Mike started training and competing in Muay Thai around 2000 and decided to move to Thailand in 2004 to improve his ability and knowledge of the sport. During his time in Thailand he trained and fought out of the world famous Tiger Muay Thai Gym in Phuket and gained an impressive Muay Thai, MMA and Grappling record. Tiger gave Mike the chance to develop his skills among some of the world’s best fighters including UFC veterans and BJJ world champions. During this time he also worked as Tiger’s head strength and conditioning coach. Whilst working at Tiger Muay Thai, Mike became the first trainer to import and start to implement kettlebells into training regimes for the athletes there as well as becoming the first importer and distributor of US sports nutrition supplements in Phuket.

In 2006 he founded the Combat 360X training system that has now been used to train dozens of elite fighters and thousands of other athletes around the world. Amongst his achievements have been the UGB MMA Light Heavyweight Championship, the Khao Lak Stadium Heavyweight Muay Thai title, the Southern Thailand Heavyweight Muay Thai title, Pan Asian Open Weight Grappling Gold Medalist, ADCC Philippines Pro Silver Medalist, FNBJJ Mexican National Heavyweight Gold Medalist and more. On top of that Mike is a Certified Personal Trainer, Kettlebell Instructor, Sports Nutritionist, TRX Instructor, TRX Rehab Trainer, Yoga Instructor and CrossFit CF-1 Coach.

Since focusing more on training others he has coached multiple fighters in the UFC, One Championship, Bellator, and Golden Gloves Championship boxers. He has also helped hundreds of people achieve their weight loss and personal conditioning goals as well as working as a celebrity trainer on the Miss Veet reality TV show and playing several small MMA-related roles in movies.