Jason Miller (martial artist)

Jason Miller
Jason Miller 2008
Data
Fight name	Mayhem
size	185 cm
Weight	83 kg
nationality	United States
Date of birth	December 24, 1980
Fight out	Fayetteville , North Carolina
place of birth	Atlanta , Georgia
team	Team Quest
Fighting style	Muay Thai , Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
MMA statistics
Victories	24
Knockout	6th
task	14th
Defeats	9
Crashes	1

Jason Nicholas Miller (born December 24, 1980 in Atlanta ; nickname Mayhem ) is a former American mixed martial arts fighter and presenter . He mainly used Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai techniques. Miller trained at Team Quest in Temecula and had trained intensively with Randy Couture , Marc Laimon and Quinton Jackson , with whom he grew up. He regularly co-hosts "Mayhem Mondays" on the Jason Ellis Show on Sirius Satellite Radio .

Miller played fights at Strikeforce , Pride's successor Dream and two fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship . As of March 17, 2010, his competition statistics included 23 wins and seven losses.

Jason Miller hosted the reality TV show Bully Beatdown , which ran in three seasons from March 2009 to January 2012 on MTV . In the show, he let candidates who were presented as bullys (bullys) compete in the ring against professional MMA fighters.

Early life

Jason Miller was born on December 24, 1980 in a military hospital. Both parents were in the military, and so the family spent most of their youth traveling around the United States. The family lived in council houses at army bases, the longest in Fort Bragg , North Carolina. As a child he practiced traditional martial arts at times and his father, an 82nd Airborne paratrooper, was a former amateur boxer. Miller attributed much of his combat experience in interviews to street fights and brawls with his father. Jason Miller took an interest in mixed martial arts at the age of 16 when he watched videotapes from Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride and Vale Tudo Brazil. He began his training after putting on a hockey chest protector and Tae-Kwon-Do gloves and losing to a smaller, weaker friend in a stranglehold while sparring . He was kicked out of school for a fight and had to move to a rural town that had an early mixed martial arts school for his high school senior year. That year he began to train seriously and started wrestling again, which he had previously given up. He missed his prom and instead went on a date with a girl to see his first professional MMA fight on Virginia Beach , Virginia in April 1999.

After leaving home, he began traveling around the country pursuing his MMA career. To finance his lifestyle, he fought in small events across the country and taught mixed martial arts. He was famous for living in a minibus outside the HB Ultimate Training Center in Huntington Beach, California. He also lived for rent in various gyms and rooms when he traveled to Las Vegas, Hawaii, and Los Angeles to improve his fighting techniques.

Mixed martial arts career

Mayhem has fought in a variety of organizations including ICON Sport , Ultimate Fighting Championship , DREAM and Strikeforce . In his career he defeated opponents such as Falaniko Vitale , Ronald Jhun , Egan Inoue , Denis Kang , Kala Hose , Toby Imada and Robbie Lawler .

A riot broke out after the fight against Ronald Jhun and Miller was hit on the back of the head by Mark Moreno . This set the stage for a Grudge Match, and Miller dominated Moreno, defeating him with an arm lever at the end of the first round and making the famous Shaka sign before defeating him. Mayhem became most famous through a bloody fight with Canadian superstar Georges St. Pierre at UFC 52 . He lost by a unanimous decision.

On September 2, 2006, Mayhem won the Icon Sports Middleweight Title from "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler by Arm Triangle in the third round. In December of that year, Mayhem lost his first title defense in a fight in which he was considered a favorite against Frank Trigg by TKO in the second round. On October 5, 2006, Miller attended Anything Goes , a professional wrestling event run by Action Zone Wrestling.

Mayhem is currently fighting for the Japanese MMA event DREAM , where he was part of the 2008 Middleweight Grand Prix. He was defeated by Ronaldo de Souza at DREAM.4 in the semi-finals of the tournament. Miller lost to "Jacare" by a unanimous decision in a fight that most of the time looked like a surrender would end it.

The two battled again, but this time for the dream middleweight belt (a title that has been vacant since Gegard Mousasi moved to the light heavyweight division). The fight ended with a frustrating breakup, Miller landed a soccer kick on Jacare's forehead. The kick opened a large wound on Jacaré's head that caused the doctors to stop the fight. Soccer kicks are not allowed in Dream, so the fight was stopped because the kick was not intentional. Both fighters agreed to face each other again at an event in September 2009. The future of this rematch became uncertain when Souza later signed a deal with Strikeforce . Miller fought in Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers versus Jake Shields. The fight was for the Strikeforce middleweight title as Cung Le stepped down as champion to pursue his acting career.

Ultimately, Miller lost the fight for the Strikeforce middleweight title by a unanimous decision against Jake Shields . Although unable to withstand Jake Shields throws, he also scored a few throws late in the first round, and came the next to end the fight when he put Shields into a body triangle in the last 10 seconds of round three. The task ended by the end of the third round.

Miller met Tim Stout at Strikeforce: Nashville on April 17, 2010 and won the fight through TKO in the first round.

