Fighting in my first smoker October 3rd

**TheMightyMcClaw** · Posted On: 9/21/2009 11:00pm

Yep.
It's going on in Chicago a week from Saturday; this is going to be my first time fighting in anything harder contact than a Bullshido throwdown or krotty pointfighting. It's going to be three two minute rounds, 14 oz gloves, shinguards and headgear, no elbows or knees to the face. My basic strategy is clinch, corner, and pound. Or maybe corner, clinch, and pound. There will be clinching.
While I've only been training Muay Thai for about a month now, I've been hittin' doodz in some fashion or another since I was sixteen. What's more, I fear that I won't be able to keep up my training 2-4 hours a day+cycling 90 miles a week schedule as well once the weather turns cold and the snow hits. Which, in Michigan, could be anytime between October and January.
I've been wanting to get in a ring since, jesus christ, senior year of high school (I just graduated from college), and I'm finally getting my opportunity. I do plan on fighting amateur MMA at some point in the coming year (before I potentially ship off to Mongolia), and this seems like a good place to start.

**1point2** · Posted On: 9/21/2009 11:04pm

Hot damn. Good for you.

**marcusdbrutus** · Posted On: 9/21/2009 11:26pm

Videos to come, yes?

**TheMightyMcClaw** · Posted On: 9/21/2009 11:28pm

Originally Posted by marcusdbrutus

Videos to come, yes?

Most certainly.

**alex** · Posted On: 9/21/2009 11:38pm

YOU GONNA GET FUCKING SMASHED!

har!

**The Question** · Posted On: 9/22/2009 2:14am

Originally Posted by TheMightyMcClaw

While I've only been training Muay Thai for about a month now

Are you sure fighting is a good fucking idea?

**Sang** · Posted On: 9/22/2009 5:00am

Originally Posted by TheMightyMcClaw

Yep.
It's going on in Chicago a week from Saturday; this is going to be my first time fighting in anything harder contact than a Bullshido throwdown or krotty pointfighting.

You've at least done full contact muay thai sparring with pads right?

**TheMightyMcClaw** · Posted On: 9/22/2009 8:03am

Originally Posted by Sang

You've at least done full contact muay thai sparring with pads right?

Yes. And without. I was excluding sparring from my fight experience.

**Sang** · Posted On: 9/22/2009 9:41am

Nice, i exclude krotty pointsparring from mine. You should be fine, if you can handle yourself in full contact sparring a smoker is just a small step up from that. The 1 month training time is a pretty big warning flag though, i hope your perceived skill level matches up with your real level.

**TheMightyMcClaw** · Posted On: 9/22/2009 11:12am

Originally Posted by Sang

Nice, i exclude krotty pointsparring from mine. You should be fine, if you can handle yourself in full contact sparring a smoker is just a small step up from that. The 1 month training time is a pretty big warning flag though, i hope your perceived skill level matches up with your real level.

Me too. Keep in mind, this is one month of Muay Thai; not including MMA and Karate, which I've been doing for years.