I have been a fan and student of Mixed Martial Arts since 1994. After renting UFC 2 from a local video store, I immediately joined AMC Pankration in Kirkland, WA to learn Muay Thai, Boxing, Jiu-Jitsu, Catch Wrestling and Sambo. My passion is for the sport of kickboxing, specifically K-1 fighting, but I'm still a huge MMA fan and have watched every major event from the last 15 years. I'm still a student/amateur fighter at AMC and have started judging local amateur fights because I feel the sport needs more judges who understand leg kicks hurt and fighting from the back doesn't equate to losing the fight.