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Dedication pays off for Perth's Nathan Bartlett in Scottish kickboxing title win

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Months of 5am morning runs were all worth it when Nathan Bartlett earned victory.The 28-year-old from Perth was delighted to earn a national kickboxing title on Saturday evening.He brought a WKA Scotland 67kg (full contact) belt back to the Fair City after an impressive performance at Rivals Gym in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire.Nathan, who represents Style Combat Fitness, defeated Derek Patterson to claim the honour.“I’ve been coming back from a knee injury and, in the past few months, my coach (Ryan Lyall) has been pushing me and saying I’m still capable of doing the kickboxing,” Nathan said.“I’d had the odd competition here and there.

There were competitions in Glasgow and Newcastle where I came out with medals.“But for this latest fight night, there was a title on the line.

So no pressure.”Nathan, discussing the deciding moment, continued: “We were in close and I managed a left hand to the body.“It caught him with enough volume and the referee counted to six seconds, then eight.

At that point I knew he wasn’t getting back up.“I was bouncing around the ring but my coach Ryan was screaming at me to calm down.

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