Long story short Jorge Gurgel could never remember my name and he thinks I look like Gabe Gonzaga. I asked a question and he said "You...Gabriel Gonzaga - that's right, you're Gonzaga from now on, you big bastard."
It stuck.
Now even the real Gabe Gonzaga knows that there is some guy in Canada named after him.
One guy called me Sadist, but it was because I could take a lot, not that I am a real smasher or anything. Basically, I could defend wrestlers from sidemount and half guard, until they gas or I swept or got guard, and then I attack. I don't know how that makes me a Sadist, lol.
My friends in wrestling call me 'The Wildcard' cuz some days I make the team win and some days I make them lose. Needless to say I'm the center of attention. Usually in a bad way...
guys at my BJJ gym call me Josh Barnett ... apparently there's a resemblance that I was unaware of
At my old boxing gym my coach used to call me Sunshine because he couldn't remember my name and I had really blonde hair from riding around in my jeep with no top in the summer in Athens, GA. Where is my time machine?
I have trouble with my balance sometimes when doing Muay Thai. So I would lose balance a fall a lot in the middle of striking without getting hit and my coach started calling me scooby doo. I didn't get it until I saw a thing of scooby doo running haha.
"Pantene". When I started training with my current coach I had long hair and his gf at the time made a comment that I had really like hair and that I must use pantene shampoo. My coach is horrible with names so he was like 'you, pantene, roll with x'. The name stuck. I use to hate it, but now I'm so accustomed to it. I've been announced in most of my mma fights with the nickname too.
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