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's 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 routinely is 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][19][20][21]