Testosterone Festival Welcomes a Former UFC Champion
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez has confirmed he will be attending the SugarBaby Swimwear exhibit space at The Texas Testosterone Festival both August 15 and 16. All attendees can meet Ricco and if your camera can stop taking pictures of the lovely ladies from SugarBaby Swimwear, maybe you can take a picture with Ricco too.
Ricco is the first American to win a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championship and he won the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship Absolute Division in 1998. Ricco defeated Randy Couture to become UFC Heavyweight Champion at UFC 39 and was 4-0 in the UFC before facing Couture, defeating Andrei Arlovski, Pete Williams, Jeff Monson, and Tsuyoshi “TK” Kohsaka. Ricco boasts a 5-2 record in the UFC and a 34-10 MMA record overall including an 11 fight win streak that included stops in the UFC, Pride Fighting Championships, and King of the Cage. Ricco has recently returned to his dominating form, fighting 9 times in 2008 and recently winning via keylock in 62 seconds at the Armageddon event in Tyler, TX.
In one of the largest controversies in MMA history, Ricco faced Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at the height of Nogueira’s reputation as the greatest Heavyweight fighter in the world, manhandling Nogueira and controlling the fight. Everyone but the three judges ringside gave the decision to Ricco and Pride officials were forced to publicly attempt to explain how Nogueira’s victory was possible. The world remains unconvinced.
Come to The SugarBaby Swimwear exhibit area in Texas Testosterone Festival - and stay to be key-locked by a former UFC champion.
King of Kombat Austin, TX April 25 Fight Card Released
In Pride-like fashion, King of Kombat has released the fight card for its April 25 event at the Crockett Center in Austin with just over two weeks to go. For fans of Texas MMA, the wait is worth it.
King of Kombat will be headlined by a Welterweight Championship throwdown between current champion Kamal Shalorus of Austin versus Houston’s heavy-handed Mikel Bronzoulis.
A Lightweight Superfight is scheduled between Houston’s Todd Moore, a veteran of the WEC and Dream promotions who is coming out of a three fight losing streak against John Alessio, Shane Roller, and Shinya Aoki, versus Denver’s Rocky Johnson, a MMA veteran with matches against Alvin Robinson, Josh Thomson, and Leonard Garcia.
Other highlights on the card include a Lightweight grudge match between Cedar Park’s Duece King and four time NCAA All-American wrestler Mike Barreras, Ryan Larson versus Ken Jackson, and Ken Laney versus Cole Cortez.
For the full fight card and press release from King of Kombat, click here.
Health Guru on… Mega-Pain
Resident Health Guru Devon Hornby responds to our questions about pain… super, mega pain.
1. Did you see Corey Hill’s injury in the UFC last week? The fight was on UFC.com for a few days but seems to have been taken down now. Spoiler Alert: The dude had his leg snap in half! So… it looks like it hurts but how much pain will the adrenaline keep you from feeling? Or does an injury like that look worse than it feels?
Devon: That is one of the most painful MMA moments I have ever seen. It is far worse than the now famous Sakuraba vs. Renzo Gracie incident so many years ago in Pride. Remember how Renzo wanted to keep fighting with a dislocated arm; yeah, that is adrenaline and sheer guts. Corey Hill obviously noticed he was hurt but you can tell by watching the fight that it hurt him a lot less than you would expect. Chalk it up to adrenaline. Adrenaline doesn’t kill pain, it distracts you. You are so caught up in the moment, which seems to be going in slow motion due to one of the numerous effects of adrenaline, that you underestimate the severity of what your pain receptors are trying to tell you. Once you stop and realize what has happened then the crying begins. Rest assured Corey had a few things to say about his injury on the way to the hospital.
2. Speaking of adrenaline, Steve Cantwell took a lot of flack for revelling in his arm-snapping submission of Razak Al-Hassan in his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan. In his apology, he blamed the adrenaline for his lack of sportsmanship. How does adrenaline work and how much can one get away with by blaming stuff on it?
Devon: The guy is a professional fighter. These guys spend there lives training to work under the effects of adrenaline. If he cannot control himself than he doesn’t deserve to be out there. Enough said!
3. After watching the Corey Hill injury I’ve been getting chills and wondering what could possibly be more painful. Passing a nasty, sharp, rock-hard kidney stone could be more painful. What do I eat today to prevent a kidney stone tomorrow? Is there a test to find kidney stones while they are wee small?
Devon: First of all know that all stones are not created equal. There are several different types of stones. In any case though drinking plenty of water, at least 3 liters (14 cups a day), is your best insurance against pure agony. Hell yeah that’s a lot of water but think of the alternative. Water sources do matter. Here in central Texas our tap water is very high in minerals and so can actually make matters worse. Try to drink a fair amount of reverse osmosis water to help keep this in check and you ought to be on your way to being ‘stone free’. A glass of lemonade or just lemon juice in your water helps as a preventative as well. The citrate from lemons is believed to break up stones. Powdered lemonade and soda fountain lemonade will not work. It needs to be made with real lemons. Detection is almost always with a CT scan these days and it can let you know they are there before they become a problem. My advice, prevention is much more important. Almost all kidney stones are detected by the poor sucker who is already trying to pass one. Detection is used to confirm that the reason you are about to pass out in pain is because of a barely visible rock that feels like a boulder passing through your ureter.
Devon Hornby has been studying and practicing the healing and martial arts for most of his life. His is particularly interested in traditional methods of maintaining and improving men’s health. He is director of Tao Health Center in Austin, Texas. Go to TaoHealthCenter.com for more information. Email us your questions for Devon at info@texastestosteronefestival.com or directly to Devon at devon@taohealthcenter.com.
