...And it wasn't pretty.
I was very confident going into the fight. I was dropping some weight to get down to about 190/195 lbs. and I heard that my opponent was coming down from 215lbs to get to 190lbs. So, I figured that he was a fat slob and he would be out of shape when it was time to fight. I also assumed that he wouldn't make it to 190 lbs. and he would be out of shape. Finally, I assumed that since it was both of our first fights that we would be pretty equal in experience.
Well, it turns out that I was really fucking wrong about all of my assumptions. I dropped down to about 193 lbs. on fight day and I wasn't worried that I was a couple of pounds overweight since I figured that my opponent wouldn't make weight either.
When I got in the ring (in front of a couple of hundered people) this dude was clearly about 210 lbs. and was about 6'2 or 6'3 and he was pretty ripped. I weighed in about 193 lbs and my / our guess was he was about 10-15 lbs heavier than me. Also, without shoes, I'm a little under 5'11.
The first round was quite difficult and I spent a lot of time in the clinch and taking knees to the midsection. It was very difficult to get out of since I could barely reach my arms around his fucking neck.
I took a couple / several real good knees to the midsection which really knocked the wind out of me and took quite a few good punches. He obviously had some better skillz... Unfortunately, I seem to be able to take a lot of abuse... I'm not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing. I sure as hell don't have a glass chin...
I, however got a couple of good punches and kicks in. I couldn't really get anything going because he would just get close and clinch.
The second round we were both very tired but I still spent most of the time trying to get out of being clinched.
It was pretty obviously a mismatch although I gave it my best shot.
My neck muscles can barely hold up my head since this guy was hanging on my neck the whole time.
I didn't get knocked out but the judges stopped the fight after the 2nd round as it was pretty obvious that I wasn't going to win.
I wish it would've been a better match for my first fight. I barely got out of the gate.
Had I lost all of the weight that I could've I probably could've fought at about 180 lbs. If I do it again, hopefully I'll be better matched and my skill level will be a lot better. Also, I'll definitely stay out of the range of someone who is a much taller fighter.
I was very confident going into the fight. I was dropping some weight to get down to about 190/195 lbs. and I heard that my opponent was coming down from 215lbs to get to 190lbs. So, I figured that he was a fat slob and he would be out of shape when it was time to fight. I also assumed that he wouldn't make it to 190 lbs. and he would be out of shape. Finally, I assumed that since it was both of our first fights that we would be pretty equal in experience.
Well, it turns out that I was really fucking wrong about all of my assumptions. I dropped down to about 193 lbs. on fight day and I wasn't worried that I was a couple of pounds overweight since I figured that my opponent wouldn't make weight either.
When I got in the ring (in front of a couple of hundered people) this dude was clearly about 210 lbs. and was about 6'2 or 6'3 and he was pretty ripped. I weighed in about 193 lbs and my / our guess was he was about 10-15 lbs heavier than me. Also, without shoes, I'm a little under 5'11.
The first round was quite difficult and I spent a lot of time in the clinch and taking knees to the midsection. It was very difficult to get out of since I could barely reach my arms around his fucking neck.
I took a couple / several real good knees to the midsection which really knocked the wind out of me and took quite a few good punches. He obviously had some better skillz... Unfortunately, I seem to be able to take a lot of abuse... I'm not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing. I sure as hell don't have a glass chin...
I, however got a couple of good punches and kicks in. I couldn't really get anything going because he would just get close and clinch.
The second round we were both very tired but I still spent most of the time trying to get out of being clinched.
It was pretty obviously a mismatch although I gave it my best shot.
My neck muscles can barely hold up my head since this guy was hanging on my neck the whole time.
I didn't get knocked out but the judges stopped the fight after the 2nd round as it was pretty obvious that I wasn't going to win.
I wish it would've been a better match for my first fight. I barely got out of the gate.
Had I lost all of the weight that I could've I probably could've fought at about 180 lbs. If I do it again, hopefully I'll be better matched and my skill level will be a lot better. Also, I'll definitely stay out of the range of someone who is a much taller fighter.
