One day as a youth in his native New York City, Jay Hieron had finally had enough of being picked on.
“I was going into high school, and I was like ‘I’m done with this. It’s time to grow up and turn into a man,'” Hieron recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “I took action. … I joined my (high school) wrestling team.
“I was fascinated by it. It was crazy. I fell in love with the sport. That’s what got me through high school. That’s what got me to this point today. That step I took in my life.”