Mayhem Miller Signs With the UFC

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Jason “Mayhem” Miller hasn’t fought for the UFC since losing a welterweight bout to current champ Georges St. Pierre in 2005 at UFC 52. Since then he’s put together a 10-3 (1 NC) record with wins over Tim Kennedy, Robbie Lawler, Falaniko Vitale, and Kazushi Sakuraba. His only losses in that span were to Jake Shields, Frank Trigg and Strikeforce middleweight champ Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza.

He’s also hosted three seasons of Bully Beatdown on MTV.

Today we get news from MMA Fighting that he’s re-signed with the UFC. According to that report his Strikeforce contract had expired.

Mayhem becomes the first Strikeforce fighter to make the jump to the UFC since Zuffa, the UFC’s parent company, acquired the promotion. He’d fought for Strikeforce since 2009, going 1-1 and also picking up a win in Dream during that time.

He had been expected to fight both Nick Diaz and Tim Kennedy for Strikeforce in recent months but those fights never happened for reasons unknown.

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Nate Wilcox

Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.