UFC in Denver

Here we are at UFC Fight Night in Denver. Katie and I drove out from Grand Junction to watch the fights. This is the first event here in Colorado since UFC#2 when Royce Gracie dominated. My mom, Gma Roni and my sister Mandy came to watch our kids while we were gone. Thanks again guys, we had the funnest time. We went shopping, went out to eat, went swimming, sat in the hot tub and of course spent most of Wednesday at the fights.

We saw lots of famous ppl, (famous in the jiu jitsu / mma world). We saw Dana White, Rampage jackson, Matt hughes, Al Roker, Joe Rogan, Eddie Bravo, the Tapout boys, Frank Mir, Diego Sanchez, Anthony johnson, Forrest Griffin and Jay Cutler, the Broncos QB. They were all there just watching except for Anthony. He faught Tommy Speer and knocked him out cold in the first round. I took my picture with him, below. That was cool. He is from Denver. I saw alot of those guys up close. I was using the urinal right next to Eddie Bravo. LOL. Katie said did you look over and say hi? My reply, "No, I did not want to get tapped out in a urinal with my pants down by Eddie Bravo!" LOL.

We saw Kenny Florian vs Joe Lauzon, Matt Hamil vs Tim Boetsch, Din Thomas vs Josh Neer, Clay Guida vs anon, Frank Edgar vs Gray Maynard, James Irvin vs Houston Alexander, Manny gambuirian vs. anon, Thiago alves vs Karo Parysian, Anthony Johnson vs Tommy Speer. My fave fight was Nate Diaz vs Kurt "batman" pelligrino. It was a jiujitsu war but Nate tapped him out with a triangle choke in the 2nd round. It was awesome!!!




This is video of the main event: Kenny "KenFlo" Florian vs Joe Lauzon. 155lb weight class. Kenny won by tapout in the 2nd round. It was a great fight.

Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai

Here is some video that Katie took of me and the twins practicing jiu jitsu and muay thai at home. We are using our grappling dummy named "big red." This guy "big red" is 75 pounds and is hard like a punching bag. He is ideal for practicing takedowns, kicks, punches, throws, ground and pound and jiu jitsu. He is pretty hard and very durable. Kyle, you wanted to see Big Red, here ya go. Hahaha.

As you can see from the twins videos, they know exactly how to perform a little ground and pound to soften up the opponent and then apply a tight "armbar" to force them into submission. "Tap or Snap" is how the saying goes. LoL. Anybody want to get froggy in pre-school?

Very good exercise, really toughens up your shins, self defense and lots of fun. What more could you ask for? Anybody want to spar?

Dan