Originally posted by RagnorakHey not bad. You made it to the final round. At least you showed up. . Believe it or not I was actually cheering for you. Better luck next time. Keep it up. And no more 😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴 in the ring.
Well, I'm sure a lot of you will be delighted to hear that I took a hammering, with the fight stopped by a TKO in the 3rd round.
Now, I'm off out to get pished.
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Originally posted by AThousandYoungThis might sound like sour grapes, but here's an entirely accurate timeline, which should show what I've learned...
What will you change so you do better next time?
Thursday morning, woke up with a tight chest. 2 of my employees and my fiance had already been struck down with a really, really bad flu. I started taking my fiance's prescribed penicillin straight away, to try to stave off the flu for the fight.
Friday, I woke up dying. Chesty cough, bad headaches, delly belly. I close my shop for the day because I (as the last "fit" person) am too sick to open. I rang my trainer and left a message saying that I couldn't fight. He rang me back, giving me a guilt trip saying that I couldn't cancel the day before the fight and that the club wouldn't get anymore fights if word got out that we cancelled the day before fights. He reminded me that I was fighting a complete novice, who didn't know his a$$ from his elbow, and that if I was able to get into the ring at all, I'd be too good for him. He said weigh in that evening and see how I felt the next day, Saturday: Fight night. So I weigh in that evening at 69.4kgs. He didn't witness the weigh-in, and rings me back saying that they must have recorded my weight wrong. So I tell him that I have lost a half a stone (3.25 kgs) in the previous two days and that the recorded weight is right. At the moment that he rings, I'm lying in bed drowned in sweat and shivering and I tell him this. I also tell him in the weigh in that I'm so sick that trying to do some yoga to get fit for the fight that I couldn't even lift my head off the ground. He says that my mind is playing tricks on me.
Saturday morning: I wake up feeling ok. Still got a chesty cough, and blocked nose with some stomach problems, but generally much better. I ring him and tell him I'm good to go. He asks if I want to wear the shin pads or not (now, my kicks are my strong point, my boxing is poor. I knew my stamina was shot to pieces with the flu, so I figured my only chance was to knock my opponent out in the first round. I'd told him this previously so he knew my answer to his question before he asked it) and I said not.
I arrive for the fight very relaxed. I'm fighting a novice, I'm not very fit, he's not going to be able to inflict too much damage. We get into the ring, him jumping over the top rope with confidence. We do our Wai Kru, me the most basic, him doing the whole thing flawlessly, and we start to fight. well basically, I got a few decent kicks off on him, but then he realised that I had no strength in the grapple(due to the flu), so the rest of the fight turns into grappling and him kneeing me. His footwork was good, his punching and getting in the grapple was good and his kicks were good, ie: not the complete novice that I was told I'd be fighting.
So, after I'd recovered enough to think, I realise that I've been stitched up. He was under fierce pressure from the organisers to get as many fights as possible. The minute I said no pads, I was fighting a proper, well prepared fighter (I watched the shin pads fight, and the guys genuinely didn't knwo their elbows from their knees) without me knowing it. He never mentioned that I'd be fighting a different fighter than originally planned.
So, what do you think? Am I right to feel aggrieved at the fact my trainer put me into a serious fight, knowing full well that I was at about 1 10th strength? Was he right to guilt trip me into fighting when I knew that physically, I wasn't right?
I'm going to ring him tomorrow and have it out with him, but I'm interested in hearing from a few of you guys with experience.
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Originally posted by RagnorakI dunno, maybe he just thought throwing you in the deep end was for the best and that you'd be able for it..
This might sound like sour grapes, but here's an entirely accurate timeline, which should show what I've learned...
Thursday morning, woke up with a tight chest. 2 of my employees and my fiance had already been struck down with a really, really bad flu. I started taking my fiance's prescribed penicillin straight away, to try to stave off the flu for th ...[text shortened]... 'm interested in hearing from a few of you guys with experience.
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Of course then when you turned sick it was a different story but i uppose he just reckoned that it was already organsied and a fight is a fight..
I'd have it out wiht him anyway but just hear what he has to say..
Btw, congrats.. first fight over anyway, it can only get better.
