Jason Nicholas Miller best known as Mayhem Miller is an American TV host and
mixed martial arts middleweight fighter. Miller trains at Reign Training Center
in Lake Forest, California and at Kings MMA in Huntington Beach, California. He
has fought in the UFC, Strikeforce, WFA, WEC, and DREAM. He holds notable wins
over Robbie Lawler, Tim Kennedy, Denis Kang and Kazushi Sakuraba.
Miller was the host of MTV's reality series Bully Beatdown and occasionally
appears for "Mayhem Mondays" on The Jason Ellis Show on Sirius satellite
radio. Early life
Miller was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and he grew up in Fort Bragg,
North Carolina. Miller's father was an 82nd Airborne paratrooper in the United
States Army. After Miller was expelled from high school for fighting, he and
his family had to move 40 miles so that he could go to school into a new
district. Miller knew he wanted to compete professionally, He earned his
yellow belt in Taekwondo at age 11 and joined his new High school's wrestling
team and would challenge the instructors of karate schools to spar. He was guided
by a judo instructor to attend one of the first mixed martial arts schools.
Miller had his first fight in Virginia Beach when he was 17 years old, against
27-year-old Al "Superman" Dill. Miller won the fight and officially began his
MMA career. Mixed martial arts career
After his submission win over Ronald Jhun, earning Miller his first
Superbrawl Championship, a riot broke out and Miller was punched in the back
of the head by a fellow fighter, Mark Moreno. This set the stage for a grudge
match, and Miller dominated Moreno, finishing him with an armbar at the end
of round one making the shaka sign before finishing him.
On September 2, 2006, Mayhem won the Icon Sport Middleweight title from
Robbie Lawler in a back and forth battle. After being staggered and nearly
finished by Lawler, Mayhem secured an arm triangle and won in the third round.
In December of the same year, Mayhem lost his first title defense to Frank
Trigg via TKO in the second round, a fight many thought he was the favorite
to win. Mayhem stepped into the Dream 4
tournament on short notice and scored an impressive win in the semifinals, he was
eliminated by Ronaldo Souza in the quarterfinals. Miller lost a unanimous
decision to "Jacare" in a fast paced grappling style bout that saw him escape
submission after submission. After back and forth battles of words on
Japanese, Brazilian and American media, Miller and Souza fought again, but this
time for the Dream Middleweight belt.. The fight ended in a no-contest when
Miller landed a soccer kick to Souza's forehead, which opened a large gash and
prompted a doctor stoppage. Both fighters agreed to face each other in an
event in September 2009. The match was canceled after Souza signed with the
Strikeforce promotion. Miller fought Jake Shields on November
7, 2009 on CBS as a part of Strikeforce: Fedor vs Rogers. The fight was for the
Strikeforce Middleweight Championship as Cung Le stepped down as champion. After
a brief punching exchange that staggered Shields, the fight was mostly grappling,
Miller lost via unanimous decision. The closest the match came to ending was in
the third round when Miller secured a rear naked choke on Shields, but time
ended before Shields tapped out. Mayhem fought Tim Stout at Strikeforce:
Nashville on April 17, 2010 and won the fight by with a ground and pound TKO at
1:47 of the first round. Miller was expected to face Robbie
Lawler on June 16, 2010 at Strikeforce: Los Angeles, but was removed from the
card after the Tennessee Athletic Commission suspended him for his part in
the Nashville Brawl. After Shields' win over UFC veteran and former Pride FC
Welterweight and Middlweight Champion Dan Henderson, Mayhem confronted Jake
Shields for a title rematch. Although Jake was not surprised, Nick Diaz, Nate
Diaz, and the rest of Team Gracie fought with Miller in the cage, prompting CBS
announcer Gus Johnson to say "Gentlemen, we are on national television."
Although Mayhem aggressively called out Nick Diaz, the bout never materialized.
Mayhem instead fought Kazushi Sakuraba on September 25, at Dream 16. In
pre-fight interviews, Mayhem stated that he wished to be one of the only people
to submit Sakuraba, "the Gracies couldn't do it, I want to". He would go
on to do just that, and win the fight via arm triangle choke.
On April 22, 2011, Miller announced via Twitter that he had signed a multi-fight
deal with the UFC due to his Strikeforce contract expiring.
= Strikeforce: Nashville brawl= On April 17, 2010, following Jake
Shields' victory over Dan Henderson, Miller entered the cage, without proper
approval, during Shields' post-fight interview. During that interview, Mayhem
interrupted Shields and asked "Where's my rematch, buddy?" Gilbert Melendez and
Shields responded by pushing Miller away, and Nick Diaz then threw a punch
at Miller which started a brawl. Members of the Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu camp,
including Melendez, Nick and Nate Diaz, attacked Miller while he was held down
on the canvas by other members of the Gracie camp. The fight was eventually
broken up by referees, members of Dan Henderson's corner and the promoter's
security personnel. Miller and five other participants in the brawl were
each given three-month suspensions, and fines ranging between $5,000 and $7,500.
