Dado
19th November 2005, 02:18 PM
Yesterday I had my first fight.
It was 3x 2 minute rounds and under WMC Amateur Muay Thai rules. I weighed in at 72KG and my opponent was 75KG.
I was lucky to have been put on a really special show as it was the 30th anniversary of Lee Gar in New Zealand, which is basically the 30th anniversary of Mauy Thai here and I was even more fortunate to have been fighting alongside people I really admire and respect.
Round 1: I dont remember too much of this round but I started very cautiously and just basically kicked the whole round. I threw about 5 high kicks to my memory, one which connected slightly but I didnt follow up and I managed to land a few knees in the clinch. Afterwards I landed a solid left body hook/uppercut that seemed to hurt him I followed it up with some right straights to the body. I used the teep a little too. My opponent didnt throw too much here. My corner was shouting at me to punch and follow up.
Round 2: My opponent was a bit more aggressive here and was starting to punch more, he hit me once with a good punch and it definately woke me up. I was happy with my blocking ability and I managed to get him on the ropes and open up about 5 clean knees which hurt him. However I didnt follow up like my corner told me and just basically stood around. He landed a mid kick on me. He threw another and I caught his midkick and then countered with a right hand which connected cleanly. Again he threw some punches, one of which tagged me.
Round 3: I began to throw some low kicks now, which he didnt block. Everytime I punched he would shell up and id try and punch more but I wasnt being creative with combos. For the remainder of the round I threw a few low kicks and he came in close to punch before the round ended.
One judge scored it in favour to him, and the other two scored it in favour for me so I came away with the win. I feel happy that I came out safe and without injuries. However I now know what I need to improve on and Im eagerly waiting getting back to training so I can train for my next fight. I need to learn to use combos and follow everything up with kicks. I also needed to counter more after blocking kicks, and to set up my high kicks instead of throwing them out of the blue.
It was definately a great feeling fighting infront of 2-3 thousand people for the first time and Im really keen to do it again, and with a better result in the end.
On the other fights of the night, Jan Antolik had a VERY exciting fight against Ramazan Ramazanov. The two started out slow feeling eachother out. Jan was boxing mainly and kickiing ocassionally while Ramazan just punched a little. The second was similar with Jan looking to have been more active. The third saw Ramazan open up and throw kicks. He threw a few dangerous looking high kicks that Jan managed to avoid. The fourth saw a break for Jan who dropped Ramazan with what I heard was a left hook. Ramazan beat the count but was pelted with the meanest looking elbows ive ever seen. He ate about 4 clean elbows as Jan chased him around the ring, but he managed to keep standing and last the round. Fifth was a solid round by both fighters with the tough Ramazan managing to last and cutting Jan with deadly elbows. Decision win for Jan.
Choppa's fight was another exciting fight. His opponent, Siasyeenic was a very cocky Thai fighter. Everytime Choppa landed a kick or punch, Siasyeenic would laugh and put his hands down. He had this smirk on his face the whole time which shows that he is dangerous if you get into the wrong kind of game with him. He threw a few fast high kicks but Choppa managed to evade all of them. The second round saw Choppa speed up. He landed good left hook-right low kick combos. And he mixed everything up and followed up nicely. The Thai started to throw some sloppy punches and Choppa began to throw a few elbows. In the third the Thai began to punch more and Choppa slipped one of the punches and threw a devestating left elbow that dropped the Thai immediately. All over via KO round 3. The Thai was unconscious for a good 2 minutes and afterwards still struggled to get up. He had to be helped to stand. Choppa said in his speech: "I didnt mean to do that, but its the fight game" Then he thanked Sifu Phillip Lam for his contributions to New Zealand Thai boxing.
It was 3x 2 minute rounds and under WMC Amateur Muay Thai rules. I weighed in at 72KG and my opponent was 75KG.
I was lucky to have been put on a really special show as it was the 30th anniversary of Lee Gar in New Zealand, which is basically the 30th anniversary of Mauy Thai here and I was even more fortunate to have been fighting alongside people I really admire and respect.
Round 1: I dont remember too much of this round but I started very cautiously and just basically kicked the whole round. I threw about 5 high kicks to my memory, one which connected slightly but I didnt follow up and I managed to land a few knees in the clinch. Afterwards I landed a solid left body hook/uppercut that seemed to hurt him I followed it up with some right straights to the body. I used the teep a little too. My opponent didnt throw too much here. My corner was shouting at me to punch and follow up.
Round 2: My opponent was a bit more aggressive here and was starting to punch more, he hit me once with a good punch and it definately woke me up. I was happy with my blocking ability and I managed to get him on the ropes and open up about 5 clean knees which hurt him. However I didnt follow up like my corner told me and just basically stood around. He landed a mid kick on me. He threw another and I caught his midkick and then countered with a right hand which connected cleanly. Again he threw some punches, one of which tagged me.
Round 3: I began to throw some low kicks now, which he didnt block. Everytime I punched he would shell up and id try and punch more but I wasnt being creative with combos. For the remainder of the round I threw a few low kicks and he came in close to punch before the round ended.
One judge scored it in favour to him, and the other two scored it in favour for me so I came away with the win. I feel happy that I came out safe and without injuries. However I now know what I need to improve on and Im eagerly waiting getting back to training so I can train for my next fight. I need to learn to use combos and follow everything up with kicks. I also needed to counter more after blocking kicks, and to set up my high kicks instead of throwing them out of the blue.
It was definately a great feeling fighting infront of 2-3 thousand people for the first time and Im really keen to do it again, and with a better result in the end.
On the other fights of the night, Jan Antolik had a VERY exciting fight against Ramazan Ramazanov. The two started out slow feeling eachother out. Jan was boxing mainly and kickiing ocassionally while Ramazan just punched a little. The second was similar with Jan looking to have been more active. The third saw Ramazan open up and throw kicks. He threw a few dangerous looking high kicks that Jan managed to avoid. The fourth saw a break for Jan who dropped Ramazan with what I heard was a left hook. Ramazan beat the count but was pelted with the meanest looking elbows ive ever seen. He ate about 4 clean elbows as Jan chased him around the ring, but he managed to keep standing and last the round. Fifth was a solid round by both fighters with the tough Ramazan managing to last and cutting Jan with deadly elbows. Decision win for Jan.
Choppa's fight was another exciting fight. His opponent, Siasyeenic was a very cocky Thai fighter. Everytime Choppa landed a kick or punch, Siasyeenic would laugh and put his hands down. He had this smirk on his face the whole time which shows that he is dangerous if you get into the wrong kind of game with him. He threw a few fast high kicks but Choppa managed to evade all of them. The second round saw Choppa speed up. He landed good left hook-right low kick combos. And he mixed everything up and followed up nicely. The Thai started to throw some sloppy punches and Choppa began to throw a few elbows. In the third the Thai began to punch more and Choppa slipped one of the punches and threw a devestating left elbow that dropped the Thai immediately. All over via KO round 3. The Thai was unconscious for a good 2 minutes and afterwards still struggled to get up. He had to be helped to stand. Choppa said in his speech: "I didnt mean to do that, but its the fight game" Then he thanked Sifu Phillip Lam for his contributions to New Zealand Thai boxing.