Women's Ranking Committee

John Morgan

Interim Rankings Committee Chair

David Andrest is a senior editor for FiveOuncesofPain.com. A graduate of the University of Buffalo, Andrest has made a living as a developer of multimedia and websites, and has worked with many of his field's leading properties. An obsessive follower of the sport since the very early part of 1992, his work has previously appeard on MMAJunkie.com, Yahoo! Sports, and The Ledger— a central Florida newspaper.

Brent Colflesh is a Developer for Nxtbook Media. Brent attended Indiana University and Paris American Academy studying art. He has studied BJJ and Muay Thai at Brad Daddis' Philly MMA Academy in South Jersey. Brent became an amateur official for the USKBA and judged the first amateur events in New Jersey and Delaware. He is looking forward to becoming credentialed in Pennsylvania.

Jaime Fletcher is an active light heavyweight and middleweight competitor who trains and fights out of Combat Submission Wrestling. A veteran of EliteXC, Fletcher also is a trainer to world class fighters. 

Yael Grauer has interviewed top-tier mixed martial artists for a widevariety of publications, including the Tucson Weekly, FighterGirls.com and the Performance Menu: Journal of Health and Athletic Excellence. Her non-MMA writing has been featured in Sacred Fire, Clamor and the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest. Yael has proofread both books and magazines and spent two years serving as a National Correspondent for the now-defunct Blue Jean Magazine. She teaches Language Arts and Reading in the public school system. Yael currently resides in Tucson, and trains in BJJ in Tucson. Check out her website (www.dirttime.org) or e-mail her at yael@dirttime.org.

Joe Gruber has followed the sport of MMA since the late 90's. Gruber contributes to an MMA blog called AtTheTableWithMMA.com where he writes columns about the latest happenings in MMA.

Roxanne Modafferi is a professional female fighter who fights at 135 pounds/60 kilos. She currently lives in Japan and teaches English at the language institution "Berlitz." She has tried a variety of martial arts since middle school, from karate to Judo to BJJ, and debuted professionally in "Smack Girl" in 2001. Since then, the 26-year old has accumulated a record of 13 wins and 4 losses.  Her website is www.63fight.com.

John Morgan is the lead staff reporter for MMAjunkie.com and covers day-to-day breaking news, fight bookings, fighter features and general business dealings. He also travels to cover most major MMA events for MMAjunkie.com and its partner site, Yahoo! Sports. Morgan began his MMA career as a writer for TAGG Radio and occasionally guest-hosts the daily radio program.

Laura Ortiz is an amateur fighter who also is an instructor at Ephrata Martial Arts in Pennsylvania. She travels to schools to teach children self defense skills. In addition, Laura founded Female Fighters Against Domestic Violence at www.ffadv.org, a non-profit group that raises funds for domestic violence shelters. 

A major of broadcast journalism from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, Shnerer is the editorial ticker manager and editor of TheFightNetwork.com. Shnerer coordinates combat sports news content at The Fight Network for both web and television. He runs the world's first-ever 24/7 combat sports news ticker, which can be seen on Canadian TV channel The Fight Network. In addition, he works alongside former PRIDE F.C. play-by-play announcer Mauro Ranallo, Fight Network Radio producer John Pollock and MMA analyst John Ramdeen to write television scripts, supervise boards and build original programming.

Shnerer worked at Rogers Sportsnet as a script coordinator before committing himself full-time to North America's only combat sports television network. His work appears on FOX Sports, FiveOuncesOfPain.com, as well as The National Post, Canada's renowned national newspaper.

Gary Wimsett is an attorney in private practice and focuses on complex transactions and appellate advocacy with the Wimsett Law Firm in Florida. He also is engaged in brand development/marketing and the promotion of elite athletes and entertainment professionals. With over a decade of legal experience, Mr. Wimsett is recognized as an expert in contract negotiation & risk assessment. He is a Florida licensed health care risk manager. Gary brings a fresh new voice to the MMA world as a contributor to the popular Sports Agent Blog where he writes on MMA news and trends with an emphasis on the business side of this growing sport. Gary received his law degree from the University of Florida in 1997 and was an editor of the Florida Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree in English Literature from the University of South Florida in 1993.