The first full day of fight week is exhausting. I say this mostly because I woke up a little before 5am to catch my flight here this morning, and yet here I sit at 8:00 p.m. with the day not being close to over yet.
Open workouts were interesting. I’ve already filled you in on Frank Mir and Junior dos Santos, the headliners for Saturday’s big event. I had a lengthy chat with Frank shortly after I posted that update this afternoon; We talked about a ton of subjects, and I’ll have some notes from that for you later in the week.
Tomorrow is the press conference, right in the lobby of the MGM Grand. It’s open to fans, so if you’re in Las Vegas, you should make a point to stop by. UFC officials told me today that all ten heavyweights on the main card will be involved in the press conference. That doesn’t happen very often, and it should be an interesting one. You can watch the entire thing right here at Bleacher Report if you’re not here in Nevada, or if you have zero desire to brave the heat and the Strip to see it in person.
We’re doing a number of interesting things over the next 48 hours. You’ll be able to catch most of them on upcoming editions of The Ultimate Show with Kenda Perez. But please, by all means continue to stay tuned here. I’ll keep updating this fight week diary with what I hope are interesting news and anecdotes from what is sure to be an exhausting and awesome week in the Las Vegas sun.