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Well done and thanks to Master Sken for putting on such a great show and for giving our guys the opportunity.
Its an excellent venue and the standard of all the fights was a great example of how much Muay Thai is coming on in the UK.
Well done to Liam Andy and Duwao too.
Duwao has been teaching in the gym and is an amazing coach and has brought a lot out of the guys and taught me a lot too. He's put a lot of work in with Liam and Andy and the improvements are clear to see. He's been working hard sparring, clinching and on the pads with me for the last couple of weeks but for this fight he never really needed to get out of second gear.
The French guy came to fight and is obviously a good fighter. He had a go in the first round and threw some dangerous looking punches but Duwao was in controll all the way through. I loved watching him fight and was gutted that it finished so early.
Andy is always value for money and never has a boring fight! He has the heart of a lion. Tapee was strong and determined and obviously very skillful, using his push kick and movement to stop Andy'd attacks and keep him on his back foot. He hit him with a great jumping knee that would have finished a lot of fighters. Andy doidnt really recover for the rest of the round and only started getting back into it part way through the second.
The first body shot in the third was sickening and took all the fight out of the Thai but he carried on and Andy kept working the body till eventually the guy folded. Amazing performance and an amazing fight.
Liam's was amazing too - he was really up for the fight and has trained single mindedly for it. We've trained differently this time and put a lot of new stuff into his armoury and he was a different fighter than last time he fought Numphon. Having said that it was clear that Numphon had trained hard and was taking it seriously as he was in really good shape and employed different tactics. He boxed more and switched stance but non of it was enough to keep Liam at bay. Liams technique and tactics helped but this time it was his pure agression and desire that ended up being too much for Numphon. When he smelled blood there was no stopping him!
It was a great day for UK Muay Thai, a great day for Bad Company and a brilliant one for me personally. It doesnt get much better!