I’m leaving tomorrow afternoon to head out to my wife’s 20th High School reunion. Woohoo! I love my wife, and I’m looking forward to a roadtrip with her, but at the same time, I don’t know any of her friends from high school. We’ll see how this goes. Good luck to all of the Lotus [...]
Great Pictures from the Rumble on the Ridge XI
Just want to share a link to some great professional pictures of the fights. These are only two of dozens of awesome shots. Jeff Hougland’s fight was number 10 on the card, and Josh Calvo’s was number 12.
Mundial Finals, Modern Family and Vulkan PRO Light Gis
Quick post here. If you missed the live, streaming coverage yesterday, it’s okay. You’re still good. The finals are today and the coverage is going to be AWESOME. Log into Budovideos now. Do it now! Also, I was watching an old episode of Modern Family on TiVo and Ed O’Neil shows the son a little [...]
Congratulations Rick and Jeff
I really want to congratulate all of my friends who competed in the Pan Ams this year. Jeff B. brought home a silver medal. Jeff is someone who I genuinely admire. He’s a warrior with a formidable work ethic. He’s also a genuine advocate of the sport, working tirelessly to promote MMA, submission wrestling and [...]
Revolution Tournament Saturday
I had a good time at the tournament Saturday down at Bonney Lake High School, although it wasn’t a perfect day. I got choked out by RNC, so… that wasn’t good. I got there at about 9:15, with a few minutes to spare before the 9:30 rules meeting. Then the matches started. I was expecting the [...]
Weigh Ins Tomorrow
Had a light dinner. Grilled chicken breast and some veggies. I weighed myself a bit ago and was 186.5 after dinner. So, I should be fine for the weigh in tomorrow. I’m really looking forward to the tournament on Saturday. Of course, I’m going to do my best and will be disappointed if I lose. [...]
Wednesday Class was tough
Last hard class before the tournament. My weight’s fine, and at this point I’m trying to go into the tournament as confident as I can. I weighed 185 this morning, so I shouldn’t have any trouble making the weight. It wasn’t like I had to drop a lot… just a couple of pounds. No beer, [...]




