King of Kings returned to live action on FightBox HD for the promotion’s second event of 2019 from the city of Hendek in the district of Sakarya, just outside of Istanbul. The event was co-promoted with Erkan Varol who is the Turkish promoter for KOK in Turkey. The event was a bit unusual for KOK as nearly all of the bouts were held under full Muay Thai rules with the exception of few opening fights under boxing rules and one MMA fight.
It was a wild night with many spectacular fights including one of the biggest upsets in the history of KOK in the main event. Local coach of the Hendek Muay Thai team Onur Arslanoglu was defeated by a 27 year old debutant from Uzbekistan, Javlon Ergashev.
It seemed that the main event was a fight that Arslanoglu simply could not lose. The Turk, who is not only a trainer at the local Hended Thai Boxing club, but also helps prepare amateurs for the national Turkish Muay Thai team, came into the fight with a record of 10 - 5 with 4 wins by KO. His opponent, Ergashev, showed very little technical skill during the contest, but somehow pulled off the upset of a lifetime when he knocked down the much more experienced local hero not once, but twice, with the second knockdown ending the fight. The full results for the evening can be found below.
KOK Fight Series Results
Main event, -60 kg, Muay Thai Rules
Javlon Ergashev (Uzbekistan) def. Onur Arslanoglu (Turkey) by KO, 1st rd
-65 kg, Muay Thai Rules: Serdar Koc (Turkey) def. Hassan Solati (Iran) by UD
-68 kg, Muay Thai Rules: Erdem Taha Dincer (Turkey) def. Nail Seyidov (Azerbaijan) by UD
+90 kg, Muay Thai Rules: Hashem Rahimzadeh (Iran) def. Enes Tetik (Turkey) by UD
-77 kg, Muay Thai Rules: Ahmet Kilic (Turkey) def. Mahdi Shami (Iran) by KO, 1st rd
-71 kg, Muay Thai Rules: Omur Capraz (Turkey) def. Tofik Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) by TKO, 3rd rd
-72 kg, MMA Rules: Bayram Yalcin (Turkey) def. Nasuru Ndahinyuka (Rwanda) by TKO, 1st rd
FightBox KOK Hero’s Series Results
+90 kg, Muay Thai Rules: Adem Vargun (Turkey) def. Odiljon Orziev (Uzbekistan) by TKO, 1st
-71 kg, Muay Thai Rules: Masoud Minaei (Iran) def. Yusuf Memmedov (Azerbaijan) by UD
-75 kg, Muay Thai Rules: Burak Sari (Turkey) def. Kamran Akhmetov (Azerbaijan) by TKO, 2nd rd (shoulder injury)
-60 kg, Muay Thai Rules: Aliasghar Ghodratisraskan (Iran) def. Kerem Dincer (Turkey) by SD
+90 kg, Muay Thai Rules: Burak Durgun (Turkey) def. Rejepbay Akramov (Turkmenistan) by SD
-57 kg, Muay Thai Rules: Ozge Nur Avcil (Turkey) def. Irem Capar (Turkey) by SD
-72 kg, Boxing Rules, 6 x 3 min: Fatih Keles (Turkey) def. Vusal Verdiyev (Azerbaijan) by TKO, 2nd (Verdiyev didn’t come out for rd. 3)
-54 kg, Boxing Rules, 6 x 2 min: Serenay Cetin (Turkey) def. Umida Tahirova (Turkmenistan) by TKO, 1st
Opening Fights (not televised)
-66 kg, Boxing Rules, 6 x 3 min: Ramal Amanov (Azerbaijan) def. Jasur Berdikabulov (Turkmenistan) by TKO, 2nd (Berdikabulov didn’t come out for rd. 3)
-64 kg, Boxing Rules, 6 x 3 min: Tarik Sozer (Turkey) def. Denys Kaushan (Ukraine) by UD
This was KOK’s first Turkish event of the year, but the organization is already preparing for the next at the end of the month when they return to Istanbul on Saturday March 30th. The event will be headlined by veteran fighter Albert Kraus. The next live KOK event on FightBox HD will be in two weeks in Vilnius, Lithuania with the featured bout being a five-round KOK Lightweight Title fight with champion Vitalie Matei defending against number one contender Henrikas Viksraitis.
The next live event on FightBox will be TFL MMA 16 this Saturday March 9th from Radom Poland. To see a list of upcoming live events on FightBox, click here.
