Training has been going well and we’ve been having fun getting Leben ready for his fight with Bisping. One of the nice things about Hawai’i is that there are lots of alternative training methods and locations to keep training interesting, challenging and fun.

 We’ve been hiking, swimming and cross-training in other sports as well as doing the regular team practices and technique. The gameplan is coming along nicely and things are looking sharp. Leben is strong as an ox and his execution is getting tighter and tighter. Bisping is in for a rough ride and that’s putting it lightly.

On a more personal side, it’s been fun getting to know the islands better. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting up with some new and old friends and being taken places I would never have known about without someone local to show me. All the guys here at Icon have taken me in like family and are treating me really well. I have a decent tan going and my pigeon English is sounding authentic as ever.

It’s been hard being away from my family especially with such a young daughter and a son that is discovering so many new things every day. My wife is a saint for taking them both on alone for so long. I am really lucky to have such a supportive and loving wife. I’ll make it up to her though… I’m gonna give her a secret vacation to Brazil in October to see her family…

I’ll be back in a week and will update my website thoroughly and will put my shirts up for sale.

It looks like the Portland UFC is no longer happening. They had scheduled me for that card but it seems that since they moved it to Vegas they decided to bump my fight to the December 10th Spike show. Stay tuned for an opponent to be named.

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