a short recap

So here it is on Tuesday the 19th... I've been home for a few days now... well I got home Sunday night, so I guess 2 days.... But yeah,, I'm not overly in a writing mood, but I figured I should do somewhat of an update... so here goes....

SO yeah, I flew out to Newfoundland on Friday morning... we drove to Halifax(Emily, her mom, Aaron and myself) nice and early in the morning, and caught our flight at like 11 something... Got to Newfoundland around 1 something, rented our van, and made our way to the hotel... We did some small sight seeing that day for a few hours till around supper time to which we all had supper at the hotel... well they mostly all ate,, I had a little salad as my last meal for a while... then from 430some PM till 4 something PM the next day I did not eat anything in preperation to try to lose the extra weight... so needless to say I wasn't feeling to great friday night... not eating much at all, and trying not to drink anything, all while working out and sitting in the sauna to try to lose all the water weight possible was not that fun of a time.... So yeah, Friday night after half an hour or so in the sauna, I had dropped down to 140.4 lbs.... Then saturday morning we woke up and did a little more sight seeing for a bit of the day, but not alot, kept it kinda low key, relaxing and stuff... then we headed to the venue around 3:45 PM... we all filled in our paper work and started to weigh in,,, only to find out that Jeremy(my opponent) and I were almost exactly 10 lbs apart from each other... Official CASK rules state that we had to be within 6 lbs of each other... So needless to say, we were both pretty nervous... I started skipping like crazy, and he started chugging down the water... anyway, long story short, we ended up getting to exactly 3 Kg's away from each other... I weighed in at 63.7Kg's, and he weighed in at 60.7 Kgs.... so yeah, that was kinda nerve racking,, but we got thru it.... So yeah, then we got out of there around 5 or so and went back to the hotel for a bit... then of corse I got to eat for the first time in almost 26 hours,,, so that was friggen great!!!! So yeah, I can't really remember what we did between weigh ins and the fights,,, but yeah we went back to the venue around 6:30 and stayed there till the fights started...

So the other 2 guys from Team PEI Aaron and Mark fought in the 3rd and 4th fights of the night, and I was the 9th... So Mark fought first at the 3rd fight of the night... and yeah,,, the poor guy got knocked out at around 45 seconds into the first round, which was kinda shocking, but hey,,, that shit happens... So we were all kinda rattled about that, but theres nothing you can really do... So yeah, then it was Aarons turn to fight,.,, and his fight went really well,,, I personally thought that he won,,, but he ended up losing a split decision... kinda shitty, but thats the closest loss you can get!!! He was kinda dissappointed, but it was still a great fight!!! So there we were,,, Team PEI 0-2,,, and my fight was still to come... SO I felt a little bit of pressure to win,, a little more then normal that is... So yeah,,, intermission was after the 5th fight,, then 3 more fights till me.... So while everyone was warming up, I just kinda passed around in the change room for a while,,, then when there was only 2 fights till mine, I started warming up.... I was super fucking nervous, and I'm sure it showed because both Aaron and Mark were looking at me like I was a fricken alien!!! lol,, I'm sure I looked pretty weird,,, I mean, I wasn't speeking, just pacing around, mouthing things to myself and shit,.... I was in another world... but yeah, then when they called my name to tell me to get ready I knew I was ready.... Then my entrance music came, and I got pretty pumped.... Good old Devil driver pumped me up nicely!!!! So I made my way to the ring,,, got in and did my little thing.... Then my music stopped, and Jeremy's started... and the fans went nuts!!! Of corse it was his home town and stuff, but it was kinda almost scary... just to see how much the fans were backing him up and stuff.... but yeah.... So he made it into the ring and got his stuff all checked out by the ref and stuff,,, then the ref did his thing with all the officials,,, then Jeremy and I made eye contact across the ring, and he gave me the sign to touch gloves at the start of the fight,,,, and of corse I gave him the nod of assurance... and once the ref gave us the signal to fight, and the bell rang, we came to the center of the ring and touched gloves... I was extremely happy to do that,, I love that sign of respect, its a great thing... So yeah,, after that, we shuffled back a bit, and started our fight... And even now to think about it... I can't overly remember what happened almost all fight!!! its soo blurry now,, but it seemed to go by extremely fast!!! Round 1 went straight thru, no stoppage of time or anything.... Then the second round I think it was,, I accidently gave him a low blow, which was super shitty on my part,,, I mean, I know it was accidental, but it still feels shitty to do... And the ref didn't even see it, but we both knew it happened,,, so I let off and gave him a quick few seconds, and he noded as to say he was ready to keep going... so we did,,,,, Then i'm not to sure if it was the second or 3rd round, but I scored an 8 count on him with a nice right cross straight to his face... I'm sure if I didn't have the extra 10 lbs on him, that he would have been fine,... but I think the weight thing definetly worked in my favor.... So yeah, then between the 2nd and 3rd round, Barry said unless I majorly screwed up, that I had this fight... so that gave me even more confidence.. Then the 3rd round finally ended, and we both went back to our corners, took off our gear, shook hands with both our opponents and our coaches then met up in the middle with the ref and waited for the decision... and after a few mins they announced that I won,,, and holy crap what a feeling!!!! I was soo happy to win, and so relieved that it was finally all over...

So yeah,,, after that I went back to the change room and sat down... still shaking like crazy and undid my wraps, and txted dad and Dave to tell them I won and stuff... Then who comes in the change room?? None other then Jeremy himself... He came in and shook my hand, told me what a great fight we just had and stuff... and we ended up talking for close to 5 mins... Great guy man... Super cool about everything.. I appologized about the low blow and shit,.. and yeah,, it was just cool to be able to fight and then talk after like it was nothing... I love this sport, and I love how people have the control to do it... So yeah,,, all in all, it was a great great experience!!!!

And it was only like half an hour later that I found out just how good he was!!! Turns out Jeremy is on the Junior National Team,,, and he went to Serbia last year to fight in the worlds!!!! Like, this kid is fucking good~!!!! For someone like myself who prides themself on being faster then most average ppl, and have good kicks.... well, He was not only a lot quicker then me,, but also had way better kicks.... So my strategy was mostly just to get in tight and try to utalize a close distance.... Anyway, I'm all over the place here....

It was a great great weekend... and I'm sure I'll be writing more posts about all the other stuff we did,,, but for now,, I think thats good enough.... I think I'm going to go for a little walk now and get some fresh air.... So yeah,, Till the next update....

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