Hi Mike, thanks for acknowledging my post in a positive way.

Thanks Shaun too for acknowledging we all do make mistakes.

I have no issue discussing this. I am happy I made the best decision I could given what I perceived to be the situation at the time.

While I am far from an expert on K1, and tend to referee it out of necessity rather than choice, as such perhaps others are best placed to answer a general question on K1 rulings. The rule I applied in this and other K1 fights it was not to count every knock down, only those I considered to be the result of concussive blows. So I would not count boxers thrown to the canvas, kicked over without being hurt, those who slipped or fell as the result of a loss of balance etc. I am more than happy to be educated on K1 rules. So if this is not the case please let me know ( BTW that is genuine, I really am happy to be educated in this).

If I remember in that fight, there was an exchange in the clinch and as I separated the boxers (quite vigorously), I felt I had contributed to pushing a very fatigued Rick over on to the canvas as I separated the boxers. In hindsight it may well have been a combination of fatigue and actually the delayed reaction to a knee. But at the time it was not clear as my attention was on his opponent. As such, I may have even touched him to steady him, given I considered I had pushed him over. This was also the reason I did not initially count, then as I signalled the fight to start he appeared unsteady and so I counted.

While it is an unusual situation (I can only remember once before feeling I had actually pushed a boxer over), I would not have changed what I did in particular, as I have to go on the information perceived to be correct at the time.