| What are you fighting for? | Redemption and Peace of Mind |
| Pro Record: | 11 - 1 - 0 Fight Details |
| Amateur Record: | 0 - 0 - 0 |
| Home Town: | Tama, IA |
| Weight: | 170 |
| Height: | 5' 10 |
| Birth Date: | 6/13/1983 |
| Age: | 26 |
| Fight Style: | Wrestling/Boxing |
| Your Fighting Influences: | Kazushi Sakuraba, Sean Sherk, Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz |
| Personal Heroes: | Jim Zalesky (head wrestling coach at Oregon State), my parents, and all the brave soldiers who put their lives on the line everyday for our freedom. |
| Movies: | Rad, Vision Quest, Veritas, Into the Wild, The Final Season |
| Music: | Country and Hip-Hop |
| Books: | Friday Night Lights, Juiced, Matt Hughes "Made in America", Iceman "The Chuck Liddell Story" |
| Clothes: | Guess, Jimmy's |
| TV: | The Ultimate Fighter, Tapout, True Life, Survivor Man, Man vs. Wild, Entourage, and The Hills |
| Future Plans: | Winning a Welterweight Championship Belt. |
| Personal Standard of Success: | Making sure every workout I get something out of it. |
