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ok so first and foremost i am a grappler but i work just as much on my feet as i do on the ground i just like jiu jitsu more but im not to shabby on my feet or so i thought.. I had the pleasure of sparring with a profressional kickboxer on wednesday night. Me and the guy are good friends he comes in from like a 4 hour drive once a week to train jiu jitsu with me so he can learn som stuff but anyway my trainer is getting me ready for my fight on the 24th of may and he says that i need to spar someone like him for experience. I had no problem with it i had done plenty of kickboxing matches and felt comfortable enough on my feat to go toe 2 toe with the guy. so we put on the gear and we walk in the ring and i tell him hear is your chance for revenge on all the times i embarrassed you on the mat jokingly and he knew it was a joke. but the bell rang and for the first round i just closed the distance on him because he is a pro kickboxer and he is good at point sparring so i didnt want to do any range fighting with him. so i throw some 1 2's and close and tie up for a sec them try an break off for a sec and then just keep closing in and being the aggressor well that went well for the first round but after that he got into his groove and knocked me on my ass so many times i remember catching a kick right in the mouth and falling through the ropes he just kept whooping my ass from then on out and i felt helpless i had endured a severe beatdown. we were not out for the kill but we were hitting hard enough to ensure a knockout i saw the ghost so many times, and it was raining glitter for 2 minutes straight. anyway it was a good experience to train with the guy him and his training partner ronnie copeland who fought in the WCL come in every week and i look forward to training more with them they are truely the shit and its awesome to have someone of their caliber come into the gym that i train at i hope they can help me bring my striking to a whole new level