Matt Hume (born July 14, 1966) is an American

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trainer and businessman. He is the founder and head trainer at

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in Kirkland, WA, home to former

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flyweight champion

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and

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. Hume has trained numerous world class fighters including

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. Hume has been the Senior Vice President of Competition for Singapore-based combat sports promotion

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since 2012.

Early life

Hume grew up in

Kirkland, Washington Kirkland is a city in King County, Washington, United States. A suburb east of Seattle, its population was 92,175 in the 2020 U.S. census which made it the sixth largest city in the county and the twelfth largest in the state. The city's downto ...

. His father was a Seattle police officer and his mother was a housewife and later a nurse. He graduated from

Lake Washington High School Lake Washington High School is a four-year public high school in Kirkland, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle. It is one of four main high schools in the Lake Washington School District, with an enrollment capacity of approximately 1,500 student ...

, later receiving his college degree in business from

Central Washington University Central Washington University (CWU) is a public university in Ellensburg, Washington. Founded in 1891, the university consists of four divisions: the President's Division, Business and Financial Affairs, Operations, and Academic and Student Life ...

. Matt trained and competed in collegiate style wrestling, boxing, judo, and karate as a child. After graduating from CWU, Matt competed in WKA Kickboxing, winning the North American Super Welterweight Title. Hume went on to compete in the Japanese organization Pancrase. He has also competed at Battlecade Extreme Fighting, The Contenders, and AFC, as well as the very first ADCC submission wrestling tournament.

Mixed martial arts career

Matt Hume first competed in the Shootfighting-style MMA organization Pancrase, debuting at Pancrash 3! against Katsuomi Inagaki, a fight where he lost by points. He would win his second MMA fight against Pancrase veteran and future UFC-fighter Scott Bessac via Rear Naked Choke, but go to lose his next 3 fights, against Ken Shamrock, Manabu Yamada and Jason Delucia. He would then gain a swift victory over Scott Sollivan with an armbar in under a minute, but would later lose by points against Minoru Suzuki in his final Pancrase fight. He has a record of 2 wins and 5 losses in Pancrase. Outside of Pancrase, Matt Hume holds wins over former

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champion

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and former

Welterweight Champion Pat Miletich. Matt Hume also defeated former Olympic gold medalist Kenny Monday by a Toe hold submission in only 45 seconds in the main event of the pay-per-view world submission wrestling championships "The Contenders". Matt Hume's submission grappling impressed Prince Sheik Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nayhan of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates so much, that the Prince requested that Matt come to Abu Dhabi to personally train him and his combat team. Shortly after Matt trained him and his team, the prince was inspired to start the now famous ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship. Matt participated in the inaugural event, winning all of his matches, but withdrawing after his semifinal victory on the doctor's recommendation after a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament injury. Hume's last fight was a win against Shawn Peters by armbar, at Hook n Shoot Absolute Fighting Championships 1, December 13, 2002.

Executive positions

Hume was the rule director and official trainer to both PRIDE Fighting Championships and Dream (mixed martial arts), Dream. Hume was initially appointed as the head official by Singapore-based promotion

when it was founded in 2011. The following year he accepted a new role as Vice President of Operations.

Mixed martial arts record

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, TKO (doctor stoppage) , Extreme Fighting 3 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 0:44 , Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 2–5 , Minoru Suzuki , Decision (lost points) , Pancrase - King of Pancrase Tournament , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 10:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 2–4 , Scott Sollivan , Submission (armbar) , 1994 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Road to the Championship 5, Pancrase - Road To The Championship 5 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:38 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 1–4 , Jason DeLucia , Decision (lost points) , 1994 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Road to the Championship 4, Pancrase - Road To The Championship 4 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 15:00 , Osaka, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 1–3 , Manabu Yamada , Submission (heel hook) , 1994 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Road to the Championship 3, Pancrase - Road To The Championship 3 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:31 , Osaka, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 1–2 , Ken Shamrock , Submission (kimura) , 1994 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Road to the Championship 2, Pancrase - Road To The Championship 2 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 5:50 , Hyogo, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 1–1 , Scott Bessac , Submission (rear-naked choke) , 1994 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Road to the Championship 1, Pancrase - Road To The Championship 1 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:21 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 0–1 , Katsuomi Inagaki , Decision (lost points) , 1994 in Pancrase#Pancrase - Pancrash! 3, Pancrase - Pancrash! 3 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 10:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , -

Submission grappling record

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