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#3 Jesse Taylor
It doesn't take a lot for success to go your head. Jesse Taylor is living proof of that. "JT Money" was a member of season 7 of The Ultimate Fighter, which bucked the trend of having 16 fighters each in two different weight classes and instead featured 32 Middleweights.
Against the odds, Taylor made it to the finals by winning four fights, two of which were by rear naked choke. But then, just before the finale, footage surfaced of a wasted Jesse Taylor kicking out the window of a limousine from the inside, before proceeding to terrorize a hotel lobby. Taylor was seen in the video harassing women and boasting to hotel security that he was a UFC fighter, which he wasn't.
It wasn't the first time Taylor got inebriated and went over the edge - he had pissed his pants on camera after a night of drinking on the show. But this was the last straw. Dana White judged that he wasn't mentally prepared to deal with the pressure of being a UFC fighter and removed him from the finale. A contrite Taylor contacted the UFC boss later and received a second chance, but that fight against CB Dollaway would end in a submission loss and Taylor was shown the door.
Jesse Taylor would direct his own Cinderella story by winning season 25 of the show that had brought had taken him to the highest of highs and then plunged him to the lowest of lows. Aptly titled The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption, the show featured noteworthy past contestants. Taylor choked out Dhiego Lima in the finale to win a place on the UFC roster.
In October, Taylor was suspended by USADA for a year for doping.
