Andy Foster
| Andy Foster | |
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| Born |
January 13, 1979 Dalton, Georgia |
Andy Foster (born January 13, 1979 in Dalton, Georgia), is the current Executive Director of the California State Athletic Commission (2012-present) and former Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission (2008–2012) and former professional mixed martial artist.
Foster is married to his wife Sonja and they have one son.
In his capacity as a mixed martial artist, Foster has achieved the following notable accomplishments: BodogFight Series III Costa Rica Combat winner (2007), International Sport Combat Federation (ISCF) Middleweight Southeast Champion (April, 2004) and Light Heavyweight East Coast Amateur Champion(October, 2003). Foster has fought in combative sports since 1997.
Andy Foster is an experienced multi-disciplined fighter who has trained in Mixed Martial Arts since 1997. He is trained in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Taekwondo, Aikido, Judo, Hapkido, Muay Thai, Jeet Kune Do, Sambo, Kickboxing, and Boxing. Foster holds a MMA record of 17 – 2 (8-0 Amateur and 9-2 Professional - Pro- 2 KOs, 7 Submissions, 1 TKO, 1 Decision). He has a 23-3 Amateur Boxing Record; 77-4-2 Sport Grappling Record; and 1-2 Amateur Kickboxing Record.
In addition to being a successful fighter, Foster has promoted five professional MMA cards; four professional boxing matches, matchmaker of nine professional MMA cards, trained over 30 successful MMA fighters, refereed over 500 MMA bouts, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Instructor (2003–2007), served as Head Referee for the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission (2007–2008), instructed several referee and judge training course on behalf of the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission, and judged over 100 MMA bouts.
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