Chapter 197: Glory Defending the Title (I)
Xiang returned to the Hero Camp and began to prepare for the fight without leaving his home, facing his first challenger, one of the world's top middleweight powerhouses, Dutch "Kickboxing Tyson" Jason Venice. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Jason Venice, one of the most prestigious sluggers in the ring in the world today. As early as his teenage years, Jason showed extraordinary strength qualities, and his natural strength and strong body allowed him to shine in the professional fighting ring at an early age.
His striking girth, explosive muscles and Mike Tyson-esque high-frequency hook hook combos are two of the most recognizable Ring symbols in Venice.
Under the onslaught of his punches, many World Champion-level powerhouses were completely defeated, and were ruthlessly swallowed by its terrifying impact. Like Tyson at his peak, Venice's punches are almost only on the opponent's ribs, ears and chin, fierce and direct, simple and efficient. This kind of ornamental style of play and excellent results have earned him the reputation of "Kickboxing Tyson".
Xiang Yingying is very concerned and excited about an opponent with a very similar style to himself, because he wants to end the fight in the confrontation and see who is the king of middleweight kickboxing.
The ten-day preparation training was soon over, and Xiang Yingying completed the weight loss again with amazing perseverance and qualified for the competition.
The weighing ceremony went very smoothly, Xiang Yingying and Venice did not make any radical remarks, and they also praised each other a few words.
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On the evening of April 12, Glory Fight 56 kicked off at the Amsterdam Stadium in the capital of the Netherlands.
The exterior of the Amsterdam Coliseum is very special, like a wartime fortress, with the roof as well as the façade covered in greenery. The design team was modeled after the layout of the city, which was like a cave and attracted people's attention.
The façade of the venue has many visual pathways and voids to meet the needs of different visitors. The large size of the venue can be used for a number of cultural events and sporting events.
This is Xiang Hero's first title defense, and it was supposed to be fought at home, perhaps because Honor Fighting officials believe that Xiang Hero's main focus will be on the UFC, so they deliberately put this match on the home court of challenger Jason Venice.
Xiang Yingying didn't raise any objections to this, for him, it doesn't mean much to be at home or not, because he really doesn't want to spend too much energy on glory fighting, and is ready to go all out to fight the UFC after three title defenses.
Since the title defense was held in the Netherlands, a large number of superstars from the Dutch martial arts world such as Peter "Tyrant" Aziz, Mirko "Croatian Men" Filipvic, Andy "The Destroyer" Souva, Ernest "Mr. Perfect" Hust, and Aristey "The Destroyer of the Netherlands" O'Wori were in attendance.
Jason Venice, 28 years old, height 185cm, weight 85kg, reach, 186cm
Professional kickboxing record: 24 wins in 31 fights, 13 KOs, 6 losses, 1 draw, 1 TKO
Venice is still a little different from Xiang Hero in terms of physical condition, but he is much richer than Xiang Hero in terms of game experience, but just like Xiang Hero values him, Venice attaches great importance to Xiang Hero, and the person who can kill Marcus with illness, even if he has only been preparing for twenty days, he does not dare to be careless.
At ten o'clock in the evening, Xiang Yingying's first title defense officially kicked off.
After the start of the first round, Venice used a Tyson-style curved arm guard to push and squeeze the hero's space.
In the face of the fierce and powerful pressure of "Kickboxing Tyson", Xiang Yingying pointed to Mai Mang, taking advantage of his height and arm length, and launched a ferocious attack on Venice with a left-handed jab and a mid-to-low leg sweep.
Venice was very well prepared for the normal game, and repeatedly wanted to break into the inside line to launch a blow to Xiang Ying's head and body, but Xiang Yingying's decisive left and right heavy punches made Venice fail to break through many times.
The temporary failure of the advance plan did not make Venice lose his bearings, but made him more composed, and he patiently approached Xiang Hero again and again, giving Xiang Hero a lot of pressure.
At 1:20 of the first round, during a rush in Venice, Xiang Ying's left hand hit the arch of the right eyebrow.
Venice endured the pain and burst into the inner circle, and the Tyson-style attack was launched instantly, left and right small flat ditches, desperately beckoning to Xiang Ying's head and two ribs, and for a while Xiang Ying was beaten back again and again, tired of defense.
In the excited roar of the home audience, Xiang Yingying suddenly changed his playing style, his fists turned into elbows, and a set of sharp fists and elbows were combined to show the short, crisp, fast, and incisive elbow of the elbow method, which reflected the characteristics of Muay Thai elbows like knives!
"Smack!" At the cost of a hard punch, he knocked Venice into the ring with a continuous punch and elbow, and blood splattered at the arch of his eyebrows.
After the referee counted the seconds, the bloody Venice inspired a terrible fighting spirit, appeared more courageous, controlled the distance and used legs and knees to contain Xiang Hero, and the more he played, the more courageous he became, and after many kicks, he turned his elbow and posed a great threat to Xiang Hero.
And in order to prevent the elbow attack of the Xiang hero, Venice directly launched the inner hand-to-hand combat after the breakthrough, and kept using the dark elbow and top knee to consume the Xiang hero.
Towards the end of the first round, Xiang Yingying escaped Venice's close clinch and landed a powerful right leg kick that was narrowly avoided by Venice.
This was the end of the first round.
Venice's toughness really exceeded Xiang Hero's expectations, thanks to the preparation for the battle, in order to prevent the Venice inner assault, Xiang Hero deliberately strengthened the elbow training, and under the guidance of Mitte, completed the training of fist and elbow strikes.
Although the technical characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of Xiang Hero were analyzed in depth before the game, when Venice and Xiang Hero launched an attack, they knew how terrifying Xiang Hero's heavy attack was.
In the first round of the fight, Venice was injured at the arch of his eyebrows, his left leg was also a little swollen under Xiang Ying's continuous low kicks, and he also received several punches to his left and right ribs. Although Xiang Hero also suffered a lot of heavy blows, Venice did not bring any substantial damage to Xiang Hero.
The martial arts celebrities who watched the scene had very solemn expressions after the first round, and they were surprised by the attack power of Xiang Hero.
They know the strength of Venice very well, and they also estimated before the game, because Xiang Hero has a short preparation time and has experienced two weight losses in 20 days, and his physical strength will definitely be greatly affected.
In addition, Venice has the strength not to lose to Xiang Hero, and more experience in the game, and has the advantage of home field, so the possibility of defeating Xiang Hero is still very large.