“The level of difficulty in most areas of MMA is very high. It's a high learning curve. The footwork in boxing alone takes years to master. I will rely heavily on my amateur wrestling to get out of bad situations and take me from defense to offense. I'll try to dictate the fight on my terms.”

American slap fighter and professional wrestler

Donald Jacob Hager Jr. is an American slap fighter, semi-retired professional wrestler, retired amateur wrestler, and mixed martial artist. He is best known for performing in WWE as Jack Swagger and later in All Elite Wrestling as Jake Hager. In mixed martial arts, he was signed to Bellator MMA and competed as a heavyweight. His career has moved between wrestling and combat sports, with his best known work coming in major professional wrestling promotions under the names Jack Swagger and Jake Hager.