Hey Flame , Thank you for showing some of the other side. Looking at this board after the fight I thought that I was in A different fight than I actually was. I absolutley did not fight my best and Craig won but I landed many shots throughout the 12 rds including many low kicks and A couple of good catch kicks,Which was always my favorite thing to do in Sanshou.
Hey Doug, Thank you for the nice words and I think that the sport would be better off if most people just trained to win fights and not get caught up in my style is better than yours like the way the traditioinal schools where for years.
PJ : I have been saying for a long time that I believe that all amteurs should be made to wear full equipment. This makes the fighters last longer and keeps them in the sport longer. It makes my stomach turn every time I see A new fighter fighting without head gear and they get A major cut like top pros do . This discourages many fighters from sticking it out for the long haul.I don't understand what the rush is to look like A pro when the fighter is ready to turn pro then they are acceping A greater risk.I do see mare promoters and sanctioning bodied going toward ameteurs wearing equipment being mandatory. I will only allow top ameteurs to go without equipment if they demand it as it is the norm to do it on other shows. I hope that it will become mandatory on all shows one day so I am not put in that situation as A promoter.There are great ameteurs out there and we should showcase them for what they are .I think when some promoters show some inexperienced ameteurs on Tv it leads peole to think that htese are our top pros and it makes the sport look bad.
Chris: None of those photos show me getting hit with A clean kick or punch there are some what I call flybies meaning just grazing with some defense getting in the way. I know for A fact that I was only hit with A few clean head kicks in 12 rds and the same in Punches as I was the one in the ring fighting.
As you can see from thoe photos of my shots they make contact.
My defence was not as good as ussual or my offence for that matter due to me not wanting to get hit in my left arm but I was proud of my performance considering Craig is A very good fighter and it being A 12 rd fight.