Muay Thai Night

This week was pretty much just overtime for me, so there is only one story to tell at this time, and it's a good one in my eyes.

On Saturday night Oceanbaby and I went to a Muay Thai event in Upland. We took Oceanbaby's brothers along as well. While we would probably have gone to the show anyway, tonight was a special event. Our Kru (teacher) was coming out of retirement to fight. He is 38 years old, and took the fight on a two week notice, along with having a hurt back. This fight would be his first in about 8 years or more. Check out this video of Pan doing Wai Kru.

Round one was pretty solid. He got a little rocked at one point, but came back strong at the end of the round rocking his opponent. Then in round two he got wobbled and his hands dropped and his opponent hit a head kick right to his jaw, knocking him out. It broke my heart, but I'm very proud of his performance. He is doing okay now.

Other than that the fights were great. First off, I must mention that Cecil Peoples was one of the refs for the fights. He is a UFC judge and ref. Later, one of the fighters came out, and I noticed in his corner was "Razor" Rob McCollough, who is the WEC Lightweight champ! Then I also noticed that Tiki Ghosn a former UFC fighter and current WEC fighter was also in his corner. They are both from team Punishment. Oceanbaby then looked through the door where the fighters came out, and saw Tito backstage! Also Kendall Grove was there who is one of Oceanbaby's favorite fighters!

They all came out later, and Oceanbaby and her brothers got to take pictures with Tito. I was too late in getting over there, so I missed out. Bummer! But I did get to take pictures with "Razor" Rob, Tiki, Kendall and Pan. There was a girl fight on the card, and Oceanbaby was super stoked for that fight. The girl we rooted for lost, but only by a crappy decision. We had a blast and except for Pan losing and me not getting a pic with Tito, it was a great night.