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Syn' 174: Born to survive – A redemption, a farewell and a blood feud starting

 

So many things happened in this card that it’s hard for poor Nilmar to tell them all! we had Newheart crashing against the dark side of Salcedo family. But, more than this, we got a long waited redemption. A long waited farewell. And, by the look of things, a seemingly long lasting blood feud.

 

 

1st Fight: Kyle Newheart vs Omar Salcedo

Newheart met the wrong Salcedo in the cage. Not the long legged bauty he’d been promised, but the reckless berserk who completely destroyed him in the clinch for 15 minutes and left him only when the last bell ringed. Well, it’s always like that with Salcedo family: you open the Easter Egg and never know what you are finding inside…

 

2nd Fight: Kid Torres vs Eric Zimmerman

Torres comes out with a refreshing victory which cleans his hype from the powder accumulated and, at the same time, obscures Zimmerman’s future as a Syn fighter with dark, heavy clouds.

To be completely honest, Torres’s fight style is not the kind which makes girl take their slips off and throw them wet in the cage. A long chain of blocking, ducking and accurate leg kicks, no fancy move, no flashy big punch. Zimmerman on his side hasn’t the technique needed to put a top player like Torres in serious danger. As a result, the fight has been very exciting. This is just a moment of pure action from the bout:

 

 

Great stuff guys!

 

3rd Fight: Johnny Cage vs Malik Alexander

The Reverend fights again! This is great news for Syn. Cage denies his recent conversion and comes back as the merciless, heartless, bloodthirsty bastard we all know and love!

My sources refer about thousands of fighters crying desperate, betrayed by their newly discovered spiritual guide and mentor. But how could it happen? And how could it happen so fast? Well, someone delivered a DVD to good old Johnny. In this DVD there were shots from Johnny’s mom career before taking vows and becoming a nun.

He found it very interesting:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykfZwQOjvQ4

 

After taking a look at the vid, entered the cage and almost killed poor Alexander with the fury of his punches. Never underestimate what a son can do for mom’s love.

And… oh… Avon, you don’t have to thank me for the clip I sent…

 

 

4th Fight: Anton Hammer vs Calico James

James started with the right pace, imposing his superior overall skill to his opponent in a first round fought mostly on the feet. Then, something happened. A blackout. One of those strange neural collisions which sometimes occur in the sharp, yet tortuous minds of cage warriors. You know, when your senses are heightened by tension and you’re like a diapason ready to vibrate with any change in the surroundings, it’s hard to say what can distract you and take you out of gameplan. Fact is, James disappeared from the bout, leaving it completely in the capable hands of Anton Hammer, who dominated first round and almost KOed his opponent with two well placed high kicks. James found the inner strength to survive, but had none left to win the fight.

 

5th Fight: Talafua Toluao vs Feodore Sabre

Head kick by Toluao and this was over! 34 seconds of study, then a brutal shin to the chin. Like the Boss used to sing back in the old times, just one look, and a whisper, they’re gone! Great song, and great performance by Toluao, who wins the fight, the KO of the night award and, according to my sources, a full night of pure sex with Sabre’s girlfriend.

Yeah mates, she entered Toluao’s room early at night, wearing just a smile and a slip with the sentence “I belong to winners” written right in the middle.

 

6th Fight: Blow Jimmy vs Vladimir Arlovski

Psycho’s hope Blow Jimmy destroys Arlovski and brings his Boss one step closer to Nilmar Gracie’s monopoly. Arlovski started with aggressiveness and displayed a good amount of killer instinct, cutting Jimmy’s skin real bad. But then you know, there are guys who get turned on by smelling their own blood, don’t know why, but surely Sigmund Freud has some clear explanation for it. They want to kill dad. Or they want to fuck mom. Or the opposite.

Anyway, Jimmy answered with the same, sharp response, spilling other guy’s blood to mix with his own. Then he started working on the wound, again and again, patiently and consistently, until finally doctor stopped the whole thing.

I would not be too sad if I was Arlovski, rumors whisper that Robert Rodriguez wants to make him the star of his next movie: “I love the way he bleeds to death” the famous director confessed.

