Fight Path: WSOF 1’s Tyson Steele went from oil fields to biotechnology to MMA

Tyson Steele is well aware of the fate that might have awaited him if he didn’t find jiu-jitsu in his spare time and continue to an MMA career.

Steele’s hometown of Carlyle, Saskatchewan, is filled with people who work in the oil industry. That bring…

Tyson Steele is well aware of the fate that might have awaited him if he didn’t find jiu-jitsu in his spare time and continue to an MMA career.

Steele’s hometown of Carlyle, Saskatchewan, is filled with people who work in the oil industry. That brings plenty of jobs, like the one working on an oil rig that the Canadian fighter held for several years after he finished high school.

But they’re not all the most appealing jobs. And Steele learned that firsthand.