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“Here Comes the Boom,” a film in which Kevin James enters the cage to try and raise money to save the music department at his high school, finished fifth overall in terms of box office numbers this weekend. The movie site ComingSoon.net provided estimates for the top-grossing films.

The film stars James and Salma Hayek, along with Bas Rutten, Jason “Mayhem” Miller, Joe Rogan, Mike Goldberg, Bruce Buffer and others.

“Here Comes the Boom” opened in just over 3,000 theaters, drawing $12 million total. Taken 2 was on top of the charts for another week. These numbers are just estimates still at this point for films.

Former UFC fighter Jason “Mayhem” Miller will have to appear in front of the Orange County (California) Superior Court on November 21 after being charged with a misdemeanor count of vandalism.

Miller was found inside a church on August 13. The former Ultimate Fighter coach was naked, and the church estimated damages at $400 to the building.

After a loss to CB Dollaway, Miller was released by the UFC. He is currently 28-9 in his career.

MMA Junkie confirmed the charge with the Orange County District Attorney spokesperson.

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Jason “Mayhem” Miller was placed in a different situation than even he is used to recently.

Miller was found naked inside a church in California. It appeared that a break-in had went down, and Miller was still there when police showed up to investigate the situation.

Since that time, Miller has been released from jail and is awaiting word on what actions will be taken against him next. However, he’s updated fans via his Facebook page to let them know everything is fine right now.

I know you are all probably very confused about me right now, and concerned for my well being. I thank you for that, and please understand that everything is fine, and will probably make a lot more sense as time passes. Love you all.

Miller was released by the UFC after a loss to C.B. Dollaway. Currently, he is not signed to any MMA promotion.

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This is without a doubt an odd story. At face value, it’s kind of funny, but in reality there’s likely something seriously wrong with Jason whether it be psychological issues, substance abuse, or a mixture of the two is not clear at this time, but as noted in the above video, he is being evaluated at a hospital. We wish him and his family our best.

Several members of the fighting community offered up their support for Jason “Mayhem” Miller.

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It’s been an interesting past few days for Jason “Mayhem” Miller.

After telling UFC president Dana White he could “kill himself” on Twitter, Miller has been arrested and charged in an alleged break-in of a California church.

According to a report filed by the gossip site TMZ, Miller was found naked inside the Mission Hills Church around 9 a.m. this morning. Deputies were called to the scene after a report was made regarding a broken window and other damage to the Mission Viejo, California church.

Miller was released from his UFC contract earlier this year after a loss to C.B. Dollaway. He also served as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter.

Miller is currently being given an evaluation by the medical staff at a hospital.

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Jason “Mayhem” Miller claimed in lead-up interviews that if he was unsuccessful against C.B. Dollaway at UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir that he would retire from MMA.

Well, the UFC went ahead and released Miller following the decision defeat, and even made mention of a backstage incident involving Miller the night of the card.

Recently, “Mayhem” was a guest on The MMA Hour where he talked about his retirement and the incident in question.

“Yeah, I said I would (retire) and so I am. I didn’t get the job done and that’s what I’m saying. I’m done for right now. Who knows what the future holds, but at the same time, what’s the point?”

As for the incident, Miller said, “It was my mask. Burt (Watson) suddenly started yelling about my mask. I had a gas mask for the troops underneath my paper bag, and Burt started telling me right as I’m walking out for the fight. I’m trying to get focused instead of arguing about a paper bag. Maybe it was my fault. I thought we had an understanding once I started walking out to the cage and then now I’m working. I wish I could have heard about it before it would be easier to deal with. But here I am walking to the cage and suddenly I started getting yelled at. I’m like, ‘What, I’m trying to focus here.’ Whatever. Thing don’t always go the way you want. That’s life.”

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Dana White had plenty to talk about following UFC 146 last night. Check out these videos of Dana talking about everything from Brock Lesnar’s potential return to the UFC to the chances that Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez will meet again in the next heavyweight title fight.

Videos via MMA Fighting and FUEL TV.

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Jason “Mayhem” Miller was on a short leash coming into his fight against CB Dollaway tonight at UFC 146.

He needed an impressive performance to get back in Dana White’s good graces following his disappointing performance against Michael Bisping late last year. Instead, he dropped a unanimous decision to Dollaway in a lackluster fight.

That alone was reason enough to expect a pink slip from the UFC, however an “incident” backstage following the fight apparently sped that process up.

Dana White wouldn’t get into the specifics of what went down, other than saying it was ”just some bulls–t that I don’t want to talk about. We’re on a crazy string here of dumb bulls–t.” However, he did say he was going to release Mayhem anyways, regardless of what occurred backstage.

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UFC 146 takes place tonight from the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada. The all-heavyweight main card airs live on PPV at 10pm ET, with the preliminary card airing at approximately 6pm ET on the UFC’s Facebook page, and on FX at 8pm ET.

In the main event, the UFC heavyweight title is on the line as Junior “Cigano” dos Santos takes on heavyweight mainstay Frank Mir.

Former champion Cain Velasquez takes on top Strikeforce heavyweight Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva.

Two of the most eccentric and amusing heavyweights meet in the octagon as Dave Herman takes on Roy “Big Country” Nelson.

Undefeated heavyweight prospects Stipe Miocic and Shane del Rosario square off.

And rounding out the main card, Lavar Johnson continues his unlikely run through the heavyweight division as he takes on Stefan Struve.

Results and recap after the jump.

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