 

7th Fight: Mack Montana vs Gattsu Emelianenko

Before the fight, I heard a friend of mine joking about Montana.

“His favorite finishing move?” he was saying. “The unanimous decision” he answered to his own question, and started laughing. I guess this is what they call sense of humor at some latitudes, anyway Montana is not provided with all that self irony, so he decided to kill Emelianenko in the second round to prove everyone he can finish a fight if he simply decides to.

This was clearly a fight where most of the damage occurred from inside. Montana had his lethal clinch work for him and do the job of a shrapnel, causing horrible wounds on Emelianenko’s body. The ref had nothing to do but call the doctor, who had been just able to sit back after his previous intervention.

“You guys are sending me to the grave” he commented, then he stopped the fight.

 

8th Fight: Collin Glorious vs Ben Brawn

Glorious is really having an impressive crescendo as a fighter, winning fight after fight, and gaining more and more conviction and self confidence. Tonight I expected him to win over Brawn, but I was thinking about a contended, delicate match, decided on the razor’s edge. It was a massacre instead, with Glorious simply obliterating his opponent with a terrifying four punch combination that only missed colored numbers to spread in the air to resemble some play station hard hitting game.

Now Glorious is really on the launch pad, waiting for green light to glory. Countdown has started.

 

9th Fight: Harry Balls vs Nike Adonis

Another fight, another precocious aging for all guys in the front rows. Balls is becoming the most serious threat in Syn, not only for the fighters, but for the crowd as well.

Worried by the impact of Balls’s fights on the viewer’s health, Amnesty International started a campaign to retire him from fight scene. Last night, when he came to the arena, he found a crowd waiting for him, shouting insults and displaying posters like: “Please Charles, take him with you!”. Or “No more White Beards in Vegas!”. Or, again, “Save your children from becoming your grandpas”. But the poster who really wounded poor Harry in his pride was:

 

“Balls sucks, suck balls!”

 

Let me tell you, that was cruel.

Anyway, Harry won the fight and retires as a winner. Charles Xavier is waiting for him to make the world a safer place. Good luck, super hero!

 

10th Fight: Shin Nara vs Pete Doherty

What a contended fight my friends! This is the kind of battles which makes the history of the sport. Shin Nara defeats Pete Doherty after 3 round of battle. Or Pete Doherty defeats Shin Nara after 15 minutes of mayhem.

It depends on who you ask. Judges Dunkirk and Twigg would stick to first version of the tale, Judge Peabody would strongly disagree. Truth is that this fight would have made Harry Balls proud. So little things happened in this fight, few strikes, so few moves, that almost no one was able to decide who did what.

To be clear, this is one of the moments which decided the match:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgXnW7B56aA

 

Clearly Doherty thought he won this one, and was destroyed in his spirit by Judges’ decision. I looked into his eyes while he was staring at Nara’s corner celebrating. There was Hell inside them. Flames and demons flying all around the wrinkle. That was the look of hatred and vengeance.

This is the point of no return, where sportsman rivalry turns into undying hate. This is where all blood feuds start from: an injustice.

These two are to fight again, I swear.

 

So this was a dangerous, bloody, fascinating night. History is made of pages, pages are made of lines and lines are made of words. Well, lots of heavy words were spelled in this card. Cage is back, Balls is away, Nara rises stronger and stronger, stepping on Doherty’s face. Is Syn history turning page?

 

Goodnight,

Nilmar

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Syn' 175: Revolve - Preview

 

OK, I left you with me, Avon, Blade and Barrack all together in my hotel room. There was a delicate negotiate going on there, with our asses as the main thing to be discussed.

Barrack was trying some of his usual solutions for this kind of problems. He smiled, shaking hands with everyone, and saying things like “I am honored” and “Yes we can”. Which meant he had no idea of what to do.

Blade had his Katana still at hand and looked not intentioned to put it away.

Then, something enlightening happened.

“We shall ask mom” said Avon.

“What?” said I.

“No” said Obama.

