 As a result, and for repeatedly denigrating women, several women’s organizations called for the UFC to pull Jackson from his then upcoming bout against Glover Teixeira.Sharmili Majmudar, the executive director of Rape Victims Advocates, stated that "when you hear or you see people in prominent roles essentially echoing those messages that sexual violence is a joke or it’s no big deal or it’s funny, it just compounds that experience for victims.”

In 2013, Jackson directed more highly inappropriate comments toward female reporter Karyn Bryant during an interview just days after a petition was published seeking Rampage's removal from the UFC.Jackson has repeatedly persuaded his Asian fans to make homophobic remarks about themselves on camera.