Lost comp today

[michaelwbray]

Lost comp today. Had been sick all week leading up to it, hadn't trained all week. I felt like I should have got 2 points at the 2 minute 50 second mark for a taken down which would have given me the win.

Video cuts out for about 10 seconds during it due to someone calling my mobile phone which was recording it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en6kGktugwk

Let me know what you think.

[Herm]

Hell of a job for being sick. Do you not get points for the sweep? You were in half guard, got to your knees and then pushed through and passed... that sounds like a sweep to me, lol! Good job Michael, be proud.

PS: it looked like you were going for the electric chair from half guard, why did you give up on that?

[michaelwbray]

I was contemplating going for it - but I haven't really practised it too much and wasn't confident of pulling it off.

[michaelwbray]

I lost on points 2-0

I got 2 advantage points for throwing my legs up in the air at the end looking for the triangle. I don't think I got close enough to it to warrant the advantage points, but I think I should have got the points for take down/sweep.

[willufc]

Until next time... Things just don't go the way we expected them and there is still a next time for you... We know you'd do a lot better next time...:)

[michaelwbray]

Yeah I know - I'm a very competitive sort of person. If you ever watch the Ultimate Fighter and you see Matt Hughes being a real sore loser when he was coaching... thats how I get when I lose :o Back at training tonight anyway.

Going to really work my take downs and take down defense between now and the next comp. I've never really practised it but I'm starting to realise that the only way that I'm gonna improve in competition is to really work on that next.