Miller was then scheduled to face Robbie Lawler on June 16, 2010 at Strikeforce: Los Angeles , but he was off the map following his actions at Strikeforce: Nashville, where he faced Jake Shields with a rematch after Shields beat UFC veteran Dan Henderson away.

There was suspicion that Miller would fight Nick Diaz in October , but the fight never materialized. Instead, “Mayhem” will play against Kazushi Sakuraba on September 25th at Dream.16 .

On April 22, 2011, it was announced that Miller was leaving Strikeforce and will now fight again in the UFC. His first opponent was Aaron Simpson, whom he met on July 2, 2011 as part of the UFC 132 event. The fight had to be canceled because of Miller’s participation in "The Ultimate Fighter". For the first time in the history of "The Ultimate Fighter", the two coaches were supposed to compete against each other in the final on December 3, 2011. Miller lost this fight by TKO in round 3 after 3:33 minutes when referee Steve Mazzagatti stopped the fight.

After losing to CB Dollaway in the Ultimate Fighting Championship 146, UFC President Dana White announced the next day that Miller's career with the UFC was over. On May 28, 2012, Miller resigned from professional MMA sports.

Strikeforce: -Nashville brawl

During the post-combat interview after Jake Shields ' victory over Dan Henderson , Miller somehow got into the cage and interrupted Shields by asking, "Where's my rematch buddy?" After both Gilbert Melendez and Shields Miller pushed away, Nick Diaz struck and started a brawl. Members of the Cesar Gracie Jiu Jitsu camp, which includes members such as Melendez, Diaz, and Nate Diaz , attacked Miller while he was being held back by members of Diaz's camp. The fight was then called off by referees, members of Dan Henderson's Corner, and security. Miller is now under review, and perhaps suspended, by Strikeforce and the Tennessee State Athletic Commission. Strikeforce has already pulled him out of a planned fight with Robbie Lawler and says they will honor whatever decision the commission makes.

