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He's actually 3-2 now, there was an error on the announcers part. We won his last fight as well, putting him up to 2-2.

It's not a full time job for most of those guys, its just a hobby more or less. Depending on your rank and experience, you generally dont make much money. I agree, I was so mad when he did that, its just a cheap shot. but then he got finished, so there ya go lol. Also, I never mentioned in the original post, Mike was accidentally poked in the eye during one of the exchanges, but the ref never saw it. That was when he started to turn away from the strikes. He was blurry for about 30 mins after the fight, but is fine now.

I'd hardly call it luck. The jiu jitsu game requires patience and a lot of skill. Many fighters would have looked for a way out already

I made a post last week about my brother, Mike Rowbotham fighting this weekend. He took on his toughest test to date in Dan Chambers.Fight Finder - Dan "Torture" Chambers' Mixed Martial Arts Statistics Mike showed tremendous heart and took a bit of a pounding to start the fight, but in this game, you can't make any errors. Mike took advantage of a vulnerable Chambers and locked in a fight ending triangle choke at 3:46 of round 1. Here's the video, I'll add pics later RESULTS 130lbs - Rylan Coventry (Fort Mac) defeated Roger Redoble (Dynamic) by TKO 2:46 R1 WW - Clayton Golinowski (Pure - Red Deer) defeated Scott Switzer (CMC - Lethbridge) by KO 1:56 R1 WW - Antoine Lightning (Wetaskiwin) defeated Jason Tillsley (CMC) by Guillotine Choke 0:59 R2 140lbs - Ben Parachuck (Fort Mac) defeated Trevor McIlroy (CMC) by Split Decision WW - Brandt Dewsbery (CMC) defeated Matt Krayco (Dynamic) by TKO (injury) 5:00 R1 Matt dominated first round until injury MW - Robert Curtis (Calgary) defeated Sean Merkl (CMC) by Verbal Tapout R1 Merkl took a kick to the groin and after a couple minutes was ok to continue but about 20 seconds after the restart he signalled he had enough MW - Mike Rowbotham (Karma) defeated Dan Chambers (CMC) by Triangle Choke 3:46 R1 HW - Mike Bullin (Medicine Hat) defeated Shawn Pauliuk (Wainwright) by TKO 1:46 R1 135lbs - Jesse Fox (Arashido) defeated Ryan Brigham (CMC) by Triangle Choke 3:33 R1 WW - Jordan Mein (CMC) defeated Chad Freeman (Kamloops) by TKO 2:20 R1 180lbs - Jesse Bongfeldt (CMC) defeated Dan Shenk (Prince George) by Rear Naked Choke 4:05? R1

those are some LOVELY suckers ...

I use Gamma Co-Polymer for my spinnerbait rod, wouldnt think of using anything else

3 years ago, I put in a Shimano order worth $1900. Now I know why I had no money in college.

I'll allow the word Epic in this case. haha. Awesome dude.

I'm definitely jonesin' for a hookset

Late May, the water should be into the 60's and the pike should be pretty aggressive. I would cast and retrieve, vary the speeds until you find one that works... once in a while, sweep the spoon and let it flutter down for a couple seconds before you continue your retrieve.

I put together this slide show tonight, it's a collection of photos from the past 4 seasons ... myself, friends, family and clients. Enjoy! http://www.slide.com/r/gJZyRAK50z_LwXLDzNZ...lt_embedded_url

ryan.......

I had 4 run out in front of my truck a few days back just east of Lindsay, almost popped the last one.

Some of you will remember my posts from the past, and may have been following my brother's career through my posts. For those of you that havent, my brother's name is Mike Rowbotham, he is a 19 year old professional mixed martial artist. He has a professional record of 2-2, with his most recent fight being a win over Neil 'Real Deal' Berry at RITC 33 in January. Mike is a very accomplished wrestler, who has made the transition into MMA. It is so fun watching his skills evolve every time he fights. Some of you may remember his first fight when he lost a Split Decision to Tim Smith. He was purely a wrestler, now he is a solid grappler overall. Anyways, this weekend, Mike will take on his toughest test to date. On April 11 in Lethbridge, AB he will take on Dan 'Torture' Chambers at RITC 34. Chambers is a veteran having fought tough competition like Joe Riggs, Jonathan Goulet, Claude Patrick among others. Here's a little slideshow of my brother's career. I hope you enjoy it, I'll be posting a full report in the days after Mike's fight. I missed his last fight, but I'll finally get to go to this one, even though Easter weekend is leaving me with stupid layovers in Edmonton... yipee Mike Rowbotham MMA

leafs suck /end thread p.s. i'm ashamed to say, i'm a leafs fan

And the perchin' begins! Hoping to have the boat ready by the 13th

This is a pike. 100%

Thats what I used to tell my parents haha! They'd say ... 300 bucks for a tournament? I'd say, would you rather it be a fishing tournament or an 8 ball? EXACTLY! I'm glad I took the fishing route, because too many of my acquaintances chose the latter of the two.

rain or shine ... okay? what about high/fast water after these rains ?

guilty as charged

nice pike!

oh jeez... ask mike.

For Spook style baits, pop it on a slack line all the way back, I dont pause it. For popper style baits, try .. Twitch.. pause... twitch, twitch pause, twitch.. pause... twitch, twitch pause. if that doesnt work. Pick a song.... twitch to the beat... seriously.

You'll have a hard time convincing us bass guys to use 45-60lbs fluoro.

When u invite me to come out ya dink.