j666 Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Event Commentary oh my false christ, that promo is AMAZING! love the newspaper bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyster89 Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Event Commentary What an AMAZING video. Well done man. I need to send a fighter to SYN as soon as I have one worthy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Yeah, I need to send one of my chaps to you guys soon enough. I can't wait for the inevitable Wham! promo one of them is gonna appear in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j666 Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Yeah, I need to send one of my chaps to you guys soon enough. I can't wait for the inevitable Wham! promo one of them is gonna appear in. well, i've always known norway to be proof that everything is popular somewhere. lol. i been waiting for this one actually... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyster89 Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 well, i've always known norway to be proof that everything is popular somewhere. lol. i been waiting for this one actually... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA - well done Bomb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTree Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Event Commentary AMAZING!!! Can't wait to see Nai Khanom Tom featured in a Syn video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felagund Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 The event did justice to that amazing promo with lots of finishes (for such a high level event) and great battles in other fights (particularly Rose vs Larsson, now that was one I would love to see on video). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j666 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 AMAZING!!! Can't wait to see Nai Khanom Tom featured in a Syn video are we gonna have to do a tom/cox rematch at syn sometime...preferably before cox goes to bfc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 AMAZING!!! Can't wait to see Nai Khanom Tom featured in a Syn video hopefully it's a before video. an after video might be a bad idea since he's facing Ventura in his first fight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avon Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 Glad you enjoyed it Great job everybody on the card like felagund says. And now for some more wisdom from ninja poet Nilmar: Syn' 167: Killing Stars - JJ ran away I hired a babysitter for JJ. You know, with all my traveling to see fights all over the world and avoid executions by my best friends Avon and Calvin, I have not much time to dedicate to children education. Well, she was cute and I was thinking I was going to give her some extra money for some extra service (you always have to optimize resources, don’t you?). So I gave her some instruction, especially on how to translate some communication from the kid. “Enemies” = “I am a bit hungry” “I don’t know who I am” = “I am a bit tired”. “They found us” = “Can you help me with my homeworks?”. She seemed to have understood, but when I came back home I found her in the missionary position, with JJ in her guard, to say it kindly, doing some quite good ground and fuck. “What the fuck?!?!” I screamed. “They found us” she said. “Enemies” he said, and they rushed away together, naked like Adam and Eve. I am alone again, and this seems to be my Karma, so it’s all good. But let’s look at tonight’s fights and let’s see who destroyed who in the rumble… 1st Fight: Hiroshi Hatayama vs Lucifer Jones The best lie Lucifer was ever able to tell is convincing everyone he does not exist. And Lucifer (Jones) did in Syn what his infamous namesake did in the world: he looked like he disappeared, sinking into a series of bad results, just to come back with blinding efficacy in his last two fights. Hatayama was a consistent opponent, and forced Jones to go distance, but in the end he never was able to really put any question mark on the final outcome of this battle. Now temperature is arising around Lucifer, and you know he’s in his comfort zone when flames burn: a big fight on the line for him? 2nd Fight: Ivan Drago vs Omar Salcedo Now, when I saw that silhouette in the shadows formed by arena lights, moving crippling with that walking cane at hand, moving towards the cage, I suddenly understood something bad happened to Salcedo. The man made his way through the crowd, hitting people in the front row with the cane, saying nice things like: “did your mom remembered to provide you with a brain at your birth?” and stuff like that. He finally made it to the cage, stepped in and went to Salcedo, sitting at his corner with a vacuum expression in his eyes. “Idiot? Are you here?”