About Grapplers Quest Founder and President, Brian Cimins

Brian Cimins was born September 23, 1976 to Paul and Phyllis Cimins in Wayne, New Jersey, United States. His brother, Paul Michael Cimins, Aka "The Autism Chef" is Host of Hope Saves the Day for Autism and Fundraising campaigns, husband to Lucia Lee Cimins, a world renown hairdresser and make-up artist and father to son, Logan John Cimins (born June 13, 2007) and daughter, Kaylee Paige Cimins (born May 28, 2009).

Cimins is CEO and Founder of The Grapplers Company, Inc., producer of Grapplers Quest, a world famous ground fighting competition called by Grappling Magazine in June 2006 as “The Greatest Grappling Show on Earth”. More than one hundred UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) roster fighters and Ultimate Fighter (Spike TV's TUF) contestants including six UFC champions, BJ Penn, Matt Hughes, Frank Mir, Frankie Edgar, Matt Serra, and Ricco Rodriguez have competed at Grapplers Quest. In 2009, Grapplers Quest was named the official Grappling Tournament of the Ultimate Fighting Championship's MMA supershow, UFC Fan Expo.

Cimins is also Chief Marketing Officer for Marketing Visionary, Inc. - http://TheMarketingVisionary.com - the first ever charity based brand development, marketing and sales consulting firm.

History:
At Wayne Hills high school, Cimins was inspired to study marketing by Mr. Westervelt and coerced by Mr. Holden to study accounting as a junior in high school, he even taught Cimins how to Write his first check. Cimins' story is a perfect example of how not all people are wired the same and education can be different for different types of people, different types of minds. Not all people perform well with standardized testing under time restricted pressure. With the positive support of his family and amazing work ethic, a visionary was nurtured and refined - born if you will.

Brian Cimins was an average C-level student in High School and only scored a 890 on his SATs. What college would accept him? He got rejected from Penn State, SUNY Buffalo, University of Connecticut and just about everywhere else he applied. Could the future of an American entrepreneur and visionary be crushed by the horrendous college acceptance process? No - Stockton College believed in Brian Cimins but it still took a hope and a prayer.

The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey accepted Cimins, not because of grades, but his persistent calls and specifically because of a special letter he wrote to the Dean of Admissions and President during the big ice storm of 1994 in New Jersey. Cimins' admissions plea letter started with, "Dear Dean, my test scores and grades will never be able to show you what I'm capable of. Please give me a chance and I'll make you very proud that you did one day...".

In late May 1994, after all of his friends had already been confirmed for colleges, Stockton finally responded and accepted Cimins as a "Probationary Student", allowing him to prove himself with three courses, one short of the normal student load. It was similar to the cult classic college flick, "How I Got into College", but with his foot in the door, there would be no stopping him.

During his college years, Cimins entrepreneurial vision of owning brand names on the internet led to development of ICANN and a San Jose Mercury news article in 1996 quoted the 18-year-old Cimins who accurately predicted ecommerce for books with his BarnesAndNoble.com (pre-Amazon.com), downloadable and streaming music with CapitalRecords.com (pre-iTunes), as well as an online subscription newspaper with ReadersDigest. Cimins first person in the world to register a domain name for a Presidential name, registering BillClinton.com in January 1994 and leasing it for $16,000 and developed the first ecommerce site for "gag gifts" promoting the "Bill Clinton Bobbing Head Doll", which sold 200,000 units from 1996-1998 generating $2.4 million.

As a Richard Stockton under-graduate student majoring in Marketing, Cimins' earned twenty-six A grades of thirty-two possible classes and a 3.5 GPA. The undergraduate education at Stockton helped mold Cimins into an entrepreneurial machine, ready to be unleashed on the business world, but before he graduated, Cimins would create the now famous Grapplers Quest brand with the help of some of the brightest minds Stockton College ever produced.

Grapplers Quest was Brian Cimins' senior year Strategic Marketing and Public Relations projects from The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, graduating class of 1998. During his senior year, the now infamous workaholic apartment E-30 at Stockton College became Grapplers Quest's think tank where Cimins assembled a genius team of young visionaries to help make his dream a reality.

Web development guru, Alex Britez created the web-based email marketing and community web site (http://Grapplers.com) under Cimins' direction becoming the first company in the industry online. Britez and Cimins hosted the first ever live web streamed event in 1999 with Spider Partners, a web-based technology consulting firm. They developed the first ever online tournament registration system and "grappling superstore" in 2000 for credit card transactions, another industry first.

Photographer Sean Ranieri (http://SeanRanieri.com) shot and edited the poster boards and first-ever promotional materials for the sport of grappling, now another photo master, Eric Zippe (http://EZippe.com) captures grappling history through a lens.

Javier Castillo and friend Matt Gabbianelli served as grappling partners as Cimins tossed them around the racquetball courts of the old Stockton College Gymnasium, where Grapplers Quest was truly born, on the old wrestling mats of Stockton in Pomona, New Jersey

Cimins started researching the sport in 1994, after training in Russian Sambo, Judo and Wrestling in 1993 as a freshman in college. The void in the American market for a "No-Gi" Submission Grappling tournament was screaming to Cimins and with the help of his colleagues and inspiration from many teachers at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, as well as his family and friends, history was made.

