Brandon Taylor was born on June 8th, 1988, in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, to his parents Larry and Laurie Taylor. He has been practicing martial arts since he was eight and now holds a second-degree black belt in Tae-Kwon Do, a first-degree black belt in Karate, and he also practices Mixed Martial Arts (Boxing, KickBoxing, Ju-JitSu, and Muay Thai).