November - 2016
SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
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even performing the National
Anthem live for 15,000 plus at
their live events In 2015 Rukus
would team up with a drum
and bass dj to create World Se-
ries Of Fighting’s (WSOF) theme
song which would be used for
the next year and a half. He
would then go on to create
an entire music production
package for WSOF, which in-
cludes not only the brand new
theme song “Here We Go”,
but also specialized music for
their commercial bumps, Tale
Of The Tape Screens, Fight An-
nouncement Screens as well. If
that’s not enough, aside from
creating podcast introductions,
voice over work for commer-
cials etc, Rukus would take on
Music Supervisor and Compos-
er duties for multiple films as
well as being offered a record
deal, to which he would ulti-
mately walk away from.
The road that Rukus
has traveled has not been an
easy one. More specifically in
the last two years,he fought
through misrepresentation by
his previous management com-
pany- which would ultimately
lead to a separation of the
two entities. He also worked
through the illness of his wife
who would be confined to a
bed for nearly 10 months after
discovering that she had a tu-
mor that was embedded with-
in her spinal cord.
Anyone you speak to
within the industry that has
had the privilege of interacting
with, working with, or know-
ing Mikey Rukus, will all tell
