So I really have to remember to be more timely with these blog posts or this happens. So I was waiting to post this one before Cathilee "Cat" Zingano had her fight against Rhonda Rousey, but I guess it is better late than never. 

I had the opportunity to hang out with Cat Zingano while she was preparing for her fight against Rhonda Rousey at a local gym in Denver and for the first time hanging around a MMA gym it was pretty awesome. But over the blood and the sweat the story of Cat is what stole the show for me. Like Cat started kickboxing to lose weight after her son was born 8 years ago. Like that's insane that she went from "Oh this is just fun" to "I am fighting for a UFC title and headlining a PPV" in less than a decade. It was like the strangest evolution ever. Other than that she was like super down to earth and just really looking at it just as a sport and not like a kill or be killed scenario which I always imagined was UFC. 

But now knowing the outcome of the fight, it sucks that she didn't spark a comeback or actually make it through the first round, but I think she has a little more fight left in her. So I expect to be dropping in on another of her practices in the near future. 

Air Academy's Peter Tyler Hanenberg gets locked into a hold in the final seconds of the match against Discovery Canyon's Sam Turner in the 4A 132 pounds finals during the Colorado High School State Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

So I spent last week at my first trip to Colorado State Wrestling. It was pretty intense to say the least. Wasn't as crazy I have seen the Midwest get towards high school sports, but still great as always. So here a few of the victory and defeat photos from the weekend. 

Monte Vista's Moises Juarez tries to get over his loss in the hallways after his match during the Colorado High School State Wrestling Tournament on Fridday, February 20, 2015 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

Rocky Ford's Jeremy Fraser takes down Paonia's Jesse Reed in the finals of the 2A 126 pounds match during the Colorado High School State Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

Durango's Matthew Lavengod tackles Thompson Valley's Thad Kazakov in the finals of the Class 4A 120 pounds match during the Colorado High School State Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

Paonia's Jesse Reed celebrates after winning his fourth state title during the Colorado High School State Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

Fort Morgan's Alex Mai and Thompson Valley's David Eusea hug at the end of their match during the Colorado High School State Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

Rocky Ford's Nate Finnell fries to break the hold of Fleming's Levi Davis during the Colorado High School State Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

Rocky Ford coach Mike Jurney celebrates with assistant coach Josh Jurney after Nate Finnell won the Class 2A 220 pounds division during the Colorado High School State Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

Apparently The Post is just running me across the gamut to kind of see how I handle assignments across the board and I am guessing that this was the week of food. In the last seven days I have shot three food assignments that range from French, Italian and some amazing Cuban food, which after 30 minutes of staring at it, I couldn't leave without buying a plate. Now the thing about shooting food, it's something that I enjoy doing, but I also haven't done it in over two years and ever then it was with a set of Speedlites that were triggered by Nikon CLS, which if you know Nikon they are nowhere close to the reliability of Pocketwizards. Anyways, it was great to get my sea legs back for shooting food even though I feel like my studio teachers at Columbia would turn over in their cages if they saw my lighting. So here are a few takes from my week of food. Also, I want to let Mike Zajakowski know that I can't shoot food anymore without hearing your advice ringing in my head.