This Friday the man from Tumba reappears in the Budo Sento Championship league cage for a high-caliber duel with Rodrigo Caporal.
The Ecuadorian Christian Alquinga (3-0-0, with 1 KO) gave the weight and will measure this Friday the Brazilian Rodrigo Caporal for a 170-pound duel in the main event of mixed martial arts (MMA) of Budo Sento Vol. 5 belonging to the Budo Sento Championship league, which will be held in Mexico City.
After starring in the fastest victory of the night by knockout, in 59 seconds, by beating Mexican Mario Luna Sánchez in the welterweight division in the Budo Sento Vol. 3 function last July, the native of Tumbaco (Pichincha) faces his second challenge in the company in a high-caliber confrontation with Caporal (15-8, with 4 KOs). His performance inside the Budo cage and his flamboyant physical prowess have made him a contender to be feared. So much so that it is known as the Bestia Bull Kong.
He has not yet become a mass idol, but if he destroys Hong Kong-based Brazilian Budo Sento on Friday, it will be his catapult for major leagues in the United States, such as PFL (Professional Fighters League) or Bellator. Although its purpose is to compete in a few years in the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) against the reigning champion, Kamaru Usman.
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Fight for a plate of food
Alquinga began practicing Olympic wrestling at the Pichincha Sports Concentration at the age of 13. He was champion in the different categories. He was crowned at the national level and in 2017 he participated in the Bolivarian Games representing the Ecuadorian Wrestling Federation. His name is respected within Team Pichincha.
“Fighting is everything to me. Ever since I saw my dad travel to competitions, my dream was to be a fighter like he was. My dad didn’t want me to fight, but when he died I only felt the presence on the mats, so I decided to practice this sport. He taught me almost everything I know, “he said in an interview with EL UNIVERSO.
“I wanted to be a fighter because the fight is not only based on fighting on a mat or being competitive, the fight is day by day. A person struggles for a plate of food, to stand out. The fight taught me many things and one of those is not to give up, “he said.
The Bestia Bull Kong He dabbled in mixed martial arts (MMA) since 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. His first successes were in the Quito Fight Club (QFC) league, the first in the capital and the second in Guayaquil, where he left a strong impression on national promoters. From there, Alquinga did not stop his path in MMA and emigrated to Mexico City to train at the central academy of Bonebreakers. under the tutelage of UFC veteran Augusto Dodger Montaño.
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He says he got into the world of MMA because in this sport he saw a window of opportunity.
“I couldn’t continue fighting because you don’t eat sports in itself, you have to be responsible. My children are everything to me. I can usually stand up to hunger, but children cannot. You can never tell them that there is not (a plate of food). They also like to train. They are the engine of Bestia Bull Kong”, resume.
When it comes to talking about his family, Alquinga always says that he has three children: Samyr, Christian and Juan, the latter named after his grandfather. His wife is Rosita Angulo.
“My son (Juan) got complicated, had cancer and died. It is still something very hard to tell for me, but Juan continues to be the engine of my life. To fulfill the promise I made him, every time I went to the hospital to see him, he would grab my finger with his little hands and smile at me. I told him Torito (Bully), because it was very strong. He fought to the end so I decided to get that nickname Bull Kong and I tried to design that image of how I imagined him. They told me Kong, then I went on to call myself Bull Kong. I always say that I have three children, three great warriors ”, he narrates.
“When I get into the cage they can hit me as many times as they want, they can cut me, hurt me, but I will always smile at the fact that my son smiles at life.”
By not having much income, Bull Kong opted to work as a security guard. Until the Zapata Villota company appeared, headed by José Zapata, from whom he has only thanks because the businessman and his family have been with him and have believed in his potential as a fighter “since day one.”
Christian Alquinga’s promise to his children is to never give up, always come out of the Octagon victorious. This is why a historical name of the UFC mentions when he talks about his aspirations. He claims that he envisions himself in the near future fighting Kamaru Usman. “My goal is to fight the welterweight champion, because only then will I show that I am good,” he said.
The Budo Sento Vol. 5 event, which includes billboards of submission and Muay Thai, will take place on Friday, December 3 and Saturday, December 4 at the Juan de la Barrera Olympic Gym, in Mexico City. The fights will be broadcast by Fox Sports MX and UFC Fight Pass. The platform streaming it will pass only stellar battles. (D)
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