Celebrated Name: | John Mccarthy |
Real Name/Full Name: | John Michael McCarthy |
Gender: | Male |
Age: | 62 years old |
Birth Date: | October 12, 1962 |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California USA |
Nationality: | American |
Height: | 1.93 m |
Weight: | 117 kg |
Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
Marital Status: | Married |
Wife/Spouse (Name): | Elaine MacCarthy |
Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Yes (names unknown) |
Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | N/A |
Is Big John Mccarthy Gay?: | No |
Profession: | Professional wrestling referee, martial arts instructor, actor, and police officer |
Salary: | N/A |
Net Worth in 2024: | $1.5 million |
Last Updated: | December 2024 |
John Michael McCarthy is most popularly known as big John Maccarthy by his fans. He is an American professional wrestling referee, martial arts instructor, actor, a police officer who gained fame for officiating several bouts that were promoted by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is also well known for working as a Bellator MMA commentator. He is moreover is a licensed boxing referee and is a founder of C.O.M.M.A.N.D., a certification school and training course for MMA judges and referees. John initially served at the Los Angeles Police Academy as a Tactical Self-Defence Instructor.
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Early Life & Biography
John McCarthy was born on the 12th of October 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He grew up in California, where he was trained to become a police officer in 1985 when he joined the Los Angeles Police Department, succeeding (Ronald ) his father’s steps. We do not have adequate information about his family details
Personal Life
You may be surprised that John would attract a lady to have and to hold, but you would be surprised to learn that yes, he has a serious and busy lifestyle but also has somebody to call his own. John McCarthy got married to Elaine Maccarthy in May 2014, and together they have three adorable children. Surprisingly one of his children is also a police officer.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 12 October 1962, Big John Mccarthy is 62 years old as of today’s date 22nd December 2024. His height is 1.93 m tall, and his weight is 117 kg.
Career
In 1985 He started working as an officer in the LAPD. His experience as a police officer and his understanding of the law, combined with his size, earned him the privilege to officiate UFC 2 as a referee.
In 1994, John had his UFC debut at UFC 2: No Way Out and maintained as a regular referee until 2007. In the same year, he switched his career to become a television commentator for The Fight Network and Affliction. However, after one year, he returned as a referee, and this time handled numerous high profiled fights such as Akebono Taro, a Sumo legend, and Royce Gracie, an MMA legend in 2014.
He decided to launch his first MMA School in 2006 in Valencia, California. After some considerations, he eventually decided to sell in 2015.
McCarthy released his autobiography called “Let’s Get It On – The Making of MMA and its Ultimate Referee,” In September 2011
He would eventually go on to referee hundreds of bouts in major MMA promotions and events. McCarthy decided to retire in 2007, where he engaged in various ventures before officially announcing his retirement in 2018 briefly.
Upon his retirement as a referee, he moved over to rival organization Bellator MMA where he works as a commentator.
John is also a talented actor he has appeared in the movie “Never Back down 2: The Beatdown” which was launched in 2012 alongside stars like Evan Peters, Michael Jai White among others. Additionally, in 2013 he acted in the martial arts documentary named “Fight Life.”
Awards & Achievements
John has earned some accolades for recognition of his hard work. He has been named thrice as the referee of the year (2015, 2016, and 2017) by the World MMA Awards.
Net Worth & Salary of Big John Mccarthy in 2024
John Maccarthy has accumulated his wealth by primarily being a Professional wrestling referee. He was quoted in podcast saying that he earns a minimum of $400 for a fight that is of the lower level and $1,900 for a fight that is regarded as high profile fought like that of McGregor and Jose Aldo in December 2015.
He also has been a martial arts instructor, practicing his acting career and also was a police officer all his careers of which have contributed to the increase of his net worth.
As of December 2024, He has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million.
Being a referee means ruling in favor of one party, and that does not go well with a number of fans.in may 2014, John was attacked by two men in Costco in Los Angeles in front of the parking lot. The assailants are said to be supporters of Tito Otiz, a fight that he had handled, and despite his huge body, john was attacked until the police came to the rescue. He is known as Big John McCarthy because of his enormous body size.