He was the light heavyweight North American Allied Fight Series (NAAFS) champions in 2013[1] and formally fought for Bellator.
[3] His hopes of wrestling in college were not able to be realized and he went to work full-time when his girlfriend was pregnant and had a child not long after his high school graduation.
[1] (the cheer from the crowd) It filled that void of not going to college and not having wrestling.As an amateur, he won and successfully defended the heavyweight title of Next Level Fighting four times.
[2] Stansbury was a Bellator veteran and held notable victories over Dane Bonnigson, John Hawk, and Dan Spohn.
[4] He started his amateur career in 2005 and made his debut on November 23 against Aaron Caw at NLF 2 and won his first win via KO on round one.
[5] Stansbury was one of the participants in The Ultimate Fighter 19, a UFC's reality TV series, where the show debuted on April 16, 2014.
[14] Hendricks withdrew from the fight due to neck injury even though he was cleared by the doctor to continue on in the competition and was advised that he had a pinched nerve.
[29] Stanbury faced upcoming light-heavyweight Swedish prospect Karl Albrektsson at Superior Challenger 18 losing via knockout.