Wohsai MMA Event Short Recap

The event took place one week ago, last Tuesday, but since I was away for the Chinese holidays of May 1rst I'm only now finding the time to do a small event recap (pictures/videos should come later once the organizers give them to me).

The setting for the event was an old factory converted into an art gallery. Not ideal for fighting, but it looked nice. The only problem was the lack of seating which meant that everybody stood and people in the back had to climb on boxes to see anything at all, and that most people couldn't see anything as soon as the action hit the ground.

Besides that problem, and a late start due to some fighters being late, there was no notable glitches in the organization.

The fights were good, but the level of the fighters was very low. It would be stupid to expect high level jujitsu from an amateur competition, but most of the fighters didn't even think about keeping their hands at face level. Thankfully the gloves were thick enough that they weren't punished too harshly for their mistakes, and they all displayed a lot of heart.

The highlight of the show was the fight between Steve, from the Black Tiger Academy in Beijing, and a Chinese Guy (I guess I should look up his name...). It was a 10 minutes war where Steve kept looking for the takedown, and Chinese Guy kept punishing him for his unsuccessful attempts. Finally Steve got a nice trip takedown and could finally use his jujitsu (he's a solid blue belt) but it was too late, and since the fight went the distance (the only fight that didn't end in tapout actually) it was automatically ruled a draw.