User:Mmafighter69

He started his Martial Arts training at age 6 and received his Zen Do Kai Black Belt under Dave Guccione and Lisa Caswell while they was n ohio for a tournament at age 12. He later trained at vision where he was introduced to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and real mixed martial arts. After meeting his coach and fighter, Erik "Chainsaw" Charles, in a Englewood in 2002, Yellowdy decided to pursue a dream and take a shot at being a Mixed Martial Arts competitor. Paige quickly learned the CNY MMA curriculum and became one of Charles' top students.

In October 2003, at Cage Fury Fighting Championship 2, Yellowdy made his amateur mixed martial arts debut. He was matched up against Carlo Profico. Yellowdy won the fight after the referee stopped the fight in the first round.

Yellowdy won two more fights, a head kick knockout and an armbar submission, before taking his first loss to WEC veteran Anthony Morrison. Morrison won the fight via a unanimous decision. He quickly bounced back from the loss with another head kick knockout.

Yellowdy has yet to won Mixed Martial Arts Championship Belts in both the 162lb and 180lb weight divisions.

In his first title match at 170 lbs, Yellowdy fought Leandro Escobar. Yellowdy won via a majority decision and was immediately signed to fight number one contender, Josh Grispi. Grispi handed Paige his second loss after hitting him with a head kick only eleven seconds into round number one.[1]

After the loss, Yellowdy thought about retiring from MMA and took a year and a half off from competition but he returned to the sport fighting for the promotion, Northeast MMA. He fought twice for the promotion, winning both times.

Yellowdy received his Instructor Certification under Eric "The Chainsaw" Charles and coaches at one of the 3 CNYMMA schools located in upstate New York.

[edit] The King of the Cage Yellowdy moved up to the lightweight division and was selected for his 11th amd last tournament of Dayton MMA Tournament:[2] He entered the chapions guild after defeating Steve Magdaleno via unanimous decision (20-18, 20-18, 20-18). He was later chosen to be the third member of of the pro guild in his weight class. He was chosen sixth overall.

Yellowdy team selected him to fight experienced, Strikeforce veteran unknown, Terrel jones, in the preliminary fight. Yellowdy injuried his Wriast in the second round, and got disqualified helping Jones secure a unanimous decision win, knocking Yellowdy out of the tournament. Due to the rough submission, Yellowdy was unable to enter the wildcard round.