Ohio Trip for Amy Sibcy

I traveled to Middletown, Ohio last week to help Middleweight Amy Sibcy with the last details of her North American preparation. The contest will be held Saturday, September 16th and is promising to be one of the best North Americans ever with top ranked amateurs Sherry Smith, Andrea Gahan, Debbie Bramwell, Michelle Brent, and Isabelle Turell all fighting it out for one pro card. I have high hopes for Amy and I think she will definitely be a stand out in a contest rumored to have 40 competitors. She has made remarkable improvements over the last few months and her conditioning is spot on.

Amy trains at Powerstation Gym owned by trainer extordinare Mike Ferguson. This gym may be the best I've ever seen. The equipment is top notch and the environment is hard core - definitely a dream environment for strength athletes, bodybuilders, mixed martial artists and wanna-be warriors of all ages and levels of condition.

Mike trains Rich Franklin who is the UFC Middleweight Champion and Jorge Gurgle, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialist who appeared on season 2 of Ultimate Fighter. I watched them go through a one hour non-stop workout that would bury most people. Spike TV was there filming and it will show 10/14 on pay-per-view "UFC 64 - Rich Franklin vs. Anderson Silva". Rich and Jorge are fantastic ambassadors for the sport... down to earth, friendly and very cool. You can check out some video clips I shot of them on YouTube.