I had done a interview recently and figured its a good way for the readers to ge

t to know me, and a little bit of my background with regards to MMA. Hope you en
joy and for the rest of the interview check out my blog which is listed below.
Q: First off I'd like you to describe life before your MMA career briefly. What
were your living conditions like growing up? What forms of education have you ac
complished?
A: I was born and lived in Park Slope Brooklyn where I lived for four years. Bot
h my parents were struggling to make money,so we lived in my grandparents house
in an upstairs apartment. My parents were both accountants and eventually starte
d there own company and when we had enough money we moved out to Long Island. I
lived in Deer Park,NY til I was 17 yrs old. I graduated High School and attended
Stony Brook University for Athletic Training and that led me to BJJ and eventua
lly MMA. My parents got divorced when I was 10 years old and I think that had a
big impact on my life in every aspect.
Q:What was you first exposure towards combat sports (Note: If you started in a c
ombat sport other than MMA please describe this)?
A: When my parents got divorced I started to do Tae Kwon Do to release some frus
tration, and I always had an anger problem growing up so that seemed to help wit
h it. I got my black belt at 12, but stopped with martial arts until college.
Q:What made you decide that you wanted to participate in a combat sport?
A: When I was a kid I loved playing sports, but I had a serious anger issue so m
y parents figured why not put me in a contact sport that wasn't football since m
y mom hated that. Also I was always fascinated with Bruce Lee and my grandfather
always had me watch Chuck Norris movies and shows. So I started to enjoy combat
ive styled sports at a young age.
Q: What was your first experience of being good or achieving success at it?
A: When I got my black belt at 12yrs old I took 2nd place at a junior Olympic to
urnament for Tae Kwon Do.
Q:What fighting and (or) training experience taught you the most?
A: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has gave me the best perspective on fighting and caused m
e to re-evaluate what I thought I knew about fighting. BJJ is all about the smal
ler guy winning and using leverage instead of strength.
Q:Who influenced you the most in MMA?
A: My first BJJ instructor Mike "Mikey Triangles" Sandford who is a skilled BJJ
Fighter, and my first mma coach Eric Uresk who is a Pro MMA Fighter and at the t
ime was a fighter out of Xtreme Coutures Camp and is currently training at ALLIA
NCE in California.
Q:Who influenced you most outside the sport?
A: My mom has definitely been the strongest influence in my life.
Q:What do you say to the people who think MMA should not be a legal sport?
A: I first ask them why, because if you really watch the sport its not the blood
sport that is depicted by most politicians. Also I would say go to a gym and wa
tch them train and interact with one another, people have the misconception that
fighters are juiced up meat heads that want to just hurt one another. On the co
ntrary most fighters even myself don't like confrontation unless in the ring or
cage.
Q:What have you accomplished in MMA?
A: I have won the North American Grappling Association North Eastern Championshi
p at my weight and skill level, taken 3rd at the Las Vegas Cup No GI OPEN at my
weight and skill level. Currently undefeated in Muay Thai and MMA 3-0 officially
(4-0 unofficially)
Q:What do you hope to accomplish in the future?
A: I want to become a pro muay thai, submission and mma fighter and hold champio
nships in each specific sport as well as be an ambassador for the sport and crea
te a fighters union to protect the fighters that don't make the kind of money th
ey deserve.
Q: I'd like for you to describe to me your training procedure before a fight ple
ase, when and where do you start training?
A: Well I like to keep myself close to fight shape year round so that preparing
for a fight isn't as challenging, but currently I am training At Vamos MMA on Lo
ng Island,NY. I usually like to have a solid 8-12 week period set up before a fi
ght to really focus my training specifically for that fight. I will incorporate,
striking, grappling, conditioning, and weight training to be in the best shape
and the most prepared I can be.
Q:How much time do you put in every week when you are preparing for a fight?
A: I will spend a solid 2-4 hours a day training, and usually an hour or two wit
h recovery techniques to stay fresh and able to go hard again the next day so to
tal at the end of a week preparing for a fight I'll put in a solid 30-40 hours b
etween training sessions, lifting, cardio, stretching, ice baths, and recovery t
reatments.

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