I swam today for about an hour

well ti wasn't all swimming

I did
5 laps breast stroke
5 laps back stroke
5 laps like that frog one

i did some shadow boxing

like 100 roundhouse and push kicks

that **** is alot harder to do under water try it!

Great **** Ben. It's great to see you endulging in something besides postwhoring. Keep it up pimp.

I didn;'ttrain to hard this mornin cuz there is a competition and the other guys didn't wanna gas out

I unfortunately can not compete cuz i gotta work!


I also cannot see mto pass 228lbs i need to lose 28 more lbs! mabye 38

How much you weight now? and whats your height?

i weigh 228 at the moment.

i'm like 6' or 6'1"

Cool.So I guess you're a natural grappler/takedown fighter huh?

i have natural grappling ability. i pick **** up really fast, my application takes a bit of time mabye 2 or 3 practices but once i get it its in. So i would say i definately got natural ability.

i have never had a grppling lesson in my life. i have trained boxing mt for like 3 years but i prefer to grapple any day. it just seems ot come natural.if only i had bjj here :(

there is BJJ by you.

talk to seldom tap or magic man they arein ausiland

OK I gotta start this up again.

Eatting
lunch deli - 4 peaces turkey 3 peaces pastrami
snack 2 hot dogs
dinner - chicken leg and 1/2 breast with brocoli

no gi 1 1/2 hours

worked single leg to back shot

choke from 69 position

I need to stop being so timid with my shooting.
I am worried about getting reversed yet is i get shot on and taken down i could be in a worse position than if reversed.

breakfast - 1:50pm
2 eggs
2 egg whites
multi grain whole wheat bagle
2 ablespoons ketchup
1 cup tea (no sugar no honey)

2nd meal 5pm
salad w/ chopped up chicken
nuts, raisins, sunflower seeds
italian dressing
1 cup tea
1 glass water

lunch 2 chicken breast broccoli

dinner salad with deli and nuts

i'm at 223lbs i've lost 5 lbs in 3 days the weight melts off me when i reat propper.

i hope to be 215 by the 21st for NAGA

and 190 soon after that

Originally posted by VulgarTheClown
there is BJJ by you.

talk to seldom tap or magic man they arein ausiland

yes but they neva ****en train any more

so go train at the class you do not need friends to go

breakfast - 4 egg whites, 1 piece maple turkey 1 piece turkey pastrame 1 piece cheese


i think i will start doin burpees

lunch - tossed salad w/ cashiew, trail mix, turkey, turkey pastrami,grated cheese, italien dressing

breakfast

2 egg whites 2 eggs 1 piece cheese
1tbsp ketchup

Originally posted by VulgarTheClown
lunch - tossed salad w/ cashiew, trail mix, turkey, turkey pastrami,grated cheese, italien dressing


you know what they make you do up in the county...toss the salad

I trained tonight, I ate seafood for dinner so i felt like ****.

I got choked out with a Gi choke. I hate Gi chokes. mostly cause i do not know them.


I got took down well not really i over under hooked a guy but he had my leg and i felt him lifting so i grabbed guard and got slammed.


I'm worried about NAGA this saturday, not that i'm worried i'm gonan lose but i'm worried i will make my instructor look bad.

I know i have only been training for 4 months but i expect alot of myself and if i lose i would see myself really gettin down on me and gettin all sorts of depressed.

Ben just go out there and give it your all
There will always be another tournament
I have faith in you, You can win this

I just had the most frustrating night of training.

I was very productive i had attempt after attmpt after attempt but no success with the submission.

I am getting better at my triangle defense the 6'6" guy is having to work for it now.

god i'm just so frustrated! you ever get the feeling where you just wanan yell and kick **** and ****in storm out but you can't so you feel it growing in side you an your like **** and you just want to break down cause your so fed up with failing at your own goals which you always do because you set yourself at the standard of like a purple when your only a white

I strive so hrd and expect so much of myself i put myself out of my own league.

GOD SO FRUSTRATED!

I had a good train this mornin.

