ALRIGHT ALRIGHT

...just wanted to say that even though it was a draw and BJ even doubted the judges decision ( he even thought he lost moments after the fight), I'm still pretty fucking stoked on the fact that BJ went up from 155 to 170 and fights Matt Hughes with a 3 fighting winning streak and knocks him out in 21 seconds THEN fights Jon Fitch, who had a bigger winning streak of 5 fights.


It looked like he was ready to give Fitch the rear naked choke twice. You should've heard the room scream on his first attempt in the 1st round. We all went fucking nuts.


Third round, Fitch absolutely ruled with his usual ground-and-pound but we all still proud our of man!

Check out this article here too. It's a good read and puts things into perspective.

BROKEN (T)BONE

When CantStayJose and I showed up to shoot T-Bone and his amazing trike, he had a little limp and mentioned that he might've broken his foot. I kinda thought "yeah, yeah, whatever".



8 hours later, I get this photo along with a phone call from T-Bone:

"Before you guys got there I was trying to tune that S.U carb and I was pushing the trike, trying to get a running start so I could jump on it and start it. I barely missed and one of the back tires ran over my heel but somehow ended up breaking a bone on the top of my foot. I'm gonna make a hook on the shifter so I can ride with a cast! I need to ride that thing!"

Here's a sample photo from the feature that day. Its for a future issue of Street Chopper... I'll post more soon.

WORK ALL WEEKEND

After my duties with HCC yesterday I shot T-Bone's new trike for
Street Chopper this morning. Thanks and congratulations to Summer & T-Bone Brewski!

AND JOSE'S KNUCK TOO

Can't wait for fights tonight!!!

UPCOMING HCC FEATURE

...Vince's Bad Egg.

WHICH BJ PENN WILL SHOW UP?

...as BJ Penn fans know, depending on which BJ shows up will likely dictate how the fights goes. Here's a quirky yet useful guide I found:

If RABIES JAY shows up, anybody facing him will lose!


And here is a quick recap, just some of BJ's very decisive wins.
Kenny Florian:
Matt Hughes #3 (21 god damn seconds):


Sean Sherk just a split second after a flying knee:


Check out Caol Uno's face after spending 11 seconds with BJ:
This one I found is kinda funny. Joe Stevenson and Diego Sanchez saw Rabies Jay that night:
Win or lose, we proud!

MAKONABE

...and Motoyan in the hooooouuuuse.

CANNOT WAIT!

Like everybody always says, which BJ will show up this weekend?

If its crazy one we all love it's going to be a good Saturday night for us fans!

PEPE TIME #34

I have a friend named Pepe.
He's pretty funny and I like to keep a log of all the funny things he says and does.
Enjoy.

ROLLING FANTASY

We all know that Pepe can make some outlandish remarks... but on the other hand, you just never know what you're going to get from him. He sent me a photo of a rolling chassis that an acquaintance of his was selling. It included a Revtech 100" Evo motor and transmission. Here's how it went.

Pepe: Did you get the photo I sent?

Nelson: Yup. Looks like he wants too much for his 90's fantasy custom bike project.

Pepe: What? Are you crazy? Don't judge. Just say no thanks, I'm not interested.

BURP

EASY AS 1-2-3

I got a package of a little something-something in the mail from Shin, our Tokyo correspondent.

It was full of snackful delights but this mini bag of noodle was worth a little mention here.
Put contents into coffee cup, add hot water.
About about a minute later you get about two-bites of noodle goodness.

"Cup Noodles" on a much smaller scale.

JUST SAY GOOD TIMES BABY!!!

Not-so-submitted by The Hater.

Featuring Mrs. Hater!!!

After Pepe Time #33 last week, Mrs. Hater gave a very solid shot at GOOD TIMES BABY.

Mrs Hater: I have to leave early Sunday for the baby shower.

The Hater: ok

Mrs Hater (with a slight smirk): really early

The Hater: are you trying to Good Times Baby me?

Mrs Hater: dammit, just say it!

The Hater: jesus...

