Chris Dempsey has been at the Mat Factory for 13 years. He started wrestling in 1994 and became a heavyweight PA State Runner-Up for Ambridge High in 2006, and a 2x All-American for the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in 2010-11. After college he started fighting where he fought in both the UFC and Bellator. After that he began focusing on grappling and won the IBJJF Pan/Am Championship at Purple, Brown, and Black Belt as well as IBJJF World Championship at Purple and Brown Belt. He also placed 3rd at the World Combat Games in Saudi Arabia, and made the US World Team twice to compete at the UWW World Championships in Poland & Kazakhstan. He is a head coach for the jiu-jitsu and MMA programs at the Mat Factory Wrestling Club.