Brady Hiestand became the finalist of The Return of Ultimate Fighter at a very young age of 22. Get to know the martial artist of sikjitsu below
Brady Heistand is a UFC fighter prominently known as the new professional UFC fighter.
Heistand played the final match of The Return of Ultimate Fighter, which is a version of UFC in the bantamweight category. This year’s fight was between Team Volkanovski and Team Ortega. Heistand played from the team Volkanovski.
The final match was against Ricky Turcois, who’s also from the Team Volkanovski. Turcois won the fight in a split decision. The same situation happened in the middleweight final, both the fighters were from the same team as Volkanovski.
Brady Hiestand Age And Height
Brady Heistand started his career in MMA fighting only when he was age 18 years making him one of the youngest fighters.
Hiestand, now 22 was born and raised in Spokane, a small city in Washington. The young man’s height measures 5 feet and 8 inches with a weight of 135 lbs.
As an athlete, it would make sense to presume Brady is the tallest kid in his family. However, his older brother Bryson is a bit taller than him.
Brady Heistand Wikipedia
Brady Heistand was used to martial arts since his childhood. He used to take up Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes.
He was graded till brown belt in the sport. Later, he started practising the sik-jitsu style and still trains in the same style.
Heistand played five matches as an amateur, among which he lost only one match against Allen Messick. He got promoted to pro fighting in mid-2018. His recent stats are updated on Shredog.
Heistand played his first match as a pro with Phil Shriver, which he also won. Including his recent loss, this makes his total loss as a pro to 2 and overall to 3.
Brady earned $24,000 from the final match as per Sportszion.
Brady Heistand Family Details
Brady Heistand is a family man and makes frequent visits to his family whenever he can.
Brady was inspired to learn martial art by his brother Bryson who is also a jiu-jitsu practitioner. However, he did not enter MMA fighting. Bryson also has a son, who is a nephew to Brady.
Heistand does not have a family of his own yet as his age is just 22. Hopefully, we get to see more of Heistand in UFC progressively.
Source: Mixed
