YO YO YO! Last year was crazy! I went from amatuer, to pro, to Strikeforce, to Showtime, to main event, to 6-0! God is good! And if you thought that was blessed.....huh:)lol you aint seen nothing yet. This year i am coming out harder than ever. I cant stop shaking thinking about it. Im Taking everything up 10 knotches. I promise you will get tired of hearing my name, seeing my hand raised, and giving God Glory. In that order. Everyone has been asking when the next fight is......Good question. I will have to get with the great people of Strikefo...
Man where do i start! I took a week off from coaching and I got a chance to head down to Coconut Creek, FL to train at ATT's Headquarters. I lucked up and pretty much everyone was in town. I got a chance to roll, box, or drill with some of the worlds best. I'll try to nutshell this as best i can. My trip started Sunday. I got into town and hung out with an old teammate JP Reese and just kicked back. Monday i went to a local wrestling practice between two rival HS teams (Gibbon and St. Thomas). The tension was high as that thang! It was weird I ...
Finally, finally, FINALLY I got to join the pro ranks! Its been a long time coming. I've had 5 shows cancel, multiple opponents pull out and missed making TUF9 by a chin hair ( not Ben's either). But God is a faithful God, and the saying " Things Happen for a Reason" is not cliché! I was able to make my pro debut in Columbia where my collegiate wrestling, amateur MMA, and now my pro career all started. Got to debut with my friend/former teammate Ben " The Chin" Askren, first jits instructor Kiko, and big brother Din. Not to mention all m...
Well as promised here is the training session with Din Thomas, Ben Askren, my ATT Missouri squad, and myself. I will make it short and sweet. I know that these blog kind of get a little long. (FYI... DITL Stands for (Day in the Life) Sunday Nov. 2, 2008 "The Pick Up" I got to the airport like 11am to pick up Din . We scooted over to the university i coach at to get a workout in before our wrestle offs. We did some shadow boxing, worked on some head motion, and then got into the workout. I really enjoy workin with Din, his strenghts are my weakn...
Day 4 October 27, 2008 TUF9 Tryout I woke up like 6am to get on the road. The tryout’s registration started at 9am. I knew it would be crazy, so I wanted to get there early. I arrived at like 8am. It was already like 200 people there. The producer told me that she was expecting like 300, and they would cut it down to 50 people by the end. When I saw the line I knew that it was going to be well over 500. I saw my friend and teammate Din Thomas talking to some of his fans. I went up to say what’s up, and to see how the process was goi...
Yo Yo today is the Big Day! I know all you guys are getting ready for the Big Showdown tonight on the WEC. I'm excited about the card. I see alot of familar faces fighting tonight, which makes it that much sweeter. I wish i could be there to support. But im sure everyone will do well! ATT 4 life!!!! As promised here are the last two days from my trip to Chicago. I had it done a while ago, but i didnt want to post it and knock any new interviews out of the top ten. I am still a fan myself, and i want to make sure people had plenty of time to wat...
October 29, 2008 Hey what the dealio? Just getting back from a trip to Chicago. I had to kill like 4 birds with one stone on the trip. I went down to check out the Overtime School of wrestling, do some recruiting at some local Chicago powerhouses, watch UFC 90, as well as try of for the TUF show. So needless to say it was a long week. Ill backtrack and give you the play by play on how everything went down. Day 1 October 23, 2008 I left SIUE and hit the road to make a trip to Overtime School of Wrestling in the Chi. Man?it was raining the who...
October 30, 2008 Hey what the dealio? Just getting back from a trip to Chicago. I had to kill like 4 birds with one stone on the trip. I went down to check out the Overtime School of wrestling, do some recruiting at some local Chicago powerhouses, watch UFC 90, as well as try of for TUF9. So needless to say it was a long week. I’ll backtrack and give you the play by play on how everything went down. Day 1 October 23, 2008 I left SIUE and hit the road to make a trip to Overtime School of Wrestling in Chi-town. Man It was raining the whole ...
