Just seen most of this after the hectic weekend and I'd like to start off by thanking everyone that attended the show and all the fighters and trainers who supported the show, it was a great success for Muay Thai in Birmingham and a step in the right direction!

The last 48hrs leading upto the show was stressful as hell, we were faced with pull out after pull out!

On Thursday (Day before the weigh in) we lost:

A Super heavyweight - due to being under weight from what was orignally agreed.
Dean James - Due to a very bad viral infection, I saw Dean on Wed night at my house and he was in a bad way so totally right decision on the part of Tony Myers.
Tim Thomas - Due to the same thing as Dean by the sounds of it but still need to speak to Jon in regards to this as he's been working away.

On Friday @2.00pm (Day of the weigh in):
Ruengsak Thai fighter and World Champion, flights paid for him and his trainer as well. Due to immigration issues and not having the right visa to travel with, even though this was something that we checked in advance!

On Thursday I managed to replace both Dean and Tim with Italian Champion (For tourney) & Reece Crooke stepped into take Dean's spot (Thank you both so much for stepping up and helping us out in this situation!)

Replacing the Thai on 24hrs notice was not as easy and real headache alongside running the weigh in, promo pics, ticket collection etc! But hats off to Andy Howson who contacted Tom Bird who has not fought in two years to step in last min to fill the final spot! (True warrior and a real credit to the sport!)

I then worked till 6am in the morning preping for the show, slept 3hrs and went and pulled off the biggest show in Brum!

Im sorry if I couldn't spare the time to notify the world of Ax in regards to all the drama going on in my life, but felt I had bigger fish to fry!

Just in closing I would like to thank all fighters (Especially those who fought last min), Trainers for your commitment and hard work, over 1000 supporters for turning up and making our event a huge success and all the officials, set up crew, media team, camera men/women, legendary MC etc and anyone else who contributed in making this show great event!

Well done to all competitors and for Salah and Tom making the final, we've got even bigger things scheduled this year with more super shows and possible huge collaborations with other promoters and a new gym opening with new coach Any Howson, so hopefully will help give Brum the opportunity to do even better!

Thank you for positive comments as always x