Originally posted by RagnorakSometimes your best friends are the enemy.
This might sound like sour grapes, but here's an entirely accurate timeline, which should show what I've learned...
Thursday morning, woke up with a tight chest. 2 of my employees and my fiance had already been struck down with a really, really bad flu. I started taking my fiance's prescribed penicillin straight away, to try to stave off the flu for th ...[text shortened]... 'm interested in hearing from a few of you guys with experience.
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Maybe next time you will get lucky and your opponent will get sick. Try spreading some flu his way. You were sick and there is nothing you can do about that now. But spare yourself some punishment and don't bring it up anymore. People will thank that you are a whiner. Let him and everyone think he is better than he really is. Give him some respect so you won't lose respect and guess what, you might get a rematch and then you can kick his over confident kahunas to the mat.
Originally posted by RagnorakJust some medical advise: Flu (Influenza) and most stomach maladies, is a virus, and all the antibiotics in the world, which kill bacteria only, will not touch Flu. You should have cancelled the match. Your health is more important than a fight. fighting with the Flu can overstrain you cardiovascular system, cause dehydration, and run down your immune system, and never, but never, take someone else's medication. Obviously, your fiancee did not have the flu, or else the doctor she saw is an idiot for giving her penicillin. More likely, she had strep throat or some other bacteria infection. Now that you've taken your girl's medicaton, she won't have enough to get over her own illness. Just some friendly medical advice; no disclaimer needed.
This might sound like sour grapes, but here's an entirely accurate timeline, which should show what I've learned...
Thursday morning, woke up with a tight chest. 2 of my employees and my fiance had already been struck down with a really, really bad flu. I started taking my fiance's prescribed penicillin straight away, to try to stave off the flu for th ...[text shortened]... 'm interested in hearing from a few of you guys with experience.
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Originally posted by RagnorakI think you're a crybaby. If you didn't feel well enough to fight, you shouldn't have. If you had won, you'd be bragging about how you overcame your terrible malady to win. Accept your loss with good grace and try to do better next time, rather than coming up with the most convincing excuses you can think of.
This might sound like sour grapes, but here's an entirely accurate timeline, which should show what I've learned...
Thursday morning, woke up with a tight chest. 2 of my employees and my fiance had already been struck down with a really, really bad flu. I started taking my fiance's prescribed penicillin straight away, to try to stave off the flu for th ...[text shortened]... 'm interested in hearing from a few of you guys with experience.
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Originally posted by chancremechanicit's the first time i've agreed with this loser 🙂
Just some medical advise: Flu (Influenza) and most stomach maladies, is a virus, and all the antibiotics in the world, which kill bacteria only, will not touch Flu. You should have cancelled the match. Your health is more important than a fight. fighting with the Flu can overstrain you cardiovascular system, cause dehydration, and run down your i nough to get over her own illness. Just some friendly medical advice; no disclaimer needed.
Originally posted by RagnorakI heard of things like that happening. Bad trainers and promotors don't care about fighters just about making a bit of money. Don't be put off. My advice is to look for another trainer- a trainer that has a camp of good fighters that you can learn from and spar with. I don't know how tall you are or what your body type is, but you sound a bit heavy. If you can get down to 65-67 kg-you might feel stronger at a lower weight. Plus the guys don't hit as hard.
This might sound like sour grapes, but here's an entirely accurate timeline, which should show what I've learned...
Thursday morning, woke up with a tight chest. 2 of my employees and my fiance had already been struck down with a really, really bad flu. I started taking my fiance's prescribed penicillin straight away, to try to stave off the flu for th ...[text shortened]... 'm interested in hearing from a few of you guys with experience.
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Don't be put off. You 'll get loads of people telling you to give up but they don't know what it is like to fight. But to fight you have to train hard and be totally dedicated. Hope you get back in the ring and kick ass.
If you can take anything positive away from the experience to help you next time, even something as simple as don't fight while ill, it will have been worth it. If you can succeed in that you will have a psychological advantage next time. From what I've read you don't seem to have taken it too hard so that's a good start.
Cheers for doing something against your best judgement and learning a lesson from it. I do the first part all the time, I just need to work on the learning part.