Went “home” for the holidays and ate too much of things I shouldn’t have eaten a lot of but not too much of the things I shouldn’t eat at all.

Engrish moment: Fight train is the hardest but delicious.

Sorry in advance for those who don’t know what Engrish is.

So I’m on a strict training schedule with diet to accompany. I should have no problem with weight or energy for my fight. Knock on wood to not get hurt in training. I’m doing 2-a-days with wrestling, sparring, submission and MMA alternating days. 1 workout on Saturday and something fun and not too difficult on Sundays.

It’s hard to focus on just my fight with all the other important things I have to do here. I have to get into the apartment, find a school for my son, figure out my post-fight trip schedule and pricing for both my belongings overseas being shipped here and buying things here. Heaven knows I could use the bonus… Watch out John, I’m pretty motivated.

Other than that, absolutely nothing is going on in my life except trying to get my permanent visa again. Boring, eh?

The cat’s out of the bag.

I’m fighting John “Doomsday” Howard at UFC 94. I signed my contract awhile back but didn’t know I was at liberty to divulge the details. Perhaps he had not yet signed, I’m not sure. In the article on mmajunkie he said it was signed so now I guess it’s official.

Take a look:

http://mmajunkie.com/news/13498/ufc-newcomer-john-howard-signs-to-fight-chris-wilson-at-ufc-94.mma

He seems to be a heavy-hitter with some mat time. I will prepare the welcome wagon just for him.

In the meantime, training is going well. I will go back to my town for the holidays and then come back to Rio to finish up in January. See you soon…

Só pra galera saber…

 Acabei de assinar minha próxima luta. Será em Las Vegas no dia 31 de janeiro no UFC 94. Não posso divulgar o nome do adversário ainda. É um cara pouco conhecido mas sempre treina forte e quer surpreender. Espero contar com a torcida dos amigos e da família pra mais este combate.

 Pra toda galera que tá ligada na luta, vcs devem conhecer o Premiere Combate. Fui convidado para gravar um quadro de entrevista no canal de lutas aqui no Brasil. Vai ser muito maneiro. Quando passar eu aviso…

Grande abraço

I have had a blast training down here lately. Since I am not really affiliated with any Jiu-Jitsu organization and I fight in MMA I don´t really adhere to the unspoken (and often spoken) rule about training at gyms outside of your own organization.

 Thus I get the best of both worlds. I can train with top guys in my area at Nova Uniao schools and at Gracie Barra schools. I have close friends in both and they are always very open and welcoming. I try to make myself available to help them with any striking or MMA related training and they in turn twist my arms out of their sockets and cut off my air supply. Seems like a fair trade.

 My first week here I was in Sao Jose do Rio Preto, my wife´s town. This week I am in Ribeirao Preto, my town, training with close friends and some of their very best students, all of whom are routinely impressive. It´s blistering hot and I have no idea how to fight while wearing what feels like heated levi pajamas (read: a gi).

 It´s always a good time learning something new. I can´t wait until next week when hopefully I´ll be able to go visit friends and gyms in Sao Paulo. It´s sure to be a hoot.

Just wanted to let everyone know that I´m working on keeping my word. The fact that I´m in Brazil has made t-shirt printing and sales more difficult and time consuming. The t-shirts are all finished but I can´t exactly fill orders from here so I am partnering with a friend to take care of the distribution. Check back soon for a new link for t-shirts if you are still interested.

 Also, I have received several requests for autographed pictures. That is awesome and I still can´t believe I am fortunate enough to have people ask, but since I don´t really have any pictures taken or an address for people to send the self-addressed stuff to, I can´t even do those. Give me one more chance to get straightened out and we´ll get both items out to you all. Thanks again for your patience.