FERRISBURGH — In late fall 2011, when Travis Simpson was a junior at Vergennes Union High School, he signed up for the Commodore wrestling team.
In the winter of 2013, Simpson, who then went by T.J., reached the 182-pound state final despite weighing about 165.
Early in 2015, Simpson, a Ferrisburgh resident who turns 21 on July 13, decided to put those skills to use in another combat sport — mixed martial arts, or MMA.
His success at the amateur MMA level, fighting around Vermont and upstate New York, has been equally dramatic.
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