Thursday, two days til UFC 106 fight

This morning started off with getting up and walking down to Starbucks. The line was the longest line I've ever seen at any Starbucks. Just before leaving our room I threw two bananas into my backpack with my mitts.After a 15min wait in line, I finally get one person away from making my order, when an older gentleman in a business suit orders a house coffee and a banana. The cashier tells him they don't have any bananas. Hearing this I say excuse me sir, if you want a banana I have an extra one. The guy looks me up and down with this puzzled look. Now, I'm wearing a Golden Gloves beanie, a Purebred Jiu Jitsu hoodie and camo cargo pants. I know he must be wondering who is this guy. So while he's admiring my stylish outfit, I pull out a banana and hand it to him. As he takes it from me he asks me if I'm an "UFC Guy". I told him, "No, my friend is" and pointed to George. Now this guy that seemed kind of stand offish says "Well, thank you very much. You've just changed my perception of UFC guys. Good luck and have a blessed day".

George outside his assigned workout room.

After getting my coffee and George's tea we headed to our workout room. Once in the room George jumped on the scale. He weighed in at 161.8, right on schedule. He warmed up for a half hour stretching then we began to work. We decided not to detail our workout in this forum but I can tell you his punches and kicks were so crisp and hard that they echoed the room. Brock Larson and his camp seemed surprised that George a jiu jitsu back belt, could punch and kick so hard.

We worked out for about an hour then headed to the spa where George jumped on the treadmill for forty minutes. The spa (in Mandalay Bay) is beautiful. If you get a chance look it up online, you'll see what I mean. So far we haven't seen to many other fighters. Robbie Lawler was working out at the spa and Carl Uno was walking into the workout room as we were walking out but other then those guys we haven't seen any other fighters so far.

After leaving the spa, we headed to our room where we had lunch and took a nap.

After our nap, I get up go to the restroom and realize the bathroom smells horrible. I ask George if he was the cause of this stink. George in his Australian accent says "nah you did it. Don't blame me".

So for next few hours George and I are in this smelly room resting, discussing the fight and blaming each other for the stink in our room. A short time later Todd White meets us at our room for George's second workout which consists of jiu jitsu and wrestling. Just as we are leaving I grab another banana and started eating it. For some reason I happen to look into our bathroom and notice that our shower and our bathtub had at least four inches of sewer, dark brown water, in them. I'm guessing you can figure out why the water was dark brown. Todd and George starts laughing while I sit there in disgust trying not to throw my banana up. We were amazed that between the three of us, we must have used the bathroom at least six times walking past the shower and tub with none of us noticing the dark brown water sitting there.

I then went immediately to the front desk while George and Todd went to train. I was able to get a fifty dollar food credit and a room change. I then met George and Todd at the training room. George went about a half hour of jiu jitsu and an half hour of wrestling. Again George was on and looking very prepared for the fight.

We went back to our room and now found that the plumbing problem had moved from our bathroom into our room and into the room next door. Luckily, for us none of our belongings get wet at all.

After finally getting to our new room and unpacking again, George ate his chicken and rice before we called it a night and went to bed.