10am
no gi training

i did pretty well i tapped everyone i rolled with.
no big acomplishment since they were eitherstrong as **** and new or better than me but 50lbs lighter.

breakfast - 11:45am
2 egg whites 2 eggs


lunch - 2:20pm
4 ounces tuna steak = 22 grams protein 0 carbs
Broccoli about 1/2 cup = 4 grams carbs

snack 4:30pm
2 pieces of gefilte fish = 16 grams protein 8 grams carbs

snack 8pm
3 pieces of gefilte fish = 24 grams protein 12 grams carbs

I would have had a whole meal but i gott work at 9

NAGA for today = NO-GI

I get there at 10:45am to weigh in when i hear if your fighting at the end of the day don't worry you can weigh in later.

I walk around and watch my teammates fight (there are alot of them)

at 5:30pm I get called to fight.

Match 1

Super Heavy (215+) Beginner Division

Ben Stark vs. Some dude who defected from Cuba to Barcelona at some kiyak competition (the truth he told me)

He is much stronger than me, He shoots i try to grab guard on the way down he brushes past it and takes side. he sits in side. and sits. and sits some more. he goes to 100 kilos (North/South) and sits some more, the whole time i got my arm trapped TIGHT. Edson is yelling for me to use my arm I CAN"T USE AN ARM THATS ****ING TRAPPED! Cuban guy tries for armbar.

let me tell you something YOU CANNOT ****ING TAP ME! I DO NOT GIVE A **** WHO YOU ARE IF YOU ARE NOT A LEGIT BJJ BLACK BELT YOU CANNOT ****ING TAP BEN ****ING STARK **** YOU! Pwn3d!

I get out of armbar and scramble to take top i get top and as i'm about to settle and get my pass points i get swept. (props) I cannot work from the side or 100 kilos so i give up mount.

AHAHHAHA **** YOU TAKE MY MOUNT GET YOUR 4 POINT **** YOU! YOU GOT NOTHING! Own#D!

I knwo your thinking "Ben why give up mount??" Ben escapes mount with EASE let me reiterate that for you EASE! Mount = NOTHING. You got mount on Ben YOU GOT NOTHING! **** YOU!

I reverse his mount using the out the back door technique i explained in this thread and come upi snatch a heel hook! WHAT DO YOU SAY? FROM BEING MOUNTED TO HAVING A HEEL HOOK! YES I SAID THAT! **** YOU! OWNED! i see an open foot and let a mediocer heel hook go and grab a toe hold, I snatch up the toe hold i start to crank I pull it to my chest for more leverage TIME! **** **** **** **** **** **** ****!

Ben loses on points. Ben = pwn3d!!!11111oneoneoneoneoneone

I was so pissed i almost left! I was nearly in tears i was so mad at myself. I decided to stick around in case they have me fight for 3rd/4th.

I get called up to fight for 3rd/4th place.

Ben is mad. Ben's opponent = PWN3D!

I get in the ring with some white dude.

they say go. BEN GOES! I grab wrist switch to arm drag grab a single. he hips out body lock and trip Ben is in 1/2 guard top.

I bounce a bit and pass 1/2 guard to mount. pwned.

from here i work a bit of americana I hear Carlos off in the corner (the new guy on the forum) he tells me switch to knee on stomach.

I switch. owned, Carlos yells go to 100 kilos. I switch. owned. go to side. i switch. owned. i go back to mount. owned

the dude starts tryin to buck me off that ****s a no go. owned. I could have gone to armbar from mount or from knee on stomach but i was so nervous from just losing i was lose on capitalizing my openings.

I won on points.

I hate point fighting.

i took 3rd.

Good job Ben. Sounds like you played well. Did you do Gi on Sunday?

here is sundays gi happenings

If there is one thing in life that I am its consistant.

I'm always on time, I never lie and i think something new might have been added.


That would be placng 3rd and babye that i will never lose to a sub but will always win by them.


So I went to the tournie today with no expectations. I actually expacted to get Gi choked in like 5 sec.

I was semi nervous,

I get out on the mat and my opponent had just gotten off the podium for winning a silver in the masters or something.

he comes over we shake and go at it.

