making new friends, ;-)...

so training has started up once again after taking a week off to let my 'undisclosed' injury heal up a bit and to just get over mentally getting ready then kind of suddenly not-getting ready to fight, it was good, that week off really helped me out mentally and physically...it's not like how everyone thinks it is though, where i'm mentally and physically preparing myself to step into a cage and attempt to physically harm another human being, to where i need a big lay-off or cool down period because i'm not really one of those fighters who needs to mentally 'amp' myself to 'make war' or some such nonsense but IT IS something close to that, i have a difficult time explaining it...

so i have still been working with my two boys, chris gruetzemacher (watch out ladies) and charlie brown (hollywood in the buildin'), getting them ready for their up-coming fights as well as helping out here and there with efrain escudero who's fight is coming up pretty soon, make sure you guys tune it to watch (UFC ppv, sept. 19th if i'm not mistaken)...efrain is looking really good, he has that look in his eyes when you walk into the gym and you see him and you know it's gonna be a looong practice, so that's really good to see out of him...

i've been making some friends as well, shannon gugerty (my apologies to all the guys whose name i butcher) and ??? downey, dane, and demarcus johnson have come down from cali and utah, respectively, to help out efrain prepare so i had the pleasure of meeting them and being able to workout/roll with those boys...they're all super cool cats who are down-to-earth regular joes and it's really a blessing when you (i) meet guys in this business who are just regular cats, with no bloated egos, or air-lats walking around...i think after my fight i'll probably be heading up to utah to help demarcus get ready for his next fight (southpaw guy) so i'm honestly pretty excited about that...

well that's all for now from your friendly, neighborhood cage-fighter...

(oh yeah be sure to check out outcomefightgear.com and my new 'mma store' tab, all items purchased from the 'mma store' help pay for my training)...

be sure you guys check out my buddy's page too, SANTINODEFRANCO.COM sign-up on his page, he's been a great training partner and friend to me from the very beginning....


JAH bless...