. “Mmmmhh”. “Hello, Hello, Hello, is there anybody out there?” he started singing in a very sarcastic way. “Whaaaddafuuuuck” moaned Salcedo. “Well, you’re fine. Now go and put your fingers in the socket, which is all you IQ allows you to do, genius”. And he stepped out, always using his walking cane as a sword to tear the crowd in two. Well, I never expected to see Doctor House called to stop a fight, but Salcedo took so much damage in his head that it probably was the right thing to do… 3rd Fight: Dexter Morgan vs Bala Bala Monstrous performance by Bala Bala, who in less than one minute first annihilated his opponent on the feet, then finished him on the ground with a text book Kimura that made my old friend Mansur jump up and clap his hands to the kid. (Note by Nilmar Gracie’s psychiatrist: now, one of the more florid symptomatic aspects in the patient’s psychopathological syndrome is his continuous pretending to know and meet famous people. Sometimes the people he talks about really exist, but clearly are out of the patient’s reach. Other times, they are fictional characters, like the times he assures he’s personal friend to Jason Bourne). Great victory for Bala, a strong call for Morgan to get back in the gym and do something else than mount over people and strike them with elbows … 4th Fight: Talafua Toluao vs Abraham Valuev Surprising display of power by Toluao. Probably his morale took a big, huge boost, when he saw that Barksdale changed cage doctor for the night, or simply he was so angry for how things went last time that simply had his hanfs covered vith C4 explosive. Valuev simply was never able to establish himself as an active part of the game, simply witnessing his own victimization in this 1:27 minute of pure torture. A head kick completely turned his lights out: he was already gone, but his legs refused to catch the message, and he stayed on his feet just the time he needed to take some other life threatening strikes before definitely going down… 5th Fight: Moses Diggs vs Ilan Rotberg Diggs confirms himself to be a badass under every latitude. His Syn debut has been one of those events that will stay in the memory: he dominated first round by the means of a very aggressive fight strategy and a couple of cutting switchblades he has instead of his hands.. Rotberg’s cornermen had so much to do with that bad cut that they simply forgot to tell poor Ilan how to survive the incoming round. He stepped in as lonely and scared as Alice when she took her first step in the White Rabbit’s den. Diggs showed quite a merciless attitude, destroying Rotberg with a devastating head kick and then mounting on him for some moments of unnecessary violence. Good to know the ref finally finished his cheeseburger and remembered he was there for a reason. He stepped in and saved Rotberg from permanent inability. 6th Fight: Jack Siegel vs Collin Glorious Well, I am not the kind of man who likes to say: I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you… But, after all… I TOLD YOU! This had to be the upset of the night, and so it has been. The exception confirms the rule, like someone says and Collin has been a… Glorious exception, kicking the ass of the guy who kicked the ass of the guy who kicked his ass. So now we have a C kicks A’s ass, who kicks B’s ass, who kicks C’s ass, A “rock, paper, scissors” variable of the Golden Rule. But how did the fight go actually? Well, Siegel wanted to clinch and pierce for victory, and he perfectly managed to do it in the first round. Then he has been dismissed in the second one, when Glorious danced like a ghost in front of him, quite intangible when he tried to push him against the cage, but more than solid when he decided to dart in for some blinding strike. So, everything was left to a very contended third round, where Siegel’s close distance efficacy was partially displayed, but Glorious was able to escape and make Siegel pay a tribute to his eagerness. Judges decided to reward Glorious elegant fight style rather than Siegel’s fury, and I personally like the choice. 7th Fight: Harry Balls vs Earl Lee Swagger Professor Charles Xavier has his eyes on Harry Balls. He used that fucking Cerebro machine and finally found a mutant to add to his pack of heroes! Now it is clear Balls has this supernatural power. Which power? No, it’s not the power of winning fights against superior strikers. Now, it’s not the power to always screw the cutest cage girl. And no, it’s not the power to unnerve Avon Barksdale (he gets unnerved so easily that we could say everyone has this power, don’t you think?). the power I am talking about is that, when his fights end, always people in the front row have a beard like his own. Some wild action taking place here guys! Just chose the key moment, please notice how reckless these two have been in this exchange. