jaykool777
Location: Bakersfield, CA | Member since May 19, 2011 | Name: Jay Kool ---- lead singer/lead guitarist of RIDIKULE, lead singer/bass guitarist of BOXJUMPER | jabberjaw7160@yahoo.com
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"Keep it punk rock!!!!"
I've been a fan of all martial arts since I was 7 years old. Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee, and Allan Tackett were my first martial arts heros. In fact Allan Tackett was my karate sensei from the time I was 13 until I was 15. I was also took up boxing with the YMCA. My favorite boxers when I was a kid were "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, Gerry Cooney, Ruben Castillo, and Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini.
When I was 15 I started studying Tae Kwon Do. I also started wrestling in high school at around the same age. My high school wrestling record is nothing to brag about, but I learned a lot and enjoyed the competition both in wrestling tourneys and martial arts tourneys. I never won any trophys, and I probably got my ass kicked more often than not, but I always enjoyed the honor of competing.
When I was 19 years old I was turned on to a style of martial arts that forever changed my life. I watched the very first Ultimate Fighting Championship where I saw Royce Gracie beat all comers, by fighting on the ground and off of his back forcing his opponents to tapout due the risk of bones being broken or being choked unconscious. I found a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor who was a black belt in Machado Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and well the rest is history.
I don't compete anymore (not that I was ever any good when I did), but I very much enjoy the sport that MMA has grown to become today. I make a serious effort to never miss MMA events put on by such promotions as UFC, Strikeforce, DREAM, and Bellator. When PRIDE was in existence, I never missed an event of those either.
My favorite fighters currently are Anderson Silva, BJ Penn, Nick Diaz, and Junior Dos Santos. The only fighters that I really don't care for, and have never cared for are GSP, Allistair Overeem, Chuck LIddell, Tim Sylvia, Diego Sanchez, and Jaime Varner. My all time favorite fighters would have to be Bas Rutten and Rickson Gracie with Matt Hughes and Randy Couture coming a very close 2nd. Some of my favorite fights are Ortiz/F. Shamrock, Bas/F. Shamrock (any of them, even the one Bas lost), Couture/Liddell I, Rampage/Liddell II, and Wandy/Liddell.
I'm also a musician with 2 bands that play punk rock and hardcore. Music is my #1 passion with MMA a very close 2nd. Any other questions, feel free to ask. Keep it punk rock!!!!
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| Ricardo Palacios vs. Adrian Vallejo | correct Palacios correct KO/TKO Round 1 | 50 | ||
| Hilario Compean vs. David Salazar | correct Compean correct Submission correct Round 1 | 100 | ||
| Jerry Stuart vs. Ramon Dianas | wrong Dianas KO/TKO Round 1 | |||
| Enrique Arellano vs. Michael Martinez | wrong Martinez KO/TKO Round 1 | |||
| Joel Pena vs. Israel Martinez | wrong Martinez Decision | |||
| Michael Saucedo vs. Daniel De La Rosa | wrong De La Rosa Submission Round 1 | |||
| Keman Jackson vs. Derek Smith | correct Jackson correct Decision | 75 | ||
| Ian Brofsky vs. Sean Olivieri | wrong Olivieri Decision | |||
| Kris Gratalo vs. Paul McDonough | correct Gratalo KO/TKO Round 1 | 50 | ||
| Jeremiah Wells vs. Dennis Maldonado | wrong Maldonado KO/TKO Round 1 | |||
| Adam Atiyeh vs. Luis Payano | wrong Payano KO/TKO Round 1 | |||
| Michael Zola vs. Billy Magliane | correct Zola KO/TKO Round 1 | 50 |
poir420 | 01.17.2012 8:58 AM
Do you think you could fill out this ranking? http://www.tapology.com/rankings/84-fighter-you-would-most-like-to-hang-out-with trying to get the award for 50 contributors!
theMMAmessiah | 02.12.2012 3:27 PM
thanks man! and that's what I thought too lol that's why I changed it. We are whipping ass in the MVP league as well keep it up!
wolfmanhowl | 02.12.2012 8:43 PM
your team is good. i kinda like being second. snatch first place at the 50 week mark. :- } good luck. hope your music career is going well.
