Eight Months of Work, Over in Less Than Three Rounds

This is one of the unique things about the various combat sports. The massive amount of training that goes into it and how quickly it is all over. I was in the gym for hours a day, seven days a week, for eight months and it culminated in three one minute rounds. It went by in a flash, but I really enjoyed every minute of it.

I wound up fighting a gentleman by the name of John “Biggie” Dean out of Rhode Island in the first round of our bracket in the Masters division at the Ringside World Championships. John’s nickname barely does him justice. He’s a mountain of a man with long arms who hits like a truck and stopped me in the third round. He stopped his next opponent in the second round to win our bracket and the belt. Congratulations John, you certainly earned it.

John taught me one very important thing during our fight. He taught me that I need to lose weight and move down a weight class. So, that’s what I started doing the day after our fight. I’m going to get under 201 and fight heavyweight instead of super heavyweight.

So I’ll be going to the gym a lot, watching my diet more closely than ever, and spending the next several months busting my tail and losing weight just to get ready for my next three rounds in the ring.