Weekend Recap

People-


It's been several days since last I blogged so I figured I'd get busy with a weekend recap of sorts. This past weekend was a pretty exciting event for me as I got to attend my first ever live UFC event. When my Dad and I came here for my 21st birthday I managed to score some tickets to the WEC event that was taking place in the Hard Rock but it wasn't quite the same, like going to a Triple A game versus  MLB game. The production value of the event was through the roof and the live experience was definitely worthwhile. I had the best seat in the house, and by that I meant the bloodiest of the nose-bleeds. I literally had my back against the wall, but for MMA events that is actually a good thing as being so far away allowed me an unimpeded view of the action whereas sitting anywhere closer id have to be squinting at the fighters through the cage which isn't the most fun way to watch first hand violence. Anyway, my seats were stellar and the event was actually quite enjoyable. My only real issue with the whole experience was the pervasive, oppressive presence of douchers in the arena. I can say without pause that I was the coolest person in that entire arena, and if no the coolest, definitely in the top 10. Seriously. The place was just filled nuts to butts with people sporting Affliction tees and white-rimmed sunglasses. The sheer number of hats cocked to aggressive angels was baffling and the women these champions of life had accompanying them were equally as whorish as the actual whores that were running around the Hard Rock when the Adult Film Awards were in town. But that's not even the ultimate sadness. The worst part was that a large portion of the people around were well into their 40's ad 50's. Full grown, goddamn adults rocking shitty ass skull and dagger graphic tees and wearing sunglasses indoors, in a pitch black arena at night. When young people do that crap it makes me hate them but at least I can just imagine it is a fad and will be over shortly. When adults do it it legitimately makes me wish I had a James Bond license-to-kill and a bucket of Halo 2 sticky grenades. But I digress..... Other than that, UFC 143 was awesome even though I got jobbed out of several thousand dollars by the piss-poor reffing in the Koscheck-Pierce fight. Oh, almost forgot probably the coolest part of the whole thing. On my way in I was caught up in the bustle of people and as I was looking around I suddenly noticed Roy Jones Jr. happened to be standing immediately to my left. It was cool. I didn't feel like being that awkward guy and asking for a photo so I just told him I was a fan and went on my way. Oddly, nobody else seemed to notice him, another indictment of the people who pass for combat sport fans these days. Ass-hats one and all I say. Ummm, other than that I've got nothing. It was Super Bowl weekend so there were a pile of celebrities in town but I didn't do much of the fanboying. I saw Charles Barkley in the high-roller room at the Mandalay Bay and shook Randy Couture's hand while I was waiting for my ride but that is about it. Other than that not too much to say. Glad the Giants won as Tom Brady being annointed GOAT QB in Indy would have been the worst. Thursday we head to LA, San Diego, and maybe another exciting destintion! Thanks for reading.


-Jed