jaykool777 | 02.16.2012 1:12 AM
My music has taken a backseat for now, because I'm working at Intel in Hillsboro, Oregon. As soon as I finish this job and get a little money set aside, I'll go back home, and get things back on track with the band. I wouldn't be surprised to see the lead change hands 20 or 30 times. There's 52 weeks in the year, and we've only done 6 weeks so far. My hope is, that we keep the lead all year and win the whole thing, but that just might be a pipe dream, but hey, stranger things have happened. Hell, Matt Serra was the UFC WW Champion, and Forrest Griffin submitted Shogun, so that proves that anything is possible.
wolfmanhowl | 02.16.2012 1:45 AM
hillsboro suburb of portland. intel, microchip company. sounds good. its just a friendly rivalry. i actaully want to expand to 10 memebers but have been outvoted. i already got the two i want. good luck this weekend.
theMMAmessiah | 02.16.2012 2:15 AM
what's up jay, I know you have stated you want to keep the same team all year but with these new members if we want to keep our lead we might want to be open to the idea. daguentha makes all the picks, but he really isn't very good at all, and ronin has been in last place for our team all year long and has missed more than a couple events, there is one super good member out there I don't think people have realized yet that I really want, but figured since you still are the actual captain, that I would consult with you first.
theMMAmessiah | 02.16.2012 11:43 PM
I talked to Lone Ronin, he's definitely cool with his spot. And there was one new guy who has finished top 10 2 weeks in a row and he was the only reason I wanted to drop somebody, but he said he will be without internet access here soon so he's out anyway. We have been winning the whole time, I don't see it stopping!
wolfmanhowl | 02.17.2012 1:58 AM
i meant expand to 12 players. i got mixed up. 8 teams , 10 players. i was thinking 10 teams, 8 players. you have a smart guy in messiah. i'm sure he has a couple of people he could discuss with you. won't happent till march. good luck this weekend.
theMMAmessiah | 02.17.2012 4:33 PM
Hey so daguentha missed last night's event and as of right now has no upcoming picks on his profile. If he doesn't make any we will drop from 1st place for the 1st time all year. I know you said you'd struggle with dropping someone but just an argument for it is that I was the one who drafted him, he doesn't participate on the forums, he hasn't even commented in the thread but maybe once to my knowledge, and he has one of the worst %'s on the site. I just drafted him because I knew he made all the picks, but now there are so many more people out there that are better I think we would be doing our team a disservice by not improving like Wolf, Swick, and Soccer have with their teams. If you allow it I think I could come up with a good list of replacements that we could go over, get back to me.
WishIsHere | 02.19.2012 5:47 PM
Hey Jaykool, while it's fun doing the team thing after next week I'm probably going to be shaky on being able to pick. I'm going some changes for the good and bad at the moment so you probably will want to pick someone else up instead of me. I'd rather I let you know instead of everyone being confused about the picking being sporadic. Once I'm able to sort out the issues and get my shit back together I'll let you or MMAMessiah know first in case you guys would want to pick me back up first.
theMMAmessiah | 02.20.2012 7:37 PM
Hey so whenever you get on I need you to check the threads to catch up on what is going on, we have implemented a co-captain feature and have appointed myself as ours, so if you if you are online I'd definitely prefer to discuss with you our picks, but if not I will make great picks and you can trust me.
theMMAmessiah | 04.10.2012 1:11 PM
Hey bro, just want to make sure with this huge week coming up that all our members get in all their picks, and also do a couple cards a day so as to be able to research them all, get back to me and let me know you plan on getting all those picks in, this is a HUGE week! Good luck.
AnikM | 05.05.2012 2:23 PM
http://www.tapology.com/forum/open/255600-THE_GREATEST_TAPOLOGIST_EVER__THE_FIRST_ROUND
joe kerr | 05.06.2012 11:46 PM
Thanks for the links! I'll definitely check them out and let you know! Glad you liked the thread, I wasn't sure if people would like it, but apparently it's quite popular. I'll update it soon, too.
theMMAmessiah | 05.20.2012 11:13 PM
Hey bro, how far are you into your 4th stripe if you don't mind me asking. You are next on my hit list and the last before I become a first pager, I must know.
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