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Best
Match of My Life (Part two)
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stepped on the mat. It was my time to show him how it felt to lose. It was
a close match all the way through and it all came down to who wanted it
the most. As I said, I was up by one with thirty seconds to go and was riding
him until he attempted to switch and elbowed me in the face. It was like
seeing a television turn off. I opened my eyes, now on bottom and down by
one point, to see a small puddle of blood on the mat. It was coming from
my mouth. I looked up at the referee to show him I was injured and he just
told me to get off the mat so I wouldn't bleed everywhere. I stood up and
walked to the corner of the mat and saw the expression on everyone's face;
that told me I was hurt bad. Hans gave me some water to rinse out my mouth.
I spit out what looked like nothing but a mouthful of blood. It seems my
tooth had busted completely through my lip.It was my upper left part of
my lip and the look on my dads face scared me. I could tell it was bad when
my dad didn't want me to go back out there. But I was motivated to keep
going and win the match. With time running down I was able to stand up and
take him down to win the match in the last 15 seconds. Josh was so pissed
off from losing to me. After I won I had to go straight to the hospital.
The doctor said I needed stitches and gave me seven of them. Another problem
was that I had to forfeit the constellations finals so I ended up taking
fourth place. Winning that match gave me confidence and proof that I could
wrestle at a high level, even though the coaches weren't there. It gave
me that toughness and desire I needed to keep going in my wrestling career.
I had to wear a mask for the rest of the season so the cut wouldn't reopen.
The cut left a scar but I am so glad it happened because it made me a better
wrestler and I'm still good looking. |
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