Get to know _______

[coachg]

I think we've all had some basic introductions but I'm kicking it up a notch, especially during the holidays...

Get to know CoachG.

My real name is Glenn.

I'm 28 years old.

I have a wife and we've been married for 3.5 years.

I am a middle school Health & PE teacher.

My favorite activity to play with the children is "Spiderball"
The kids line up on the basketball sideline. I blow the whistle and they have to sprint across the court, crossing the other sideline without getting hit by a dodgeball. Who's throwing the dodgeball? Me, of course! When they get hit, they sit down and become roadblocks. Last child standing is the winner and gets to join me as a thrower. I have a reputation of being a headhunter (mainly against snotty children that I don't like). So fun.

I coach the girls' softball team. We're not too good. In the past two seasons, we've won 4 games and lost 20. In 2009, however, we will be championship contenders. Mark it down.

I am also the girls' basketball coach. This will be my first season with that title and I am much more confident about basketball than softball...therefore, we'll be championship contenders from the get-go.

Basketball is my "passion" sport. I love it. Could eat, sleep, breathe it all day long. Favorite team? Duke. Deal with it. You don't have the success they do without being led by a brilliant coach. NBA? Meh. Steve Nash was the guy to watch but the Suns are no longer the fun team to watch. Next season, it's all about Ricky Rubio.

Football? New Orleans Saints. Baseball? Atlanta Braves. Nascar? Carl Edwards.

I read regularly. I play XBox360 and Wii regularly. Rock Band 2 has been my go-to game lately. I really enjoy the drums. I am getting Left 4 Dead for Christmas (Thanks Rico!) and that should be a giggle-fest!

Rico is my real-life brother. He is 6.5 years younger than me, which makes me smarter. He is what southerners call a "Hoss".

Bomb is my adopted brother. He's known for his graphic skills and he's also a fantastic movie editor. Comedy skills? He's ahead of the game.

TheChamp - Went to school with bomb and rico. Championship football player. Invents things. Fellow Braves fan. He can probably bench press me.

I started watching MMA back when the UFC was "no-holds barred" and Royce Gracie wrecked everybody's world. I really dug Oleg Taktarov for some reason. I fell away from the sport when Tank Abbot became the champion. Started watching Pride in the middle of Silva's amazing run but fell away from that as well. Fully jumped back into MMA when Arlovski hit the scene and developed a man-crush on that dude. and here I am today.

Wow. What a ramble. Anyways, just some extra info to let you know who you are dealing with (an idiot).

[iceman22]

i guess i will go next..

My real name is Will
Im 24 years old
I am on the rebound, my GF of 7 years just left me
I am a landscaper but im trying to get in the army. If i dont get in the Army then im going to Move to Flordia.
I just graduated college in May.
I played 4 years of college lacrosse. I won a bunch of awards, played in 2 NCAA tounriments, and was named captain my sr year.
My Fav bands are Pearl Jam and Nas
My passion is Lacrosse, I play as often as possible and i enjoy to coach as well
I also love Football, Hockey and MMA.
My Fav football team is the New York Giants
Hockey: Rangers
Baseball: Yankees
I have one sister she is 2 years older then me.
i like to listen to music, watch movies and play ps3.
I have gone though a lot of shit in my life, I have batteled Addicion to pain killers, ive dealt with serious depression and im trying to get away from drinking now because I see my self going down that same road.

I got into MMA when i acdently rented UFC from the video store, thinking it was wrestling. ive been hooked since. I used to watch a lot of pride and UFC, Now i only watch UFC, (WEC sometimes if i see it on)

Well thats me. Whoes next?

[Bombstriker]

I can go next I suppose! Seeing how the Coach said a few kind words about me already ;D.

Well my real name is Jake, I call myself the JFW (Jake Fucking White). I am 21 years old and I was born and raised in Jacksonville, North Carolina!

My father was a professional wrestler when I was younger and fought in the indy circuit around North and South Carolina, he went by the name Kevin "The Punisher" White. He fought guys like Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Bam Bam Biggalo, Barbarian, haha... THE STRO! He retired around 8 or 9 years ago I guess, he held a few times including the ACCW World Heavyweight Championship. And yeah this is the "fake" wrestling that most MMA guys hate.

With my dad being a wrestler I obviously became a big fan of professional wrestling! I started backyard wrestling when I was in 5th grade peeps! That is when I fell in love with filming and making videos really.

It was good times back then and I continued to backyard wrestle until I did stupid things like you saw on tv like use light tubes and glass!!! But yeah Rico, Coach, even some of THECHAMP, and myself pull the camera out and film from time to time still! Love it!

Got a degree in Graphic Arts!

Got a job at UNCW here in Wilmington, NC where we all live now....

Then got laid off in November lol, still on the hunt for a job!

