Nicholas Plessett is a lifelong martial artist, combat sports professional, entrepreneur, and the Founder & CEO of Spar Wars Entertainment. With experience on both sides of the ropes—as a fighter and as an event professional—Nicholas has built his career around the sport that has been his passion for most of his life.
A lifelong competitor, Nicholas has accumulated more than 20 fights across Muay Thai, kickboxing, boxing, MMA, and combat sports exhibitions. During his competitive career, he became a two-weight-class Amateur Muay Thai Champion and has also trained extensively in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, earning the rank of Blue Belt. That experience inside the ring and on the mats continues to influence his approach to coaching, matchmaking, fighter development, and event production today.
Nicholas graduated from Johnson & Wales University in 2013 with a degree in Hospitality Management and a minor in Sales, Meeting & Event Management. After graduation, he accomplished one of his early professional goals by joining Marriott, where he spent more than two years as a Food & Beverage Manager. The hospitality industry provided him with a strong foundation in leadership, customer experience, operations, sales, and event management—but ultimately, his passion for martial arts pulled him in a different direction.
He made the decision to leave the traditional hospitality career path and build a life around combat sports.
Since then, Nicholas has worked and trained at major fitness and combat sports facilities across multiple states, including the Under Armour Global Headquarters in Baltimore, the University of Maryland recreation center, Spar Houston in Texas, and many of Miami’s leading boxing and martial arts gyms. These experiences exposed him to different athletes, coaches, training systems, business models, and gym cultures while helping shape his own philosophy of what a great combat sports facility should provide.
His professional career in combat sports has also included more than four years with BKB, one of the world’s largest bare-knuckle boxing organizations, where he has served in roles including Operations Manager and Fighter Relations Supervisor. His responsibilities have placed him behind the scenes of major professional fight events, working directly with fighters and teams while overseeing event operations, backstage logistics, fighter coordination, and the countless moving pieces required to produce a professional combat sports event.