Me and Ed Clay, one of my most favorite people on this planet!
Anyway, I had an awesome amazing time with Ed Clay of Gameness in Nashville. It's not that often I get to spend time with him and when we do we just have the best times. He has a new girlfriend... excuse me... He has a new HOT ass girlfriend Britni, and I couldn't wait to meet her. In Nashville, I got to eat at the Cracker Barrel, Whitts, The Waffle House, and Shoney's. :) Once I got to the Gameness gym I couldn't believe how big it was. While they were weighing in the fighters there were classes going on. I couldn't help but to notice the kids grappling class. There was this cute little 7 year old Asian boy rolling and I couldn't help but to think that one day if my kids aren't bomb ass soccer players like their mom, they will be some dope ass grapplers. ;)
Not only does Ed Clay own Gameness and hella real estate, he owns the Irish pub called Dan McGuinness in Nashville. Their potatoe soup is bomb! We ended up there the first night I got in and I was tired as shit.
Fight day, Tracy Lee flew in from North Carolina because she was covering the UFC's Fighting for the Troops event for CombatLifetsyle (Read her blog The Most Brutal Night of Fights Ever: Fight for the Troops). I met up with her at the Cracker Barrel for some breakfast... the food was BOMB! I wish they had one of those out here in California. The minute we got back to Ed's place we both knocked out for a nap. I probably slept 12 hours that day lol.
My meal at the Cracker Barrel
We wanted to rock Gameness apparel to the fight and didn't have any. So we found ourselves packing Britni's two seater car all the way to the Gameness Warehouse. As we were leaving it started to rain ice pellets. I was sooo excited and felt like a little girl because I never get to witness weather like that... I'm a California girl! As I was saying "Ohhh cool!" Tracy and Britni were like "Not so cool!" lol. We were starving and went through a Whitt's drive through. Gotta love that country fast food LOL. We hurried back to Ed's to eat and to and get ready, by the time we walked out the house it was snowing and we were in a snow storm (Yes, and still packing into this two seater car lol).
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Me in the snow!
Excited to be in the snow!
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I love this picture! Britni, Tracy, and I... yes in the snow! :)
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The Gameness ring girls
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At the fight I found myself playing Leslie Britton, the 'Octagon Mom' for the UFC. I was directing the ring girls on when to enter the ring with the right ring card, making sure the cornermen were out of the way when they exited lol. I gotta make sure Ed Clay's ring girls look good, ya know! ;) There were 8 amateur fights and 3 pro exhibitions fights. The fights were awesome! I was surprised by the talent they had in Tennessee. When I walked outside I seen Ed Clay's Gameness bus... they had TV's outside and on the side of the bus! Go ED!
Ed's dope ass Gameness bus
Gameness Fights: The Aftermath
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Me and Miss Tracy Lee
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The sign says it all
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JoeVIP from the UG
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After the fight we packed the Gameness bus and headed to the club. The club owner was the only Asian person that I met the entire time I was out there lol. I was hoping I'd run into an Asian Southern Asian boy. An Asian man with that southern hospitality is always something that interested me.... hrmmm maybe one day lol.
Hey look... it's an Asian in Nashville other than me! haha
Gameness Fights: The Aftermath
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Britni and I with Mistah Clay
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Ed, Me, Tracy, and Britni
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After the club we all went to the Waffle House and made ruckus. All I know is that the Chocolate Pie was bomb and off the chains. If only we had a Waffle House in LA... :)
Me and my Chocolate Pie from the Waffle House
The next day Ed took Britni and I to the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. OMG it is such a beautiful place to be. It kinda reminded me of Las Vegas with all the lights and decorations inside the hotel. The only thing is that you didn't hear slot machines 24/7 and smelled smoke in the air. After that we ended up at Dan McGuinness again. We were there till 4AM having a good time and took a taxi back home... that's how much fun we were having.
Opryland Hotel
I wish I could have stayed and spent more time with Ed but I had to head back to LA plus he was on his way to Costa Rica to celebrate Britni's birthday. I am very proud of Ed and the whole Gameness team for putting on such a great first time event. It was such a success! Their next one is February 14th in Nashville Tennessee. I'm hoping to go and maybe bring my Valentine lol. For more information on the Gameness Fighting Championships visit www.gameness.com. Also for all of Tracy's blogs and pics from the trip, peep her blog Tennesse's first Legal MMA Event.
P.S. I ♥ You Mistah Clay! Thank you for everything. Your friendship means so much to me. Thank you for your constant support throughout everything I've been through these past few years, especially with IMMAE and JD. Cheers to 2009! *hugs*
♥ "Super T"
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