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I’ve been blessed to travel all over the United State to different shows and to breeders kennels and I always ask peeps, “Let me ask you a question… Do you do this as a hobby or a business?” 90% of the peeps out there say they do it as a hobby. Most Def, how can you call something your passionate about a business or work? I completely understand but I also know that this is the United States of America where immigrants come here from all over the world with the dream to have a better life for them and their families. So this is what I have to share with my brothers and sisters out there. Whatever it is you want to do in this life time, handle it! Take action and don’t let anyone stop you from putting food on your families table and living the American Dream! You can have whatever your mind imagines! You can be the person you always imagined yourself to be. I have met many people in the scene that simply do dogs and have created: a system, marketing plan, and ultimately a business! We created the BullyLeague DoggieDawg Classifieds to help you; the professional breeder and the showmen a system of distribution and marketing machine to help you promote your business. We want to be a vehicle to help you & your family go on that overdue vacation, create an extra income to change area codes, upgrade that whip, and have fun. Remember this… Mc’ie Dees don’t need to advertise but they do. Availability, create a celebrity status for your studs & bitches; be easily found and accessible. We want your success but you have to want it more than we want it for you. So advertise, if not here, start somewhere. But get’er done!
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“celebration of the american bully” -- sat july 03 In a society where so many people purchase material objects to showcase toughness, the American Pit Bull Terrier and American Bully are two of the more popular “don’t mess with me” show pieces. In the case of Anthony Rumble Johnson there is no need for a dog or anything else to show the world how much of a man he is. Watch one of his many UFC knockouts on YouTube and you can see that AJ is far from an internet tough guy. Growing up in the South, Anthony grew up surrounded by Athletics, dominating in Wrestling and Football; he earned an athletic scholarship to attend Lassen College, in California. The other love of Johnson’s life was dogs, in particular the American Pit Bull Terrier. The loyalty, athleticism, and never quit attitude where characteristics that he also implored in his life. After years of wrestling, one day in California a neighbor asked him to come to his fathers gym and check out MMA, well from that moment on AJ was hooked and a mere casual check it out visit turned into one of the most promising MMA careers to date. Anthony has the size, speed, endurance, and power which makes him a pound for pound beast in the Octagon of the UFC, and mixed martial arts as a whole. Ruthless knock By Irene “Bullylicious” Raigoza outs by hand or foot have put Rumble on a short list of top MMA contenders. Coined the Evolution by myself and others due to his sheer size in his weight division, AJ has the potential to change the build of fighters his class. Anthony’s breed of choice has also gone through a type of evolution. The American Bully is bigger and has more substance than its predecessors, the look is often viewed as intimidating or threatening, but unlike AJ, American Bullies don’t get down in a Octagon, Ring or Pit for that matter, and if you Ask Rumble he is just fine with that. It was through his love for the American Pit Bull Terrier, that he developed a love for the American Bully, their bully frames, blocky heads and the huge events in Southern California have intrigued AJ and he is often seen at Bully shows, when he is not training for an upcoming Pay Per View bout. I sat down with the man himself to find out why he has such a love for the American Bully and the Bully lifestyle. IBR- Well bro it’s been awhile! And you have been busy bro! I read MMA magazines and see you all over the place then, I surf Bully forums and I see picture after picture of you at Bully shows. You must have a twin or be two people because you are everywhere man! How do you manage both? AJ- I don’t know, I can’t explain how I do it. I have a love for them both and when you have an APBT, you have to stay up on the game, who the top stud is, who the best kennels are, and what’s going on in and around the Bully World. As far as MMA, I constantly train and prepare for the sport, it’s the routine and I follow it, but it’s my job. While in regards to the dogs, it’s my passion and hobby, I stay surfing the web to see what’s going on in the way of the dogs; the forums keep me up to date on the latest. I love the XL forums, because I deal with the big stuff, Mac 10, Xtreme Bully, King Lion prodigy that are straight beasts! The size game is big here at Iron Heart Bullies, trust me on that. IBR- How were you introduced to the American Bully and what most intrigued you about the dogs? AJ- I have always been intrigued by the APBT, always. As for the American Bully, I went to a show in Corona and saw so many good looking dogs that it made me fall in love with the Bullies, pockets, XL or whatever you want to call them. Then I went to the Super Bully show and bought my first dog, a Razors Edge male, Tyson, and from that moment on I was hooked. The typical game dog, which is lean and athletic is great, but I loved the build of the Bullies and the confidence that the display when you are walking with them, pure power and substance. IBR- Now I know that you are involved with Cris Crawford and her Knockout Dog fighting campaign, how did that relationship start, and are you still actively participating?
