Former TUF 7 contestant and UFC castaway Jesse “JT Money” Taylor has been approved by the CSAC to compete this Saturday night at Strikeforce’s Aug. 15 event.
Taylor will be stepping in for Nick Diaz, and is scheduled to fight Extreme Couture’s Jay Hieron. Hieron would have been battling for the first ever Strikeforce welterweight title if Diaz would have shown for his drug test but being that he did not, the bout against Taylor will be a non-title affair.
Taylor’s claim to moderate fame came from his stint on The Ultimate …