Saturday, 23 June 2007

Beer with Buffer, dinner with Dana

Today was a busy, busy day.

We swung by the Zuffa head office on West Sahara to see a few people, then headed over to the Palms Casino for the TUF Finale weigh ins.

Apart from some Hawaiians almost getting into a fight with some idiot loud mouth Nate Diaz supporter, it was all pretty cool - some tension between Jens (153lbs!) and BJ (a lean, mean 155 on the nose) but otherwise it was all good.

Biggest cheers went to Gray Maynard, Nate Diaz and both BJ and Jens got an equal amount of support.

After the weigh ins we went for a quick drink and the Voice of the Octagon joined us. Bruce Buffer is one of the coolest guys in the game and we talked about MMA, business ventures and one of Bruce's loves, poker... Bruce is currently ranked no. 200 in the world, and has made $85,000 this year in poker tournaments. He shot off straight after his drink away to a table, and is currently preparing the week-long World Series. Best of luck Bruce!

Dining at the exclusive N9nes restaurant, we were joined by Marc Ratner and the PR team behind the UFC. The hospitality was excellent, and Dana even swung by to say hi. Straight after the food (which was excellent) the Strikeforce show which featured Shamrock vs Baroni in the main event started playing!

We relocated to the bar and caught the fights - Nick Diaz was stood next to us watching Baroni get smashed up, and seemed pretty annoyed at it all. He's a great fighter and all, but believe us, its no persona for the TV, that guy really is one surly motherf***er.

Congratulations to Paul Daley who KO'd the feared striker Dwayne 'Bang' Ludwig in the second round of his debut on the US promotion - nice one Paul, maybe time for a feature!

posted by Fighters Only Mag Editor at Saturday, June 23, 2007 << Back To Main Page