Editorial Team
Senior Writers
Jordan Ellis
Jordan Ellis is Head of Combat Sports for GRV Media, overseeing Bloody Elbow, Bloody Knockout, Boxing Retro and MMA Retro. He is an established and prominent figure in the world of combat sports with previous in-depth interviews with some of MMA’s biggest stars, including Tom Aspinall, Michael Bisping, and Sean O’Malley. Before joining GRV Media, he was MMA Lead at talkSPORT.
Donagh Corby
Donagh Corby is a Senior Combat Sports Writer for Bloody Knockout with over ten years of experience as an award-winning journalist. Having started a successful YouTube channel during his early teens, Donagh gained a BA (Hons) degree in Journalism in 2019. After a number of years freelancing at major national publications, he spent three years with the Irish Daily Mirror as an online sports reporter. From there he moved to the Daily Mirror UK where he focused on boxing and MMA. He has been all over the planet covering boxing, and is one of the leading voices in the influencer boxing world, while also interviewing the likes of Canelo Alvarez, Eddie Hearn and Jake Paul.
Writers
Brendan McGilligan
Brendan McGilligan is an NCTJ qualified sports journalist. Brendan has three years of online publishing experiencing reporting for Derry News and County Derry Post. His bylines have also appeared in Planet Rugby, The Rugby Paper, Manchester Evening News and Liverpool Echo. Brendan has particular expertise in rugby union and football.
Callum Boyle
Callum Boyle is a senior journalist at GRV Media covering a range of sports from football to combat sports. With more than six years of experience in digital publishing, he most recently worked as an executive editor Joe Media. Before that, he worked for brands such as Vavel and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC after graduating from Staffordshire University with a first class degree in sports journalism. Callum is an expert in breaking news coverage, feature writing, and live blogging.
Hamish Woodward
Hamish Woodward is a versatile combat sports journalist and SEO writer with years of experience covering combat sports. A graduate of Swansea University, where he earned his Media and Communications degree from 2015 to 2018, Hamish has built a strong reputation for delivering in-depth coverage of breaking news stories and major events, including events like WrestleMania, UFC and Boxing.
James Sweetnam
James Sweetnam is a combat sports journalist, with experience working at The Daily Mirror, The Daily Star, The Hits Radio network and Sporf. Utilising his expertise and enthusiasm for boxing, MMA and wrestling, he has landed exclusive interviews with Israel Adesanya, Michael Bisping, Randy Couture, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, Gilbert Burns, Frank Mir, Alexandre Pantoja, Brad Pickett, Deontay Wilder, Shane Mosley, Ricky Hatton, Anthony Crolla, Tommy Fury, Josh Warrington, Jamel Herring, Big E, LA Knight, Joe Hendry and even taken a punch off UFC interim heavyweight champion — Tom Aspinall. His career has given him the opportunity to travel the globe, covering sporting events in remarkable locations. He's reported at WWE WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas, Formula E races in Brazil and Mexico, the Red Bull Street Style Global Championships in Belgium, and mixed martial arts fight nights with The UFC, PFL, Oktagon MMA and Hexagone MMA in the USA, the UK, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany and France. In addition, he's had the chance to offer his analysis during promotional shoots, broadcast on DAZN across Europe and on the big screen to crowds of 20,000 people.
Kyle Dimond
Kyle Dimond is a Combat Sports Journalist with over eight years of experience in the industry. Having studied Sport Journalism at the University of Gloucestershire, Kyle has worked with high-profile outlets such as Fighters Only, MMA News, and Sportskeeda before joining GRV Media. Specialising in combat sports, he brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to his reporting, covering everything from MMA to boxing.
Ross Markey
Ross Markey is an experienced combat sports journalist with nine years of coverage across MMA and boxing. He has previously written for LowKick MMA and Severe MMA before joining GRV Media.