Tuesday
So I arrived in Vegas on Tuesday to lots of hugs from fellow Junkies. We went and ate at Amore Taste of Chicago for some epic pizza that evening before coming back and 29 of us Attending the Michael Jackson One show. If you are in Vegas an have a chance, this show is incredible. After that it was back to the sportsbook for beers then bed around 1am.
Wednesday
After the radio show, we went to Burger Bar and then most people had to check in. After that several of us ended up drinking in Goze's room and getting ready for Kiss Minigolf. We went to minigolf and this was a lot of fun as a precursor to Guns N Roses. They are old, but still cool to hang out with everyone.
Tuesday and Wednesday were just the appitizers though as Thursdays when s--- started going down.
Thursday
After the radio show we headed to the Bachonov buffet as Caesars and ate till we could barely move. After a brief nap, and a few jager bombs it was time to head out to trivia. Once we got in for trivia Goze showed everyone his most prized posession. His Pride 32 Media Credential. He then announced for one night only, he is bringing back pride. Already in the house were tons of mma journalists from Junkie and other places.
Pride music began to play and then the bucket list started.
Lenne Hardt (Pride Screaming Lady) came over the speakers and introduced the eam captains including myself. Thats right, she said my f---ing name.
Then after the captains she was far from done. She starts announcing the fighterswho are there to be on our teams...
Frank Trigg
Jay Heiron
Joker Guymon
Joseph Benevidez
Lorenz Larkin
Luke Rockhold
Ryan Couture
King Mo
Phil Baroni
Amir Soddolah
Stitch Duran
and more.
Some of them had just driven in for the night to hang out wit us. Lorentz was on my team and he is looking to return quickly. We lost, but what an expereiece.
Friday-
Arianny was on the show, and of course I was there to get a great picture with her. She is a sweetheart.
After that it was off to the Las Vegas Fight Tour. We went to Wandy's gym and of course he shows up at the end for photos with the junkies.
We then went to Mayweathers, Coutures, and Tough Prints (they do most UFC shorts and banners. Really cool place.) I think Fight Tour decided they wanted to use me to promote future tours. Who is better then a fantasy fighting God.........GOD.
After that Goze said we needed to get to weigh ins and get our seats. Also said we had to get wristbands because we had a f---ing private Meet and Greet with Dana White after weigh ins.
So after weigh ins Dana came out and did a 40 minute Q and A. He managed to break some news to:
- Not coming back to NC currently cause of double weigh in rule.
- UFC to Phoenix on Decemer 13th
- Similar to Being Mike Tyson, they are doing a Being Dana White
- They are looking at a new scoring system Dana loves and involves open scoring. Taking it to the commission.
- Talks about the TUF fight controversy and how that he thinks things in Nevada are getting better. Seems like he likes the new guy.
- Said cyborg is scary cause of her management over time. A Dr. said she would die at 135. So what if they bring her in and she dies. The UFC is liable for so much money cause a Dr. said it would happen.
- With fight pass, he explains it was essential to get primetime tv deals across world. Says if you only wanna watch 2 fight cards a month then do just that.
- He was really engaged and having fun with it.
After that we went back, changed and headed out for buffaloblue vs JDfromtheIE at Insert Coins in Las Vegas which is basically a club with video games.
Stitch came and gave me a light hand wrap and Burt Watson was there and got me pumped up for the walkout just like he does a fighter. I also had the joy to talk to Burt for 10-12 minutes when it was just me and him. While I lost a close fight, having Burt pump me up was beyond epic. I had gotten a picture with Burt a couple days before.
Phil Baroni, King Mo, and Ryan Martinez showed up just to hang out as well since they knew we were gonna be there. They didnt even have to be excite. Thats just the way King Mo is and most never see that side of him.
Watched the fights on Saturday of course, but it was a total bucketlist week.. This was on top of hanging out with friends and late nights drinking. Just an epic drtrip to Vegas.