dave Taylor, 2001, kowin v Igor Vovchanchyn, 2002, kowin v Sean Gray, 2002, kowin v Masaaki Satake, 2002, kowin v Cyril Abidi, 2002, decisionwin v Ikuhisa Minowa, 2003, koloss v Wanderlei Silva, 2003, kowin v Murilo Bustamante, 2003, decisionwin v Mikhail Ilyukhin, 2003, submissionwin v Kevin Randleman, 2003, koloss v Wanderlei Silva, 2004, kowin v Ricardo Arona, 2004, kowin v Hirotaka Yokoi, 2005, koloss v Maurício Rua, 2005, kowin v Murilo Rua, 2005, decisionwin v Matt Lindland, 2006, decisionwin v Yoon Dong-sik, 2006, decisionwin v Dan Henderson, 2007, decisionwin v Chuck Liddell, 2007, kowin v Marvin Eastman, 2007, kowin v Wanderlei Silva, 2008, koloss v Forrest Griffin, 2008, decisionwin v Keith Jardine, 2009, decisionwin v Lyoto Machida, 2010, decisionloss v Rashad Evans, 2010, decisionloss v Jon Jones, 2011, submissionwin v Matt Hamill, 2011, decisionloss v Ryan Bader, 2012, decisionwin v Joey Beltran, 2013, koloss v Glover Teixeira, 2013, decisionwin v Muhammed Lawal, 2014, decisionwin v Christian M'Pumbu, 2014, kowin v Fábio Maldonado, 2015, decisionwin v Satoshi Ishii, 2016, decisionloss v Muhammed Lawal, 2017, decisionwin v Wanderlei Silva, 2018, koloss v Chael Sonnen, 2018, decisionloss v Fedor Emelianenko, 2019, kowin v Jon Nutt and Andrew Wood, 2023, kowin v Chuck Liddell, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1999–2023 · 1 UNDATED
2000 2010 2020 win vs Mike Pyle (1999)win vs Charlie West (2000)win vs Rob Smith (2000)win vs Warren Owsley (2000)win vs Ron Rumpf (2000)loss vs Marvin Eastman (2000)win vs Marco Bermudaz (2000)loss vs Daijiro Matsui (2001)win vs Yuki Ishikawa (2001)win vs Alexander Otsuka (2001)loss vs Kazushi Sakuraba (2001)win vs Kenneth Williams (2001)win vs Bryson Haubrick (2001)win vs Dennis Henderson (2001)win vs Dave Taylor (2001)win vs Igor Vovchanchyn (2002)win vs Sean Gray (2002)win vs Masaaki Satake (2002)win vs Cyril Abidi (2002)win vs Ikuhisa Minowa (2003)loss vs Wanderlei Silva (2003)win vs Murilo Bustamante (2003)win vs Mikhail Ilyukhin (2003)win vs Kevin Randleman (2003)loss vs Wanderlei Silva (2004)win vs Ricardo Arona (2004)win vs Hirotaka Yokoi (2005)loss vs Maurício Rua (2005)win vs Murilo Rua (2005)win vs Matt Lindland (2006)win vs Yoon Dong-sik (2006)win vs Dan Henderson (2007)win vs Chuck Liddell (2007)win vs Marvin Eastman (2007)win vs Wanderlei Silva (2008)loss vs Forrest Griffin (2008)win vs Keith Jardine (2009)win vs Lyoto Machida (2010)loss vs Rashad Evans (2010)loss vs Jon Jones (2011)win vs Matt Hamill (2011)loss vs Ryan Bader (2012)win vs Joey Beltran (2013)loss vs Glover Teixeira (2013)win vs Muhammed Lawal (2014)win vs Christian M'Pumbu (2014)win vs Fábio Maldonado (2015)win vs Satoshi Ishii (2016)loss vs Muhammed Lawal (2017)win vs Wanderlei Silva (2018)loss vs Chael Sonnen (2018)loss vs Fedor Emelianenko (2019)win vs Jon Nutt and Andrew Wood (2023)
winlossdraw / NC1999–2023
Cross-references
Chael Sonnen

The full ledger: 60 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

31–17 Rampage Jackson

The same, from the other corner — 54 bouts and the cohort Jackson is ranked inside.

38–13 Every confirmed matchup

The other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.

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