So I finally got around to writing it. sorry it took so long all, I've been doing nothing but stuffing my face the last couple of days. Anyways heres the run through on everything that happened leading up to my fight and the fight itself. I kept a running journal on my training and diet and all that good stuff and heres some of what I wrote. This is from when I got to the hotel (Tuesday 18th march) to when the fight happened (Thursday 20th march). Hope you guys like it.
Tuesday 18th February, 2008-
6:00am- weight- 130.5
So I'm where I need to be right now. Ideally I would like to wake up tomorrow at somewhere in the 129 range, the lower the better. I don't want to struggle making the weight. I'm gonna make the weight no matter what I just want to make sure that its not that hard on my body and I have enough time to properly rehydrate myself. Anyways all we did today was fly out. Me and Brian got to the hotel at 3. I ate real quick and than I took a nap and when we got up we ate again. While we were eating I rang into Bubby Mitchell, he's a 125 pounder too that's fight on the show also. He's someone that I might fight down the road. We all had dinner together, he's a cool guy. He's smaller than me like 5'2 maybe 5'3. After dinner I came to my room and hung out for a little bit than Brian wanted to wrap my hands to get used to it. While he was wrapping them I stretched my legs out a little bit. All in all it was a pretty relaxing day. Tomorrow I gotta wake up and cut the weight so that should be fun! Lol...
Me and bubby
Wednesday 19th February, 2008-
7:00am- weight 129
So I woke up today at 129, I'm very happy that I woke up at that weight. I went with Brian and watched him have breakfast, haha. Anyways I didn't eat or drink all day. I decided to cut weight at 2 o'clock; I also wanted to cut weight in my room away from all the other fighters. By the time 2 rolled around I was 127.8. I put on my sauna suit and some sweats and sweaters and I showed boxed for 15 minutes and I was 127.0 on the dot. I put everything back on and I jumped roped for 20 minutes this time and when I got done I weighed 126 on the dot. Once I saw that I stopped cutting and I took a shower and went to get my photo shoots and video interviews done.
Me cutting weight
We ended up getting on the scale at around 5:30ish. By the time I got on the scale I was 125.2 which is perfect! I meet Greg McDowell and he's a real respectful guy. When I first found out I was gonna fight him he was kinda harsh to me but it really didn't bother me. Today he was super nice and he's actually a pretty cool guy. I think I'm in his head a little, it just seems that way. He weighed in at 119 which is really light. It looked like he was eating to actually gain weight but who knows.
Weighing in
Pose down
After the fight I messed up and I ate like a pig. I ate meatballs and chesses and red meat stuff that I normally haven't eaten since I've been on my diet. I felt instantly sick! I had the runs like 30 minutes later and I actually threw up 3 times. Its weird like my body went into shock and what not. I'M NEVER DOING THAT AGAIN! It's not worth it! 8 weeks or hard training and dieting and I almost ruined it! I dunno what I was thinking. I feel a lot better now and I should be good to go by tomorrow.
Me eating meatballs
Thursday 20th March, 2008-
So since my body is so used to getting up at 6am I woke up and got my stuff ready and had breakfast with Brian. I'm trying to eat the same type of foods that I've been eating the last couple of weeks with the only exception is that I'm eating more of it. I'm trying to carb load and I feel a little bloated because of the extra food and all the water that I've been drinking.
I'm not really nervous right now which makes me nervous is that makes any sense. Normally I'm really nervous before my matches but all my matches are usually in the morning. I have all day today so I'm trying to keep myself busy by going online and watching movies and what not. I don't want to think about my fight till I get to the arena, from there I'm gonna get in fight mode. I spoke to my mom and I started to cry a little bit. For some reason I always get choked up when I talk to her before my fight. I'm gonna call her right before the fight cause I know that will put me in the mood that I need to be. It's weird to explain. I saw Greg this morning and he seems super nervous when I spoke to him. Anyways enough about him.
I'm gonna have lunch with my dad, nena, brian, marc, sean, Karen, tarek, and cimins at 3 and than after that I'm gonna grab my stuff and head to the venue to check in and hang out till we get under way. This will probably be the last time I talk to them till after the fight. I like to be by myself a lot and that will give me a chance to get away and focus on what I have to do. Hopefully we'll have a nice lunch and I'm gonna tell each one of them that I love them and that no matter what that they shouldn't worry about me because I know what I'm doing in there and that I have to do what I have to do. After that I wont see them till the fight is over which will let me clear my head and focus on what needs to be done. A few more hours and its go time. My body feels good now I just have to get in the zone and bring it all together!