The power of synergy.

Just like anything the success of a team or a gym is the result of the right people.  People that really do care about building up the crew and understand that you remove your limitations when you help others remove theirs.  Great things take time. They take patience.  If you seek greatness you must be prepared to face adversity and willing to overcome it.  You have to put forth good judgement knowing when adjustments need to be made and have the fortitude to standby those decisions.  There is no shortage of people selfishly navigating the waters of life. You must believe in your dreams and relentlessly pursue them in a way that lift others closer to theirs and in turn amplify the outcome of  your own.  If you do this your challenges will become boosters bringing you to your destination faster than you could have ever imagined.  Believe and achieve.

Only the strong.

The wave of excitement that carried us through the weekend has passed laying us back in the gym focused on the road ahead.  Although September isn't carrying the volume of fights we've seen in August the magnitude of each is significant.  Got some top pros going out to represent.  Some carrying HUGE momentum looking for that big show shot and others trying to overcome recent losses.  The MMA game requires stamina and perseverance.  Challenges are going to present themselves.  What differentiates the good from the great is ones ability to overlook distraction, benefit from adversity and develop a hunger to succeed that will consume anything in it's path. Only the strong survive.

Prophecy fulfilled!

YA YA YA!!!! 8 Fights, 7 Victories, That is what I'm talkin about!!!!  Excellent weekend for the whole crew!  Even our loss was an excellent fight that led up to a controversial decision.  Man I can't wait for tonight!  Excitement is running high and now our sites shift to the future.  Got some top top talent fighting beginning of September and the 1st of October.  Success is a routine that is habitually practiced and the results speak for themselves.  Expect the trend to continue!

Can't contain this ;)

Oh man!  So Justin ends up smoking his opponent showing the mma world at 12 and 4 he belongs in the BIG SHOW and today we got six fighting on another card!  This is my kinda weekend!  The 6 that are getting down, Gabe, Isaac, Zack, Adam, Mark and Ricky should be expected to pounce.  Each one is the best they've ever been and are 100% fighters.  Melon Thump'n in Rocky Ford, Colorado aint gonna be seeing any watered down, trendy mma fights tonight, expect some bombs to drop! ;) LETS DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!

Justin Guthrie's up tonight!

Woke up today and my first thought was that Justin fights tonight!  Ft. Lauderdale's in for some action!  We see tons of athletes come through the doors but none do I believe in more than I do Justin.  Like many of our athletes he represents the pinnacle of ability, skill and potential.  It's your night brother!  The whole crews got your back and for those that aint there with you in Florida, we'll be here at the gym anxiously watching you serve it up on TV.  You're destined for greatness brotha!  Much love!

Fight week!

With 7 fights scheduled this weekend, I'm looking forward to some exciting action.  Having scene the preparation leading up to this point first hand, I can't help but like our chances with every matchup.  Got fighters representing at every level, each with the skills and conditioning to stack a win.  Should be an excellent weekend and if you're in Colorado, come down to Rocky Ford and see what I'm certain will be an action packed event at Melon Thumpin! 

The power of pressure.

Crazy week.  Lots of activity and talk leading up to these august fights.  Venues from big to small and all in between.  It's weird watching how athletes at different levels handle the pressure.  Got top guys preparing for televised events as cool as a cucumber while first timers don't know how to react.  All in all the seasoned vets are good peers guiding the whole crew to supreme levels of confidence.  Sometimes the team has to look back and see that in the strongest states, success was heavily contingent on teamwork and trust.  When power struggles are waged upside potential crumbles and politics distract from serving the greater good of the team and limit each athlete individually.  A day in the life... more complicated than most understand....

Wednesday mornings are for killaz

Another Wednesday morning cardio.  With as easy as it is to sleep in and use sparring tonight to justify how hard you work the gym's full of the dedicated this morning.  Grindin it out preparing for a busy August.  This is where the stars are separated from the trendy.  Working hard as hell just so they can go home, rest for a bit and come right back tonight to put the gloves on.  Props to the whole crew, coach Drew for setting the tone and a team that's gonna stack some big wins this month.

hell ya! bout time we document what goes on here

Interesting day... Allot of energy in the gym.  Got a couple of our guys coming off some controversial losses, others with some career boosting victories and some huge opportunities for those and others in the close future.  Coach is grinding it out... Traveling like a vandal.  No worries though... he's wired for success and his work ethic fortunately spills over into the drive of the team.  Allot of energy and excitement leading into the last few fights of summer.  They can't get here soon enough....