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People were really filling the seats at this point, and there were sixty to seventy people there. My coaches were at the doorway and seemed pretty agitated for some reason. My heart sunk when I saw that they were leaving. I went out to the hallway to see what was going on, as curiosity got the better of me. They informed me that coaches had to pay the ten-dollar fee to get into the show regardless of whether they were cornering a fighter and that they had refused to pay the bill. So, there I was, at my first Muay Thai fight, unprepared and without a single coach to help me in my corner.

We were called to a separate room for a fighters’ meeting, and the club owner went over the rules, which included knees, kicks, and punches but excluded knees to the face, elbows, and spinning back fists/kicks for the amateurs that were fighting, including me. He told us that this was not sanctioned and that we should not try to completely kill ourselves but that we should have fun with it, just like sparring. “Yeah, right!” I figured, any time I was going into a fight that was not in my own gym and hometown, it would be a war regardless. I have heard stories from Thailand where they loved to beat down foreigners to prove they’re the best, and this would be no different.