Following the events of the Nashville Brawl, Miller expressed an interest in
fighting Nick Diaz. The 170 lb Diaz refused stating he was the Strikeforce
Welterweight Champion and needed to continue to fight at that weight. He
requested Miller move down to 170 lb to fight him. Miller continued to attempt
to set up a fight, offering 183 lb as a catchweight. Diaz counter-offered a
catchweight of 181 lb. Scott Coker, CEO of Strikeforce was interested in setting
up the fight, but failed to do so as Zuffa took over Strikeforce.
= Return to the UFC= On April 22, 2011, Miller signed a
multi-fight agreement with the UFC. Miller was expected to face Aaron
Simpson on July 2, 2011 at UFC 132. However, on May 27, 2011, it was
revealed that Miller would be one of the coaches of The Ultimate Fighter Season
14, opposite to Michael Bisping Miller was replaced by Brad Tavares on the UFC
132 card. Miller was defeated by Bisping on
December 3, 2011 at The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale. Round 1 was controlled by
Miller with grappling, but Miller uncharacteristically tired after that
round, and was defeated via TKO at 3:34 of the third round. It is speculated
that he had some type of injury before the bout.
Miller was then defeated by CB Dollaway on May 26, 2012 at UFC 146,. After
dropping Dollaway with a right hand, Miller appeared to injure his left knee.
He was taken down for the rest of the fight and lost via unanimous decision.
Mayhem had very publicly stated on his Twitter page that if he lost the fight,
he would retire. One day following the loss, Dana White
ignored Miller's statement of retirement, instead opting to publicly
fire Miller. White cited unspecified "backstage antics" on the part of Miller
as a partial reason for the cut as well as Miller being a "clown" in his
wardrobe choices before the fight. Miller later stated his side of the
story, describing it as a brief confrontation with backstage official
Burt Watson over Miller's attempt to wear a gasmask and colorful paper bag
over his face for his walk-out. = 2013 Return To MMA=
On October 26, 2013 Miller announced on his official Twitter page that he will
be returning to MMA. Mayhem is no longer under contract with the UFC, and no
promotions have been mentioned in his return.
= MMA Hour incident= On October 8, 2012, Miller appeared on
internet talk-show, the MMA Hour. He was promoting an upcoming movie, Here Comes
the Boom, and decided to give the interview "in character" as his
character from the movie. "Patrick" became upset when Ariel Helwani
pressured him to give the interview as Jason Miller. The fictional Patrick,
stormed off of the set in a rage. Arrests
Miller was arrested on charges of domestic violence on August 11, 2013 and
released on bail on August 12. On August 22, 2013 he was arrested again on a new
charge of domestic abuse. In court on August 26 the two charges were combined
into one case with two felony counts of "corporal injury of spouse" and details
of the complaint, including kicking, choking, and urinating on his alleged
victim, were released. Miller plead "Not Guilty" and his bail was reset at
$1,000,000. On October 9, 2013, Miller was arrested and on October 10 booked
for a misdemeanor Contempt of Court charge for violating a "Stay Away"
order, by sending a snapchat. Miller was arrested on October 9, 2014 after a
five-hour-long standoff with a SWAT team outside his Orange County, California
home. Miller gave live updates over the five hours via his official verified
Twitter account, @MAYHEMMILLER On October 16, 2015 Miller was arrested
again, after allegedly assaulting police officers.
Championships and accomplishments = Mixed Martial Arts=
Icon Sport Middleweight Championship
Superbrawl Welterweight Championship
North American Welterweight Championship International Sport Combat Federation
ISCF East Coast Middleweight Championship
World MMA Awards Most Memorable Ring Entrance 2010 & 2011
= Submission Wrestling= Grapplers Quest Champion 2001, 2003,
2004 Best in the West Champion 2003
Mixed martial arts record Media
In the past, Miller appeared regularly on The Jason Ellis Show on Sirius XM
Radio Faction XM 52 Sirius 41 on "Mayhem Mondays!!" as both a mixed martial arts
expert and comedian, sharing amusing anecdotes and opinions.
Miller also appears briefly in several music videos of Jason Ellis' band
"TaintStick" Miller also authors a monthly article
for Fight! Magazine with humorous articles on serious subjects.
He is the host of the MTV reality series Bully Beatdown in which he challenges
bullies to a fight with other professional fighters, and if they
accept, they have the opportunity to win $10,000. If the bully loses, the person
he picked on wins the $10,000. In the first episode of the show's third
season, Miller went on to take on the bully himself, making him lose all
$10,000. Miller affectionately called his fans Mayhem Monkeys and himself the
leader of the "monkey cult" and had a fan club of numbered monkeys.
Jason Miller appeared on G4's American Ninja Warrior, making it through the
qualifying round with a time of 2:55.0. He was later eliminated in the second
qualifying round. He also appears in video games -
Electronic Arts' EA Sports MMA and THQ's UFC Undisputed 3.
On July 20, 2010, November 30, 2010, and September 28, 2011, Jason Miller
appeared on the podcast "The Joe Rogan Experience".
"Mayhem" took part in Here Comes the Boom, playing the role of "Lucky
Patrick", an MMA fighter who goes in the ring against Kevin James' character,
Scott Voss, in the film. See also
List of male mixed martial artists References
External links Official website
Official UFC Profile Professional MMA record for Jason Miller
from Sherdog