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19 June 1999 Kristanna Loken vs Kelly Hu

Page history last edited by Archer844 14 years, 6 months ago

 

 

 

 

 

Originally posted by Simguy on Saturday, 19-Jun-1999 10:56:43

 

Before: Big network build up for this fight between the female star of Mortal Kombat and the female lead on Martial Law. Plenty of pride on the line as both women see themselves as elite competitors and each acknowledging that a win would be huge under the circumstances.

 

Red adidas terrycloth trunks black jogbra for ponytailed Kelly, green adidas, yellow top for redhead Kristi.

 

During R1: Hu shows a martial arts stance, gloves high, palms out, while Loken a little more traditional boxing look. Hu chops with both hands from a squared up stance, Loken spears with the left jab out of the orthodox stance. Kristi scores more frequently with the long lead jab as the round wears on, and has Hu discouraged by the bell with the sheer volume of punches landed in a good round for the redhead.

 

R2: Loken builds on her lead. Spearing jab again, Kristi sets up huge right crosses to the chin of Hu, rocking back the Asian’s head and putting her wobbly butt to open the round. Loken doesn’t press the advantage, boxing conservatively, and refusing to go to the body—allowing Hu to recover. By the final minute, Hu responds with crisp left hooks and a short chopping right hand, but Loken takes the round.

 

R3: Kelly Hu punishes Kristi this round, countering beautifully over the left jab with a dropping right to the cheek, and Loken never recovers. All Hu from bell to bell as she steps left, hooking hard over Kristi’s shoulder and beating Loken with crisp combinations.

 

R4: Hu continues to roll, swatting Loken’s ear with the left hook, then doubling it to bash off the redhead’s ribs. Loken responds with some lanky left hooks midway through, but hu’s pressure still too good. She finishes up on Loken at the ropes, pounding the redhed’s flanks with bad intentions to the bell.

 

R5: Loken regains the initiative in this see-saw affair. Re-establishing the jab, cross combination, Loken backs Hu up this round and has the Asian’s left eye swelling at the bell.

 

R6: Loken continues to box smart, licking Hu’s face at will with the jab, and bouncing a hard right hand off the brunette’s jaw repeatedly. Hu’s left eyes closes this round, making her even more vulnerable to the right hand and Kristi exaggerates the effect by stepping to the right to throw it. Loken land several clouting rights clean across the mouth of Kelly in the final minute snapping Hu’s face sharply to the side each time.

 

R7: Hu makes another adjustment. Slipping the right hand, Kelly comes back hard with hooks to the ribs, then to the head and Loken looks wobbly early, Hu steps it up, hurting Kristi with a left to the solar plexus, then drops a hailstorm of punches to the shoulder and head of Loken as she perches on the ropes, Kristi clinches and walks Hu back, but the Asian owns the redhead for most of the round. Some late right hands from Kristi score, but Hu draws even on the cards.

 

R8, 9: Bitter, close rounds, both won by Kelly Hu as she guts it out in toe to toe slugging. Hu has the quicker hands, and also has Loken’s number at this point, countering the jab with chopping right hands, slipping the right to land a double hook to the body and head. Loken’s eyes are swollen, her body broken, and she looks a shot fighter. Hu doesn’t look much better, but her  form and handspeed are intact.

 

R10: All Kelly Hu as Loken can’t keep her long limbs together. Hu chops up Kristi with short combinations working the body and head and Loken spends most of the round bending back into the ropes away from the heat. In the final minute a spanking left hook to the ribs, left hook to the jaw stuns Loken and puts her on one knee. Kristi guts it out, stands and is almost broken in half by Kelly’s determined assault on her midsection. With Loken bent over double, Hu indulges in illegal kidney sweeps, pounding the shiny back of Loken with lefts and rights to the bell. Kelly takes a unanimous decision over Kristi as Loken clutches her back, arching painfully in her corner,

 

After: Brutal, back and forth affair finally won by Hu’s handspeed and will to win. Loken never recovered from the 7th round, having finally coughed up the lead, and Hu simply wore the redhead down from there. It’s a great win for Kelly Hu, and she maintains her overall status as one of the best fighters in the game as a result.

 

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