Kelvin “The Big Hit” Fitial traveled to Hong Kong, China on the 19th of this month for an exhibition pictorial and the official weigh in for the Legend Fighting Championship 3 held at the Hall 3G, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in Wan Chai. He featured on the main event of the night.
The fighter went up against one of South Korea’s hottest heavyweights, “Hungry” Yang Hae Jun, who holds a record score of winning 5 rounds in his career and never letting the fight get to the second round.
“It was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. I learned so many things and saw so many great competitors that came out to fight that day. My corner man also learned a thing or two about foreign competitions. It was a really tough competition with the ‘Hungry’ being a tough competitor but I gave it my best shot and he had to go down. I thank all of my family, friends and fans for their support.” added the Big Hit in an interview yesterday with the Variety.
“I practiced every day to train myself and my mind to focus on my goal so I would not let anyone down who counted on me. I made some mistakes in the past but I’m a new person now. I was ready to fight when I arrived there and I sure showed Hong Kong what Saipan is made of.” exclaimed Fitial.
To train for one of the biggest fights of his career, Fitial ran, lifted weights, watched his diet, and stayed active to keep his body in the best shape possible.
Fitial has competed in mixed martial arts on and off for the last six years. He has competed in the various parts of Asia and other countries.
He holds an overall record of 20 wins, and a draw; 7 of those wins being TKO’s, and 3 of them being submissions. He is the trainer for the Marianas Elite fight team and has been for the past 3 years.
Some of the fights Fitial took part in were: the main event of Trench Warz IX: Annihilation in 2008, in November 21 of 2009 Kelvin “The Big Hit” Fitial brought Mike “The Ogre” Davis to submission with Guillotine choke in the 10th second of Round 1.
“The Big Hit” was accompanied by teammate and student, Lionel “Da Hellion” Borja, who was his corner man for that night. “I wanted him to experience the different types of fights and fighters from off island” said Fitial.
“The Big Hit” stands at 6’ 3” and weighs 250 lbs. He uses boxing and wrestling as his specialty in the ring. His opponent, Yang Hae Jun, is 5’ 11” and weighs 238.
Opponent Yang is well known around the community as a stand-up fighter who also uses boxing and wrestling techniques; but with his techniques come strong power to knock anyone out of the way.
“Like I said earlier, I was ready to fight. He was well known for being a stand up fighter like me, but that didn’t faze me” said Fitial.
