Fighter biography

Greetings, I am forty-four years old, I live in Chino, California with my wife and our dog "Marty" ( Beagle/American Fox-hound mix). I have been training martial arts most of my life, beginning in traditional martial arts at twelve years old (Karate/Tang So Do) and getting into Submission Grappling/MMA in my mid-twenties, and later training Brazilian Jiujitsu in my early thirties intermittently. At the end of 2013, I was awarded my Blue Belt in Brazilian Jiujitsu directly by Professor Alexandre "Xande" Ribiero prior to his departure to Brazil from Los Angeles. In 2014, I began training with Professor Henry Akins, whom I earned my Purple Belt from in December 2018. I currently train at Sektor Brazilian Jiujitsu, under Professor Sean Roberts, since late 2020.