Matt Hume (born July 14, 1966) is an American

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trainer and businessman. He is the founder and head trainer at AMC Pankration in Kirkland, WA, home to former

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flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and

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bantamweight champion

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. Hume has trained numerous world class fighters including

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, Tim Boetsch,

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, Matt Brown,

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, Mario Miranda and

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. Hume has been the Senior Vice President of Competition for Singapore-based combat sports promotion

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since 2012.

Early life

Hume grew up in

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. His father was a Seattle police officer and his mother was a housewife and later a nurse. He graduated from Lake Washington High School, later receiving his college degree in business from

Central Washington University Central Washington University (CWU) is a public university in Ellensburg, Washington. Founded in 1891, the university consists of four divisions: the President's Division, Business and Financial Affairs, Operations, and Academic and Student Lif ...

. Matt trained and competed in collegiate style wrestling, boxing, judo, and karate as a child. After graduating from CWU, Matt competed in WKA Kickboxing, winning the North American Super Welterweight Title. Hume went on to compete in the Japanese organization Pancrase. He has also competed at Battlecade Extreme Fighting, The Contenders, and AFC, as well as the very first ADCC submission wrestling tournament.

Mixed martial arts career

Matt Hume first competed in the Shootfighting-style MMA organization Pancrase, debuting at Pancrash 3! against Katsuomi Inagaki, a fight where he lost by points. He would win his second MMA fight against Pancrase veteran and future UFC-fighter Scott Bessac via Rear Naked Choke, but go to lose his next 3 fights, against Ken Shamrock, Manabu Yamada and Jason Delucia. He would then gain a swift victory over Scott Sollivan with an armbar in under a minute, but would later lose by points against Minoru Suzuki in his final Pancrase fight. He has a record of 2 wins and 5 losses in Pancrase. Outside of Pancrase, Matt Hume holds wins over former

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champion

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and former

Welterweight Champion

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. Matt Hume also defeated former Olympic gold medalist Kenny Monday by a Toe hold submission in only 45 seconds in the main event of the pay-per-view world submission wrestling championships "The Contenders". Matt Hume's submission grappling impressed Prince Sheik Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nayhan of Abu Dhabi in the

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so much, that the Prince requested that Matt come to Abu Dhabi to personally train him and his combat team. Shortly after Matt trained him and his team, the prince was inspired to start the now famous

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. Matt participated in the inaugural event, winning all of his matches, but withdrawing after his semifinal victory on the doctor's recommendation after a ruptured

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injury. Hume's last fight was a win against Shawn Peters by armbar, at Hook n Shoot Absolute Fighting Championships 1, December 13, 2002.

Executive positions

Hume was the rule director and official trainer to both

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and

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. Hume was initially appointed as the head official by Singapore-based promotion

when it was founded in 2011. The following year he accepted a new role as Vice President of Operations.

Mixed martial arts record

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Submission grappling record

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