[2] His family would later move to Charlotte, North Carolina, where Rinaldi grew up with his two older brothers and three stepsisters.

Even though he played baseball and football at a young age, as a late bloomer with only a 93-pound body weight frame, he followed his brother and started wrestling during his freshman year in high school.

[5] Rinaldi attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte after high school[5] and worked at a car wash station part-time.

[11] Rinaldi made his promotional debut as a short notice replacement, filling in for Carlos Diego Ferreira who was pulled out from the fight due to a potential USADA violation, against Abel Trujillo on May 29, 2017 at UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs.

[17][18] He is also the fourth fighter in UFC history to have defeated an opponent with a Von Flue Choke submission.

[25] Rinaldi works as a corporate financial analyst and he earned his BS in Accounting and BSBA in Finance degrees from University of North Carolina at Charlotte.