Jason Coffey joined the Marine Corps right out of high school, getting out in 2012, after 3 deployments, as an Aviation Ordinance Tech on F-18, Huey's and Cobras.

He was a high school wrestler and continued his training with Marine Corps martial arts along with Brazilian jiu jitsu and kickboxing. He also competed in numerous area grappling tournaments.

While transitioning out of the Marine Corps, he found himself dealing with PTSD and mental health issues and then found MMA again with some great coaches, great gyms, and great results.

He lost 30lbs while training 6 hours a day and won his latest fight at 215lbs, just shy of 40 years old.

Hear what the Marine Corps taught him, took from him, and what MMA helped him find again!

My listeners know I owned 3 MMA gyms, I had Golden Glove boxers, Marine Corps boxing coaches, Marine Corps wrestling coaches, Muay Tai experts, Judo black belts, all rotate through the gym training my guys. I saw their transformation, discipline, confidence and all of it helped with their PTSD.

I was also an MMA judge for the state of Georgia Boxing Commissioner Andy Foster, and I promoted many MMA events, 1 being the first and only ever MMA event for the troops in Mosul, Iraq. I have been in FiGHT Magazine and Fox Sports twice.

This episode was fun for me, to talk to this Marine, and hear all about how boxing and MMA affected his life.

Co-host, my husband, retired Marine LtCol David Sanford