1. Jesse Taylor was born on January 2,1983 and is an American professional mixed martial arts and 10th Planet Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt fighter who last competed in the Welterweight division.
68 Facts About Jesse Taylor
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Jesse Taylor known as "JT Money", graduated Poway High School where he was a wrestler.
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Jesse Taylor took Jiu-Jitsu classes but decided to stick to Wrestling.
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Jesse Taylor was then rewarded with a scholarship to Cal State Fullerton.
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Jesse Taylor still managed to qualify for the Division 1 NCAA Tournament and was 3rd in the Pac-10's.
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Jesse Taylor then decided to give mixed martial arts a real try.
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An old Wrestling friend of his invited him for a Team Quest workout, where Jesse Taylor was able to spar with fighters such as Dan Henderson, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, and Jason Miller.
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Jesse Taylor picked up Jiu Jitsu quickly, and worked to improve his striking.
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Griffin chose Jesse Taylor to take on Mike Dolce; In the second round, Jesse Taylor won the fight again via a rear naked choke.
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Jesse Taylor's quarterfinal fight was against Dante Rivera, which Jesse Taylor won, this time via unanimous decision.
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Jesse Taylor had now advanced to the semi-finals against his close friend Tim Credeur, a fight which Jesse Taylor won by unanimous decision, putting him into the finals.
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Jesse Taylor was removed from the finals after a security recording was presented to Dana White.
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Jesse Taylor was shown kicking out one of the side windows of a rented limousine.
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The staff of the hotel where the incident occurred reported that a drunken Jesse Taylor had frightened female patrons and confronted hotel security by acting aggressively and screaming that he was a UFC fighter.
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Jesse Taylor lost the fight via a Peruvian necktie submission in the first round.
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Jesse Taylor fought on February 14,2009, in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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Jesse Taylor was set to go up against Esteban Ramos.
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Jesse Taylor ended up fighting and beating fighter Gert Kocani.
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Jesse Taylor again won via rear naked choke in the second round.
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Jesse Taylor took on Chris Camozzi, defeating him by decision.
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Jesse Taylor won the King of Champions belt held by Camozzi.
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On May 2,2009, Jesse Taylor defeated MMA veteran Eric DaVila at Shark Fight 4.
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Jesse Taylor then won his sixth straight fight since being released from the UFC after defeating Ruben Dario at Total Combat 33.
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One day after his win over Dario, Jesse Taylor was offered a fight for Japan promotion, DREAM.
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Jesse Taylor made his debut on July 20,2009, at DREAM 10 against Korean Judoka, Dong Sik Yoon.
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Jesse Taylor won after Yoon injured his ankle and was not able to continue.
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Diaz was replaced by Jesse Taylor, who moved down to welterweight, and the fight was changed to a non-title bout.
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Jesse Taylor had his second fight for the Strikeforce promotion on November 6,2009, on the main card of the Strikeforce Challengers: Gurgel vs Evangelista event.
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Jesse Taylor lost to Luke Rockhold in a middleweight contest.
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Jesse Taylor signed a two-fight deal with Canadian-based promotion, Maximum Fighting Championship.
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Jesse Taylor's first fight was on the MFC 25 card against Thales Leites, losing in the first round by submission.
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Jesse Taylor's second fight for MFC took place on the main card of the MFC 26 card against Tom Watson.
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Jesse Taylor was signed to fight Australian knockout artist, Dylan Andrews, at the inaugural Australian Fighting Championship event.
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Jesse Taylor won the fight midway into round one, choking Andrews unconscious from a guillotine choke.
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Jesse Taylor was scheduled to fight PRIDE FC, UFC, and DREAM veteran, Denis Kang at Battlefield Fight League 7.
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Kang later pulled out of the fight, and Jesse Taylor moved up to Light Heavyweight to fight Clay Davidson, defeating him in a unanimous decision.
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Jesse Taylor won by submission in the first round, getting Kang in a rear naked choke.
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Jesse Taylor fought Bellator Middleweight champion Hector Lombard on September 3,2011, in the main event at the Australian Fighting Championships.
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Jesse Taylor replaced an injured Paulo Filho at KSW XVII and faced Mamed Khalidov.
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Jesse Taylor lost the fight via kneebar submission early in the first round.
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Jesse Taylor faced Judo black belt Gael Grimaud on May 24,2012, in Isa Town, Bahrain at Cage Warriors Fight Night 6 for Grimaud's welterweight championship.
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Jesse Taylor dominated the first two rounds by utilizing his wrestling to take Grimaud down and control him throughout the round while peppering Grimaud with short strikes.
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On December 31,2012, Jesse Taylor defeated former champion Chris Fields in Fields's hometown of Dublin, Ireland at Cage Warriors 51 to win the CWFC middleweight title.
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Just two months removed from winning the Cage Warriors middleweight title, Jesse Taylor fought The Ultimate Fighter 3 winner, Kendall Grove.
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Jesse Taylor controlled the fight for five consecutive rounds, winning the fight via unanimous decision, and defending his middleweight title.
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Jesse Taylor had his first Cage Warriors Middleweight title defense on May 4,2013, on the Cage Warriors 54 card.
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Jesse Taylor fought, and defeated, "The White Tyson" John Phillips via submission early in the first round.
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Jesse Taylor will take part in the promotion's four-man middleweight tournament set to determine the first WSOF middleweight champion.
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Jesse Taylor was expected to fight Elvis Mutapcic in the opening round at WSOF 5.
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Jesse Taylor lost the fight via D'arce choke submission in the first round.
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Jesse Taylor fought in the BattleGrounds MMA in a Single Night 8-Man Tournament on October 3,2014.
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Jesse Taylor lost his quarterfinal fight against Trey Houston via submission in the first round.
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Jesse Taylor had an upcoming fight against fellow UFC veteran Maiquel Falcao for Argentinian mma promotion Arena Tour on April 18,2015.
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Jesse Taylor lost the fight against Falcao by guillotine choke in the first round at 3:13.
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Jesse Taylor fought Michail Tsarev on August 29,2015, at League S-70: Russia vs World.
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Jesse Taylor lost in the first fight in the ACB lost to Aslambek Saidov at the ACB 40: Battleground on June 3,2016, via submission in the first round.
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Jesse Taylor faced Mukhamed Berkhamov on October 22,2016, at ACB 48.
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Jesse Taylor lost the fight via submission in the first round.
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Jesse Taylor had been expected to face Guillerme Martinez on January 13,2017, at ACB 51 but Martinez instead faced Ivan Castillo.
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In episode 3, Jesse Taylor faced former training partner Mehdi Baghdad and won by unanimous decision to advance to the quarter-finals.
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Jesse Taylor next faced Hayder Hassan and won the bout via submission in the first round.
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Jesse Taylor faced James Krause in the semi-finals and won via submission in the third round to advance to the finals.
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Nine years after his first stint on the show, Jesse Taylor fought Dhiego Lima in the finals on July 7,2017, at The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale.
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Jesse Taylor won the fight via rear-naked choke submission in the second round.
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Jesse Taylor was expected to face Belal Muhammad on November 19,2017, at UFC Fight Night 121.
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One month after the suspension was lifted, Jesse Taylor was released from his UFC contract.
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Jesse Taylor was booked against reigning champion Christian Leroy Duncan at Cage Warriors 148 for the CWFC Middleweight Championship on December 31,2022, however he was involved in a hit and run the day before the event and had to pull out of the bout.
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Jesse Taylor faced Jared Revel for the BFL Middleweight Championship on March 30,2023, at BFL 76, getting submitted in the first round via triangle choke.