I hop guard but get one of my feet caught and he passes. he sits in side mount for a bid goes to 100 kilos whatever goes for americana NO i roll to my knees grab his pants put him on his backand as soon as that he is tapping my americana. OWNED

next i gotta fight the same dude i lost to yesterday. no big thing. I hop guard again and again got my foot caught (mabye i should stop hoppin guard) he passes and sits in 100 kilos for 4 min.

he told me afterward the way i handled his submissions yesterday he wasn't gonna risk it cause he would have lost.

the ruf should have stood us up for him stalling but oh well.

then i fight again for 3rd place this time

we grip up i do some foot sweeps he does some foot sweepsand i go for a big foot sweep he keeps his balance and in turn tries to hip throw me. BIG MISTAKE!

I bodylock and step behind him. let me ask you who can spell suplex? this 256lbs kid goes up. WAY UP and down REAL HARD. my 220lbs ass SLAMMED this big dude like he aint ****. i imediately take side controll and work for yet another americana. it was a no go, i go to knee on stomach but he rolls, so i take his back and try to gi choke himit would have worked but he rolled again and i take mount, edson starts yellin at me about gi chokes, ben says **** gi chokes they are gay. i notice my hand placement and see my oportunity and i do a picture perfect armbar. he taps. owned.

i take 3rd place yet again.

I say **** points go for the sub.

i lose to ******* to scared to make moves on points and i own with the submission.

******* = owned.

Ben's records:
submission - 1-2-0
BJJ - 2-1-0

NAGA = Pwn3D



oh and i was getting my metal when they were doing blue belt so i couldn't enter.

ppl who 3win on points = smart *******.....train to play the points game ben and you will be come alot more technical and improve a lot quicker than if youu just go for sub after sub.........you got to get a good position b4 you can get a sub.

in the majority that is true.

but i can get out of most bad positions easily and on the way out i got a knack for crabbing subs

MAN

can you fathom how amazing it is to walk into your gym and see Din Thomas, "Boca" DeOlivera, Laborio, just to name a few guys and get to train with them?

seriously, I got to work triangles with Din, pound to pass drills with Boca I rolled with Wald for like 25 min.

Training with this team is the most amazing happening in my entire life. Hopefully i can take it somewhere and get to fight representing them.

I do not see myself ever really able to repay this team for everything they have given me, but like 2pac said its just to show you that you are appriciated.

BOB

I guess you have never won on points then!

I won on points thanks to this good man right here Mr. Carlao!

Position before submission!!!

Nuff said!

how about submission durring transition from bad position?

That's called good luck!

no my friend thats called tallent.


oh hey, you said that kneebar from bottom 1/2 guard is your bread and butter.

i was rollin with Wald and he kept gettin my head when i would go for it.

where do you put your head when doin the move.

Well now you are talking about Wald!!!

Yoo should tuck you head in against his knee. You should avoid an dkeep tucking you head to avoid getting the head control. Once I pass my leg to go for it, your head should be just outside of his leg that is going to get trapped.

what do you mean well now i am talkin about Wald?

Should i not be talkin about Wald?

Nah, He happens to be a very good grappler and better at MT.

Wald is awesome.

Everytime i train with them he always takes time out after we are done boxing and we roll.

I want to start doing MT, I figure he is the man to talk to, there just aint enough time in the day.

For good MT talk to him and "Pitbull". Pitbull is a black belt in MT and used to have a great school back in Brazil.

who is pitbull?

Ask in the school. Thiago Pitbull

is that the dude from thailand that came to do a seminar?

or it that the guy who is here for another week from golden glory?

neither he is here full time.

hmmmmm, which guy?


I wanna train more with the team than just boxing.

Once i start showing signs of imrovment I wil ltalk to Laborio.

I talked to Laborio today at boxing and asked about doing more with the team.

He was askin me if i want to go pro and stuff. I told him that yes i want to go pro but i cannot leave school .

I guess he took that as i just want to fight pro on th side, I reiterated that my main interest is to fight pro and that school is my fallback plan.

Then he said o can come to the tuesday thursday morning 9am BJJ/vale Tudo trainings.



I am excited and nervous.

Tuesday mornin went well.

I drilled a bit then rolled with some 300lbs guy then with Glenn one of Din's students then with Pablo Popavich.


Pablo is the strongest man i've ever rolled with.



