Darren Jackson (fighter)

Darren Jackson is a British ex professional mixed martial arts fighter. Amongst his fights were two appearances in UK Mixed Martial Arts Championships . Jackson has trained in various combat sports and has been featured in Fighters Magazine.

Record

Jackson fought in several bare-knuckle arranged fights and unlicensed boxing matches, before becoming involved in mixed martial arts, which he saw as a progression from the "unstructured" combat which he used to engage in. Jackson has argued that mixed martial arts provide a safer alternative to boxing, due to the reduced reliance on hits to the head and the greater emphasis on wrestling.
Professionally, Jackson has fought in two events promoted by the UKMMA Championships. In his first fight, at UKMMAC 6, he won the silver medal, losing to Fabrice Degund the French kick boxing champion and cracking his own elbow in the process. In his second fight, at UKMMAC 8, he was defeated by Dennis Kelly, Kelly had 14 fights to Jackson's 2, but Jackson still took the fight, In March, 2005, Jackson fought on the undercard of the International Kickboxing Federation world title bout between Mark Epstein and Alan Fenandes, losing to Geoff Dabbs in the 81 kg International Rules division after taking the fight in short notice.

Martial arts training

In 2004 Jackson was reported as coaching a mixture of boxing, jujitsu, Muay Thai and wrestling. Jackson was amongst a handful of students that trained with Steve Morris in Horsham and were taught the Morris method. Jackson is black belt in Karate, Judo, & a brown belt in BJJ. Jackson has also coached some fighters to amateur and professional level in MMA & Boxing.

Fight records

Professional mixed martial arts

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	0-2	Dennis Kelly	Submission	UKMMAC 8 - Unnatural Force	22 August 2004	1	1:43	Essex, England
Loss	0-1	Fabrice Degund	Submission	UKMMAC 6 - Extreme Warriors	29 February 2004	1	1:23	Essex, England