Cowboy Cerrone: 2009

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Stampede tonight!!

Anyone in the Colorado area come down and party with us at the
stampede!!!

Live a life worth living-
Cowboy

Monday, December 28, 2009

Look who I ran into on the slopes!


Me and @danhendo are gonna be hitting up beaver creek tomorrow to rip it up..

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Another training day in the mountains..

Back home at @inyodo, finding my roots. Shredding the slopes in the morning at Vail, and pounding in the gym at night...

I got crabs!

Look at this madness! We're about to sit down after they had a long day of snowboarding and then training to this incredible meal of king crab legs, shrimp cocktail!, mussels and clams! A feast!

Another training day in the mountains..


Back home at inyodo, finding my roots. Shredding the slopes in the morning at Vail, and pounding in the gym at night...

Friday, December 25, 2009

Unwhinding after a ling cold day on the moutian!! Where up here till Tuesday anyone wants to come ride!!

Brittney and I back in Colorado ready to ride!!!!

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

There was a pumped up feeling around the house this week in which our boy Cowboy has been getting ready for WEC 45 in Vegas this weekend. Cowboy would just break out into random bouncing around saying he couldn't wait for this fight. It's been fun to witness his playfulness around fighting. You can see and feel how much fun this is for him. Unfortunately, for his opponents Cowboy has "Play Time" tattooed on his shins. True Dat!!! At the weigh-ins Cowboy bounced out with all that energy to face Ed Ratcliff who immediately put a smile on Cowboy's face by saying that he was going to knock him out. Watching Cowboy up there bouncing and smiling filled me with much anticipation of yet another entertaining Cowboy fight to come!

After the weigh-ins all of us who live in the Tapout house joined Cowboy as he rehydrated. Talk about an entourage. A communal life isn't for everyone but the more the merrier for Cowboy. I met Cowboy's grandmother Jerry and grandfather Donald who turn out to be Cowboy's biggest fans. Jerry knows more than any of us about mma. She demonstrated that to us by informing us about many 2009 mma facts including the fact that Cowboy's fight with Ben Henderson was voted fight of the year in the WEC. Jerry told us that she always cuts weight with Cowboy before the fight by not eating the day before the weigh-ins. "If he complains or is moody about not eating I tell him to cowboy up.” said Jerry. After he was all hydrated Jerry and Donald took us all to dinner in the hotel. I could see where Cowboy gets his generosity. On the way down Cowboy said what's up to Ben Henderson who was shopping. I would love to see another rematch between those two and so would Cowboy. Talk about entertaining fights! Me and my boys at the gym back home rate that fight the best performance in a loss of all time. After dinner we all went to check out this stereotypical rock cover band named "Steel Panther". They not only played well they were hilarious with their comical and typical rock star portrayals. We all had a blast including Cowboy who got on stage, sang with them, and peeled off his shirt. We all hung out with the band for a bit afterward and Cowboy took photos with fans. That was only the Pre fight celebration.

The next day we all headed out to the fight and like I told Cowboy in a text he fucking rocked our worlds. Cowboy looked back to his corner in the middle of it and asked, "Are we having fun yet?" Hell yeah we were! Yes, we were having fun with two points took away for unintentional low knees (for which Cowboy apologized to Ed's mom during the fight), crazy leg attacks and a triangle attempt at the same time madness, constant stalking of his opponent, thunderous kicks, high knees, and eventually a rear naked choke to end it all. All of us there and any other Cowboy fan out there were hypnotized by the ups and downs/twists and turns of the ride we were on. Grandma told Herb Dean that he was a fair ref and that he was also the reason that Cowboy had won. With two points down he was either going to knock him out or choke him out no doubt. His opponent was limping to the press conference after the fight from all the kicks he ate for dinner. As for Cowboy he was energized and ready to go celebrate. What an excellent host indeed was Cowboy meeting and greeting fans, taking his whole crew to his V.I.P. after party, and making sure everyone was having a great time at his celebration. "It's your time now guys", Cowboy said at dinner referring to the fact that nearly all of us in the house have scheduled fights coming up.

Everyone's hitting hard in January and feeding off each other’s energy. I am so thankful to Cowboy and Boom Superfoods to be here right now. The Tapout house will be tapping you out in 2010!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

This is what I'm eating right now...

I'm sitting at 158 and ready for this fight!

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Fast feet

Cowboys open workout breaking a sweat for the cameras

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

We wanna help catch predators

We spotted chris hansen from msnbc. He said he's in Vegas working. U
know what that means! Watch out u pedophiles!!

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Victory favors those that take pain........

