1996 saw MMA/NHB on an early UFC PPV weighed somewhere near 260 pounds 1997 - Late December signed up to fight a Shoot fight (open hand MMA) in Feb of 1998 1998 - Jan 5th started training in Combat Sports for the first time in my life weighed 257 pounds 1998 Feb 28th - won my first fight with 1 second left on the clock of 10 minute round by submission. weighed 235 pounds and was married two weeks earlier 2000 May and July - Won two different amateur titles in a Shoot fighting Tournaments winning three out of four matches by submission and only one by decision after a single 10 minute round. The July tournament was filmed by MSNBC ( on youtube search Eddy Rolon) weighed about 195 pounds 2000 Sept - Won debut pro match in Atlantic City at the IFC at the Tropicana Casino 2001 Jan - Won IFC Battleground Heavyweight Championship 193 pounds 2001 Sept - started Team Endgame and began fighting at the newly created 185 weight class pounds and even grappled as low as 179. 2002 – 2009 - Continued growing business and training other fighters in Combat Sports. Competing in my most two recent MMA matches at 185 in 2006 and 2007. I won both of these matches by submissions. Fighters on my team have won amateur and professional matches, titles and tournaments - usually by submissions or knockouts. Everyone has potential for more, not everyone is willing to work hard enough to unlock it.