6/26/09

Vote for Drew Dober

I stumbled along something while suffering the net and thought I would pass it along. Fight Magazine is having a contest to give one amateur fighter the "Full Time Fighter Experience." Basically the winner gets to spend a week in Las Vegas working out at Extreme Couture with trainer, Shawn Tompkins and getting to see what it's like to be a full time fighter. The contest has been narrowed down to four finalist and Drew Dober is one of them. For those you who don't know, Drew fights out of Omaha and trains at Mid-American Martial Arts. I don't claim to know Drew all that well, but I have met him a few times at the Best of the Best BJJ tournaments and he seems like a really nice guy and a heck of a fighter. He was involved in a great match with Tate this past weekend. Drew was up late in the match when Tate pulled off one of the coolest finishes I've seen, catching Drew in a knee bar with 20 seconds left in the match. Many guys probably would have been upset in that spot, but Drew showed himself to be great sport. From what I've seen and heard, he seems like a deserving person for this chance. Honestly after watching the videos and reading the bios, he seems like the one guy who would make the most of it. No offense to the other fighters up for the contest, as I'm sure they're all great fighters too, but Drew does have clearly the best resume. Moreover, he's by far the youngest guy at 20. Pretty much all the other guys are in there late 20s and if history shows us anything, it's that it's hard to make it to the big time as a pro if you don't get started young. Anyway if you want to vote for Drew or vote for any of the other fighters here is the link: www.fightmagazine.com/fighter/

5 comments:

Bradley said...

Nice work Tate!

Brent said...

just voted for him, Aaron.
that armbar on his highlight reel is slick!

DrewDober said...

Thank you I appreciate your guys' support.

Tate that was a hell of a kneebar way to display great mental toughness

Conan said...

I got my vote in for you, Drew. Good luck.

Wink said...

Got my vote - thanks for the roll at Best of the Best.