My Fight With Andrew Ha

As requested by Dewey Griffin

On the 12th of September, over a month ago now, I engaged in a friendly fight with my friend Andrew Ha, to those who don't know him, he's 2-3 years younger than me, weighs something around 20 kgs heavier than me, and is built like a tank. To those that know me, I'm skinny, lightweight and built like a twig. So agreeing to a fight like this probably wasn't the smartest thing to do, but in the spirit of fun I decided to take the fight, knowing I'd lose eventually, it was just a matter of when and how.

Being so long ago I don't remember the fight from start to finish in immense detail but I'll point out what I remember in a hindsight kind of way. Just incase you didn't know, I lost. (OMGOSH SPOILER)
In hindsight I should've warmed up a bit before fighting, if only to get my body ready for a beating, but I didn't, but I don't think Andrew did much either.
Our fight had the rules of no headshots, no elbows and to go 100% because thats what Andrew wanted, and we wore MMA gloves, which are smaller than boxing gloves, and thus would hurt a bit more. We started off standing, trading shots with Andrew getting the better of me, despite my long arms, I'm still hesisitant to close the distance to get my shots in, something that will come to me more so if I keep sparring, which I rarely do these days.
At some point I get taken down, so I pull guard, wrapping my legs around Andrew, to keep him from raining down punches on me, but he still managed to do so, and in the heat of the moment punched me in the face. In hindsight, I should've wore my mouthguard, but silly me I believed in the no headshot rule, but didn't forsee accidental shots occuring. So we paused for a minute so my face could heal a bit, and I could regain composure before starting in the same position again. Prior to Andrew's punching of my face he was trying to break my legs by standing up, so I knew that he would go for it again when we started back in the same position. I used this to my advantage and swept him by pulling his legs causing him to fall on his bottom, and I tried to get on top to gain a better position, however we scrambled and he got back up and we were standing again.

Once again standing, Andrew got the better of me, pulling off a good combo, getting me in the shoulder and body with his very hard shots. Each time he came at me with a flurry of punches I'd end up retreating, bumping up against his fence at his home. Eventually this bumping up against the fence worked against me even more so, slipping and thus lowering my body one of Andrew's punches got me in the face again. Not feeling too good at all, copping two headshots I felt like stopping, as my head was spinning a bit, and my mouth was quite sore. But I kept persisting, seemingly wanting to lose properly. After my break we punched on again, trying some kicks at some point but to no avail, I eventually get taken down again, but fail to pull guard, finding myself in side control, and eventually mounted by Andrew. I instantly try to bridge and roll him over, but that didn't work, then kept holding him down, so he couldn't punch me anymore, but being much stronger than me I could only hold him for so long before he broke my grip and started punching again. I then held him down again, by this time I was very tired and wanted to give up, so I decided to hold on until he broke my grip and started punching me to then say "I give up". In hindsight I should've tried to bridge and roll him over or attempt an elbow escape on more time but I was too tired, and all the odds seem to go against me. I realised throughout the whole fight I wasn't going 100% like Andrew wanted, I'm never a person to punch someone 100% without a good reason to, so while Andrew's punches to me were painful thuds, my punches to him would've felt quite light I imagine, thats just how I fight I suppose.

After giving up I realised my lip was bleeding, so that wasn't great, but wasn't anything I hadn't experienced before. I had a minor bump under my eye, that was quite unnoticeable unless you stared at me, and bruises on my body from the body shots courtesy of Andrew Ha. That brings my unnofficial fight record to 1-1, and it looks like it'll stay that way for a long while.
A few months of solid kickboxing training should help my form and confidence in attacking, rather than trying to counter punch. They say you always learn after a loss, and if anything I've confirmed what I've pretty much known before but suprised myself in a few ways.