Love working on websites and stuff for fun, hence our PA website here, I also use it to try and stay somewhat fresh with my .html stuff.

Acting is always fun to do and I'm all about making everyone around me happy!!!

Might as well say how I got into MMA, it is basically the same story everyone else has...... my dad and I went the video store back in the day and he picked up the brand new UFC 1 VHS that just came out of rental. We figured we would check it out and as soon as I saw Gracie get in that cage we both got hooked, just as everyone else did! I'm just proud to say I caught on right at the beginning of the UFC and have seen it morph into the global juggernaut that it is today! I also did watch some Pride from back in the day, not too much just some PPV's that came out occasionally.



Might as well keep this book going eh?

I am a HUGE sports buff!!! Just as Coach G and THECHAMP are. We don't joke when it comes to sports, junkies for life. I am big into NFL and MLB mainly. Here is a quick rundown of my teams...

NFL: Tennessee Titans!!! THIS IS OUR YEAR!!!
MLB: Texas Rangers
NBA: PSHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
NASCAR: Being from North Carolina you gotta support the racing! Jamie McMurray is my favorite driver.


Saw Tank Abbott on my street in Jacksonville, no one will believe me.....


I have plenty of alias's that I go by: (I answer to all of these)
Jigsaw (had this before the damn movies came out!)
Michael Peterwhacker
Loyd Huff
THE KILLER
Hardcore Harry
Timothy Hall
Tyrone Riggs
Armen Hammer
Did I mention JFW!?!?!?!



TOP 5 FIGHTERS!
Royce Gracie: Like I said, got me into the world of MMA, he is a legend that will NEVER be forgotten!

Keith Jardine: The moment I saw this goofy looking mother fucker in the octogon was against Chuck Liddell! I wasn't up to date on the UFC back in 2005 when Jardine was on TUF 2. He has this crazy unorthodox look to him that sets him apart from any other fighter. And I am all about difference, I always seem to take a liking to the guy that isn't quite at the top of his game yet. Like Jardine, he is damn good, but obviously still has stuff to improve on. I just want to watch him grow into a champion!

Brock Lesnar: Like I said I was a big wrestling fan back in the day, and I was still fully into wrestling back in 2003 when Brock was the WWE World Champion. I enjoyed his in ring ability in the WWE and he was so impressive for his size, just so FAST! And I am loving it that he has transitioned into a UFC Champion. I don't like people that just shit on wrestling because it is "fake". Wrestlers are performers, WWE is a form of entertainment, and these people don't understand that. Brock is just a prime example of Professional Wrestlers aren't always pussies, thus he is one of my top 5 favorite fighters!

Frank Mir: I just discovered this actually. I thought back on it and I was always a fan of Mir. I did watch his UFC debut and I remember his toe lock win over Tank Abbott and I loved anyone who beat THE TANK! I became distant from MMA around the time Mir had his accident. It is so shady to me because I don't remember watching the UFC back then but I have seen almost every Frank Mir fight!!! I think I secretly liked this dude all this time because I used to make MMA graphics and I always used his images in them, I just didn't realize it! I admire his WEC commentary and I am PROUD to say I am the only person to pick Mir over Lesnar in our old prediction league! I don't even know why because I loved Brock! Maybe this is a crazy sign that Mir is one of my top guys of all time and he has been under my nose the entire time! Crazy!!! And even though I picked Nog to win this fight I am 100% behind Mir and hope he beats his ass! I love his cocky/confident attitude and hope he lands him the 2-time UFC Heavyweight Champion!

Anderson Silva: He comes in on the bottom of my list because I don't really take a liking to Silva personally. I mean I don't really have a #5 to be honest, I just LOVE to watch Silva fight! He is so good and skilled that he puts on the best show each time (minus his last fight)! So this spot on my top 5 is still kind of open as I fully get back into MMA, another 5th man will be found soon!


Also on a side note, about 5 or 6 months ago I dropped off from the WWE and haven't seen much from it since, about 2 shows since then . I was always afraid that MMA would take over the world and it appears to be doing just that..... but now, I'm happy to be more involved in it!






IF YOU READ ANY OF THAT, MORE POWER TO YOU!!!!

Haha, looks like I'm an egomaniac huh? Anyone who types about themselves that long has to be right?


You bet your ass!!!! ;D

[recentlyreaped]

I've been meaning to do this for a while.

My real name is Andrew, most friends call me Drew.

I'm 36
Live in Ottawa Ontario Canada.
I do IT support for the public school board.

I'm married with a 15 month old son who loves to wake up at 4 or 5 am!! Hence my posts at odd times

I trained Muay Thai for a year a couple of years ago as my wife bought me a membership to a local MMA gym called Ronin MMA (hence my previous junkie team being 11 Ronin MMA. 11 was because we were the 11th team to join the JFC)
I loved it, but as always, my biggest issue was getting off my lazy ass and getting to the gym. Once I was there it was a great experience.

