Where the Point Came From

Rampage vs. Rashad

The UFC invited us to go to Cabo San Lucas after the Rampage vs. Rashad fight in Las Vegas, NV. The Ultimate Fighter was going on around this time, featuring Rampage and Rashad as the two team coaches. If you caught some of the footage of that season, you can see that this fight was one of the higher profile fights of this time.

This was one of those events where they were going to take all the partners to Cabo after the night of fights. We had EIGHT people win for MusclePharm that night… almost unheard of. Among these wins was Mike Russow. Mike knocked out a monster named Todd Duffee which was an unreal knockout that none of us saw coming. We spent $1500 for him that night.

The Point

After the fights they flew us down to Cabo, getting in around 3am, then shuttled us by bus to the resort. We couldn’t see anything with it being pitch black, but that morning we woke up in paradise. Dana White had a meeting with all of us and the fighters, then told us that he had a surprise for us that night. That surprise was a live private performance from Joan Jett.

We went to Sammy Hagar’s bar that night, which Dana had rented out to hear Joan Jett play a set. We’re at this bar taking shots together and I got the opportunity to talk to Dana. I brought him a shot and looked at him saying “Man, I appreciate everything that you are doing for us, giving a small company like us a shot at the UFC. I know we aren’t perfect, but we are doing our best to grow this thing. I feel like I am being given a chance to start living my dream.” He looked at me while raising his glass and said, “Homie, we’re all living the dream right now. We appreciate your sponsorship.”

I asked him if I could grab a pic real quick. I throw the fist up and he throws the point at me. We were straight kickin’ it and the conversation was incredibly unique for me.