Matt Riddle talks about Jesse Taylor’s rampage
Posted by Adam MorganMatt Riddle talked with TAGG Radio yesterday and gave some more insight into the events that led up to Jesse Taylor getting kicked out of the TUF 7 finals. MMA Junkie has the quotes:
“I was in the limo when [Taylor kicked out the window], and it wasn’t just the window,” Riddle said. “The night before, he got kicked out of another club for wrestling around all in the bathroom, out of control.
“Then the following night, we went out with Rampage to PURE (nightclub), and the security didn’t want to kick Jesse out because he is so big and a fighter, and the last thing they needed was this guy going crazy. So they asked me … and a bunch of guys from the show to escort him out. When we told [Taylor] he got kicked out, he flipped out in Caesars Palace.
“We were all dragging [Taylor] through the casino and trying to get him out the front door, and security was threatening to hit him up with pepper spray and Tazers because he was out of control. We finally got to the front door, and we literally couldn’t find a taxi, so I had to pay for a limo.
“In the limo, we are still holding him down because he was so pissed off and going crazy. Eventually, about 10 minutes into the ride, he calms down, and we get back to the Palace Station. Now, Zuffa (the UFC’s parent company) owns the Palace Station, so that’s why they have all the video footage. So what does JT do the second we park? (He) lies down on his back and kicks out the biggest window in the limo.”
The fact that it was at a point to where the security was threatening Taylor with pepper spray and tazers speaks volumes about Taylor’s behavior. The kid is just not mentally ready for the big time. I’m sure the fact that he’s been in exile for a while now has given him a good bit of time to think about what he’s done but who’s to say that if he makes it big in the UFC that he won’t revert right back to the same kind of behavior?
All of the guys from TUF talk about how hard it is when you’ve had that exposure and are now under the microscope. Kendall Grove let the Vegas lifestyle almost ruin his career and he seems twice as mentally strong as Taylor at this point. I think Jesse deserves to be in the UFC but I do wonder what will happen to him if he lets the glitz and glamor get into his head.
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I’m not shocked by Taylor’s behavior at all. He’s a typical drunken frat boy meathead.
What I’m really surprised by are all the UFC fans who say things like, “well, he seems like a good guy…”
No, he doesn’t. He seems like a athletically gifted moron, who probably thinks being able to beat someone up means is the way to solve arguments.
Pretty shocking behavior, particularly in a quiet little community like Las Vegas. I’m sure the locals have never witnessed anything like that. Why, when I was there it was nothing but churches, senior centers and picket fences. It’s proof of Taylor’s poor character that he was able to get into trouble in such an upright city. He needs to straighten up and get back to all the church meetings and choir practices that the UFC has for its fighters.
Dana HAD to do this. This is exactly the type of fighter that is coming through the ranks right now and will ruin this great sport. Sadly, smaller promotions don’t have the power that the UFC has and some of these meatheads will work their way through.
Unlike Traditional Martial Arts and most of the top BJJ schools a lot of the MMA gyms I have seen lately these days don’t teach the true discipline because they try and retain students who want to learn “how to kick someones ass and break an arm”. The belt systems were created to weed these douche bags out and create a hierarchy and goals.
Without it - the Jesse Taylor, Melvin Goulard, ect. is what you get.
Ok, I’ll step off my soapbox now.
I know Jesse. I think Dana was absolutely correct when he was questioning how Jesse’s behavior would be if he was famous. I can’t count the number of times I heard him say throughout the airing of the show, “I am a professional.” He knew that he had been kicked out yet still had this attitude.
Also, I have seen him drinking. If you are in AA, you don’t drink. At all. Not “just a beer.”
Mike,
Most people know how to act. I’ve been to Vegas as well and didn’t see anyone getting threatened with tazers or pepper spray. Obviously Vegas has seen worse, but the kid just doesn’t know how to act.
WELL, Mr. Morgan, I have been to Vegas as well! Twice in fact! HUZZAH!
Adam the kid knows how to act….he just doesn’t how to handle his alcohol.
If Jesse doesn’t drink alcohol he’ll be just fine. I think he’s one of those binge drinkers that doesn’t know how to control himself when he start drinking.
I get the same way alot of the times when I drink hard liqour….that’s why I don’t drink hard liqout out in public. Jesse needs to know how to control his urge to drink.
He’s doing AA Meetings so he on the right track.
Coco should fight Riddle if he comes back.
Wow, the whole story is much worse than what I saw on Spike.
I have seen my friends get completely out of control when they get drunk, doing stupid things they would have never done sober. Sadly, these friends are bipolar, and they should never drink alcohol because they react differently than the average person from it.
I think if Jesse can quit drinking cold turkey, and even have the willpower to say no when he gets famous and he is the vip of the party and everyone else is drinking, then he will have my respect and support of being in the u.f.c.
Maybe he can come back with a zero tolerance policy in him, I think we all make mistakes that change us and we have to learn from, hopefully same goes for Jesse.
Coco’s “drunken monkey” kung fu is no match for Riddle’s X-Box-honed speed and reactions. KO by Riddle’s “thumbs of doom” technique in the first.
Riddle’s “thumbs of doom” technique > Coco’s “drunken monkey” kung fu > Jeremy Jitsu.
’splained.
Jesse unfortunately is young and dumb, and he will ruin his career unless someone intervenes.
#7 AA doesn’t work anymore than going cold turkey. The AA bullshit is one of the biggest scams of all time
Hey Adam, good article. I think that Jesse Taylor is the equivalent of a high school kid mentally that is struggling to stay academically eligible for the football team. You referenced Kendall Grove and how the life style in Vegas did him no good. I have never heard anything about that. What happened with Grove? Tell me more….