Tuesday night went well also, i beat up the white belts a bunch and did quite well with the blues.


This mornin boxing went well, got there normal time at 11 turns out it started at 10 worked defense mostly slipping

more defense needed but i'm gettin better.

Welcome to hell if you go pro!!!! :-)

I might make it tuesday am. One word BLOQUIEO!!!!

tuesday AM is just position tuesday afternoon is BLOQUIEO

i gotta go to Edson's school tues and thurs mornin still to open up and help with class.

i'm cool with it but i would rather be with the pro's

MAN!!!

Tonight we started training for NHB.


we worked getting off the cage and then pancration sparring.


I sparred with Baroni (his name is george but he is Phil Baroni's cousin) my boxing defense aint that good but he would come in i would clinch and knee then i would push him off and leg kick


everything i threw landed solid.


i kneed him in the head and he kinda dropped so edson said no more knees cause we did not have headgear.


i beat baroni with a triangle and an armbar


then i had to fight Edson... JESUS ****ING CHRIST!

this is after an hour and 15 min of my traiing and his instructing Edson = fresh Ben = beat

we exchanged some punches nothing big then out of no where he kicks me in the ****ing head! right where my neck meets my head and i was like OK no big thing i brushed it off, 10 sec later i was like WTF!!!! i had to take a min.

then i kicked him in the side real good but he blocked wit his elbow and now my leg hurts

but i connected right after iwht a couple good leg kicks


i'm so tired!

gotta shower and go to work.

I just got home from work, which is 5 hours after this happened, my leg hurts so bad!

I cannot extend my foot without alot of pain and i can not curl my toes.

and of you kick boxers or fighters know what the problem could be and how i can fix it?

sounds like you may have broken some nice bones

I just woke up and its not taht sre anymore, i can move it and its just a bit tender it seems.


you think that means no broken bones

That is awsome! I miss sparring so much. You are moving even closer to being like Igor. Vulger= My Hero

As for your leg, i would venture to bet you have strained your ligaments

strained ligaments = :(


i'm walkin around OK but flexing my foot still hurts tho not as much as yesterday


now i eat breakfast

1 mango
2 eggs
2 egg whites
1slice turkey
1 slice cheese
2 tbsp ketchup

WEIGHT 216.6

Ben sounds great. Stick with it. Just ice the "HECK" out of your leg. See you today or tomorrow night at the fights

more pankration training today


i gotta work on moving my head i keep gettin hit but only by unorthodox punches

i dunno what it is i can slip, duck, and slap away a regular strike but i dunno what to do with palm strikes.

i check kicks well and for some reason no one trows blows to the body.


i get the take down, i GnP but i cannot get out of the way of slaps its like i just go blank and grab a Thai clinch.


either way i did well

This mornin i was Jeff Monson's dilling partner

he is an unbelievably stong SOB


other than that just did boxing nad sit ups.

I will now eat breakfast

2 whites
2 eggs
1-2 slices turkey

1/2 cup oatmeal

must lose more weight

another day of NHB trainin

went pretty well

my head movement still sucks and i'm gettin really mad at myself.

i just forget everything under pressure.

I got kicked in the head today. roundhouse.
It was fun


it barely fazed me

but the kid jumped and got scared
thought i was gonan kill him

he kicked me and goes "OH **** MAN I"M SORRY ARE YOU OK ARE YOU OK"
and i was starin at him i dunno why cuz i wasn't mad i think i was shocked i got kicked in the head
and i think he took it as "i'm gonna kill you" cause i was walkin to him with my hands down and my eyes poppin out

and he gets all jumpy and defensive
i was like its cool
lets go

then everything he threw was mad weak
and he started throwin punches and i thai clinched and kneed him in the stomach and he dropped

Edson yelled at me cause i wasn't sapposed to be kneeing
it just habbit whenever i clinch

Ha!!!!!!!

I'll be there tomorrow @ 7:30am for some fine wrestling with Mr. Snowman.

where is the wrestling?

the new center?

i will be there at 10 but if you guys are there earlier i will get there as early as possible

Kneeing in th clinh rules.

