Rambo Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Synchronicity (post will be updated/edited later on in life, doing this so we can bring the write ups to the forums) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted January 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Syn' 158: Dawn Of Anarchy Preview Hello everybody, my name is Nilmar Gracie and I am the brand new Syn writer. For the ones who never heard about me, well, you’ve been lucky so far my friends, but all good things come to an end! For the ones who already know me from elsewhere, you might be asking why I ended up writing for Syn. My answer is: open up Calvin Broadus’s or Avon Barksdale’s profile pages. Look at those delicate features, those polite smiles… when they ask, you answer yes, or you’ll have the same chances of survival that a boy has of being still virgin after a close meeting with Paris Hilton… But we’re not here to talk about chatterboxing Nilmar: we’re here for violence, blood, pain, all that stuff that makes us the bad guys we actually are… And, to be honest, there is a lot of high quality plasma waiting for all you bloodthirsty vampires. Wine for fine tastes, if you get the point. In ancient cultures, it was said that drinking the blood of a powerful warrior was a way to transfer his power to the drinker. So, I swear we will all leave the arena a little more powerful when everything is done. But let’s get into details… 1st Fight: Krys Soszynsky vs Solomon Carver And we start with a Light Heavyweight bout between two experienced veterans like Soszynsky and Carver. Now, about Soszynsky, I am new to the game, but somebody should please tell me if the Polish Experiment was successful or not. Shall I look at his technique, the way he moves, hits and grapples, I might answer yes, but his record gives a slightly different response. After a shining start, his whole career has been quite a rollercoaster: he never gave continuity to his wins but, on the other hand, never established himself as a professional loser. So we come to the paradox of a 28 yrs old fighter who is still a prospect, a mystery to uncover. Tonight he faces Carver, who has not the hardest skin you can find around, but can hurt at least as much as he can get hurt. Soszinsky is the best fighter on the ground, while Carver looks superior while striking, so it might seem that the one able to impose his concept of fighting could prevail, but Carver’s skin puts a shady question mark on it. Will it resist till the end or will it open like The Red Sea in front of Moses? We are going to see quite soon… Prediction: Carver by decision. 2nd Fight: Rumple Stiltzkin vs Dace Killian Coming up next is a Middleweight bout between the experienced journeyman Rumple Stiltzkin and the bright up and comer Dace Killian. Stiltskin is a gypsy who can call the whole world his home. He changed more Orgs than Jenna Jameson changed sex partners and starts tonight his adventure with Syn. The dark purple of his BJJ belt really looks like brown under a certain light so don’t be fooled by his brawler appearance: he’s got technique and can be subtle when needed. Killian on the other side is a 100% pure product of Synchronicity. He is undefeated and showed pretty heavy hands in his starts. His team mates joke that he wasted all his time in training ground game since nobody is able to survive more than a couple of minutes on the feet against him but, for saying the truth, he’s best weapon still remains his grappling overall. A close fight: Stiltzkin has superior experience, but Killian has a flexible game plan and, above all, he’s experiencing that brief, glorious moment of life when you think you0re invincible and nothing can break you. Will it last? Prediction: Killian by decision. 3rd Fight: Bill Carson vs Tiger Jones This is more than a Middleweight bout. More than one man punching other man’s face like there’s no tomorrow. More than an ordinary 15 minutes nonsense mayhem. It’s two worlds colliding, two cultures fighting each other for supremacy. Carson is the perfect outcome of Southern WASP breed: gallant, determined and a bit “old ways” in his fashions, he likes to give way to ladies, smoke big cigars and watch the sunset from a horse’s back. When fighting, he prefers the subtle art of having the other guy tap and recognize his dominance, but can hit as hard as needed when it comes to brawling. He worked from many orgs and has stepped really close to the top, but never reached it. His debut for Syn did not go the way he expected, so we have to expect him charged with high potential explosive for tonight. About Jones, when I asked his manager about his main qualities as a fighter, he mentioned his noticeable boxing pedigree, his athletic overall and his good MMA training. But then, he had silence for a while, then said: “he will never run away since he has no place to go. No home, no friends, no family to run to. The cage is the only home he has ever had, and violence is his only companion. He’s been in pain for his whole life. without it, he would feel lonely. People run away from pain. He dives into it like it’s a pure water poll. Can you imagine something better for a fighter?”. I can’t actually. He’s on a little losing streak and lost his SYN baptism too, so both fighters come in with something to prove and something to forget. The elegant manners of a pure man of the south like Carson meet the reckless, violent attitude of a guy from the slums. Both are finishers able to fight smart when needed, bur Jones looks like he has something more in his striking directory. Will he turn it into a factor? Prediction: Jones by TKO. 4th Fight: Domenic Amato vs Damien Demented Coming up next we have an interesting Lightweight bout: the damned warrior from Naples Domenic Amato faces Damien Demented in a fight that could definitely tell us if he’s a rising star or a shooting one. Amato had a burning, blinding start in his career, collecting victories and title belts in Sydney, that has to be considered his hometown as a fighter. Moving to Sin City spelled disaster for him: he looks quite not the same fighter he was when his grappling coach was Mr. Crocodile Dundee and his sparbot was a hungry alligator. He lost by Carwin and Hammer and he’s slowly slipping down on the sheer surface his career has become. Amato needs his magic back if he wants to win tonight, and he really wants to. Demented is a bad client: he might lack the technical finesse of his opponent, but has so much experience that when he goes visiting his grandpa the old man likes to stay hours listening to Damien’s war tales. He’s got the chin of a bull and his hands are so filled with poison he has to wear gloves while eating. Amato on the other side is so educated that you are hardly able to tell if he’s a BJJ specialist with great striking or a hitter with great grappling, but always suffered from a little lack of killer instinct in his career, and it could be a hindrance against a tenacious fighter like Demented, who is able to do anything to stay in the fight even under heavy conditions. Not an easy beast to subdue, if you get the point. Anyway, if Amato manages to stay focused he could get his first Syn victory tonight and start shining again. Prediction: Amato by decision. 5th Fight: Lucifer Jones vs Lombardo Limba Charismatic Afro American boxer from Zimbabwe Lucifer Jones is looking for a new start after his unlucky adventure in EUFC. Tonight he faces the proficient journeyman Lombardo Limba in a Welterweight fight that should check any distance, and any stance, displaying the complete MMA training of these two fighters. Now, let me tell you the story of a young Kamikaze at the end of World War II: he was at the dawn of his first, and last mission (he was a Kamikaze, after all…), and he was caught by fear. I don’t want to die for my country, my Emperor, the honor of my family, he said to himself. Fuck! (free translation from Japanese) I don’t wanna die at all. He ran away in the middle of the night, changed name and hometown. He left Kyoto, where he lived, and went to a little town outside the center of the storm. The town was Hiroshima, and the day was 5 august 1945. One day before Little Boy. Now, why am I telling you this? Because I like to spam bullshits like that all over the place and feed my insatiable ego with your cheering approval, of course. But there is another reason, and we can translate it like this: is it a smart move to run away from a division ruled by EUFC number one Igor Glozman just to land in another one completely dominated by “The Carnivore” Jesus Cavalera? C’mon Lucifer, are you serious?!?! Anyway, your funeral. Tonight Jones faces Limba, which is not Cavalera, but is a baptism by fire as hot as it needs to for a Syn newbie. Sure Jones can beat him, but will have to stay away from Limba’s head kick, that reversed more than one fight in which Lombardo looked doomed. An example? Ok, go with your memory at Limba vs Dickson: Limba was rocked and almost gone, when he unleashed a terrifying high kick that utterly sent his opponent to the canvas once for all. Jones can never feel safe tonight, and think twice before playing for decision, because there is a wheel chair with his name on if he loses grip on the fight. Prediction: Jones by TKO. 6th Fight: Ahiga Otaktay vs Wendell Diefendorf Cherokee Holy Warrior Otaktay singing his war chant tonight against Wendell Diefendorf in this Bantamweight battle. We have two ideas about what a cage fighting is confronting each other in the flesh and bones of these two guys. Otaktay thinks fighting is a mission: something to elevate your spirit (and your bankroll, maybe) over human miseries. A way to put your honor and pride on the line, to make them grow or die in the attempt. It’s a way to become more than just a man: an ideal. A hero. With his appearance and manners of a Philosophy Professor, Diefendorf has a completely different approach: fighting is a profession, and you need to be logical, pragmatic and conservative. It’s the science of movement and friction of bodies applied to making easy money. You will hear no epic poem, no war songs from him: just the noise of his fists hitting the other guy in the more accurate, scientific way. So different in their minds, these two look quite similar in a technical sense: both are able to stand and bang, but can go to the ground with good outcomes as well. Otaktay has a slight edge on the feet, Difendorf’s brown belt gives him something more on the ground. A close match that will probably be decided by the atmosphere of the night. Should it turn into a fierce battle, with the crowd cheering loudly and setting fire inside Otaktay’s heart, the Cherokee warrior could possibly give his own 110% and win. Should Diefendorf keep the pace slow and the temperature low, turning it into a chess game, he could prevail. Prediction: Diefendorf by decision. 