“No” said Blade and, weirdest than ever, both of them looked worried to the point of seeming scared.

What could force Blade to feel scared. And, most of all, what could force Obama to stop smiling?

I’ll tell you, but there are tons of things to talk about and little time to do it, so let’s get deep into the battle and see what is going to happen…

 

1st Fight: Lombardo Limba vs Eric Scribner

Things in life I thought I was never going to see:

 

1. Britney Spears dressed.

2. Britney Spears sober.

3. Britney Spears.

 

And, if you want to add another weird thing, I never thought I was going to see a zombie with psychological issues. Yes, Lombardo Limba is the only depressed undead on earth. Which is weird, considered an undead should have no mind at all (this is also true for Britney Spears, but she is depressed anyway, so I guess I have to reconsider my prejudices).

Anyway, tonight Limba faces Scribner, who has no reason to be happy himself. Both guys are on a bad stream and have to reverse the flow with a victory. Like it always happen in MMA, it’s going to end with a celebration and a funeral. But whose, and whose?

Prediction: Limba by TKO.

 

2nd Fight: Tiger Jones vs Jimmy Wu

Other things in life I thought could never happened:

 

1.Silvio Berlusconi with an adult girl.

2.George W. Bush not announcing a war somewhere.

3.Nicoled Kidman begging me to screw her (well, this actually didn’t happen yet, but I am working on it, and hope is undying…).

 

And, in addition to the whole above, it’s very weird for me seeing Jones on the edge of abyss. Sure he had his own issues attuning to Syn hostile environment, but I was sure that, once understood a couple of things, he was going to come out with his impressive power and dominating fight style. It didn’t happen. Some blaze of pride, some nice performance, but in the end he’s living in Syn as a loser.

Tonight he faces undefeated prospect Jimmy Wu, who displays superior standup overall, but could suffer some well placed lay and pray. I would try to take the fight ground ASAP if I was Jones. Will Wu allow?

Prediction: Wu by decision.

 

3rd Fight: Cy Nasqu vs Dexter Morgan

Cy Nasqu is a very particular character in MMA fight scene, for at least a couple of reasons: first, he has been resurrected, which is not exactly an usual happening. Second, Barksdale regrets the day he was resurrected, and he’s seriously thinking of killing Cy with his own hands to be sure he stays dead this time.

But, above all, Nasqu is very strange because he’s the only man on Earth who has to wear a medieval helm while shaving (which makes it very difficult bytheway). Yes, because his skin opens like the red sea in front of Moses. Not exactly the best quality for a fighter. Tonight he fights against Dexter Morgan, who is studying as a professional loser recently, and tonight looks like he’s to give his final exam.

I think that, if he wants to lose this one, Nasqu has to take tons of laxatives. He’s superior by far in the overall, and Morgan comes to this fight as fit as a 55 years old discount security guard. Can he lose?

Prediction: Nasqu by TKO.

 

4th Fight: Junius E Sneed IV vs Viko Maafala

A weird matchup between Prince’s secret son, who therefore has footwork in his DNA, and Viko Maafala, whose Sumo background makes him one of the more dominant ground sharks in Vegas fight scene.

The first time I saw Sneed fight I was very impressed by a 200cm, 300lbs man moving like an etoile, floating like he had no weight at all. Maafala is a different kind of fighter, ready to use his power to slam his opponent on the ground, smash him with all his mass and finally suffocate his life sparks with his unbreakable locks.

A contended fight, where Sneed will try to use the jab to exploit his superior reach and keep Maafala at distance, but in the end I think the Yokozuna will have his way through his opponent’s defenses. And then it will spell disaster for poor Junius.

Prediction: Maafala by submission.

 

5th Fight: Rakesh Alhazred vs Black Hammer

An experienced brawler from EFC, Rakesh Alhazred, tries to wake up from the nightmare called Shin Nara, who turned his dreams of gold in pure misery in Rakesh’s debut for Syn.

Unfortunately for him, Black Hammer is not exactly the best medicine for broken self esteem on the market: he’s angry and dangerous, and very confident in his KO power, who gained him more than a victory thus far.

