John Morgan (mixed martial arts journalist)
John Morgan | |
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Born |
John Morgan 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
- ↑ "About MMAjunkie.com". MMAjunkie.com.
- ↑ "Yahoo! Sports MMA section". Yahoo! Sports.
- ↑ "MMAjunkie.com Radio". MMAjunkie.com.
- ↑ "'Fight Now TV' Launches Tuesday With High Hopes, Rapid Expansion Goals". MMAFighting.com.
- ↑ Levine, Stuart (May 16, 2011). "Fight Now TV launches on Cablevision". Variety.com.
- ↑ "SBJ - Cablevision ready for Fight Now with launch of channel focusing on mixed martial arts". FightNow.com.
- ↑ "Dallas Morning News MMA blog". DallasNews.com.
- ↑ "MMAjunkie.com's John Morgan tapped as "Dallas Morning News" MMA beat writer and blogger". MMAjunkie.com.
- ↑ ""Tachi Palace Fights 6: High Stakes" official weigh-in results; Lavin and MMAjunkie.com's Morgan call action". MMAjunkie.com.
- ↑ "MMA Xplosion streams live Jan. 29; Farra, MMAjunkie.com's Morgan broadcast". MMAjunkie.com.
- ↑ "Tuff-N-Uff streams live Nov. 12; Farra and MMAjunkie.com's Morgan broadcast". tuffnuff.net.
- ↑ "Superior Cage Combat debuts May 21; Lavin and MMAjunkie.com's Morgan call action". MMAjunkie.com.
- ↑ "MMAjunkie.com's John Morgan co-hosts today's "MMA:30 Radio"". MMAjunkie.com.
- ↑ "2010 World MMA Awards live coverage". MMAjunkie.com.
- ↑ "Finalists announced for 2010 World MMA Awards, MMAjunkie.com nominated". MMAjunkie.com.
- ↑ "2010 World MMA Awards results". Las Vegas Sun.
- ↑ "Fighters Only Awards 2011". FightersOnly.com.
- ↑ "2009 World MMA Awards live coverage". MMAjunkie.com.
- ↑ "2010 World MMA Awards winners". WorldMMAAwards.com.
- ↑ "2010 World MMA Awards live coverage". MMAjunkie.com.
- ↑ "2010 World MMA Awards results". Las Vegas Sun.
- ↑ "Fighters Only Awards 2011". FightersOnly.com.