Sparred yesterday. Class spans from 6:15-7:15 and I was waiting around in my gear for over an hour for my name to be called. A couple of people had their name called twice to step into the ring during that time, which  annoyed me. Around 7:18 my name was called along with the one other dude who had been waiting, a tall older guy who swung wild. I got caught by his right several times in the first round but hit him with many more of my own. He started to significantly slow down as he got tired and eventually it was easy to just lean back and let him miss before tagging him. He did a good job keeping his right hand up in guard, blocking my straight rights, but my jab must have had something like a 99% success rate.

My corner coach offered me nothing but compliments, saying I was throwing good 1-2s and nailing the basics, but I felt very ring rusty and was miffed that I ate shots in the first round. I can tell I was too tense again, but my cardio held up anyway from all the home work I've been doing. But I definitely need to spar more. I'll do my part by not missing a sparring session, infrequent as they already are, but I'd also like to ask if the beginner sparring sessions are open so I can at least get some light sparring mixed in to up the frequency. That way, I would at least be able to spar every week rather than once every 2 weeks (the beginner and regular classes rotate weekly). 

Well before I went up, two women sparred and one walked away with her face splattered with blood. The coach I had previously been sparring, Gabriel, went against a bigger opponent who was very skilled and Gabe also walked away with a bloody nose.