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Blog 13
13 Apr 2010 6:45PM
So the fight at Bushido Challenge didn't go to plan. In fact it couldn't have went as bad as it did if I had got choked out and shat myself in the cage in front of everyone. I got caught very early with a freaky flying armbar, now I'm going to be part of a highlight reel finish on the other end of it for once.
I knew going into the fight Artemij was a slick submission guy, what I hadn't accounted for was just how unorthodox he was in his set ups. The amrbar was super cool, I appreciate technique and technical ability in a fighter and Artemij has it in abundance so really there is no shame in me losing to someone of his caliber, whats eating at me though is the fact I never got to perform. I never really found out much about myself after training like a maniac for weeks i feel like I've had no outlet.
The positives form the experience was I had a good training camp, I made weight again and I've got some ideas of what I would do different if I can get re-matched with artemij. Just now its looking like my team mate Paul Mcveigh is going to be fighting Artemij so I'll have some knowledge to help prepare Paul for that. Another positive is that maybe now other fighters wont be so reluctant to fight me, getting matched has been tough for me in the past, hopefully the other bantamweights will be quicker to fight me and can get busy. The sooner I can fight again the better, I contacted some promoters straight after Bushido Challenge to see if I can get something sorted but so far nothings got past early stages.
I'm not used to losing fights, if I combine my kickboxing, muay thai and mma record I've had 41 fights, 5 losses. I hate to lose, to fail, but the loses I've had have shaped me more as a fighter than the wins, the biggest lessons come with the losses, the biggest improvements come from the biggest lessons. I've picked myself up (after some comfort eating) and I'm looking forward thinking if I learn from a the loss then its not really a loss. Muhammed Ali once said ''the only thing losing a fight done to me was convince me more I was unbeatable'' that's how I'm going to deal with bushido challenge.
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