Round 1, FIGHT!!

Before I begin I’m going to give you all a quick bit of information about the martial art form Mauy Thai. 

Muay Thai is referred to as the “Art of Eight Limbs” or the “Science Of Eight Limbs” because it makes use of punches, kicks, elbows and knee strikes, thus using eight “points of contact”, as opposed to “two points” (fists) in Western boxing and “four points” (hands and feet) used in sport-oriented martial arts. A practitioner of Muay Thai is known as a nak muay.

If you’re an avid fight fan then you may already know that our very own ‘Mr. T.’ AKA Mike Timlin is trained in the martial art form of Muay Thai. Today I will be writing about his second amateur fight in Penzance, which was on Sunday 9 May.

Unfortunately, I was unable to see his first cage fight which was here in Torquay. The reason behind this is because it was his debut fight everyone in the complex was arguing about who was working and was going to watch Mikey kick butt! (He won his first fight by points) However, I pulled some strings as soon as I heard of Mikey’s next fight to get time off from work and to go and support him in Penzance. So, now that you’re all up to date let’s begin. 

So, the day began with Doug  (Albert’s doorman), Liz (Albert’s barmaid), Barrington (Victoria restaurant manager), myself and the star of the show Mikey!! We all met at outside Albert’s at 7:30am!! I didn’t even know that time existed!! Anyway, we all got on our hired mini-bus and prepared to hype Mikey up for his up fight, after a 2 and a half hour drive (and a detour through Exeter thanks to our ‘navigator’ and driver Doug) we had arrived at Penzance Leisure Centre where the event was being held. So first things first – time for breakfast at Weatherspoon’s (well a lager for me he he).

After breakfast we went back to the venue, which seemed to have transformed in the hour we had been gone with floods of people waiting to get inside and see the action. Lucky for us we managed to skip all that and make our way to our reserved seats (perks of being with the star I guess). Mikey was announced as the tenth fight so we had a while to wait for him however the entertainment was brilliant! We even had 10x Women’s World Champion Julie Kitchen fighting for us, I have to say what an amazing fight just what I would expect from her and what an amazing body I liked this, a lot!!

Mikey with the awards from earlier this year

After many fantastic fights Mikey was finally on. It was his turn to get in the ring and show us what he was made of, and boy did he! The room echoed with chants and cheers in support of Mikey (as you know we’re loud and enthusiastic here at Albert’s). Ater a superb display of his fighting technique –  his arms and legs were everywhere – it was hard to keep up with him (I’m relieved I wasn’t his opponent) after a gruelling 2minute round Mikey was still calm and ready for his next round. After some more trading punches Mikey landed a big hit with his right fist and his opponent lost balance. Mikey being a well-trained fighter seized this opportunity to make his move. A knee to his chest was thrown at his opponent and after impact his opponent fell to the floor and couldn’t move let alone stand! It was over, the match was given to Mikey, win by knockout after 3 and a half mins!

Of course a massive party in celebration of Mikey followed this! So feel free to visit our champion in Albert’s bar on weekends (he’s single ladies) and see the legend himself. Just behave or you might get a first hand experience of Mikey’s technique up-close and personal!

 Enough for now, thanks for reading and I will speak to you all soon.

Adam West and the Albert’s gang.