Originally posted by Gman
Kneeing in th clinh rules.

you are correct

MORE NHB TODAY!

ahh the fun!

my strikin is gettin better but i still need work my defense!!1

defense is priority #1

me = stands to still waiting to counter punch = no agression

when i got aggressive i did well landing solid shots.

i landed a solid right straight and the kid took like 4 steps back looking off to the side kinda reeling

i know i should have capitalized but its just training and no headgear so me = no killer

what gear do youu uuse when sparring nhb rules vulgar

right now

shin pads, boxing gloves/ or open hand strikes

head gear is on order

You gonna fight in anything coming up soon?

i saw some dude in kentucky wanting to put on a amature show i'm thinkin about that.

ummm Edson said i will be ready in Dec once i get my blue and he will try to get me in the AFC which if i'm ready shouldn't be hard at all.

nice good luck

thanks!

i missed training friday and this mornin.

I dunno what it is....I wake up but i feel so drained i cannot seem to get myself goin.

then by the time i'm ready to get goin i would show up late and its better not to come than be late.

you think the 10 trainings a week is takin its toll?

vulgar if Liborio and Edson think that you are ready you got a spot on AFC.

We are doing wrestling early mondays and fridays. Hermes, Dan, Monson, Pablo and I @ 7am. By the way you got some email!

Ben what do you do for standup?

Thanks Carlao!

stand up right now just boxing.

Howard Davis is the trainer.

the man is amazing!

i hope to be takin up some MT soon.

first day of MT today

i felt like acid was runnin through my veins

i spent about 8 hours in the gym today

i'm super tired and sore as ****.

You need to do muy thai or some san shou
boxing aint going to cut it in MMA

If boxing does not cut it in MMA I think that Randy Cotoure, Din Thomas, Hermes Franca and many other do not cut it.

I had my first MT class yesterday with Wald and Pitbull.

boy my veins were pumpin acid.

that **** was murderous! and we only did it for an hour.

I do not think its the art that hurts i think its the pace.

i will be ready by december mark my words.

I told you Pitbull is good!!!!

Pitbull is a hardcore dude.

earlier in the day i had him heelhooked HARD like 3 times and he wouldn't tap! I had to let it go cause i was afraid to hurt the guy.

he is strong as a ****in ox too!

Just wait until you get a swift kick to the leg or head for that matter.

i got a good kick to the head last thursday not by pittbull but i got one

i got a good chin/head i can take a shot. no worries

Ha, I'll tell Pitbull that you said that he kicks like a ***** and that there is no way he kick you in the head and put you out. Then we'll see how good you chin is.

how about we don't and just say we did on the forum?

I would very much prefer not to have my head incaved thank you.



Carlao = trouble maker

today was anoth 8 hours in the gym day


WOW

did take down drills with Din, Pitbull and Chris in the mornin

in the afternoon

did bloquao mostly with pitbull

then Muay Thai with pitbull and Wald

then No Gi with Edson

me = beat
my shins = OUCH
now = time to go to work

Today i rolled with Parumpinha. this man is an animal

his game is so ****in solid.

i think i did pretty good.

i think there might have been a possibility that i actually swept him! more than likely i escaped from getting killed and ended up on top.

of our 5 min i had 1 or 2 solid submission attempts one was a frivilous armbar and another was a heel hook. I had that heel hook but leave it to the man to get out with out barely a strain.

i was workin for kneebars and stuff to no avail at all.

I have been working with marcell doin position and him drilling lifting me (i'm like 10lbs heavier than him) in exchange after each exercise i ask him to tell me a phrase in portugese.

I guess its an even trade.

I think he likes teaching peopel the language he was telling me anythign i wanna know or learn in portugese just tell him he will teach me. He also asks me a bunch about english.

23 pages of good hard work ben.

Good job my man. KUDOS!

thanks goldie but its only 18 on my 20 post per page count.

see i'm a hard worker even in posting

4 rounds heavy bag

4 rounds shadow boxing with partner

50 crunches
50 side crunches (left)
50 side crunches (right)
25 full sit ups

Keep up Ben.

I'm going to try to make it tomorow night!!!

