Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Throwndown Amatuer Fights

Sean, "though guy" Whalen decided he was going to do an MMA fight the other night at Throwdown. They had amatuer fight night before the UFC fights, and Sean just literally to a lot of peoples suprise said I'm in!
Let me just mention, he has had no training, and no experience what so ever.
He literally just showed up and wanted to fight.
Crazy Irish Man! It was a full blown MMA fight, 3, 3 minute rounds inside the cage. All they wore were these little gloves, and a mouth guard.


In the Zone... He was so focused and ready. We asked if he was nervous, and of course you could tell he was, but he kept saying "I just want to get in there and do this"!

Ready to Roll! Right before they called his name.
(Enough Vaseline?!)

Let the fight begin! He was matched up with another guy he had never met. They both weighed in, and then it was fight time!!
This is right after the ref stopped the fight. Sean TKO'd the guy in 55 seconds in the first round!! It was scary, but he was so excited to do this, and of course after winning, he was on top of the world!
The Trowdown guys helping him out, and congratulating after the fight.
TKO in first round! That is the guy he fought.
The guys at the gym were really supportive of Sean. He has been working out for months at Throwdown and wont stop talking about how much he loves the new workouts, and what he is learning.
On cloud 9 after the fight.
The Guys of course were all in attendance supporting Sean. Becasue it was a last minute deal, he feels bad becasue there were a lot more people he would have wanted to invite seeing this might be the one and only time he fights. I hope..... :)

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Holy cow, that's amazing! Way to go Sean. Both Peter and I are huge fans of UFC and cage fighting. Seriously call or email me if he decides to do this again. We'd love to come watch and support.
You're a much better wife than I am though to let him go through with it. I would have freaked out on Peter had he decided to do that. You're so supportive. Sean's lucky to have you in his corner. ;)

lramey said...

crazy irish man!

The Hokanson Family said...

No Way!!! I would have been so nervous, like I'm sure you probably were...That's awesome he won! Have a Happy New Year!

Marsha Lueck said...

Tough MAn!That is totally awesome, way to step out of the box into the box...Rock on!
Miss you! Happy New Years, wish we were closer

Kristen said...

OH. MY. GOSH.
i can't believe he did that!?! is he crazy? i love the pictures! thanks for sharing and giving me some ammo for some good teasing! lolol
how are you doing? i feel like it's been forever since i've seen you!

Emily Brimhall said...

crazy but friggin' awesome.:)

mary said...

holy tough guy!! Way to knock him out so fast!! My brother went to the fights that night to watch his boss (who lost) I told him to look for Sean, but he missed him. You must feel so protected with such a tough man around! :)

Mrs. Jones says said...

Hey! Just found your blog, so cute. Will be checkin in often! So great to see you all last week.