I managed to take the silver at the Grappler's Showdown last week which is as much as I had hoped so am chuffed. I was less chuffed that I weighed in at 79 kg on the day. My opponents were 57 kg and 50 kg which was less than ideal. The 57 kg opponent was highly experienced and also a dear friend so I knew she trained with bigger men and women though the girl at 50 kg was fairly new to the sport. The womens division had only 3 of us so the matches were not ideal in terms of size or experience. 

You can actually see my hips high in the air against the 50 kg girl, Sophia and my corner is telling me to base but being conscious of the 30 kg weight advantage I was determined to try and keep the match as fair and technical as possible. I managed to get a side choke to win the round. I was extremely impressed with Sophia's spirit in competing against both size (me) and experience (Kath). She will definitely go far in mma which she is hoping to compete in.