Michael "Mike" Hayes is an English businessman, best known as the former president and CEO of SEGA Europe and SEGA of America (collectively SEGA West). He has also held executive positions at Codemasters and Nintendo UK and currently leads the digital and e-commerce division of Mercia Fund Management.
Career
Mike Hayes was involved in the localization of Starcraft at Blizzard Entertainments in 1998. From 2002 to 2003, he was credited in various Codemasters games for a role in public relations.
During the late 1980s, Mike was employed by General Foods (soon to be bought by Kraft), where he was a Brand Manager and then Marketing Manager on their desserts products including Angel Delight and Bird's Custard. It is unknown where he was employed between then and 2001.
He joined the company in 2004 as Managing Director. In 2005, Hayes became president contributing to the company's reinvention from a hardware maker to a third-party games publisher. In his tenure as COO of SEGA Europe, he was credited for restoring SEGA's dominance in Europe by setting up the now-defunct Sega Racing Studio and acquiring video game studios Creative Assembly and Sports Interactive.
Hayes' debut for Bellator was on June 10, 2010, at Bellator 21, where he defeated Steve Banks by unanimous decision.
Hayes entered the second heavyweight tournament in Bellator's fifth season. He faced UFC veteran Neil Grove at Bellator 52 and won the back-and-forth bout via split decision.
Hayes faced Andreas Kraniotakes for the vacant Cage Warriors Fighting Championship heavyweight title on March 16, 2012. He won the bout and title via submission in the third round.
Hayes fought D.J. Linderman in a rematch for the Cage Warriors Fighting Championship heavyweight title at Cage Warriors 47 and lost the fight via decision.
Hayes was expected to fight former UFC light heavyweight veteran Thiago Silva at Fight Time 20 on August 29, 2014. However, Silva sustained a knee injury and the fight was cancelled.
Knockout of the Day: Virgil Zwicker Stops Mike Hayes at KSW 25
http://fightnetwork.com/ - Bellator MMA vet Virgil Zwicker stops Mike Hayes with punches at KSW 25 from Dec. 7, 2015. Check it out.
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published: 02 May 2016
Combat Story (Ep 43): Mike Hayes | Navy SEAL | TF Commander | WH | NSC | Author | Never Enough
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Today we hear the Combat Story of Mike Hayes, a retired Navy SEAL Team and Special Operations Task Force Commander who fought in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Bosnia over a 20 year career.
His time in uniform brought to key points in U.S. military and diplomatic history, including intersections with Operation Red Wings, the Mersk Som...
published: 25 Sep 2021
edge gets personal with michael hayes and sgt.slaughter
published: 05 Mar 2023
CyberStar on World Series of Fighting on NBCSN - Fighter Mike Hayes coming out to Eye For an Eye!!!
CyberStar on World Series of Fighting on NBCSN - Fighter Mike Hayes coming out to Eye For an Eye!!!
Air date - 3/12/16
published: 26 Mar 2016
Mike 300 Hayes Highlight
Mike "300" Hayes' highlight film of 3 feature fights including his Pro Debut. Watch as "300" climbs up the rankings and ventures to the UFC.
published: 03 Mar 2009
Alliance Fights: Mike Hayes vs Donald (DJ) Linderman, Round 1
Alliance Fights: Mike Hayes vs Donald (DJ) Linderman, Round 1
published: 14 May 2009
Nick Diaz War (DJ Linderman vs Mike Hayes) 3rd round by ChokeOuT Cancer
ChokeOuT Cancer was honored to be at the inaugural Nick Diaz War MMA event in Stockton, Ca. Nick is a super popular MMA fighter who was a champion for Strikeforce and now retired UFC fighter. Nick Diaz promotions presents War MMA and ChokeOuT Cancer is proud to share some of the exciting videos of War. It was a great night of entertaining MMA fights for the entire family. UFC and Strikeforce champs Jake Shields and Gilbert Melendez in attendance. Legendary coach Cesar Gracie and little bro Nate Diaz also in the house. This was War 1 and we can't wait for more Nick Diaz Wars. Great job Nick Diaz Productions.
