
Denzel Joyson is a primary editor in the UFC division at EssentiallySports. Denzel has over two years of experience on the journalism front, during which he has trained several reporters, journalists and editors, all the while leading the setting up of a multimedia breaking news team as their lead editor. His decade-long love for UFC and MMA sparked from watching friends who tried to break out a few moves here and there. He was hooked to the sport after watching McGregor vs. Diaz 2 and took a special interest Conor McGregor's fluid movement inside the Octagon. He completed his bachelor's degree in journalism, and his master's in English literature with Sports Psychology on the side. Denzel can never get enough of listening to fighters talking about their mindset - how do they prepare to fight, what goes on in their minds in the heat of battle? It's those introspective stories with a deeper personal connect that he wishes to bring to the growing readership at EssentiallySports.
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