Got My Head Bashed In

..my first amateur mma match. I'm currently taking mauy thai at my gym and had the chance to set up my first official match. I usually do so well in sparring sessions I thought I was ready. I was gonna**** this guy up

the match started out well enough. touched gloves, was utilizing head movement and proper footwork. I even clipped him in the first exchange, but after that things started to go downhill. Soon I realized something about myself: I really don't like getting hit. I have a glass chin. In the second exchange I threw a wild haymaker, and my opponment mangaged to slip that punch and countered brilliantly with an uppercut flush on the chin. As soon as it landed I could feel my legs getting wobbly. I was rocked. He hit me again and my legs quit on me. That's one of the worst feelings in the world..having your legs give out on you (not being able to stand on your own power). My opponent then pounced and landed at least 4-6 more shots at the side of my head. I was covering up but at that point I was basically blocking his punches with my face. Every punch with those 4 oz gloves felt like my head was about to cave in. I remember all I could think was 'chill bro chill!'. The ref eventually stepped in and my opponent won by TKO in the first.

Two things I learned:

1) I am not an MMA fighter

2) Pro Mix martial artists are warriors and I have a new found respect for them.

I'll just stick to watching the UFC..:x

QUESTION: Anybody train in MMA here? If so drop some stories about your first MMA fight! :!:

Do you have video? I have a thirst for blood and violence :twisted:

Should've gone for the jugular.

Sounds like you learned your lesson the hard way, but most people aren't MMA fighters and learn that fact sooner or later. Sucks your revelation didn't come a bit sooner.

I came in expecting your head to have actually been bashed in. I am dissapoint :(

What style did you train most in man? Curious I haven't had any official MMA matches, just fooling around and stuff with peopleToppledPillars

Mauy Thai and boxing. I've only been training for a couple months but I was eager to test out what I learned. Big mistake..

[QUOTE="ToppledPillars"]What style did you train most in man? Curious I haven't had any official MMA matches, just fooling around and stuff with peopleblack_chamber99

Mauy Thai and boxing. I've only been training for a couple months but I was eager to test out what I learned. Big mistake..

should have done a izuna drop then a falcon punch and finish it off with a hadouken.

Sounds like you learned your lesson the hard way, but most people aren't MMA fighters and learn that fact sooner or later. Sucks your revelation didn't come a bit sooner.

jubino

think it gives you the fighting spirit to help you overcome anxiety in real street fights.zidan4000

[QUOTE="zidan4000"] think it gives you the fighting spirit to help you overcome anxiety in real street fights.rastaman219

[QUOTE="rastaman219"][QUOTE="zidan4000"] think it gives you the fighting spirit to help you overcome anxiety in real street fights.zidan4000

wow that sucks. next time (if there will be one) make weird loud noises when your about to fight. he will think ur a freak. and continue during battle

it's better to play to your strengths. it's bad though when your opponent's strength is far superior to your best skill.

Learn how to avoid punches. OR use a shoryuken up close...it beats all!

..my first amateur mma match.black_chamber99

and i respect YOU TC, for doing such a brave thing, and sharing it with us :D

[QUOTE="black_chamber99"]..my first amateur mma match.AirGuitarist87

oh man this made me laugh :lol:

Learned the lesson hard way I see :P

....make sure to write this down. Got my head bashed in. Awesome metal song dude. Just. Awesome.Wilfred_Owen

Or a country song singing in a hick voice

Got my head bashed in doing MMA

Now my *** learned a lesson gonna stay away.

You could even add some banjos

Oh well. at least you got in the ring. That's an achievement right there.

it's better to play to your strengths. it's bad though when your opponent's strength is far superior to your best skill.

positivebalance

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I wont pursue a career in mma anytime soon. One of the reasons I took this fight was because I knew my opponent was a brawler and was willing to stand and bang. I wanted to test my boxing/mauy thai and got beat. If I was facing a wrestler I would've gotten tooled even worse because my ground game sucks

....make sure to write this down. Got my head bashed in. Awesome metal song dude. Just. Awesome.Wilfred_Owen

it does have a ring to it

MMA is basically punching people when they're down and then rolling around grappling each other.

I'll stick to Muay Thai where they don't **** around.

hey man, ive been doign wushu for about 2 +years (demonstraion martial art) and recently switched to sanda ( basically kickboxing with throws) i have my first fight in 2 months and have been training for the last 5 months in this art, and i understand what u mean by the level of dfiference between an amature and pro fighter is beyond amazing, i hope i do well and i hope you understand, martial arts isnt about being the big strong guy who can take anyone, its a way if life, having the abality to get up everytime u fall no matter how bad it is, is the mark of a true martial artist

I've found that it is never good to block punches with your face.

I've found that it is never good to block punches with your face.

sonicare

unfortunately i had to learn this lesson the hard way