Laura Sanka and Nathan reportedly began dating in 2006 and got married on September 7, 2012, in an intimate ceremony near Asheville, NC. 

Laura Sanko, the first female commentator for the UFC, is set to make her official commentary debut on February 4, 2023. 

Alongside her successful career as an ESPN analyst and reporter, Sanko is also a wife and mother of one. 

Her husband, Nathan Sanko, is the co-founder and CEO of Leggera Technologies, LLC, and the owner of Back 2 Basics Beef, LLC, according to his LinkedIn profile. He was also a board member and early investor of Movista and a member of the Mid America Angels since 2005.

The couple share a son named Burke, who was born on December 20, 2013, in Merriam, KS. Burke spent a few days in the NICU after birth due to a blood infection, but Laura shared updates on his condition on a Facebook page she created on December 24. 

She also shared pictures of her child and emphasized that he wasn’t psychologically prepared to practice martial arts properly due to his short attention span.

Who Is Laura Sanko Husband Nathan Sanko?

Nathan Sanko is an accomplished businessman with a degree in BSBA Economics from the University of Arkansas. 

He has worked with Leggera Technologies for around nine years and specializes in structural automobile parts. 

He also founded Back 2 Basics Beef, LLC, in January 2003, a holistically managed ranching company in southwest Missouri with thousands of head of stocker cattle, hundreds of head of cows, and a few horses. 

Nathan was also a co-founder of No Limits Wheels, which was sold to Storm Ramos and No Limit Racing in December 2017, after being founded in 2011. 

He was also the founder of B2B of Indiana in 1992, a company that processed and beneficially reused the organic component of the City of Chicago’s residential waste stream.

Nathan Sanko Personal Life

While Nathan seems to prefer keeping his personal life private and avoiding social media, Laura has a following of 350k users on Instagram, where she often posts pictures of herself, her family, her job as an ESPN analyst and reporter, and more. 

The couple’s last picture together was back in December 2022, when they attended the World MMA Awards. 

Laura has been covering MMA and the UFC for numerous years, and before joining the UFC, she worked as a journalist and television personality, covering various sports, news, and entertainment issues. Throughout her career, Sanko has been noted for her professionalism, integrity, and entertaining on-air demeanor.

Laura Sanko’s Son 

Laura and Nathan welcomed their first child, Burke Edward Sanko, into the world on December 20, 2013, in Merriam, KS, United States. 

Unfortunately, Burke had to spend some time in the NICU due to a blood infection, but Laura shared pictures of her newborn on social media. 

On December 24, just a few days after Burke’s birth, Laura created a Facebook page to keep friends and family updated on his progress. 

In one of her posts, she mentioned that Burke was not yet ready to participate in martial arts due to his short attention span. 

However, Laura hoped that the training program, known as Bedtime Fight Club (BFC), would help Burke prepare for official lessons in the future, should he choose to pursue them.