Firstly, our guys at Taiwan Muay Thai put on great performances at an amateur Thai boxing event held in Taipei. Altogether there were 5 fighters representing our gym and our got awarded 5 medals, obviously, these are very positive results. Personally, I was only able to see the 1st day and most of the fights at the events were god awful (IMO) being that they were strictly amateur Thai boxing fights.
That withstanding, however, Demetri Telfair, probably one of the most determined motivated fighters i've ever come across put on a great fight just putting his opponents through hell with punches, elbows, kicks and knees, and he went on to win 2 fights though losing controversially in the championship. Our other guy, Sam, also showcased beautiful kickboxing skills. Throughout the fight he was landing overhands and kicks left and right, then finally in the 2nd round he nailed his opponent with a head kicked sending his poor opponent right onto the canvas. Sam's opponent managed to compose himself and get back to fighting, however, Sam just kept delivering a brutal assault of punches and kicks forcing his opponents corner to throw in the towel.
All in all, it was a great day.
Secondly, we had another member of Taiwanbjj and Muaythai fight-Justin Lee. Fighting in Hong Kong on the Legends MMA promotion, Justin took on a big local favorite Kenny Yuen. As the fight started Kenny seemed to be a bit tense while Justin was loose moving around the ring but then not even 45 seconds into the fight Justin nails Kenny with a beautifully laid straight. Kenny hits the canvas and at this point Justin went in for the kill and succeeded. I am so proud of this guy Justin, I've been training with him for quite some time and he is very humble as well as holding a definite hard work ethic and these qualities I'm certain gave him the win.
Thirdly, Fedor lost. What can I say after watching the fight, never ever fall recklessly into a BJJ masters guard especially with your hands flying-it's like giving him a big juicy steak. Next week it's Carwin/Lesnar. Hard fight to call, I gotta say I hope Lesnar wins, he trains out of my hometown Gym in Minnesota. I am not by any means a complete expert in fight strategy but I've had my share of scraps in thai boxing, boxing, bjj and MMA, anyways, I think Lesnar better use his wrestling and take Carwin off his feet and negate his KO power boxing abilities.
Fourthly, England should've gotten that goal against Germany. I went to a pool party and acted like an idiot of course being picked and turned upside down and having gin poured in my mouth.
This is it for now.
