The Pancrase World Submission Wrestling Championships was a great time for me and my family. I had been having some problems with my back over the last few weeks and it hurt so bad it was killing me.
The first match I had out there was against an athlete that looked like nothing physically and I thought I would run through him...DOH!!! So after I had taken him down and a few seconds later I was tapping out to a knee bar. I was shocked! I couldn't believe I had just lost my division! Especially to a physically inferior opponent! I then got more mad and focused than I have in years and choked my opponent for 3rd and 4th in under 30 seconds which won me 3rd place.
I had to stand with the other competitors and receive my 3rd place medal...I walked over to where my wife and girl were talking with a friend and I threw my medal down on my gear...I was even more mad after I won 3rd...and more focused on DESTROYING any and all opponents in my way to the Absolute title. Throwing my medal was very uncharacteristic and I'm usually as graceful and humble in defeat as in victory...but today was different. Something inside me decided it was time to fight and fight hard.
In the Absolute division I submitted (with a one arm smother choke) my first opponent in less than 2 minutes. Then I submitted (with a Kimura armlock) my second opponent in about the same time. Then in the finals match I defeated my last opponent on points...I had a chance for a submission but my aggravated back didn't allow me the flexibility I needed to finish it.
I was awarded a HUGE trophy, a nice medal, AND, the tournaments OUTSTANDING GRAPPLER award!!! It was an awesome experience and I am so glad that I was blessed with the seemingly NEGATIVE outcomes and circumstances that forced me to REACT and ACT in a way that was necessary for me to succeed and win the title that I REALLY wanted. Sometimes the LORD works like that and sometimes we have to be willing and ready to pick our self up and take another shot as soon as we can. It was an awesome feeling to comeback and overcome and be the champion for the whole tournament and outstanding grappler. It was even sweeter that my little family was there with and for me.
I am now able to have the title of WORLD CHAMPION!!!
The first match I had out there was against an athlete that looked like nothing physically and I thought I would run through him...DOH!!! So after I had taken him down and a few seconds later I was tapping out to a knee bar. I was shocked! I couldn't believe I had just lost my division! Especially to a physically inferior opponent! I then got more mad and focused than I have in years and choked my opponent for 3rd and 4th in under 30 seconds which won me 3rd place.
I had to stand with the other competitors and receive my 3rd place medal...I walked over to where my wife and girl were talking with a friend and I threw my medal down on my gear...I was even more mad after I won 3rd...and more focused on DESTROYING any and all opponents in my way to the Absolute title. Throwing my medal was very uncharacteristic and I'm usually as graceful and humble in defeat as in victory...but today was different. Something inside me decided it was time to fight and fight hard.
In the Absolute division I submitted (with a one arm smother choke) my first opponent in less than 2 minutes. Then I submitted (with a Kimura armlock) my second opponent in about the same time. Then in the finals match I defeated my last opponent on points...I had a chance for a submission but my aggravated back didn't allow me the flexibility I needed to finish it.
I was awarded a HUGE trophy, a nice medal, AND, the tournaments OUTSTANDING GRAPPLER award!!! It was an awesome experience and I am so glad that I was blessed with the seemingly NEGATIVE outcomes and circumstances that forced me to REACT and ACT in a way that was necessary for me to succeed and win the title that I REALLY wanted. Sometimes the LORD works like that and sometimes we have to be willing and ready to pick our self up and take another shot as soon as we can. It was an awesome feeling to comeback and overcome and be the champion for the whole tournament and outstanding grappler. It was even sweeter that my little family was there with and for me.
I am now able to have the title of WORLD CHAMPION!!!
