BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Middle America https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Fight Path: Motivated by tough childhood, Jay Wood sets sights on UFC vet https://www.badmma.com/fight-path-motivated-by-tough-childhood-jay-wood-sets-sights-on-ufc-vet.html https://www.badmma.com/fight-path-motivated-by-tough-childhood-jay-wood-sets-sights-on-ufc-vet.html#comments Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:00:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/fight-path-motivated-by-tough-childhood-jay-wood-sets-sights-on-ufc-vet.html When Jay Wood was almost to his teen years, he moved with his family from Salem, Mass., to a town in Nebraska with a population of about 2,000. This might seem like it was a big change, and it was. But it was just one in a number of family moves during his youth that caused significant discomfort, some away from foreclosed or even nearly condemned homes. But there was one part of the middle-America move that benefitted Wood: He ended up being closer to a future career inspiration – because they met when he became a wrestler at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. “One of our assistant coaches was Jason Brilz ,” Wood told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com), talking about the future UFC fighter

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