Thursday, October 27, 2011
Another Nick Diaz Interview
This one is long and a little different type of interview that I have ever seen from him.
Nick Diaz Interview
With the UFC 137 coming up this weekend and the main event now featuring BJ Penn vs. Nick Diaz I came across a pretty good Nick Diaz interview. I really like this fight, two true warriors of the sport are going to go head to head its a very tough pick. Who do you think will win.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Roger Huerta Documentary
Check out this video. I have always liked Roger, he seems like a down to earth guy and some of the things he stands for or doesn't stand for makes me a fan. Check out the video at the link below.
http://fcfighter.com/post/documentary-roger-huerta-in-thailand-%e2%80%93-talks-upcoming-showdown-with-war-machine-re-lives-street-fight-incident
http://fcfighter.com/post/documentary-roger-huerta-in-thailand-%e2%80%93-talks-upcoming-showdown-with-war-machine-re-lives-street-fight-incident
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
From the Mind of Babalu- Trials, Tribulations, and Victory!
Today I am posting my first blog in a while. After being injured and not being able to train full speed, not being able to workout the way I need to as well as taking a hit to my confidence because I felt out of sync, I can finally take a deep breath and relax a bit. As most of you know the Gracie Barra Compnet Tournament was this past weekend. This is where you get all the Gracie Barra schools from the southern region together and hold a tournament. In my eyes the tournament was a huge success drawing about 400 competitors with some exciting matches, and some great displays of Jiu Jitsu from all. As the tournament approached I did the best I could to prepare my mind and my body for competition. I was in great shape before my rib injury from the ESP-XC workouts that I was doing and all the mat time that I had I was feeling awesome. The injury took alot of that away. I could no longer do the ESP-XC workouts and I couldn't do the things I wanted to do on the mat. This really messed with my confidence! I was easily losing positions, getting swept, and couldn't move enough to win scrambles. This was the case up until about 2 weeks ago.
I want to thank Dr. Lance Campbell for giving me this anti-inflammatory cream. This stuff was amazing and is what actually got me back on the mat sooner than later. Two weeks ago I still wasn't registered for the tournament, and as I started to feel better and better each day something crazy happened! My BJJ started coming back around! I made the decision to register for the tournament on the last day of registrations, thinking what the hell I might as well do it. I was pretty close to weight (with my gi on) so that wouldn't be a problem. It was official I was competing again and the nerves started kicking in. For those of you who say you don't get nervous, you're lying! I've competed in sports all my life, from the time I was 4 until now that is almost 30 years of competition and I still get nervous. I think its a natural thing to be nervous at least a little bit. I was nervous, but very calm.
The day came and I left with a gold medal. The finals match was a tough and ugly match. The action was very limited, I pulled guard, attempted some subs from there with no luck. During the match even the ref was bored LOL, he told us to pick up the pace! I just kind of waited to see what he was going to do, I saw an opportunity and landed a basic scissor sweep to score. I was in the half guard the rest of match trying to pass and try to keep him from going to deep half. As the time ran out my leg finally slid out of his half guard, it didn't matter it was over. I was still completely relaxed and still had a pretty full gas tank which made me very happy!
I want to thank my instructor and mentor Professor Draculino for coaching me through the match and giving me the knowledge to be very successful on the mat! All my teammates, you are only as good as your training partners and I'm privileged to say I train with the best dudes that anyone could train with! I also want to send out a thanks to the guys over at ESP-XC MMA Fitness doing their workouts as you saw from my workout blogs got me in the best shape I have been in probably 12 years. My weight the morning of the tournament was 209lbs. I was still eating and drinking everyday, even the day of the tournament when you weigh in before your first match. If you guys want to get in shape, lose some unwanted pounds, and perform at your best check these guys out, I highly recommend their program. My body feels stronger, cardio is great and my body is leaner than I have been in YEARS and their program played a huge part in that. I will definitely continue to use their program for my training needs. I also want to send thanks to USP Labs Direct for making some of the best supplements money can buy. As you saw from my product reviews I loved Jack3d and Prime. I appreciate the kindness this company has shown to me as well as your great products! I look forward to working with you guys more in the future!
I want to thank Dr. Lance Campbell for giving me this anti-inflammatory cream. This stuff was amazing and is what actually got me back on the mat sooner than later. Two weeks ago I still wasn't registered for the tournament, and as I started to feel better and better each day something crazy happened! My BJJ started coming back around! I made the decision to register for the tournament on the last day of registrations, thinking what the hell I might as well do it. I was pretty close to weight (with my gi on) so that wouldn't be a problem. It was official I was competing again and the nerves started kicking in. For those of you who say you don't get nervous, you're lying! I've competed in sports all my life, from the time I was 4 until now that is almost 30 years of competition and I still get nervous. I think its a natural thing to be nervous at least a little bit. I was nervous, but very calm.
The day came and I left with a gold medal. The finals match was a tough and ugly match. The action was very limited, I pulled guard, attempted some subs from there with no luck. During the match even the ref was bored LOL, he told us to pick up the pace! I just kind of waited to see what he was going to do, I saw an opportunity and landed a basic scissor sweep to score. I was in the half guard the rest of match trying to pass and try to keep him from going to deep half. As the time ran out my leg finally slid out of his half guard, it didn't matter it was over. I was still completely relaxed and still had a pretty full gas tank which made me very happy!
I want to thank my instructor and mentor Professor Draculino for coaching me through the match and giving me the knowledge to be very successful on the mat! All my teammates, you are only as good as your training partners and I'm privileged to say I train with the best dudes that anyone could train with! I also want to send out a thanks to the guys over at ESP-XC MMA Fitness doing their workouts as you saw from my workout blogs got me in the best shape I have been in probably 12 years. My weight the morning of the tournament was 209lbs. I was still eating and drinking everyday, even the day of the tournament when you weigh in before your first match. If you guys want to get in shape, lose some unwanted pounds, and perform at your best check these guys out, I highly recommend their program. My body feels stronger, cardio is great and my body is leaner than I have been in YEARS and their program played a huge part in that. I will definitely continue to use their program for my training needs. I also want to send thanks to USP Labs Direct for making some of the best supplements money can buy. As you saw from my product reviews I loved Jack3d and Prime. I appreciate the kindness this company has shown to me as well as your great products! I look forward to working with you guys more in the future!
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