First round: We boxed with each other a little and both landed a few good shots. I landed a few leg kicks. I took him down and controlled him for the last half of the round.
Second round: Started the second round the same way. I he clinched and in the scramble I ended up on bottom. He tried to mount I recovered half guard. Didn't take any damage on the way to securing guard. He was waiting for my rubberguard and pushed me into the fence. I managed to control him for a little while but he ended up posturing and landing some real good blows to my face. The ref would have stopped it if I didn't keep gaining control of his arms.
Third round: we're both exhausted. I throw a couple of leg kicks that land. He catches me with a few good punches. He gets a second wind and starts to get looser with his hands. He lands a few real stiff jabs and backs me up. I can see that he wants to try to finish me while he has the advantage. He can see that I'm not loosing my composure so he doesn't press to hard. In the final thirty seconds of the fight he gets the clinch and throws knees. There's not much on them but he catches me in the groin in the last fifteen seconds or so. I grab my groin instead of throwing a final flurry and that's how the round ends. I told the ref that he hit with a low blow; ref said he saw it.
Final thoughts: At the time I would have given scored it 29 - 27 in his favor. In retrospect, he didn't dominate the second round that much- it just felt that way. Judges scored it 30-27 for him. I talked the the guy I fought after, and he told me he thought I took the first round too -- I don't think Texas judges score anything but strikes. I slipped most of his punches, but a few guys said it looked like I was getting hit from their angle. My opponent also said he thought I he might of hit me in the groin and looked at the ref. the ref said nothing, so he kept on fighting. I don't blame him for that. Truth be told, I don't think it hurt all that much, I just reacted like an idiot. I feel like I lost on because of cardio, and that sucks. Part of me would love to blame it on the five mid-terms I took over the last couple of weeks; in reality I should have gotten up earlier and trained harder. It was my first fight, my first time cutting weight, and a hell of a learning experience. If the promoter offers me a guy that doesn't have a six inch reach advantage on me I'd probably take another fight in December -- after finals and a lot of cardio. I can't remember the last time I had so much fun.
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