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It was finally my turn to have my picture with Matt, I shook his hand firmly and asked if I could get a picture with him, to which he replied “ I don’t know, can you?” I just smiled and stood there while he laughed out loud to himself, and then a weird silence ensued. I honestly did not know what to say or even if I should say anything to that as he just stood there. But I got my picture with Matt, thanked him for coming to our city, and wished him luck in his upcoming fight. I did get to hold the UFC belt that he brought with him for the pictures, which to my surprise was much heavier than I had imagined and quite shiny, too. My first meeting with a UFC champ was a bit lackluster. Maybe I just built up the day more than I should have.
The second half of the seminar was faster paced. Milton and the guys did a great job organizing the event. Matt was a really good instructor, as he was very detailed and knew how to put things together to make us understand the moves and techniques.
Then, just like that, it was over. I guess the old adage is right; “time flies when you’re having fun.” The training was over, but we still had a question & answer period with Matt. He was more outspoken than on television and opened up about his training, diet, and thoughts about the UFC and other organizations. It was really refreshing. I tried to take everything in, from his runs he did every morning at 6:00 a.m. to the whey proteins he took after training. He spoke to us about his amateur wrestling career and that it was a natural transition to MMA fighting. He was a true farmboy, and that was evident as he could not leave that subject out, speaking about how he still farmed on a daily basis and how his father instilled that hard-working mentality in him as a young boy, which easily translated to his MMA training. He was even contemplating buying more farm acreage at the time, which I believe he ended up doing.