Muay Thai Match All Over With Back To Working Jiu Jitsu

So had my first Muay Thai match Saturday night at American Fighting Alliance's Ground Zero event. I was the only JR on the card. I lost a 3 round decision. Sent Master Eddie A picture of my eye....... It's pretty nice.lol. Like I told Eddie, gets pretty old fighting over my head. Kid was going on 16. weighed in almost 10 pounds heavier than we were told he was , and was told he was 2-0 find out night of weigh ins he was really 6-0. Not making excuses, it's just the way it is. My dad told them to go get (BEEPED) because of all the smoke around the kid. But I begged him to let me fight. He said it would be a tough fight to pull off......he's going to be faster and stronger because of the age differance..... he was. But I didn't care.

Did pretty well most of first round hit him with some nice kicks had him backing up most of 1st round. Real nice spinning backfist landed to. Than he caught one of my kicks and swept my base leg. Shin kick right to the knee wrecked it. round ended could barley put any weight on it, had a lump the size of a baseball.lol.

Didn't take long for him to figure out in 2nd round I couldn't kick. Every time I moved on that knee felt like it was going to fold. So only had my hands. His were faster. But I hung in throwing back the rest of the fight, he could never finish me. Real world he was all mine, I swept him a bunch of times couldn't help but think, Yeah thats right real fight your ass would be taking a nap right now!!!! lol. But it's Muay Thai and he kicked my ass next 2 rounds.lol.

I told Eddie it does get a little old always competeing over my head. I don't remember the last time I have been matched with a kid my own age. They are always 15 or 16.

My dad tells me to be patiant, by the time i'm 17 it won't matter I will be able to hang with anyone. Lets hope.

High side at the after party the Tilted Kilt girls (it's kinda like hooters for those that don't know) couldn't get enough of running there fingers thru my hair and kissing my bruised eye. The life of a fighter is good ....even in defeat.lol.

Haha story of a true pimp right here

Tough loss but atleast you showed up and fought!

People add and subtract wins and losses with there records a lot at amatuer level, especially in small towns where they can get more fight groupie girls or make people think they are not as good. Your so young, you could be a beast when your time comes.

Lets see the battle pics Conner, keep pushing mang.

In 10 years we're gonna look back at all these stories of you fighting as a kid and laugh as you strap that UFC belt around your waist :)

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Originally Posted by Eddie Bravo

In 10 years we're gonna look back at all these stories of you fighting as a kid and laugh as you strap that UFC belt around your waist :)

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Real talk from the master :)

see you in sept Connor

If anyone wants to see the eye you will have to convince Master Eddie to post it. ( I sent it to his Iphone ) Or try to talk me thru on how to do it. I have tried before and never been able to make it work.

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Originally Posted by Eddie Bravo

In 10 years we're gonna look back at all these stories of you fighting as a kid and laugh as you strap that UFC belt around your waist :)

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Looks like ill see conner their :)

Message it to your Email, so Conner@hotmail.com or what ever it might be. Once it is there save it to your computer by right clicking it or download it. Go to Imageshack.US and select upload, then select he pic off of your computer. let it uploading and then just post he link here.

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Nope still don't know how to do it.......will not post picture, I tried.

Hmm, if you uploaded it to an image hosting site just post the raw link. That or shoot Eddie a msg, maybe he can toss it up for ya. Or email it to me Jscottnd85 @ Gmail.com and ill toss it up for ya.

Emailed pic to u Jon. Just know that eye got me alota love at the after party, of course it was less black then, just big mouse. My cornermen got pretty drunk and kept following me around saying. " We gotta cut ya Rock !!!! " lol.

Emir its all good brother. We will be differant weight divisions. 10th planet warriors locking up 2 divisions. That would be epic!!!!

http://i51.tinypic.com/f0nn76.jpg

Boom, head shot.

Jon I feel less stupid......... I guess its not just me. lol

Nah your not stupid, website dosnt like my host. just took a sec, all done.

OH yeah !!!!! There it is in all its glory !!!!!! LOL.

