My son.just turned 13. He signed up for this tournament at his Coach's encouragement. He has been doing Muay Thai for 15 months now. Twice a week, 1 hour group class sessions. This was in Las Vegas.
He got matched with a kid with the same height and weight. He did good for the first 30 seconds, then started to get pummeled. Come to find out, his match up was 2 years older, have 5 years of experience and already have a 5-1 record. The organizers insisted that it was a fair match since the other kid's profile shows less than one year of experience.
I know Muay Thai don't have belts like Karate but was it really fair? Is it possible for a fighter to have less than 1 year of experience and have a 5-1 record?
u/Iaimtomisbehave99 — 9 days ago