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF6NmfuUk8A anyway, winners are always right, so it’s all Swagger’s fault! 8th Fight: Ace Ventura vs Jesus Cavalera “I’m goin’ down, down down down, I’m goin’ down down down down…”, this immortal poem by The Bard Bruce Springsteen must have been the refrain in Cavalera’s mind while Ventura was eating him alive. Ace looked quite superior to his opponent tonight, especially for his ability to choose the battlefield and take main advantage from fight conditions. The fight has been fought completely on the ground: this has been Ace’s choice, and Cavalera was not able to object. Now, most of these ground and pound battles really look like pointless rolling with wild strikes hurting the mat more than the man. Well’ it’s not been the case. 48 strikes thrown, 45 strikes landed: this is the impressive Ventura’s score on the ground. A real massacre: only Cavalera’s pride, conditioning and adamantine skull allowed him to finish this fight. No doubt on the final decision anyway… 9th Fight: Johnny Rose vs Henrik Larsson A splendid battle took place between two fearless warriors. In the end Johnny Rose confirms himself being one of the greatest fighters alive, but Larsson really deserves the honor of arms, having accepted a blow for blow battle with such a dangerous foe. We’ve seen lots of guys stepping in the cage against Rose, or someone like him (i.e.: a supernatural assassin), trying to entangle his power, minimize damage, reduce danger. They still lose the fight, but take their chin home with them. Larsson decided that he wanted to play this chance the way it had to be played: trying to win, doing all he was able to hurt his opponent, scare him, and finally beat him. He did not succeed, but gained my applause for all that it’s worthy. Rose hit the kid hard, showing no mercy, he tested his guts and chin, and finally did not obtain the KO he surely wanted. Larsson was hurt bad, cut dangerously and rocked at some time, but still was able to defend himself and strike back with some of his own. Just look at Rose’s front leg if you need a proof of what I’m saying… Really one of the best fights of the season if you want my opinion. 10th Fight: Abayo Bokhary vs Rock Johnson And that pack of hyenas faded away in the dawn light like bad dreams when morning comes. Bokhari is back, his soul is untouched and his power is greater than ever. My grandpa used to say: “things that don’t kill you make you stronger”, and I think Bokhari is stronger than he was before after taking a lesson like the one he took from KIW. Johnson did what he had to do to survive, and almost managed to hear the scorecard on his feet, but Bokhari needed the TKO. He needed it for his own pride, and needed it to send a clear message to the whole division. His right hand finally crashed into Johnson’s head with a sinister sound of bones breaking bones. It was the end for Johnson, and a new start for Abayo. And it’s over. Just wait a minute, heard a knock at my door. Sorry for it, but, be patient please. Here I am. Oh fuck. “Jason. What are you doing here?”. “They found us”. “It did not work with Wilhelmina, right?”. “I don’t know who I am”. “She is back with Avon and Calvin, am I right?”. “Enemies”. Well, there is not much left to say about it. Little Jason is away, Big Jason is back. Wilhelmina is experiencing some nice triangle with her two lovers. It’s a wonderful world, don’t you think? (Note by Nilmar Gracie’s psychiatrist: the patient not only thinks he’s friend with fictional people, but also has conversation with them, which is probably the worst sign of his lack of reality sense). (Note by Jason Bourne: I shot the psychiatrist. Enemies). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avon Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Syn' 168: Presents Of Greatness - Preview Now, like everyone of you know, world will end in 2012. A meteor swarm? No. Tsunami? Not really. Nukes? Don’t be silly. 2012 is the time Jason needs to kill every human being on earth. At this rate, he could even be a bit early. Up to date casualties count is as follows: 157 policemen. 120 motel receptionists. 87 lap dancers (well… uhm… you know… everyone needs a hobby!). 57 Mc Donald’s waiters. 