Results and Recap: K-1 Los Angeles super fights

The K-1 super fights kicked off with Shuichi Wentz and Romie Adanza. Wentz took the fight on a few weeks notice after original opponent Andy Howson was injured and forced to withdraw from the bout. The pair had fought a little over a year ago in a close fight that went to Adanza by decision. There would be no decision this time, however, Adanza started off looking to let his hands go and 23 seconds into the round it was over. Wentz countered a right by Adanza with a right head kick that sent Adanza crashing to the canvas. It was a brutal knockout and a big win for Wentz.

Kang En and Travis Garlits went toe to toe for three rounds. En was more active and landed more strikes, but Garlits was able to absorb the punishment and answer back with a few strikes of his own. In the end the judges awarded the bout to En via unanimous decision.

Pictures: Markhaile Wedderburn and Kang En training for K-1 fights

Scott Hirano was on hand at the Muay Thai of America Gym in North Hollywood, CA to capture pictures of Markhaile Wedderburn and Kang En training for their upcoming fights at the K-1 event on Saturday. Wedderburn will be fighting Jeremiah Metcalf while En will be taking on Travis Garlits.

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It's better to dance with the devil that you know than to sing with the one you don't

In combat sports a fighter is only as good as his record. To a fighter it should be like their child, willing to protect it at all cost. Sure there are fighters who fight anyone anytime, but only few of those fighters can be successful. Kevin Ross, and Romie Adanza are great examples of this, they will fight bigger guys, but their technique is so good they can compensate for the size disadvantage. What happens when the disadvantage isn't size but the rules, and you have your back against a wall?

Ben Yelle will tell you he recently faced those issues head on, and in a sport where fights are hard to come by, most fighters have to play by the promoters rules or they don't fight. Ben fought on the November 13th WCK Muay Thai fight card in Las Vegas, NV. When he was on his way to Las Vegas from Michigan he was ready to fight a five round full rules Muay Thai bout against Kang En. When he arrived in Las Vegas, and was working to make weight things changed.

WCK Muay Thai WuLinFeng Spectacular Results

The Chinese WuLinFeng team bested the United States team by winning five of the nine match-ups that took place at Harrah's Casino in Las Vegas Nevada. The United States claimed three victories.

Shane Oblonsky put on a great show to defeat Xu Yan by unanimous decision. Yan was coming off a unanimous decision victory of his own against the highly regarded Malaipet. The other bright spots for the U.S. team were Adrien Grotte who won via KO in Rd.2 against Yi Long, and Andy Kapel, whom took home a close split decision against Guo Qiang. In quite a surprise Heath "Cowboy" Harris was defeated by Wang Hongxiang by TKO in the first round, unfortunately for Harris he suffered an ankle injury. The WuLinFeng team definitely came prepared and unfortunately for the United States team they were not able to claim victory with the final tally ending up 5-3-1 in favor of the WuLinFeng team.

WCK Muay Thai at Harrah's Casino Nov. 13th fight card

WCK Muay Thai is bringing patriotic competition back for their November 13th event. The event will feature U.S. fighters vs. the Chinese WuLinFeng Team.

Headlining the event will be a bout between Heath "Cowboy" Harris and Wang Hongxiang, with a co-headlining bout featuring Ben Yelle vs. Kang En.

Current Fight Card:

Heath "Cowboy" Harris vs. Wang Hongxiang
Ben Yelle vs. Kang En
Adrienne Grotte vs. Yi Long
Jack Thames vs. Hong Guang
Shane Oblonsky vs. Xu Yan
Alfred Khashakyan vs. Lin Shuai
Andrew Kapel vs. Guo Quiang
Nat McIntyre vs. Li Ning
Tiffany vanSoest vs. Wang Cong