With less than a week left before I step into the cage, I feel I am more than ready. Training has been going great and now it is time to get mentally focused. Getting mentally prepared for a fight is one of the hardest things to do. Everyday is a game of what may happen, [...]

Opponent Change for Lund; It Just Got Real
By Randy Thomas
Often times, especially in higher profile contests, opponents change as the fight night draws near.  This is a time when mixed martial artists fall victim to injury due to the intense workouts and stress they put their body through.  Jesse Lund was set to face Derek [...]

What up everyone, it’s about to go down in nine days I can’t wait!  This week will be my last week of practice before I take on Mike “Mini Van” Van Meer during the MCC Thanksgiving Throwdown on November 25th. 

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 [...]

Hey All!  In this blog I’m going to take you back to my fight at MCC 21: Mickle vs. Marriott when I fought Andy Branson. 
Going into this fight I trained as I usually do; since I didn’t know much about Andy and his fighting styles to begin with, I didn’t want to focus my training [...]

I thought I would have some video for this weeks blog, but it will have to wait til next week. This week I joined a new fitness club in Winterset, which is where I work most of the time during the day. Now I can stop in over lunch and get a workout in everyday. [...]

What’s up everyone!  It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve written my last blog; here’s what’s been happening in my life since then.  As most of you know, last weekend I was in Los Angeles supporting my teammate Josh Neer in UFC 104, and trying out for the next season of The Ultimate Fighter. 
I’d [...]

The countdown has now started. It has become crunch time and stepping my training up to the next level is now priority number one.

Fall Seven Times, Stand up Eight
 By Randy Thomas
On April 2, 1986, long before he became “El Rey,” Miguel Rios Jr. was born in New York City.  Proud of his strong Puerto Rican heritage, he lived in his home land briefly before his family made the journey across the United States and settled in Ankeny, Iowa.  [...]