A friend of mine swears Black Hammer isn’t his true name. he says this nickname was gained during his previous career as a porn actor. His teammates confirm that having a shower with him leaves you with the same sense of awe you experience in front of Aegyptian Pyramids. This could count very little tonight: this is MMA, not a Rocco Siffredi Production. Anyway, I wouldn’t let Hammer gain back mount if I was Alhazred…

Prediction: Hammer by TKO.

 

6th Fight: Aaron Gracie vs Darin Blood

Now, this fight should have been Aaron Gracie (another cousin…) versus Darren Kernberg. This is, actually, Blood’s true name. but, as many of you know, Blood’s manager Richy Richhenheimer has a weird psychic disorder: he is convinced he lives in the WMMA universe. So he names everyone Darin Blood, or Diego Arteta, or Alfonso Vilar.

He calls his father Niko Soldo, his brother Hassan Fezzik and, worst of all, he’s convinced his mom’s name is Alyssa Taylor. Don’t know what the fuck am I talking about? Your problem, not mine. All you have to know is that Richy is very disturbed, and poor Darren has to change name and features in order to fight in his stable. This is, anyway, the last of his problems tonight: Gracie looks superior in the overall and in the BJJ subject particularly. Blood has to be careful or get himself tangled in some life threatening choke.

Prediction: Gracie by decision.

 

7th Fight: Steve Why vs Dante Evangelisti

Well, I think there is only one person in the world who hates Judges more than Dante Evangelisti. Yes,I know you guess who I’m talking about, anyway I am famous for giving complete, exhaustive information, so here he is:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N21F0qdX9gQ

 

Well, curiously he’s talking with Avon’s dad here…

Anyway, Evangelisti had lots to think about after Syn Democracy. He entered the cage as the brightest rising star in Syn, he left as a Mr No One.

“Why did I lose?” he asked himself.

“Why” a voice inside him answered.

“No no no. I asked why. You shall answer Because”.

“Why is the because you’re looking for”.

“What kind of joke is it? Why or because? What are you damn saying?”.

“I am telling you why you lost the fight. This why is Why”.

“Stoooooooopppppppppp iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttt!”.

“Don’t ask questions if you are not ready for the answers”.

“I asked Why did I lose. Answer clearly”.

“I’ll be clearer than ever: you lost because of Why”.

 

Conversation went on for a couple of weeks. This clearly explains two things:

 

1. Evangelisti’s IQ is more or less 21.

2. Evangelisti’s inner voice’s IQ is more or less 22.

 

But, also, this conversation makes clear there had to be a rematch between the father of all “because”s, Steve Why, and a man with too many “why”s in his head, Dante Evangelisti. Barksdale is completely charmed by the idea of having Stevie Wonder in the Judges Lodge once more, so Evangelisti has to KO his opponent or possibly be robbed once more.

Will he manage to?

Prediction: Evangelisty by TKO.

 

8th Fight: Lucas LaVey vs Travis Lucas

Damn, how do I love Syn. Those guys take so many acids that they always come up with things like Puno versus Puno, Lucas versus Lucas and so on. In a normal org, I have to make lots of research, tons of scouting, hours of analyses just to write a couple of lines. In this parallel universe generated by the wicked minds of Sin, Barksdale, Broadus and all the crew, I could write an entire novel only looking at the names!

Anyway, Lucas (LaVey) is enjoying an amazing winning streak, while (Travis) Lucas lost his last fight against the Korean undead Villa (how many korean guys are named Villa by the way? Another novel in my future…).

Now, Lucas looks like he’s got better striking, while Lucas has a slight edge on the ground. Lucas has to be careful or get destroyed by Lucas’s disruptive power, which gained him 12 KOs. anyway, also Lucas has a big right hand, so this fight is likely to end before the last bell. And, of course, Lucas will be the winner.

Prediction: Lucas by KO. Or Lucas by decision. (This one is going to gain me another reprisal by Franky Sin but, what can I say, it was stronger than me…).

