Hi Tone,

Teri 10043 I would just like to put the record straight as far as the fight with Sato is concerned, as my friend Tony Myers pointed out i stupidly didn't prepare for the fight properly and ended up being nearly 6kg over weight. I didn't eat from the wednesday and drank nothing at all from the thursday. Spent 4 hours in the sauna on the friday and was in the sauna again 6am saturday morning and eventually made the weight. The weigh in was around 11am by which time i was so dehidrated i had blurred vision. The fight was only 6-7 hours later where it was also red hot and i just did not recover.

I was NOT KOed i decided to stop the fight in the 3rd round not because he was hurting me but because i felt to weak and totally dehidrated to continue near to the point where i thought i was going to pass out. I knew that there was no way i could perform properly and did not want to risk serious injury which could have happened had i received a blow to the head.

It was my own fault and i learnt a valuable lesson from it. I would never again put myself in such a vulnerable possition. As for japanese fighters i have the opinion that they are true warriors and gentlemen. Having fought Nitta, Kohi, and Sato I would still say that the hardest one of them all was Nitta when he was in his prime he was awesome!! We are still great friends after the tremendous fight (war) we had and its always a pleasure when we get to meet up.

Regards

Pete