32 school teachers. 30 taxi drivers. 18 bank tellers. 10 psychiatrists (included mine). 1 amusement park ticket man (who refused to let him do another trip on the rollercoaster). Trust me, I asked for explanations every single time, and these are my stats: They found us (270) Enemies (181) I don’t know who I am (60) Look what they force you to give (1, the ticket man). If anyone has any suggestion to stop this bloodthirst, please PM me at your own risk: if he finds you, you will be gone… Now, why am I here. Oh, right, the fights! Great night, monstrous card, thanks Avon, thanks Calvin, all the stuff. And let’s get it on… 1st Fight: Solomon Carver vs Calico James A weird theory about Solomon Carver. He wins three fights, loses one, sins three, loses one and so on. Why? Simple, his manager Ryan Unsworth hired a medium, who is able to have Carver’s body possessed by the ancient, powerful spirit of Solomon Kane. Problem is, this kind of spirit sharing is more unstable than a wireless connection in the Sahara desert, so it comes and go. When Kane is in, he’s a merciless striker with great grappling, when Kane is out Carver returns what he actually is, a Fed Ex Pony Express: good boxing skills, and nothing more… Now, you might have an objection: Carver lost two fights in a row in Syn 117 and 121. Another simple explanation: (Jigoro) Kane kicked (Solomon) Kane’s ass! According to this theory, Solomon should win tonight, but I am concerned. James is one of the more fearsome ground specialists in Syn, and Carver will feel very uncomfortable on the ground tonight. A close matchup to start wih, but I’d put my penny on James. Prediction: James by submission. Or Solomon Kane by possession. 2nd Fight: Sallah Alcoubrah vs Malik Alexander What can happen if a three fights losing streak meets a three fight winning streak? Answer: a four fight losing streak. This joke is really at risk of becoming a deadly one for Alcoubrah: honestly I can’t see how he can beat Alexander. These two are fairly even on the feet, but Malik has a consistent edge on the ground. Not to mention that, while Alexander might have some issue with all that Champagne traces in his blood, due to his continuous celebrations, Alcoubrah is undergoing Lithium treatment to get out of his depression. Alexander looks like money in the bank tonight, let’s see if Alcoubrah can be Dillinger… Prediction: Alexander by decision. 3rd Fight: Mark Marx vs Nickolay Katorjinov Voices spread around about Mark being secret grand-grand-grandson to Karl Marx, the author of communist summa “The Capital”. Now, as it often happens, new generations do what they can to be different from the old ones. So Mark has just one thought in his mind: MONEY. The fact he chose a man whose name is Bank Rupt does not look like the wisest choice ever if this is the case but, you know, fate has a strong sense of irony… Tonight he will measure his considerable grappling skills against Nickolay Katorjinov, whose nickname is “The Banker”, so every piece goes to proper place: the grand-grand-grandson of the father of communisms become a capitalist, meets a guy named Bank Rupt who says: “let’s make some money on your skin kid”, and he is idiot enough to accept. Then he faces a man who is famous as “the banker” to make some cash. According to my sources, ref for tonight will be Jim Caveau… Anyway, will Marx’s grappling skills prove more effective than Katorjinov deadly boxing skills? Hard to say, but Katorjinov is experiencing one of his worst moments ever. Marx looks in better shape. Prediction: Marx by decision. 4th Fight: Pete Doherty vs Damien Demented Some say Doherty will never be the same. Some say that when a Champion has his pride violated, it’s forever. Some say that Doherty’s train for glory already passed, and he lost his chance when he lost by Lee. Now, if you want my opinion, this Some dude is a bastard! Doherty tries to get back to his feet after his last loss, and Demented is here to tell him: you’re down, stay down. In terms of pure talent, Doherty looks one step forward on the evolution scale, but Demented is one of those cases, you know, when you call someone Little John and he’s as huge as a mountain? Well, Damien proved to be aclever, keen minded fighter, able to gain unexpected upsets by the mean of his great fight plans. He will give battle tonight, be sure, but in the end I still believe in Pete. Prediction: Doherty by TKO. 5th Fight: Bob Stroker vs Taylor Norton This is one of the more interesting fights of the night if you want my opinion. One of the deadliest high kicks in Syn meets a possible rising star, the former Olympic Boxing Champion Taylor Norton. About Norton, I asked his coach if he ever saw someone with a better learning curve than this awesome guy. “Sure – he answered – Neo Anderson in the Matrix!”