 

9th Fight: Anton Chigurth vs Conquer This

Chigurth’s rush to the number one contender spot in Heavyweight division looks unstoppable, but tonight he faces a warrior whose name looks like created to send him a challenge: do you want the title? Do you think you’re ready? Well, kid, Conquer This! But what is Malicious Intent undisputed Champ doing here in Syn City? Well, like some of you may know, Avon Barksdale is completely responsible of MI’s failure. Disturbed by such a dangerous competitor, he unleashed the sexual lust of insatiable Wilhelmina against MI top managers, and they simply were dried from all energies: they started doing nothing else than sex, and simply stopped managing anything.. IC fell in less than a week. So, many of the more affectionate fighters swore vengeance and came here to destroy Barksdale’s empire from inside. Too bad, they too were caught in Wilhelmina’s spider web, so I am not sure how many energies are left to accomplish this heroic task.

Conquer is called to give an answer: Fighters are almost completely even, so this is left to details: a little mistake, a little invention. And, of course how much testosterone is left in This’s neural system.

Prediction: Chigurth by decision.

 

10th Fight: Hakuin Ekaku vs Joe Crippler

Undefeated Syn sensation and possibly the best under 150lbs fighter in the world Hakuin Ekaku measures the skills and conviction of Bare Knuckles Combat and CoV predator Joe Crippler. Crippler comes in with a pure race pedigree, having won at every latitude. He is an architect building his victories brick after brick, but can come out with some flashy move to end it all if needed. Although still a bit raw in terms of pure technique, his intelligence, determination and impressive physical status make him more dangerous than he might seem, even for a top class fighter like Ekaku.

About Ekaku… well, what to say more? 134 lbs of pure talent, educated and refined by maniacal martial training. He never lost a fight, and showed throughout all these years he knows more than one way to win. Though still young, he is a veteran of Syn and MMA. I don’t think he will lose tonight: Crippler is a great fighter, but Ekaku is the best human approximation to a hollow point bullet: deadly.

Prediction: Ekaku by decision.

 

Well, aren’t you satisfied with this amazing card? OK, I know I owe you something, so here she comes. Blade’s and Avon’s mom is going to put an end to this feud… believe me, there is a lot to be scare of.

 

 

 

Goodnight,

Nilmar

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Syn' 175: Revolve Review – Nilmar’s elegy for a Dying World

 

This is an old world coming to an end. Ekaku lost a fight. It never happened before, but what can we expect from this new era?

I am not sure I want to know.

I am not sure I want to live in a world where Wilhelmina is a beautiful woman, instead of a lusty undead.

A world where Calvin Broadus has a daytime job earning honestly his money.

A world where Avon Barksdale changes singlet every day.

A world where I can understand Franky Sin’s titles.

I am not sure I want to live in this world. And you?

 

1st Fight: Lombardo Limba vs Eric Scribner

Limba out of depression. Of course, the only available therapy for depressed undead is to let them banquet with human flesh, so Scribner had to be sacrificed, but this is how things go here in Syn City.

Limba destroyed Scribner from inside in the first round. Poor Eric had his troubles reaching his corner. When he finally managed to sit down, he stared at his cutman ad said: “Oh, Linda, what a gorgeous new hair cut!”. Weird, if you consider Scribner’s cutman is universally known as Kojak for his completely bald head. then, he looked at his coach and said: “Mr. Turtle, I am very concerned about your dress. You should do something quick. Ahahaahaha. Get it? Turtle, quick! Ain’t it funny?”.

Then starting bell sounded just one second before Scribner’s cornerman had the wits to throw in the towel. All joy for Limba who was granted the opportunity to land a brutal head kick and cause more, unnecessary pain to his opponent. After all, that’s what zombies are for, no?

 

2nd Fight: Tiger Jones vs Jimmy Wu

After a promising start, with Jones dominating first round due to his superior ground game, Jones slowly began to sink into his own depression, taken down by his inner demons more than by his opponent. Wu simply had to wait for Jones’s suicide and just encourage it a bit: maximum result with minimum effort for him. Th leg kick/head punch combination studied to surprise Jones actually worked quite well, proving there is great fight intelligence in this guy, along with his well trained skills.

