Reeeesults
I competed in the Copa Bitetti yesterday here in London.
Here is how it went down…
I lost my first fight to the guy who won my division (white-belt, under 85kg). That sucked. It wasn’t even like he was better than me. I wasn’t submitted. He just stalled for time and won on points. He did that all the way through to win the contest. If there were no time limits I think it would have ended differently. I timed it and literally he didn’t move for a 1/3 of the fight. Not exactly fair…. but I’m not going to whinge. He won. Period.
So basically I was out of my division after that.
I did get to enter the “Absolute” Division, though. In that one, each school enters 2 people and there are no weight divisions.
In the first fight I won on points.
In the second fight I lost on points. (To a guy who had been training twice as long as me. Basically he was just better than me.)
It was a lot of fun though. There were lots of dramatic moments and lots of good matches.
And I am keeping it in perspective.
Even if I had won the contest, I still would be the white-belt champion. The best of the worst, in other words.
The European championships are next. I’m not sure if I am going to go yet.