Integrated MMA/Fairtex Return From Legend FC
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INTEGRATED MMA/FAIRTEX are on the way home from Hong Kong’s Legend FC event with a mixed bag. A kneebar submission win Matty Cain, a draw for Adrian Pang in what was a bloody war, an unfortunate loss for Mick Mortimer and our friend Dylan Andrews got KO’d with illegal shots to the back of the head and walked away with a no contest.
Matt Cain showed Arthit Hanchana a few things on ground fighting. Matt pursued his dangerous muay thai based opponent with constant pressure which resulted in Matt popping his opponents knee with a brutal kneebar in rnd 1.
Photo by Terrence Yam
Mick Mortimer was next to fight and started well with a very near head and arm choke attempt on his South Korean opponent Jo Nam Jin in the early part of the first round. However it wasnt to be as Mick failed to clear himself from the guard of the South Korean falling victim to a triangle choke.
In the main event Adrian “THE HUNTER” Pang fought the larger and very strong Nam Yui Chul who was 1.5 kg over the weight limit after doing it tough in the sauna. The match went on and in the first round Adrian wore too much punishment and had his eye swollen shut after taking an awesome uppercut and a couple of solid ground and pound shots from Nam. Adrians nose was bleeding profusely throughout the fight which only added to the war that continued.
2nd round Adrian wobbled Nam with a big left hook but couldnt finnish him off before Nam recovered. Adrian was felled to his knees twice with low blows and had to stop another couple of times with glancing blows to the groin and although Nam was deducted a point the blows had slowed Pang down sapping him of some energy. Adrian went for a standing Kimura and was lifted to shoulder height and slammed by Nam and the standup battle continued with both fighters landing solid punches.
Having fought the 2nd and 3rd round with 1 eye fully closed Adrian sensed the fight was still within his reach and did his best finding it very hard to judge his distance but continued to land solid exchanges finnishing strongly with a knee elbow combination that again stumbled his opponent.
Whilst waiting for a judges decision Pang and Nam dropped to their bellys in Centre ring to have an arm wrestle to entertain the crowd. The fight was eventually awarded a majority draw and there is a big possibility in the future of a rematch if Nam can make the 70kg weight limit which I think he will strugle to do. We would not be allowing the same leaniency in weight a second time. Nam is maybe one of the toughest and strongest fighters Adrian has ever fought and both fighters certainly were deservant of the fight of the night bonus.
Congrats to everyone involved in Legend FC on a fantastic first event and such friendly and professional organisation. Integrated MMA would like to thanks FAIRTEX, AUSTRALIAN SPORTS NUTRITION, TAPOUT, MMA SPORTS MAGAZINE and ALL TYPE CABINETS for their sponsorship and support.
Thanks to everyone in Hong Kong and especially promoters Mike Haskamp and Chris Pollock, your event is on the way up !!!!!!!!
Heres a pretty acurate play by play of the fights including- Adrian Pang V NamYui Chul
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