\n Fighting a 19-year-old in Magaluf might sound like a stag-do gone wrong, but Derek Lynas trained hard for the occasion at Rosyth’s Goliath MMA.\n<\/p>\n
\n It almost didn\u2019t go ahead, due to a mix-up with his required weight.\n<\/p>\n
\n Derek said: \u201cWe found out 15 minutes after I was to drive to the weigh-ins that my weight was wrong.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI thought I was going to be fighting at 61.5kg, but it was actually 59.4kg. I had to go into the sauna there and then, to cut two in an hour and a half.\n<\/p>\n
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\n \u201cI was running back and forward in the sauna, and then I arrived late.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n It was a convincing second-round win for Derek, who took up the sport just four years ago.\n<\/p>\n
\n Discussing his opponent, he said: \u201cHe was a good guy too, but I dislocated his shoulder and he had to get painkiller injections, so he couldn\u2019t have a drink with me after it.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe was texting me the next day asking me to go out to a club, but I was there with my wife and we were having a day to ourselves.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Before the trip, he pointed out that last time he was in Magaluf, the young man wasn\u2019t even born yet.\n<\/p>\n
\n The victory made it three wins out of three fights for the \u201chobbyist who takes his pastime seriously\u201d, and he celebrated with a tattoo to mark the occasion.\n<\/p>\n
\n He celebrated with a tattoo to mark the occasion. (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cThere\u2019s been a big discussion with my wife. That was supposed to be my last fight, but we thought \u2018since it was abroad, should we have one more?\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAs soon as I won, the promoter came over and announced that my next one will be a title shot. My wife said she wants me to have one, and we can invite everybody who has never been to see me.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBut that will be it, it\u2019s not something I can continue to do for the next ten years.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n He hopes that it will take place in Dunfermline around February time.\n<\/p>\n
\n Derek flying the flag overseas. (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
\n Derek complimented his teammates at Goliath, commenting: \u201cYou can\u2019t do this without everybody. You need them there for sparring, coaching, and mentoring.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhen you\u2019re on your knees and don\u2019t think you can do it anymore, there\u2019s always someone there in your ear saying, \u2018yes you can\u2019.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The fighter wished to thank Dan Robson and Fight Island Championship, Stephen Harris from Goliath, Lee Emslie, Scott Malone, and both of his parents.\n<\/p>\n
\n He also shouted out sponsors Milncroft and SRJ Windows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fighting a 19-year-old in Magaluf might sound like a stag-do gone wrong, but Derek Lynas trained hard for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-237196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}