Career
Although his first professional bout was in 1998, in June 2006 Young decided he wanted to begin training mixed martial arts full-time. Young compiled a 2-2 record with the IFL, and that gave him an opportunity to fight Takeshi Inoue at Shooto. Despite Inoue being heavily favored, Young pulled off the upset and beat him by unanimous decision.
Young fought at their first event, Affliction: Banned, losing by second-round armbar against UFC veteran Mark Hominick.
While training part-time, Young worked in post-production at a video editing company, making the feats of others come alive on the screen. An avid video game player, Young has also had a lifelong fascination with cars, building and competing with them in street races while in high school.