Penn v. Sanchez Today, Penn v. TBA Tomorrow

There is certainly something very, very unfortunate about scheduling a grappling event for the morning after a UFC Fight. With a wake-up call tomorrow morning around 6 am, enjoying the fights the way they are meant to be enjoyed is going to be virtually impossible - which is too bad, because the matchups - BJ Penn v. Diego Sanchez, Florian v. Guida and Mir v. Kongo - should be plenty entertaining.


I'm not sure why there was such a drive to put an event here early on a Sunday morning in mid-December. And if I hadn't already pledged to compete, there would be a pretty good chance that I would be still be in bed tomorrow morning instead of warming up on a grappling mat in Tacoma.

But what's done is done. I certainly don't mind the jiu jitsu. But if praising the virtues of the Almighty & Company doesn't get me up on a Sunday morning, it's more than a little odd to find jiu jitsu doing so.

8 am weigh-in. 9 am pairings. 9:30 am start.