Nicky Rod

I was like, maybe it was just, you know, some freak thing.

I was like, I literally thought about continuing the session.

Then the next day I woke up and it was like super sore.

I was, you know, limping around, couldn't do a full squat.

Um, so it pretty much killed all of my training for the entire week leading up to the event.

So I couldn't train or anything, uh, messed up the cut.

Obviously there's, there's added nerves with that too.

You know, when you're not in the gym every day leading up to the competition, uh, I went out there, I wasn't really able to pull guard cause I couldn't get, you know, full heel to butt connection.

which is inevitable with playing guard.

And I was very hesitant to shoot as well.

So I came out with the idea of just trying to use hand fighting to tire my first opponent out and then mainly look to get to underhooks or overhooks and do mostly upper body wrestling.

In the beginning of the match, I successfully got to an underhook.

I got to a rear body lock.

He tried to roll, and I ended up in top position.

in side control, but it was during the no points period.

And then as the match went on, I gassed out and eventually he ended up taking me down and then scoring with two hooks on the back.

Yeah, so I got an MRI actually after the event.

I didn't know.

Yeah, I waited until after.

Because like knowledge or ignorance is bliss?