Scott Atkinson is a jiu jitsu black belt under Chris Haueter. He began his martial arts journey in the late ‘90s practicing JKD and jiu jitsu with Marvin Diem, founder of Wolverine Martial Arts, and trained for several years with Straightblast Gym under Matt Thornton and Kaizen BJJ with Ryan Fiorenzi before opening his own Wolverine Martial Arts school under the Combat Base flag in 2019, which he ran for two years. 

A teacher at heart, Scott also teaches English and journalism for the University of Michigan-Flint and Michigan State University in addition to coaching at SmashPass BJJ.