First Kickboxing Match

**alex** · Posted On: 9/07/2006 5:34pm

err your coach is putting you in a fight after 3 moths training? either you are

a) the next mike tyson or
b) gonna get the smash

**nasty_totoro** · Posted On: 9/08/2006 2:13am

rammon dekkers ... not mike tyson

lol

**Torakaka** · Posted On: 9/08/2006 2:19am

Originally Posted by nasty_totoro

rammon dekkers ... not mike tyson

lol

ya know it's funny, I downloaded 5 different videos of Ramon Dekkers fights and he lost every single one of them. So in my experience, Ramon Dekkers' actual record is 0-5.

**nasty_totoro** · Posted On: 9/09/2006 12:17am

Originally Posted by Kidspatula

ya know it's funny, I downloaded 5 different videos of Ramon Dekkers fights and he lost every single one of them. So in my experience, Ramon Dekkers' actual record is 0-5.

mmmm ... then you should be able to smack him around =P

**Akurra** · Posted On: 9/12/2006 10:36am

Originally Posted by Alex

err your coach is putting you in a fight after 3 moths training? either you are

a) the next mike tyson or
b) gonna get the smash

I'm going with option B.

Originally me and a friend of mine were both going to fight at the same 'event'. But after he got destroyed twice during sparring, the coach suggested that he should wait a while until he tried competeing. I took this oportunity to ask if he though I should perhaps wait a few months as well. He told me again that he thought I could do just fine and that I should compete. I'm hoping he's right.

I sparred again thursday, and I really tried working my combos. This left me open for many more counter shots than I had taken when I was more cautious. However I was able to control the pace of the fight much better than normal. When I spar again today, hopefully I'll be able to tighten my defenses a little. Also I was just able to completely close my jaw again yesterday after nearly a week, I hope that ability doesnt' leave me again tonight ;) Its good incentive to keep my hands up.

**Akurra** · Posted On: 9/21/2006 8:23am

Quick update. Fight has been postponed to the 30th. Sucks that I can't invite my friends to watch for free. I have to sell them tickets. They're like 20 bucks each! That seems quite expensive to me.

**pauli** · Posted On: 9/21/2006 10:47am

so you're going to fight, for free, while completely unprepared for the fight, and you aren't even getting comped tickets? why exactly are you taking this fight?

**Akurra** · Posted On: 9/21/2006 10:56am

Hm, maybe you don't know this but no amatuer fighter gets paid. And I'm certainly not totally unprepared for this fight. I have been training for a few months. And this is my opponents first fight as well. I'm fighting for the sake of the experience of fighting, like any amateur fighter does.

**alex** · Posted On: 9/21/2006 7:05pm

what kind of fucking rip off show doesnt give the fighters a few free tickets? that is some class A bullshit there.

I still think a couple of months is way too short. you better hope your opponent is as inexperienced as you are (which I doubt if his trainer has any smarts)