Ikkitakeda

Slo: Ladies and gentlemen I give you your winner by Kimura in the VERY first round Phichael Melps! Melps: Thanks Slo. Slo: Impressive piece of work there. Was it always the game plan to get the fight to the ground and walk us through the fight. Melps: Yeah Slo it was always the game plan. The guys at Old School Training did a great job getting me ready for this fight. We knew I had the advantage on the ground so that is what we trained for but they have also been working a bit on some striking for me too just in case. As far as the fight; the bell rang and I immediately rushed in and dove straight for the takedown right away and landed it right into his guard. I smacked him with an elbow and then passed to half guard. After that I went for Kimura but he was prepared for it so I hit with a little more ground and pound and faked another big shot to take his mind off the arm and attacked it again and landed the Kimura. Like they say the rest is history. Slo: It certainly was. So what is next for you in the EFL? Melps: Well there aren't a lot of options in the 155 division right now but I heard Lamos is taking some time off but maybe he comes back and we go at it, or maybe the 2 25 year olds who are set to fight each other I get the winner out of, or they sign someone and we fight. So there are options. Slo: At 18 years old should you really be fighting 25 year olds at this stage in your career? Melps: Look when it comes to fighting experience and knowledge are they going to have an edge? You betcha, I'm finishing up my senior year in high school. But I want to be a fighter and fighters fight and it don't matter who. That's what we do. Slo: Couldn't have said it better myself. Look forward to whatever the future holds for you and hope I get to announce your next fight too. Slo: Ladies and gentlemen I give you the winner via TKO at 4 minutes and 27 seconds in the final round Jo Backson! Backson: Thanks Slo. Slo: You are quite welcome. Man listen to this crowd they are still hollering and on their feet and the fight is over. Must make you feel good. Backson: You have no idea Slo. I mean to end a fight quickly and do something special to do it and fans going crazy is more common than going to the final round and almost the end and the fans being this enthusiastic by your performance is something really special to a fighter. Slo: I bet. So what if anything surprised you in this fight? Backson: Well he kept going for takedowns and landing them. We didn't work a whole lot on that in this fight. We heard he was also a really good boxer and I won golden gloves back home for my area. So we were expecting a solid stand up war so to see him be that determined to take it to the ground really surprised me and I guess the other thing was his lack of footwork. Slo: Now we didn't see too much of your left in this fight, is there a reason for it? Backson: Yeah I still used it and going to go get my hand looked at but towards the beginning of the first round when I hit his forehead, well that was my left and I think I may have broken these two knuckles right here. (Points to the ring and middle finger knuckles.) Slo: Well hopefully it's nothing serious. What do you think is next for you? Backson: Well first off I'm going to take some time off to tend to my hand. After that who knows. I do know you won't be seeing me and Knutson going at it anytime soon. Given his record and mine I'd say I'm a couple wins away from that fight. Being 4-1 even if he is 1-0 in EFL just has him way ahead of most of us here. Unless some more guys get hired he's probably sitting a while. Not to mention if a fellow boxer was taking me down with that kind of ease Knutson who is a grappling prodigy would just eat me alive. A couple more wins under my belt and I'll probably be at least some competition for him. Slo: Well get that hand checked out and can't wait to see you back in here and judging by the roar of this crowd that can't either. Backson: Thanks Slo and thank you everybody here tonight supporting us in what we do.

Sounds good. As most do I'm sure, I already have a plan for my guy on how he will built and the way he will be trained throughout the entire competition.

You know what I'm returning to the game. Sign me up.

Congrats to Zafir Farman on winning the tournament, the 1 year of VIP, and the free 1000 NSI supplements.

Just because it's a game, doesn't mean you get a free pass for clearly never opening up a book in your life.

You ever going to fix your grammar? Because I definitely would go fixing my grammar before I quoted myself sounding uneducated.

I'm about as far right wing as it gets so I'm all for fighting leftists.

Monkey!!!!!!!

Seriously guys knock it off with all this Nazi stuff. Some of my ancestors were Jews who actually were in and died in some of the internment camps.

Pick up a dictionary and read it please.

You're easier in the first then you are in the later rounds. Less time you have to train the better my odds.

Shows how little about the game you know.

Well if people want to call people out then I want a long time buddy and someone I know is a hard challenge I want Action Jackson first round.

I'm sure you can ask anyone, I have been playing this game for 10 years and I would never tell anyone they aren't good enough. That's not the type of person I am. And I haven't told anyone they weren't good enough. There are several people I told as it's posted both on the Big Wave MMA page and at the beginning of the forum page that a manager is required to have at least 25 fights before having a fighter in Big Wave. And it even says and have told people that is to help keep multi-accounts out of it, as well as give people a chance to learn the game first before being thrown in against people who have been playing the game for a while and lose interest in the game. You are right have no clue who you are and don't remember and since you accused me of it now I'm going to say something along those lines, you must not have been worth me remembering.

The only way it lowers his chances is if he doesn't believe in his own abilities. Regardless if there are teams there is still only going to be one winner each division. I'll take whatever division I'm in.

Strong Safety uniforms?

Gwad's statement that things should be done in private and not in public is shady and breeds untrust. And not one to do business with those I can't trust. Simple as that.

Your statement is to keep things private. If it needs to be private and hidden from the public that means you can't be trusted. And you are right we aren't on the same level. You won't ever be near the person I am.

If people are being picked, that make up the public; then the public has the right to know. You have the wrong attitude and viewpoint to be leading. For this reason I'm out guys.

I have a question how the heck is Monkey picked when he is on the reserves?

Don't bring religion in this and get banned for hate crimes.

I'm team me, myself, and I. End of the day going to be one person winning the thing. So I hate 31 of you.🤷

Figures the first time in 3 years I have picked a Bears player in DFS(RB Montgomery) and he goes down early in the first quarter and doubtful to return. I knew better than to ever pick a bears player. SMH.

Big Wave XX Finale will also be our closing show. Of course the winner of the tournament will still receive their 1 year of VIP. Just between work, doctor appointments, and going back to college; I don't have the time needed to dedicate to running an org right now, nor the time to put into that you all and your fighters deserve. After the finale I'll release everyone. If you don't have a fight scheduled and would like a release before then just let me know. You all know when it comes to being part of the mmatycoon community I'm a very stand up kind of guy. It has been fun guys. And I apologize for any inconveniences this has held for any of you. Also if someone is willing to take over Big Wave I'll leave the money in it for you and the tournament was my idea so I'd be the one still providing the 1 year of VIP. I just don't have the time.

Just to be clear the following Sunday so if 390k hits on Saturday by your definition of following Sunday would that be tomorrow or 8 later the next Sunday?