This weekend we’ve got a couple of good fights coming up: Tito vs. Machida and Sherk vs. Penn. Been asked a lot about the fight between Sherk and Penn. I really like Sean I hope he goes out there and does well as we’re a lot alike; but I think BJ will have the upper hand in the fight. For sure he will be the better striker and he’s got good takedown defense and he’s got a lot of submission knowledge on the ground. Sean’s got some quick takedowns, very strong where he’s hard to submit, I don’t know that he’s ever been submitted, and one thing Sean will definitely have in his favor is the cardio. So if it ends in the first for second round, I think BJ would be the victor. If it ends after that, I think Sean will outlast him. If it goes to a decision then I think Sean wins.

Training’s going great getting some really good workouts in. Just got done with all my medicals for the fight.

Last Sunday, my brother-in-law has his graduation party out at the farm. I was in charge of the three pork butts (roasts), and six racks of ribs. I was also in charge of water fun. So I came up with the idea of a zip line. It’s 1000 feet of 5/16″ cable running across the pond. From the starting point it’s about 200-220 feet until you hit water so there is a handle to hold onto and you can also put a seat on it to sit, if you don’t think you can hold onto it the whole way. You start about 25 feet off the ground and when you jump off the zip line, you’re about 20 feet from the water (the water’s about 20-25 feet deep). So here’s some pictures from that:

-matt

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