UFC Open Workout Photos

I'd like to preface this post by saying that a vast majority of our readers will find this one thoroughly un-entertaining.  I've currently got a lot of photos saved that have yet to go up so I'm going to post them now in lieu of other interesting stories which are currently wanting. However, most of these photos going up are from earlier today when I went to the UFC Open Workout which was held in the Mandalay Bay this afternoon in advance of the event I will be attending this weekend. to ll 5 of you who enjoy fightsport, hope you like the pics. To the rest, sorry I don't have anything more interesting this time but hey, at least I'm not offending anyone.

I used to think I was an attractive man until I took this picture. Now I know better. Also, Roy Nelson is the smallest Heavyweight in the world but his mullet is majestic.

This is Nate Diaz walking off the mat after doing demo grappling with his brother.

Nate Diaz again standing there going over things with a trainer.

Nick Diaz in the media scrum answering questions.

I moved up to get closer to the action. Nate Diaz talking to some ESPN heads.

Some of the UFC posters hanging from the rafters. These were posters of other events held at the Mandalay Bay.

Nate Diaz and Roy Nelson goofing around while Nate waits for his brother to finish up with the media. The media heads hounded Nick for damn near 2 hours.

Josh Koscheck stepping on to the mat. He didn't actually do any work. He just talked with reporters and then the fans.

This is the tool who was all over twitter for trying to fight another MMA media guy at the Open Workout....so damn lame.

Fabricio Werdum hitting the mitts.

Nick Diaz came around and signed autographs and took some photos. He was nice enough to do it but you could tell he wanted to get out of there ASAP.

Fabricio Werdum signed autographs and kicked it with the fans for a bit. He was a really cool dude and spent a fair amount of time making sure all the fans were satisfied. He is also a very large man. The size difference between him and Nelson is huge.

Mike Pierce hitting the mitts. Pierce's workout was by far the longest. He spent about 30 minutes hitting mitts and running transitions. It was slightly odd because Koscheck was there basically the whole time he was doing the workout. At first he was doing the press thing but then when that was done he spent a decent amount of time just hawking Pierce, and you could tell Pierce knew it.

Josh Koscheck came around after he was done birding Pierce. He was much more personable than I would have imagined.

Carlos Condit was the last to hit the mat. He hit mitts for about 15 minutes and then that was it. After that they had all the fans leave before any of us got a chance to take photos with Carlos. He hit the shit out of those mitts though. It's gonna be a great fights Saturday and I'm super-stoked to be going.