After watching UFC 104, I knew there was going to be a boat load of people talking trash on the Machida/Shogun decision. And sure enough fighters around the world were saying that “Shogun was robbed”, “he deserves a rematch”, “the judges are blind”, and “it’s simple math.” I must admit, even after I watched the fight the first time I was thinking that Machida was really lucky getting the decision.
My fourth week, my fifth week, my sixth week… all failures. Why failures after all the progress I’ve been making? I think it all started with my knee being injured. I guess I ran too much one day and my body didn’t like it. I decided to give it some time off. Next thing I know my time off started to snowball – work got in the way with business trips, and then Sara got sick, then me… next thing I know it’s race time. I was no where near prepared for it and decided to bail.
The lesson I learned was to not go too far when you know you’re prone to a particular injury. Stick with what you know and what works for you.
For now, I’m back to the home gym… away from the pavement. Amen.
Some day we’ll meet again, Marathon… some day…
Abe Wagner is one of the fighters on this year’s TUF. I’m cheering for Abe to go on to big things, even if Rampage Jackson is his coach. Jackson proved to be worth nothing in Abe’s first fight, as Abe was being consistently taken to the ground by opponent Justin Wren. Jackson just kept shouting empty tips like, “do something,” or “move now,” “or he keeps getting you with the same thing.” After which, he promptly lost his cool and walked out on Abe. What a great coach!
Back when I trained, I was affiliated with Balance Studios. Here is a video added by head instructor, Phil Migliarese:
Unbelievably, Kimbo Slice is going to be on The Ultimate Fighter Season 10. This should make for an interesting season, with Rashad Evans and Quinton Jackson being the coaches. More info at my favorite MMA blog: http://www.themmanews.com/?p=3544
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