At the age of 17, Matt began his fruitful career as a professional fighter, winning numerous competitions in King of the Cage I, II, and III, Gladiator Challenge 8, Rage in the Cage, and Mat Madness 2003. He has competed and won in a prominent Jiu Jitsu purple belt division competition in Brazil and is undefeated in Pancrase MMA in Japan.

In the midst of his professional fighting career, he began operating Fight Sport in Southern California, educating aspiring fighters in the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Boxing, Kickboxing, and Judo.

After a conversation over a sandwich in 2002, Matt became a raw foodist and vegan while still professionally fighting. During the past 7 years, he has dedicated much of his time to seeking out health, dietary, and spiritual knowledge, becoming an ordained Essene minister and experimenting with many dietary protocols, including fruitarianism, fasting, breatharianism, liquidarianism, and the typical fat-laden raw food diet. During one 8-month experiment, he exclusively ate raw honey that he wild-harvested himself.

Over the past several years, he developed delicious raw food recipes that have been featured in best-selling books by Dr. Craig Sommers and Dr. David Jubb; authored the popular e-book, Dominant Health (now in its second edition); given free lectures all along the West Coast; and created formulations for the successful natural product line, BodyForce.

In 2008, he spent months in the jungles of Kauai, living exclusively off the land as Nature intended. Immediately upon his return, he began lecturing and writing once more, determined to continue helping people improve their lives.

In 2010, he put a pause on Epic Elixirs (his wildly popular handmade honey and herb formulas) to resume his intense training schedule in preparation for King of the Cage and UFC. His website, RAW MMA, focuses on training and nutrition for fighters.

Message from RawMatt...
The reason I give many free lectures and offer a free downloadable book is because I really want people to be positively influenced as I was in the beginning — with enthusiasm for wanting to be healthy, live long, and not be a detriment to the planet. Having clear skin and losing weight is just not enough.

As of March 2009, I am in the process of writing two more books. One is about the benefit of bee products and how important they are to our future and our diet. The other will offer practical applications and scientific studies on physical immortality and the real causes for aging. Time does not age us — our choices age us.

Though I had no formal schooling for what I know on this day, it is because my enthusiasm was lacking in school and it took another type of motivation for me to want to gain interest in learning. One of these propelling situations in my life was my mother's battle with breast cancer. For years she went through chemotherapy and surgeries to remove the tumors. Today she is doing well, and eating healthier and taking supplements and herbs to inhibit any reoccurrence. She has also lowered her high cholesterol to an optimal, healthy level simply by diet and supplements alone.

We can all enjoy optimally healthy, energetic, extremely long lives, and I am here to help people accomplish this.