So, since it’s been a while, I thought I’d put some more current training pics up…I’m still going at it full-time under Dan’s auspices and I’ll be back in the cage before too long…I’ll be doing some boxing, submission wrestling, and kickboxing matches prior to that for some more experience, though…
Check out his website at: www.danthesandman.com
Every now and then, I catch a glimpse of pro-wrestling while flipping through the channels…A handful of my friends are still working in the business, so I get curious as to what they’re up to and I occasionally take that stroll down ‘memory lane’…
But then I come back to my endless pursuit of knowledge and skill in MMA and realize that even when we look back to our past with a smirk, the present is the only worthwhile time of our lives to focus on…
I’ll always miss some of the people and the good times I had in the ”rasslin” world, but fighting is a MUCH better venue for my mentality and body…
That being said, indulge me on this reminiscent stroll with a few pics from those days…
From MMAJunkie.com…
LEXINGTON, Ky. — MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) is on scene for tonight’s American Fight League “ERUPPTION” event at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky.
Join us for live updates and official results as a host of former UFC fighters — including Rory Singer, Dan Christison and Junior Assuncao — compete on the night’s main card. Additionally, former UFC lightweight Diego Saraiva fights for the AFL’s first-ever 155-lb. title, and featherweight Rafael Assuncao hopes to improve upon his top-10 world ranking.
The night’s first fight starts at approximately 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Blizzard-like conditions throughout the region have event organizers on standby, but a steady trickle of fans began filing through the doors once they opened at 7 p.m.
Tonight’s event is being filmed for possible future broadcast, but it’s not airing live.
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DAN CHRISTISON (10-6) VS. JOHN LEBLANC (1-7)
ROUND 1 — The big men throw some haymakers early before Christison pins his opponent against the cage. LeBlanc tosses Christison to the mat and connects on some punches as he gets back to his feet. Christison then unloads some leg kicks that wobble LeBlanc. The two men now stand and trade, and LeBlanc takes exception to his opponent’s leg kicks. Christison answers with a couple jabs and a few belly shots. They clinch again against the fence, and Christison works knees to the body and when LeBlanc creates some distance, they trade some more haymakers. As the round comes to a close, Christison scores the single-leg takedown and rains down some elbows before the bell sounds.
ROUND 2 — LeBlanc lands a body kick early, and then he trades leg kicks with Christison. Christison swarms in for the single-leg takedown, rattling the cage as he lands in half guard. Christison works to side mount and works some ground and pound and then elbows to the midsection. Christison then moves into full mount and rains down punch after punch. LeBlanc tries to roll to give up his back, and but Christison continues the assault, and the ref has seen enough.
Dan Christison def. John LeBlanc via TKO (strikes) — Round 2.
Go to : www.magmypic.com if you want to put yourself on a mag cover, too…LOL…
Well, it’s been forever since I’ve been able to update the site…
A good place to start back again is by listing all the damn vitamins/supps. that I’m taking currently…
So, here’s the breakdown of daily consumption with no particular order given…
3 scoops of Randy Couture’s LightForce Greens daily…
500mg of Acai…
Glucosamine/Chondroitin/Hyaluronic Acid/MSM (1500/300/120)…
Alpha-Lipoic Acid 400 mg…
Acetyl-L-Carnitine 500 mg…
Fish Oil (DHA, EPA, Omega-3) 6000 mg…
NOW Foods ADAM Men’s Multi-Vitamin X 2 daily…
Calcium/Magnesium/Zinc (1000/400/25)…
CoQ-10 100mg…
Zinc 50mg…
Slow-Mag. (Mg. Chloride) X 2 daily…
Liver-Aide 3-9 tabs per day…
Fiber Choice with Calcium 2-4 tabs per day…
Emergen-C 3-6 packs (3000 to 6000 mg. Vitamin C) daily with 1 L of water per dose…
I also try to get 1-2 tsps. of Flax Seed Oil daily, but that’s something I need to work on more often…
The other supplement I really recommend is niacin and to follow the guidelines on www.thehealthyheart.net that Robert Kowalski has had incredible success with…
I personally think that athletes, especially fighters, need to evaluate their cholesterol levels and act accordingly…
As a disclaimer, NONE of the above should be considered medical advice…I’m solely a pharmacist, NOT a medical doctor…What I’ve listed above is just an example of my own daily intake…
Anyone who works in a pharmacy, be it retail or hospital, private or otherwise, knows how most “normal” days go…
Within 15 seconds of your grand entrance, any one (if not all) of the following are happening…
Customers/patients are in a screaming rush to get their meds because “you always take forever w/MY stuff”, the phone is ring-ring-ringing off the hook, doctors and nurses are tossing you around mentally a bit, everything that can go wrong does go wrong and you’re stuck in the middle of that forest fire w/o even a thimble of water…
You’d think that more ppl would understand why I want to punch ppl in the face daily…Sometimes twice daily…
So, one of the last things I did before I left Florida and pro-wrestling was to appear on MTV’s ‘True Life’…
The episode was on Season 7 and is called, ‘True Life’ “I’m On A Diet”…
I never fail to get a call from some smartassenheimer buddy of mine who tells me, “Hey, they’re replaying that damn show you were on again”…
Funny thing is, I’ve had ppl I’ve never met before approach me, recognize me, and ask if I was on that show, and hit me up for some workout/diet advice, so it must have been somewhat memorable…hahaha…
Yeah, I was a pro-wrestler briefly…
I grew up in our little farm house in Montana with my grandpa hollering at the tv, telling all of his heroes of the squared circle what he thought they should be doing in there…I used to sit and watch mesmerized as the guys he was screaming instructions to worked each other over mercilessly in the ring…
The superstars of the 80’s, wow, those were high times in wrestling…
Then my grandma would walk by the tv and say, “Oh, look at the great pretenders” and keep walking…This didn’t sit too well with grandpa…
I would have never thought that I would get in the ring someday…But I did…
I watched wrestling from that point on, hopping around the living room and jumping off the couch…This didn’t sit too well with grandma…
Then one of my best friends in high school, Big Tim Bartlett (RIP buddy), seemed to constantly have wrestling on his tube and for a short time, he had considered going to a ‘wrestling camp’ himself…
No doubt in my mind he would have done well…He was such a muscular giant of a guy, long hair, full of attitude, and came stock with all the charisma and intangibles that the camera loves…Too bad he never had the chance to shine in that arena…
I miss that guy all the time…
I couldn’t have asked for a BIGGER first fight in MMA…
You won’t be able to find the fight on YouTube since it’s been pulled: Aric Dylan vs. Kyle Kingsbury
Kyle was 3-0 when I fought him and has a big following in Phoenix, being that he played football for ASU…
Fellas, if you’re ever in a cage fight w/Kyle, enjoy those Turbo Knees he feeds you because Good Lord, they will change your ribcage for an extended period of time!!…..Damn…
He gave me a nice ‘lil prop by saying he didn’t expect me to be that composed in the fight…LOL…
Check him out at: www.kylekingsbury.com
They must have liked Kyle mucho when he fought and won recently in KOTC, check him out on the poster for the upcoming fights in Globe, AZ, where I lived for quite a while…
I’ve had a lot of questions thrown my way about motivation…How do you keep yourself wanting to train, day in and day out??…
I’ll be the first to admit, I have plenty of days that I really do not want to catch a face full of punches or get out on the mat…It’s a lot easier to decide to lay on the bed after a long day of work and have my famous “little minute” of sleep, which turns into more like hours upon hours…
Those are the days that I have to be honest w/myself…Am I lazy or am I fully mashed from whatever the day has handed me??…