When lightweight kickboxing world champion "Immortal" Logan Elso walked onto the arena with his dreaded "Legion of the Undead" mask, everyone knew he was ready to destroy the opponent in front of him. The 29-year-old champion has won 18 consecutive games on the field. Since defeating Nikki Hozken to win the lightweight Kickboxing World Championship in May 2019, he has defended his title three times, defeating vengeful Hozken, ISKA Kickboxing World Champion Mustafa Hayida and Russian striker Islam Murtazza. On the 22nd of this month, Logan will face his fourth defending title against Arian Sadiqvika, the "finisher of the game" from Germany.
Logan's winning streak is no accident, and technically and physically, he has almost no weaknesses. His height of 189 cm and arm span give him an extra-long range to cover, and his high-speed jabs and positive kicks keep heavy gunners at close range. And his powerful leg sweeping and combination of punches are skillful, and the Dutch "X-shaped" three-dimensional combo is invincible, not to mention the "hidden version of the big killer" of the flying knee.
But Logan's most terrifying weapon is not these, but abundant physical strength and amazing toughness, which allows him to maintain a high-frequency output all the time in the five-round game, even if he is injured and bleeding, it will not stop him from attacking. During the match against Hozken, Logan's positive kick hit his opponent's face, and the sole of his foot was cut by Hozken's teeth and a long, deep wound. Even so, Logan's kicks continued until he completely defeated his opponent. This stubbornness of "fighting the undead" earned Logan a resounding nickname - "immortal". "My sparring partner said I never seemed to get tired. At the break of the amateur round, I didn't need to rest at all, went back to the corner to drink water, and after about 20 seconds I would be standing in the center of the ring waiting for my opponent to play, which made the audience excited, so I gave me the nickname. ”
In the ring, Logan is a gentle gentleman, and even when questioned, he rarely spits out the fragrance. "I don't feel like I've gotten the respect and reputation I deserve. It all came to pass sooner or later, I'm not the kind of boxer who's good at punching the gun, and I don't care to rely on hype to make myself more popular, and I only use my fists to win respect on the field. When Logan puts on his mask and walks into the ring, his second personality awakens and then tyrannically abuses his opponent like a cold-blooded butcher. Logan's terrifying mask comes from the "Legion of the Undead" in the Spartan Three Hundred Warriors movie, corresponding to Logan's nickname and giving him a new image of the ring. "When I first came on the stage with the mask, the audience was very excited, and now the mask is part of my image. I felt like I had changed into a person, full of aggression. When I put on this mask, I went into kill mode! ”
Technically, physically, mentally, Logan was ready for everything and just waited for the game bell to ring.
But "Match Breaker" Shadik Vika is not the kind of weak chicken that will obediently wait to be ravaged. The 27-year-old German has made "magic boy" Bud Harri his idol, and before coming to the kickboxing ring, he worked as a professional boxer, with a record of 6 wins and 0 losses. Sadik vika showed amazing strength in his round cage debut, winning the three-legged unanimous victory over lightweight star Mustafa Hayida. In that match, Sadiq Vika not only played sharp punches, but also severely injured his opponent with a knee blow. Such a performance also gave him the right to challenge the championship.
As Logan put it, "Only the strongest, the most aggressive, the most wanted to win can raise the arm of victory." "Do you think this time Shadik Vika can defeat the 'Army of the Undead' in the ring and break the myth of 'immortality'?