Russ has been following
UFC for...well...a decade. For those of you who have been living under a rock for the last 10 years,
UFC stands for the
Ultimate Fighting Championship. It's all about mixed martial arts. It's one of those manly things. The kind of sport that makes you grunt like Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor. Some of the
UFC fighters were kind enough to make the rounds of some overseas bases and put on a little demonstration. Today, they ended up near us at
Brunsuum in The Netherlands. There was never any doubt...Russ and Brandon had to go.
The guys answered some questions from the audience, and shared some entertaining stories about fighting.
Then the fellas started their demonstration. They did some sparing, as well as ground work.
They guys were joking about about showing us what a real choke out looks like, but they played nice. They demonstrated a lot of different moves. It was really cool to see these things in real life.
Here's a lovely pic of Mike "Quick"
Swick and Big Daddy Russ. (OK, the nickname Big Daddy might not be terribly intimidating, but it was given with love.)
After the demonstration, the guys signed autographs. Brandon jumped right in there, and got to meet all of the fighters. Here is
Eban Kaneshiro. Mike "Quick"
Swick signed it next, but he signs as quickly as he hits, and I didn't get a picture of it.
This is Ed "Short Fuse" Herman.
Here is Chris "The Crippler"
Leban.
Then we have Kyle
Kingsbury.
After autographs, we had a little time for some pics, so we took advantage of it.
My Men Folk are very happy campers. They had a great time meeting some real
UFC fighters. It's crazy to play the
UFC game on the PS3, watch
UFC on TV and the
Internet, and then actually get to MEET some of these fighters. It still doesn't seem real.
I told Jess that this picture just makes me nervous. My Princess is surrounded by a bunch of tough looking guys. I do think it's funny that all of the guys seemed to smile a lot more in this picture than they did in the other ones with Russ and Brandon. Thanks to all of the fellas for taking time out of their training and fighting, to come over here and meet our military friends and family. We really appreciate it. Dana White should be very proud of them, too, because they were a really nice group of guys. Except maybe when you are fighting them for a championship belt. Then it's every man for himself!
They guys were joking about about showing us what a real choke out looks like, but they played nice. They demonstrated a lot of different moves. It was really cool to see these things in real life. 
I told Jess that this picture just makes me nervous. My Princess is surrounded by a bunch of tough looking guys. I do think it's funny that all of the guys seemed to smile a lot more in this picture than they did in the other ones with Russ and Brandon. Thanks to all of the fellas for taking time out of their training and fighting, to come over here and meet our military friends and family. We really appreciate it. Dana White should be very proud of them, too, because they were a really nice group of guys. Except maybe when you are fighting them for a championship belt. Then it's every man for himself!
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