About the Writers

Luke Foster: Founder, Editor/MMA Analyst

I am a Senior at Loyola University Chicago pursuing a degree in Business Management. I was born and raised in St. Louis, MO and currently live in the Kirkwood area. I have always been involved in sports since I was young, including football, hockey, soccer, baseball and the fancy-pants sport of squash, where I developed much of the work discipline I have to this day. I started boxing as a Sophomore in high school with local legend Art Jimmerson, a former National Golden Gloves Champ who competed in UFC 1 vs. Royce Gracie. I still have a great bond with Arty and am thankful for what he taught me about boxing back in the day.

After a few years of boxing, I was looking for something more action-packed. This is when, during my Junior year of high school, I made the transition to MMA and fell in love with the sport. I started my MMA training with Jesse Finney’s squad in St. Louis, where I learned a lot of basic knowledge of MMA. I’ve seen more fights than I could possibly count and follow various MMA news sources daily to constantly stay in-tuned with what’s going on in the sport.

Photo from my last fight at the Viking in St. Louis, MO--:29 victory by Rear-naked choke.

Since then, I completed a Navy SealFit training camp in California modeled after the official Navy SEAL Hell week, where I was one of 9 to finish. Part of the camp required me and my teammates to stay awake for 50 hours straight, completing a wide variety of mentally and physically demanding tasks. I also interned for Enterprise-Rent-A-Car and finished as the #4 overall intern out of 50-60 other interns at different branches across the state of Illinois.

Robert Martin: Co-Editor/MMA Analyst

Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Robert played hockey and lacrosse up through high school, in addition to following combat sports. During his undergraduate career at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, he received a Bachelors of Arts in Business Management with an emphasis in film.

He currently is pursuing a career in film as a result of working for Paramount Pictures, The Film Society of Minneapolis/St. Paul, and a variety of other freelance productions. In the immediate future Robert will begin his MFA in Film Directing and Production.

Furthermore, he holds a deep passion and acknowledgement of the growth of Mixed Martial Arts and for the fighters and organizations that laid the foundations for the sport.