Gracie Worlds Prep Week

[Brandon Mccaghren]

Great morning class. Eddie taught and helped us refine the Boa to Half Plex and the Electric Chair From half guard. Some excellent, small details that will make an enormous difference in a position that I already feel really comfortable in. I definitely leveled up my half guard this morning.

More Dead Zone drills. Got to put in good work with some of our MMA stars like Ben Sample and Alan Jouban. Both excellent people and practitioners.

Free roll with RW Pegau from Spokane. Lots of fun. And then free roll with Ben Sample and it happened....

The inevitable injury. I split the top of my head open during an accidental head butt. Ben sat up to recover guard as I was making an aggressive movement to put him on his back. Not a huge cut, but big enough.

ER visit. Doctor says "we gotta staple." I said "That's not an option." I let him know about the competition. He reluctantly glues my head together and tries to keep it together with Steri Strips. Hoping it holds up. He says take lots of Vitamin C and Magnesium and Zinc to help the healing. No training at all until Thursday, and then only light contact. Planning on getting in lots of outside cardio between now and then I guess.

If you're a prayer warrior, I could use it right now. I'm feeling kinda bummed and I need some healing on the ole skull.

[bobby rivers]

Where on the skull? What you need now is a plan. A way to grapple and keep that cut closed. Clotting agents, synthetic skins reinforced with super glue and what not. The doctor is not gonna do what it would take to keep it closed during a comp. Your gonna have to get creative and risk a pretty sick scar to make this happen.

I know the commitment, sacrifice, passion, and blood you've already put in to get you there man. You're exceptional homie. If your gonna go through with it, and I know you will, dont focus on anything but the objective. Youre body is intact. Get the negatives outta the way asap and move toward the story where you competed your ass off pre-gashed and duct taped.

[Kyle Spalla]

Great morning class. Eddie taught and helped us refine the Boa to Half Plex and the Electric Chair From half guard. Some excellent, small details that will make an enormous difference in a position that I already feel really comfortable in. I definitely leveled up my half guard this morning.

More Dead Zone drills. Got to put in good work with some of our MMA stars like Ben Sample and Alan Jouban. Both excellent people and practitioners.

Free roll with RW Pegau from Spokane. Lots of fun. And then free roll with Ben Sample and it happened....

The inevitable injury. I split the top of my head open during an accidental head butt. Ben sat up to recover guard as I was making an aggressive movement to put him on his back. Not a huge cut, but big enough.

ER visit. Doctor says "we gotta staple." I said "That's not an option." I let him know about the competition. He reluctantly glues my head together and tries to keep it together with Steri Strips. Hoping it holds up. He says take lots of Vitamin C and Magnesium and Zinc to help the healing. No training at all until Thursday, and then only light contact. Planning on getting in lots of outside cardio between now and then I guess.

If you're a prayer warrior, I could use it right now. I'm feeling kinda bummed and I need some healing on the ole skull.

Speedy recovery Brandon! Hope they clear you for Worlds and you snap some necks!

[Brandon Mccaghren]

Where on the skull? What you need now is a plan. A way to grapple and keep that cut closed. Clotting agents, synthetic skins reinforced with super glue and what not. The doctor is not gonna do what it would take to keep it closed during a comp. Your gonna have to get creative and risk a pretty sick scar to make this happen.

I know the commitment, sacrifice, passion, and blood you've already put in to get you there man. You're exceptional homie. If your gonna go through with it, and I know you will, dont focus on anything but the objective. Youre body is intact. Get the negatives outta the way asap and move toward the story where you competed your ass off pre-gashed and duct taped.

It's almost exactly on the top of the head.

I still got this.

[Will Thaxton]

Praying for ya buddy.

[Brandon Woolsey]

I still got this.

Prayers & positive vibes! Mos def you still got this you krazy kat!!

[John Mejia]

Brandon I can see if I have any quick clot at my house still incase if something does happen during comp. you can press that sucker on and il coagulate the wound quickly. Josh and I will be at the weigh ins on Friday and I'll try to meet up with you there.

[Brandon Mccaghren]

Brandon I can see if I have any quick clot at my house still incase if something does happen during comp. you can press that sucker on and il coagulate the wound quickly. Josh and I will be at the weigh ins on Friday and I'll try to meet up with you there.

That would be incredibly awesome. I'll take any help I can get! Thanks much!

[John Mejia]

No worries man just looking out. But good luck. Keep that wound covered.

[Eddie Bravo]

Brandon refusing staples so that he can compete? It's like a modern Rocky story