Rich has been Involved in wrestling for the past 35 years competitively, and coaching. He was the head wrestling coach for Alden H.S. NY as well as a Football coach in Alden, NY.His experience and resume in combative sports is pretty impressive to include 25 Years in Judo, BJJ for 18 years, 6 year MMA competitor & MMA official for 12 years for multiple regulatory bodies.
Rich started his own promotion called Ground Force Fights as soon as NY legalized mma in Sep, 2016. Along with that he still manages MMA athletes and boxers.
He is very clearly passionate about mma, and combat sports and we are fortunate to have his voice involved with USFMMA!
