About

I've been working in freelance journalism in one form or another since mid 2009. Originally covering high school football in Orlando, I quickly branched out to my true love, mixed martial arts. From local fights in Philadelphia for Examiner to regional shows in Florida for USCombatSports, and I quickly learned that there are very, very talented fighters that none of us had heard of yet all over the United States. I thought to myself, "If it's this way in the United States, how many fighters are there in countries all over the world that we just haven't had the privilege to see yet?

I quickly began studying combat sports from all corners of the world, and that's what I try to focus on with most of my pieces. We all know about the UFC guys, but what about the guys from M-1, BAMMA, MFC, Jungle Fight, KSW, these are top level guys that just aren't readily available to the North American audience.

Learning and writing about these fighters took my writing to a different level of both enthusiasm and quality, and led to the well received non-Zuffa rankings found on the MMA page of B/R. In short, I love combat sports, I love watching every bit of them I can, and I love writing about em for you guys! Thanks for the continued reads.

You guys can follow me on Twitter and friend me on Facebook, the links are the bottom of each of my articles.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    While I have great respect for anyone willing to step in the cage, my favorites have to be Seth Petruzelli, Tom Lawlor, Mike Lee, Donald Cerrone, Carlos Condit, and some regional fighters such as Brett Harold, Mark Serkez, Aaron Conway. Can't forget the combat sport masters, either. Bruce Lee, Badr Hari, Remy Bonjasky, the Gracie family, Marcelo Garcia, Cael Sanderson, Mark Potter, the list goes on and on. In other sports, anyone waring a Rays, Packers, or Magic jersey is immediately a favorite.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Tampa Bay Rays, Orlando Magic, Green Bay Packers, Orlando Predators, New York Rangers, LA Galaxy, UCF.

  • Favorite Coaches

    Donnie Jones, George O'Leary, Stan Van Damme (Stan Van Gundy), Mike McCarthy, John Tortorella, Joe Maddon

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    When Frankie Edgar scored takedowns on BJ Penn, and when the belt didn't fit after the fight.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    2007, Dwight Howard receives an inbound alley-oop from Hedo Turkoglu over Tim Duncan to win at the buzzer. The Amway Arena had never been so loud.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Joe DiMaggio's major league hit streak, no doubt.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Willie

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Johnny

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Bill

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Wayne

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Pete

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Jack

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Who cares?

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Who? Kidding. Schumacher if I had to pick.

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    Conference USA

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