When I got home last night from “MMA 101″ class at Spartan Fitness, my wife told me I had something on my eyebrow. Turns out, it was a piece of leather from my training partner’s glove, left there when he landed a stiff jab during the “live sparring” we do at the end of class. As we prepare to launch BattlePass.com, the first and only ticketing system built for combat sports, my MMA training is much more than just a tough workout:

1. It gives me intimate knowledge of – and respect for – the country’s fastest growing sport, something that will prove invaluable as we approach the many promoters who regularly sell out MMA, Boxing, Jiu-Jitsu, and Muay Thai fights in town halls and community centers across the country. I expect this knowledge will come in very handy as we fight for the belt of “fastest growing ticketing company in the country”.

2. It strengthens my resolve and competitiveness in the business world. There’s nothing like learning to weather punches to the face, knees to the ribcage, neck cranks, and arm bars to put things in perspective when you’re trying to convince a prospective client of the value of your software.

3. It reminds me that size doesn’t matter – at least not in fighting or business. In the early days of modern civilization, David brought down Goliath; in the early days of the UFC, Royce Gracie brought down countless bigger fighters who, on paper, should have crushed him; and call it post-fight euphoria if you want, but I have a feeling that ticket buyers and sellers alike will one day tell stories of how “scrappy little TicketBiscuit” took down the ticketing behemoths of their day by out-thinking, out-maneuvering, and out-executing them.