MMA Fighting · Apr 19, 2017
Two notorious Ultimate Fighter bad boys trying to change perceptions on TUF 25
Jesse Taylor at TUF 25 media day earlier this year.Jesse Taylor’s toughest fights have always been with himself. About four years ago, the Ultimate Fighter and Strikeforce veteran was evicted from his home and ended up homeless for a few weeks.
“I had to stay on the beach [in San Diegp],” Taylor told MMA Fighting at a TUF 25 media day earlier this year. “I ended up getting bug bites all over my body.”
Taylor says he has turned things around since then. In his constant struggle with alcohol issues, he hasn’t had a drink in six months, he said. Taylor has a steady girlfriend and is anchored by two children.
That time a few years ago was a particularly dark one, though.