HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

I know I am a little late but I had a super busy day! It was pretty much like every other training day except at the end, I had some turkey. A lot of turkey actually...

I started the day off at the gym as usual. Fitch, Ron and Javier all broke free of Thanksgiving festivities to come in and help Koscheck and I train. Javier kindly put us through a 16 round workout that would surely take away any guilt from our evening meal plans.

The rest of the day and evening was spent with Mary's family. That is where I engulfed myself with a guilt-free Thanksgiving meal. I also went on to lose a "Boys Vs Girls" game of Scene-It. I have watched every movie on that damn game but am never in a state of mind to guess them from half blurred pictures, quotes, and clips on a moments notice. I save that fast paced thinking for the gym and ring. I did somehow guess Aeon Flux from a still photo which was suprising even to me, considering I have never even seen that movie.

Less than 2 weeks to go....

Focusing Through The Controversy...

Hey Guys, sorry I haven't posted in a few days... If you've seen the Internet lately, you know all the controversy that's been going on at the gym. Its been a crazy last few days with the situation plus media all over the gym. I have just tried to lay low and focus on training and my upcoming fight.

As for the fight, I feel really good! Training has been great! Working a lot with Koscheck, Fitch, Pat Minihan, Nate Moore and Nate James. Today was my final workout of the week, I'm taking the WHOLE weekend off! Trust me, I need it! Koscheck and I were on the chopping block today, having guys rotate in on us every round during sparring. I finished up with a long roll with Dave Camarillo. It was a great week ender and I plan to just lay low and rest this weekend.

Tonight is the Strikeforce event here in San Jose, so I am going to head down there and support my teammates Bobby Southworth and Luke Rockhold. I am also excited to see the Joe Riggs fight. He was in the gym last night and looked ready. Aside from the ring time we shared in the octagon at UFC 60, I have always liked Joe. He is a really cool guy and one of my favorite fighters to watch.

That's about it for now, I will try and post a weekend update if anything cool happens. I know you guys don't wanna hear about me laying around the house playing poker and Call Of Duty 5!

Weekend Update...

What a great night of fights this weekend! That was an action packed UFC show! I was sad to see Randy lose though, he's such a warrior and just great person. Kenflo kept his momentum going with a very nice win over Stevenson. And of course the Riley/Gurgel fight was amazing!

My training is going great and I am in record shape for this one. My resting heart rate is dipping into the 40's so that's always a good indication that I am where I need to be. I am healthy and feel very strong, fast, and explosive. These are the qualities I plan to use to my advantage on December 10th to give me, and the fans, my best and most exciting fight to date.

I will try and post a new video blog this week on my youtube page. I know its been a while, I have just been so busy with training. When I get home, I just eat and sleep!

I will also be heading back to Thailand right after my fight for training and vacation. I will be filming a lot of new stuff on this trip so this blog and my youtube page will be updated daily with all of my adventures. I do plan to get back in the snake pit and gain more experience as a snake handler as well as some lessons in handling Crocidiles. I am also thinking about trying some exotic foods, scorpions perhaps... I also plan to do something else that I have always wanted to do but I won't spoil that just yet! Should be interesting...

Here is a small clip from the Inside MMA show I did with Randy, Mask, Bas and Kenny...




Time for bed, tomorrow starts another long week of training! 24 days to go!

Hosting UFC Party This Weekend In San Fran!

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Our Wedding Photos!

Here are some of the professional photos taken at our wedding by Jarvis Photography. They did an amazing job capturing all the great moments of our ceremony. This is just a few of the 800+ they took that day! we won't get the finalized and edited CD with all the pics for another few weeks but I figured even raw, these were amazing!

The wedding was held on September 13th, 2008 on South Lake Tahoe. We choose Edgewood as our venue and it was the perfect choice!

"Here I Come" - My New Single On iTunes...

I am actually a music producer now... well, sort of...

You see, a few months ago, I got a strange but very exciting call from my friend Jason in Florida. Jason is also the owner of TSM Studios, the parent company that does all of my media and internet marketing. (trusunmedia.com) Anyway, he said that he was working with a record company that wants me to help co-produce a new single. Then he tells me who wants to co-produce it with me... Grammy Award winning producer Rockwilder! I was very excited then, though a little nervous of what my obligations would be and if I could perform them…

After talking with the record company and Rockwilder, I flew to Florida and got my orders... Pretty easy actually, I just had to sit with Rockwilder in the studio and tell him what I liked and what I didn't while he did his magic. They wanted to create a fight song and wanted me to tell them what, as a fighter myself, I like and would get motivated by. It would ultimately become my new “Fight Song”.