YAY FOR CARLAO!!!

check your mail

Today Bloquao and Muay Thai

Bloquao i did horribly by my own decision i could not take down or sprawl when i needed to and my striking was only semi adiquate
I did sweep a black belt from both mount and 1/2 guard. (that alone shows the difference between grappling and NHB)

MT

did roundhouse for back (batrice) and front (french) leg.

the hip positioning is kinda awkward but i will get used to it

worked deflecting jab and reurning with jab
and
deflecting right straight and returning right straight

boxing

3 rounds bag
3 rounds shadow box

50 crunches
50 left elbow to right knee (fast up slow down)
50 right elbow to left knee (fast up slow down)
25 full situps

then i helped sweep the upstairs so they can lay tile.

I got home and ate 2 hamburgers 29g protein 0 carbs in each. not bad, unfortunately they got 23g fat.

I'm gonan take a **** and go for a bike ride (i think 4-6 miles total) in like 30 min (once i ****)

7pm = Muay Thai with PitBull and Hermes
9pm = BJJ with Edson

i think my bike ride was more like 3-3.5 miles i will add more on next time. once i find a track i willride2-4 and run1-2

Ben, how many clubs do you exactly train at? I'm veryyoung (17) and have done a few years of TKD, point kickboxing (yes I know they both suck) and about a year and a half of judo. My speciality is my groundwork. In my city there are some thai/kickboxing clubs, boxing clubs, judo clubs and one MMA club. At my age what do ya think I should train in if I am gonna be a good pro fighter in the future??

Also what do ya think I should be doin for home training ( I have a heavy bag, kickshield, focus mitts, stationary cycle, skipping rope). There is also a 1 year weight training course at my new college, am I too young to start it (I don't wana stunt my growth, but I am pretty skinny I need to bulk up)

I train at 1 club. I train under American Top Team.

at 17 you should not worry about stunting your growth.

It all depends what you want to work on.
For example my ground work is my strength right now so i work more on my striking so as to bring that to be equal with my grappling.

as for your work out at home....do you have someone to hold your mits and all that?

use the heavy bag and do
3x 10 seconds punching for speed FAST FAST FAST FAST. do not worry about powere just worry about throwin fast punches

then do at least 3 Rds of bag work. work on getting combo's to feel natural

Yes I have another mate into MMA also who can be avalaible to help me train etc.

My point about the clubs is that if I want to be a pro fighter is it more productive to first train at somewhere that specialises in one area (i.e Thai Boxing, judo etc) or would it be better to train at this MMA club where they practise all areas???

Also how many days a week do ya think I should train at home? Should i include running/staitionary cycle into my routine at this point?

Anyways thanks a lot for the technical advice, much appreciated man.

go to the MMA club. it is most likely that they have a boxing/kickboxing coach along with a wrestling coach and BJJ coach etc..

yes include your cycle/running into your daily exercise


i train at home every day. i try to work out at least twice a day and if i am feeling like a slacker i will go ride my bike.


wake up early to beat the sun and heat run/cycle go home eat some breakfast etc... go about your day. just adding that one little thing in will help you immensely

I have observed the MMA class before, there is not a seperate wrestling coach BJJ coach etc, just one MMA coach, though he is well known as a great teacher in the UK. Still think I should go?

I am also a little worried because they are all men in their twenties/thirties, I'm pretty skinny....am I too young to train there? The coach there says its ok for me to go.

Thanks again for the advice and keep up ya hard work ben!

i'd say to go and give it a shot. if not i'd go to the thai boxing place

OK I will go down there is about 2/3 weeks and give it a go.

So anyways to conlude, for home training you think i should do this once per day-

1. cycle/running

2. speed routine on heavybag

3. 3rds of regular bagwork

4. when possible a few rounds on focus mitts

5. as well as doin this weight training course at my college

Anything I'm missing out there Vulgar?? Do you think i is a good idea to spar outside of a proffessional club with friends??

sparing with frieds is fun but unprofessional acting people can make people get hurt. if you got al lthe head gear shin pands and gloves and your willing to take the risk go for it but i would not suggest it

I have al the gear for it but I understand ya points vulgar. Thanks for all the help dude.

no problem

just got home from boxing

did 1 round with the olympic gold medalist Howard Davis
2 rounds with Din Thomas
1 round with Gary "Billy Bob" Clark
2 rounds with this dude who's name i cannot spell

