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Agree the refereeing was shocking..If I remember rightly his name was Frank Watkins or something like that. Didnt look experienced enough to deal with the fights and appeared to ref all 3 styles on show in the same manner. Admit is was a long day for him though, but that doesnt excuse not giving counts to fightes etc.
Tournament was good, I went there hoping Andy and Dean did really well so came away abit disappointed. Dean fought very well though, just a shame he picked up the injury. In both short appearences Andy made he showed his nice style and grit that make him exciting to watch, the Thais left leg was rapid not sure how that fight would have ended up but no doubt Andy would have made a cracker out of it. The cut is massive! Didnt realise it was that big on the day...was it from an elbow or a clash of heads as I saw several people gesturing?
Seb Ocania was superfit - right little powerhouse who handled the tournament format so well. He fought the Varats in the final in the only way possible I could see him being beaten, truely deserved to take the prize pot by that point.
The MMA fight was shocking, we know the lad from Nottingham and said beforehand there is no way he should be in the same ring as his opponent, he'd had 1 MMA fight I think to his opponents 24 or so. We feared he was gonna get hurt badly, so luckily the referees lack of knowledge on MMA reffing appeared to be a blessing in disguise here.
I too was disappointed with the kickboxing fight, very scrappy for fighters of 50+ fights, clearly showed the difference between Thai and KB!
Also went there to get behind LiamR - he was looking in tip top shape. Some major concerns over the weigh in - with his opponent being allowed to weigh in at 11pm at night or something? Seeing his opponent, it didnt look like he had a weight advantage - possibly down to Liams ability to cut weight properly. Seeing as John Douglas had spent hours sweating weight off he looked very good in the fight. I wouldnt have been able to give Liam the decision watching the fight from the stands, John matched Liams kicking, always returning fire. He also used hands and elbows alot more. Liam ended up off balance on several occasions which I believe can effect the scoring. With the knock down it was only really heading in one direction for me, Liam had a stronger fifth round but I sensed it was too late - more forward momentum and agression from the 3rd round from Liam would have totally shifted the fight rather than leaving it to the 5th. Im no expert on scoring but I had him atleast 3 points down at the end. Maybe on DVD I may be proved wrong! Technically 2 sound fighters!
Enjoyable show none the less...was funny watching Rung drunk haha