Jesse Lund week 6 blog

Jesse Lund

Sorry for the delay, I have been training almost every day and night, working and trying to get my house project finished before the holidays hit. My computers have been on the fritz and finally got one back and going. Of course, no video clips yet. I will still try to post one up before the fight.

The staff infection took about 4 weeks to heal good enough to resume training. In the mean time, we would find out that our 3rd child had no intentions of sleeping at night. We are still dealing with this issue as I speak. The lack of sleep pretty much erased any morning workouts and made me push hard during the few times a week I was training. Nick at Spartan was really good at working with my schedule and did not second guess me when I had to xo a few sessions due to working late and the kids catching the flu that was going around. As the fight approached, I gained more confidence and could not wait for this fight to happen. I caught a video of Vance online and I think I watched it twenty times. I thought I finally had a guy that would stand and bang with me, and I found a lot of holes in his game. The fight ended with some good legs kicks that dropped him. I knew I would really work my kick game for this fight.         
 Walking to the cage, I was overwhelmed by the sea of fans that were there supporting me! What a great feeling! The cage door closed and we touched gloves. I came out with a jab then followed it with a good leg kick. As I suspected, he threw an overhand right followed by…yes, a double leg. He landed in half guard and began to work for a submission. He latched on to a head arm choke and didn’t think he had it good enough to really lock it in. Then he passed to mount and then to side to tighten it up. I was in trouble now. I’m not sure how long I was in the choke, but it felt like the whole round. My left shoulder to the tip of my fingers went numb and I started to see the flashing stars as the blood supply to my head was slowing down. I remember the ref asking for a thumbs up if I was ok, kind of hard to do when you can’t feel you hand! I kept moving to keep it from getting any tighter. Finally, he gave up on the choke and he went back to half guard. I felt good, and started working my subs again. I managed to get a kimura locked in, but I was not in a position to finish it. End of round one.
When I got back to my corner, TJ was screaming at me to get full guard back if he takes me down again and not to stay in half guard. Gotta love that guy! As round two started, we both threw a few punches and then I landed another good leg kick. We threw some more leather and I nailed him with a left hook that wobbled him a little. He clinched up quick and I threw two good knees to the ribs before he took me down again. This time I managed to get full guard right away, thanks TJ! I threw a few short elbows waiting for a reaction to set up the sub. After an attempt to pass my guard, I slipped the arm and threw up the triangle, locked it in and swept the leg to finish the fight. For those of you that were there or watched the fight on TV, no, I will no longer do a dance after any of my next fights!!

Training is going very well, I feel like I can beat anyone that they can throw at me right now. So back to the gym to prepare for what could be the fight of the night!!
           
 
Jesse Lund

“Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.” – Muhammad Ali