It has been
two days since my fight with Thales. I haven't seen the fight yet, but
from what I remember and from what I hear, I won the fight hands down, but lost
on a technicality.
Let me
first explain. The first point deduction seems like it was good. I
thought Thales was standing up as his hips came up and his posture made it seem
he was standing, however, his knee was still on the ground. The second
point deduction was bad in my opinion. Thales had a single leg and
his head was facing down. My elbow came at a horizontal angle and hit him
in the side of the head, not the back (of the head).
Later that
night, Joe Rogan told me that he pulled Herb Dean (the referee) aside after the
fight to watch the replay from several angles. Joe said that even Herb
Dean believed it was not an illegal elbow when he watched.
If the
second point deduction had not been taken off, the fight would have been ruled
a majority draw. Either way, I should have finished Thales. I had
him very hurt a few times, but he is a tough guy.
It would be
great if I could get a rematch with him to settle the controversy. I know
if I was him, I would not be happy with winning a fight in that fashion.
I made
several technical mistakes in that fight, but I am still happy with my performance.
I can't control the outcome of the fight, only how I fight. And I did
what I came to do, which was beat somebody up!
On a side
note, our room was robbed last night and my computer, iPod, passport and
several other items were stolen. That means we got robbed two days in a
row here in London! HA :)
I want to
thank all my fans here in London and back home and above all I want to thank
God for blessing me with so much!
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Nate
Marquardt lost a split decision to Thales Leites at UFC
85 on June 7 at the O2 Arena in London. You can check out his personal
websites at NateMarquardt.com and myspace.com/natemarquardt. He has his own academy in
Denver called High
Altitude Martial Arts and also trains at T’s KO Fight Club in Denver and at Jackson’s MMA in Albuquerque, N.M. Marquardt
is sponsored by Tapout and is currently ranked as one
of the Top 10 middleweight fighters in the world by MMAWeekly.com.
