What is Jason Mayhem Miller's Net Worth?
Jason Mayhem Miller is an American former mixed martial arts fighter who has a Net Worth of $200 thousand. Jason is best known for his Mayhem Martial Arts studio in Los Angeles, California, where he coaches mixed martial arts fighters. He is also known for hosting the MTV reality series Bully Beatdown, which aired from March 22, 2009, to October 4, 2012, and pitted everyday bullies against professional fighters for cash prizes.
Early Years
Jason Mayhem Miller was born on December 24, 1980, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. As his father was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army, Jason and his family resided in the military installation of Fort Bragg until Jason was expelled from school for fighting. In order for him to attend school in another district, the family had to pack up and move to a residential location forty miles away.
As a child, Jason practiced the Japanese martial art of judo. He also practiced the Korean martial art of taekwondo and earned his yellow belt at the age of eleven.
Professional Fighting
On October 16, 2004, Jason Mayhem Miller beat martial artist Ronald Jhun to win his first Superbrawl Championship. On September 2, 2006 he took the Icon Sport Middleweight title away from martial artist Robbie Lawler. The tables turned on November 7, 2009, when he lost the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship to fighter Jake Shields.
On April 17, 2010, Jason defeated fighter Tim Stout at the mixed martial arts event Strikeforce: Nashville. Later that day, he entered the cage during another fighter's post-fight interview, which ignited a major brawl between several fighters. He and five other fighters were suspended from the fights for three months and fined various amounts of up to $7,500.
Jason signed an agreement on April 22, 2011, with the Ultimate Fighting Championship to take part in several fights. He went on to be defeated in a December 2011 fight as well as a May 2012 fight, which he claimed would result in his retirement. Before he could retire, however, he was fired by Dana White, president and Chief Executive Officer of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. White announced that his reasons for the termination included Jason's backstage antics and clownish way of dressing to present himself for a fight.
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Bully Beat Down
Jason Mayhem Miller hosted the American reality television series "Bully Beat Down," which aired on MTV from 2009 to 2012. In each episode, a bully was pitted against a professional mixed martial artist for a chance to win $10,000. Every episode began with the victim of a bully explaining their situation. Jason would then confront the bully and offer him cash to go up against a professional fighter. Any money the bully didn't win went to his victim. If the bully not only beat his challenger but also knocked him out, he received a $5,000 bonus. Despite arguments that the show was staged with professional stuntmen playing the bullies, Jason insisted the show and its situations were authentic.
Acting
After his termination from the UFC, Jason Mayhem Miller veered toward acting and snagged the role of "Lucky" Patrick Murray in the 2012 sports comedy film "Here Comes The Boom," about a biology teacher who tries to save the music program at the school where he works by becoming a mixed martial arts fighter. Produced by Happy Madison Productions, which is owned by American actor Adam Sandler, the film was ranked among the ten best films of 2013 for family audiences at that year's Annual Movieguide Awards. During publicity for the movie, Jason appeared on the talk show MMA Hour and insisted on staying in character for the interview. When host Ariel Helwani asked him to just be himself, he furiously arose and left.
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Return to Fighting
On October 26, 2013, Jason Mayhem Miller publicly announced that he would be returning to professional fighting. He did return, only to lose the Light Heavyweight title to Mattia Schiavolin. The loss, he later said, inspired him to face the drug addiction and legal troubles that had been overshadowing his life. The inspiration didn't last as the arrests continued to rack up.
Legal Problems
During the winter of 2005, Jason Mayhem Miller was accused of kicking in the door of his girlfriend's apartment and assaulting her male visitor. An assault charge and a first-degree burglary charge resulted.
In August of 2011, after putting his sister in a headlock during a house party in North Carolina and refusing to let her go, he was arrested and charged with simple assault and false imprisonment.
The following August, he was arrested and charged with trespassing and burglary at Mission Viejo, California, after a church pastor told police that Jason had broken into the church and destroyed several pictures, books, and compact discs contained within. Police responded to the church and found Jason sleeping naked on a second-floor sofa where he had discharged the contents of a fire extinguisher. He was arrested, but the charges were dropped when the pastor decided that Jason needed to be provided with spiritual guidance as opposed to being punished.
On August 11, 2013, Jason was arrested and charged with domestic battery. He was released and then arrested on the same charge eleven days later. He pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of corporal injury of a spouse in a California court. Released on bail, he was arrested again on October 9 of that year for violating the no-contact order when he sent a Snapchat message to the accuser.
On October 9, 2014, after a five-hour long stand-off with a SWAT team stationed outside his house in Orange County, California, Jason was arrested and charged with felony domestic violence.
On March 7, 2015, he was charged with battery on a police officer, unlawful fighting, and resisting arrest outside of a Laguna Beach bar. Bar employees called the police when Jason became violent and began breaking glass inside the establishment. Seven months later, on October 16, police were called to Jason's residence by two women there who claimed he had thrown a ceramic tile at them and threatened to assault them with a metal pole as well as a fire extinguisher. Police had to tase him in order to place him under arrest.
On February 7, 2016, Jason was arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Irvine, California. The following month, he was arrested and charged with burglary and vandalism after breaking into a Lake Forest, California tattoo shop. On July 11 of that year, he was arrested and charged with two counts of assault and battery after being accused of spitting at a police officer and injuring a security guard at the Saddle Ranch Chop House in Costa Mesa, California. The charges were later dismissed.
On October 23, 2018, after destroying property within his girlfriend's La Habra, California house, Jason was arrested and charged with felony vandalism. Facing 23 years in prison due to his criminal history, he accepted a plea deal and served only one year in jail for the crime.
On August 21, 2020, Jason was arrested and charged with felony burglary and grand theft auto. After accepting a plea deal, he was sentenced to one year in prison.
On September 10, 2021, he was arrested and charged with felony domestic violence in Los Angeles, California, after police were called to his girlfriend's Sherman Oak's house following a verbal argument. Police discovered marks of assault on the woman's face and neck. Jason resisted arrest and had to be tased in order to be taken into custody. Bail was set at over $1.3 million due to his criminal history but was then reduced to only $150,000.
On August 30, 2023, Jason was arrested after allegedly choking a fan who came up to him at a West Hollywood nightclub.
