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So I’ve begun writing industry specific articles for MMAnews.com and would love for any of you reading this to read the articles and post a comment about them there.
The Need For A Unified Pro Title
Also, I’ll be at Big Eds in Amelia, Thursday night to see Joan Red perform live! Stop by and check it out!
So, I tried changing my blog theme to something much more engaging and “cool”, however, it became so much work to add a single post I just stopped updating and have been getting reamed by several of you. So, I changed my theme to something easier again and will begin regularly updating the blog from now on with all of the boring and sometimes not so boring details of my life.
So, where to begin…
Pro Writer
I am now an official professional writer! I am a writer for mmanews.com
My first article just went up the other day. It’s about establishing a unified pro title amongst the top Pro/Am Promotions in the country. Check it out by clicking here and be sure to post comments on the article there. Helps to know my articles will be of interest to people. Expect 5 articles monthly from me focusing mostly on the MMA industry as opposed to individual fighters etc.
Back In Music
I’ve recently signed a band to a development deal under Big Show Entertainment, Inc. They are called Joan Red and honestly, an amazing group. Visit their myspace page here to check out their tunes. I have them in the studio recording in May with a music video soon to follow. Then, we begin a big promotional push and tour.
Show This Weekend
A Prodigy Returns takes place this coming Saturday at Belterra Casino. It’s not a card packed full of locals so I’m not expecting a sold out show, but it’s going to be a very important show as several of the fighters on this card are being considered for some title shots. Mojo Horne is prepared to fight the winner between Lucas Lopez and Bubba McDaniel. That’s going to be a hell of a fight. Remember the guy Roger Bowling just fought? Jerrod Appenzeller? Well, Lopez is his coach…gonna be a big fight. Then we have Joe Ammerman coming back off a year long break. Chris Bennett making his pro debut and then Rashid Abullah who recently defeated TJ Ball fighting Fransisco France. Now, Kiko as they call him is apparently a bad dude that nobody wanted to fight. Rashid Abdullah stepped right up with bells on. Crazy or Confident, we’ll see.
Several of the amateur fights are going to be pretty important. Mojo Horne’s nephew Brian Fransisco is fighting and Michael Ormes looks to be ready for a battle. Overall, it’s going to be a very solid night of fights I’m sure people who miss it are going to kick themselves once they hear about it afterwards.
Big Show Gym
The Gym is coming along. We have been waiting on drawings from my architect which we are submitting for the permits we need to officially begin building the gym out. We are expecting that to finalize this week at which point we will begin building next week after this show. This gym is going to be unlike anything you’ve seen before….
May 15th
On May 15th it looks like we will have 11-3 Daniel Strauss vs. WEC Veteran Carlo Prater. A main event battle alongside Jim Davis vs. Joe Mellotte which is going to be a super heavyweight war. More details on May coming up soon.
Dating Life
I don’t know what to say about the dating scene other than I hate dating, though it’s been good to me. The transition for my daughters has been a little difficult to deal with at times but they seem to be doing well. Lacy has a new boyfriend since like, a few weeks after we split up and I’m actually quite satisfied with it. He’s been able to deal with her this long and hes keeping her on a straight line it seems, so more power to the man. From what I hear hes a very nice guy so as long he doesn’t cross any lines with my daughters his arms wont get broke. 
I’ve just been exploring. I don’t know how to explain it but I’ve never really dated before. It’s very awkward and full of uncertainty but it has certainly helped occupy my mind and has made it much easier to deal with how things are. Some people have been calling me a playboy lately which is completely untrue. I’ve been talking to many different women but I feel like I’ve turned into Jerry Seinfeld. I catch onto things that bother me about a woman and I can’t let go of them. I guess it’s the scars of all I’ve been through the past few years, I dunno. I guess I’m just waiting for that one woman to blow my mind in a powerful and positive way. I’m probably full of shit too as it may just not be possible. Who knows. I’m being very honest and not playing games with anyone so I feel I’m being a good little “playboy”. meh
I’m being beckoned to a Pizza place where a friend works in Loveland, so I have to jump off here. More regular updates to bore ya with soon, promise.
The new Big Show Gym is under way. 19,200 Square Feet of MMA and Fitness coming to Eastgate Mall.
We have just finished demo and getting everything cleared out. Just over the past weekend weve had at least 15 people wanting to join.
Here is a link to my mobile upload page on Facebook.
