Rob co-founded BlackHat with Travis, a fellow Marine from 1st Battalion, 6th Marines. He started Jiu Jitsu on a 2016 deployment, trained at American Top Team in Coconut Creek after leaving the Marine Corps, and earned his brown belt (April 2022) and black belt (December 2023) at Gamblers Jiu Jitsu and Kickboxing in Palm Beach Gardens under Jay Jay Wilson and Johnny Faria.