Wu is now 3-0 and claims the role of rising star in this tormented, stormy firmament.

 

3rd Fight: Cy Nasqu vs Dexter Morgan

There was a song from some James Bond movie, which refrain said: you only live twice.

It means that you can’t expect to be resurrected every time.

Well, Nasqu clearly learned the lesson, and he won this fight against Morgan with a convincing performance. Execution delayed for him. Barksdale is not yet completely convinced of letting him live, but told his cutthroats to abort the mission for a while. It has to be said Cy’s performance has been quite high in terms of quality: a TKO victory against a consistent opponent like Morgan is the answer everybody was waiting for. Now let’s see if the resurrected Nasqu can do it again when facing some huge challenge.

 

4th Fight: Junius E Sneed IV vs Viko Maafala

The Yokozuna has his superior mass count and destroys the dirty dancer Junius Sneed in three rounds. A victory by decision, yet undisputable due to Maafala’s dominance on the ground. A battle completely fought on the ground of course brought the weight issue into the core of it: Maafala unquestionably took profit of his superior power and encumbrance. Different matter would have been a fight decided at striking range, where agility is much more involved and Sneed could have had some chance but, if you look at fight stats, three takedowns were all Maafala needed to make the fight his own. It means Sneed’s sprawl is as poor as Burkina Faso’s bankroll, and his grappling defense sucks more than Paris Hilton in her nastiest mood…

C’mon kid, do something to make dad proud!

 

5th Fight: Rakesh Alhazred vs Black Hammer

A little cutie called Azlea, who worked with Hammer in “Ground and Pound Me vol. III”, confessed: “when he mounts you it’s like having a ton of incandescent meat all over you”. I am sure Alhazred would now say the same thing: in 12 minutes of agony he experienced all the ramming, hammering power that so many orgasms caused to all those pretty little sluts. Now, I am almost sure Alhazred didn’t have an orgasm, but sure he won’t forget the experience quite soon…

 

6th Fight: Aaron Gracie vs Darin Blood

It’s hard to be a winner when your name is changed to that of a PC game. This is the lesson poor Darren Kernberg, Darin Blood in the perverted mind of his manager, is learning on his own skin. Let’s say it clear: it hasn’t been an exciting fight. I swear I saw some people in the front row taking their smart phone and tune it to Discovery channel to see if there was some turtle fighting. But, what is worse, I heard a guy saying: “I want Harry Balls back, he was more exciting!”. Anyway, Gracie fully dominated the whole thing and deserved the victory leaving no concern at all.

 

7th Fight: Steve Why vs Dante Evangelisti

Evangelisti came up with a wonderful T – Shirt with the three judges bent over and Black Hammer behind them, with the sentence “JUDGE THIS” written above. If a T-Shirt of the Night award was established, I think Dante would have won it by far. He won the fight instead, so I guess he can be happy for having his career back on tracks and, secondarily, for gaining revenge over the man who started his crisis, Steve Why. Now, it’s been a contended battle like it was first time, with Evangelisti taking the best from the standup part, and Why ruling the ground. Again, no one was able to establish complete domination over the opponent, and we went to a decision, but the fact that Stevie Wonder was on tour this time probably made things quite easier for Dante.

 

8th Fight: Lucas LaVey vs Travis Lucas

As I predicted, Lucas won by decision.

Try to question it if you can.

 

9th Fight: Anton Chigurth vs Conquer This

Conquer This manages to keep Wilhelmina out of his pants and defeats Chigurth in a brutal, definite way. If you take a look to fight stats, besides the dramatic ending of the challenge, you clearly see Chigurth never entered the fight. He was completely surprised by This’s rhythm and by the fury of his clinch. This chose a risky fight plan, giving it all from the start. Shall Chigurth have managed to survive first round, This could have experienced some gas issue as time passed. Anyway, This’s left hand was an irresistible lullaby for Chigurth, putting him to sleep in less than a round. Chigurth climb to the top finally halted, This’s one started. A metaphor of life…

 

10th Fight: Hakuin Ekaku vs Joe Crippler

Upset of the year?

