AndyBC: i totally agree with you, you have to earn the oppertunity to fight for a title, how the fighters come to fight for a title i dont really know it wasnt my show and i dont really know much about Antuaan for me to comment, i do know one thing though there are to many differant sets of rules for Muay thai in this country and its all wrong, its like saying if you play football in germany and get fouled in the peno box its not a peno, theres got to be one way only because even im starting to get confused at the moment so god knows how a beginner to the sport feels, and its also making trainers look stupid, i will give you a good example, one of my senior students is only small in height and for six weeks i taught her a reverse elboe to the body that was gonna be the main honey shot of her fight, we get to the venue i thought best check if this is ok with the ref, referee replys although many referees allow it i dont i was gobsmacked, i thought the refs job was to make sure fighters and trainers stick to the rules not make them up as they go along, i went back to my student and said im sorry but there not gonna allow that reverse elboe, she replies well why have you had me practicing it for the last six weeks then, i was stuck for an answer, also i think headgaurds and body protecters for juniors should be optional, if promoters are worried about insurance then they could always get the trainers to sign a form saying it was there own choice not to allow there student to wear the equipment, i know for a fact that the ABAs are looking into the issue of ruling out headgaurds at the moment due to certain statements that they could be more dangerois than safe, and Andy well done on your title you more than anyone deserves a shot and you got yours and earnt every single grain of it, fighters like yourself Liam H, Dale White, Peter Crooke, and many more are a credit to our great country and an icon to the younger generations and up and coming fighters, i havnt mentioned all the names but you know who you all are, i hope you UK fighters hold your titles for many years chok-dee to you all.