7th Fight: Eric Lawler vs Sallah Alcoubrah We are going to see some K -1 rules in this Middleweight fight between one of the biggest right hands in Syn, Eric Lawler, and the fine mixed striker Sallah Alcoubrah. Both fighters actually prefer to fire from standing position, although their style is quite different, and it will be very interesting to see technical intersections taking place in this battle. Lawler is one of the more sophisticated boxers in Syn: his left jab is like Snowhite’s apple: beautiful to look at, poisonous when you taste it. He’s not the dancing devil kind, preferring a solid stance to come up with surgical hooks and unpredictable uppercuts. Like Amato, who fights in this card, he used to rule in Sydney and comes here to see if he’s able to rule in Vegas as well. His Syn baptism has been quite good against Carson, but tonight he’s chasing quite a different kind of beast, who can exchange quite even with him form distance and cause some serious trouble in the clinch. I’s hard to say what makes Alcoubrah’s striking so special and impossible to defend: some say it’s due to that strange right hand, that always comes from a weird angle due to a congenital malformation to his shoulder. Some others state it’s because of his footwork that allows him to switch from philly shell defensive stance to Muay Thai front guard in a flash, making him totally unpredictable. His coach told me it’s due to his previous Krav Maga training, which made up a mess with the usual boxing combo sequences, thus confusing and unnerving his opponents. Be it what you like, it’s a deadly formula, mixed with alchemic precision. Alcoubrah recently left the City of Angels to land right here, where Satan Himself has His home. Will he suffer the change in this Syn debut? We’re going to discover, but I won’t be too surprised seeing this fight being on the razor’s edge till the last second of the last round. Or until someone comes out with the KO of the night… Prediction: Lawler by decision. 8th Fight: Jeffrey the Dude vs Black Hammer Definition of Phenomenon: something or someone which widely trespasses the borders of normal, usual human experience. Now, is a 22 yrs old fighter with a 10-2 record and 7 KOs a phenomenon? Sonny Muchacho, Hammer’s manager, would like to answer “yes, muchacho” to this question, but Hammer has to get rid of the menace represented by The Dude first. Actually, skeptics state that, accurately looking to his record, Hammer’s more dangerous opponents thus far have been the terrible twins No Body and No One and, when he finally faced Some One, he was beaten. Tonight’s fight could spell some truth about it since Dude might not be Shock N Awe or Jigoro Kane, but sure he’s a Mr. Someone. An experienced veteran with more wounds on his skin than neurons in his brain, he is a dangerous black belt with nothing more than decent striking, but with the right amount of skills to bring the fight down when he decides to. He makes no difference between arm submissions and choking ones, so it’s really hard to predict which move he’s going to choose to finish a fight. Hammer has to be careful and, despite his noble wrestling background, I’d suggest him to avoid the ground like if it was covered with a swarm of cockroaches. He’s the better striker by far, and has to turn it into the only factor if he wants to win. John Mc Guirk, Dude’s manager, is a good friend of mine and, when I asked him about his main issues approaching this fight, he gave me an astonishing response. What follows is our dialogue. John said: “I don’t know if he will make it my friend”. “Yes, sure, Hammer is though”, I answered. “As usual, you don’t understand a fuck”, he said. “Sorry?”. “I don’t know if he will make it to the arena. They took away his driving license last Saturday”. “Oh. Your standard celebration?” I asked then. An idea was clearing inside my mind. “Would you believe it man? Ten beers, a dozen of couples of a good red wine, nothing more than two bottles of whiskey, and those puritans of the Interstate Patrol dared to state he was drunk! World is collapsing my friend…”. Then I gave a slap on his shoulder. Then he kicked my ass till dawn for leaving IC. A hard night for Nilmar. Anyway, if public transport, does not betray him, Dude will step in and give battle with his black belt shining on. We’ll see… Prediction: No contest. Or Hammer by decision. Or Dude by submission. In this order. 9th Fight: Johnny Davis vs OMG Zulud “Don’t get zulu’d!”. you might have heard this quote somewhere along MMA corridors in these days. How can we translate it? Maybe: don’t let your glass jaw or papier mache chin get in the way between you and the second round. Or at least, try to stay upright more than 10 seconds…”. Now, OGM Zulud is one of those guys who started with a reckless, bar room fighting approach like “let’s trade blows and might the hardest one win”, and slowly learned on his own skin the value of some dodges, parries and blocks in his fight directory. Today he’s quite a complete fighter able to defend and offend under any conditions, but still likes the open field battle because it makes him feel at home. His opponent in this Bantamweight fight is probably the keenest mind in Syn, a smart tactician who likes to fight like he’s playing chess. He might lack the pure power of Zulud, but his smart approach has made more than a victim in his career. Above all, he’s enjoining a comfortable winning streak and his morale is at its peak. Should both guys fight at their best, Zulud’s superior technique might turn into the key to victory in tonight’s fight, but you have to consider that Davis’s sharpest weapon is probably his ability to force the other guy out of his fight plan, making him perform under his usual level. Rebus sic stantibus, this match is far more uncertain than it might seem, and, although Zulud looks favorite, Davis is something more than a simple underdog, and I won’t be too surprised by an upset in this huge co-main event. Like Professor Mansur used to say: expect the unexpected, and you will never be caught by surprise. What? He never said that? Well, maybe, but it sounds so good I’m sure he regrets it. Prediction: Zulud by decision. 10th Fight: Jorge Ramirez vs Fred Lee And now, the main event of the evening. A Heavyweight mayhem with no title on the line, but lots of honor, pride and glory up for grab. On one corner, the man who lived his entire life without ever hearing a Judges’ scorecard: from Mexico City, Jorge “El Diablo” Ramirez. On the other corner, the deadliest head kick in 265 lbs weight class, a man whose flexibility and speed are passed only by his intelligence: Fred “Bruce Lee” Lee! Now, I think this is quite an fascinating matchup: Diablo is probably the finest Boxer in the entire Vegas fight scene: his punches are so educated that his right hook speaks a couple of foreign language and his left jab has a degree in quantum physics. Above this, his right hand is the only human building visible by satellite, along with The Chinese Wall. And this, paradoxically, is his main flaw: his offense is so devastating that he never learned to care about defense. He has 15 victories, all by KO, and 7 losses, all by KO. Actually, his fights are the MMA equivalent of an “all in” poker hand. Due to his lack of a B plan, his career in Syn and in the overall has been far more ups and downs than one might have expected from a fighter of this caliber. Tonight he faces an intelligent, deceptive opponent like Lee. Lee is the kind of guy able to circle around, as elusive as a ghost, until he finds an opening for his lethal blows to land. His head kick is the diamond of his sharp artillery, but his punches are life threatening as well. How’s it going to end? Despite their good grappling, both guys prefer standing, so I don’t see lots of sweat sharing on the ground in their future. Ramirez has the best hands, Lee the best brains: the one able to impose his trademark on the fight will take it away. Prediction: Lee by decision. And it’s over! There is going to be blood to fill a tanker tonight, and maybe some of these guys is to leave the familiar territories of History to step into the unexplored, savage lands of Legend. Now, we’ll meet again for the dramatic aftermath (if Avon and Calvin don’t kill me in the meanwhile and spread parts of me all over the Nevada Desert of course…), and I am sure expectations will not be disappointed. Until that moment, let me wish you goodnight, and the worst dreams ever… Nilmar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Very good read buddy! Im glad Zulud pulled the win. Zulud has never been KO'd in hes 23 career bouts but still the ToTT said that Davis had the better chin. No wonder the fight went to decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Nilmar's write ups are awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Amato WILL NOT stop until he gets the 155 lb title!