Well done Gary for another top drawer show. The new venue was great, even better atmosphere than Braehead. Well done to my fighters Raj, Alan and John for 3 superb performances. Good shift guys.

Right, on to my rant now. The referee, Frank Watkins has been getting mauled on here for making a couple of mistakes, none of which affected the outcome of any of the fights. Frank has been refereeing smaller shows for a long time and IMHO he’s earned a shot at doing the bigger shows. I think (with the benefit of hind sight) that having two referees for a show that size would have been a better idea as it’s a hell of a lot of work for one man making it a horrendously long day.

Yes Frank made some mistakes but making mistakes is a part of the learning experience, we’ve all made mistakes in the past and I’m sure we’ll all make more mistakes in the future. The difference is when we make mistakes we don’t get savaged on internet forums.
Frank would be the 1st person to admit that he’s still learning and I’m sure he’ll look at his performance through critical eyes and learn from it.

Also the comments on the kickboxing fight I thought were a bit off. I thought Lex showed the grit and determination of a champion to adapt his game plan because of his injury. I was watching the fight and remember seeing his leg give way, I thought that would have been the end of the fight but credit to the big man as he managed not only to stay in the fight but to win it as well.

On the whole I thought it was a brilliant event and I’m looking forward to watching the fights in full that I missed like Liam’s war with John, the MMA fight and the rest of the 8 man bouts.