WHAT A DAY!!!!!! (updated)

Update

Hey it's Tiff here and I thought I would add a little to Scott's post about what he was able to do yesterday. Scott and I love to watch MMA (mixed martial arts) fighting together and have for quite some time. The UFC is the world’s leading mixed martial arts sports association. It is just one of several companies that host MMA fights, kinda like there is the NFL in football. It is a fairly new sport to some and to tell the truth there are a lot of people who really don't care for it. MMA is basically a mixture of Boxing, Judo, Kickboxing, and Wrestling. It can be a very brutal sport to watch sometimes and some states do not allow fights to take place. A lot of the main event fights for the UFC take place in Las Vegas NV. Since Scott and I were married there and love to visit there we hope to someday be able to watch a live fight there. But, renting the fights on TV will have to do for now.

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Wow, what a day. As I (Scott) sit here writing this post. I am still in awe of what I watched today. I was offered a chance to go watch Houston "The Assassin" Alexander in a sparring match today at a private event in Mick Doyle's Gym in Omaha today. If you don't know who that is I will try to best describe him, Houston Alexander is a UFC fighter originally from Omaha. He currently has a record of 8 wins 4 losses and 1 draw. He is a single father raising 6 kids and probably one of the nicest famous people I've ever met. Ok, he is the only famous person I have ever met but he really was nice. Our friend Alan picked me up at 11:30 to head to Omaha to pick up his nephews Evan and Andrew. Off to the gym we headed not knowing what to expect when we got there. Boy were we surprised. There were about 10 guys and 2 girls that train at the gym, ready and waiting to get into the ring with Houston to help him train for an upcoming fight on May 23 in Las Vegas. He started with 5 rounds at 1 minute per fighter. After the buzzer went off, another fighter climbed in and started sparring with him. After the 5 rounds he got a quick break and started 5 minute rounds with each fighter. After about an hour of sparring he went into another room for ground work ie. wrestling and Judo moves. I didn't get to see much as the other fighters were standing in the doorway watching as well. He worked in there for about an hour and finally hobbled out into the ring area when they finished. He looked like he had been hit by a freight train and a mack truck simultaneously. Alan and I were the last 2 spectators there and Houston called us over to him to talk about what he did that day. He was very nice and real comical about how he got worked over during his training. As he went off to shower and change Alan and I hung around hoping to get a photo with him before he left. I am so glad that we did. He came out of the shower and talked to as again for another 10 minutes or so and took a couple of pics with us before heading on his way. On the way home Alan and I talked about our day and how cool it was to meet Houston. He was as nice as they come and we wish him the best luck in his upcoming fight.