Issue 014
June 2010
22-yr old Ulysses Gomez is an amateur fighter from Las Vegas. A stand out of grappling competitions throughout the US, he is a member of and assistant coach at Team Cobra Kai, the jiu-jitsu powerhouse headed up by supercoach Marc Laimon. Gomez has numerous grappling achievements to his name, and has competed in amateur MMA and boxing. He plans to make his professional debut soon.?
What is your favourite website?
Hard to say, maybe MySpace
What website do you visit the most?
Probably MySpace.com, but there are other sites that I visit almost daily for info, like mma.tv, jiujitsugear.com, and pitbullforum.com
What is the strangest fan email you’ve ever received?
HA! I didn’t know I had any fans.
What kind of music have you got on your ipod/ CD Player?
Usually Rap, some R&B, and motivational stuff like Tony Robbins
And what kind of tunes do you blast with you’re cruising with your windows down?
Depends on my mood and who’s in the car with me, but usually rap.
Your favourite band invites you on stage to sing a song of your choice- who are they and what would it be?
Favourite band, usually only R&B groups are bands and I don’t sing R&B. It would ruin my rep!
If you could pick a theme song for your life, what would it be?
Clint Eastwood by the Gorillaz.
What do you do when you’re not punching people in the face?
I take care of my pup, teach the kids classes at our gym, and try to get my degree. I watch tons of movies and I try to read a book a week.
Tell us a fact about yourself that no one else knows.
I’ve mastered the deadly art of REX KWON DO! That and I think of ideas for screenplays in my spare time.
What would you put in your refrigerator if “Cribs” was coming round?
HA! I don’t own a fridge! We have a guesthouse that I live in, it has a kitchen but no fridge. I have to go to the main house to cook my food. No, I’m not rich!
You just won the world championship title in your weight division- describe your ultimate after-party.
If I won a world championship, I would definitely not remember what my after party was like.
What is the best fight you’ve ever seen?
Boxing-wise probably Corrales and Castillo or Gatti and Ward. MMA there are too many to list, I like certain ones for various reasons. (Minotauro vs Sapp, Shonie Carter vs Matt Serra, Stephan Bonnar vs Forrest Griffin, Tito Ortiz vs Frank Shamrock)
You’ve got a bottomless pot of money and the pick of any fighter in the world- what fight would you match make and why?
Rickson vs Mino, I think that would be an interesting fight style-wise or maybe Kid Yamamoto vs Jens Pulver cause I think that would be a killer 145lbs fight!
What the best thing that’s happened to you since being a fighter?
I’ve meet cool people and got to travel, no groupies though. Not yet at least!
Of all the professional fighters you’ve met, who stands out the most?
Eric Pele is one of my good friends, almost all the fighters I’ve met were super cool. Lee Murray kinda scared me cause he didn’t talk much. But they were all pretty cool.
If you could choose anyone at all, living or dead, what celebrity or well-known person would you have a coffee or a beer with?
It's hard to just pick one, living- maybe Ali or Tyson, dead- maybe Jesus. I’m not religious but I think it would be cool to see what all the hype was about. I know I’m probably going to hell for saying the last part.
What kind of car do you drive?
Land Rover, no rims though…
If you were elected president, what kind of scandal about you would come out and bring down your administration?
I would never be elected president. A Mexican president of the US? What is the world coming to?
You’re strapped into a chair ‘Clockwork Orange’ style and forced to watch the same movie over and over. Which one would it be?
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, I LOVE that movie.
What’s your favourite quote?
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering. If there is a purpose in life at all, there must be a purpose in suffering and dying. But no man can tell another what this purpose is. Each must find out for himself, and must accept the responsibility that his answer prescribes. If he succeeds he will continue to grow in spite of all indignities.” - Viktor Frankl
“My mother said to me, ‘ If you become a soldier you’ll be a general; if you become a monk, you’ll end up as the Pope.” Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.” - Pablo Picasso
Ulysses would like to thank his sponsors www.grapplers.com, www.ouano.com, and JOE RICE from BITE ME mouth guards
