UFC 53: Heavy Hitters

Team Kombat members Lenny Wang, Tim Lin (where have you been?) and Gil Mesina headed to Atlantic City in June 2005 to catch UFC53. There was a bit of trouble getting to their initial destination, Philadelphia, because of bad weather. Fortunately, the trio have acquired some good people skills at the Kombat Arts Training Academy and convinced the Air Canada ticket agent to re-book them to New York. So first stop: Manhattan.

Uh Oh, Tim getting beer on the plane	Tim take it easy on the beer...	Yes we're of age
Tim, we said take it easy!	Tim, smile with Vic for a sec	Okay go back to sleep.

Next Stop: Atlantic City.

The Tropicana Hotel	Havana Towers	Path to the casino
Cuba Libre!	Lenny with his mojito	Gil trying to be as cool as Lenny

The UFC Event!

The Octagon	Gil and Leny waiting for the event to start	Shonie "Mr. International" Carter
Shonie and Nate squaring up	Nate backing Shonie up	Bill Mahood psyching himself up
Bill Mahood vs Forrest Griffin	Franklin and Tanner start off	Rich catching Evan with a high kick
Evan's face taking a toll	Karo Parisyan vs Matt Serra: Judo vs BJJ	Clinch! Judo Throw him Karo!!!
UFC Heavyweight Champ: Andrei Arlovski	Andrei stalking Justin	The end is near for Justin

Post UFC Partying

Vodka shots at the Red Room	Trying to look sober	Joe, Jeff and Vic at Cuba Libre
It's official: Gil is a dancer not a fighter	Gil stop trying too hard	Gil takes salsa way too seriously.