PFL Origin Series: Jason Jackson's Return to Jamaica

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00:00PFL putting out this origin series

00:02that you're a big part of here.

00:04What was that like for you to,

00:05I saw that you went back to Jamaica,

00:07you took it back to where you grew up

00:08and, you know, showed them where you come from.

00:10It's not just about what you're going to do in the cage.

00:12It's about, you know, where you grew up,

00:14what you were able to escape with your fighting career

00:16and, you know, giving back to that community as well.

00:18How did that feel to be able to film that

00:20and go back to the old neighborhood?

00:23Yeah, my mission is to, you know what I'm saying,

00:25help out the people that need help.

00:28There's a lot of kids back home, you know,

00:31who love to just have a small little airway.

00:34They could go and train and enjoy MMA

00:37and, you know what I'm saying, live the martial art life.

00:40And I want to be the one to, you know what I'm saying,

00:42bring that back to the island.

00:43It's over there, but, you know what I'm saying,

00:45get it bigger.

00:48And how does it feel to show, you know,

00:50more of Jamaica than most people are used to?

00:51A lot of people, obviously, when they know Jamaica,

00:53they know that, you know, if you're in America,

00:55a lot of people know it as no vacation

00:57or they know the music of reggae.

00:59They know a lot of what, you know,

01:01maybe the feeling and the conversing, you know,

01:05lifestyle is, but they might not know how tough it is

01:07for a lot of people to get out of

01:09or the, you know, the tough neighborhoods that they exist.

01:11They only know the fun, glitzy things

01:12that you see on TV and movies.

01:14What was it like for you to kind of take them back

01:16and show them, you know, that there is more to it

01:18and that there are people who could use the help

01:19and that people that are struggling

01:21and that need to get out of there?

01:24Yeah, definitely.

01:25Once you put that energy in the right area,

01:27the right direction, definitely, you know,

01:31you're going to get somewhere other than,

01:33you know what I'm saying, kind of get off track.

01:35You just got to stay in the right track,

01:37which is, you know, work hard, never quit.

01:41And, you know, I mean, hang with the good company,

01:45I guess, not the ones that are going to do bad.

01:49So, you know, at the end of the day,

01:51a lot of kids right now are going to watch me

01:54go out there and perform and, you know,

01:57going to be excited afterwards what I'm going to do

01:59because I have a lot of a dream that I have

02:03that I'm going back and helping out.

02:06You know what I'm saying, people in my neighborhood,

02:07not just only kids, but everybody,

02:09give them a place where they could,

02:11you know what I'm saying, put their aggression

02:13and work out and get healthy

02:15because I feel like that kind of missing

02:18in my neighborhood especially.

02:19So I'm fighting for my community

02:23and all the Jamaicans and everybody that's here

02:25that knows me and know how hard I work

02:28and everybody that believe in me,

02:30I'm going to put on and for myself and my kids.

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