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I thought it was a good fight and even though I was pulling for Hughes I did sorta feel sorry for Royce that it went so fast. I think that armbar hurt him so badly that he really did not want to do much more fighting that night. I was surprised he did not tapout- I suspect most other fighters would have. In the pre-fight interviews I thought Matt seemed calm, but confident (maybe I'm biased) and I thought Royce seemed like he had a chip on his shoulder. In this sport, (and ours) there is sometimes a fine line between confident and cocky. And I really don't know too much about Swick either way.....but "Swick-o-tine" some people may say that is cocky (but in my opinion, it's on the funny / clever side. Showed he has a since of humour).

Thanks, I was thinking pretty much the same thing. These guys are fighters. When I am looking for a fighting champion to pull for, I'm not always looking for personality. However, I never noticed what you guys mention, but my friend mentioned the same thing. I guess I was blinded by Matt's skill and talent as a fighter

That was an excellent fight - it only took me about 10 minutes to be able to breath again.

I have been dying for this day to come - The Fight of the Century. From skimming over the posts it looks like most people are pulling for Gracie. Some 10 years ago or so my neighbor rented the old UFC fights and I would occasionally watch with him. Since then I have not seen much until I got spike TV hooked up just after the season started when Matt & Rich were the coaches. Maybe because of that I am a HUGH HUGHES :-) fan, I don't know. But I am really hoping Matt will win. I am dragging my daughter to Buffalo Wild Wings tonight around 4-5 so we can get a table. It seems like all/most of the BWW's in AZ get the UFC fights so if you have a BWW in your area and are looking for someplace to watch, you might give them a try. Good food and not to spendy. And LOTS of UFC fans to watch with. http://www.newsday.com/sports/ny-ufc-hughe...ports-headlines that article says that Gracie is making 1.3 million and Matt says he is getting nowhere near that. Too bad for Matt.

This was my first out of town match too and it was the most fun I have had......well since the the Area II. Probably too much fun, but ya gotta let go every once in a while. The shooting and stages were awesome. The whole atmosphere there was so easy going and all the people were wonderful. I was really impressed with the range. It was nice to have all those stages without having to walk 10 miles - you could walk back and forth if you wanted. It was all fun and all the people who helped out - I want to thank you for all your hard work so we could have such a great match. And, as Deb Ferns said - email the sponsers with a thanks so they also know how much we appreciate their support and sponsership.

I just wanted to say, as I have been meaning to say this for quite some time. I am from Kansas (went to KU, home of the Jayhawks, just had to get in the Jayhawks are awesome and am anxiously awaiting March Madness), but started shooting after I moved to AZ. I went back to KS to visit the family and looked up a range. I found a place to shoot, which was in DeSoto, and shot a match. Well, I shot it after hanging around for about an hour waiting for it to stop pouring down rain, which it did not, so we shot anyway. One stage there was no running as there was about a 8" of mud you had to trudge thru. Everybody out there was great and helpful. It was an honor to get to shoot with that group and I would recommend it to everyone. It's also a beautiful range - they have grass! (on the ground). Thanks to all at the De Soto range. Karen Pearson

Here is an embarassing one I managed to say quite loudly in Target to my 9 year old daughter while looking at video games. I said "Well maybe someday soon we can get a playboy" (In case I need to explain, I had accidentally combined play station and game boy. What I think I really need is a station boy

I did not read all of these so I hope this is not a dulplicate. a little modification of the red dot hood ornament "your hood ornament is a miniature target so you can dry fire at the stoplights on the way to the range"