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AJ- I can’t even remember how it started, she called me out of the blue, contacted me through my trainer I believe. She told me what her organization is about and I was all about it. I am against dog fighting, not just Pit Bulls fighting, I am against Chihuahua fighting. I constantly am going to Juvenile detention centers and talking about what else they can do with these dogs. I am all about the ideal of second chances and preaching that these kids may have made mistakes but can correct them. Their life is not over because they made a mistake or bad decision; these dogs showcase that and those ideals regularly. IBR- Are there a lot of MMA fighters who are into the breed? AJ- I think there is definitely a good amount of fighters that have the breed. I think they find a lot of similarities between the dogs and characteristics we need in our profession. This breed of dog was originally bred to take a lot of punishment and MMA fighters take a lot of punishment to do what we do. When it comes to the heart, stamina, and dedication needed in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, and the characteristics found in the American Pit Bull Terrier, there are a ton of similarities and parallels. IBR- Now you know people are dying to know what blood you are running, so what Bully Blood do you keep in your stable? And who’s the big time dog at Iron Heart Kennels? AJ- Mac 10 Blood is the heaviest through my yard. I have a MAC 10 son and 2 Mac 10 grand daughters, Mac 10 & Icon is what I want to recreate here at IHK. I also like King Lion blood, but Mac 10 blood and Xtreme bully blood is where my heart is. The big name at my kennel right now has to be Ozone from Extreme Bullies, he is the youngest, but people already know the name Ozone. He is 87 pounds at 7 months, so at full grown I expect him to be around 120+ pounds. That boy is definitely a beast and everyday I am more and more impressed with him. IBR- What’s next for Rumble in the ring? We know you are rehabbing your ring right now, but when you get back to full strength what should your fans expect? AJ- I don’t know man, I want to finish my rehab and get back into the ring. Whoever is in front of me is who I’m fighting. As far as expectations, my fans can expect me to continue to train hard and leave it all in the ring. Well we definitely wish you the best, and would like to thank you personally for being an ambassador for the breed. Whether in the ring or at a Bully show Anthony Rumble Johnson and Iron Heart Kennels are a force to be reckoned with. The tough man with the tough looking breed, fighting against tough opponents in the octagon and fighting against the negative stereotypes that face his breed of choice on a regular basis, Anthony Rumble Johnson is a true Gladiator in the American Bully movement.
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TELL US ABOUT SMOKEY PRODUCING HAMMER…. Smokey producing hammer…well that’s just great! His full name is MC HAMMER a.k.a “You Can’t Touch This.” He’s one of my favorite Smokey son’s. He’s pretty young; he’s only about 2 years old. He’s already put in a lot of work in the game. He gots like 3 music videos, a couple of magazine ad appearances. He’s been doing real good at the bully shows. He brought home a few 1st place and a couple 2nd place trophies against the great competition that’s out there. But, we expect big things from MC Hammer. He’s produced quite a few puppies for us and we’re just waiting for him to, let us know if he’s going to be a producer just like his father Smokie. TELL THE WORLD WHAT WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE BLUE LINE FAMILY, THAT WE SHOULD KNOW… Something you don’t know about the Blue Line Family, well 1st of all Blue Line family is a breeding club; an American Pit Bull Terrier breeding club. We breed the BULLIER style of pit bulls. And the main thing, Blue Line family is we’re very original. Not like some people out there that can’t wait to bite our style. We like to come out and say we’re the first to do BIG things in this bully promotion we do. For example, if you haven’t heard, or if you haven’t seen we’ve done music videos and custom bully songs for our kennels and our breeding clubs with Terrance Martin, DJ Quick, & Kurupt. We’re not a breeding club that focuses on letting people know, “hey we breed pits & you can buy puppies from us.” We let people know that pit bulls aren’t really, still you know, fighting dogs. They could be a part of your family and you can raise two or three males if you have the patience & the time, to get along with each other. If you go to the bully shows you can see this. Pit bulls aren’t fighters any more. We’re trying to put that out there. In our music videos you’ll see about 30 pit bulls, walking down the park hanging out with everybody standing next to each other. They aren’t trying to fight, you know. We try to correct that and put that in the public’s eye. The thing we’re doing is public awareness. This breed doesn’t have the image the news puts out there. We’re no back yard breeders either. Blue Line Family teaches to be responsible about the breed and also to give it a good image. THE SCENE HAS EVOLVED FROM KICKBACKS AT THE PARK TO INDOOR ARENAS, PET SHOP SPONSORS TO CONGLOMERATE COMPANIES, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE COMPETITION…? The game is changing…& I love it! I love competition and I remember back in the day when I was growing up, there was no bully shows, there was no bully magazine, there was no bully nothing. You had to drive to a breeders kennel to check out what he had in order to see what you wanted. The internet changed the game a little bit more, & now these big bully expos where you got people that come from all across the country just flying down with their dogs to compete, that’s really something. Seeing all this from the beginning, it’s crazy. Competition is what keeps me motivated, if I didn’t have competition it would get boring. I like having nice dogs, I like hanging out with people who produce nice dogs. Let the dogs do the talking & let the dogs do the talking for you. Thanks to everyone that’s participated and making the scene grow and that brings positive to the game, there’s a lot of great things to come for the bullies and the participants.
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SHARE WITH THE WORLD ABOUT THE BLUE LINE ARMY, WHO IS IT, WHAT IS IT? The Blue Line Army is a kennel breeding Blue Line Bloodline located in CUDAHY, Ca. (That’s what’s up! CUDDAHHHY!) with chapters throughout Southern California. Owners of Blue Line Army are: Eddie Lomeli, Danny Landeros, & Freddy Palomares. So if you’re looking to buy a great bully, check out our website www.bluelinearmy.com, studs, puppies, and whatever we can help you out with.
BLUE LINE FAMILY HAS BEEN A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE BULLY & THE SCENE. WHERE DO YOU SEE THE BLUE LINE FAMILY IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? We love the breed; this is not a part time thing. We know it’s very popular right now and even if it dies down or if it’s way more popular in 5 years, we’re not going to go nowhere! We got many great things ahead of us, you can track our progress by logging on to our website or our YouTube channel WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/BLUELINEFAMILY, and we document a lot of our stuff. In the next 5 years we’ll be doing another interview with the BULLYLEAGUE “DOGGIE DAWG” CLASSIFIEDS “INTERESTED IN TELLING YOUR STORY, & I’m OUT! CONTACT BULLY LEAGUE, INC. FOR MORE INFORMATION”
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