It is Friday at my first UFC and it is weigh-in day.
Like a moron, I forgot to shut off my phone and it was ringing at 6:30 a.m. Las Vegas time. If you have ever had to cut weight then you know that this is the one day that you want to sleep in. It [...]

Editor’s note: James sent this along today (Thursday); however, it is from his experience on Wednesday … he’s a little busy.
Well, it is day two of my first UFC experience in Las Vegas.
The day started out with me getting up and going to the spa to workout. It was one of those workout where [...]

Editor’s note: James sent this along today (Wednesday); however, it is from his experience on Tuesday … he’s a little busy.
Well, it was off to Vegas this morning. My wife and I left our house around 8 a.m. to drive to the airport. Of course, we had to make a few stops to get [...]

Editor’s note: James sent this along yesterday (Monday); however, we were unable to post it until now.
It is the Monday before my first fight in the UFC against Brad Blackburn on July 19. And it marked my last hard day of training.
I decided that I need to do one more day of sprints so I [...]

Well, the week that I have been dreaming about since I was a young teenager is finally here … my UFC debut. Brad Blackburn is my opponent and we will go at it in a welterweight bout at UFC Fight Night 14: “Silva vs. Irvin” at “The Pearl” in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 19.
I [...]