AND SOMETIMES

...places that looked good and tasted good, ends the night with a huge fucking cockroach crawling across the nice bare wall.

So that's another one that I never posted.

MALASADAS

...wish I had malasadas today.


I quote Frenchy aka Melanie again, "what the fuck? this is so good I'm going to be sick."

I think we were about 3 blocks from the house Kyle grew up in.

Likes Being Fucking Awesome

Submitted by Rockabilly Jay:


Yup. I like being awesome too.

THIS IS ME

on my way to go help The Hater and his Suburban out of the mud with my Landcruiser. No, not really, but might as well be.


I love this photo.

PEPE TIME #33

I have a friend named Pepe.
He's pretty funny and I like to keep a log of all the funny things he says and does.
Enjoy.

GOOD TIMES BABY!!!

So about 3 years or maybe 4 years ago, every time Pepe asked me by text message "what time" we were going to go somewhere or do something, I usually couldn't help myself but to reply with "GOOD TIMES BABY!!!".

Not exactly sure what made me do that to begin with. Well, I guess its because I knew it would make my favorite homey trip out a little bit since he always likes being early to just hang out in general... and I totally appreciate that. I just can't let Pepe have all the fun all the time - I gotta get a laugh too!

So here's a small collection of GOOD TIMES BABY's I've saved. And if you're trying this at home, the general rule is to get your friend to ask with the word "time" otherwise it doesn't count.





I always just wished Pepe would ask me "what time is good times" but he never did. If he did that, I swear he would've gotten a clear answer from me. This one time (below), I got pretty close:

Fairly recently, I finally spoke to Pepe about all the GOOD TIME BABY's. Here's what he said about it.

Pepe: You might think that shit is funny but it's pretty fucking irritating sometimes.



BONUS ROUND!!!

I mentioned this to The Hater one day too. He thought it was pretty funny and gave it a shot while sticking to the rule. Check it out.

Submitted by The Hater:

The Hater: Hey, so uh, what are you doing tomorrow?

Pepe: I think I'm gonna go to the swap meet in the morning.

The Hater: Oh really? I think I'll come up for that...

Pepe: Ok.

The Hater: Might be there early.

Pepe: Ok.

The Hater: I mean EARLY.

Pepe: Cool.

The Hater: No, I mean EARRRRLY!

Pepe: Ok.

The Hater: REALLY early...

Pepe: alright

...Sometimes, even with Pepe, you win some, you lose some....

ALMOST DONE FROM...

...SHOP SAM'S in Sendai City, Japan.

Yup, you can follow this by linking back.

FEDOR AND HIS SWEATER

I would like to take a moment to post this for Dustin aka The Nator.


We all have seen Fedor and his sweater. He apparently loves this sweater because he's worn it on several different occasions.
Maybe it's nothing out of the ordinary if you're from Russia... but it stands out to many of us who are not.
Fedor is very generous with his sweater. He's lent it out to his friend Anderson.
And then Anderson thought Forrest was kinda chilly rolling around by himself so he let him wear it too.
Chuck got jealous so he got one of his own.
Things got kinda weird when Fedor started wearing it during fights.
It must have something to do with Fedor being a devoted Christian because I think Moses wore something similar too.
And of course Wanderlei had to get on the sweater train and get one for his mini-me:
But Fedor can be without the sweater... and he picked up a Fedora.



All jokes aside this man had an amazing streak and looks like he may be calling it quits.

SOMETIMES NOT SO GOOD TACOS

It may seem like CantStayJose and I eat at all the rad spots all the time. That's not true at all. There's been several places that the food is just, well, like whatever. Nothing really stands out.

I'll take some photos but I can't use them for anything.
Sometimes it starts with the salsa... its on fire but doesn't have much taste.
The Caldo de Res is ok but nothing to really report.
And the tacos look good, smells good but overpowered with hot sauce or just no flavor to it.
It's a bummer. Many photos of places like this. I don't wanna talk about mediocre food though.
Oh, such punishment we go through to bring you the best. But we try.