Maybe.

Syn City Earthquake?

Sure.

Hakuin Ekaku loses his first fight, and all fight fans in MMA world have the same question in mind:

 

will I ever be able to fuck Stoya (don’t pretend you don’t know her, you horny perverted!)?

 

OK, let’s say two questions in mind:

 

will Ekaku be the same again?

 

(note that curiously the two dilemmas well combine together: a night with Stoya would sure resurrect Hakuin better than any healing spell…).

 

This was the fight no one expected to see: a good fighter defeating a superhuman warrior, the biggest upset since the time Rocky Balboa finally defeated Apollo Creed. Honestly, I thought about an easy task for Ekaku, especially after a first round he completely dominated. But then, Crippler came out with the perfect fight, responding blow for blow and stalling when needed. That stated, I still think Ekaku won this one, and he was possibly robbed.

These are the Judges leaving the arena after the contested decision:

 

 

does it suggest something?

Anyway, we have a new Champ and the fact Judges in Syn are blind or delinquents doesn’t make Crippler’s performance any less impressive. A new star is born: how long will it shine over these darkened, tormented skies?

 

And it’s over: the night that changed planets’ route took place and nothing can ever be the same.

I am curious to see Crippler in his new role of Dominator, but I am sure Ekaku will soon yearn for vengeance. A new saga has begun here in the city of all sinners, and we only saw the start…

 

Goodnight,

Nilmar

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Syn' 176: Bounty Force - Preview

 

Earth is still quaking for the terrifying upset that has shaken it from inside, and here we go again with another Syn card which promises to unveil some hidden secret about life and death.

I’ll take you from fight one to fight ten with the same sense of sacred and awe I feel in front of Barksdale’s legendary singlet. Follow me…

 

1st Fight: Tim Lachance vs David Kappa

This is the saddest moment in Lachance’s existence.

Is it because he’s doing shitty performances in his MMA career? No, although it may be true.

Is it because he’s doing shitty performances in bed? No, although it may be true (at least if you listen to his wife. I did, of course, and when she stopped screaming she confessed she’s very unhappy).

Is it because he’s doing shitty performances in his Bridge tournament? No, although it may be true.

Reason is: not many of you know, Lachance is a fan of that weird science called numerology. He believes numbers have a meaning and rule human life. as a result of it, he tries to have a “12” in all things of his life.

He lives at number 12. He’s got 12 sons. 12 pets. 12 wives (I satisfied one of them. So many things to do, so little time…). 12$ on the bankroll. 12 coaches. 12 cutmen (who are not doing the job of one, if you look to his recent fights…).

More than this, he believes 12 has to be his number in fight records. He has 12 wins, 12 losses. Tonight, magic will be wiped away. Spell will be broken. He will go 13-12 or 12-13. Sad.

He confessed: “I’ll try to draw it and start a 12 fights drawing streak”, but it looks like an impossible task. Tonight he faces David Kappa, who left QFC circuit with the reputation of a winner. He shows a perfectly mixed fight style, and tonight he will probably exploit his superior Muay Thai for some unnerving leg kicking and some clinch and pierce fight plan. I see Lachance going negative, despite his effort…

Prediction: Kappa by TKO.

 

2nd Fight: Kenny Blacksheep vs Li Xiaolong

Syn debut has been like waking up for a dream just to find yourself into a nightmare for Kenny Blacksheep. After a very promising start elsewhere, Blacksheep learned on his skin that temperatures are a bit higher in Barksdale wicked reign. Tonight he tries to get back standing defeating Xiaolong who, despite his ups and downs, looks like a better fighter in the overall. I think Xiaolong is going to take this one hands down if you need my opinion for a safe bet.

Prediction: Xiaolong by TKO.

 

3rd Fight: Rainbow Brite vs Zedicus Jones

Let’s see if tonight Brite can have his long waited match against Jones. Zedicus has been one of the first and more devote followers of Reverend Johnny Cage in the Peace and Love movement. Now it has to be seen what his decision might be, now that Cage betrayed the cause he himself created and became a fighter again. will Jones step inside the cage? Or will he choose non violence once again? If you want my opinion, he’d better take the first flight for Tibet and ask Dalai Lama to take him. If he fights tonight, he’ll be obliterated!

