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Damon Jackson Gets His Second Wind

Related Topics: Damon Jackson, Dan Ige, Diego Lopes

Featherweight Feeling Great, Ready To Fight Every Time His Phone Rings. He Meets Chepe Mariscal Saturday In Las Vegas.

By THOMAS GERBASI, ON X: @THOMASGERBASI • Aug. 8, 2024

“I was ready to go.”

Damon Jackson should trademark that phrase and put it on t-shirts, because if anyone in mixed martial arts is always prepared to get into a fistfight, it’s him. So when Dan Ige withdrew from his July 20 bout with Chepe Mariscal to fight Diego Lopes on a few hours’ notice at UFC 303 on June 29, Jackson got on the phone to manager Jason House.