Destiny | 10 Feb 07 | |||||
Julie Kedzie (born March 18, 1981) is a retired American mixed martial artist. She is a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and specializes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Kedzie was Greg Jackson's personal assistant at Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts. Kedzie has been working for Invicta Fighting Championships as a fight commentator and interviewer. In December 2013, Kedzie became the new matchmaker for Invicta FC.
Early life
Kedzie was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Bloomington, Indiana when she was twelve so her mother could pursue a doctorate in neurobiology from Indiana University. Her sister is the geneticist Jennifer Raff.
She and her sister were enrolled in Tae Kwon Do by her father when Julie was five years old.
She studied under Steve and Linda Scott at Monroe County Martial Arts. She later returned to teach a one-time mixed martial arts class.
She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Indiana University.
She graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts in Nonfiction Writing from the University of Iowa in 2019.