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted February 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Syn' 158: Dawn Of Anarchy - Aftermath And here we are to collect bones, analyze blood types and confront dental casts. Twenty psychotic alpha males stepped in, but only the half left the cage by their own means. Who have they been? Let’s see it! 1st Fight: Krys Soszynsky vs Solomon Carver Carver had no intentions at all to wait for the Judges’ scorecard in order to win this fight, or maybe he was so scared by my concerns about his fragile skin that he decided to end it quickly before my prophecy came true. Anyway, he did like Alì said long ago: jumped from his corner and delivered a crisp uppercut ton Soszynsky’s jaw. Alì said that this was something taught by old Archie Moore, to make the other guy understand who’s in command (for all my long time fans: I know you’re used to good old Nilmar putting words inside the mouth of Mansur, Raimundo Guerra etc for no reason, but this time I swear, Alì said it for real!). well, Carver made himself so well understood that Krys simply decided to lay on the ground and ask for mercy. Not the bravest choice ever, but at least he will be able to speak again… 2nd Fight: Rumple Stiltzkin vs Dace Killian 15 minutes of punishment: this is the only meaning Stiltzkin can find in this fight against Killian, who simply outclassed him in every aspect of the game: superior from range, devastating from inside and perfect while defending on the ground, Killian easily neutralized Stiltzkin more fearsome weapon. Sure Rumple was able to score with his simply unstoppable takedowns, but gained no joy from it: Killian was not scared at all by his opponent’s ground game, showing great control and also charming the crowd with some flashy transition that took Stiltzkin by surprise. And, to be honest, there has been no match on the feet: Killian has been simply too accurate and damaging, cutting Stiltzkin bad and working his body wisely and consistently. Maybe a more Hippocratic doctor would have stopped the fight earlier, but this one let it go on. Pointlessly in my opinion, since nothing could have stripped this fight off the hands of Killian. Not the more spectacular fight we’ve ever seen, but a clear proof of fighting intelligence by this promising up and comer, who now claims for himself the status of rising star. 3rd Fight: Bill Carson vs Tiger Jones Tiger Jones destroys Bill Carson by the means of his cruel, surgical punches, able to pierce through Carson’s defensive system with outstanding rhythm and precision. Carson started quite good, scoring nice shots, and also landing with elegant combinations, but the clear feeling we had from tribunes was of all that arm swinging was completely harmless. Jones never halted his pace, and when he started responding fire it suddenly turned into a torrid day at the office for Carson. It’s never a good sign when people stop betting on the winner and start betting on the minute. Round one ended with Carson in clear need of an oxygen injection, starting to hit more air than flesh and opening more and more to vicious counterstriking. Round two ended before it was really started: jab, kick, jab, and Carson was completely defenseless. Time to score with a heavy one – two that utterly dropped Carson to the floor. Then most fighters would have rushed in and tried to finish with some ground and pound, but Jones decided to wait for Carson to recover. Debate is fully open about this being a clear sign of Jones not trusting his own ground skills or a theatrical display of domination over his opponent. Be it what you like, Carson stood up just to be sent kissing the canvas goodnight once for all by another crispy hook, and that was definitely the last sentence of this fight. 4th Fight: Domenic Amato vs Damien Demented Amato took benefit of a perfect gameplan here, being able to alternate standup exchanges with vicious ground game with perfect rhythm and timing. Demented was no more able to understand what he had to defend against, and was therefore caught off guard by his opponent’s unpredictable attacks. Demented showed to be equal to his opponent in terms of pure technique but was in my opinion victimized by an excess of defense in his fight strategy. If you look to the ground fight stats, you might notice that Demented was fairly successful in his transitions, but never used them to score with some hard blows of his own, more interested in reducing damage than delivering some of his own. So it happened that, apart for a couple of low kicks and a pair of punches, all we saw from him were ducks and blocks. He sure did not became a crowd favorite with that, but I am quite sure he bored the Judges as well, since they penalized him quite bad on their notes. Amato finally gets back on tracks and can now state his Syn adventure has started for real. Can we expect him to show us something really good in the next future? 5th Fight: Lucifer Jones vs Lombardo Limba Limba confirms himself to be a permanent member of the “Hard To Kill Club”, gaining another great upset and defeating a real threat like Jones, harnessing his power and forcing him to go distance with perfect strategy. It did not start good for Limba: his attempts to close distance seemed to fail over and over, and Jones looked quite in his comfort zone, able to strike from distance with that heavy artillery of his own. Then, progressively, Limba took control of the whole thing, taking care of business with a good mix of low kicks and accurate punches. The start of round two clearly marked the start of another fight: Limba cracked Jones’s jaw with a perfect hook, and everything changed. Limba increased rhythm and accuracy, managed to dart in with a great clinch and did lots of damage with his knees. Jones was cut and scared, tried to flee from the clinch but he only managed to open himself to a couple of harmful kicks. Round three played no different melody at all for Jones. Limba continued with his symphony of broken bones in C minor, as his shin and hands always found flesh at the end of their trajectories, and Limba also was able to have the crowd stand up with some flying knee. Judges clearly had no doubts about it and rewarded Limba with a well deserved victory. Jones has to go back to the gym and try something new if he wants to have a future in Syn. 6th Fight: Ahiga Otaktay vs Wendell Diefendorf Now, it’s been a great fight. One of those battles where you have to give the honor of arms to the loser, and allow him to walk side by side with the winner. Aikido Grand Master Kohichi Tohei used to say that there is nothing like an offender and a defender in a fight: fighting is the dynamic result of two human beings finding their unique synchronicity (and that, once again, is a true statement from Tohei. Now, don’t ask me about my newly discovered passion for truth, I simply woke up like that this morning…). This fight really looks like Tohei was right: Otaktay took part to it as an active part of the game, putting his blind fury and pure energy on the mat. Diefendorf answered with wise accuracy and scientific approach, always keeping his focus on the fight. He knew that no distraction was allowed against a fighter like Otaktay. Now, if you look at fight stats, you can doubtlessly state two things: 1. Diefendorf’s heart is the result of some obscure biotech experiment, allowing him to fire 170 shots in 15 minutes and landing with 103 of them. 2. In the same biotech labs, probably just in the other room, there was a team of mad scientists working on Otaktay’s body, placing metal inside his bones like it happened to Wolvie long time ago. How else would you explain someone taking 56 punches to the head who keeps moving like he felt no pain at all? Diefendorf walks away the winner from it, but I am quite sure we can expect great things from both of them. 7th Fight: Eric Lawler vs Sallah Alcoubrah Now tell me: who would have put a single penny about Lawler winning this one after the first minute of round one? Alcoubrah rushed in, fired another of his impossible shots, cutting Lawler’s skin bad. Then he fired again, delivering a monstrous head kick which almost spelled full darkness for Lawler. Then, again, he fired a hook which turned Lawler’s eyes to glass, making him stumble all over the place, unable to recognize where he was and what he was doing. And here it ends the story of this fight. What happened from that moment on, cannot be explained by natural means, so I’ll check some supernatural theory: 1. Lawler is the secret son of Greek God of War Ares, who was awakened by the sound of his beloved child’s broken bones and decided to intervene, rescuing Eric from certain death. 2. Alcoubrah had a flash forward, and his conscience ran away for 137 seconds, allowing Lawler to recover. 3. Lawler is part of the alien commando leaded by Shock N Awe, ready to take command over Earth (no idea what I’m talking about? Check this one for your own good: (http://www.mmatycoon.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19842&hl=). Choose the one you like the most, facts are that Lawler scored a clinch and managed to come back from the Hunting Grounds where he had been sent. He started to punish Alcoubrah from inside, destroying him with vicious dirty boxing and dangerous knees. As time passed, Lawler started to gain self confidence, stealing it from his opponent, dominating the whole battlefield with great work from range and harmful blows from inside. Judges had no doubts about the winner, and we all had no doubts as well about crowning this one with the “fight of the night” award. 8th Fight: Jeffrey the Dude vs Black Hammer Dude finally made it to proper location. Mc Guirk confessed he had to spend all his manager cut in TAXI fee for it, but all his efforts did not translate in a victory for his guy. Now, it has to be clearly stated, Hammer looked like the best fighter tonight, and he displayed it with solid arguments. I was not surprised at all by Hammer’s ability to strike from any angle with unpredictable trajectories. His blows find their targets like heat-seeking missiles, both from range and from inside. What really shocked me was the absence of life signs from The Dude. I’d expected him to try something more, scoring some takedowns and maybe trying a couple of submissions. Do you want me to make my statement a little more clear? OK: a black belt meets a purple one. The purple one scores a takedown and you think: OK this guy is crazy, he’s putting his neck on the guillotine. Then, what happens? How many submission attempts can you remember from the black belt? I tell you: zero. Did he eat Snowhite’s apple and fell asleep? Or was he simply out of gas and with misty eyes due to the beating cure he was taking on the feet? We’ll never know. What’s sure is that we did not see Jeffrey the Dude stepping inside the cage tonight, but a pale combo dummy with his features on. It does not subtract anything to Hammer’s great victory. His status of Phenomenon seems to be clear now, for the joy of his manager. Let’s see if someone can reanimate Dude before he simply disappears… 9th Fight: Johnny Davis vs OMG Zulud Proof of maturity from Zulud, who definitely confirms of being something more than just a bad attitude, heavy handed hard hitter and establish himself as a complete fighter able to say his own word in this division. There have been two keys to victory in this match: one was in the kicks landing under the surface, hitting the flesh of the thug with devastating effects. Davis is not much into low kicking by the look of things, while Zulud can claim to have a red belt in hitting the other guy’s front leg. It allowed Zulu to take control over the pace of the fight, sensibly slowing his opponent, and having him right where he wanted him to. Second key was hidden in the dirt of the canvas, so it went to the one more disposed to play dirty and dwell into the mud. Davis fought quite even with Zulud on his feet, but did lack the guts to go blow for blow with him when it finally came to ground and pound for glory. It was clear that, as soon as he hit the canvas, Davis’s only thought was “Escape!”, while Zulud was only thinking: “Destroy!”