Slow week in Combat Sports for the most part: We're all waiting for Khabib vs McGregor, but not a lot of promo for it, so it's kinda not the same. I felt like promotion for the fight wouldn't be much when they announced it 2 months out, if that, so now we're left with knowing it's the biggest fight in the UFC in a couple years (on several metrics) but won't be getting near the promotion to drum up all the reasons we already know to be true). Gordon Ryan's signed up for NoGi Pans at black belt which is exciting. Excited to see him compete against some big names even without leg locks because I've been at Renzo's for the past 2 years. It's an interesting perspective for me because I joined Renzo's just prior to him winning his first EBI title (as a last minute replacement), and the last 2 years for him...have, well, been the last 2 years with him winning ADCC at his weight, 2nd in Absolute, and crushing several EBI's, and a bunch of superfights. It's crazy to think that's all happened in barely 2 years time. At any rate, I'm excited to be there at the Pans all day watching it unfold, because 2 years ago I had just moved to the city and begun training in the blue basement. Now, we're coming up to the run up to another ADCC trials/season et cetera and the work has begun in the blue basement (it never really stops, it just changes focus/direction/format somewhat depending on what's coming up for the top tier guys).
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