We have set up training program and adjusted it around my work schedule straight away.
With no time to waste,we begun preparations.
Sir has came out of his way by making it possible around his and mine very busy schedule to fit as much training as possible.
Roman my great team mate and long time training partner ( one of the oldest GMMA Academy Student ) has rescheduled his timetable to be with me every morning, five days a week and help me shape up my techniques by working me out on the pads and pushing me over the limit.
My coaches would arrange every possible spare time of theirs on monitoring and adjusting my preparation.
What Roman and I would follow best possible way we could.
Evening schedules were pretty much as usual, all about GMMA Academy, with little twist of selfish adjustments to work on my strategy while working with everyone.
Fortunate with great Coaches, Team members and friends like Marty Cox and Jacob Wells from "Marty's Cox" gym based in Heathrow who has welcomed and helped me in preparation, with great pad work and sparring sessions weekly.
I have been working hard all those weeks doing my best to overcome obstacles, tiredness, and lack of time in between my work and training plan.
As like everyone of us I have got my other responsibilities outside the training,there is no easement tariff just because i am training. It is my own choice and I have to make sure that everything work great outside the training too.
It was tough few weeks. But all the support I got from my Team as well as my desire of becoming better fighter, student and instructor, has helped me to keep going.
Last weekend before the fight we have pushed it to the next level with Sir Samy and Roman "Sir" and all the GuruMuayThai members.
From Monday on wards, with assumption that all the hard work has been done, we have carried on our schedule in a bit more relaxed setting. Concentrating more on the speed and sharpness of my actions, we would reduce the time and intensity of training. All strength and conditioning techniques we have practicing last few weeks were reduced to minimum.
It was all about sharpness and executing the tactics we have set up for upcoming event.
Obviously Last week before the fight was a bit of emotional and physical roller coaster.
Feeling strong, feeling week, feeling fast, feeling slow.
Feeling confident, feeling unprepared, feeling super fit, feeling over trained, feeling that I haven't done enough.
I have had those kind of feeling in the past in smaller or bigger degree.
But This was great opportunity for my career at the stage I actually am.
I wouldn't wanna let my coaches, team, family and friends down.
It isn't my final destination when it comes to fighting, there is much more I want to achieve.
But at this same time I feel like time of testing and experiencing has been gone while ago in my career. Now it is time to put up all hard work I have done and see the results of it.
Saturday the 19th, the fight day.
After busy Friday and early start on the day I have been looking for any possibility, even half an hour of resting my head and body, with not much of luck.
I have met some of my team colleagues outside our gym in Shepherd's Bush/West London.
Where we have took off from to the venue where we were early enough for the weigh in, medical check and rules meeting.
Everyone has spread around and more guys would be coming one after the other.
I have had a light dinner as I knew that I've got about five hours to my fight.
24 fight on the list and break in between had to take a bit of time.
In those five hours emotional roller coaster has took incredible speed.
Meeting my opponent, who happened to be my training colleague in the past, meeting his brothers and coaches who I used to train with wouldn't help to calm me down at all.
Seeing all my friends and supporters coming to the venue has set up expectation level even higher.
They all came to see great win of mine, believing in me, my strength and abilities.
"Can't let them down!!!!" Was echoing in my head in between all other thoughts I had.
Naturally I belied in myself too.
I know my strengths, I know what I am capable of.
But I believe that if I wasn't nervous in this kind of situation I must be mad or simply an ignorant (read "fool ").
I believe that it is natural.
This is where coaches/corner man team, their experience and element of connection kicks in.
Couple of fights after the interval we have took our gear and moved to quite corner of the venue, where all the team has completely concentrated on all the details towards the final performance.
Jacob (my sparring partner) from "Marty's Cox gym" and his mate Lucas has joined us as well.
After warming up my body with Thai oil and wrapping up my hands we begun the warm up.
Usual stuff; shadow, pad work, light sparring with the tactics tattooed in our heads.
Time is up!
Shows MC has called my name inviting me to the blue corner, "We are young" by Fun has came out from the speakers. We have waited for the chorus to begin and walked in to share the atmosphere with our supporters who were clearly been more nervous at that point than myself.
I knew that this is it.
Time of the test. Time to put in everything I have got.
With all those people behind me couldn't go wrong.
My opponent has walked in with also great support on the other side of the ring.
We have gave respect to each other, our coaches and corner man.
Then touched the gloves and right with the first bell begun to storm with attacks.
We have both started on very high pace.
Surely both didn't think of fighting all the distance off 10 rounds.
Every punch, every kick was main to bring the damage and possibly finish the fight before the time.
My opponents boxing skills and power of the punches has been incredibly good.
Very skilled and strong fighter.
I was kicking his leading leg right from the beginning of the fight and he kept on lloking for the knock out with his hooks punches, very well delivered.
My tactics and abilities of good kickboxing; hands and legs would give me score of 5 to 1 by the end of sixth round.
I could see that the leg I was constantly kicking giving up little by little.
Hearing great guidance from my corner i have been executing everything that we have trained for this fight.
What finally has brought me technical knock out in the 8th round of fight against my incredibly strong physically as mentally opponent.
My pride and pride of my coaches, team members and friends at the venue has shifted the roof up!
That was an amazing feeling.
All the hard work paid off.
All the expectations has been fulfilled.
Once Again GMMA Academy "The Winners Team" achieved great victory.
With great support, guidance, believe and hard work I have become B.I.K.M.A middleweight low kick kickboxing World Champion.
And once again we have helped to raise money to the good cause of helping little boy Ronnie to overcome his illness.
That's where all income from tickets sold on the day Mr Jason Stevens, Scorpion kickboxing coach and promoter has donated to.
Great THANK YOU to my coaches, team mates ( especially Roman ), Marty Cox ,Jacob Wells, Mr Jason Stevens the organiser of the show and all supporters who made their way to the show as well as those who couldn't be there and wished me well.
Let's keep it going guys!
There is much more to come!
www.GMMA.co.uk
Great THANK YOU to my coaches, team mates ( especially Roman ), Marty Cox ,Jacob Wells, Mr Jason Stevens the organiser of the show and all supporters who made their way to the show as well as those who couldn't be there and wished me well.
Let's keep it going guys!
There is much more to come!
www.GMMA.co.uk
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Krystian Ozog
Fighter/Instructor, GMMA Academy       |
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