. Just to say that an exquisite boxer can become a perfect wrestler as well in a couple fo years. Rarely saw something like that, so believe me when I say the kid is pure talent. Question is: will all this natural disposition be enough against an experienced shark like Stroker? Bob’s unpredictable mixed striking style has made more than one victim in Syn, so the talented rookie will experience some torrid day at the office tonight. will he survive? Prediction: Norton by decision. 6th Fight: Tim Lachance vs Vladimir Arlovski Lachance meets Arlovski in this interesting undercard. Tim has a perfect sense for submissions which looks like his best weapon approaching tonight’s fight,but he will have to stay far away from Arlovski’s leg kicks or be completely unable to move in less than a round. Arlovski Muay Thai training gives him a bright advantage on the feet, both at distance and from inside, which fully compensate Lachance’s edge on the ground. It looks like the one choosing the battlefield will win the war, and you must agree, this is how it goes. Prediction: Arlovski by decision. 7th Fight: Junius E Sneed IV vs Cole Michaels It’s a sad, sad story. You all know, Junius was looking for some loving from his dad, the famous Rock Star Prince. Now, Prince always refused to recognize him as a son, and the battle started as a private one, then became a public one, finally a legal one. So, Judge required DNA confrontation and what happened? The unexpected occurred. Sneed discovered he’s not the bastard son of Mr Purple Rain, nonetheless, his father is a famous, powerful man. Who is he? Well, it took my time to do research, some money in this hand, some in this other hand, some in the cutie’s loincloth… anyway, I finally managed to discover, and I was shocked: http://www.mmatycoon.com/managerprofilemanager.php?MgrID=688 Terrifying. Power corrupts anything…. Now, at least show some father love to the kid, big guy! Now, what can be Junius’s spirit approaching tonight’s battle? Will he be happy to find his dad? Or sad for being so misled (great rhyme, don’t you think?). Michael’s is ready to make him pay if he loses any focus. He recently had his undefeated ass kicked for good by Merrik Kane and sure does not want to add another loss to his record. He comes from Honour Fight Club, where he was a star, and wants to keep on shining. In technical terms, he looks superior in the overall. His only fault might be some lack of patience when the fight goes towards distance. He’s so used to destroy his opponents in the very first minute that he seems to lose focus as time passes. He went to decision once in his whole career, and lost. Will Sneed exploit this possible edge? Prediction: Michaels by TKO. 8th Fight: Johnny Cage vs Bala Bala Well, Bala Bala “tiene famiglia”, like they say in Naples. It means he has many mouths to feed. When he comes home with his earned money, win or lose, he has one wife, ten kids, four grands, fifteen uncles, eighteen cousins, twenty brothers and a dog, and all of them want a slice of the cake. So he needs to fight, fight, fight, fight and fight again… He was one of the winner in Syn 167 and he’s a serious candidate for being one of the losers tonight in 168. Cage looks superior, especially in the striking part of the game. Bala could be dangerous if he manages to trespass Cage’s sprawl and bring the fight to the ground, where he can chase some quick finish. But, will have the physical and mental energies for such an attempt? “Simm’ sutt’o’ cielo” they say in Naples. It means: we’ll see. Prediction: Cage by TKO. 9th Fight: Noriyuki Nayoui vs Cleveland Brown You all know how Avon Barksdale and Calvin Broadus do their contract offers. So, when the golden couple of friends for life sat in front of CFC Superstar Noriyuki Nayoui with a Beretta .9 Parabellum in Avon’s hand and a .44 Magnum in Calvin’s, negotiation took the right pace and signs were placed properly. A great shot if you want to know. Nayoui si probably one of the best punchers alive, perfectly mixing elements from boxing and kyokushin karate. His finishing blow, a right overhand, is a deadly combination of gyaiku tsuki and falling step punch. That stated, Cleveland Brown is not here to play the role of the sacrificial lamb. He’s on a bad streak and promised to cut his hair completely and become like that baldy guy we all know if he loses again. some hard threat. I would do anything to win this one, if I was in his shoes. Fighters are truly evenly matched on the feet, but Nayoui is probably having something more on the ground. His reckless attitude always leads him towards early finishes, and Brown is not the guy who likes to let Judges talk too much, so there is a serious risk of fatal injury for this one. Prediction: Nayoui by decision. 