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UPDATE 3: Here's the video:
UPDATE 2: I won this one. I underestimated his striking a little bit (though I knew he had been working on it). Here's my round by round experience (from memory as I have not yet watched the fight.)
Round 1: He came out hard and was winging hooks at me. I used footwork and takedown defense to land a bunch of leg kicks and maybe a few straights. He did take me down but I put him in guard and he didn't land any GnP. When he did get off me and I tried to get up he blasted me with and illegal head kick and follow up punches. The reff let me recover for a bit.
Round 2: Don't remember this one much haha I just remember seeing he was getting tired and I was smiling because I knew I was fine and he was gassing a bit. He came out in round 1 HARD so I had a feeling he would be gassing soon (and he was). I just kept hitting him with leg kicks and counter straights. My cornerman told me to put hands on him a bit more. I may have hit him with an illegal upkick and I think in the fight I said we were 1-1 in illegal blows and we laughed a bit lolol
Round 3: More of the same. I was still landing leg kicks and I noticed he REALLY didn't like them at this point and they were stunning him pretty bad. I felt the straight counter was there easy at this point but I let him lead. I'm a counter striker at heart and I was parrying and landing my straights. He got my back standing and sent me for a ride but he couldn't capitalize on it and I ended up on top for most of round 3.
Outcome: Close fight. Could have gone either way. My striking consistency, takedown defense, and spending most of round 3 on top of him closed it out in my favour. If he had landed on top of me in round 3, he very well could have got the decision. I just tried to stay compose and keep my hit count up throughout all his judo and pressure.
Thanks for the support guys!
UPDATE: My opponent and I are both ON WEIGHT. LFG! We got ourselves a fight! I'm also fighting first and I'm going to give it everything I got in the tank. If I'm not gassed as shit by the end of round 3, I didn't do my job. This is no "30%" game. Manage my gas for three rounds intelligently, and make sure it's spent by the end.
Just wanted to share this. I'll be taking on my third MMA opponent in a few weeks. I'll post my last two fights at the bottom of this thread. My record is 1-0-1. I'm mainly a striker but I'm a BJJ purple belt as well. He's a BJJ purple, Judo black, and no hands (according to my coach lol). I expect a tough fight and for him to try and give me the Khabib treatment, so this camp I have been focusing on take down defense, circling to the center, jabs, 1-2's, uppercuts to counter how he likes to duck his head, and leg kicks. Fundamentals all day.
PPV Link:
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/mfl-19
First Fight:
Second Fight:
Here's my opponents last fight. He's had 3 in 2016 and none got out of the first round.
He doesn't seem to react to well to getting hit, and I'm going to try and use this to my advantage. He is a legit grappler though. We will see how this pans out and I'm excited!
UPDATE 2: I won this one. I underestimated his striking a little bit (though I knew he had been working on it). Here's my round by round experience (from memory as I have not yet watched the fight.)
Round 1: He came out hard and was winging hooks at me. I used footwork and takedown defense to land a bunch of leg kicks and maybe a few straights. He did take me down but I put him in guard and he didn't land any GnP. When he did get off me and I tried to get up he blasted me with and illegal head kick and follow up punches. The reff let me recover for a bit.
Round 2: Don't remember this one much haha I just remember seeing he was getting tired and I was smiling because I knew I was fine and he was gassing a bit. He came out in round 1 HARD so I had a feeling he would be gassing soon (and he was). I just kept hitting him with leg kicks and counter straights. My cornerman told me to put hands on him a bit more. I may have hit him with an illegal upkick and I think in the fight I said we were 1-1 in illegal blows and we laughed a bit lolol
Round 3: More of the same. I was still landing leg kicks and I noticed he REALLY didn't like them at this point and they were stunning him pretty bad. I felt the straight counter was there easy at this point but I let him lead. I'm a counter striker at heart and I was parrying and landing my straights. He got my back standing and sent me for a ride but he couldn't capitalize on it and I ended up on top for most of round 3.
Outcome: Close fight. Could have gone either way. My striking consistency, takedown defense, and spending most of round 3 on top of him closed it out in my favour. If he had landed on top of me in round 3, he very well could have got the decision. I just tried to stay compose and keep my hit count up throughout all his judo and pressure.
Thanks for the support guys!
UPDATE: My opponent and I are both ON WEIGHT. LFG! We got ourselves a fight! I'm also fighting first and I'm going to give it everything I got in the tank. If I'm not gassed as shit by the end of round 3, I didn't do my job. This is no "30%" game. Manage my gas for three rounds intelligently, and make sure it's spent by the end.
Just wanted to share this. I'll be taking on my third MMA opponent in a few weeks. I'll post my last two fights at the bottom of this thread. My record is 1-0-1. I'm mainly a striker but I'm a BJJ purple belt as well. He's a BJJ purple, Judo black, and no hands (according to my coach lol). I expect a tough fight and for him to try and give me the Khabib treatment, so this camp I have been focusing on take down defense, circling to the center, jabs, 1-2's, uppercuts to counter how he likes to duck his head, and leg kicks. Fundamentals all day.
PPV Link:
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/mfl-19
First Fight:
Second Fight:
Here's my opponents last fight. He's had 3 in 2016 and none got out of the first round.
He doesn't seem to react to well to getting hit, and I'm going to try and use this to my advantage. He is a legit grappler though. We will see how this pans out and I'm excited!
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