Professional mixed martial art (MMA) fighter Fletcher Stephen "Stevie" Linton, Jr., age#, won third place Medium Weight at American Nationals Jiu-Jitsu Championship, 2012.
Dear Tribal Leaders and Community Members,
Fletcher Stephen Linton, Jr. (Stevie) is an enrolled tribal member of the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel. He is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighter and looking for sponsorship to maintain his competition schedule, tournament fees, travel, and nutrition.
In order to generate money he is looking to perform seminars for martial arts gyms.
I have attached pictures of his competitions and a letter from Stevie regarding his career (DOWNLOAD PDF).
He can be reached at (760) 315-1434 or his mother, Linda Linton (760) 315-0916, or his father's email flinton1(at) aol (dot) com.
As a Veteran, college graduate, and athlete, he is a positive role model for the tribal youth and we look forward to his continued success.
Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully,
Brandie Taylor Vice-Chairwoman
Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel
From Stevie Linton, Jr:
Hello, my name is Fletcher Stephen Linton, Jr. (Stevie). I am a Native belonging to the Santa Ysabel Iipay Nation, and I am currently living in Philadelphia, PA, with my girlfriend. We moved here from North Carolina where she was going to medical school, and where I owned and taught at a small martial arts academy known as Moreno Brazillian Jiu Jitsu of Greenville.
I'll start with a little history of just how exactly I got to where I am now, all the way from my hometown of Ramona, CA, in the County of San Diego.
When I was 17, I swore into the United States Marine Corps in May of 2000. And a little after my 18th birthday, on September 11, 2000, I started basic training ay Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.
From there, I went to Marine Combat Training in Camp Pendalton, followed by a fifteen-month stint in Pensacola, FL, where I received my specialized training in Lemoore, CA, for about four months. And then finally, after that, I received my orders to MCAS Cherry Point, NC, in February of 2002. And I would live in North Carolina for the next 10 years, recently moving this past July, to Philadelphia... READ MORE (DOWNLOAD PDF).
Steve Linton
Native American Indian
"REAL" SAN DIEGO NATIVE
As a Kumeyaay-Ipai American Indian and enrolled tribal member of the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, Mr. Linton's American Indian ancesters have occupied the Southern California for some 600 generations, 12,000 years!
With little or no formal training in the martial arts, martial arts belts or martial arts degrees of competence on his resumé, (name) credits ... for teaching him his fighting skills:
"I grew up on the Rez s."
WORLD EXTREME CAGEFIGHTING
Still, Rezdog's Warrior Spirit draws him into the fighter's cage and pits him against much more traditionally-trained and highly-credited professional heavyweight mixed martial arts fighters in the dangerous, unmerciful world of personal one-on-one combat fighting in the cage.
THE FIGHT CAGE: Regulation U.S. Strikeforce MMA octagon fight cage.
FAMILY MAN & FATHER
"I try to remain focused on my career right now and my family because I have two young children and want to give them a good father and role model."
REZDOG'S PRAYERS:
"I will pray to the Creator to give me strength and courage to show pity on me for I am a pitiful man and I need help everyday of my life.
"I will thank the Creator for all my blessings and good fortune, for all my family and all my relations.
"I just try to tell myself that I'm a proud Rezdog."
LINTON FIGHT PHOTOS
PROFESSIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHTER: Vi
TROUBLED YOUTH — Sports was Rezdog's ticket out of a bad lifestyle:
"I was in and out of trouble and jail from 11 years old to 23 when I learned about (MMA Fitness) — MMA turned my life around.
"The courage and training are so hard that it consumes my time for anything else, it keeps me in the gym instead of the bars.
"MMA is a learning ground for humility and humbleness."
What does Rezdog tell young people?
"I like to tell young people that my mistakes paved the road for my success. In my life, I am trying to erase my past with the good I'm doing in the future."
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KUMEYAAY ATHLETE
IN THE CAGE AT Save Mart Center, Fresno, CA: Professional heavyweight cage fighter Virgil "Rezdog" Zwicker (right) dealt a hard martial arts blow across the jaw of Lavar Johnson, October 22, 2010, at the Strikeforce Challengers 11 extreme cage fighting mixed martial arts event. Photos: Jeff Sherwood, sherdog.com.
WATCH REZDOG VIDEOS
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PLAY: "Rezdog" Strikeforce heavyweight martial arts fighter Virgil Zwicker interview video on his Brett Albee TKO.
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Thank you for your consideration.
