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My first official match on Meet the Fighters pitted me against another sexagenarian of equal weight but with a wrestling background.  At the start of our three-hour match, MatureJOfan was kind enough to give me some pointers.  He pointed out ways I could escape from holds and score a pin.  I used these techniques against him during our match, and he did not seem to mind.

 As the match progressed though, it was every man for himself; but we both were careful not to injure the other.  Our encounter was about achieving control over your opponent, coming up with escapes and tiring the other man into a submission.  We didn’t have any tap outs.  There was no need.  The man on top knew when he had scored a pin and let the other guy go.  Since we were about evenly matched at least on weight and age, we were often at a stalemate and just broke the hold to start over.  This was tiring but invigorating also.  It was lots of fun, good exercise, learned some new tactics, and I met a really nice guy.

Everything considered, I was satisfied with my performance.  But MatureJOfan is a wrestling champ of many years ago and has stayed in very good shape. MatureJOfan was finally able to put me in his master signature namesake hold.  If you are tired, there is little chance of escape.  I succumbed first, which makes MatureJOfan the winner; although strangely, I felt victorious also.  We both sustained minor injuries; further proof perhaps that we had a good “mano a mano” struggle.  Besides learning more wrestling holds and escapes; I have to improve my cardio to better outlast opponents.