This is my first and only armature mma bout. This bout got me in trouble because promoters wanted me to fight in bigger shows right away. It eventually led to me turning professional way too early. Anyone wanting to turn pro should have a least 5-10 armature fights before turning pro. Pro is a completely different level.

Jui Jitsu Tournament in 2010 at the Point of The Mountain. The Coach in the background is World Champion Grappler and Frank Mir's grappling coach, Ricky Lundell. This is the no gi portion.

Jui Jitsu Tournament in 2010 at the Point of The Mountain. The Coach in the background is World Champion Grappler and Frank Mir's grappling coach, Ricky Lundell.

Kendall Grove and me after BJJ Tournament in Vegas



Pan Am World Championship White Belt

BJJ tournament in AZ

Former NFL wide receiver and BJJ friend Michael Wesbrook

Liberia 1981

My story begins in West Africa, Liberia. One morning, at the tender age of seven, I awoke to my father on the phone using a tone I had never heard from him. My mother, siblings and I scrambled to hear what was causing my father to sound so intense. “What, the President has been shot?”, my father exclaimed!

Just a few short weeks later we were out of the country and eventually ended up in Northern California. Liberia had suffered a military coup and civil war had broken out between factions clambering to seize power.  It was no longer safe to live there and over the course of the next year, my Liberian lifestyle ended and my journey in America began.