Well done to Master Sken and MSA promotions on a fantastic show. Every fight was great and it was well run, well organised and great to be a part of. Another great step upwards for Muay Thai in this country.

Jordan was fantastic and looked great against Stephen who is as tough as nails and has the heart of a lion.

As said above Andy is too tough for his own good he wanted to fight on and was gutted when we withdrew him. Rungravee hurt him early with very powerful kicks and it made the whole fight an uphill battle for him. Rungravee is very powerful and a superb fighter. Andy went out in a blaze of glory really taking the fight to Rungravee in round 3 who quite obviously didnt like it at all. If Andy hadnt shipped so much punishment early on I think he could have turned it round later in the fight but he was hurt and there was the potential for real injury so I pulled him out. Sorry mate.

Liams was a great fight and although it was close he was clearly outpointed. Sakedau just knew how to play the game and did what he needed to do to stay ahead and nullify Liams attacks. Although Liam landed some great punches he wasnt able to get his kicks off. It was a very impressive performance from both fighters. This was not just situation of doing very well against a better opponent - Liam was in the same league and fought great he just didnt manage to get through and pull it off this time.

Every time our fighters fight at this level I see ways that our training needs to be adapted and we will go back to the gym and work on what we have learned. Liam still gets better with each fight. The Thais are fighting at this level week in week out.

My next strategy is to bring Nigel Ashton over and get him to show me how its done since he seems to have all the answers. Clearly my main mistake has been teaching my fighers to kick punch knee and elbow rather than employ some mysterious tactics that only Nigel seem to be aware of.

Its a shame that he cant be arsed to use some of his incredible knowledge and insight to actually do something in the sport instead of just pontificating about it. Maybe we'd all be better off.

Has he considered that we go to Thailand and bring Thai trainers over to complement our teaching rather than dominate it. Our fighters have only started to have any success internationally in the past few years specifically because we have been training in Thailand.

Dekkers had his own style and tactics and sometimes they worked sometimes they didnt which you will find is the same with Liam, Andy, Jordan or any of the other top names in the UK.

Dekkers spent a lot of time training in Thailand and couldnt have done as well as he did without understanding Muay Thai. Him and Ronnie didnt come up with a secret strategy they were just special.

I'm looking into flights over to the Isle of Man for Liam to go and train with Nigel and gain from some of his vast knowledge although I might have a few problems pulling him away from me and Chanoy (who actually beat Dekkers ....... twice).