So day one just ended down here in costa Mesa, CA…went pretty well, right when we got to the RVCA facility jumped right in and did four mma rounds with BJ, so I found out right away what I personally wanted to know, which is, ‘is BJ really that hard to take-down???’, the answer is without a doubt, yes he is…like I said we did 4 rounds, I was doing my best Diego sanchez impression, hehe, but I didn’t get killed nearly as bad as I thought I was going to, so that’s a big plus, I am a little out of shape and going four was pretty good I thought on my part, especially considering the competition doesn’t get much tougher in the whole world…
For the 2nd practice of the day we just did some stand-up sparring situations then ended practice with some bag and mitt work…of course BJ’s trainers are world class, he himself is all-world class so it was just really an honor and privledge for me to be able to work with them and kinda see how THE world champ does things…I’m excited for the rest of the 8-9 days I’m down here, hopefully some of his all-world classness rubs off on me and I’ll be able to learn a lot from BJ, Shane, Rob (Emerson, who I forgot to mention was down here as well…he’s a beast), and all of BJ’s trainers…tomorrow morning is grappling, so I’m of course really looking forward to being choked out by BJ a bunch of times…
HT: smoothben.com
— image via Sherdog.com
Ben and Efrain after sparring: