Victory in Defeat

**ruptureclothing** · Posted On: 2/14/2010 8:11pm

Everyone,

Thought you might find this article (and the pics that accompany it) interesting. Josh Calvo, one of the most talented fighters I've ever seen, wore the Bullshido gear proudly in the cage. I'll post the first three paragraphs and the pics, as not to infect the site with a novel :). Feel free to click the link to read the rest.

Cheers,

Nick

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It’s not often I actually get to see one of our fighters fight in person. I have an awful fear of flying and hate smoke and noise, which explains why Las Vegas is my least favorite city in the world. So I don’t miss a chance to go to the local shows to see our fighters, especially Josh Calvo. At barely 21 years of age, his game is simply on another level. It’s scary to think where he could be 3-4 years from now.

The event is at a beautiful casino about 30 minutes from my house. I’m flying solo, since our videographer is sick, and carrying a bunch of equipment I know very little about. After the usual “I have no idea where your all-access pass is”, someone eventually finds it and I head to the locker room. On the way there, local vendors display their gear – lots of aggressive names with demonic goth designs that somehow manage to blend rhinestones and dragons on what appear to be menswear. One booth has an actual plastic skull with eyes that light up. I shake my head and move on.

I get to the locker rooms and find my way to the red corner. Josh is taking a nap and I feel bad about waking him up. He gets up and greets me with a hug and a smile. I’ve never seen this kid sad. He’s in the co-main event, but he doesn’t really seem to care. We chat about Guam (where he’s from) and his training. He’s fighting up in weight class, and fighting a kid that won in Strikeforce, seven years his elder. His MMA coach had told me they are looking for tougher fights for him, since he’s been steamrolling the opposition.

Rest of article

**ruptureclothing** · Posted On: 2/14/2010 8:12pm

And some pics.

Before the fight:

After:

**The Question** · Posted On: 2/14/2010 8:39pm

That is the fucking ****
Young fighters, I love every fucking bit
Sometimes you miss, sometimes you fucking hit
You still gotta *play* the game like it's a fucking skit

Damn. My rhymes is getting better.

Good article, man. This is really why I love MMA and combat sports in general and **** like that. Cats really get to show their spirit.

***jnp*** · Posted On: 2/14/2010 10:10pm

That was a very well written article Nick. That's a nice shirt as well.

I'm thinking I need to buy it to go along with my Rupture shorts, which kick ass by the way.

**ruptureclothing** · Posted On: 2/14/2010 11:49pm

This is the first real blog I've written about our company - or anything, really. I'll keep the Inside Rupture section going for stuff like that. I'm glad you guys enjoyed the article.

I felt this was appropriate to post here, since Josh walked out in our shorts as well as Rupture/Bullshido shirts. In the future, if another blog post references Bullshido in any way, I'll cross-post it. Everyone in Josh's corner knew of Bullshido, which I thought was pretty cool.

This fight makes Josh 1-1 as a professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter. To be that gifted, and 21 years old, is truly something. The fight could have gone either way and judges often sway to the guy on top. Unless he gets hurt, or something seriously derails his career, this kid will fight for a major title in a few years.