Tami Carswell"s Tapout house latest blog

Victory favors those that take pain:

We started out strong going into the gym. Everyone energized from a chill weekend. First we had some great stand up drills lead by Greg and then we switched to take downs. When it was my turn I entered with the intention of defending anything that came my way. Staying low I was ready when my opposition shoot in on me sprawling out I defended the shoot. What happened next I did not anticipate. My sparring partner grabbed my torso on the ground, picked me up, and slammed me down right on my shoulder. When I got up I knew something was different. There was a big bump on the top of my shoulder. I went to Greg and said I thought something was up with it. "Yeah you need to see a doctor" was Greg's response. Great! The other guys took the take downs to kickboxing with take downs urged onward by Cowboy. Cowboy is training for his upcoming fight and everyone knew what that meant. It was going to be rough day. I stood around after I got my stuff together watching the guys come out of the cage bruised and tired. While I was waiting to go get checked out Frosty came in who happened to be an orthopedic doctor. Frosty told me I had my clavicle separated from my ac joint in my shoulder and I tore a band of ligaments that was holding it down originally. I thought the logical next step would be to push it back in somehow. He explained that that would not work and it would heal back on top of the shoulder bone. I got the lowdown in regards to healing times and training with the injury. He suggested that I reschedule my fight for March to give me a little longer with my training. I was lucky to have a medical expert who works with fighters to help advise on this fight specific injury. On the way home I found out that about five of the other guys had gone through the same injury including Cowboy. Cowboy gave me some opinions on pain control and said "welcome to the life". What to do now? The plan is to wear a sling for awhile take ibuprofen for the pain and to start light training for awhile until I am ready to go full force. Leonard told me that he had that same injury happen to him right before a fight and he had to train right through it. He said that it would be best for me to spar with the sling on to remind myself I was not ready to throw any right punches. The good news was I have to start relyng on my right kicks more! He told me that when he started back to throwing rights again he would sometimes see white spots when they landed because the pain was so intense. So much to look forward to! I remember not too long ago using an injury to help me improve my game. I broke my toe and used it as an excuse to concentrate on my jui jitsu. I rolled and drilled with the boot on and then graduated to just rolling with one boxing shoe on to remind myself to take care of that side. I decided that I would even enter NAGA to have a competition to look forward to. Everything happens for a reason. I am choosing to work the hell out of my right kicks in lieu of this situation. I plan to use the inevitable pain of it all to make my mind even stronger. The more obstacles the greater the glory!

It was great to be able to do light training twice today. The shoulder is feeling better everyday. It was also cool to watch Cowboy spar with Leonard. Two excellent fighters focused and always in motion. When we got home we watched the WEC preview for Cowboy's upcoming fight with Ratcliff. Watching Ratcliff's fight highlights I knew Cowboy was definitely going to cause that boy some pain!

Tonight Leonard came home with a tattoo artist who is working on the tattoo he started last week. His tattoo is of a Mexican samurai. Leonard explained that he wanted the samurai and his Mexican heritage together because they are similar in spirit. The samurai warrior is technical and effective in its attacking methods. The way the Mexican people fought was in the same way. They had to fight hard to keep their independence. They are very prideful and hard working. Leonard is proud of his heritage and is adding this tattoo to his canvas to display that.

Cowboy and Eric brought out the blow dart gun and some of the other guns today. Cowboy was exceptionally impressive with his shots at clay pigeon targets. Watch out Ratcliff he hits what he aims at. In addition to the gun target practice everyone started playing with the blow dart gun taking shoots at balloons, bulls eye targets, and other random targets. The guys shot at Goyo with the plastic darts and then Matt offered to take one in his uncovered leg. Kyle jumped in and said he would take a dart with a needle in his arm. No one took him up on it until later when the video cameras were out and Kyle smiled at the thought. Eric shoot out two into Kyle's arm as the rest of us were in awe of the sight of a large needle sticking ot of Kyle's arm. The second one went in two inches and when it was pulled out a stream of blood followed it. Kyle recently got a tattoo that says "Victory favors those who take pain" in Latin. All of us here can relate. Part of fighting includes being intimate with pain. Like Cowboy said " welcome to the life".

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Tapout House Video # 7

New group of guys out at the ranch and the weeks leading up to the Cerrone / Ratcliff fight Dec 19

Friday, December 11, 2009

Cowboy shoots clay pigeon out of air with 44.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Training is life at the Tapout house

Day 1

My name is Tami Love Carswell and I came to the Tapout house because I have a dream of kicking ass in the pro mma women's division. Through communicating online with Cowboy's agent Bryan and taking a interview with pro fighter Julie Kedzie I was invited to take part in training with the best of the best at Greg Jackson's gym and to live at the Tapout house.

