“I fought Alex Hernandez on nine days’ notice, had to cut 30 pounds, and that dude, he is one of the best,” said Breeden. “So he’s a dangerous dude, and I think that was an early stoppage and I was in that fight, but the ref’s trying to protect me, so I’m not too mad. And then the next fight, I honestly thought should have went a little different, but it is what it is.”
The next fight against Nathan Levy in April of last year resulted in a three-round decision loss, but then injuries and the suspension of his head coach at Glory MMA, James Krause, left Breeden in limbo. Enter his teammate Trey Ogden and the Marathon MMA gym in Overland Park, Kansas, where he now makes his home.
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“I was kind of freaking out for there for a minute (when he had to leave Glory MMA) because we had a lot of high level people in there, a lot of good bodies, high level coaching, and then just for all that to be taken away, I was kind of panicking,” Breeden explains. “And then, on top of that, dealing with my injuries, I was just in a really bad spot. But once I got to Marathon and gave it a shot, it was probably one of the best decisions that I could have made. We don’t have as many high-level fighters, but we got some high-level fighters there. And then all the young and up and coming guys, they’re hungry. They give me the work that I need to get, the push that I need. And I’m falling in love with the sport again. Just being in that room over at Marathon, the energy is contagious.”
