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Well, Im glad this blog is named “Road to the Pro’s” and not “Road to Second Amateur Belt”. I would like to state that the number one goal of amateur MMA is to ensure that nobody gets hurt. In my fight on Saturday night after a very short exchange on our feet I went for a single leg and took Adam to the mat where he proceeded to land some hammer fists. The referee (Mr. Kevin Dornan) said due to my lack of response to the punches he stopped the fight. I did not respond to the punches because they were not doing any damage to me and I was pre-occupied with trying to advance on my opponents leg.

Sorry it’s late… again! I went from having absolutely nothing to write about, to having no time to write. I am now headlining the September 17th Battlefield show against Adam Santos for the heavyweight title….I weigh 195 pounds. Adam is a big guy at 6’6″ 240lbs and a black belt in Morganti jiu jitsu. Apparently that makes him a fairly tough guy to find a fight for.

It’s been a pretty slow two weeks for me. I’ve been training a fair amount but have been concentrating more on getting some bills paid before I get back to the grind and head into the next training camp.

It looks like I’m going to be fighting again in November and apparently against Jer Kornelson… again. It’s not that I don’t think he’s worthy of a title shot, or that I’m scared to fight him

Well the relaxing time is over and it’s time to get back to work. Two weeks ago I won the amateur Battlefield middleweight title. In the days leading up to the fight I found it weird that I was going to go into a fight and attempt to stand up and box the entire fight. My hands were untested but I was confident.

Well, It’s one week away from Battlefield Fight League 9: Quest for Gold. Our training camp pretty much wrapped up on Sunday with a great class led by Shawn Albrecht and Josh Bohnen.

I first started reading the “Diary of a Fighter” series on MMASucka.com last summer while in preparation for my first amateur fight. The fighter I was reading up on was Nathan Swayze. A well established amateur fighter whom I had met, and faced at the Tiger Balm Pankration Tournament.