what a night of fights.
I had a great time in Melbourne fighting at the town hall. All the boys gave it there all and all the fights were tough battles.
The Zambidis fight was close but i still think I did enough to win. First round I used my range firing off front kicks every time he would go to step in. He was trying to leg kick but I blocked 90% of them and then would counter with kicks of my own. When he would try to punch I would lock him up and knee him non-stop while he just stood there doing nothing until the ref would break us up. In the second round I did match the same walking up to him and putting the pressure on. I think it was in the second I threw a nice hand combo that rocked Zambidis, I seen his legs wobble and his eyes glaze over for a second. I then grabbed him and started to knee him to the body again. In the third Zambidis knew he was behind and came out hard, he threw some nice punches that landed but I would lock on and start kneeing him again. I think he won the first half of the third but I did enough to make it a close round.
At the end they told us not to take our gloves off because it could go a extra round. When the ref bought us together and Andy Raymond said the the scores, 29-29 30-28 29-28. I was waiting for my hand to be raised but then they called out Iron Mike Zambidis.
I don't know how you score these K-1, I threw hands, kicks and plenty of knee's (which I know don't score the same as muay thai but at the same time must score). I blocked all of his leg kicks pretty much over the three rounds then would counter with my own. All he landed was punches in the third round. I walked forward keeping the pressure on him for almost the whole fight so what is it that you have to do?
I would like to thank everyone in Melbourne and around Australia for giving me great support on the night. Hope everyone will turn in when it is shown on Fox so you can make your own judgment.
John Wayne