▁a ▁cr ate ▁stamp ed ▁" O V W , ▁Louis ville , ▁Kentucky ", ▁a ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁development al ▁territory ▁from ▁which ▁the ▁Squad ▁had ▁come . ▁ ▁Mitchell ▁was ▁released ▁from ▁his ▁W WE ▁contract ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁ ▁M ixed ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁After ▁being ▁released ▁by ▁W WE , ▁Mitchell ▁began ▁training ▁for ▁a ▁career ▁in ▁mixed ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁( M MA ) ▁under ▁Rock y ▁Long , ▁a ▁former ▁mixed ▁mart ial ▁artist . ▁He ▁made ▁his ▁M MA ▁debut ▁on ▁April ▁ 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁losing ▁to ▁future ▁U FC ▁star ▁Der rick ▁Lewis ▁via ▁second ▁round ▁technical ▁knock out . ▁Mitchell ▁was ▁set ▁to ▁fight ▁again ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁but ▁pulled ▁out ▁at ▁the ▁last ▁minute ▁due ▁to ▁an ▁injury . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁The ▁Wood lands ▁High ▁School ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁Mitchell ▁played ▁four ▁years ▁of ▁vars ity ▁American ▁football ▁in ▁high ▁school , ▁and ▁received ▁a ▁full ▁scholar ship ▁to ▁North western ▁State ▁University . ▁During ▁his ▁fresh man ▁season , ▁however , ▁he ▁was ▁exp elled ▁for ▁getting ▁into ▁a ▁fight . ▁Mitchell ▁then ▁spent ▁two ▁sem esters ▁at ▁B lin n ▁College ▁in ▁Bry an , ▁Texas . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁girl friend , ▁Tor rie ▁Wilson , ▁started ▁a ▁business ▁together ,