Archive for the ‘MMA & BJJ’ category

Last Night’s Olympic Beerfest

August 10, 2008

I think we’re all still reeling from the UFC 87 / Beer Olympics party last night. Nothing like watching some great fights with beer pong balls flying from one side of the big screen to the other. And to think… roughly 60+ people focused on drinking and we STILL didn’t make a dent into the lone star beer couch. I think the overall damage was only 9 cases of brew and 4 bottles of vodka. lol… Sounds like we were drinking some of that weak sauce in addition to the alcohol.

In other news… Watching Omar, Jordan, and friends abuse poor Julian was classic. Shrek finally got all the magic marker removed from his face by noon today.  And we finally found Jenaris.Turns out he did NOT go with Hyper’s Hooligans to midtown after the fights. He was asleep in the bathroom for three hours. LOL.

Houston BJJ Championships

July 28, 2008

Good afternoon everyone… how’s the work day treating you?  I for one accomplished my most productive task of the day when I visited my mother’s house for lunch and hand washed my car.  Not bad for a Monday work day huh?  Now to the topic of this post which is the Houston Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships that was held on July 26th at Legends Sports Complex.

First off, I have to congratulate those who won and those who competed for there were some hard fought matches.  Competitors from Elite included Jason Soliz, Elliott, Frankie, John Pierre, Pilot Joe and myself.  Now I’ve only competed in one other tournament (Dungals ’08) but with that as a reference and with the opinions of other grapplers there I can safely state that the tourney was poorly ran.  For instance, stopping a division and starting another in the same mat space to finish the division at a later time is just plain idiocracy.  To have grapplers warm up/cool down all day long is just ridicolous but that is no excuse for any one of us but just more of a nuissance.  Now that I got that out, a recap of my matches and the lessons learned.  Videos to follow.

First match started right off the bat following the singing of the national anthem which shocked the whole division since it is a general thought that the kids started first.  Warm/Cold we rolled nonetheless and the match summed up with me going for 3-4 submission attempts while my opponent won on points.  Lesson learned, get back to Fundamentals!!!  2nd match went well with me winning via points.  3rd match lost by submission to the guy that won the white absolute division.  My one match in No-Gi was a dissapointment due to inactivity on my end.  I was at the bottom of half guard throughout the match and didn’t work hard enough to win. LESSON BEING TRAIN HARDER and with more emphasis on points and guard work.  Here are some pics of me from the tourney (thanks Frankie!)

Lonestar Beatdown 4 and an Austin Vacation Weekend

July 17, 2008

We took an awesome vacation this weekend!

Well…. not quite THAT awesome but we did manage to party in four cities in one day!

From Lonestar in College Station to Houston to San Marcos to Austin to San Marcos to Houston!

You know there are people who always say they are tired of ‘the routine’ and are going to do something new crazy and exciting. Yet they usually end up doing the same old BS time after time after time…

And then those like us who just live in the moment and always have fun.

“You know we just don’t recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they’re happening. Back then I thought, well, there’ll be other days. I didn’t realize that; that was the only day.” – Field of Dreams

The weekend officially kicked off on Thursday with Joe Rogan’s stand up comedy show at Laffstop. He and The Amazing Racist were hilarious! And I guess we were too! By the time left that night, we had our very own fans thinking we were famous. LMAO @ silly starfucker girls! “Are you famous?” … lol.

Friday after a good day at work, my bro and I booked it to college station for Lonestar Beatdown. Little did we know that we were going to be the official timekeepers for the event. It definitely got really real when we got ringside and saw the cowbell, bullhorns, crowbars, and stopwatches. We did an A+ job, if I may say so myself. In any case, after 14 fights and several shots & beers afterward, we ended up tearing up Northgate until a pizza-devouring Eric Williams came by to collect his drunken students.

We stayed at the Hilton which seems like status quo for our out of town trips. Saturday morning was going to be sauna/hot tub relaxation time but we decided on going back to houston instead. We were back in town for a grand total of two hours. Just enough time to do laundry and pick up some stuff. Next thing you know and we were off to continue the mini-vacation weekend in San Marcos and Austin!

Saturday ended up being awesome also! Did the college thing. Saw a bunch of peeps we hadn’t seen in awhile. Adrian, Chris, Sam, Heather, Allison, Caitlyn, etc. etc. Everyone ending up driving to Austin where we met up with a bunch of people on 6th. street. After the Library, Aquarium, Moose Knuckle, and Maggie Mays, we ended out the night watching Bono in concert! I don’t even remember the ride back to San Marcos.

Anyways, back in Houston now. Going to end up the weekend with Sunday Funday Somewhere. Beautiful weather out….

Dungals 2008

July 17, 2008

FANTASIC job to the Elite MMA Competition Team at the Dungal World Championships in Pasadena. 1st, 2nd, and 4th place in the Absolutes as the very best in the tournament shows the level of training at our gym. My brother competed for the 1st time ever and got 2nd place. Jason, Hyper, Kevin, Frankie, etc. all medaled and did well. Anyways, pics below of the Dungal’s as well as the rest of last week.

pics from this past week


Wednesday – Kris and ?


Wild West – DNC Boys


Girls we stood up for 3am 59 Diner


Friday – George’s Pastaria w/ Lesli and Kris

Dungal World Championships


1st match ever


like a bear!


going for a rear naked choke


Kris won his 1st with a guillotine choke


Kris letting go after the tap


start of match


end of match ….triangle / 15 seconds


Kris controlling his 2nd match


Kevin winning his match outside


hot chick fight


gargantuan super heavyweight action


double leg


Frankie after his MFS battle


Kris after the finals with his bloody mouth


Me on the mat


Jason winning in the absolutes


Co-Champ: Hyper – Triangle


Co-Champ: Jason – Triangle


Elite MMA Competition Team

Alex G’s Birthday @ RocBar

July 17, 2008

This weekend has been awesome so far! Saturday – Watching UFC 80 and celebrating Eric William’s birthday made for a good afternoon. And celebrating Alex and Mandy’s birthday made for a fun evening!

Elite MMA – UFC 80 Party for Eric William’s Birthday


Our crowds keep getting bigger and bigger. 🙂


Future Members of the DNC.


Gabriel & Bullet.


Alpha in front of the cage.


Frost Murphy, World Champion


Blue Belt Row.

Alex & Mandy’s Birthday at RocBar


Firey Birthday Fun!


Crowd Shot.


DNC ready for battle.


Karen and I.


Hot Sh*t.


Junker’s Trademark Pose.


Scott Irvin – Blue Belt!


Chris & Yavi (Alex’ Brother & New Houstonite)


Kris And Birthday Girl Mandy


Jino was a pimp last night.


i LOVE seeing this girl happy and having fun. 🙂


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I think I have like 20 pictures from the past 2 months that look exactly like this.


Blue Eyes.


Free Jaeger Shots.


Extreme Karen Close Up.


Plotting how to take over the world.


Lilly!


Birthday Girl Rock Out.


Millionaires by 32 Club.


We will unite them all. You’ll see.


Jino right before making out with a random chick. You go GNZ!


With Alex’ cousin, Liz!


The beginning of the end.


2am.


Liz taking us home in her little hummer.


The end of the end.

Happy Birthday to Alex and Mandy. I’m very glad that you girls had fun. That’s what it’s all about! And special thanks to my DNC for showing up. You know who you are. Thanks for coming!

Up for Sunday: Mimosa and Bellini Brunch and then off to see an afternoon movie before watching the NY Giants! Ahh Woo!