Are we having fun yet?

Tami Carswell’s Tapout house blog:

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!