Damon Jackson is looking for a little more “Action.”
Despite laying his gloves down at UFC 309 last month in New York, the longtime lightweight veteran is not ready to call it quits just yet. Blame the hasty decision to retire on his “emotional” and “frustrating” submission loss to Jim Miller in “The Empire State.”
“I’m not done, man — I’m really not,” Jackson told MMA Junkie Radio. “I’ve been in the gym doing two- and three-a-days just like normal. I’m still in it 100 percent, it’s just mentally I really checked out that night and it was an overload, really. But I’m not done. I just need to figure out the path to what I want to do next. But I’m not done fighting, for sure.”
The 36 year-old Jackson has dropped four of his last five.
“I’m not going to fight for anybody but the UFC,” Jackson continued. “I’m not going to go test the contract. I don’t give a sh*t about anybody else’s contracts. I don’t care about anyone else. If I ever fight again, it’ll be with UFC. I told Sean [Shelby], ‘Listen, I’m going to take some time off. I’m probably not even going to fight until this summer.’”
In order to book a return bout, Jackson (23-8-1, 1 NC) would need to reenroll in the promotion’s drug testing program (now helmed by Combat Sports Anti-Doping) and complete six months of negative returns before stepping into the Octagon.
Jackson’s UFC debut came at UFC 177 all the way back in summer 2014.
