Chapter 202: A Evenly Matched Showdown
With this experience, the 52kg and 56kg competitions that followed were played more cautiously and cautiously, which greatly reduced the possibility of an upset. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
When the competition reached the afternoon, the round of 16 in the 60kg class officially kicked off.
The first match was Tang Hao from China against Eschenko from Ukraine.
From the finale to the first battle, although the venue has changed, Tang Hao's attention has not decreased at all.
The first game received more attention from his opponent Luke Jackson, but this time, it was more from himself.
A fighter who knocked out Jackson in the second round is theoretically ready to compete for gold.
Of course, such a theory is not entirely correct, but the theory itself is enough to deserve attention.
Even more so against Eschenko from Ukraine, who also knocked out his opponent in the first round.
The confrontation between the two fighters is only as exciting as the previous top 16 matchups in each heavyweight class.
The pre-match host's introduction instantly ignited the venue.
When the two players appeared on the stage wearing their respective national flags, the cheers on the scene reached a peak.
After Tang Hao and Eschenko put on the armor needed for the fight, they stepped into the ring almost at the same time.
Because of the previous events and that conversation, compared to the opponent, the relationship between the two people is more like a friend.
But as professional fighters, of course, they can tell the difference between on and off the court, and before the fist bump, the two nod to each other, and when the fist bumps, both of them put aside the off-the-court factors, and their goal is the same, which is to win the match.
"Ding!"
With the ringing of the bell on the sidelines, the game between the two sides officially kicked off.
The moment the bell rang, Tang Hao took the lead in attacking, and Eschenko was defending at the beginning.
There was a muffled sound, just like the last game, Tang Hao took the initiative to attack at the beginning.
“KO!KO!”
Tang Hao's oppressive style of play soon attracted excited cheers from the audience.
However, the biggest difference with Luke Jackson is that Eschenko's defense is not a dead defense, Tang Hao's process of attacking him is like a process of his momentum, and when Tang Hao's combination punch is finished, he seizes the opportunity to counterattack with a quick hook.
Tang Hao dodged Eschenko's hook, but the tip of his nose was rubbed by the fist wind, and there was a hot pain.
After Eschenko forced Tang Hao back, he did not expand the results, but just spread his hands and stared at Tang Hao intently.
Seeing this scene, Qin Hailong, who was watching the game on the sidelines, felt a half chill in his heart.
This Eschenko obviously had targeted research on Tang Hao, and knew that Tang Hao was good at Jeet Kune Do, so he did not take the initiative to attack, but played a sudden defensive counterattack.
Tang Hao's combination punches require continuity, and this kind of cold defensive counter-attack punch is difficult for his Jeet Kune Do to work.
Sure enough, Tang Hao's second round of attack passed, and Eschenko used the same defensive tactics, the difference was that this time he used a left hook, and it was smashed after resisting Tang Hao's left hook.
Tang Hao's cat waist narrowly dodged over.
Waiting for Tang Hao to distance the two, Eschenko still did not attack.
It seems that Qin Hailong's judgment is correct.
Tang Hao also paid attention to it at this time, and the continuous counterattack punches, although they did not cause substantial damage, but they could not be attacked for a long time, which was a big blow to his morale.
We have to change our thinking.
His mind was spinning, and he quickly had an idea in his mind.
He burst to about the same distance as Eschenko, followed by another combination punch.
It's just that unlike the previous combination punches, this time he is all extremely powerful punches, with obvious directionality.
His offense was all right-handed, and Eschenko, who was pressed by the continuous attack, had to retreat and slowly retreated to the corner on the left side of the ring.
After a set of combination punches, Eschenko made another counterattack hook, but Tang Hao, who was adapted to this kind of raid tactics, dodged this hook with a flash, followed by another set of combination punches and continued to output.
The situation on the court returned to Tang Hao's side again, and the continuous combination punches were full of pressure, and Eschenko's surprise counterattack at this time was more like a powerless struggle.
Tang Hao used a corner tactic, Eschenko was forced into the corner, and his defensive counterattack completely lost room to play. The on-site commentator shouted excitedly.
"Tang Hao never gave Eschenko a chance to break through after pressing Eschenko into the corner, this tactic is almost exerted to the extreme! This is an absolute top fighter!" The commentator also immediately echoed.
“KO!KO!”
The audience once again burst into cheers of excitement.
This situation lasted until the end of the first round, and Eschenko relied on his strong resistance to resist the attack of Tang Hao, but it can be seen from his constant hand-shaking movements that like Luke Jackson in the last round, he can feel that Tang Hao cannot be stopped by defense alone.
"Wake up, wake up, this is the round of 16! If you lose, you'll have to go home!" Eschenko's coach yelled at him during the break.
When the bell rang for the second round, Eschenko slapped his chest and let out a beastly roar, and it was clear that he was not going to be beaten passively.
Coming back in the second round, waiting for the referee to start the game, Tang Hao launched an attack as soon as possible, he knew that Eschenko was not Luke Jackson, and he would not take the initiative to attack easily.
As it turned out, he was right, and Eschenko was still on the defensive at the beginning.
But when he was about to push Eschenko into the corner again, the latter took his combination with his left hand and followed it with a right hook.
The counterattack has finally begun!
Tang Hao stretched out his hand to block, but I have to say that Eschenko's hook was powerful, and after two punches in his arm, he was a little numb, and he had to switch to defense.
And it was this change that allowed Eschenko to seize the initiative, and his continuous combination of swings blasted out, forcing Tang Hao to take a few steps back.
“KO!KO!”
As the situation on the field changed, the crowd burst into cheers again, only this time, the object of their cheers was Eschenko.
"The intensity of this game is really beyond imagination, the offense and defense between the two players are quite oppressive, and the Ukrainians are finally no longer passively beaten!" The on-site commentator was also excited by Eschenko's counterattack and shouted excitedly.
"Both sides have the strength to knock out their opponents, and at this time, the fight is which of the two sides can hold on to the next round, and the victory or defeat may suddenly appear at a certain point in time!" the commentator also shouted.
His voice had just fallen.
"Bang!
There were two muffled sounds in a row, not long after Eschenko launched a counterattack, the situation on the field suddenly changed, and Eschenko, who launched a counterattack, suddenly received two strong punches from Tang Hao, and the whole person retreated several steps in a row, and his body fell uncontrollably on the ring.
The audience was in an uproar.
It all happened so fast that many people didn't even see what was happening, and Eschenko was already on the ground! )