Last week was all about Legend Fighting Championship, Hong Kong’s first professional mixed martial arts competition, leading up to Fight Night last Thursday June 24th at HITEC’s Star Hall in Kowloon Bay. Earlier in the week, I had the opportunity meet with some of the fighters who were still getting over jetlag and cutting weight. Among them were new and returning fighters that were in good spirits and overall were really nice dudes.
Last January, Legend 1 had the tall task of becoming the first MMA production in HK. This time around, I felt Legend 2 raised the bar even higher for fight promotion in Hong Kong, drawing what I thought was the biggest, most excited and most MMA-savvy crowd I’ve seen here. The fights did not disappoint either – showcasing brutal knockout power, advanced grappling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, paired with fair officiating and judging. As a huge fan of MMA anticipating big things for the sport in HK, I’m very excited =) And oh yeah, did I mention Legend 3 in September?
Here are shots of the excitement from the Legend 2 fight card.
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Vivek Mahbubani aka HK’s Bruce Buffer
Takuma flattens Wang Zhen for a rear naked choke
Jo Nam Jin eats a headkick from Kevin Belingon
China’s Zhang Tiequan guillotine submission over Daniel Digby, 0:30 in Round 1
Rob Hill lands a superman punch on the chin of Kwon A Sol
Taiwanese Justin Lee shocks the Hong Kong crowd with a first round KO of Kenny Yeung
Adrian Pang knees Yu Woo Sung on his way to the lightweight belt
