Emma Davison, of the Edinburgh Combat Project, is pictured with her trainer and fiancé,Pawel Zakrzewski, after winning the British Muay Thai championship in Newcastle.
Emma defeated top ranked Yasim Nazary, but had to do it the hard way after sustaining an elbow injury early in the contest.
“I knew I had hurt it but didn’t know how bad it was, so just pushed on” said Emma who was relieved to later learn no fracture had occured.
Pawel, who founded the Project Combat club, added: “Emma showed what true heart looks like. To fight almost an entire title bout one handed and still win against one of the country’s best is unbelievable.”
The win caps a meteoric rise for Davison who began her Muay Thai journey two and a half years ago.
(photo credit Gary Thompson)
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