. Not surprising: Zulud has little to care about defense, since some capricious God of War granted him with a chin that never breaks. Davis was not that lucky, so he has to care about himself like the rest of humankind. But, like I use to say, cage fighting is not a thing a human being should take into consideration… 10th Fight: Jorge Ramirez vs Fred Lee Sixty one seconds. The average duration of a Tiger Woods’s girlfriend. This was the time that Ramirez was allowed to stay on his feet, before Lee’s fury definitely brought him down. Even more impressive, Ramirez did not land one strike, while six have been enough for Lee to accomplish his mission of destruction. What to say about a fight that has not been fought? Lee did not even sweat this time, and it’s something quite amazing if you consider that he was facing a real threat like Ramirez, who is all but the standard Joel Nicola’s opponent… All journalists witnessing this executions started coming out with all sorts of theories. Three of them are the same I exposed in the Lawler vs Alcoubrah chapter, so I won’t repeat them. Here are the others: 1. Fred Lee is in facts Bruce Lee, who simply pretended death and, after enjoying some years at the famous island with Elvis, Jim Morrison and Marylyn Monroe, is now back to rule MMA world. 2. Ramirez is blackmailed. 3. Ramirez is brand new Britney Spears’s sex toy and spends all his energy in it. Please notice that hypotheses 2 and 3 well mix together: Ramirez is new Britney’s sex toy and he’s blackmailed by infamous Italian paparazzi Fabrizio Corona, who threatens to send hard pictures to Jorge’s wife… Again, choose the one which fits better, but don’t forget to stand up and bow your head down in front of Lee, who steps out of the arena with the eyes of a dominator. How long will it take before he claims for a title shot? Well, it was my baptism for Syn and, since I am still alive and not swimming in the sea with granite shoes, or having a dive into an acid poll, I think it did go quite well. About the fights, we have had some epic tale to tell here: Lee, Lawler, Diefendorf… those warriors really put on a show and painted the arena walls in red, for the joy of the crowd and the desperation of the cleaning company. If Avon and Calvin take their medicine and let me live till next Sunday, I could have something more to talk about… Goodnight, and say a prayer for me… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Syn' 159: Baked Illuminati - Preview Last night Avon Barksdale politely knocked at my door. It was 2 or 3 a.m., I was in my 5 stars hotel room, laying on my 3000 $ pure futon bed and there was a redheaded sweetie just wrapped around me, so I would have liked to say “come back later”. Problem is: Avon pays for the room, the bed and the sweetie so I had to stand up and let him in. “He took a chair and smiled, then said: “Hey Nilmar”. “Avon” I answered. “Was just thinking…”. “I’m listening”, “Would you mind if I killed you?”. “Of course I would be pleased, but you would have to find another writer”. “Oh… OK”. Then he left. Nothing to be worried about, just another, ordinary, terrifying night in Syn City for Nilmar. And here I am, after this successful negotiate, to tell you the tale of an amazing night of pain and desperation. A square canvas, four steel walls, no way out. The same as usual, but every time scent of blood is a bit different. Who will be last man standing when lights shut down? Let’s see it together. 1st Fight: Mala Ika vs Maxwell Smart Covert agent Maxwell Smart faces Mala Ika in this bantamweight battle. Now, Ika is probably the more terrifying creature in MMA fight scene. Would his perfect striking skills, dangerous takedowns and vicious ground game not be enough to scare everyone, there is still his face. He is probably the missing link between the Abominable Snowman and the Ebola virus. Now, asked about his feelings facing this monster, Smart simply answered: “your question makes clear you’ve never seen my ex wife”. Well, I got curious, made a couple of calls, put a couple of bucks in the right hands and, after a long search, here she is for your pleasure: http://www.google.it/imgres?imgurl=http://...tx=60&ty=45 Now, having spent a year or so rolling with this beauty, Smart is clearly scared by no one, but if I was him I would be at least a bit worried by Ika’s outstanding qualities as a fighter. His hands are heavy and his mind is sharp. He never loses grip to a fight and, if he has to go distance, he fights the last second exactly like he did the first. Contenders are even on the ground, but Ika outclasses Smart in the striking subject. I see a hard night for Agent 86. Prediction: Ika by decision. 2nd Fight: Hiroshy Hatayama vs Stevie Why And now a Welterweight fight which promises to test the canvas real hard. Two submission wizards will confront their magic in a “My Kung Fu is superior” challenge, and we’ll see who will cast the deadliest spell. Hatayama is a traditional Ju Jitsu expert, with a consistent Judo background which allows him great takedowns from the clinch. Traditional Ju Jitsu puts less emphasis on transitions, so we can expect him trying finishing moves even from disadvantageous positions. After a long and honored career in KOF, he is having his baptism for Syn. Hatayama displayed skills and consistency but never had that spark he would have needed to reach the top. Will he find it right here in the more competitive fight org of the world? You’ll never know, sometimes people learn to swim better during a storm… His opponent tonight is, on his side, a Syn veteran, so you can expect him to be completely tuned up with the house rules, and it could be a sharper edge than you might think. In technical terms, he is something more than a ground specialist: he is able to let fist fly with life threatening power and precision. Nonetheless, the canvas is his own reign, and he will surely do all he can to rule it tonight. He recently lost by “The Man Who Does Not Look So Good” Lombardo Limba, a specialist in upsets, so he has something to prove in this fight. A close battle, but Why looks like he has something more. Prediction: Why by decision. 3rd Fight: Casey Carwin vs Ronald McDonald Two guys with a nightmare to forget are facing each other in this Lightweight bout. Carwin’s bad dream has the name and features of Tor Nansen, who destroyed him in the first round with a humiliating armbar which pierced through Carwin’s grappling defenses with unexpected efficiency. McDonald on his side has to wipe away the dark clouds summoned by The Dude, who defeated him on Syn 155 and put a big question mark on his ambitions to be new 155 lbs sensation. Carwin is a ground and pound specialist with decent striking and dangerous finishing strikes. McDonald is a Muay Thai master who likes to clinch and pierce, but can do damage from distance with his deadly kicks. How is it going to end? Carwin has to score a quick takedown if he wants to bring the whole thing to his own terms, but an excess of eagerness would put him at high risk of counterstrikes. McDonald has good sprawl and a BJJ purple belt which suggest he’s not exactly a sacrificial lamb on the ground. Another unclear outcome, but McDonalds look a bit more complete in his MMA training. Prediction: McDonald by decision. 4th Fight: Viko Maafala vs Talafua Toluao Experienced Superheavyweight Maafala trying to step off the rollercoaster his career has become, but Toluao will try to make sure he will step with his wrong foot. Toluao recently saw his entertaining winning streak broken by Sue Carter, and sure does not want to lose twice in a row. Maafala has a sumo background, and sure he knows how to make his weight count as a factor in determining the fight’s outcome. Now, if you analyze Maafala’s career as a whole, but especially in its last segment, you will see red traces on the floor. There has always been a .lot of blood sharing in Maafala’s fights, and this tendency looks pronounced in his last performances. It seems clear that he tends to cut (the other guy), but also can be cut himself. Toluao displayed the same appetite for plasma and a similar, natural ability to pierce through other guy’s skin, so this fight is, literally, on the razor’s edge: who will find himself on the wrong side of it and get hurt? Both guys can strike hard, but they look more comfortable on the ground so it’s probably end down there: they will collapse together on the canvas and it’s hard to say who will stand up first. Prediction: Maafala by TKO. 5th Fight: Mario Ribeiro vs Ernesto Bonjasky The diamond of La Escola da Luta Paulista, Mario Ribeiro, will face K 1 dominator from Amsterdam Ernesto Bonjasky. Ribeiro comes out from the dirty alleys and desperate slums of favelas around Sao Paulo: born as a clandestine fighter running the underground circuits of illegal “no rules” garage combats, he is a master in Vale Tudo and it makes him a shark when it comes to the ground. He’s got exquisite technique, educated by years of Ju Jitsu training, but knows how to play dirty and his fury has scared more than a cage veteran in recent years. Bonjarsky is a completely different matter: universally renown since he was 14 as one of the purest talents in Amsterdam Muay Thai scene, he was early victimized by an indomitable hedonism. Rumors whisper he attended more peep shows and hashish bars than gyms in his early stages. His manager was no fool at all, anyway, and had him make a pure bath of humility in Sydney. With no more than crocodiles to play with, he started training quite seriously and his wild talent finally was educated. He ruled in Legacy, and did quite good for Konflikt as well. His career since he joined Syn has not been that brilliant anyway, and malicious voices spread about Syn City summoned old demons inside him. He’s been spotted in more than a casino, and with more than a girl… at once. Now, hope he comes in sober and armed tonight, or he will be eaten alive by his hungry opponent. Ribeiro needs some takedown, while Bonjasky has nailed his feet to the canvas in order to stand and bang. Who will prevail? Hard to say but, if Ernesto comes in with no drugs in his body, he could win. Prediction: Bonjasky by KO. 6th Fight: Oscar Alarcon vs Nickolai