Add me as a friend if you need to to look at the images. Some video as well on my profile page.
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Gym Membership will be $75 per month which will include everything except one on one personal trainining and group speciality classes like Zumba, Yoga etc.
Gym hours coming soon but it will be open before and after the Mall itself.
We have 56 days to open from March 10th….
Since I was young I’ve always felt as though I was called to reach people. I went through a phase in my life where I thought I may be called to become a priest. I’ve struggled through life trying to find something I could never find. Love, success, money, power? I’ve never found any of it truly, just fragments of each never amounting to anything truly wonderful. Awe inspiring, fulfilling. I’m left with a daily void to be filled and no answers.
My faith is bent. My spirit craves the fulfillment provided by faith in something seemingly so powerful and forgiving yet I feel I know too much. I read the bible differently than many as the training of my youth has been shadowed by the intellect and wisdom I’ve attained over the years. I see things more scientifically. Do I believe in a higher power or a grand Universal energy we all pull from and alter with our daily actions? Is there a grand architect watching over us all or is God symbolic of the fabric of life? I ponder such things when I think of the greed, starvation, selfishness of others and the evil actions we as people excuse on a daily basis as we grow more and more desensitized.
What am I here for? What am I supposed to be doing with my life? I’ve always swore if I found welath and success I’d spend the rest of my life helping others, yet I find myself struggling to make ends meet in my own life. I’ve considered going away to the East and learning Eastern Philosophy. Always searching for answers hidden beneath a coating of deception.
Many years ago I heard a song called Prayer Of The Children, by Kurt Bestor as part of a compilation called the Innovators. I don’t care much for the video I just linked but when you click play, just minimize the screen and listen. I was probably 21 or 22 when I heard it and I honestly just lost it emotionally. I honestly still do, having found it online after all these years the song still affects me deeply. It’s not a pop song or anything you might be used to. But to me, it’s screams out to me. I feel like it tells me something. It’s asking me things. It’s pointing me to something I can’t see.
I question the direction my life has taken and can’t help but wonder if I’m truly achieving my potential or have I been settling for mediocrity because it’s an easier path to take. Or is it?
I have a passion that stirs in me so deeply and feel like I’m simply not accomplishing anything with it. I want to touch peoples lives. On my dying die I want people to feel like they had a better life because I was a part of it, somehow.
A pair of astrologers told me I would reach the pinnacle of my success in my mid 30’s and that I would live life very comfortable with a family etc etc. Every detail of what they said to me was so specific and accurate, such as my grandmother at the time being sick with cancer and how it would clear up but come back and quickly take her. It’s exactly what happened over the course of a couple of years and I never mentioned my grandmother. There were many things they said to me that were spot on, which leaves me with the question..how predetermined are our lives and why do I feel like I’m meant to be doing bigger and more important things but I’m not yet doing them? What must transpire before I find those answers?
Let’s face facts, I’m a 32 year guy who left high school my sophomore year to start my first business. I’ve been up and down ever since. I’ve taught myself everything I know but still feel completely ignorant and empty.
I could go on writing this for an hour and not be any further along…
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So I have opponents lined up for Roger, Mojo and TJ.
It’s been over a week and still no paperwork has been turned in and I’m beyond frustrated having to babysit a group of people for simple paperwork.
After the chaos that was the last show, I’m not taking chances and I have found 3 replacement opponents that may turn out to be even better match ups anyway.
Hopefully, this week I’ll be able to announce everone.
So, if you are a PC gamer at all you may want to check out a new game called League Of Legends.
It’s free to play and is a multi-player PVP game.
You can expand your character pool by paying but if you join the free version, you get a random 10 characters to start with.
Be warned, it’s addictive!
My in game name is Holes.
See you inside!
Visit League Of Legends Here!
Lacy and I walked through the future Big Show Gym with our equipment broker today.
I really can’t wait to get this place open and host our first amateur event there. So many of you are waiting to join the gym and it’s going to be nice to have a group of men and women being able to train in a nice environment together as we continue to build the MMA Big Show with the top up and comers in the region.