As far as my MMA background goes, I had watched several of the earlier UFC's on VHS but I wasn't overly impressed to be honest. It was sloppy fighting or boring lay and pray. Royce Gracie tying some guy up for 20 mins until he made a mistake was not that entertaining to me. Impressive yes, fun to watch.. no.

I pretty much ignored the sport for the next 8-10 years after watching those vids until I was bopping around the TV and caught either part of the first or 2nd episode of TUF 1. I believe it was the first, but my memory sucks. Anyways I was hooked into the show and Randy and Chuck were great. The prospect of NOT seeing these 2 guys fight after the season ended was not an option. I caught the TUF 1 final wich is legendary and then proceeded to watch UFC52... and then it began.

I am know amongst my friends as being the guy who really gets into stuff way deep. Movies, gaming online, basketball and now MMA. I'm the nerd in those areas to my friends.
So after UFC 52, I hit the net, found Sherdog and the underground, mmaweekly and of course found out about PRIDE. I liked PRIDE, I hated the nuthuggers who wouldn't shut up about PRIDE being superior to the UFC yadda,yadda,yadda.
I know that bit torrents are my friend so I have a lot of PRIDE/Bushido events and earlier UFC events as well. I have UFC 48 to present all on DVD as well as most from 36-47.
I have watched the oh so compelling documentary 'The Smashing Machine' and I've been to 4 live MMA events here in Ottawa. I even saw Jon Fitch fight and win a controversial fight where he got booed. Hell the ref f'd up and let him call a time out cause he lost his mouth piece!

I love MMA, but I'm not quite as hardcore as some guys on the Junkie. Simple reason being.. I have too many interests. I can't be one of those guys who loves one or two things and knows everything about them. I love tons of things and like to know a lot about all of them but not to the point where I can recall fights that happened 3 years ago on the undercard.

so that's me in a nutshell.

Looking forward to getting to know you guys better and helping Prediction Affliction become a force in the Junkie fight leagues.

[pilqs]

I thought I could give you guys a quick intro. My real name is Jeff, and I live in Smithers, British Columbia, Canada. I live with my wife, Leeann, and have 2 wonderful boys one is 8, the other is 4. My oldest has Asperger's Syndrome, also known as high functioning Autism. Makes every day a new challenge, but he's a good kid. I earna living as an Air Traffic Controller, previously working a 5 year stint in the Arctic Circle, and 3 years prior to that in Toronto. I much prefer the ho-hum slow of Smithers, it allows me indulge in some of my other hobbies, like studying for my Masters in Business Administration, Kinsmen (an all-Canadian service organization), which I serve as a Zone Officer, responsible for the administration of 5 Clubs from Smithers to Whitehorse in the Yukon; and of course, MMA.

I got into MMA in the early days. Royce Gracie was my hero, subbing guys way bigger than him, and with apparent ease. I lost track with the UFC over the years, and really did not get back into MMA until about 2 years ago. Now I am trying to get the last 10 years of MMA into my head as quickly as possible.

Favorite Fighters: LW- Shinya Aoki and K-Flo WW-GSP MW-David Loiseau ( my all-time fave!), Rich Franklin LHW- (Don't hate)-Tito, for changing the way people think of fighting MMA, Evans, Rampage HW-Fedor, Couture.

Other stuff- I am disabled. I have what is called Cauda Equina Syndrome, which is not so much a Syndrome, but an after effect of having a herniated disc compress the nerve bundle that comes out of the base of the spine. I have permanent damage in my lower body, I don't feel my butt, grion, or the backs of my legs. I can still walk and function, and you would not know that I had a disability unless you asked or tried to get me to run. I have it VERY good compared to others.

I am a papered chef. I love NFL football (one day my Bills will win the Super Bowl, hopefully in my lifetime), Hockey- I am a Senators fan(originally from Ottawa) I loving fake rocking out (XBOX360) with my boys, and swim religiously(only because I can't run)

EDIT- I can't believe I forgot to put this in, I am also an avid motorcycle rider. I ride a 95' Heritage Softail, had it now for 3 years, and I love it. My true summer passion.

There you go, me in a nutshell.

[recentlyreaped]

great stuff Jeff... one question.
Pilqs??? please explain.

from Ottawa eh? I've been here 14 yrs and I used to visit often as my Grandparents lived here and my Aunt does live here.

[Bombstriker]

Ahh man my dad has a 50th anniversary Heritage Softail Classic Harley Davidson. He also has a Boss Hoss that he loves, the thing if F'N huge!!!

Very nice write up guys.

