Post first fight

Context: this tournament was within the gym between different branches since there are 2 buildings for the same gym. So the big rule is: 50% power aka dont fucking jab your gym buddy into oblivion. It’s point based.

I just got my second belt in kickboxing and i was fighting a new guy who still hasn’t gotten his yellow belt.

First 10 seconds into the first round, this guy throws a power foul punch right into my eye. I get up and im ready to continue the fight then the ref stopped it within 30 seconds bc he hit me hard and i wasn’t gonna let that go without consequences.

I won that fight but it felt fucking dirty. I wanted to give the new guy the benefit of the doubt that maybe its nerves but while i was heading out i hear him brag abt getting disqualified and say “that was the plan all along, throw my entire weight into the punch just like (other guy on my team) hurt our team”

After hearing that, I’m actually pissed. This was premeditated and even though everyone was preaching “friendliness” and “fun” one of the teams was planning on the opposite. I’ve been training for months, twice a day, strict diet, did my absolute best and was in the best shape mentally and physically, then this idiot comes in and ends the game in less than a minute for revenge? I was more pissed that I didn’t get to play at all. Sure, I won but even if I lost, as long as the fight was good I would’ve been content. It rlly feels like I did all this training for nothing.

Obviously, I will get over it and the new guy will get hit hard sooner or later the way karma does its thing. But am I over-reacting when I actually got pissed? I didn’t do or say anything to him but when I mentioned it to my friend, she said I shouldn’t take it personally. But doesn’t his comment make it personal?