A glance at Journey Newson’s first name would have you assume that his parents knew great things were in their child’s future.
While that turned out to be true, the actual origin of Newson’s name isn’t quite so dramatic.
“My dad really likes Journey the band to be completely honest with you,” Newson recently told MMA Fighting. “They’re a band I listen to to this day and I’ve actually walked out to Separate Ways in one of my amateur fights. That’s basically where he got it from. He’d thought about it for a year before I was born and just thought it was a really good name.