So, I am playing poker tonight with Phoenix PD guy who was wearing a shirt with no sleeves. As the night progresses, some guy mentions a money game this weekend with guys he plays golf with. The golf guy invited me, and I said I would try to make it.
I then told him that I was going to have a game after the next UFC. Sleeveless cop chimes in, "yeah, I used to do that. I'm undefeated. I'm 3-0."
I asked, "Rage in the Cage"?
He responds, "yeah".
I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt. Late 30's, but not a slob. So I asked, "out of what school did you train?"
"Oh. I'm self-taught. I wrestled in high school."
"I have some RITC dvd's. What shows did you fight."
"Actually, there was no striking. Yuo take the guy down and you get a point. There was no striking. It was down at the Civic Center."
"Ah, so it wasn't an actual RITC? Just submission grappling".
"Yeah. You tried to get people in holds. Then let em up".
"OK. I'm all in". And then I drank my Michelob Ultra and chuckled.
I'm with the hawkeye fan on this one, poker night with the boys and your drinking this swill. I giant can of Old Milwaukee should have fallen out of the sky and crushed you.
JM - I get picked on because I sometimes drink Bailey's (admittedly a big wuss drink, but it's like candy).
When that happens I order shots of jagermeister for everyone. I end up doing 2 or 3 of them at one time because the "manly" beer drinkers can't handle their shots (at least my lame friends can't).
So not only do I get points for buying a round but I get drunk enough to feel like a man while drinking a girl's drink
it's a good strategy and helps my self-esteem (and that's when I start talking about MY undefeated record in the Octagon - hey, it's technically true).
yes there are a lot of people in general that claim to be mma fighters. I completely expect attempted thai kicks, flops to guard, etc. Wonder how many of these guys expect to get bitten or shanked, on the other hand ;)
by the way, I'm sure that phoenix PD guy has a lot of "tactical" handgun and longarm training, probably is an instructor and ex-SEAL or some BS like that. fashionistas are always trying to elevate themselves up the food chain (kinda like how Col. KAdaffi nominated himself to General).
someone please open up a place to train in the southwest valley
Around the time I started training BJJ/MMA, I kept hearing all these fanciful stories of a guy who goes to my school, that had just "signed a really big contract with the UFC" I tracked this guy and and invited him to come to the gym I work out at and train. Just sub grappling, no NHB on this particular day. When he got there, my instructor realized this was the same blowhard he had nearly KTFO a while back when this guy waltzed like he owned the place. He claimed to have fought, but couldn't name the promoter of the shows, the name of the shows, or even who he fought. He eventually admitted he "fought" in an "underground" show, (probably in his friends grandma's basement) and bought a bunch of MMA related t-shirts off ebay, which is probably why the general population was fooled by his obvious lies, I mean, who else but a pro fighter would wear UFC t-shirts? btw, this guy rolled once with our smallest guy, and got choked out in under 2 minutes. When I asked him to roll, he said he had to run......