It was a good tussle, only I couldn't tell what round it was, I didn't see any placard or anything.
MT guy, A+ for heart, C- for preparation. Sometimes he was just standing there. If you can't accelerate forward faster than the other guy can drive in reverse, the other guy owns the distance and timing question.
Pop quiz: How many of you can run backwards faster than you can run forwards? Thought so. Otherwise the sprint tape would be strung across the track lower, so you could break it with your ass.
I define internal martial art as unusual muscle recruitment and leave it at that. If my definition is incomplete, at least it is correct so far as it goes.