I'd just like to say thanks to the Bai Lang team for having us over and to the IKF Officials for their professionalism both in the judging and refereeing.
I travel to the UK quite a bit and deal with various organisations from Wales to Scotland and England and we always get a fair call from the IKF and regarding Wayne - he's a true gentleman of the sport so hold your head high mate.
Wayne has reffed many of my fighters with no complaints from me or any of my crew and hopefully will again in the future.
Being a Judge and Ref myself I know the s**t they have to put up with (usually from people who have never reffed a sparring session let alone a pro fight in front of hundreds of people), but people forget that we as officials are only human and people only love to nit pick and bitch when things don't go their way.
I found myself having to intervene when Qas was being verbally abused by a few drink fuelled spectators near the door as it was well before his fight and he had enough on his mind but as soon I told the guys in question to lay off him, in fairness, they did.
Both Ronnie and Qas put on a fine display of Kickboxing and were both very well turned out and well prepared which is a credit to Lex & Neil and as I know and respect both parties I'd just like to say well done.
Also thanks to Gareth Porter and his coach Uel Murphy who came all the way from Northern Ireland on short notice to fight Gary Manogue.
Gareth is a WKA British Champ and won out the WKA amatuer World championships in Spain last year so he was a more than credible opponent.
Any challengers to Garys new title can just contact me and we'll bring any suitable opponent to Ireland for an ALL expenses paid trip to include flights, 4 star hotel, food and a few beers to boot and if anyone boos or sparks up, we'll have em chucked out.
Also it was nice too have a few beers with my old mate Steve Gosden even if he did only have shandys (petrol next time mate).