published: 27 Jun 2013
Alliance Fights: Mike Hayes vs Donald (DJ) Linderman, Round 2
Alliance Fights: Mike Hayes vs Donald (DJ) Linderman, Round 2
published: 14 May 2009
KSW 25: Mike Hayes vs Virgil Zwicker
published: 07 Dec 2013
Mike Hayes: CWFC Fight Night 4 pre-fight interview
Mike '300' Hayes speaks ahead of his heavyweight title fight against Andreas 'Big Daddy' Kraniotakes at CWFC Fight Night 4 in Dubai.
http://fightnetwork.com/ - Bellator MMA vet Virgil Zwicker stops Mike Hayes with punches at KSW 25 from Dec. 7, 2015. Check it out.
For additional coverage of ...
http://fightnetwork.com/ - Bellator MMA vet Virgil Zwicker stops Mike Hayes with punches at KSW 25 from Dec. 7, 2015. Check it out.
For additional coverage of MMA, boxing and pro-wrestling check out http://fightnetwork.com/ or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/fightnet or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FightNetwork
http://fightnetwork.com/ - Bellator MMA vet Virgil Zwicker stops Mike Hayes with punches at KSW 25 from Dec. 7, 2015. Check it out.
For additional coverage of MMA, boxing and pro-wrestling check out http://fightnetwork.com/ or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/fightnet or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FightNetwork
Join our weekly Combat Check-In Newsletter (www.combatstory.com/newsletter) to get a short email from Ryan for people who love and support our veterans, service...
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Today we hear the Combat Story of Mike Hayes, a retired Navy SEAL Team and Special Operations Task Force Commander who fought in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Bosnia over a 20 year career.
His time in uniform brought to key points in U.S. military and diplomatic history, including intersections with Operation Red Wings, the Mersk Somali pirate kidnapping, and an international treaty negotiation with Russia.
While in the Navy, Mike was one of the very few selected as a White House fellow, where he served under both Republican and Democrat administrations and as the Director for Defense Policy and Strategy at the National Security Council.
Since leaving the military, Mike has gone on to senior roles at Bridgewater Associates, Cognizant, and VM Ware.
He’s written a fantastic book, Never Enough, that we’ll discuss during this interview and for which all proceeds go to Gold Star families.
Mike is a model leader and giver and I hope you enjoy his Combat Story as much as I did.
#combat #veterans #specialoperations #SEAL
Find Mike Online
Instagram @thisis.mikehayes https://www.instagram.com/thisis.mikehayes/
Twitter @thisismikehayes https://twitter.com/thisismikehayes
LinkedIN Mike Hayes https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-hayes-733688/
Book Never Enough https://tinyurl.com/ybv89rdh
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Intro Song: Sport Rock from Audio Jungle
Show Notes
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Bio on Mike Hayes
2:10 - Interview begins
2:53 - Gold Star Families
4:35 - Guam and Science Fairs
9:00 - Others Before Self
16:22 - Telling a General ‘No’
22:50 - What to do when you’re kidnapped
33:58 - Operation Red Wings
38:02 - When to pull the trigger and when to hold
46:55 - Holding people accountable
55:08 - The White House Fellow Program
1:00:20 - Working at Bridgewater Associates for Ray Dalio
1:07:50 - Building egalitarian teams in business
1:15:00 - What did you carry with you into combat?
1:16:45 - Would you do it all again?
1:20:10 - Comments from listeners (THANK YOU!)
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Today we hear the Combat Story of Mike Hayes, a retired Navy SEAL Team and Special Operations Task Force Commander who fought in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Bosnia over a 20 year career.
