UFC Fighter Ian Heinisch shares his powerful testimony from drugs and prison to faith in Jesus Christ
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Ian Heinisch is a professional mixed martial arts fighter with the UFC. He began his MMA pro career in 2015 and made his UFC debut in November of 2018. He has a career record of 14-5 (five wins by knockout) and signed a new four-year contract with UFC in 2020.
Prior to his MMA career, Ian was a high school wrestling champion who's live took a downward spiral when he was arrested for selling illegal drugs and drug trafficking. After spending time in prison and coming to faith in Christ, Ian was able to turn his life around and focus on a professional fighting career.
Today on the podcast, Ian shares his powerful testimony and candidly talks through his valleys and going from drinking and drugs and prison to living a life of obedience in Jesus Christ and how he lives out his faith as a UFC fighter.
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| 1:37.0 | Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast, the intersection of sports and faith. |
| 1:42.3 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 1:46.0 | And welcome everyone to the show. |
| 1:53.1 | I am Jason. This is the Sports Spectrum podcast. Our email address, Jason at Sportspectrum.com. If you'd like to reach me directly or any thoughts, any comments on today's powerful conversation |
| 1:58.0 | with Ian Hinesh, or maybe you have a guest of your own that you'd like to |
| 2:02.2 | suggest and send to us. You can email me, Jason at Sportspectrum.com. Always check out our website |
| 2:09.0 | that has all the free content there. Tons of resources, great stories, amazing testimonies. |
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