The day is finally here and we are walking over to the NIA Arena in 30 minutes. Frank Trigg is re-hydrated; re-fed; re-sted; and looking re-assuring (sorry, had to). Hardly any sleep last night but I hear it’s overrated anyways. Woke up this morning and went down for a training session with Braulio Estima, who [...]

5 days. 5 days left until the fight. 4 days left until weigh ins. My body is beat. I’m hungry. I have 10 more pounds to lose (roughly 4 kilograms). That’s the Grind. Yet, I can’t wait until Saturday night and to walk out; hear the music start playing; hear the crowd; feel the rush [...]

Wembley Arena. A fight in England doesn’t get much bigger than that. On Saturday night, UFC Veteran Frank Trigg is facing John Phillips as the semi main event. It’s my 2nd fight in Trigg’s corner and as amazing as the 20,000 crowd in Israel was, I can’t wait to walk out to the corner and [...]

If I was given a dollar everytime someone asked me “what to eat” and “how to get into shape“, I’d be a rich man. Can you make me a work-out plan? Can you tell me what to eat? Everyone and their mother wants to be in shape. Everyone wants the solution on how to do [...]

Every year, I train kids from different High Schools on general safety. However, I have a school that I feel a special connection to: City Honors High School in Inglewood, California isn’t your average school – it’s a school for kids with great potential in one of California’s worst neighborhoods, Inglewood. These kids are not [...]

Full day today; another 8 hour day of shooting. At least I had some breaks today to get to try “Urban Warfare” – addicting game! Spent the day with “Sugar” Rashad Evans and the Spike crew. Back on diet again and start training hard again this week. December 12th it is at the Hollywood Park [...]