John Morgan (mixed martial arts journalist)

John Morgan is an American mixed martial arts writer, radio host and television commentator.

John Morgan
Morgan at UFC 232
NationalityAmerican
OccupationMMA journalist
Years active2007–present

Biography

Morgan was 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]

He 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]

Morgan routinely is the first journalist to begin UFC press conferences.

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, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 but ultimately lost to Ariel Helwani every time.[15][16]

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.[17][18][19][20][21]

References
  1. "About MMAjunkie.com". MMAjunkie.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-19.
  2. "Yahoo! Sports MMA section". Yahoo! Sports.
  3. "MMAjunkie.com Radio". MMAjunkie.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-02.
  4. "'Fight Now TV' Launches Tuesday With High Hopes, Rapid Expansion Goals". MMAFighting.com.
  5. Levine, Stuart (May 16, 2011). "Fight Now TV launches on Cablevision". Variety.com.
  6. "SBJ – Cablevision ready for Fight Now with launch of channel focusing on mixed martial arts". FightNow.com.
  7. "Dallas Morning News MMA blog". DallasNews.com. Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  8. "MMAjunkie.com's John Morgan tapped as "Dallas Morning News" MMA beat writer and blogger". MMAjunkie.com.
  9. ""Tachi Palace Fights 6: High Stakes" official weigh-in results; Lavin and MMAjunkie.com's Morgan call action". MMAjunkie.com.
  10. "MMA Xplosion streams live Jan. 29; Farra, MMAjunkie.com's Morgan broadcast". MMAjunkie.com.
  11. "Tuff-N-Uff streams live Nov. 12; Farra and MMAjunkie.com's Morgan broadcast". tuffnuff.net.
  12. "Superior Cage Combat debuts May 21; Lavin and MMAjunkie.com's Morgan call action". MMAjunkie.com.
  13. "MMAjunkie.com's John Morgan co-hosts today's "MMA:30 Radio"". MMAjunkie.com.
  14. "2010 World MMA Awards live coverage". MMAjunkie.com.
  15. "2010 World MMA Awards results". Las Vegas Sun.
  16. "Fighters Only Awards 2011". FightersOnly.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09.
  17. "2009 World MMA Awards live coverage". MMAjunkie.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15.
  18. "2010 World MMA Awards winners". WorldMMAAwards.com.
  19. "2010 World MMA Awards live coverage". MMAjunkie.com.
  20. "2010 World MMA Awards results". Las Vegas Sun.
  21. "Fighters Only Awards 2011". FightersOnly.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09.
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