His time in uniform brought to key points in U.S. military and diplomatic history, including intersections with Operation Red Wings, the Mersk Somali pirate kidnapping, and an international treaty negotiation with Russia.
While in the Navy, Mike was one of the very few selected as a White House fellow, where he served under both Republican and Democrat administrations and as the Director for Defense Policy and Strategy at the National Security Council.
Since leaving the military, Mike has gone on to senior roles at Bridgewater Associates, Cognizant, and VM Ware.
He’s written a fantastic book, Never Enough, that we’ll discuss during this interview and for which all proceeds go to Gold Star families.
Mike is a model leader and giver and I hope you enjoy his Combat Story as much as I did.
#combat #veterans #specialoperations #SEAL
Find Mike Online
Instagram @thisis.mikehayes https://www.instagram.com/thisis.mikehayes/
Twitter @thisismikehayes https://twitter.com/thisismikehayes
LinkedIN Mike Hayes https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-hayes-733688/
Book Never Enough https://tinyurl.com/ybv89rdh
Find Ryan Online
Follow on Instagram @combat_stories https://www.instagram.com/combat_stories/
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Intro Song: Sport Rock from Audio Jungle
Show Notes
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Bio on Mike Hayes
2:10 - Interview begins
2:53 - Gold Star Families
4:35 - Guam and Science Fairs
9:00 - Others Before Self
16:22 - Telling a General ‘No’
22:50 - What to do when you’re kidnapped
33:58 - Operation Red Wings
38:02 - When to pull the trigger and when to hold
46:55 - Holding people accountable
55:08 - The White House Fellow Program
1:00:20 - Working at Bridgewater Associates for Ray Dalio
1:07:50 - Building egalitarian teams in business
1:15:00 - What did you carry with you into combat?
1:16:45 - Would you do it all again?
1:20:10 - Comments from listeners (THANK YOU!)
ChokeOuT Cancer was honored to be at the inaugural Nick Diaz War MMA event in Stockton, Ca. Nick is a super popular MMA fighter who was a champion for Strikefo...
ChokeOuT Cancer was honored to be at the inaugural Nick Diaz War MMA event in Stockton, Ca. Nick is a super popular MMA fighter who was a champion for Strikeforce and now retired UFC fighter. Nick Diaz promotions presents War MMA and ChokeOuT Cancer is proud to share some of the exciting videos of War. It was a great night of entertaining MMA fights for the entire family. UFC and Strikeforce champs Jake Shields and Gilbert Melendez in attendance. Legendary coach Cesar Gracie and little bro Nate Diaz also in the house. This was War 1 and we can't wait for more Nick Diaz Wars. Great job Nick Diaz Productions.
ChokeOuT Cancer was honored to be at the inaugural Nick Diaz War MMA event in Stockton, Ca. Nick is a super popular MMA fighter who was a champion for Strikeforce and now retired UFC fighter. Nick Diaz promotions presents War MMA and ChokeOuT Cancer is proud to share some of the exciting videos of War. It was a great night of entertaining MMA fights for the entire family. UFC and Strikeforce champs Jake Shields and Gilbert Melendez in attendance. Legendary coach Cesar Gracie and little bro Nate Diaz also in the house. This was War 1 and we can't wait for more Nick Diaz Wars. Great job Nick Diaz Productions.
http://fightnetwork.com/ - Bellator MMA vet Virgil Zwicker stops Mike Hayes with punches at KSW 25 from Dec. 7, 2015. Check it out.
For additional coverage of MMA, boxing and pro-wrestling check out http://fightnetwork.com/ or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/fightnet or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FightNetwork
Join our weekly Combat Check-In Newsletter (www.combatstory.com/newsletter) to get a short email from Ryan for people who love and support our veterans, service members, and their families. It has info on a significant event in military and/or intel history, a funny military joke, an update on a current event I'm following, something I'm doing that week in my life, a book I'm reading, a look at an upcoming interview, a reflection on a past episode and more.