Katorjinov One of the more complete martial artists of the Circus, Oscar Alarcon, meets the man whose right hand perfectly resembles a sniper rifle, the Banker Katorjinov. Now, at first sight Alarcon looks like one of those talents who are born for fighting: perfect speed, balance, power. Great chin, great skills, great everything. Still, his career hasn’t been as shining as it might have been. Where does his hidden fault reside? Well, his path somehow resembles one of a famous soccer player named Michael Laudrup: all the team mates he played with swore he was the best player they’d ever seen, but he seemed unable to translate all his talent in effective game strategy. He was born for playing, but was not born for competition? When temperature started arising, he started to switch off instead of turning on. Is Alarcon made of the same prime matter? A porcelain doll in a world of steely cyborgs? Some might argue he still has quite a good record, but how else would explain that one of the best strikers in Vegas, with great wrestling skills and a dark brown belt never won a title? He always fell down one step from glory, like Sisyphus near the top of the mountain. Anyway, he has to tune up, since his opponent for tonight fight is a raging beast that never lets his foe on his feet: 15 wins, 15 KOs. No need for defense or B plan, this guy is a nuclear bomb wearing gloves and you’d better find yourself out of range when he explodes. Alarcon’s chin is quite solid, but solid might not be enough against the hollow point bullets fired by Katorjinov. Probably, the best chances of Alarcon surviving the challenge is going quickly on the ground and stay there until lights go out on the arena or he manages to score a submission. Katorjinov is not helpless in the grappling subject, but looks outmatched tonight. will it be enough against his killing shots? 7th Fight: Hector LaRue vs Aleksandr Karelin Coming up next is an exciting Heavyweight fight between Hector LaRue and Aleksandr Karelin. LaRue was the brightest rising star in this talented division, collecting KO victories since his baptism for TFL. His fans started calling him “The Right Hand of The Devil”, but skeptics kept saying that TFL was not Syn, and he would have paid his debt right soon. It did not happened: his Syn adventure started the same way his TFL one ended, with his opponents laying lifeless on the ground while he was celebrating. Then, he met Jorge Ramirez and everything changed. His lucky star looks long way gone, and now he’s left alone with his inner demons. “Were skeptics right?” whispers a voice inside his head. “Am I the pale hologram of a fighter?”. Tonight is going to spell some ultimate truth: the Russian experiment Karelin is stepping in, willing to end LaRue’s parable in blood. Now, some say Karelin is like one of those American Pro Wrestling guys, a colorful, excessive character built around a good athlete. All that speech about him being subjected to dark Russian biotech experiment is just a joke to increase his popularity. You know, Undertaker’s eyes are not that white, and so on. Well, my sources state a different truth. Have you ever heard that quote about the Devil’s best lie? Yeah, convincing everyone that He does not exist. My informant says that Adolf Andersen is a Russian double agent of fearsome VKR (KGB’s violent arm), using this weird mixture of truth and lies to hide the secret of Karelin: a former Spetz Naz killer of Betagruppa (Beta team, the one taking care of political executions) undergoing a program of hypnotic training to remove his inner human taboos against killing. The training turned him into a mantis, attacking by pure instinct. Some Ludlum–like tale? A Russian Bourne? All of it, but beware of what you choose to ignore, since it may kill you. And Karelin sure might kill: he’s the actual Einherjer Champ, and he’s here to rule Syn as well, but it looks quite a harder task. In technical terms, these two are similar: great standup overall, dangerous ground game. Put these guys together and you’ll have more boxing skills than in a FedEx headquarter. Their right hands are heat seeking missiles never missing shots and hitting with disruptive power. Victory stays in the moment: a mistake, an invention, a fate’s caprice. Who will gain it? Prediction: LaRue by TKO. 8th Fight: Omar Salcedo vs Rock Johnson Promising up and comer Salcedo faces a veteran of the circuit, Rock Johnson, in a Heavyweight match that will tell more about his real potential as a future Syn star. Don’t be fooled at all by his fairly ordinary record: Salcedo is more than he might seem. Look at his pedigree and you will clearly understand that two of his losses came at the start of his career, when he was clearly not tuned up for cage fighting. He improved at the speed of a child since that moment, learning new things everyday and quickly establishing himself as a consistent contender in 265 lbs weight class. His best weapon resides in the original, personal mélange of deadly Muay Thai clinch and fancy submission moves. His fight plan seems to create a mass illusion, pretending himself to be a classical K-1 fighter, and then finish on the ground. This, of course, if his damaging elbows didn’t already make the dirty job cutting the other guy’s skin to bleeding death. Johnson has a great career behind him, and a sweet sunset in front of him. After a path in which he kept all the promises, never letting his fans down, he is probably slowly declining from his peak, but still has something to say in an undercard bout. He has good a good all rounded skill setting and a fair amount of power in his hands. Above all, he’s got the intelligence and experience to handle those fights in which he does not dominate, and he’s more than able to gain upset victories against more talented opponents. Salcedo has to be quire careful or his light might extinguish tonight. Prediction: Johnson by decision. 9th Fight: Jakko Jyrays vs Gundar Thorsen One of the best Heavyweights from Konflikt, Jakko Jyrays, faces the boxing specialist Gundar Thorsen in which promises to be a stand and bang challenge. Now, Thorsen is a BJJ purple belt, so it’s really hard to school him on the ground, but his fists fly at the speed of light and this is the way he wants to win tonight. Jyrays himself does not like rolling on the ground unless other guy is a beautiful blonde with big tits and round ass, so there is prolly going to be some K-1 stuff here. About Jyrays, well, I am not sure you want to hear another story after all that talk about KGB experiments and so on. But, damn, since I met Avon and Calvin (which I will call Killer Twins from now on, in order to save time) I am like Scheherazade in those fucking 1001 nights, so telling stories is the only way I can see another dawn. There was a guy when I was at high school, one of those nerds with big glasses, dandruff all over their hair and pimples all over their face (no, it’s not me, I’m the one on his right side in the picture, you damn!), who stated that all people with the same initials on their first and second name are actually part of a secret sect of superhuman warriors. They use this trick to recognize each other, he said, so they always know when one of their kind is around. Some Dan Brown style bullshits you might say, and I would clearly agree but stop for a while: first, it’s Baked Illuminati night, so it’s now or never. Second, Mohammad Alì was Cassius Clay before changing. And Lucas Lunar? And we have Paavo Perkules who defeated the who’s who of EUFC. I could go on forever but the point is: look at Jakko Jyrays record and confront it with his base technique: there is definitely more than it might seem in this guy and, even if he looks outclassed by Thorsen perfect striking skills, but beware his hidden power. If you have to trust my nerd friend, Jyrays is a chosen by fate and, if you don’t want to trust him, trust your own eyes and take a look at how he destroyed Noctis Perseus twice, while every bookmaker in town was giving Perseus winning by submission. My point is: Thorsen is favorite, but Jyrays is quite a biting underdog, and I would not be surprised of being surprised… Prediction: Thorsen by decision. 10th Fight: Aaron Gracie vs Bancroft Rothschild And now, the main battle of tonight’s war. Fighting in the 185 lbs weight class, from Rio de Janeiro, another diamond from Gracie Legacy (I’m not counting myself in, but I could actually…). And, from New York high society, the more glamorous fighter ever, the best MMA approximation to a black sheep you can find around: Bancroft Rothschild. Have you ever heard the story of that guy: his father was an orchestra director, his mom was a lyrical soprano. His sister was an etoile at theatre La Scala. His grandpa was a violin virtuoso and his grandma was a piano artist. When he attained 18, his whole family sat around a table, asking him what he wanted to do in his life: singer? Piano? Guitar? Cello? He decided to open a hardware store. Why am I telling you another tale? Because I have a neural disorder and simply CAN’T STOP WRITING BULLSHITS! But also because, when the last heir of the more important banker legacy in the world decided to become a cage fighter, faces around the table were the same of that story. He’s been utterly disinherited, unacknowledged, exiled and he’s also sought by NYPD because he took some silverware while leaving. And tonight he is here, in this main event, to fight someone who, unlike him, has his whole family on his side (again, I’m not counting me in, but I could…). Aaron is the perfect Gracie: 180 lbs of killing rage with a black belt wrapped all around. He’s becoming more and more angry because, despite his record, despite him having been top fighter in his weight class in the past, he never won a title belt. He wants a shot, and will try to kill Rothschild in order to force Avon in this direction. How is it going to end? Gracie is a hitman on the ground. He can kill from any position. But, if you look to MMA overall, Rothschild is the more complete fighter, and his gas tank is hard to exhaust. It may count in the end. Prediction: Rothschild by decision. And now it’s time to go. I can’t see this night turning into dawn without a couple of casualties taking place. Violence for a lifetime, if you get what I’m saying. Now, do you think you can have enough? If you say no, then the Gaza Strip is the only place you can call home. If you say yes.. oh, you liar! Goodnight, Nilmar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rambo Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Amazing. You see the work we're puttin in over here at Syn. C'mon people, you know you want to see your highly ranked fighters on videos like this. Join Syn and compete with some of the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 That was... epic, where was that gym from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 The video clip was fucking awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sathias Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Great work with the video guys, awesome write up too Looking forward to the event! