Year in Review!

This year has been eventful to say the least. I was out of comission for part of it, due to surgery, and then rehab. That kinda sucked! Ha! Couldn’t train for a couple months which led to some very boring days. I mean, there’s only so many videogames a guy can play before he starts to go a little stir crazy, the walls start closing in around him, and he starts hearing voices, hahaha!!

I dropped to featherweight this year too, which was an idea that always stirred in my head, but part of me always thought it was impossible. Well, this year I found out it wasn’t. It’s actually the perfect weight for me. Feel fast and strong at that weight. It takes a lot of motivation to make the weight, but that motivation is something I now have. A lot of drive, a lot of reasons to be at my best.

This year turned the big 30 also, wasn’t looking forward to that by any means, haha!! But I feel blessed to have so many good friends around me. Blessed to still be able to do this, to fight. I forget now, but I think my first pro match was 5 years ago, how time flies?! I had wanted to fight before, but the good mom said I better finish college, which I did. I could have gone against her wishes, but I know when to pick my battles, and going against the mom is not a battle I can win, haha!! In retrospect, it was good I didn’t. I wouldn’t have been prepared if I had fought earlier. I might have beaten some lesser opponents, but not the better ones.

Above you’ll see my first pro match from 2006. It was crazy!!! Calavitta was a two time California state wrestling champ and gave me all I could handle. A truly tough guy! In retrospect, I don’t know what I was thinking having that as my first fight. I was either extremely confident, or extremley crazy…my vote’s for crazy, ha! That was definitely a trial by fire sort of situation. Check it out! I was a striking young lad back then! lol.

Also for next year, the deal is the same! Fight a lot, win, and hopefully manage to not scruff up the beautiful mug too much, lol!

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