jordan but a palestinian with jordanian travel documents. abdulazeez went to the university of tennessee at chattanooga utc where he graduated with a degree in electrical engineering in 2012. officials say he was not in any u.s. databases of suspected terrorists. his only prior trouble with the law, an arrest in april for allegedly driving under the influence. abdulazeez was set to appear in court later this month. one retired federal agent thinks abdulazeez's affiliation with mixed martial arts mma, could be connected to thursday's shooting. cnn's kyung lah checked into that. >> reporter: mohammad abdulazeez swinging hard hitting the mat in an amateur mma fight. for abdulazeez and for boston terrorist tamerlan tsarnaev who boxed, their mighty moments in the ring begin to paint a