Tommy Morrisson | Montreal's Latest Homegrown Talent

Tommy Morrisson is pursuing two goals on parallel tracks at the moment, chasing his mixed martial arts dreams inside the Samourai MMA cage while working to complete his computer engineering degree at Concordia University at the same time.

“Hopefully I’ll be done by December,” said the 26-year-old regarding his degree, just a few days out from his return to action against Christopher Daniel at Samourai MMA 14 on Friday evening in Montreal.

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