2 rounds on the bag

worked my left hook alot and tightened up my right straight

5 miles
non stop peddling
29 min

that includes getting the bike out and putting it back in
not to mention getting dressed


50 crunches
10 wide arm push ups
50 crunches left elbow to right knee
10 close arm pushups
50 crunches right elbow to left knee
10 wide arm push ups
50 back crunches
10 close arm pushups

Boxed this mornin

did drills to familiarize ourselves with combo's
i jumped some rope (wear shoes for this those things hurt your feet)
i worked on my roundhouse kickin

i rolled with one of the blak belts (i do not know how to spell him name) and he beat me so badly, so easily that i got so frustrated that i felt like i could cry.

i was soo mad.

At the end of the day rhough Vulgar if ya roll with a BJJ blakbelt at his own game he will definetly own ya for sure, but in an MMA match ya know ya could probably take him due to superior wrestling/striking etc, so don't worry too much about losing to guys that are real excllent on the ground.

are you ****ing serious....im not sayin vulgar is **** but i dont think he could beat a bjj blackbelt at mma

Anything can happen any given sunday!

Just because hes a BJJ BB doesn't mean he's gonna be invincible at MMA, he might have zero wrestling/striking skills. Look at Roberto Traven-A high level BJJ BB got tapped out in an MMA match by Frank Mir (Purple Belt).

is vulgar a purple belt or is he frank mir....NO

You've missed the point bob.

No vulgar is no Purple Belt. IMO he could be blue, however that is not my call, that would be his coach Edson's call.

Nevertheless, the piont I think is what not if Vulgar could KO a BB. the piont I think is that MMA is not BBJ and anything could happen in a MMA fight.

I know many Blue belts that fight MMA and rock, so that being said, who knows maybe Vulgar will be good at MMA, hell maybe I'll get back into fighting MMA.

Exactly, BJJ is a different animal from MMA and great fighters in BJJ don't always translate well for MMA (eg BJJ BB Wallid Ismail)

OK Friday I sparred for the first time (boxing)

i sparred with Marcell Ferrerah

everything i drill and worked on went out the ****in window

i couldn't keep my eye on him while throwing punches, i kept blinking i wasn't moving my head i dunno what happened!!

anyway i think its directly related to the fact taht Marcell its hard as **** and he kept hitting me

he hit me so hard in the 1st round that i saw a big green dot for the 2nd and 1/2 of the 3rd round.

apparently i knocked him back a couple times but **** i didn't even know i made contact.

my jaw hurt alot so i chewed gum to get it back in line.


and as for rolling with BJJ blackbelts, i have heelhooked and made tap a Black and a Brown belt. I know the black belt wasn't goin 100% on me and the brown i have no idea.

all in all if you got 1 REALLY good submission and someone moves and you grab it they tap. its just how the game goes.

i feel fat again i missed like 3 trainin sessions last week

Keep up the good work Ben!!!

I was at boxing practice and i threw a body punch and pushed my body into it and pushed my body farther than my shoulder wanted to go, now i'm in ALOT of pain.

my bicep is a constant state of hurt i feel like there is a big needle goin through the center of my hand and i cannot feel my shoulder.

i'm gettin my eatting back in order.

its 2:45 and i'm about to have my 3rd meal which will consist of a banana some peanut butter and a protein shake

breakfast - 2 egg 2 egg white omlet fruit (pineapple and honeydoo)
lunches - chicken taco meat letuce cheese tomatoe, ground beef, broccoli and cheese

cheese is bad for you, trade it for yogurt instead!

cheese is bad! ****!

I LOVE CHEESE!

Look at what it takes to make cheese and think about it. Is rotten milk and eggs.

BOO for cheese bein bad for you :(


OK so i lifted some weights i did i think my whole upper body aside from my abs


seated rows 3x10/8/5 250 - 275lbs

standing rows 3x10 65lbs

hammer curls 3x10 35lbs

curls 2x10 40lbs 1x8 50lbs

skull crushers 1x10 35lbs 2x10 40lbs

lat pull downs 3x8 150-212lbs

weighted side bends 3x20 35lbs

trap pulldowns 3x8 90lbs

militaries 3x8 35lbs (i had to stop cause my shoulders hurt way to much, i need some bands to help rehab my shoulder.)

this was not in propper order

how is this for an upper body work out?

