Richie Lewis always knew that he would be a fighter.
Growing up in Toms River New Jersey and seeing the success of former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar, Richie always knew that his time would come to succeed in MMA. Richie started out his combat sports journey in Taekwon Do at the age of 5 and then transitioned to the world of amateur wrestling competing in the Big 10 at Rutgers University. Richie did achieve success wrestling as he was a two-time NCAA qualifier and won the U23 World Championship in Freestyle Wrestling in his weight class.