Cheek was the
United States Air Force boxing champion and started training in
kickboxing and
Muay Thai in 2000 at the age of twenty-three. In August 2004, he competed in a four-man tournament held over two days in
Orlando, Florida to determine the
IKF Amateur North American Super Heavyweight (+106.8 kg/235 lb) Muay Thai Champion. After defeating Bernard Settle, Jr. by
technical knockout in round two of their semi-final bout, he
outpointed Brian Wells to a
unanimous decision in the final to take the crown. He followed this up with the IKF's Amateur California Muay Thai title when he stopped Ben Davis with
low kicks in round one in
Fairfield, California on March 26, 2005. After turning professional, Cheek made his
K-1 debut on August 13, 2005, in a tournament reserve bout at the
K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas II against Mike Sheppard, knocking him out in the second round. He was absent from both K-1 Las Vegas events in 2006 due to a torn
ACL and
MCL he sustained in February 2006. In early 2008, Cheek fought for the Miami Force in the
World Combat League and, on June 20, 2008, faced
Patrice Quarteron for the vacant IKF World Super Heavyweight (+106.8 kg/235 lb) Muay Thai title in
Montego Bay, Jamaica. He was sent to the canvas early with a flurry of punches and
elbows. After beating the count, he was dropped with a low kick, which also caused Quarteron to fall over. As both fighters fell to the canvas, Quarteron's knee landed on Cheek's head, seemingly knocking him unconscious. He soon made his way back to K-1 to fight in the
K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Hawaii in
Honolulu on August 9, 2008. He won by TKO against
Kyokushin karate stylist
Nicholas Pettas in the quarter-finals when Pettas aggravated a groin injury sustained in training early in the fight. He was then eliminated by the eventual tournament winner
Gökhan Saki in the semis. He was floored with low kicks before being crumpled with a
liver punch towards the end of round one. In his second attempt at a
world title, he challenged
Ben Edwards for the vacant
ISKA World Super Heavyweight (+96.4 kg/212 lb)
Oriental rules belt in
Canberra,
Australia on April 4, 2009, but was KO'd inside the first minute of the opening frame. On August 28, 2010, Cheek lost to Steven Banks via second-round KO in a fight for the WBC Muaythai United States Super Heavyweight (+104.5 kg/230 lb) title. He struggled with the
knees of Banks, being floored by them on four occasions throughout the match. Cheek suffered a one-sided beating at the hands of
Cătălin Moroşanu, after re-tearing his
MCL in the first round in their
SuperKombat World Grand Prix 7 in
Varna, Bulgaria bout on July 7, 2012. He was dropped five times, forcing referee Cezar Gheorghe to call a halt to the bout in the second round. ==Championships and awards==