We listened to music and beats for a while and then I picked the one I liked best. After modifying the music just right, we called amazing lyricist "Whuteva" in Queens. We emailed him the music and gave him an outline of what wording and attitude I was looking for. Overnight he laid down the full lyrics. Then we just tweaked them a little by adding and taking away key words and phrases and bingo, it was done! 2 full days in the studio with Rock, working with Whuteva in Queens via email and phone, and we had a single! Over the next few weeks, the single got fine tuned and mastered and finally it has been released on iTunes!

I think it's the perfect mix! Its lyric’s, are motivating and strong and if the beat doesn't pump you up, nothing will!

Rockwilder and Whuteva did an amazing job putting this together for me. Whuteva, bridges the gap between church and the streets. No stranger to the industry, Whuteva has traveled across the globe performing alongside 50 Cent, Eminem, Method Man and Redman. He’s recorded with Grammy Award winning producer, Rockwilder, penning track’s such as “Mardi Gras” on the “Friday After Next” soundtrack and the highly acclaimed “Hustler” on the "Blue Octane" album. Whuteva has performed on TBN’s “Praise the Lord”, BET’s “106 n Park”, ABC’s “The Jimmy Kimmel Show” and GMC’s “Hotlist”.

Though I am not in the music industry, I am a big fan of it. Being able to see what life is like for a top producer and co-produce a single was just amazing!

So that's how I became a producer, well co-producer... Or as I like to say... co-co-co-producer! ;)


Click Here To Sample/Buy

"Here I Come"

I highly recommend "Hustler" as well. It's one of my favorite songs. It is also produced by Rock and features Whuteva. You can search for it on Itunes. It was a part of their wake boarding album "Blue Octane" and was one of the first songs I heard from Whuteva and Rock when arriving in Florida. It's ridiculous!

Here are some of the songs Rockwilder has produced...

50 cent – like my style
American Idol Ruben Studdard - Shining Star
Busta Rhymes - One
Busta Rhymes - Do It To Death
Busta Rhymes f. Lenny Kravitz - Make Noise
Busta Rhymes f. Rah Digga - Gettin' It
Busta Rhymes - Better Stay Up Out The House
Christina Aguilera, Mya, Lil' Kim, Missy, Pink - Lady Marmalade (Grammy Award)
Christina Aguilera - Dirty
Destiny's Child - Free
Destiny's Child - If
Eminem f Dr Dre - If I Get Locked Up
Fabolous - Get Right
Fat Joe - Murder Rap
Ice Cube - Hundred Dolla Bill Y'all
Janet Jackson - Trust a Try
Janet Jackson - Truth
Janet Jackson - Feels So Good
Janet Jackson - When We Oooh
Janet Jackson - Better Days
Janet Jackson - The Who
Jay-Z - Do It Again
Jay-Z f. R. Kelly - Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Jay-Z & Angie Martinez - Mi Amor
Jay-Z - For My Thugs
Kelis f Nas – In Public
Left Eye Lopez - Hot
Lil' Kim - N.O.T.O.R.I.O.U.S. K.I.M.
LL Cool J - Imagine That
Mary J. Blige - Keep It Movin'
Mary J. Blige f. Jay-Z, Lenny Kravitz - Rock Steady
Method Man – True
Method Man – Act Right
Method Man f. The Rock - The Rock's Theme: Know Your Role
Method Man & Redman - Cisco Kid
Method Man & Redman - Da Rockwilder
Mos Def f. Pharoahe Monch, Nate Dogg - Oh No
Mya Why you Gotta Look so Good -
Nas – Lost tapes
Redman - Let's Get Dirty
Redman - Whut I'ma Do Now
Redman - Case Closed
Redman - What U Lookin' 4
Redman - I'll Bee Dat
Xzibit - Front 2 Back

Halloween Pictures!

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(Mary Went As A UFC Fighter And I Went As A Hardcore Soldier In Support Of The Troops For My December Fight At Fort Bragg...)

(Mary Thought I Looked More Like A Duck Hunter!)

(As So Bailey Went As My Duck Hunting Dog...)

(Cosmo Went As A Bumblebee Colored Batman... I Guess He Went Old School...)

(Erin Went As A Baseball Player On The "Naughty Curves" League...)

(David Went Out On A limb And Tried To Pull Off A Cowboy. Stayed In Character All Night!)

(Christian Was Mr. Clean!)

(Craig Was The Basketball Player Inspired By "Semi-Pro" As Kara Was A Ref, Or A Zebra... After Spotting A Giant Penis Costume In The Crowd, She Admitted That She Was Going To Go As That But Didn't Have The Balls... Quote Of The Night IMO.)

(Joe And Heather Looking Scooby-Dooish...)

(We Forgot To Include Christian In This One. You Can See Him In The Back Right Flirting With The Ladies...)

(David And I Try To Stop Craig From Leaving The Party Early!)

(The Ladies...)

(Mary Posing With Christian As David And I Are Outside Painting Obscenities On His Car With Silly String. Unfortunately, We Can't Show The Finished Product Here...)

(Cleaning Mr. Cleans Surprisingly Clean Head...)