{"id":707,"date":"2011-07-10T13:57:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T19:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/?p=707"},"modified":"2011-07-10T14:58:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-10T20:58:00","slug":"after-my-jewels-15-fight-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/2011\/07\/10\/after-my-jewels-15-fight-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"After my Jewels 15 fight (pt 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote a blog entry the night of my fight, but deleted it right after I posted it.<\/p>\n

To everyone reading this, I’m so grateful for your support, confidence, love, and cheering. However, I’d rather not read comments of “It’s okay” “There’ll be a next time.” because it’s really not okay whatsoever. An “L” on my record is an “L.” <\/p>\n

I fought so hard. I wanted to win so freaking badly, like never before. This fight meant so much to me on many levels. It’s very disillusioning.<\/p>\n

They tell me it was a really exciting fight. Sakura-chan told me, “We were treated to a top level fight one would expect to see in the US rather than Japan.” That’s nice to hear, but in the end, my hand wasn’t raised, and now I’m on a 3 fight losing streak. <\/p>\n

I was ground and pounding from the top a lot. I thought I won the first round. Akano went for a lot of heel hooks, but she didn’t get them, and I got out. She threw me a few times but I got out. I think the second round was up in the air. I would gladly have fought a third round. Of course, in Japan the judges look more favorably on throws than GNP so she got the decision win. I can’t complain or make excuses because I wasn’t able to finish her. In my heart, I felt we were close enough to call it even, but I might have gotten the spit decision in the US. <\/p>\n

It’s irrelevant. I’m really frustrated. I’m not sure whether to be mad at myself or not for not following a certain strategy. Now I think I’ve finally got it figured out, after all this time of being a professional fighter.<\/p>\n

I don’t think a single one of her strikes hit me. She was good at messing up my sense of distance. Well, now I know what I need to practice next. She’s an excellent fighter. But I feel I have the tools to win. This is the worst feeling ever.<\/p>\n

Masa-san, Akano’s corner (and he trains me, too) said, “You both were so stiff…unusually so.”<\/p>\n

Yah.<\/p>\n

I have issues that I don’t know how to solve. <\/p>\n

Thanks to Ota-san and Kojima-san for cornering me, and then taking me out to eat after the fight. I tried to treat them in thanks, but they wouldn’t let me. They are such good guys. They really took care of me. They tried so hard to cheer me up…<\/p>\n

I’ll write more later. There’s a positive side, also, but I’m not feeling it right now.
\nYes, and thank you so much to the Jewels Promotor for putting on this fight and giving me a chance to fight in Japan.<\/p>\n

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