{"id":3213,"date":"2013-03-24T08:48:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T14:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/?p=3213"},"modified":"2013-03-24T08:53:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T14:53:58","slug":"im-going-to-tuf-18-try-outs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/2013\/03\/24\/im-going-to-tuf-18-try-outs\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m going to TUF 18 try outs!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    I\u2019m going to Vegas!  I\u2019ve always wanted to go to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019ve decided to go to The Ultimate Fighter try outs.  At first, a fan-friend on Twitter linked me, saying \u201cAre you getting ready for the TUF tryouts?\u201d I thought he was joking.  Then my arch rival and best female fighter friend Tara LaRosa Tweeted something about Joe Rogan\u2019s reaction to females in TUF, and I thought, \u201cWait, what?!?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crazy! It\u2019s awesome crazy!  I\u2019m so excited the UFC is making TUF with women!<br \/>\nBut should I actually go?  Can I leave my job for six weeks?  Probably not?  Should I quit my job? No?! Leave Japan? What should I do? GAH!<\/p>\n<p>My brain was spinning.  My dream was to be the first female fighter in the UFC.  That didn\u2019t happen.  This may be a new dream come true: become the first ultimate fighter!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Roxy-kamehameha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Roxy-kamehameha.jpg\" alt=\"Roxy kamehameha\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3214\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Return to 135 lbs.  Go to try-outs and try to get into the house.  I talked to my boss.  He told me to go to try outs and we\u2019ll take it from there.  I love my boss.  I might not love him after he tells me I can\u2019t take two months leave of absence, but we\u2019ll see. I have to be selected first. I will be! I must be! POSITIVE THINkING! PICK MEEE!  Who knows how many women are going?  There&#8217;s only one weight division.  I bet you that we&#8217;ll have big women trying to cut down, and smaller women coming up.<\/p>\n<p>I watched Roundup Roundup and Kristin was talking about the women she\u2019d like to see on the TUF.  She posted these pics of these REALLY BIG MUSCULAR WOMEN, and I\u2019m like @__@; daaaaamn.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5dd8DjkkUjk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I have to believe in myself.  I have skill.  I haven\u2019t been doing well lately in my career.  I want to get back on the winning streak.  This is my big chance.  I have to get vacation from work, fly all the way from Japan, but I\u2019d hate myself if I didn\u2019t try it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pic-by-keith-mills.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pic-by-keith-mills.jpg\" alt=\"pic by keith mills\" width=\"288\" height=\"432\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3215\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so excited. It&#8217;s all I can think about from the moment I wake up to the minute I go to sleep.  My teammate Steve is going, too!  GroundSlam gaikokujin-bu!  My mom encouraged me to go to try outs.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll do my best ! I&#8217;m not the most beautiful fighter ever&#8230;. I refuse to wear make up to the interview.  I don&#8217;t wanna pose shirt-less.  \ud83d\ude41 I hope they still like me! \ud83d\ude00 <\/p>\n<p>They will!  I know it!  I&#8217;ll make them like me!  I&#8217;ll charm their socks off! \ud83d\ude00 Should I wear my crocodile ones? XD hahaha <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m going to Vegas! I\u2019ve always wanted to go to Las Vegas. So I\u2019ve decided to go to The Ultimate Fighter try outs. At first, a fan-friend on Twitter linked me, saying \u201cAre you getting ready for the TUF tryouts?\u201d I thought he was joking. 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