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        I have been lacking in my blog writing lately, but I think I finally have a topic that I am passionate enough about to write on.  I hate the MMA scoring system as do a lot of people and how it needs to be overhauled is a topic all in itself.  I want to speak specifically about how takedowns are scored, now as a wrestler I should be naturally inclined to think takedowns should be scored as big points.  However, nothing pains me more than a wrestler who gets a...

If you havent been reading I have been getting a lot of Press lately and it is kind of sweet but also a lot of hype to live up to.  Dana White even referred to me as the white guy with the Fucking afro on one of his usual tyranical curse laden rants, that he thinks he needs to make to keep up his tough guy image.  I mean how did he get a tough guy image in the first place by having an amateur boxing career, what a joke.  Don't even get me started on his contradictory nature, this dude contradicts himself with differing talk and a...

  In the process of watching the Reno Tournament of Champions I started thinking about a new concept of winning wrestlers.  I always hear “this person” needs more technique, strength, speed, or etc. the list could really go on forever.  As I am watching match after match of unmotivated apathetic competitor* I started thinking about what made me successful.  The one thought that kept coming back to my head was effort, and when I was watching matches I didn’t see one match where I thought ‘damn that guy...

So the announcement today was made that I am fighting with Bellator.   The first fight is in April so I still have plenty of time to keep preparing.  I am so excited to further my fighting career.

Well I finally made weight again,  back down tot 74kg and it was tough.   I ended up winning the tourney but god was it ugly, I lost a period to both the indian guy and Matt gentry which I feel is unacceptable.  Ended up losing to Travis Paulson in the challenge match because he won the 84 kg bracket.  He was feeling really large and I just could not get any good attacks on him,  I am down in San Jose right now, I came to meet my management team of Duane Zinkin and Bob Cook as well as to ge...

Hey lots of things happening since last time we chatted.  I have a new interest in the fight game, another organization has contacted me and it is going to be a great deal for me I am really excited.  It should be public soon.  I also won the USA Grappling trials the competition was not that great but I got three submissions and a 6-0 win in the finals.  The worlds are in Ft. Lauderdale in December so I will be going to that and it should be interesting to see if anyone good comes.  I also wrestled compet...

So I just want to get into the octagon and scrap, but i have to be patient.  There is no fight for me as of yet so I am patiently biding my time working on my stand up and getting a lot of wrestling work in.  I am wrestling for the first time since the olympics this weekend.  I am not really sure that I am ready but I am going to scrap anyway.  

I am sitting in the Barcelona Airport headed back to the states from the Abu Dhabi Combat Championships, which is the premiere grappling tourney in the world.  I didnt know what to expect when I came over here, because I had never done a grappling tournament before, but I did know I would be ready for anything.  The ready for anything mindset suited me well on the first day when I was making weight.   The committee decided not to let anyone check there weight on the official scale until weigh ins, se...

So I am making my first trip to party cove this weekend at the behest of a bunch of my old teammates, it should be one of the most ridiculous Saturdays of my life.  After that I am headed back to AZ after a quick stop in CO to see good friend Brad Hanson and maybe a stop or two at some national parks.  I was really excited to see the guys working hard during hell week on flowrestling.org and I am excited to start working to get them on the podium.  Things are really coming together in Tempe, there are some many people that w...

Just chillin in the kitchen at my house in MO, getting ready to leave for my bud vinny d's wedding.  Last night I had the third fight of my career and a much tougher opponent than the first two,  I wasted little time in getting it to the ground and then worked a north-south choke which is one of my favorite positions.  So what is next for me?  I am grappling in the Abu Dhabi Championships on Sept 26-27, I am really excited but may be in over my head, oh well I love the competition.  Then looking to book a fight on ...