I’m getting all warmed up for the Art of Blogging for Business Seminar on Monday (follow it on twitter with this hashtag: #artofblogs).

It started yesterday when Ken McCarthy and Ben Moskel arrived a day earlier than I expected from New York. This put me a little behind on finishing writing the seminar because we all had to go and watch Lloyd Irvin’s man Brandon Vera weigh-in for the World Championship UFC fight on Saturday night at the MEN Arena in Manchester. If you don’t know anything about UFC or have never heard of Brandon, check this out:

It’s all new to me too, but I’ll be ringside tonight watching all the action.

Here’s a shot of the weigh-in I got on the iPhone from the Gods:

And here’s Ben and Ken in a rainy Manchester photo:

And here’s Brandon being mobbed in the hotel lobby:

Lloyd Irvin is someone I met a few years ago in Chicago. What an extraordinary man. Apart from being a world champ himself and running Team Lloyd Irvin, he’s also an amazing internet marketer and I’m very happy that he’s coming to the seminar on Monday along with affiliate rockstar, Greg Davis, who’s also flown all the way from Maryland to be here in little ol’ Manchester.

Despite knowing nothing about UFC, it was a real buzz meeting Brandon. A real gentleman. You’re gonna win it tonight Brandon!

We had a few drinks after the weigh-in and discussed IM over my favourite drink, Zubrowka bison grass vodka, which I had great pleasure introducing my American friends to. If you’ve never tried it, get it with freshly pressed apple juice and a sprig on mint over ice. Delicious.

I know that as soon as it got to the point that Lloyd got me doing 10 press-ups in the bar for uttering a secret word accidentally, it was time for us to go home