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 That was... epic, where was that gym from? Convicted Top Team maybe... Great work with the video guys, awesome write up too Looking forward to the event! Me too. I'm very appreciative of the talent and the loyal fighters & managers we have in our org, but I wish we had a larger roster to work with so we can fill cards easier and put on bigger and better events. But all is good, we'll get there. Just a pain in the ass and very time consuming tryin to recruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 That was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face Kicker Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 lol, that video was awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Convicted Top Team maybe... Lol? I was wondering what program/game it came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceTempleton Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Video updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted February 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Lol? I was wondering what program/game it came from. Yeah I Know. I was just bein a smartass I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 Awesome video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rambo Posted February 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Syn' 159: Baked Illuminati - casualties count And here we go! Nilmar is still alive and ready to bring you the aftermath of this night of mayhem. Let’s count the casualties and let’s see if some new star is born in blood. 1st Fight: Mala Ika vs Maxwell Smart What follows is a statement by Wilhelmina Saint Marie, once Wilhelmina Smart, ex wife of Maxwell: “Nobody is able to understand the strong feelings and emotions that me and Max shared. The sex, the passion, the fire that once burnt between us. I know there is a journalist, a jackal called Nilmar, who likes to ironically address my unconventional beauty for being cause of our separation. He lies. Truth is that I fell in love with another man. He makes me feel like a woman again. Our passion has to remain secret, since he’s a very important man in the show business”. Now, your friendly neighbor Nilmar never accepts “no” as an answer and, after an accurate search, I uncovered the secret. Here is Wilhelmina’s new sex toy: http://mmatycoon.com/images/avon.jpg And that’s the end of it”. Oh my goodness! What a coup de theatre! Now many things are clear. Fact is, one minute after his ex wife interview spreading among major broadcasts, Smart entered the cage and lost by decision. Now, I’m not saying Ika did not deserve the victory: he was the better fighter all day long, but the strange kindness and softness used by Smart in his strikes tonight has only one explanation: Ika’s features reminded him of his long lost love, and he had not the heart to hit him hard. Ika climbs charts, Smart has to become less romantic if he wants to get back on his feet. 2nd Fight: Hiroshy Hatayama vs Stevie Why Why respects my prediction and wins by decision in a one sided fight where Hatayama had to helplessly witness his opponent’s crescendo. Now, if you look to the climax in Why’s performance, he had a difficult start, suffering the early takedown by Hatayama, but tightened up his defenses and neutralized Hatayama’s submission attempts, gaining the nod on the Judges’s scorecard due to his innate strategic sense. Second round was born under a different star, with Whyheightening the temperature of his counterstrikes an responding his opponent’s attempt to clinch and pierce with a perfectly timed takedown. He wasn’t too accurate on his ground game, and was penalized by a ref’s quick standup. To be honest, he spammed some takedown attempt that was well defended by Hatayama, but here it comes the real key to victory of this fight: Why’s cardio completely outmatched Hatayama’s conditioning. And now, for all my fans waiting for this moment, here I come with some possible explanation: 1. Why’s heart has been taken by a Sea Goddess who put it into a casket. he has to sail for 10 years and land just one day (usually on fight night). This, until he makes peace with the Goddess or Orlando Bloom kills him. 2. Why is actually the vampire Edward from the Eclipse saga. 3. Hatayama smokes too many cigarettes. Sure I’m not here to tell you what to believe, but Why won by a slight edge on the first round, outclassed Hatayama in the second and simply overwhelmed in the third. All this missing tons of strikes, attempting to improve position and never succeeding, trying submissions that never tightened. He just won due to the whirlwind he was able to summon with his dynamism. God knows what he could do if he started to land some strike… 3rd Fight: Casey Carwin vs Ronald McDonald Carwin was really on the razor’s edge for tonight fight. Till the last moment, he was not sure of stepping in. No, he’s not a coward or anything like that. Simply, the dream of a lifetime was there, up for grab: he received a call from Dolce & Gabbana casting office, which was in need of a model for the new Spring collection. He was tempted, God knows how he was tempted to let the whole world know his delicate features, but in the end he decided to fight (some hours later I discovered that the call had been made by McDonald’s agent, but don’t tell Casey, he’s quite a sensitive guy). Once in the cage, anyway, his strategy has been perfect: exchanging with his opponent for a while, make him feel safe and secure in his own comfort zone, then surprise him with a flashy takedown and capitalizing his superior ground skills. It happened in the first round, it happened in the second round, and it happened again in the third one. Now, we all knew that McDonald was doomed on the ground: what surprised mostly his passiveness while standing, where he never really tried to have his nice Muay Thai rule, exception made for some good leg kick. He’s got technique, but this time he did not show us he has the guts. Will he do it next time? 4th Fight: Viko Maafala vs Talafua Toluao And it ended in blood. As I told you, this fight was just a matter of deciding the sharpest blade, and the softer skin. It was Toluao who found himself on the right part of the knife, cutting Maafala badly right above his right eyebrow. The cut went worse and worse in such a brief period of time that even the doctor was a bit surprised, having been called to stop a fight that didn’t even reach the end of round one. A weird choice by the ref to call him so soon, but a wise one in my opinion, since Maafala’s face was becoming really similar to the one Hannibal Lecter wore as a mask while leaving his cage. A fine choice by the ref, remember: the one who runs will see another dawn. 5th Fight: Mario Ribeiro vs Ernesto Bonjasky Bonjarsky steamrolls Ribeiro with a three punch combo in the second round, after being dominated in the first one by a very active Ribeiro. It has to be said that Ribeiro did what he had to do to stay in the match, and should that Americana in the first round have been a little luckier we would have been here talking of a completely different match. Archie Moore used to say: “when the bad moment comes, close guard and let it pass through. Then you will return fire” (usually I end these quotes saying if he really said them or not, but this time I’m going to leave you in a sea of doubts…). Bonjarsky learned the lesson: he survived the storm and came back with a hurricane of his own. Ribeiro’s chin surrendered to the monstrous combo fired by his opponent, and Bonjarsky walked out the winner. But, to be honest, these two proved to be pretty even, ant I think it deserves a rematch. 6th Fight: Oscar Alarcon vs Nickolai Katorjinov The class and technique of Oscar Alarcon prevail over the pure disruptive power of Katorjinov, allowing us all to understand a couple of golden rules that are always valid in human life: 1. Having a big caliber gun is completely useless if you have no chance to take it out and fire. Katorjinov has probably the deadliest high kick in Vegas, along with EUFC Wolfgang Amadeus, but both lost their fight this Sunday, neutralized by their deceptive opponents. 2. It’s better not to give your back to strangers, unless you want to be screwed hard or choked bad. 3. Never trust a barber whose kids have scars near their ears (it’s not strictly connected to this fight, but it’s always better not to forget it). Please note that rule one does not apply to Avon Barksdale, who is as fast as lightning extracting guns (trust me, I know what I’m talking about). And rule two does not apply to Austin Kincaid (what? You don’t know who she is? Please don’t insult my intelligence), who loves both. Coming back to the fight, Alarcon’s choice to soften his opponent in the clinch before taking him down with a perfect guard jump has proved quite effective, gaining him a bright clean victory over such a dangerous opponent. 7th Fight: Hector LaRue vs Aleksandr Karelin Well, those guys at KGB secret labs have to explain me how did they waste their time. Karelin has been dominated like if he was on the wrong side of some SM game. His submissive attitude in this fight has been noticed and appreciated, and rumors spread about notorious movie star Rocco Siffredi wanting him to play the female star in his next movie. LaRue has been quite brilliant in scoring with quick, powerful takedowns and rule the fight from his comfort zone, but his talent and skills alone are not enough to explain Karelin’s absence from the battlefield. Do you think I am too harsh with the guy? Well, let’s play a little quiz. Do you know how many punches landed from Karelin tonight? How many kicks? Elbows? Knees? Spits? Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Oh my goodness, this kid is collecting more licenses to kill than James Bond himself, but definitely he’s not using them. Good job by LaRue, maybe we’ll see the Russian Experiment having a better outcome next time. 8th Fight: Omar Salcedo vs Rock Johnson And there came a time where good old Nilmar took a look around and asked himself: am I watching Syn 159, or a Dr. House episode? Gray’s anatomy? E.R.? another medical intervention, another young life saved on the razor’s edge. Salcedo will see another dawn, even if he probably has to see it from his single bed in ICU. Johnson proved his name being a real omen and hit his opponent hard, cutting him badly with his left hand and working on the qound with merciless wisdom, leading the fight to its unavoidable conclusion. Hippocratic vow prevailed over showbiz needs, and doctor stepped in to end it before it turned into a gore movie. 9th Fight: Jakko Jyrays vs Gundar Thorsen Gunnar Thorsen ruled this fight by the means of his unattainable class and technique. He really flied like a butterfly, stinging like a bee in a pure display of boxing talent which simply outmatched his opponent from the start. Then he woke up and discovered to be laying on his back, with the lights of the arena piercing his eyes and a couple of doctors around him, asking some weird question like: do you remember your name? How many fingers are these? Have you seen last Harry Potter movie? Jyrays proved himself to be a natural born killer, destroying an opponent who looked superior for many aspects, and my Nerd friend proved himself not to be that stupid. There is definitely something special in Jakko, and sure his right overhand was nothing ordinary when he landed on Thorsen’s jaw, delivering its message of destruction. Probably the most beautiful fight of this wonderful night of fighting, and sure the more perfect KO, with a single, perfectly targeted punch deciding the outcome of an entire fight. Jakko was the underdog tonight, and earned an epic victory like Rocky Balboa did long before against the elegant dude Apollo creed. And when he listened to the invoice announcing his victory, he unleashed all his joy, running and jumping around the cage, shouting “Adrianaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”. I was moved. Oh, some malicious voices say he actually shouted “I love anaaaaaaaaaaaaal!”, but I wouldn’t give credit to those rumors. 10th Fight: Aaron Gracie vs Bancroft Rotschild When two fighters of this talent and experience face each other in the cage, one of these two things can happen: 1. They decide to stick to God’s Judgment, like Lancelot long ago. It means that they start trading blows like there is no tomorrow, not caring about defense, tactics and saving energies. It’s a secret pact that could sound like: “let’s measure our powers and may the last man standing take it all”. 2. They respect each other so much that fear of losing overpowers will to win. They circle around, studying the other guy’s moves, turning what should have been a bloody show in a living chess game. It’s another secret pact that sounds more like: “I want to see my kids grow up, you want to be able to play Nintendo tomorrow. Let’s take it easy”. To be honest, this fight has routed more towards this second possibility. And it has been quite an uncertain match, with Rotschild dominating the first round, and Gracie clearly taking the third one. Key to victory resided in the decision to reward Gracie with the second round, which has been quite even and could have gone to any of the two. Gracie’s takedowns proved to be the more effective weapon in this duel: completely inaccurate in the first round, they really tightened up in the other two, and continuously broke Rothschild’s pace, slowly taking him out of his fight plan. None can claim it to be a non deserved victory, but, if you could have looked into Rostschild’s eyes while the invoice was spelling the scorecards, you would have seen the fire of vengeance burning deep inside him. He wants a rematch. He needs it. Bitter rivalries start in nights like these: Alì and Frazier. Leonard and Hagler. Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. I swear another blood feud is about to begin. Well, like that old song from U2, I hear the children crying and I know it’s time to go. Tonight is over, and I’m sure your ladies will have a hard time cleaning all those red spots from your coats. There will be snow in Hell before they let you buy another ticket for the front row but don’t be desperate, snow storms in Hell are more frequent than one might think… Goodnight, Nilmar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 How is the write up coming for 160 this weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 I am inspired by the video that was posted here. Maybe I shall get back into video editing and make a point to do these for my big events. My org is really small out of Helsinki though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted February 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 How is the write up coming for 160 this weekend? Syn' 160: Sober Convicts - Preview Last night, again, Avon Barksdale was knocking at my door. And, again again, it was three a.m. and, again again again, I was in the same room, laying on the same futon bed. I changed the sweetie, but these are details. I let him in, and he sat down exactly where he did last time. I thought the Matrix was about to change something, since I was having a clear sense of Déjà vu. “Nilmar, my friend…”. “Avon”. “Was just thinking about the conversation we had last time”. “Which one?”. Of course I was pretending. Avon has a conversation each century, so there were not many options. “The one about killing you”. “Oh. That conversation”. “Sure. And I came up with this idea: what if I had Calvin killing you?”. “Well, to be honest it would be tons of fun. But you’d still have to find another writer”. He smiled. “Yes, but I could put all the blame on Calvin”. “Well thought. But what would you have to do then?”. He had a moment of silence. “Of course I would have no choice other than killing him for shooting my writer”. “Then you would have to find a writer and a president”. “You’re right, man. You’re right”. He smiled again, kindly addressed a curtsy at the terrified sweetie, and left. Oh God I love this place! You can never get bored of Syn. Now, your modern Scheherazade is here again to tell another tale, and I swear another fantastic card is coming up! You could think I say it because I get tons of money for saying it, and you would be damn right, but I am sure that, once you looked at the names in the card, you will say the same completely for free… 1st Fight: Chris Mayo vs Fabricio Valesquez Chris “Proficient” Mayo meets Fabricio Valesquez in this Bantamweight fight. Or, at least, so he hopes. Last time Fabricio did not present himself at the date, and Mayo was like a Bride left alone on the altar the day of weddings. Now, there are lots of theories about Valesquez’s absence last time, but the one which really convinced me is this one: A couple of days before fight night, Fabricio received a Fed-Ex box with a cell phone in it. As soon as he took it, a voice talked to him. A man calling himself Morpheus told him that he only thinks he is a cage warrior. Actually, he is simply a digital construct invented by a perverted man called Mike Tycoon for the pleasure of a community of idiots who like to think of themselves as MMA managers. Yeah, I know that it’s completely bullshits, but the kid believed him somehow and he’s starting to concern. He has been given a red pill and a blue pill. If he takes the blue one, we’ll never see him again. if he takes the red one, he will step in the cage tonight, just to be steamrolled by Mayo’s superior overall skills and conditioning. Do you want a friendly suggestion, Fabricio? Choose the blue one… Prediction: Mayo by TKO. 2nd Fight: Dace Killian vs Xavier McPherson Undefeated rising star Dace Killian faces another young gun like Xavier McPherson, in a fight that will probably launch one of the two in the stratosphere, giving us another potential top contender in the Middleweight division. How can you beat someone who’s got great striking and perfect ground game? Well, the best possible answer is that you are trying to understand who am I talking about, since both fighters come in with tons of skills and talent in every aspect of the game. McPherson comes in with a little edge in terms of experience and has something more in terms of pure disruptive power. Killian, on his side, is probably the best wild talent in his weight class and his cardio frequency is so low that you could fully read “The Lord of The Rings” between one heartbeat and another. It could mean that, if it turns into a blow for blow battle, Killian will probably be knocked out by his opponent’s iron fist. On the other hand, if he manages to turn his talent into a spider web to cast around McPherson, he could go distance and have his cardio become a factor. A close matchup, but I would bet on the “too young to die” guy tonight. Prediction: Killian by decision. 3rd Fight: Zedicus Jones vs Brandon Tate Zedicus Jones meets Brandon Tate in this Featherweight fight, trying to stop his own losing streak before it starts, breaking the enjoyable series of victories of his experienced opponent. Now, when I asked Zedicus’s coach about his guy’s main faults, he had no hesitations: “He definitely hates training”. Then I asked him about Jones’s qualities, and he answered: “He definitely hates training”. Guys like Zedicus don’t like being stuck in a gym, jumping the rope and firing combos against the mirror. To feel at home, they need scent of blood and the chill of knowing that they can get really hurt. Give him a coach, some weights and a sparring partner and he will probably fall asleep. But throw him inside the cage against a fierce opponent and you will see the eye of the tiger coming out. Tonight he faces Brandon Tate, who is probably one of the more experienced journeymen in the division and is moving his first step in Syn after a great experience in Marco Battaglia’s Carnage. Jones is basically a brawler who relies in his chin to stay upright one punch more than his opponent. Years of reluctant training sure educated his hands, but did not change his attitude. Tate is a Muay Thai specialist with heavy hands and an insane passion for the clinch and pierce fight plan. Despite both being quite competent on the ground, I think the most of it will take place while standing, where the superior power of Tate could spell some disaster for Jones. Prediction: Tate by TKO. 4th Fight: Junius E Sneed IV vs Abraham Valuev Coming up next is a Superheavyweight fight between Sneed IV and Abraham Valuev. Sneed is quickly making a name out of himself essentially for two reasons: first, his amazing boxing skills which allowed him to rule QFC circuit and RSC thus far. Second, the mystery about his birth. Rumors spread about him being the secret son of rockstar Prince and a female bodybuilder, generated during a night of passion in the closet of a private gym. Now, if true, Sneed would be the secret son number 30.000 for famous Prince and, looking at the paradox of a 300lbs fighter dancing like an etoile in the cage, one might be tempted to believe it. His blinding footwork, so similar for certain aspects to the way his celebrated dad moves, well mixes with the innate power of his hands (mom’s heritage, if you take the story for true),but tonight he will need something more than a couple of big punches and some good duck if he wants to win over Valuev. Abraham might not have the noble pedigree of his young opponent, but looks quite dangerous and complete, both on the ground and on the feet. The transition from his dad’s famous single Purple Rain to his opponent’s Purple Belt might prove quite deadly for Junius. I see him in trouble trying to keep his record as spotless as it is now, and probably his Syn baptism will end in tragedy if he loses focus. Prediction: Valuev by decision. 