Managing World Vibe Mixed Martial Arts gym in Tallahassee Florida and teaching both one on one sessions and boxing classes I had a lot to tie up before I could make this journey. With the support of my gym mates and my girlfriend I headed out west to Cowboy's Tapout house. Filled with excitement I arrived at the airport and was received by Cowboy and a team of house mates. During the thirty minute drive to the ranch the guys gave me the lowdown on the house and expressed their excitement of having me stay as one of the first women at the house. When we got to the house the guys helped me settle into my Tapout bunk. I met all the other fighters of the house. Right now we have , Goyo, Jacob Kirwan, Matt Burosh fighter/writer, Kerrie, Spencer, Diego, Kyle, Jose, Eric, Bobby, Leonard Garcia, Cowboy and myself staying here. I laid down and did my best to get to sleep despite my anticipation of my first day of training.

Day 2

Cowboy woke us all up in the morning to get ready for my 1st day training. First we went to Cowboy's kickboxing trainer Ray's gym for morning mitt work. Watching Cowboy's combinations and complete presence in the moment was very inspirational. Ray worked with some of us and the rest of us drilled the combo's on the heavybags. Ray encouraged one of the fighters by repeating "training is life". After Ray's we headed off to Jackson's gym. Cowboy lead us all in an mma class going over escape drills. The advanced mma drills gave us many options to gain control from many different compromising positions. After that Julie Kedzie offered to have me roll with some of the women. Women's team leader, Julie Kedzie's pride in her team gave me a taste of the kind of teamwork that Jackson's gym thrives on. After training we returned home to build a stable gate for Cowboy's horses and other farm animals. Lead by Cowboy's best friend Eric we put our minds together to build an indestructible visually pleasing knotted pine gate to match the walls of the stable. With a no rest for the wicked attitude we all got our gear ready and headed back to Jackson's gym. With everyone rolling and working their mma skills Cowboy jumped in to help Eric with Winning solutions from the back. It was very motivating to watch Cowboy's fluid ground game style. If this doesn't work then do this or this or this and then strike them here here or here or submit them here here or here. It was truly an honor to be a part of that world class education. I was then introduced to Greg Jackson who was on his way to prepare to corner one of his fighter's in the UFC. Greg said when he returned we would meet together and go over my plan. I can't wait! After finishing up at Jackson's we headed back to Ray's. Ray put Cowboy through an intense kickboxing conditioning session. The power and skill of his game is what I aspire to achieve for myself. Ray had me spar a few boxing rounds with some of my housemates and gave me his initial assessment. Leaving the gym filled with areas to work on I was once again thankful for the opportunity to be a part of the Tapout house. On the way home Cowboy shared with us his journey in the world of professional mma. He talked about hooking up with Tapout and how Mask encouraged him to become Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone. Mask told him that Cowboy's manager initially steered them away from sponsoring Cowboy and that that only had Mask want him more. For Cowboy it was a long journey filled with a long fight history until he was made in the world of mma. He talked with us about sharing his dream with other up and coming fighters through the Tapout house. He said that this was his way of giving back to the fight community and helping other fighter's achieve their fight career dreams. He told us a story that summed up his feeling on what training as a way of life meant to him. It was a story of two brothers who swam in a race to reach a bouy out in the distance. One of the brothers swam with everything he had and made it first to the bouy. After he made it out there he drowned because he did not save anything for the swim back. That is how Cowboy trains putting everything he has into it and never saving anything anything for the swim back.

Day 3

When Cowboy woke us up we looked out our windows to see a snow covered ground. We bundled up and headed out through the snow and ice to train some more. When we got to the gym I got to spar with Julie and learn some new kickboxing combinations. She showed me some great mma moves including takedowns and dirty boxing moves. That's what sets Jackson's gym a part is the integration of all styles for a complete mma toolbox.

After an awesome lunch at a Thai restaurant that Leonard Garcia turned us on to we headed back to the house. I was tired and crashed out.

Day 4

After getting up I join a few of the guys in the house to have a Mayweather vs Pacman debate. Pacman all the way!! I put money down on it. Cowboy worked on some plumbing in the bunkroom fighters bathroom making sure we were taken care of. It is really cool to witness such generosity. Next we went out and started working on the stable roof in the snow and cold. All bundled up we became more and more chilled losing feeling in our toes and fingers. Despite the cold we finished our objective. Mental toughness was our group mantra. After all training is life!