10th Fight: Martin Cristos vs Steve Why And now, the main event of this exciting evening: Martin Cristos meets Steve Why in this Welterweight bout. Why is a submission wizard who can finish both from dominant position, usually with some joint lock, and from bottom, where he prefers triangle chokes. He can indifferently go for a powerful armbar or a sophisticated kimura, but he also knows how to lay and pray effectively if he has two. He recently won a fight many of us gave lost, and so his morale is quite high. Cristos surely knows a lot of tricks about ground, but will probably try to keep it on the feet. He’s so worried about Why’s entangling ability that he asked for some special sparring in the weeks preceding the fight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcHDZFfMRCg&feature=fvst Will it be enough? Prediction: Why by submission. And now it’s over. Sorry guys, I would like to stay and talk to you about Calvin, Wilhelmina, Avon and all that stuff, but I really need to go. I have to say that life with Jason can be everything but boring. While I write these lines he’s killing the pizza guy with his bare hands. It means pizza and coke for free. You know… enemies. Goodnight. Nilmar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rambo Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 If only there was a way to get a direct link to all these videos from our org page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindsided Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Don't call it a comeback. I've been here for years! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vimZj8HW0Kg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avon Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Syn’ 168: Presents of Greatness - Find a job, settle down and stuff like that... One night me and Jason were sitting in front of the TV. He was watching his favorite series which, unexpectedly, happens to be “Beautiful”. I would have said “Dexter”, considering his attitude, but life is like that. Expect the unexpected, and you’ll never be surprised. Anyway, there was a thought spinning in my mind since the day he crucified the pizza guy in the corridor, and I wanted to discuss it with him. “Jason”. “I don’t know who I am”. Well’ it looked we were starting with the right pace, don’t you think? “I think you should find yourself some kind of job”. “Look what they force you to give”. “Yeah, this is exactly what I am saying. You need some cash, some life of your own. Find a girl, settle down, if you want it you can marry and stuff like this”. “Enemies”. “Sure, I understand. It will be hard at the beginning, but you can do that. I am not talking about selling books, my friend. Something that fits with your personality. Something where you can express your aggressiveness”. “I don’t know who I am”. “Well, I think I know: you’re a sociopathic serial killer with a passion for inflicting pain to other people and no respect for human life. And I found the job for you”. Jason looked interested. He stared at me, raising an eyebrow, and then smiled. “They found us?” he asked. Ten minutes later a big org owner was sitting at my table. I would have asked Calvin and Avon to take the kid,but they would have killed me and I think it would have been quite an unfair negotiation. So, Jason is to become a cage fighter, and many people will die for it but, you know, many people would have died anyway. He asked tons of money for signing. The owner was kindly forced to agree “Look what they force you to give” he said when he finally got Jason’s sign on the contract. I’ll keep you totally updated in the kid’s career, but, for now, just look at the casualties for tonight’s rumble. 