Muay Thai - Day 494 - Fight 0 - Eight Limbs Charity Event - Anton vs Conor

Day 494
Eight Limbs, 8 July 2023
Christmas in July. Headgear, padding, no elbows or headkicks, and instructed to go 70% power or less (after the first round, Alex told me not to kick so hard, Mosi in my corner immediately told me to ignore it). Three 90-second rounds with one minute breaks. So, wading pool stuff, but this is my first "fight" - though I don't really think of it as such, since it's just an internal friendly between gymmates. I record it here only for comparison purposes, since I find it pretty embarrassing to watch.
Gee was it exhausting though; not sure how much I learnt from it other than the importance of cardio and being relaxed in the ring. Good to get my first loss out of the way too. My opinion: first round went to me, second and third narrowly to him (he has better hands and my worse cardio definitely started to tell). Not a blow-out but a clear victory for him I think. The knee to the balls in the third round he gave me I felt was morally repaid by the fact that I could swear he was limping a bit on the way out of the gym at the end of proceedings.
0:00 Introduction
2:10 Round 1
4:45 Round 2
7:20 Round 3
9:00 Interstice
10:45 Decision