Went to the UFC event in Omaha Wednesday and had a great time. I was accompanied by several fellow Jiu-Jitsu fighters from our dojo. My only regret for the night was that I didn't bring binoculars like a few other people that I saw. We had decent seats none the less as we could see over the cage and there were also jumbo screens in the four corners of the arena. While people may have had a better view at home there is no way they could have felt the energy from the crowd, especially during the Ellenberger vs Diego main event. All in all there were some pretty good fights that night. I sat next to David for majority of the event and him and Conan would try to pick the winners while Ray always went with a Brazilian fighter.
I'm not going to post blow by blow of every fight or anything like that. I enjoyed watching Stefan Struve, he started slow but it just seemed like he built momentum throughout the fight and then finally came alive. Although the finish was a little lackluster. The Ellenberger fight was awesome. Jake dominated the first 2 rounds. Every time something happened in the fight the crowd went crazy. Jake ended up winning by decision after a quick burst where Diego had his back in the end of the 3rd round. I was a little disappointed at the constant booing of Diego. He's a great fighter and has been a part of the sport for a long time. However, he did make a mistake using an injury as an excuse for losing.
Yesterday's class ended up being pleasantly different from usual. Conan and I had discussed at the fights what we should work on and I suggested stuff to do from the back. Conan started off teaching a few things like controlling and going with the flow. He then taught an armbar from the back. After that we went from lowest to highest rank each teaching a single technique from back mount. I went third and chose the twister to teach. From there everyone was worried that someone else was going to take the technique that they were going to teach. There was some pretty good stuff a lot of variations on the gi/bow and arrow type choke. Probably wouldn't have been a successful class without the gi.
So no open mat yesterday and many were sad :(
i wanted dave "the furry guy" herman to win. i heard that he doesn't train jiu-jitsu. maybe he will now. what's with Sanchez coming to the cage with the cross? he acts like he is some holy fighter sent to defeat his satanic opponent.
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