John Morgan (mixed martial arts journalist)
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John Morgan | |
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 Morgan at UFC 232 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | MMA journalist |
| Years active | 2007–present |
John Morgan is an American mixed martial arts writer, radio host and television commentator.
Biography
[edit]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 has 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 is routinely the first journalist to begin UFC press conferences.
Awards
[edit]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][14][15][16]
References
[edit]- ^ "About MMAjunkie.com". MMAjunkie.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-19.
- ^ "Yahoo! Sports MMA section". Yahoo! Sports.
- ^ "MMAjunkie.com Radio". MMAjunkie.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-02.
- ^ "'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. Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "2010 World MMA Awards live coverage". MMAjunkie.com.
- ^ a b "2010 World MMA Awards results". Las Vegas Sun.
- ^ a b "Fighters Only Awards 2011". FightersOnly.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09.
- ^ "2009 World MMA Awards live coverage". MMAjunkie.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15.
- ^ "2010 World MMA Awards winners". WorldMMAAwards.com.