5th Fight: Jose Salcedo vs Nameless One Things in life you’ll never understand: 1. How could a super muscle charming millionaire like Batman fall in love with Dawson’s ex girlfriend? 2. How could a super muscle charming millionaire like Tom Cruise fall in love with Dawson’s ex girlfriend? 3. How could Batman let a little midget like Tom Cruise screw his girlfriend? And as a fourth mystery, how can a perfect fighter like Nameless one go down three times in a row? Impossible to explain everywhere but in Syn, where the softest opponent you can find is Conan the Cimmerian, but, anyway, someone who moves, hits and grapples like One should do better than he’s doing now. Salcedo is here to provide some answer tonight, trying to use his considerable ground skills to determine the pace of the fight and neutralize One’s dramatic striking skills. He’s been quite depressed after his loss against Rock Johnson, but now it’s time to jump on the feet and fight like there’s no tomorrow. Will Salcedo and One answer the call? And who will do it first? Prediction: One by TKO. 6th Fight: Eric Scribner vs Che Satomi Baptism by fire for one, welcome back for another: the fine Boxer Eric Scribner has his debut for Syn against submission wizard Che Satomi, who fights for Syn once again after his parenthesis for FFC. Scribner’r record is on the razor’s edge: one victory and he steps into the Valhalla of winners; a debacle and he becomes a loser. To gain the long desired “+” on his sheet he hast to keep it standing all the time, because if he accepts to roll with Satomi he will probably find himself choked or joint locked in a flash. Satomi is not in his best moment ever and needs a victory himself to start thinking positive again. how’s it going to end? Prediction: Satomi by submission. 7th Fight: Johnny Davis vs Ahiga Otaktay One of the keenest minds in 135lbs weight class, Johnny Davis, faces the fearless warrior Ahiga Otaktay. Now, if there is a MMA version of Nymphomania, Otaktay is probably affected by it: scars haven’t closed yet since his battle against Diefendorf that he’s in the cage again, ready for another battle. One of my informant told me a story about Otaktay, and I am sure that you really would prefer to be buried alive rather than reading another stupid tale by Nilmar, but until Avon finds a way to kill me without increasing his issues you’re doomed. This guy told me a sad story of Ahiga’s tribe being completely annihilated by a band of bikers. They came with guns and rifles and, like long time before, they killed everyone. Men, women, children. Ahiga survived since he was able to pretend he had already been shooted, since he was fully covered in blood due to a bar room fight he had a few minutes before. What you might consider a simple act of survival from a young kid, he never forgives himself, considering it a pure proof of cowardice. From that moment on, he wanders from town to town, looking for someone to kill him. Legend says that Avon Barksdale met him while he was going to kill himself with a gun. Unable to find someone to do the job, he decided to do it by his own hands. Avon stopped him, smiled and said: “if you want to die, I can arrange something proper. I’m in the death business”. And so it is that Ahiga became one of the more fearsome warriors in this talented division. Is Davis the right one to fulfill his dark wish? The fight is quite even, both being perfect in every aspect of the game. Otaktay looks slightly better in the clinch due to a superior Muay Thai expertise, but these look like they’re details. Mind will do all the difference: Otaktay has to stay focused and lower the temperature of his assault. If he goes berserk, Davis will punish him for sure by the means of his cold blooded attitude and accurate counterstrikes. A close fight, but I don’t think it’s a good day to die for Ahiga. Prediction: Otaktay by decision. 8th Fight:Vinny Veechi vs Henrik Larsson. What do Veechi and Larsson share in common? Well, the passion for the Rio Carnival and Copacabana beaches. Larsson in a Viking born right in the middle of Rio de Janeiro, while Vinny was born a step away from the Coliseum (the Italian one! Yeah, sure, the one where Russel Crowe faced lions, tigers and so on…), but chose to leave the country of Michelangelo for the one of Ronaldinho. Larsson has heavy hands, but fragile skin. Veechi is a fighter who has more skills than fight instinct in his DNA, and sometimes lost fights he should have ruled. Both being more than competent in every area of the game, Larsson prefers the exact science of destroying people with accurate, deadly strikes, while Veechi prefers the subtle art of having them tap and acknowledge his superiority. I see a very entertaining match between two guys that are really a fight encyclopedia, but I’m not sure if anyone will be able to establish a complete dominance over the fight and finish it. Who will be able to say “veni, vidi, vici” when the fight is over? Prediction: Larsson by decision. 9th Fight: Jack Siegel vs Blokada Leningrada Blokada Leningrada against Jack Siegel in this great co-main event. Now, you might well ask how can it be that there is no title belt on the line for this fight. Well, this… http://www.mmatycoon.com/fighterprofilepublic.php?FID=1665 …is the answer. Both fighters tonight are perfect warrior victimized by the fact they live in an era dominated by an alien monster. Both guys met Featherweight Emperor in recent past, and it ended in tragedy for them all. now, you might say there is no interest in a fight for the second place, and I’m sure George W. Bush Jr. would be proud of such an open minded thinking. But you can consider it the title fight for human beings if you like, and also keep in mind that lots of things can happen: heart attack, ictus, lethal viruses… like Lenny Kravitz says, it ain’t over till it’s over! In terms of technique, both come with a noble pedigree, but Bokada could have some edge due to his perfect boxing skills. His hands are so filled with poison he has to wear gloves while eating, but Siegel is not defenseless, and he already defeated Leningrada when they met first time in Syn 134. Blokada will do all he can to cancel that humiliating memory, wiping it away in blood, but will have to be careful against Siegel quick counterstrikes. This guy is so fast that one morning he went out jogging and came back the night before. Will Siegel confirm himself as the better fighter and end this feud before it starts? Or will Leningrada gain revenge and start an epic rivalry tha will surely lead to a third rematch? Hard to say it just looking at the stars… Prediction: Leningrada by decision. 10th Fight: Jesus Cavalera vs Led Zeppelin And now, the main event of the evening. Welterweight Title Belt up for grab. On one corner, the Challenger: probably the more brilliant up and comer of entire Vegas fight scene, who fully showed his talent in the Millionaires Tourney and was suddenly resigned by Syn after tourney’s end. A man whose strikes are so educated that could teach Etiquette to Queen Elisabeth herself. The man who laid down more opponent than Italian premier laid girls (by the way I found a pic of new Berlusconi’s lover, and as usual I make my dirty job of scoop seeker. Here she is: http://animazione.myblog.it/images/Heidi/Heidi0.jpg Gorgeous, don’t you think?). But I was talking about the challenger for tonight, and I am just about to say his name: Led Zeppelin. Now, on the other corner, we have one of the more feared aliens in Syn. His name is translated “loss” in more than 5 languages. The deadliest life form you can find in Syn City: The Carnivore Jesus Cavalera! Now, is it a smart choice to spend my time writing a piece about a fight that looks like having only a possible outcome? Sure it’s not, but I’m not a smart person, or I would not write for someone who knocks at my door just to discuss my execution every night. Just don’t make it sound I think Zeppelin isn’t worth this match. He is, for sure, but Cavalera looks hard to defeat unless you have an assault rifle at hand. In technical terms, Zeppelin looks like he can fight quite even with his fearsome opponent, and even superior in some aspects but, to be honest, cemetery is full of guys who looked superior to Jesus and in the end were not. do we have to prepare another grave for Led? If he manages to keep it standing, he could really have a chance tonight, but Cavalera is world renown for being able to change conditions of the fight at his own will, so it will be hard for Zeppelin to impose his idea over such an unpredictable opponent. It could well end as usual, but wait: there is a spark in the eyes of Zeppelin, something that tells me he’s the right man to attempt the trial. Sure Cavalera has prediction on his side, he couldn’t be any different after steamrolling an entire division, but maybe Zeppelin is not doomed yet. Are we at the dawn of a new era of vegetarianism? Prediction: Cavalera by TKO. And it’s the last word on this night. Another tale of blood, violence and desperation in Syn City. Another close meeting with Death avoided by Nilmar at the last turn. How long will I make it? Only time will tell… Goodnight, Nilmar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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