1st Fight: Solomon Carver vs Calico James “Hello, you just called Solomn Kane’s responding machine. Mr Kane is not able to answer your call at the present moment. Please leave a message and you will be contacted later”. This is the message Carver’s medium received when attempting the possession ritual a couple of hours before the match. Rebus sic stantibus, Carver was doomed, just a matter of time. And what a short amount of time! First minute didn’t even came to an end when Lames unleashed a terrifying uppercut to the button and turned lights out for Carver. I think Solomon Kane proved too unpredictable, Carver has to explore other partnership in the next future. Let’s say Conan the Cimmerian, or Paul Atreides maybe… 2nd Fight: Sallah Alcoubrah vs Malik Alexander It’s been a hell of a fight, where every distance, and every stance, was checked. Alexander displayed flexibility in his gameplan, able to fight under in all the battlefields with shining efficacy. He’s been by far the more active and accurate player in the game, despite the significant efforts of Alcoubrah to establish himself as a dangerous deuteragonist. Better from distance, better on the clinch, controlling well on the ground, Alexander won everywhere, and Judges had nothing to do other than acknowledging his bright victory. 3rd Fight: Mark Marx vs Nickolay Katorjinov My personal friend Raimundo Guerra (now that my psychiatrist is dead no one can stop my disorder…) used to say: “ground fighting is like swimming: if you relax and let your body go with the flow, you will discover you’re floating with ease. If you struggle, scared and agitated, you will probably start sinking”. What? He never said it? Well, he should have to! At least, he should have told it to Katorjinov, who never was able to stop Marx’s takedown and spent all his time on the ground struggling to improve his position, never doing anything else than transition attempts which miserably failed. Now, while he was trying to pass, Marx was winning the fight. When fight was over and Katorjinov was finally allowed to stand up, everything already happened and poor Nickolay completely missed it. It was embarrassing for the Judges to evaluate a fight in which one of the contenders hardly scored one point… 4th Fight: Pete Doherty vs Damien Demented Just one minute after throwing the heat seeking missile that hit Demented right on the neck and sent him to the Hunting Grounds, Doherty sent me a sms with just one sentence: “Some is an idiot”. And I definitely had to agree. I trusted Doherty’s pride and make some pretty nice bucks betting on him KOing Demented. Now, to be completely clear: Doherty wanted the finish, did not need it anyway. He dominated from the start, overwhelming his opponent with something we could call “intelligent fury”, if you forgive the paradox. Demented was not allowed to think, move or even breathe. Above all, he was never able to hit his opponent. Not one strike! Would you believe it? Doherty on his side delivered big damage while standing and did some constant, consistent demolishing work on the ground. The dramatic outcome of round three is simply the perfect metaphor of what took place in the whole fight. Now we’ll probably see Doherty vs Some in the next main card… 5th Fight: Bob Stroker vs Taylor Norton The kid is alright! Stroker tried to make his superior experience count, but was literally buried by Norton’s pure talent. Worried by Norton’s juvenile energy and educated striking skills, Stroker applied a fight plan relying mostly on close distance and ground battle. He did all he could do to take the fight where he wanted it, but in the end Norton proved to be as elusive as Doctor Strange, always dismissing Stroker’s attempts to tangle him down. And, about his offensive skills, I have always been taught that power and speed are incompatible, a sort of short cover that you can’t expect to pull both sides. Well, when Taylor strikes this rule gets broken: blinding speed and terrifying disruptive power simply get married and live happy forever in his right hand. Stroker clearly understood it when Doctor House stepped in once again to save him from permanent brain damage. Keep an eye on Taylor my friends, he is going to say his own in this sharks pool… 6th Fight: Tim Lachance vs Vladimir Arlovski When I saw Arlowski stepping in tonight, staring at his opponent with the eye of the tiger, moving like he had some C$ explosive charge embodied in his chest, I worried for Lachance. I called Doc House, that was leaving after insulting Stroker at the end of previous fight, and told him: “Don’t you move mate. Your services will be needed soon”. “Go and get laid by a dinosaur, idiot” was his answer. Nonetheless he obeyed. Probably the sudden appearance of my own personal savior named Jason convinced him. And I was right. Arlowski was simply too sharp in a very literal sense tonight. Lachance did his best, but simply got hurt. A terrifying cut opened in the first second of the first round, and when the fourth minute ended it was so bad that you could tell you were in some “Hostel III” or “Saw XX” main scene. House stared at me for a while, showed me a very polite medium finger, then did his fucking job. That’s what friends are for, like they say… 7th Fight: Junius E Sneed IV vs Cole Michaels Franky Sin’s secret son delivers huge amounts of pain to the heart of his father, getting screwed by the square smasher Cole Michael. Superior from distance, superior in the clinch, superior on the ground, Michaels left nothing to his opponent but the insane, wicked, masochistic pleasure of witnessing his own massacre. If you want to give some credit to Sneed, he showed consistency, iron will and a massive amount of chin to end this one on his feet. Will it be enough for his daddy? 