Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor who kicked off his MMA career with a record of 6-0, winning four of the fights by knockout. He is a third degree black belt in both Taekwondo and Kajukenbo and started off a competitive kickboxing career with a record of 15-0.
He began training as a martial Artist when he was four years old. He became the youngest person ever to be on the cover of Sport Karate Magazine when he was 9 years old.
He won a total of 77 world championships in karate. He was inducted into the Black Belt Magazine Hall of Fame in 2012. He majored in Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University.
His father Mark is a black belt in karate while his older sister Colbey became an amateur kickboxing champion. He has a brother named Shaun.
He and Georges St-Pierre both trained as part of the Tristar Gym team.
