Damien Trainor's video: Damien Trainor vs Arashi Fujihara: Super Prestige Fight

Damien Trainor (UK No1) vs Arashi Fujihara (Jap No1) Pain & Glory Promotion NEC 24th April 2004 Back in 2004 I took on the Japanese No1 Arashi Fujihara. Even to this day this is the HARDEST I’ve ever been kicked. I remember coming back after the second round and telling my corner I’m not sure if my arms could take much more of these kicks. This was due to me double blocking with my arms in a Dutch kickingboxing way. Blocking like this is perfectly fine (not classed as a block under Muay Thai scoring) until you fight a prolific kicker! I had to change how I was blocking if I wanted to turn the fight around....if you watch the fight you can see at the start of the fight I was double blocking with my arms but as the fight progressed I changed to defending with my leg. Blocking in this manner actually stopped Fujuhara firing that left kick so often as he hurt himself each he kicked me. This is the classic way to defend in Muay Thai and the best way to defend a body kick. After a couple of tough early rounds I managed to turn it around and get a draw. At one point I actually thought he was going to break my arms.