Today we hear the Combat Story of Mike Hayes, a retired Navy SEAL Team and Special Operations Task Force Commander who fought in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Bosnia over a 20 year career.
His time in uniform brought to key points in U.S. military and diplomatic history, including intersections with Operation Red Wings, the Mersk Somali pirate kidnapping, and an international treaty negotiation with Russia.
While in the Navy, Mike was one of the very few selected as a White House fellow, where he served under both Republican and Democrat administrations and as the Director for Defense Policy and Strategy at the National Security Council.
Since leaving the military, Mike has gone on to senior roles at Bridgewater Associates, Cognizant, and VM Ware.
He’s written a fantastic book, Never Enough, that we’ll discuss during this interview and for which all proceeds go to Gold Star families.
Mike is a model leader and giver and I hope you enjoy his Combat Story as much as I did.
#combat #veterans #specialoperations #SEAL
Find Mike Online
Instagram @thisis.mikehayes https://www.instagram.com/thisis.mikehayes/
Twitter @thisismikehayes https://twitter.com/thisismikehayes
LinkedIN Mike Hayes https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-hayes-733688/
Book Never Enough https://tinyurl.com/ybv89rdh
Find Ryan Online
Follow on Instagram @combat_stories https://www.instagram.com/combat_stories/
Follow on Facebook @combatstoryofficial https://fb.me/combatstoryofficial
Send us messages at https://m.me/combatstoryofficial
Email [email protected]
Learn more about Ryan www.combatstory.com/aboutus
Intro Song: Sport Rock from Audio Jungle
Show Notes
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Bio on Mike Hayes
2:10 - Interview begins
2:53 - Gold Star Families
4:35 - Guam and Science Fairs
9:00 - Others Before Self
16:22 - Telling a General ‘No’
22:50 - What to do when you’re kidnapped
33:58 - Operation Red Wings
38:02 - When to pull the trigger and when to hold
46:55 - Holding people accountable
55:08 - The White House Fellow Program
1:00:20 - Working at Bridgewater Associates for Ray Dalio
1:07:50 - Building egalitarian teams in business
1:15:00 - What did you carry with you into combat?
1:16:45 - Would you do it all again?
1:20:10 - Comments from listeners (THANK YOU!)
ChokeOuT Cancer was honored to be at the inaugural Nick Diaz War MMA event in Stockton, Ca. Nick is a super popular MMA fighter who was a champion for Strikeforce and now retired UFC fighter. Nick Diaz promotions presents War MMA and ChokeOuT Cancer is proud to share some of the exciting videos of War. It was a great night of entertaining MMA fights for the entire family. UFC and Strikeforce champs Jake Shields and Gilbert Melendez in attendance. Legendary coach Cesar Gracie and little bro Nate Diaz also in the house. This was War 1 and we can't wait for more Nick Diaz Wars. Great job Nick Diaz Productions.
Michael "Mike" Hayes is an English businessman, best known as the former president and CEO of SEGA Europe and SEGA of America (collectively SEGA West). He has also held executive positions at Codemasters and Nintendo UK and currently leads the digital and e-commerce division of Mercia Fund Management.
Career
Mike Hayes was involved in the localization of Starcraft at Blizzard Entertainments in 1998. From 2002 to 2003, he was credited in various Codemasters games for a role in public relations.
During the late 1980s, Mike was employed by General Foods (soon to be bought by Kraft), where he was a Brand Manager and then Marketing Manager on their desserts products including Angel Delight and Bird's Custard. It is unknown where he was employed between then and 2001.
He joined the company in 2004 as Managing Director. In 2005, Hayes became president contributing to the company's reinvention from a hardware maker to a third-party games publisher. In his tenure as COO of SEGA Europe, he was credited for restoring SEGA's dominance in Europe by setting up the now-defunct Sega Racing Studio and acquiring video game studios Creative Assembly and Sports Interactive.