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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.
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.
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]
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