After running several in-house tournaments from 1996-1998, Cimins finally took his show to the national level and on April 24th, 1999, Cimins hosted the 1st ever Grapplers Quest with 298 competitors and 900 spectators, the first ever 100% Submission Grappling tournament in the United States in Montclair, New Jersey. It was originally scheduled at Montclair State University for the same date, but after review by the Board, they denied our "brutal submission sport", canceling our event. Ironically, almost cosmically, Montclair High School was available for the same date, and the rest is grappling history.

Cimins was also the promoter for The Abu Dhabi World Submission Wrestling Championships from 2005-2007 and developed and created the now famous ADCC branded logo redesigned by Cimins himself in 2004.

In May 2009, Grapplers Quest was hired to create UFC Fan Expo's 1st grappling tournament, July 10-11, 2009 at Mandalay Bay events center in Las Vegas. It was a historic moment for grappling when 30,000 fans witnessed our sport potentially for the first time. In 2010, the UFC, Mr. Olympia, and Europa Super shows all chose Grapplers Quest as their key strategic partner for Grappling. Get more information on UFC Fan Expos at: http://UFCFanExpo.com

Since 1996, Grapplers Quest is the industry leader in the sport of Submission Grappling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Wrestling and and Judo. With 200+ tournaments and nearly one hundred thousands competitors, fans, and coaches worldwide, the mixed martial arts and grappling world voted Grapplers Quest, "Best Grappling Tournament" at GrapplingWeekly.com in September 2010.

Charity Projects:

In March 2009, Brian Cimins produced the first "FIGHT EXPO", a blend of MMA, Grappling and Extreme Sports for a Great Cause benefiting the Make a Wish foundation.

In April 2007, Cimins co-founded 'Grappling Autism' a national fundraising campaign to benefit families of autistic children through 501c3 registered charity, AutismRadio. For information on Autism, visit: http://AutismRadio.org

DVDs: Brian Cimins and Grapplers Company have released twenty-two worldwide distributed DVDs featuring more than 100 Ultimate Fighting Championship competitors, five champions. The newest release will be "The Best of Grapplers Quest at UFC Fan Expo 2009-2011 covering submission grappling, Brazilian Jiu JItsu and Judo highlights from the Ultimate Fighting Championships MMA supershow, UFC Fan Expos including Vegas 2009, Vegas 2010, Boston 2010, Toronto 2011, Houston 2011.

Television: Brian Cimins and Grapplers Company signed a 26-episode television show called, "The Best of Grapplers Quest" on Channel Zero's FightNow TV and debuted the first worldwide broadcast grappling highlight show in the history of television on Sunday, July 10, 2011 on Channel 464 on Cablevision, FightNow's first signed distribution deal to 5 million homes with every other carrier to join on before the end of 2012. For local listings visit: http://FightNowTV.com

Radio: Cimins launched a talk radio Grappling based show, app and video blog through iTunes, go to: http://GrapplingRadio.com

About Cimins' Martial Arts Training & Competition History:

Brian Cimins started training in Karate, Japanese Jiu Jitsu and Hapkido in 1994 at Rising Sun Martial Arts in Lyndhurst, NJ with Jerry Jones and Peter Tuccino. When asked why he started martial arts, Cimins commented,
"I was going to get beat up by an old friend who was coming home from the Marines after his 14 weeks of Basic Training, Nothing ever happen, but I stuck with it and made a career out of it." Read the full "Why I Started Martial Arts by Brian Cimins" here: http://bit.ly/q0tvEP

Competitions Brian Cimins has competed in:
1996 Gene Lebell's Grappling Challenge (3rd Place)
1997 International Shootfighting Association (ISFA) Full Contact Champion
1999 Kioto Challenge Superfight Champion, 2-Time (1st Place x 2)
2000 New Jersey State Submission Wrestling Champion (1st Place)
2000 Atlantic City Judo vs. Jiu Jitsu Silver Medalist (2nd Place)
2000 North American Grappling Association BJJ Champion (1st Place)
2003 World Grappling Games American International Silver Medalist (2nd Place)
2003 Endgame Combat Sports Light-Heavyweight Champion (1st Place)
2004 Tai Kai Friendship Tournament Silver Medalist (2nd Place)
2005 Grapplemania Silver Medalist (2nd Place)

Competition Record: 13-7 all time, all ground fighting sports.
Rank: 4-Stripe Blue Belt under Chris Savarese in Lyndhurst, New Jersey
Weight: 189.9 pounds
Height: 6'2

Brian Cimins vs. Gerry Fajardo (Renzo Gracie) at Rising Sun Challenge, August 1997:

Cimins now focuses his efforts on promoting the sports and events in Submission Grappling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu,Judo, Wrestling Sambo, and Mixed Martial Arts worldwide.

Grappling On TV - Landmark Event in the Sport

Grapplers Quest signed a 26-Episode Television deal with FightNow TV in 5 million homes in America and Canada. This was a historic event, because it's the first time grappling appeared on National Television. The Television show, "Best of Grapplers Quest" is filming LIVE at every event worldwide.

The Show presents both professional and amateur grappling tournaments from around the world. This exclusive weekly series puts the viewer right on the mat as Grapplers Quest founder Brian Cimins hosts the series that showcases the skills and talents of these great athletes who compete for the love of the sport. From rising talent to household names like Matt Hughes, BJ Penn, Frank Mir and Diego Sanchez, Grapplers Quest is a unique series only found on FIGHT NOW TV.

Fight Now TV is a subsidiary of Channel Zero.
FIGHT NOW TV – It’s On!
Premieres May 24
http://www.fightnow.com

Follow Grapplers Quest and sport visionary, Brian Cimins at:
http://BrianCimins.com

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