#Reeder landscape professional#

If Reeder continues winning in dominating fashion, a contract with UFC is a real possibility. He wants to be a part of the UFC, and that dream could be realized sooner than later. He wants to bask in the hundreds of thousands of viewers the sport's largest promotion provides. His love for the spotlight doesn't end with occasional appearances on XFN, which can be viewed with a UFC Fight Pass subscription. Being nervous, that even will zap your cardio. You see guys go out there all the time, and they may be the best fighter ever in the gym, but they get in front of the crowd and those people and they fold. That's probably weird to say, but that's my favorite part about fighting. I love being the center of attention, all eyes on me. I'm the center of attention, you know, I'm an attention (expletive). 'I grew up wrestling in front of a crowd, so I'm pretty used to it. 'It's not really anything I didn't grow up doing,' Reeder said. Reeder said the shows can draw anywhere from 1,000 - 2,000 spectators, but he isn't the type to suffer from stage fright. He still calls Pejak Martial Arts his home gym, sharpening his ju jitsu and grappling work there while also training at Trinity Martial Arts in Pryor and Clinch Martial Arts in Owasso.įurthermore, most of his fights are held at River Spirit Casino in Tulsa under the 'Xtreme Fight Night' banner. I had just a year left where I could wrestle junior college, so I was just going to be there (Labette) for a year and try to jumpstart back to another bigger school, but obviously it didn't pan out that way.'īefore long, Reeder was on his way to MMA stardom.Īlthough he has continued to elevate his career in recent months, Reeder remains a fixture at local gyms. 'I knew I was going to train and start fighting. 'I was like, 'Yeah, I'm in', and from the first day, I knew I wasn't going to school,' Reeder said. In return, he would receive training in ju jitsu and other MMA disciplines. in Claremore, offering him a once-a-week wrestling coach position at the gym. It was Larry Pejak, the owner of Pejak Martial Arts at 401 E 5th St. However, that pursuit began differently than he would've imagined.Īfter leaving the University of Central Oklahoma wrestling program with the plans of joining some former high school teammates at Labette Community College in Parsons, Kan., Reeder received a message that would change the course of his life and career. It just seemed like the time to pursue the dream.' 'I wrestled in college, but that didn't really pan out the way it was supposed to, and I ended up dropping out of school. 'I always knew I'd grow up to fight,' Reeder said.

The 23-year-old has been training at the sport for only three years, but Reeder made the decision at the early age of 8 that he was going to be a fighter after his father introduced him to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

#Reeder landscape professional#

In his first professional bout, Reeder - dubbed Oklahoma's fastest-rising prospect - took only 1 minute, 56 seconds to score a KO and the victory.