Vegas and Pirates
Sorry for not blogging for a little bit, had 2 weeks off for my 30th Birthday in which I went to Vegas for UFC 100 and got very drunk dressed as a pirate.
The trip to Vegas was awesome, it took 15 hours to get there but US Airways has tons of leg room, much better than most of the other flights I have been on to EU countries.
We stayed at Mandalay Bay which is where the UFC was been held, we though it would be pretty cool to stay at the same hotel as event. We thought it would be nice to not to walk so far to get back the room after the event ....... it only took us 50mins !! The hotel is massive.
Got to go train at Xtreme Couture, could not get into the fighters session so I just attend a couple of classes, Thai boxing and Jui jitsu. Both were interesting and I think I got some thing from both. It was interesting to see some of the fighters training, but is a shame I didn't get chance to train with them.
I was impressed with Shaun Tomkinson, he did a weights session and then straight into 4hrs of teaching privates, I think it is easy as a coach just to lay back and not develop yourself.
Wandy cancelled my Private !!!! I was absolute gutted, didn't find out until the Friday so didn't have chance to change my plans for the weekend.
The UFC was excellent, had a really good time at the show and the expo, got to have a quick chat with Greg Jackson which was cool and got a picture of Uno which was excellent!. While having our breakfast on the Sunday after the UFC, Jens Pulver sat the next table over from Marie and I which was a bit weird, I went over and had a quick chat with him, very nice guy.
Things I found weird about Vegas/UFC:-
1. While waiting for the reception lady at Xtreme Couture's to pull her finger out and order me a taxi (it only took here 40 minutes!) there were loads of people turning up, just to watch the fighters train, all these "fan boys" getting really excited about sitting watching fighters hit pads.
2. Again at Xtreme Couture's, Phil Baroni was running around and then randomly announced he need some thing to read while he went to the toilet. So he ran into the office at the side then came walking out with a protein tub and head to relieve himself :-/
3. The impact of ultimate fighter was evident at the UFC Expo, people would queue for ages to get pictures of ex ultimate fighter members, but fighters like Uno and Lutter would just walk around not getting pestered ... well apart from me.
4. When trying to put an accumulator on at the Sports book, it took me and Marie 20 minutes to work out what was going on. Also got told that in the US it is call a "parlay", I thought only pirates used that word, but as a soon to be Pirate I was excited. .... I didn't win, Bonnor and Mir let me down.
5. I also thought it was weird that every shop assistant became Marie's new best friend, one of them tried selling me a sparkling t-shirt .... I didn't buy it
6. Eating at the Stratosphere, was a little hard to get my head around because you are slowly moving around as you eat .... not a great combination.
7. Freemont Street ...... really not that great ..... video to follow ....
8. US Airways air stewardess are a little rude, if you don't like people asking for stuff you should find another job.
Things I liked about Vegas/UFC:-
1. All you can eat breakie buffet lots of interesting food, including breakfast pizza.
2. The Mix (http://www.mandalaybay.com/dining/mix.aspx) the best and most enjoyable meal Marie and I had in Las Vegas, excellent service, Excellent Food .... just brilliant
3. Lobster Bisk ..... very ..... very .... very nice
4. Meeting Greg Jackson and Jens Pulver.
5. The fact you can walk around in Vegas with a beer in hand, which Marie and I end up playing an excellent game when walking back to our hotel (it was about an hour and half walk) where we could only progress on our journey if we had a beer in our hand ..... brilliant.
Stay lucky
Spenna
The trip to Vegas was awesome, it took 15 hours to get there but US Airways has tons of leg room, much better than most of the other flights I have been on to EU countries.
We stayed at Mandalay Bay which is where the UFC was been held, we though it would be pretty cool to stay at the same hotel as event. We thought it would be nice to not to walk so far to get back the room after the event ....... it only took us 50mins !! The hotel is massive.
Got to go train at Xtreme Couture, could not get into the fighters session so I just attend a couple of classes, Thai boxing and Jui jitsu. Both were interesting and I think I got some thing from both. It was interesting to see some of the fighters training, but is a shame I didn't get chance to train with them.
I was impressed with Shaun Tomkinson, he did a weights session and then straight into 4hrs of teaching privates, I think it is easy as a coach just to lay back and not develop yourself.
Wandy cancelled my Private !!!! I was absolute gutted, didn't find out until the Friday so didn't have chance to change my plans for the weekend.
The UFC was excellent, had a really good time at the show and the expo, got to have a quick chat with Greg Jackson which was cool and got a picture of Uno which was excellent!. While having our breakfast on the Sunday after the UFC, Jens Pulver sat the next table over from Marie and I which was a bit weird, I went over and had a quick chat with him, very nice guy.
Things I found weird about Vegas/UFC:-
1. While waiting for the reception lady at Xtreme Couture's to pull her finger out and order me a taxi (it only took here 40 minutes!) there were loads of people turning up, just to watch the fighters train, all these "fan boys" getting really excited about sitting watching fighters hit pads.
2. Again at Xtreme Couture's, Phil Baroni was running around and then randomly announced he need some thing to read while he went to the toilet. So he ran into the office at the side then came walking out with a protein tub and head to relieve himself :-/
3. The impact of ultimate fighter was evident at the UFC Expo, people would queue for ages to get pictures of ex ultimate fighter members, but fighters like Uno and Lutter would just walk around not getting pestered ... well apart from me.
4. When trying to put an accumulator on at the Sports book, it took me and Marie 20 minutes to work out what was going on. Also got told that in the US it is call a "parlay", I thought only pirates used that word, but as a soon to be Pirate I was excited. .... I didn't win, Bonnor and Mir let me down.
5. I also thought it was weird that every shop assistant became Marie's new best friend, one of them tried selling me a sparkling t-shirt .... I didn't buy it
6. Eating at the Stratosphere, was a little hard to get my head around because you are slowly moving around as you eat .... not a great combination.
7. Freemont Street ...... really not that great ..... video to follow ....
8. US Airways air stewardess are a little rude, if you don't like people asking for stuff you should find another job.
Things I liked about Vegas/UFC:-
1. All you can eat breakie buffet lots of interesting food, including breakfast pizza.
2. The Mix (http://www.mandalaybay.com/dining/mix.aspx) the best and most enjoyable meal Marie and I had in Las Vegas, excellent service, Excellent Food .... just brilliant
3. Lobster Bisk ..... very ..... very .... very nice
4. Meeting Greg Jackson and Jens Pulver.
5. The fact you can walk around in Vegas with a beer in hand, which Marie and I end up playing an excellent game when walking back to our hotel (it was about an hour and half walk) where we could only progress on our journey if we had a beer in our hand ..... brilliant.
Stay lucky
Spenna
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