
I was a shitty regional amateur MMA fighter back in the day, and was on a few cards where Tom fought, he was blowing through people with ease, at a very young age.
I started training BJJ with his dad, and got to know them a little in the early days, and saw first hand how many people saw his HL reel and ducked him instantly, across Europe. I also saw how hard he trained, with no fights on the horizon. I believe he was around 16 when I came across him, I'm quite a bit older and I was pleasantly surprised to see how mature he was about his MMA training and career. His dad Andy deserves mad props for keeping him on the path, and training him, keeping him going when it looked pretty hopeless back then when he couldn't get any fights.
I knew it was a matter of time before he was found and put on a big stage, now he's doing to world class MMA fighters the same thing he did to regional amateur /pro MMA fighters, it's insane, and I couldn't be happier for him and his dad, genuinely two of the nicest people I've met in my MMA journey.
I thought I'd mention him on here to get him some recognition back then, as I hadn't seen a single thread about him back then.