Nice eye man! Battle scars ftw. The point isn't that he beat you, when you think of it objectively, the point is that you stepped in at a young age and are letting yourself get used to competition. Winning and losing and learning to take both is what makes a champ

My Muay Thai loss still haunts me. Was going to go compete at Naga this weekend, but since I'm still walking with a major pimp limp from my wrecked knee, had to face the fact tonight thats not going to happen. I was going to take out the anger of my loss on the Naga mat.lol.

Also missed out training with Kip (the owner of naga) and his guys last week. They were up in my area on vacation and came in a couple nights to my jiu jitsu school to work out. But I was full on getting ready for my fight and wasn't rolling. My muay thai life has really screwed up my jiu jitsu life !!!! lol.

Conner ill be in HW youll be in LHW we will be the ufc champions and training partners... sound like a plan? Hahaha!

Win or lose Conner, I have nothing but respect for the fact you got in the ring and fought, especially as the massive underdog. Respect.

Emir locked in bro....... I'm all over the Lt heavyweight division. I will be the white Jon BONES Jones.lol. 6'3 walk around 235 cut to 205 for fights.......perfect !!!!!!

Kiko Thanks, Problem sometimes I think people don't realize I'm an underdog. Sometimes I think people think I blew it when I lose, truth is most of my fights are an uphill battle. My coach's and dad say I'm my own worst enemy when it comes to that. They say I look 16 and act 25, people forget I just turned 13. Bothers me sometimes like I don't live up to what they expect from me. They tell me not to worry about it, I try not to. I try to fight kids my own age but there isn't alot out there and the ones that are don't come running to get into the ring with me. I had 3 fights with kids my own age for this event and they all backed out. So I took the 15 year old. Can't wait until age thing won't be a factor and my body has cought up with everything my brain wants it to do. It will come. I hope by the time i'm 17 or 18 I will hang with ANYONE that has the BALLS to stand in front of me. Just keep working , thats all I can do.

the less ego the better

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Originally Posted by Conner MACHINE Gibbons

Emir locked in bro....... I'm all over the Lt heavyweight division. I will be the white Jon BONES Jones.lol. 6'3 walk around 235 cut to 205 for fights.......perfect !!!!!!

Kiko Thanks, Problem sometimes I think people don't realize I'm an underdog. Sometimes I think people think I blew it when I lose, truth is most of my fights are an uphill battle. My coach's and dad say I'm my own worst enemy when it comes to that. They say I look 16 and act 25, people forget I just turned 13. Bothers me sometimes like I don't live up to what they expect from me. They tell me not to worry about it, I try not to. I try to fight kids my own age but there isn't alot out there and the ones that are don't come running to get into the ring with me. I had 3 fights with kids my own age for this event and they all backed out. So I took the 15 year old. Can't wait until age thing won't be a factor and my body has cought up with everything my brain wants it to do. It will come. I hope by the time i'm 17 or 18 I will hang with ANYONE that has the BALLS to stand in front of me. Just keep working , thats all I can do.

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Oh for SURE if you keep training you're going to be a contender. Just pretty please, for the sake of your chance to make it big, don't kill your body too much while you're 13. You don't want to blow your chances of fighting at 18+ because you took a fight at 15 and had your body thrashed to bits in a war vs someone 20 lbs bigger than you. No one here questions your drive to succeed. No one that counts anyway, not that you need our approval to succeed brother. You have it inside you. We're just here to cheer you on your journey, and roll with you from time to time =D.

Thats funny you say that, my coach's met with me after this fight and pretty much said the same thing. They told me I had nothing to prove to anyone and they were taking control back from me.lol. My dad said everyone started to get cought up in my passion to fight and started to make dumb choices, him included. No more fights with anyone more than 12 months older than me, also within 10 pounds in weight. They said if that means I go a year without a fight, than thats what will happen. Worry about training and pushing forward. MY dad pointed out to me again, as he has done many times, he retired from pro fighting when he was in his mid 20's because of injuries. He says there is to much of him in me and my carear will be much longer. lol. He laid down the law, no more fearless and hardcore. Smart in training.....Smart in fighting.

I'm walking the walk right now. Not going to NAGA this weekend because my knees still jacked up. Before the talk I would have convinced everyone to take me if I had a bone sticking thru the skin.lol. Thanks for the concern bro.