Yea like i said before I think if a blinded person or blind folded could win ALOT easier if they got a grip of the opponent, i dont see how they would win effectivly otherwise.
I think you did the right thing, he kept doing it while you kept putting more and more agression into the match so he would know whats coming however he didn't and i think he deserved it...
No way he could have fell to that, that was staged to doubt... Plus maybe the "veteran muay thai fighter has been out of it for 30 years or something becuase neither of them looked in good shape.
I think karate at the very least gives you a kinda of feel and basic fondation to fight off of, it did that to me when I first started out anyway. I also realized of what i thought of fighting before was totaly ineffective...
Im sorry to hear that, ive never experianed anything fimilar to that however like how other people said if youre going to hit something get a punching bag.