Fighters who train out of the Big Show Gym will get priority on MMA Big Show fight cards at Belterra Casino and be able to train with some of the best fighters in all weight classes in the region. It’s going to be THE place to train, fight and or just get fit in the region hands down. The gym wont be lead by ego or profiteering, just training and opportunity. My goal for the Big Show gym is to raise new talent in both skills, ability and promotional efforts. As the fighters I began with as amateurs rise up and into the next level of national stages like the UFC and Strikeforce, I want to be able to further build the next line of top talent…
www.bigshowgym.com
After being abstinent for 7 years after a horrible relationship I learned a lot about myself and took interest in a large variety of things. It’s funny how you can tell someone has never been alone in their life because they have no interests or hobbies. Solitude is a guiding light many fear to open their eyes in front of. When I sit back and think about every little thing I dabble in, it’s kind of funny, though maybe a bit nerdy.
Let’s see, I’ve been self employed for the past 4 years, doing better each year. I’ve been an entrepreneur since I left High School. My first business was a web design business. What’s funny is, I was working as a computer repair consultant for a company and I traveled all over setting up networks and repairing computers and I had never even owned one myself. I was a kid though and while on the road I bought a Playstation One with the company credit card to play for a weekend of which I returned before I left that city. The company still didn’t like that and I ended up getting fired. So I financed a Gateway 2,000, bought an HTML source book and hit Geocities and taught myself HTML programming in a weekend and opened for web design business on Monday. Over 3 years I developed a reputation and client list that I ended up selling to an IT consulting firm just getting into web development. It was my 21st birthday and after the CEO turning down some high 5 figure deals due to moral deficiency (not porn, think about HQ Hardware becoming like the Hooters of Home Repair called Beaver Lumber) and I ended up leaving the company.
I am a gamer! I’m proud to admit it! I have every console, an Apple and PC Laptop and a custom gaming rig. I rarely get a chance to play anything until late at night when everyone is asleep but I still enjoy it.
I draw, I read and I am always trying to learn new things. I watch documentaries about anything and everything and am always looking into new business ideas. I’m opening a huge MMA & Fitness gym, I’m about to become a distributor for some Sexual Enhancement pills that work like crazy! I’m also teaching myself Objective-C programming while learning the Apple SDK and Interface Builder to create my own iPhone apps.
I watch a movie almost every night and own hundreds of DVD’s.
I do all my own web work. I do all my own graphic design work for the MMA Big Show. The website, posters, flyers, etc.
I dabble on Facebook and chit chat with strangers just to learn more about people and re-connect with friends from the past (Hey Dallas Gates! You were always a cool dude!)
I guess overall, I am who I am. I have a never say die attitude and am always pushing forward. 2010 stands to be an amazing year for the Big Show as I’m putting a live broadcast deal together now for the Feb 20th event I’m hoping I can pull off within the coming weeks.
Here is to hoping for an amazing 2010 year full of lots of small efforts that will come together in one big climax.
So, many people know by now that the new Indiana Athletic Commission pulled my pro fights for Jan 9th. It’s really been a frustrating situation. After having run flawless shows at Belterra Casino for a year and a half and I get to deal with this madness. The show is moving forward as an amateur event and we have been adding ammy fights to fill out the card. Many of which are going to be really good fights. Often times I feel like the ammy fights are more exciting because ammys have nothing to lose so they really go at it. This weekend should be fun and I’m hoping the weather clears up so people come out and support our last 6 weeks worth of work.
Lacy and I have been doing very well! For Christmas I got her a Kitchen Aid Mixer…I know, it sounds funny but she told me a while back how her father got one for her mother years ago and her grandfather got one for her grandmother etc and that she really wanted one some day. So, in the name of tradition I got her one and she LOVES it. Shes been making all kind of dinners and deserts from SCRATCH! Shes been doing an amazing job. I’m very proud of her.
We finally got the lease from the legal dept of Eastgate Mall and are preparing to put everything we need on order to begin build out of the new Big Show Gym!!!
It’s going to be really nice having a place to work outside of the house and away from the kids etc. This gym is going to be my new baby! Guys and gals who train out of the Big Show Gym will have access to the best trainers and equipment and be priority for Big Show fight cards. We will be having a slew of various MMA and fitness related events, merchandise, drinks and suppliments etc. It should be really nice.
I also booked Dave Hess to fight UFC Vet Jake Obrien on Feb 20th as well as Roger Bowling and Mojo Horne. It’s going to be a STACKED fight card. Not to mention TJ Ball will be making his pro debut! I can’t wait!
2009 ended in a flurry of craziness and with the new commission in place for Indiana our New Dawn has become a New Blackout, but I’m sure all will work out in the end with many, many lessons learned.
