My first Muay Thai Fight

on 31st march, I had my first ever amatuer muay thai fight! to be honest, when i picked up this sport about 5,6 months back, i never expected that i'd be given the chance to compete so soon. Especially when i watched my fellow gym mates' fights in feb, i thought i still had a long way to go before even thinking of replicating them.

Well, thankfully, i was given this oppotunity to step inside the ring, and for this i have to thank my coaches, sascha, kadir, aaron, zamri and alexis. Its a real pity i couldnt win for my gym, but then again, we all gave our best.

Frankly i was pretty confident going into this fight... i knew i had trained hard, despite the setback of a diarrhoea i suffered bout 10,11 days before the fight... maybe i did outpeak alittle but overall i still felt ready although relatively weakened. I was ok mentally, in my mind, the fight couldnt come any sooner. was anxious to get to the after-fight party! haha.

I was expecting someone around my level to be honest, turns out the guy i was fighting had been training for close to 2 years... and it was his 3rd fight.. i didnt pay much heed to that though, was pretty confident in my training.

In the end i guess my inexperience shown, i was surprisingly very calm , and not nervous at all, perhaps abit too relaxed because i never managed to muster up enough aggression and try n impose him. Got hit by some very good combos from him including one jumping elbow that i never saw. in the 2nd round, he threw a high kick just after the bell, and i was caught out cold, the kick left we asleep for a few seconds... thank God my legs held hahahha..

I feel alittle screwed however... we were wearing STEEL groin guards... the steel was so thick that if you were to kick it as hard as u can i think u'd probably break your foot/leg... at the most if you're hit there, all you'll feel is the outline of the cup pressing on your thigh area.... but then, he went down twice claiming i hit his balls, one was a knee in the first round that might have hit him, but then again like i said, he too kneed me in the balls and it didnt hurt.. its not possible to hit thru steel....

Then in the 3rd round, a rare kick from me clearly hit him in the stomach area, there was a loud "POCK" sound that u can hear from the vid...... he went down... then clutched his balls again. haha... well sorry for griping so much on the balls antics but then i find it pretty ridiculous...

hand to heart though i feel he won clearly... esp in the 2nd round when my inexperience was rly exposed... i've got no complaints about the result, and am extremely thankful for the experience.... a losing start it may be, but invaluable lessons that i'll take into my next fight.

Once again, a big THANK YOU to all my coaches and to all my friends who came down to support me! I Promise my next one will be better!!

Here's my fight VID! Thanks Gabe, Sunny, Pang and Gabby for being my cameramen!!!


Heres my coach's fight. Thanks Aaron! have fun in phuket!



oh ya and did i mention my opponent is only 17 yrs old? How i wish i started earlier... haha...

now that i've fulfilled my new yr's resolution of competing in a muay thai fight within the yr... i'm gonna set a new goal of competing in 2 more by the end of 2007 to make it 3 fights total! =)