MMA statistics

Result	statistics	opponent	method	event	date	round	time	Venue	Remarks
defeat	24-9 (1)	CB Dollaway	Decision (unanimous)	Ultimate Fighting Championship 146	2012-05-27	3	5:00	Las Vegas , USA	Resignation after defeat
defeat	24-8 (1)	Michael Bisping	TKO (blows)	The Ultimate Fighter Season 14 Finale	2011-12-03	3	1:27	Las Vegas , USA
victory	24-7 (1)	Kazushi Sakuraba	Task (Arm Triangle Choke)	DREAM. 16	2010-09-25	1	2:09	Nagoya , Japan
victory	23-7 (1)	Tim Stout	TKO (blows)	Strikeforce: Nashville	2010-04-17	1	3:09	Nashville , Tennessee , USA
defeat	22-7 (1)	Jake Shields	Decision (unanimous)	Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers	2009-11-07	5	5:00	Chicago , Illinois , USA	To get the free Strikeforce Middleweight Title
NC	22-6 (1)	Ronaldo de Souza	Illegal kick by Miller caused TKO	DREAM.9 Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Second Round	2009-05-26	1	2:33	Yokohama , Japan	For the free DREAM Middleweight Title
victory	22-6	Kala pants	Task (Rear Naked Choke)	Kingdom MMA - Miller vs. trousers	2009-04-18	1	2:27	Honolulu , Hawaii , USA
defeat	21-6	Ronaldo de Souza	Decision (unanimous)	DREAM.4 Middle Weight Grand Prix 2008 2nd Round	2008-06-15	2	5:00	Yokohama , Japan	Dream MWGP quarter finals
victory	21-5	Katsuyori Shibata	TKO (blows)	DREAM.3 Light Weight Grand Prix 2008 2nd Round	2008-05-11	1	6:57	Saitama , Japan	Dream MGWP opening round
victory	20-5	Tim Kennedy	Decision (unanimous)	HDNet Fights - Reckless Abandon	2007-12-15	3	5:00	Dallas , Texas, USA
victory	19-5	Hiromitsu Miura	Decision (unanimous)	WEC 27	2007-05-12	3	5:00	Las Vegas , Nevada, USA
victory	18-5	Hector Urbina	TKO (blows)	Icon Sport - Epic	2007-03-31	1	1:11	Honolulu , Hawaii , USA
defeat	17-5	Frank Trigg	TKO (kicks)	Icon Sport - Mayhem vs Trigg	2006-12-01	2	2:53	Honolulu , Hawaii , USA	Lost ICON Sport Middleweight Championship.
victory	17-4	Robbie Lawler	Task (Arm Triangle)	Icon Sport - Mayhem vs Lawler	2006-09-02	3	2:50	Honolulu , Hawaii , USA	Won ICON Sport Middleweight Championship.
victory	16-4	Lodune Sincaid	Task (Rear Naked Choke)	WFA - King of the Streets	2006-07-22	1	4:29	Los Angeles , California, USA	Fought with 93 kg
victory	15-4	Stefan Gamlin	Task (Arm Triangle Choke)	Icon Sport - Mayhem vs Giant	2006-05-26	1	0:46	Honolulu , Hawaii , USA
victory	14-4	Falaniko Vitale	Task (Rear Naked Choke)	Icon Sport - Opposites Attract	2005-10-28	2	2:41	Honolulu , Hawaii , USA
victory	13-4	Mark Moreno	Task (Shaka Armbar)	Superbrawl icon	2005-07-23	1	4:54	Honolulu , Hawaii , USA
defeat	12-4	Georges St. Pierre	Decision (unanimous)	UFC 52 - Couture vs Liddell 2	2005-04-16	3	5:00	Las Vegas , Nevada, USA	fought with 77 kg
victory	12-3	Ronald Jhun	Technical task (arm triangle choke)	SB 37 - SuperBrawl 37	2004-10-16	2	N / A	Honolulu , Hawaii , USA
victory	11-3	Egan Inoue	TKO (interruption)	SB 32 - SuperBrawl 32	2003-12-05	2	5:00	Honolulu , Hawaii , USA
victory	10-3	Sean Taylor	Task (triangle choke)	SB 31 - SuperBrawl 31	2003-09-20	2	3:32	Honolulu , Hawaii , USA
victory	9-3	Mark Longworth	Task (guillotine choke)	PFC - Put Up or Shut Up	2003-08-23	2	N / A	California , USA
victory	8-3	Jay Buck	Decision (inconsistent)	SB 30 - Collision Course	2003-06-13	3	3:00	Honolulu , Hawaii , USA
defeat	7-3	Tim F Kennedy	decision	EC 50 - Extreme Challenge 50	2003-02-23	3	5:00	Salt Lake City , Utah , USA
victory	7-2	Denis Kang	Task (Rear Naked Choke)	EC 50 - Extreme Challenge 50	2003-02-23	2	1:41	Salt Lake City , Utah , USA
victory	6–2	Todd Carney	Towel (break)	FFP - February Fight Party	2003-02-01	1	2:31	Atlanta , Georgia, USA
defeat	5–2	Todd Carney	Task (guillotine choke)	ISCF - Atlanta	2002-08-16	1	1:32	Atlanta , Georgia, USA
victory	5–1	Phil Ensminger	Task (triangle choke)	RFC1 - The Beginning	2002-07-13	1	3:23	Las Vegas , Nevada, USA
victory	4–1	Toby Imada	decision	XP 2 - Xtreme Pankration 2	2002-04-12	2	5:00	Los Angeles , California , USA
defeat	3–1	Chael Sonnen	decision	HFP 1 - Rumble on the Reservation	2002-03-30	2	5:00	Anza , California , USA
victory	3–0	Todd Carney	task	ISCF - Battle at the Brewery 2001	2001-12-08	2	2:53	Atlanta , Georgia, USA
victory	2–0	Brian Warren	Task (Rear Naked Choke)	UP 1 - Ultimate Pankration 1	2001-11-11	1	3:15	Cabazon , California , USA
victory	1–0	Tommy Laguwans	TKO	RITC 27 - Rage in the Cage 27	2001-04-28	1	3:00	Phoenix, Arizona , USA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile on MixedMartialArts.com
2. ↑ Jason Miller in the database of Sherdog (English)
3. ↑ Jason "Mayhem" Miller's "Bully Beatdown" debuts tonight on MTV ( Memento from March 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Bully Beatdown
5. ^ ^{A b} Charles Pearson: Getting To Know: Jason "Mayhem" Miller. Lockflow, July 17, 2005; archived from the original on July 2, 2007 ; accessed on May 27, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Tommy Myers: Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza signs with Strikeforce. In: MMAMania. August 4, 2009, accessed May 27, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Maggie Hendricks: Shields picks up Strikeforce title with win over 'Mayhem'. In: Yahoo Sports. November 7, 2009, accessed May 27, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Loretta Hunt: Lawler-Sobral Set for June 16; Strikeforce Expects 'Mayhem' To Be Suspended. In: Sherdog. April 29, 2010, accessed May 27, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Video on YouTube , no longer available
10. ↑ Loretta Hunt: Mayhem-Sakuraba Agreed for Dream 16. In: Sherdog. August 27, 2010, accessed May 27, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Due to "TUF 14," Jason Miller vs. Aaron Simpson scratched from UFC 132. In: MMAJunkie. May 27, 2011, archived from the original on May 30, 2011 ; accessed on May 27, 2015 . 
12. ^ Then Stupp: Michael Bisping vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller slated for The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale. In: MMA Junkie. May 29, 2011, archived from the original on June 1, 2011 ; accessed on May 27, 2015 . 
13. ↑ UFC boss confirms Jason 'Mayhem' Miller done with organization. In: MMAJunkie. May 27, 2012, accessed May 27, 2015 . 
14. ^ Brian Hemminger: Jason 'Mayhem' Miller retires from MMA, clears air about UFC 146 'incident' backstage. In: MMAMania. May 28, 2012, accessed May 27, 2015 . 

Web links

• Jason Miller in the database of Sherdog (English)
• Bully beatdown