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Post by DiamondMMA on Jan 17, 2007 18:31:53 GMT -5
Hey everybody!! I don't know if anybody will be able to attend, but there is an 8 man tournament that I will be fighting in on Saturday, January 27 in Owensboro, KY. Its not so much like your average amateur mma/nhb fights. This is more of a back to back fighting deal... kind of like the old UFC fights. So this means that if I'm lucky enough to make it to the championships, I will be fighting 3 times in the same NIGHT!!! I sure hope my cardio is ready!! LOL
Well, if you have any questions about where its at or anything of that nature, send me a message.
God Bless!!
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Post by DiamondMMA on Jan 30, 2007 22:11:04 GMT -5
For those of you who were wondering the results, I went 1-1.
The event was held at the Owensboro Sports Center. It was a pretty nice place. There was plenty of space for the people that came, and the tourney was put together rather well. The turn out was about 500-600 people. It could have held a LOT more, but due to a lack of advertising, not too many people knew about it.
I wasn't certain about how it would go because the fighting was supposed to be back-to-back, but it wasn't as bad as it seemed. The fighters had about 20 minutes of rest in between their matches. They also had a "tag team" grappling match that turned out to be rather entertaining.
My Matches: The first guy that I fought was named Kyle Palm. He was fighting out of Fort Wayne, IN. I had done a little bit of research online about the fighters before hand and learned that he had previously fought a guy from Dan Severn's camp... and lasted 2 rounds with him, before being submitted. So I thought this kid was gonna be a tough match....
We both approached the center of the ring, touched gloves.. then went at it. I threw a jab, he tried to shoot in underneath me to take me down. I sprawled back, got him in a front headlock and then he sat back and tried to pull guard on me. I pa*sed his legs, secured side mount... then full. You could definitely tell he had a background in jiu jitsu, as he tried to hold me close.. work to half guard, so on so forth. I landed a couple of shots, in between but he eventually got me in full guard. I broke free, stood up...and landed several shots to the head. He wrapped up one of my ankles, and attempted a leg lock. I fell back, sat over one leg... and eventually got my foot free... BUT was on my butt, in which he tried to "tackle" me. I secured a head and arm guillotine, couldn't make it work.... but eventually ended up rolling him falling into his guard. I sat up, landeded a couple of shots in which I stood up... and he stayed on the ground. I backed away from his legs, then I threw a looping over hand right that connected as I attempted to take it back to the ground. I ended up in half guard, was patient... and moved it to FULL guard. he turned to his side((trying to base up)) in which I stood, secured his arm, stepped over his head and kinda "FLIPPED".... He ended up rolling with me before I got the tap.
Submission 2:35 in the 1st
2nd fight was against a guy from "Nice Guy Submissions", locally near Owensboro. He was a bit taller than me, and somewhat of a strong striker. We came out, touched gloves... and here it goes. He kept his hands a bit lower, and I stressed keeping my hands high and tight as he was somewhat quick with his hands. He landed a leg kick, in which I responded with a kick of my own. He threw a couple of hooks.. but none really hit me. I hesitated as I tried to throw a high kick... kinda slipped but recovered well as he tried to come in. No punches were exchanged. Any punches that he might have thrown might have tagged my gloves a little bit, but they didn't really connect. I hit him with another strong leg kick. Then I tagged him with a jab, and "rocked" him with an over hand right. He tried throwing a couple of punches, once again.. they just grazed my gloves. At this point in time, I felt confident that I could stand up with this guy no problem. He threw a jab, I countered with a jab cross. ((all connecting))... he threw another right and tried to get me in a thai clinch. I hit him 2 more times, re-tied with him... hit him with a knee in the stomach. He then tried to knee me in which i grabbed his knee, and took him to the ground. As opposed to following him down ((WHICH I SHOULD HAVE)) I decided to just stand there and try to knock him out. I landed several punches as he was spinning on his back.... He ended up securing one of my legs and bringing me down into a leg lock. At first I defended it well... then I got caught up in the "fight" and decided to punch and whatnot. My leg wasn't in any immediate trouble so i thought I'd reach back and try to get a leg lock of my own. I turned around and then realized it wasn't gonna work... then I turned back and noticed that my leg had tightened up. He secured a TIGHT heel hook in which he REALLY applied it... I felt my knee start to tear ((3 small rips)) and then I tapped.
My knee was really sore for the next couple of days...its still a little sore today, but I it's 10 times better.
I've learned a lot from reviewing these fights. The first thing I noticed was that both guys attempted leg locks on me. This made me wonder what I was doing to put myself in this position. It turns out that I was just standing there.... trying to punch my opponents in the face, while they just spun around.. finding a leg. I should have either followed them down, or backed UP after a shot or two.
VINCE, I wanna thank you for all of your teachings thus far. If it were not for you I would have never made this transition into MMA and had opportunities that I've had. Thanks.
KEITH
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Post by Vince on Jan 31, 2007 22:11:23 GMT -5
Keith,
It sounds like it was an excellent experience for you, with the only part that I regret is your small injury. However it could have been alot worse and you should e fine soon. Hopefully before too much more training you'll be very hard to catch in a submission.... especially a leglock. Also, sorry that I couldn't make it... I'd really have loved to but my friends and family held a birthday party for me that evening.
We'll keep training and you'll keep improving, I am positive. Congratulations on successfully testing yourself and seeking the improvement that you do.
See ya soon.
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