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Really enjoyed the show and the quality of fights was so high! Even the C-Class fights were a great standard!!
Some definite stars of the future there, gotta big up Carlton Lieu, definite future champion and such a nice humble lad outside the ring too. Display's classy technique and a confidence in the ring way above his age and experience. A real credit to Phil Tieu!
2nd time I've seen Adrian Crookendale fight and I'm impressed. This lad is so tall for 60kg's and seems to have a good head on his shoulders. I don't know a lot about the gym but the guys seem to be schooling him well so I think we'll see a lot more of this lad in the future.
Thom Willock is another lad who showed great skills and composure. Great awareness of balance and timing in the clinch which is good to see and you can see he's trained in Thailand. Look forward to seeing him fight at 57kg's as I believe that's where he's heading.
Neil William's is a tallented southpaw, remind's me of that Yod style with his monster legs and massive left kick! Weathered the storm well and was just starting to get going when he stopped his guy. This lads got more than he could show in this fight, watch this space!
Ryan Li and Ibs had a war! Loved it! lol..
Farridin V's Orlov was great to watch and not C-Class standard at all. In fact a lot of the C-Class could've been B-Class easily!
The Ben Woods and Zeeshan Haider fight was awesome to watch, proper tear up and glad they got a draw as both lads gave it 100% and should be proud!
Daniel Terry is obscenely conditioned, you can tell he's a personal trainer! Awkward style and lighting quick reactions and shots. Looked very classy when scoring then ducking back out of the way of the counter. Class to watch! His opponent was no push over and showed some great skills, really entertaining fight to watch! Would like to see James Snelling take on one of these two as he's a force at this weight too and would be a great match for either lad (not sure if thats already happened or not?)
Lucy Payne is always a joy to watch, great technique and style, I thought she'd done enough to win but I'm no judge. Annabel was relentless and took it on effectiveness of knee's I'm told.
Daniel Sam was just always going to be way too powerful for the Greek lad. No disrespect to him as he looked decent but Daniel seemed a league above! His power is awesome and scary to hear the thuds as he throws that straight right and massive knee to follow!! Must be like getting hit by a bus!!! Will be good to see him in Showtime as I think he can cause some major upset to the lads there!!
Rob Storey was class and showed that with old age comes wisdom and experience, reminded me of a shorter, bald, Mr Miyagi ;-) All jokes aside he showed class in working out exactly what his opponent had and then upsetting him with some cracking elbows. Always entertaining to watch and the crack from the first elbow bouncing off the Swedish lads head could be heard outside I reckon! After that the Swede was on the back foot and didn't want to play elbows so Storey gave him some more.
Was a shame Abdul and Brian's fight got a bit messy but I think the lads just wanted it so bad that they got a bit heated. When I was watching ringside IMO I thought Brian's kick as Abdul was heading to the floor was legal and something well timed that you see in Thailand all the time. However when Abdul stamped the bottom of his foot on Brian's face when he was down it was a dirty illegal move. It's a shame when people go that far and go against the true spirit of Muay Thai. To comment on the fight though, I've seen Brian in action before and he's a good technical lad, entertaining to watch. If you give him time he'll pick you off. Abdul didn't make that mistake and pressured him well and the game plan worked for him. Hope Brian's back in there soon!
I was gutted for Matty Tieu as he's one tof the sports nicest and most tallented fighters! So humble outside the ring yet sheer class in there! This would've been such a war and I've heard good things about Aaron O'Collagen, he's clearly an elbow master! This was only Matty's second full rules fight but I hope these lads get it on again some time in the future as this fight will be awesome! Aaron hit Matty with two successive elbows, the first almost knocked Matty out and the second seemed to bring him back again! Unfortunately the second left a large cut and the fight was stopped. Like I said, would love to see these lads in a rematch sometime!
Alexis was her usual pitbull self! Relentless and pressured Johanna the whole way through. Credit has to go to the Swedish girl as Alexis has real power and only the toughest can stay in there with her and Johanna did well and gave her a battle! Alexis dislocated her toe halfway yet kept kicking her way through the rest of the fight! True warrior!!
Greg was...well....Greg! He showed dominance from start to finish, pure class! Great display of technique, timing and distance. Don't know how his opponent stayed upright after some of those knees! I could feel them from where I was sat! Joy to watch and such a tallented fighter.
Dean, I think Jonno had to pull out due to the nasty cut he picked up in his last fight. I'm sure the lads will get it on at a later date, would be a good fight!
Someone said to me his highlight of the night was seeing Julie Kitchen oiling up Lucy Payne through the window of the changing rooms! I'm not commenting on that but all I will say is it ticked a box for me ;-)
Well done Phil for great organisation and smooth running of the show and your fighter's were your biggest credit last night mate x