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Matt Erickson
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Assistant MMA Editor, MMA Junkie
Schererville
Beats
Biography
1975—1988: Plano, Ill. School. Little League. Neighborhood pals. Spelling bee trophies. First kisses. Figuring it out. 1988—1994: Somonauk, Ill. More school. Sports. Newspapers. Yearbooks. Cars. Lakes. Experiments. First other things. Screw-ups. Figuring it out some more. Detentions. Super-duper detentions. Courts. Temporary homelessness. 1994—1997: Charleston, Ill. Even more school. Even more newspapers. Even more yearbooks. Dorms. Apartments. REALLY figuring it out some more. 1997—2000: Tinley Park, Ill. Times of Northwest Indiana. Newspapers. Apartments. Adulting. 2000—2024: Schererville, Ind. First house. Still only house. Tons of adult crap. Sometimes world-traveling journalist. Times of Northwest Indiana. USA Today/MMA Junkie. Freelance galore. No kids. Dogs. Travel. Music. Movies. Projects. Writing. Fancy pens. Fun notebooks. Photography. Just way too much stuff to interest me. And living life. Oh, also: No gallbladder, starvation ketosis hospitalization, PTSD, and other good times.
Sports , Mixed Martial Arts , Entertainment
Gambling, Adult Content
Content
Company Info
MMA Junkie
MMAjunkie.com, the four-time World MMA Awards "Best Media Outlet" winner, is an independent news site devoted to the latest MMA breaking news, interviews, fight announcements and event information from the UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator, DREAM, Sengoku and other promotions. We are a content-partner site of Yahoo! Sports, HDNet's "Inside MMA" and FightNOW television programs. The site and our content have been featured in "Time Magazine," "ESPN The Magazine," "The New York Times," "Dallas Morning News," "Dayton Daily News," "The Best Damn Sports Show Period" (FSN), "Shepard Smith FOX News Report" (FOX News national), "Inside MMA" (HDNet), "MMA Live" (ESPN), Yahoo! (main page) as well as radio stations and other media outlets around the world. MMAjunkie.com also hosts a daily MMA radio show from the world-famous Race & Sports Book at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.
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