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Matt’s wife, Candice, keeps him in check and in line with both API and the Minnesota Police Department. They have four dogs that help round out their loving family.

Matt was a silent investor in an already established mobile business that Scott began in 2004. They became coworkers while working for the Police Department before becoming partners on the Community Response Team, a plain-clothes vice unit. Matt wanted to invest some money he made from a home sale into a long-term business that would eventually allow him a second career or a long-term investment. They conversed more about the prospect of API while arresting drug dealers and raiding drug homes.

Scott eventually told Matt his business plan. Matt put his money down, and the two decided to go into business together to centralize the mobile training business into an actual training center. Their timing could not have been better, and the location was a good fit with the Minnesota Martial Arts Academy. “I remember busting my ass for two weeks straight to get the gym up and running because the UFC All Access show was coming to film Sean Sherk’s workouts.”