Vulgar, is your goal, strength or bulding muscle?

right now i wanan get a lil bigger/stronger and toned up

8am

50 crunches
50 left elbow to right knee
50 right elbow to left knee
20 knuckle fast bursted pushups
20 pushups

7:45pm
50 crunches
50 left elbow to right knee
50 right elbow to left knee
20 knuckle fast bursted pushups
20 pushups

I just took some pics of myself compairing now to before.

I ate like **** today and didn't work out, i will try nad take more pics within the week and mabye there will be a difference


Before!!!!!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid77/p62da110076e389c555c4cae172ff60bd/fb3b3a22.jpg.orig.jpg


Now

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid77/p2d762486fdff3706003794f4a947001b/fb3b3bbc.jpg


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid77/p043b5abab4b620d33d28c788f8956fb5/fb3b3bb6.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid77/pb001177ff0922c5ec7d050c3a580762d/fb3b3bb3.jpg



http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid77/pe68920e2d0311a40de64c80b40cd170d/fb3b3bb1.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid77/p6de793184fd53e3d4d88fea756f0ea02/fb3b3bb0.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid77/p1e6322f2e35a44b829b41f5ea8625843/fb3b3bac.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid77/p948e2e8a7bf960e3086260b39e36a4d1/fb3b3ba9.jpg

I went down the hall and was bull****tin with some of my buddies, one of them is a really good wrestler he asked if i wanted to roll so i said sure.

he get in the hall (which is all concreete) and we clinch and starts lookin for the take down, i hop guard and imediately tranfer to amrbar. I start to tighten it up and he yanks his arm out right before i pull, i regain my guard and go for kneebarhe turns his leg so i snatch a heelhook, i turn he falls to the floor and taps.


i help him up he is OK and he is bleeding from a rugburn, he asks if i wanna go agian, i say sure.

this time i do not hop guard and he takes me down with a double, (by now 1/2 of the dorm is out in the hall watching) i work for a gilotine and he spreads his legs which allows me to regain my guard, he then asks me if he is allowed to strangle and i tell him sure but its not a good idea, he says why not ans starts to strangle me so i armbar him i get the armbar in but i'm not crankin ithe stacks me so i switch to triangle i'm securing my foot and he says "we might as well stop cause neither of us are gettin anywhere" so i say sure. he says "i know you were tryin to get my arm out and squeeze my head" I explained i had exactly what i wanted and it was only a matter ofabout 10 sec before he was choking. we laughed and parted ways.


god i love the dorms

you should have said no and triangled his ass

OK second day back.

first day back was yesterday. It was a with Gi day and i did pretty good i tapped a blue belt but i'm not to sure he was a blue belt be he said he had been doin jiu jitsu for 2 years.

today I did NHB training followed by Muay Thai

NHB just did some submission because due to my shoulder i cannot go all out.

I did alot better than i used to

at MT i thought i did horribly i thought my kicks were off and my stance was horrid.

the coaches said i did good, my toes hurt.

after class pit bull went over with me how to fix my kick.




I am gonna try to get all the info i can on those amateur shows in New Orleans and try to compete if Liborio (sorry Carlos) says OK

goshdingit!! Is LIBORIO, get the spelling right!!!!

Good work last night!

sorry. I will do my best for that never to happen again.

Ben...
Hows training?
Any fights coming up?

training is at a slow point.

I just got off a shoulder injury to come into a knee injury.

Next week i will be in Hawaii for Shooto so another slow week.

I had an MRI on my knee yesterday because the Doc thinks i have 1 of 3 things... 1) a torn meniscus 2) a partially torn ACL 3) a really bad contusion (bruise) I hope its 3 then i will be back in 2 or so weeks.

There are rumors goin around of my fighting in Switserland Shooto in September. Unfortunately thats right around midterms so i dunno if it will happen.

I keep goin up in weight but looking more built. i need to lean the **** out, not get bigger.