Simon 'Bad Bwoy' Marcus is the archetypal story of the teenage tearaway who was well on the way towards landing a long jail sentence before martial arts entered his life and gave him some direction. A long, hard road led him to winning the GLORY middleweight title earlier this year and on Friday night he will defend it against Dustin Jacoby in Los Angeles.
At fifteen years old, Simon Marcus was all but written off already. A wild and rebellious youngster, he had no interest in education and no respect for authority. After yet another incident, he found himself expelled from high school, but he wasn't concerned.