Justin Brown is a successful entrepreneur and business owner based out of South Carolina. He has been involved in the Martial Arts Community since elementary school where he trained and competing in Kenpo as a youth up into High School. After graduating HS in Spokane, WA Justin went on to serve on active duty in the Army. Upon completion of his military career he attended Wallace State Community College and moved onto Auburn University for his undergraduate studies in Alabama. Justin now trains BJJ at Spartan Academy Mixed Martial Arts under Professor Guybson Sa. Justin is also an accomplished Professional Referee for MMA, Kickboxing and Muay Thai. Having also officiated in 12 states including several large televised events. Justin has been selected to represent the USA as a Referee/Judge at 6 IMMAF Championship events globally- and was appointed by Marc Goddard to serve as a lead official for 5 of those events. Over the last 5+ years Justin has heavily supported regulatory growth and establishing national standards within amateur combative sports all across the USA. He has been responsible for direct oversight on over 100 events, as well as helped to train and build one of the largest sanctioning/regulatory teams in the USA.