John Morgan (mixed martial arts journalist)

John Morgan
Born	John Morgan (1978-03-15) March 15, 1978 Dallas, Texas
Residence	Las Vegas, Nevada
Nationality	American
Occupation	MMA journalist
Years active	2007-present
Website	MMAjunkie.com

John Morgan is an award-winning American mixed martial arts writer, radio host and television commentator.

Biography

Morgan was born in Dallas, Texas. He is the lead staff reporter and co-owner of MMAjunkie.com^[1] (a content partner site of Yahoo! Sports^[2]) and has been covering MMA professionally since 2007.

He is co-host of "MMAjunkie.com Radio,^[3]" which is simulcast on television as "MMAjunkie.com Radio Live" on the upstart Fight Now! TV cable channel. The channel is available on Cablevision in the Northeast U.S.^[4][5][6]

Morgan is also a featured columnist for "Fighters Only" magazine and a frequent contributor to "UFC Magazine", and he previously covered MMA for the "Dallas Morning News."^[7][8]

In addition to his writing work, he's commentated MMA events online and for television for the Tachi Palace Fights,^[9] MMA Xplosion,^[10] Tuff-N-Uff^[11] and Superior Cage Combat^[12] organizations. He also occasionally co-hosts "MMA:30 Radio" on Las Vegas' KXNT Radio 100.5 FM/840 AM.^[13]

Awards

Morgan was awarded MMA Journalist of the Year at the World MMA Awards 2009.^[14] He was nominated for the award again in 2010 and 2011^[15] but ultimately lost to Ariel Helwani.^[16][17]

As the outlet's lead staff reporter, he also helped lead MMAjunkie.com to MMA Media Outlet of the Year victories at the World MMA Awards in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.^{[18][19][20][21][22]}

References

External links

• MMAjunkie.com