Ryan Jimmo Biography

Ryan Jimmo, a light heavyweight competitor for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), has a highly impressive mixed martial arts background. Jimmo was born in Canada in 1981 and led an extremely diverse childhood as a world-ranked karate competitor, high school football captain and president of the chess club. Taught by his father, whom was once played fifth in the world in his karate style, Jimmo had caught on quick and earned a black belt by a very young age. He was competing by the age of 10 before being introduced to mixed martial arts. He then debuted professionally with the Maximum Fighting Championship in 2007 and has since gone back and forth between the MFC and UFC. Jimmo is most famously known for his accomplishment as the former MFC Light Heavyweight Champion and for his appearance competing in the eighth season of The Ultimate Fighter. Jimmo still competes today, mostly in Canada, with an impressive professional record of 19-23. He also co-hosts a weekly Mixed Martial Arts radio program out of Phoenix, Arizona. 

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