FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS WITH MY FAVORITE BROWN EYED YOUNGEST DAUGHTER AT THE MOHEGAN SUN CASINO & RESORT

YET ANOTHER FIGHT NIGHT YOU SAY? AGAIN AT MOHEGAN SUN, YOU SAY? WHAT, IT WAS ON ESPN 2'S FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS? THE SEATS WERE SO CLOSE YOU COULD SEE JIMITHEGREEK'S WHITE BASEBALL HAT ON TV? BLAH BLAH BLAH...WHAT THE DEUCE?? NOW, NOW THIS WAS A SPECIAL FATHER DAUGHTER NIGHT WITH MY FAVORITE 23 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. SHE DROVE DOWN FROM QUINCY. MASS (NO SHE IS NOT A REDSOX FAN!!) AND I DROVE UP FROM NYC. WE BOTH ARRIVED EARLY ENOUGH FOR DINNER. AFTER LOOKING ABOUT AND A FEW I DON'T CARE WHERE WE EAT, WE DECIDED TO DINE AT TODD ENGLISH'S TUSCANY. A SUPER CHOICE IF I SAY SO MYSELF. WE SHARED THE TUSCAN SALAD AND SOME MIGHTY TASTY RUSTIC SPICY MUSSELS IN TOMATO SAUCE. FOR DINDIN I HAD THE TUNA WITH VEAL AGNOLOTTI (FUNKY RAVIOLI!) AND DAUGHTER DEAR HAD THE CRAB-CRUSTED HALIBUT WITH ARTICHOKE SMEAR, BABY CARROTS, SALSIFY & CITRUS BURRO FUSSO? WHO WRITES THIS MENU STUFF? I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT GETTING THE SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS, BUT I COULD NOT BRING MYSELF TO PAY SIXTEEN SMACKEROOS FOR "HANDCRAFTED" MEATBALLS & PASTA! AREN'T ALL MEATBALLS HANDMADE? ANYWAY THE MEAL WAS INDEED FABULOUS, ALTHOUGH I WAS PRAYING THAT THE TWO STRANGELINGS NEXT TO US WOULD NOT TRY AND HAVE A CONVERSATION OR ANY CONTACT WITH US. LUCKILY NO EYE CONTACT OR ANY CONTACT AT ALL AND THEY WENT OFF TO BOARD THE SPACESHIP! NO ROOM FOR DESERT...ON TO THE FIGHTS!

WELL NOT EXACTLY ......... YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF JIMITHEGREEK WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO GAMBLE. I EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS EASY, JUST THROW YOUR MONEY OUT THE WINDOW AND YOU GET THE SAME RESULTS!!! ANYWAY YOU KNOW THESE KIDS NOWADAYS, THEY NEVER LISTEN!, JUST KIDDING YA'LL!


SO WE GO PLAY SOME WHEEL OF FORTUNE SLOTS AND GUESS WHAT? NOW WE DID NOT WIN THE BIG BONUS, BUT I DID WIN ABOUT A HUNDRED BUCKS ON THE QUARTER SLOTS. AFTER CASHING IN OUR FORTUNE WE WANDERED ABOUT WITH ME IMPARTING MY INFINITE GAMBLING WISDOM AND TIPS. (HOPEFULLY NOTHING STUCK) WE STOPPED BY A ROULETTE TABLE AND I WAS EXPLAINING HOW THE BETS ARE MADE AND THE ODDS ETC. THERE WAS A WOMAN SITTING THERE WAITING FOR THE TABLE TO OPEN AND I JOKED THAT I WAS TEACHING / CORRUPTING MY DAUGHTER. THE LADY KINDA HUFFED AND SNEERED AT ME!! THE FRIGGIN COW WASN'T ACTUALLY AT CHURCH HERSELF WAS SHE!!! OK , NOW WE GO TO THE FIGHTS...............

LOW & BEHOLD, WE GOTS SOME RINGSIDE SEATS, ABOUT CINCO ROWS FROM THE RING. WE BE LIKE SOME VIPS. THE SEATS WERE MEGA GOOD. OF COURSE I SAT NEXT TO THE FAT DRUNK WHO KEPT STUMBLING UP TO GET A BEER OR GO TO THE FAT DRUNKS ROOM. OTHER THAN THAT THE FIGHTS WERE PRETTY GREAT. LETS GO RIGHT TO THE FEATURED FIGHT OF THE NIGHT. MATT "TOO SMOOTH" GODFREY VS FELIX "BAD NEWS" CORA. YEAH IT WAS BAD NEWS FOR CORA ALL RIGHT. HE GOT WHIPPED AROUND, BEATEN LIKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF EGGS IN A BAKERY AND WAS KNOCKED OUT IN THE SECOND ROUND. LET ME TELL YOU WHEN A CRUISERWEIGHT HITS THE CANVAS HARD, ITS LOUD!

THE CO-FEATURE OF THE EVENING WAS LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS ISRAEL "PITO" CARDONA VS JUAN MANUEL "BUENA VISTA" BUENDIA. THIS WAS A NON STOP 8 ROUNDER THAT WENT UNANIMOUSLY TO BUENDIA. CARDONA WAS GAME BUT JUAN MANUEL WAS TOO FAST & STRONG FOR HIM. WE ALSO SAW THE BIG BOYS, HEAVYWEIGHTS JASON "BIG SIX" ESTRADA VS ZACH PAGE. I THINK PAGE'S NICKNAME SHOULD BE "BIG CAN", AS IN TOMATO CAN! THIS WAS BASICALLY ESTRADA LUMBERING AROUND THE RING TRYING TO CATCH AND HIT THE TOMATO CAN. THE MINUTE "BIG SIX" GETS IN THERE WITH ANYONE BIG WITH SKILLS, HE WILL GO DOWN HARD. THE MOST ENTERTAINING FIGHT ON THE UNDER CARD WAS THE TWO LADIES GOING AT IT. ADDY IRIZARRY WAS THE LOCAL FAVORITE FROM HARTFORD,CT VS ELLA NUNEZ FROM JAMESTOWN, NY. WOW , THIS FIGHT WAS NON-STOP ACTION FROM THE GET GO TO THE END OF THE FOURTH ROUND. ME AND THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WERE BOTH A BIT AFRAID OF THESE TWO GALS. THEY WERE FIERCE AND THE NY GAL WON A WELL DESERVED DECISION.

ANYWAYS IT TOOK ME AWHILE TO"BLOG" IT BUT I KNEW I WOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER A GREAT AND VERY SPECIAL EVENING FOR ME WITH MY FAVORITE BROWN EYED YOUNGEST DAUGHTER AT THE MOHEGAN SUN CASINO & RESORT.