Jason High was born on October 12,1981 and is an American mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Lightweight division of the Professional Fighters League.
48 Facts About Jason High
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Jason High was born in Kansas City, Missouri and has two brothers and a sister.
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Jason High began playing football and baseball from a young age, before moving to Blue Springs, Missouri at the age of 10, where he discovered wrestling.
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Jason High then continued at the collegiate level for five years.
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Jason High first spent two years at Meramec Community College in St Louis where he did very well and qualified twice for the national championships.
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Jason High then spent three years at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln as a walk-on player, which has a very prestigious Division I program.
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Jason High earned a degree in history and used to work as an operations manager and full-time EMT for a private ambulance company.
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Jason High was still working in the early part of his mixed martial arts career.
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Jason High had one amateur fight in 2005, a submission win, before making his professional debut a month later.
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Jason High won his first seven professional fights before making his debut in Affliction.
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Jason High made his Affliction debut losing to Jay Hieron at the Day of Reckoning card.
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Jason High defeated Shirai quickly in the first round by rear naked choke.
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Jason High faced Marius Zaromskis in the finals, but was knocked out in the first round of the match.
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Jason High later signed with the UFC and made his debut against Charlie Brenneman on the preliminary card of UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Gomi, losing via unanimous decision.
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Jason High moved back to his hometown of Kansas City and opened a facility in Leawood, Kansas with LC Davis and began training at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida.
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Jason High rebounded from his two consecutive losses with a unanimous decision victory against Jordan Mein, a young, up and comer from Canada at RITC 40 in Taber, Alberta.
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Jason High next faced Rudy Bears on January 28,2011, at Titan Fighting 16.
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On February 7,2011, it was announced that Jason High had signed a multi-fight contract with Strikeforce.
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Jason High made his debut at Strikeforce Challengers: Fodor vs Terry and defeated Quinn Mulhern via unanimous decision.
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Jason High won the fight via guillotine choke submission at just 26 seconds into the first round.
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On January 8,2013, Jason High announced he signed a contract with the UFC.
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Jason High was expected to face Ildemar Alcantara on June 8,2013, at UFC on Fuel TV 10.
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Jason High faced James Head on August 28,2013, at UFC Fight Night 27.
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Jason High won the bout via first round guillotine choke submission.
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Jason High faced Anthony Lapsley on November 16,2013, at UFC 167.
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Jason High is hoping to have his next fight sometime in early first quarter 2014.
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Jason High was expected to face Adlan Amagov on January 15,2014, at UFC Fight Night 35, However, Amagov pulled out of the bout due to injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Baneil Dariush.
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In turn, Jason High pulled out of the bout citing appendicitis and was replaced by returning veteran Charlie Brenneman.
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Jason High faced Rafael dos Anjos in a Lightweight bout on June 7,2014, at UFC Fight Night 42.
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Jason High protested the stoppage, believing it to be too early, and proceeded to shove the referee.
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Jason High was released from his UFC contract as a result.
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Jason High made his promotional debut again fellow Strikeforce and UFC veteran Estevan Payan on November 20,2015, at WSOF 25.
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Jason High won the fight via knockout in the second round.
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On March 23,2016, it was announced that Jason High will fight in the co-main event at WSOF 31 on June 17,2016, against Bellator and UFC vet Mike Ricci.
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Jason High won via technical knockout in the second round.
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Jason High faced Joao Zeferino at WSOF 33 on October 7,2016.
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Jason High lost via technical knockout in the third round.
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Jason High next faced Caros Fodor on June 30,2017, at Professional Fighters League 36: Fitch vs Foster.
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Jason High faced Efrain Escudero in a lightweight tournament bout at PFL 2 in Chicago on June 21,2018.
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Jason High lost the fight via technical submission in the third round.
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The ending was controversial as the referee stopped the bout when Jason High quickly moved his hand under Escudero's body, resulting in the referee believing it was a tap.
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However, upon review of replays, it was clear Jason High had not tapped.
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Jason High lost the fight via technical submission due to a rear-naked choke in the first round.
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Jason High was then scheduled to face Johnny Case at PFL 7 on August 30,2018, for the PFL playoff eliminator bout.
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However, Jason High withdrew due to unknown reason and the bout was rebooked to October 9,2020.
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Jason High won the bout via second-round knockout, claiming the inaugural FAC Welterweight Championship.
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Jason High made his first title defense against Jake Lindsey at FAC 5 on December 11,2020.
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Jason High won the fight via technical knockout in the fifth round.