Up coming bouts. My thoughts.

There are several fights of note coming up I want to give my thoughts on.

Strikeforce / M-1 Global - Saturday Nov. 7th

The first fight i want to talk about is is Gegard "The Dreamcatcher" Mousasi (26-2-1) vs. Rameau Thierry "The African Assassin" Sokoudjou (7-4). Now Sokoudjou is an underdog in this fight even though 6 of his 7 wins are by T/KO, all in the first round, and his losses one being to the current UFC LHW champ Lyoto Machida. Still makes him...

The Don

Why do I train?

It is a simple question and a post by a fellow blogger Onganju, His post here . http://www.mmaforum.com/blog.php?b=304 got me thinking.
Why do "I" really train. now in Onganju's post he breaks down the reasons people train. He lists Inspiration and Aspiration. so I started thinking why do I train.

To put things into contest I just recently turned 32 years old. I have a wife, 3 kids and a full time job. I am the oldest guy in my school. So what is the reason I go back....

The Don

Fedor and the UFC. My thoughts.

First let me start by saying I am a huge Fedor Emelianenko fan. He is most like the most dominant fighter to date in the history of MMA regardless of Weight class. "The Last Emperor" as he is known is was born September 28, 1976 (let it be known I was born almost exactly 1 year later Sept, 19th 1977) he weighs in approximately 233 pounds and fights as a Heavyweight. His current official record is 30-1* with 1 no contest. The asterisk next to his name is to denote his one loss came in a...

The Don

Greetings

Before I enter my first official blog post here let me just give you some insight to myself.
I'm 32, 6'2" 265, I train in MMA & BJJ, currently a 2 stripe white belt under Greg Smith who is a purple under Royler Grace and David Adiv. He also trains MMA under Jake Shields and has also recently signed a 3 fight deal with Strikeforce.
In the past I have also trained in many other styles and have studied the histories of many more. I have also started my own personal blog in which...

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