Just got back and figured I'd update. I went a little crazy on the cardio since I was worried I wouldnt be able to go the 3 rounds, and I didn't have an accurate scale to properly judge my weight. I ended up being 171 for a 178 fight :/ and the worst part was the other guy had to cut last minute to make weight. I think he was around 185-190 but sat in the sauna to lose water weight. Even the crowd noticed the weight difference, which was a little discourging at first.
Making my way to the ring I could hear everyone calling him "champ" and I started to wonder what the hell I got myself into. It seemed my worst fear was coming true that I (a MT guy with 0 fights) would be fighting one of the top people for the weight class. So the round starts off, I land a nice jab/ straight right and I think he was a little stunned, he had a look of "wtf just happened" (my build is skinny with long limbs so I have a nice reach) foolishly I ended the combo right there without any follow ups. Next thing I know the guy rushes me and it just turns into a slug fest, no defense just straight offense. I MT clinch em, and get a standing 8... not sure why I got the 8 but I got it. Round continues with some more wild punches and since I'm used to fighting at range I turtle up and get another standing 8. Soon as hes done counting the bell rings. DING.
During the resting minute I hear the crowd saying "finish em off you got em" and I woulda thought that would demoralize me but it did the opposite, I wanted to prove them wrong. Next round starts I remember I have a jab, I start firing off doubles and circling and am started to get my head back in the game, then he lands a nice straight right and the ref calls it. I wasn't hurt mind you, I was stilling moving foward when the hands were waved in front of me. They let the previous fighters go alot longer even when they were one sided, I still dont think it should have been called. The crowd even let out a huge "BOOO" when the ref stepped in. The guy was real cool and I shook his hand and thanked him for the fight.
It's wierd before the fight I was extremely nervous, kept wondering what I got myself into, and could I really do this? 5 minutes after the fight I wanna get in there and go another 3 rounds... well 2 but whose counting
I still feel as though I let my gym down because I know I coulda done alot better, and I know I was trained better. The only thing I wanted to do was last all 3 rounds and that pretty much didn't happen however not because a lack of heart, and not because of cardio heh I guess all that running might have paid off but I'll never know.
Anyways there's my story, probably not something I should brag about let alone post on a message board but I'm not gonna lie about what happened. Maybe some of you will like it. In closing I just wanna say that the boxing/mma/MT community is awesome everyone wished each other luck and was talking about their backround, where they trained, etc; and it wasn't what I expected locker room talk to be about. Besides my black eye today was a pretty good experience, and I'm glad I got my first fight out of the way. At least I can still say I'm undefeated in MT
we'll see what happens in August when my first MT fight is.
Now that you read my semi embarassing story, I'm curious how your first fight went. What happened guys?
a couple weeks after. Dropped down from 205 to 174, so physically I'm ready just not mentally, not sure if I wanna invite family friends to watch or just go with the other fighters from the gym. Just seems like more pressure to not disappoint if you make a big deal about it with the family/friends but then again its your first fight... not to mention this being a huge event/crowd. What you guys think?
