I've been training since 2011 starting in okinawa under flavio da silva (nova uniao) where I earned my blue belt in 6 months and competed in shooto, and bjj while in the marine corps. I moved to Utah in 2015 and trained in mma gyms all across the state including absolute, victory, and snake pit mma. Moved to Georgia in 2020 where I trained at the training project, I began training with xequemate for 3 years where I earned my purple and brown belts a year and a half apart at 2022 and 2023 is the later.