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Coach for “The Ultimate Fighter” season fourteen, Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller (24-8) was highly criticized for his poor performance against opposing coach Michael Bisping at the TUF 14 Finale earlier this month. Bisping would earn a third round TKO finish over a sloppy and exhausted ‘Mayhem’ in Las Vegas.
UFC president Dana White called it “the worst standup I’ve ever seen in my life. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen worse standup.”
Miller has been relatively quite since that fight but has now responded to his critics and fans. In his latest post on his website (mayhemmiller.com), ‘Mayhem’ takes responsibility for the “colossal failure” saying he is now in Holland working on his kickboxing.
Dana White was right. He made some disparaging comments about my performance, and I agree with him. I displayed the worst of everything that night in the octagon. I was tense in round one and I locked up after that. I didn’t perform to my potential, and I take full responsibility for it. That wasn’t a UFC caliber performance, and I’m not happy about it- I won’t, however, write a worthless diatribe on myself, because that is not constructive. I elect instead to take this misstep and make something positive out of it…
I made a lot of mistakes in this story- during the camp, during the fight- but the key to living life is learning from your mistakes and making positive change. I feel very positive right now, and I hope you feel the same way, I would be absolutely nothing without persistence and positive thinking, and if there is anything i want you to take from my blog it is that mentality. I will continue on this amazing journey, looking to make the most epic stories that I can.
Currently I’m in Holland, working on my kickboxing with Siyar Badaharzada (@siyarthekiller) and one of the greatest MMA trainers in the world, Martijn De Jong (@martijndej) as well as teaching here in Europe.