Felix, I was in Sydney in the weekend talking to one of Marks training partners and this was a short notice fight. He was in Auckland visiting his mother and getting ready for a fight in March, just running with a friends football team etc, when he was asked to go to Japan and fill in. I don't know any more than that but it looks like he took this one too easy. I think it was you that suggested that it wouldn't be a big hitter that would put him down but an accumulation of strikes (by someone like Hoost or Leko) so you weren't too far off. I don't think anyone can take a good shin to the chin, but fatigue would have played a big part too.

This will be a good wake-up for him but better he learns now than against one of the big guns. Showed some heart to get up and stop the guy too seeing he would have been exhausted. Lack of conditioning and fitness got him knocked down not his weight. I can't see him retaining his power at 105kgs but 110-115 looks to be ideal for him. As Lollo pointed out last year, mentally he has to be comfortable
with weight and his training routine. There's nothing like dieting to make a fighter stale. But nobody ever said that more weight will make him a better fighter either.

AND he does know about this board, he even knows where Oliver and Felix live! LOL