8th Fight: Johnny Cage vs Bala Bala Now, will Bala’s family leave the kid alone for a little while? He did what he had to do, immolating his own body on the altar of Johnny Cage, giving his wife and kids (and uncles, and grands, and cousins, and brothers, and pets) a comfortable life style. Can you ask him for more? Really, can you? What I admire the most in this guy is that he really tried to win this one. Completely exhausted from fighting two huge events in a week and confronted to a clearly superior opponent, he tried 22 submission attempts. He wanted a victory. That’s the heart every warrior should carry in his fucking rib cage! I think Cage admired his courage too, since h did not go too heavy with the guy. He limited himself to control the fight, landing the exact amount of strikes he needed to make clear he was the one to take it home in the end, but did not hurt Bala too much. Very merciful from him. I was struck, so I interviewed Cage’s mom about this gentle attitude. She did not say anything about it, but really, she did not need to… 9th Fight: Noriyuki Nayoui vs Cleveland Brown Debut with celebration for Nayoui in this very contended, uncertain fight. Things were so balanced that I think he would have not been any scandal if decision took another route. It has been a K-1 battle in the end, with none of these two eager to test other guy’s ground skills. While Nayoui used much more his mixed punch style, often surprising his opponent with the unpredictable trajectories generated by his Kyokushin/Boxing style, Brown relied a bit more on his Muay Thai, trying to slow his opponent’s pace with great low kicks, but Nayoui absorbed them with incredible ease and kept moving. Both guys worked their way through the 15 minutes of this battle showing tons of class and disruptive power, but in the end Judges decided to reward Nayoui’s ability to land flush. A good decision, but sure it could be worthy a rematch… 10th Fight: Martin Cristos vs Steve Why Cristos manages to neutralize Why’s best weapon and takes the fight to distance, where Judges rewarded his striking aggressiveness, conjugated with a perfect sprawl which allowed him to dismiss 11 takedown attempts performed by a master like Why. The fight never went to the canvas, and this has in the end been the key for Cristos’s victory, Martin displayed tons of heart and a cardio frequency you only can find in lethargic bears, being able to strike and move with a crazy rhythm for the whole duration of the fight. Why will probably have to work on something new if he wants to be fully competitive at these levels. And sure he wants to… And now it’s over. Things got serious in the cage, and are at high risk of getting serious outside of it. With Jason all caught in his new business, I will probably have to find some mediation with the Dinamic Duo formed by the deadliest singlet on earth and his best friend. And probably will have to see what I can do for Wilhelmina to be forgiven. I’ll keep you updated on it. And on the fights, of course. Clearly, I won’t be able to do it if I die. Goodnight. Nilmar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rambo Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 One of my favorite ones by far. I like the Convicted 1: Genisis poster's reefer gym making an appearance too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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garycoffey15 Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Quality stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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j666 Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Who does these for you man? avon does them himself. so i hear. fukn impressive. glad i've had a chance to be featured in 2 of these...can't wait for more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 fucking awsome can't wait for my fighter to be featured in this next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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