Rhadi Bullard Ferguson (born April 3, 1975) is an American former mixed martial artist and trainer, strength and conditioning coach, motivational speaker, and black belt in judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
[3] Ferguson had to quit judo for several years after his family had left Miami and moved to Rockville, Maryland and would not begin training again until after he finished college at age 22.
[2] At the age of 29, Ferguson competed in judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece in the men's half-heavyweight division.
[5] Ferguson has coached many athletes including; Taraje Williams-Murray, Lloyd Irvin, Karo Parisyan, Cara Heads,[6] Thiago Alves, Brandon Vera, Jeff Monson, Valerie Gotay, Marco González,[2] Rashad Evans, Mo Lawal, and Bobby Lashley.
Ferguson graduated with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and later in 2002 received his Master of Arts in teaching with a 4.0 GPA from the university.
[11] He was originally scheduled to face Moldovan wrestler Ion Cherdivara, but visa issues forced him off the card with John Richard stepping in as a late replacement.