[pilqs]

Mar 4, 2009 14:09:17 GMT -5 @recentlyreaped said:

great stuff Jeff... one question.
Pilqs??? please explain.

from Ottawa eh? I've been here 14 yrs and I used to visit often as my Grandparents lived here and my Aunt does live here.

I did a post on this somewhere in Junkie OT. I got poked in the stomach in highschool by a girl, and I laughed like the Pilsbury doughboy. (I'm a big dude). Long story short, I hooked up with her, I've been called Pilsbury ever since. It got shortened to Pils a few years later. My closest friends still call me Pils. The q is the name is in reference to Zaphod Beeblebrox from Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy, where his name had 4 m's and a silent q.

[recentlyreaped]

LOL I think I remember reading that now.

LOVE HGTOG, didn't care for the movie that came out a few yrs ago. Much prefer the old, old BBC version. I must have watched that a dozen times on PBS during the 80's

[pilqs]

Mar 4, 2009 14:09:17 GMT -5 @recentlyreaped said:

great stuff Jeff... one question.
Pilqs??? please explain.

from Ottawa eh? I've been here 14 yrs and I used to visit often as my Grandparents lived here and my Aunt does live here.

My parent live just east of Orleans, in Rockland. I did high school and university( Carleton) plus 2 years at Algonquin College before I got into my current line of work.

[recentlyreaped]

yeah I got a co-worker from rockland, younger guy real party animal. He's settled down the last few years but a funny guy.

I did a couple of yrs at Algonquin, but ummm I admit I'm a horrible student and got out before getting the diploma.

I'm more a West end Ottawa resident

[thundercat]

You all know me by TC, but my real name is Will Smith- but even that's not what my friends and family call me. That would be Kasper. Started out as my DJ name and stuck from there.

I'm 34, live in Pittsburgh Pa, and married to an awesome girl who LOVES watching UFC with me on a Saturday night. It's cool cuz she's got all her friends into it now so it works out well. The girl screams at the TV when a fight is on more than I do. She's a huge Tito fan--her #1 guy. Myself---I'm a GSP fan. Went to our first live event @ UFC 94 in vegas, followed by UFC 97 in Columbus......great experience if any of you haven't been! Got into the UFC after watching Tank Abbott knock out John Matua @ UFC 6(?) and was instantly hooked.

I was born in Ohio, grew up in California, and now live in Pittsburgh so my favorite sports teams are somewhat eclectic. Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ohio State, Chicago Bulls, NC Tar Heels (coll basketball) and I'm a Smoke fan(NASCAR).

I drive tractor-trailers for a regional company. I'm local which means I'm home every night. The moneys good but the hours are quite long. Not exactly my 'dream' career but it pays the bills you know. My wife works in the corporate headquarters of Dick's sporting goods as an HR supervisor which benefits me to the tune of 25% discount whenever I shop there.

In my spare time I play poker, golf, skydive, raquetball, karaoke to name a few. You can also find me on PS3 usually playing COD4, Undisputed, or some kinda sports game.

Oh....and currently my wife and I are in the beginning stages of the Invitro process. So hopefully if all goes well I will be a dad by this time next year. Hopefully not twins though!!

Glad to be here on Prediction Affliction and look forward to kicking ass with you guys!!!

[Bombstriker]

Wait hold on..... so your name is Will Smith!?! That is awesome!!! ;D Good luck with the lady over there. I heard twins are THAT bad lol! Too bad you and Iceman are bums and don't have a Xbox360, only have that PS3 trash! We could have thrown down in Undisputed!

On a side note, I just whooped Bluntforce's ass in Undisputed yesterday!

But good little background man, glad you looked over the forums and found this thread .

[iceman22]

bump

[gordon]

Hey guys. First thanks for the invite to the team.

My name is Shawn. 31 years old. Living in San Anotnio, TX but I am from MI originally. Moved to TX in 2005.
I work for The SCOOTER Store. You have probably seen some of our, hiorrible, commercials on tv. I am a Physician Specialist. Well it sounds fancy I am actaully just a call center sales guy. My job is to deal with Dr's and Medicare to help people get a Power Wheelchair to get aroud there house independently. About a year ago I moved to the high end rehab division. Think Christopher Reeds Power Wheelchair. It is a very rewrding job, expecially when I get before and after pics and stories from my clients.
I am your typical mans man I guess. I like beer and whiskey. Make a mean, award winning margarita. I love sports, College Football is #1 for me. Go Wolverines! Obviously I love MMA. Mainly UFC, Strikforce and WEC. On occasion I will stay up all night and catch a Japan card online too though. I used to hunt and fish all the time. Sadly since moving to TX I have been fishing only once and haven't hunted at all. Hoping to get back into the woods this fall though. Finally found some land close by that won't cost me $5k a year to use.
Glad to be here. Hope I can heko PA be the #1 Team in the JFF/ACF.