Gymdb Blog

A couple more fixes and improvements here and there have been made to the gymdb.

• Bug Fix: Area code only worked for numerical values.
• Bug Fix: Gym logo breaking when uppercase characters were in filename.
• Bug Fix: Creating gyms would fail if “Gym Tags” (gymdb addresses) were not unique, now it auto appends “-1″ to the gymdb address
• Improvement: Added “Admin” flag to members, so any selected can manage listing, instead of hard coding it to owners / web-masters.
• Improvement: Added “secret hash” to invite system. So invites aren’t tied to email addresses and can only be used once for added security.
• Improvement: Second gym email address field.
• Visual Improvement: Gym manager hides long content and makes it expandable/collapsible to save space.
• Bug Fix: Smoothed the profile viewer out and made it a touch more visually pleasing

Much more coming

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After BJ’s systematic dismantling of Juggernaut Sean Sherk last weekend, I started thinking. Why is BJ Penn actually so good? He couldn’t possibly look less impressive from the outset, combining baldness with a “soft looking exterior” (allegedly from his lack of dieting).

My guestimations?

• the guy is dripping with talent and natural ability.
• His flexibility is legendary
• He is incredibly smart
• Has a chin of granite from that soccer-ball sized head of his.

Since his recent indications of taking the sport more seriously I think we’re going to see a fighter thats nigh unstoppable.

Hate or love the guy, he is all at once good for Mixed Martial Arts, a damn good fighter and entertaining as hell. Despite my personal dislike of him due to his blatant arrogance and conceited nature I will most certainly be watching all his fights in the future.

My thoughts on his future; BJ is a risk taker, I see him wanting to stroke that gargantuan ego of his by putting his name in the history books as first fighter in UFC history to hold “two belts in two weight divisions at the same time” by shifting up a weight division to tackle GSP at Welterweight, a fight which in my opinion he will probably loose, again.

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With most of the talent having already vacated Chuteboxe and Brazilian Top Team, the future of these mma powerhouses already hung in the balance.

Thiago Silva, an up-and-coming professional UFC fighter with a record of 13-0, was ChuteBoxe’s last hope, however I see now he too has left and is training at American Top Team, which is fast establishing itself as the new talent pool for mma.

On Brazilian Top Teams side - the last shred of skill they have left; Ricardo Arona has expressed interest in starting up his own gym and leaving BTT.

I hate to say it, but these once proud mma machines are now receding to mere shells of their former selves and I doubt they will ever be the same again.

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Since the last (8 second!) KO loss to James Irvin, where to now for Houston?

The guy has some great stand-up and plenty of natural athleticism, but he was for sure over whelmed by some of the guys he has fought.

If he really wishes to contend and be among the best right now he needs to get serious with his grappling and wrestling, find himself a proper mma gym with solid wrestling and bjj (maybe he should use the gymdb :P) and garner experience against the lower-end competition. I doubt the UFC would completely drop him, as he is an exciting fighter, but they may have no choice if he continues with his loosing streak.

For now though I see him making some appearances at a few UFC fight nights. I always had a soft spot for this dude, being a single dad with six children cannot be easy.

Also Houston is not exactly the youngest guy at age 37, Perhaps he has had his 15 minutes of fame, and now he’ll be seen meandering around the occasional UFC Fight Night?

Links:
Houstons MMA record
Houston on Wikipedia

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There is pretty much no-one in the welterweight division who can touch GSP currently.

Jon Fitch perhaps has a small shot, but if things go as I am pretty sure they will go, GSP is going to dominate.
GSP’s wrestling, strength, conditioning and submissions are too much for him.

Now I know immediate retort is “GSP vs Serra #1″, where GSP was (T)KO’ed, lucky or not, this in fact, only fuels my argument. If nothing else it as a wake up to GSP. He has been far more tactical and careful since then and learned a lot from that.

GSP is young and incredibly so is only going to improve even more…

I think we are witnessing the next “Matt Hughes reign” here. I see Georges as champ, atop the pile for a long, long time to come. Unless he decides to move up in weight to middleweight - but that’s another post for another time.

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Thanks to the helpful lot over at the Sherdog forums the sites already seen a few submissions and registrations :), after tinkering around in my spare time for months, the wheels have been set in motion and the site’s officially been launched in Beta!

A number kinks have also been smoothed out, thanks to everyone for pointing them out:

1. Addition: Added area code to gym listings. Also made it searchable.
2. Addition: Improved Class times addition by adding a gui calendar to easily select class schedules.
3. Bug Fix: Users cannot “orphan” themselves when moving membership type, or deleting lone admin members.
4. Bug Fix: Initial “0″ was sometimes missing in the class times.
5. Bug Fix: Odd and ends incl miscellaneous aesthetic stuff

Upcoming Features: Find gyms using Google Maps, private messaging, graphical view for gym calendar (schedules/classes), gym member newsletters and broadcasting, gym news and events and MUCH MORE!

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