Fuck, I thought about it a second, and it's me that loves the HK USP .40! LOL

You and Rinaldo love the P229. :)

YEah man. He's truely mixed. Brown in Judo.. We leared that shit as kids.

But at the age of about 22 he took up Jujtsu.... It was from a school that didnt use belts.. But he would have been black.

But they didnt compete.

Then he joined a "mixed Martial arts" school that did everything. Thai Kickboxing, Brazillain Grappling, Judo, Jujitsu, wrestling, and it really sculped him.. Did that for many years..

Took him to the competitions.. I was Judo as well, and trained very little with the mixed people, just enough to get in competiton and get my ass kicked.

I didnt have the killer instinct.. I can defend myself, but the displine in the training to fight in the cage was not for me.

But my cousins it was.. They did it for many years.. My friends later joined Quest, and still compete..

But my cousins havent been in for a few years now. We all got married and have kids.

Believe it or not my cousin Exxotica who I speak of, and who used to post here at GFY actually married one of the better top Female Fighters!!

He and her are training again, to get him back in Fight shape.

But its been almost 3 years. He's about 60 pounds heavier now.

Lots of work.

Ive- we've meet and been with Randy Couture on several occasions.

Reading more into this im seeing its turning more into a gun thread.

LOL....

Nice gun pics....

Sig P239 is what I have.... Not the best looking gun, but I have small hands, and it's one of the only things I feel comfortable shooting or I should say owning.

That and the Glock 23

My brother, you did meet me in Vegas. You'll see when I post pics of me and Kimbo.

I hear you about things taking precedence. I'm hoping to start back up with ATT once my back heals. :) Though, I got a call this weekend, my twins just got their 4th stripe in BJJ!

Our first and rather too fast meeting was at this place, Player's Ball. We sponsored it and I worked the front door to make sure there were no problems this year. This pic is from Donny, who's on the right, me in the middle, and SPANNOW on the left. :)

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Me with Kimbo at Internext
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You know us Azns have to stick together. :) I'm just glad I don't have to call and leave a message of me moaning on the phone. Yes, I remember how to get into the original BP Family.

Holy fhuck......... You were working at the door???? Was that you that said
"Bow to the Power" to me????????

Yes it was. hahahahahahaha too funny!

That was you!! WTF!! I was thinking, what the hell?? DOes that guy know me??

I had no idea that was you. How come you didnt say you were the bad ass Anthony from GFY......

I was bored as hell talking to all the goof ball drunks at Players Ball (hope no one is reading). Would have loved to shoot the shit with you.

Nah, that little line was enough to fuck with you, plus it was freezing, and we had to get you inside. :)

There will be other shows, and other times, fo sho!

Did you see the Asian Guy I was with?? He was a great fighter a few years back..

Damn, we are getting old.

No, bro, I missed him. But I"m sure I'll meet him the first chance I get to be admitted to family!

I was thinkin the whole night, who was that guy at the door saying bow to the power..

Was he a webmaster? Or just some pervert fan that surfs my sites and recognized me?? It was on my mind for a while..

Haaa! Too funny.. That was you!

Funny how little things stay on your mind for a while.

I was thinking about that for quite a while. Thinkin what the hell?

Yeha man, when we meet we have to make you family..

Need more AZN power.. I brought an Asian Entrouge this Internext with me.

The girls hit it off. Guys like AZN gals it seems nowdays.

Werd, I did the same thing to RocHard too, he was like, who the fuck was that?!

They're working on it, fast and furiously. Mad respect for both of those warriors.

No rules fighting has been around since beginning of times.
Not as the sport we know today as Vale Tudo. The Gracies invited anyone to challenge them in a sport they calld "vale tudo" (everything goes).
They were mostly undefeated, except the time Masahiko Kimura (the greatest Judoka of all times) punished Helio Gracie for beating his mate, by wiping the floor with him for 15 minutes and then braking his elbow.

But I think the point Anthony was making i that a grappler will beat a striker 9 out of 10 times. If a grappler goes against some one that practises MMA, he is not going against a striker, he is going against someone that is both a grappler and a striker (i.e. someone that knows mixed martial arts, normally involving some striking ones and some grappling ones).
Therefor a striker that learns grappling is not a striker anymore.

An average boxer against an average grappler, grappler always wins (or 90% of the times), world class boxer against a world class grappler, well, that hasn't happened. But if it did I'd put my money on the grappler since boxers don't know how to defend themselfs from chokes and take downs.

That being said, a grappler against Lennox Lewis could easily get knocked out by a single blow while trying to get close...

I love BJJ and I consider it to be one of the best forms of MA there is, but if you get a tough, long limbed striking expert that knows how to counter takedowns, WATCH OUT! If you look at some of the top guys competing in NHB today, you'll noticed that they're good at striking AND groundwork.

Of course, in a street fight, anything goes. If a 98 pound weakling sticks a thumb in your eye or bites you in the neck... :(

I guess I'll be the lone dissenter here.
While the kid looked like he knew a bit about grappling I got the impression that it was from watching too much spike tv.

Sure it helped him in the long run either way, but you could see where he couldn't seem to keep the "striker" down, he missed a key choke when he had him in the bushes and could have ended the fight there.

Yes I know this was a couple of kids on the street. But I'm also wondering to what extent the one kid actually knew BJJ.