Fighter Profile – Jason Mayhem Miller

Jason “Mayhem” Miller may be best known in the U.S. as the host of the MTV “reality” show Bully Beatdown, but he’s looking for a title beyond Teevee Talking Head.

Miller wants to wake up on Sunday morning as the Strikeforce middleweight champion.

Miller fights as the second attraction – against Jake Shields – on the Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers card Friday night from Hoffman Estates, Illinois on primetime television.

“I’m really pumped that Strikeforce is doing a great show on free television,” he said. “There are big names. That is what the sport needs, competition for the UFC.”

For Miller, who fought a single time in the UFC and lost a decision to MMA superstar Georges St. Pierre in 2005, the Fedor vs. Rogers card will mark his first appearance before a large U.S. television audience.

“I’m the heavy underdog but I don’t see it that way, but I’m happy to be in that position,” said Miller. “I think my submissions and wrestling can match up to him and my kickboxing is definitely a significant advantage.”

Shields, a rising star and, depending on who’s making the list, either the third or fourth-ranked middleweight in MMA, is a former San Francisco State University wrestler and Caesar Gracie protege. Shields trains with Gilbert Melendez and Nick and Nate Diaz.

“I train all the time with black belts,” said Miller. “He’s not going to show me anything I haven’t seen before.”

Miller’s most recent action, in Japan for the DREAM organization, is highlighted by his ring entrances.

Strikeforce gave Miller the okay to put on one of his trademark entrances, but he won’t tip his hand as to what that might include.

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