As any aspiring mixed martial artist knows, assembling the right team for professional guidance can be challenging in a career’s beginning stage. In today’s episode of Across The Pond, you will meet a jackhammer of jagged voltage and high octane thrills ready to deliver electrifying charges to the power grid and shorten the opposition’s circuits as he smooths out the rough edges in Shamrock FC as he ventures forth on his professional pathway and add another entry to the show me state’s MMA volume. A professional mixed martial artist since March 2025 and representing ES MMA and Fitness under head coach Erik Steenberg, Jacob Highley owns a 1-0 record with his lone win in the professional MMA ranks coming via technical knockout. He has fought for Shamrock FC and is 1-0 under their banner. The only finish during his professional career has come inside the opening round with a time of one minute and 29 seconds. He has spent his entire professional career in the United States in his home state of Missouri. Highley also fought for several promotions as an Amateur including Synergy FC, Nemesis Fighting Alliance and Legacy Fighting Alliance before turning professional. He has never gone to the scorecards over the course of his professional career with a 100 percent finish rate to show for it.
In his professional MMA debut on the main card of Shamrock FC 362, he faced Cody Johanningsmeier and went on to defeat him via TKO in round one to earn the first knockout victory of his professional career in addition to his first win and finish under the Shamrock FC banner. Highley also secured win number one inside the professional ranks in the process. No stranger to challengers or big crowds, Highley is certainly eager for large slices of action-packed entertainment, so the Missouri faithful should have lots to cheer about as the cameras click!
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