1. Matt Hume was born on July 14,1966 and is an American former professional mixed martial artist, trainer, and businessman.
21 Facts About Matt Hume
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Matt Hume is the co-founder and head trainer at AMC Pankration in Kirkland, WA.
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Matt Hume's father was a Seattle police officer and his mother was a housewife and later a nurse.
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Matt Hume's father had trained under Bruce Lee and began Matt's judo and boxing training at age four.
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Matt Hume began folkstyle wrestling in elementary school and started coaching after graduating from Lake Washington High School.
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Matt Hume coached Josh Barnett during Barnett's time in high school, which eventually led to Barnett's MMA career.
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Matt Hume attended Highline College for one year and finished his degree at Central Washington University.
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Matt Hume credited his Highline wrestling coach Ron Wallick as being a major influence.
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Matt Hume originally learned about pankration as a child while attending wrestling camps hosted by Athletes in Action.
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Matt Hume won his second fight against veteran and future UFC fighter Scott Bessac via rear naked choke, but lost his next 3 fights against Ken Shamrock, Manabu Yamada, and Jason Delucia.
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Matt Hume rebounded by submitting Scott Sollivan with an armbar in under a minute, but lost against Minoru Suzuki by points in his final Pancrase fight.
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Matt Hume later cited Shamrock, Suzuki, and Masakatsu Funaki as influences on his career.
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Matt Hume's last fight was at Absolute FC, where he submitted Shawn Peters in under two minutes.
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Since retiring from active competition, Matt Hume has remained active as the head coach at AMC, working with a range of students from world champions to hobbyist adults and children.
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Matt Hume made his professional debut in submission wrestling on October 11,1997 at The Contenders, an event that pitted submission grapplers against amateur wrestlers.
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Matt Hume faced Olympic wrestling gold medalist Kenny Monday, winning via submission in under a minute.
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On March 20,1998, Matt Hume competed at the inaugural ADCC Submission Fighting World Championships.
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Matt Hume defeated Micah Pittman and Luis Brito but withdrew due to injury before facing John Lewis.
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In 1993, Matt Hume founded United Full Contact Federation in order to sanction amateur pankration events.
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Matt Hume was the rule director and official trainer to both PRIDE Fighting Championships and Dream.
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Matt Hume was initially appointed as the head official by Singapore-based promotion ONE Championship when it was founded in 2011.