Prediction: Brite by KO.

 

4th Fight: Malik Alexander vs Jimmy Wu

Last victim of the Reverend, Malik Alexander, searching for some glory against undefeated Barksdale’s pet Jimmy Wu.

Alexander looks like he has superior experience and more educated skills, but Wu has some hidden power in him. He’s one of those guys with barbed wire instead of nerves and nailed clubs instead of fists.

Alexander can take this home but has to be careful, not underestimate his opponent, or he will sure win the Death of The Night Award.

Prediction: Alexander by decision.

 

5th Fight: Vlad Velara vs Fabricio Valesquez

A depressed submission artist like Fabricio Valesquez could find his own personal therapy in the cage tonight. Velara is probably the only fighter still following Reverend Cage’s Creed: he is undergoing the standard Love and Peace treatment: no training, no food, no sleep: best way to get KOed in less than a minute. Outcome would be completely predictable if Valesquez wasn’t in horrible shape himself, completely down on his confidence and self esteem, he could suffer greatly if he doesn’t find the key to victory quite soon.

Prediction: Valesquez by KO.

 

6th Fight: Mark Marx vs Martin Cristos

Considering that Mark is the grand grand grand son of the father of communism Karl Marx, and that Martin carries the second name of the Messiah, we’re coming to a cultural collision in this undercard.

Now, if it’s true that Mark shows the same concrete, solid attitude of his illustrious Grand Grand Grand father, it is also irrefutable that Martin hasn’t the same “turn the other cheek” attitude of his namesake. Marx has great striking skills, but possibly he will try to take it to the ground at some point, where his Judo background grants him a little edge. A very exciting, balanced fight between two icons of our society. Who will prevail?

Prediction: Marx by decision.

 

7th Fight: Henrik Larsson vs Aaron Gracie

And, in terms of historical characters, how not to mention Stakhanov, looking to Aaron Gracie stepping inside the cage once more after his last appearance, 7 days ago?

Yes my friends, he fights again, and sure hopes to win again. same thing hopes Larsson of course, who finally took revenge over Reverend Cage and is now ready for other challenges.

Larsson has the better overall and promises to rule the clinch due to his superior Muay Thai, but a BJJ black belt can always reverse the outcome of any fight in a flash, so Larsson can’t be too confident. Sooner or later, the fight is likely to go on the ground. That time we’ll see who still has the spark to take it away.

Prediction: Larsson by decision.

 

8th Fight: Fidel Puno vs Gundar Thorsen

Amazing Syn legend Fidel Puno meets Thorsen in this great match which introduces us into the main dishes of the card.

Puno is a merciless veteran, able to defeat his own son (lol!) in order to maintain his status. What can a human being do in order to face such an inhuman threat? Nothing, except for the fact Thorsen isn’t more human than nuclear bomb. Both guys are exquisite strikers who can defend on the ground, so I expect it to be mostly a standup battle, even if Puno amazed us more than once with his supreme submissions. Anyway, if you look to his progression, ground has been a passion in the early stages of his career. He prefers to stand and bang now, and his son maliciously whispers it’s due to his rheumatic issues. Is he right? Thorsen doesn’t seem eager to discover: he will do all he can to keep at distance and fire his combos.

A close fight, but I see Puno winning: if rheumatisms allow…

Prediction: Puno by decision.

 

9th Fight: Led Zeppelin vs Ace Ventura

When you put two top class warriors like Ventura and Zeppelin in the co-main event, you immediately realize what the hell of a card is taking place. Ventura tries to force Zeppelin out of the Welterweight division stripping his belt in order to convince him Middleweight would be a friendlier environment for him. You know, Zeppelin is quite a polymorphic fighter, able to shift weight at will and win under any conditions. He did great in the Light Heavyweight at the start of his career, became champion in the 170lbs and tried his way with an encouraging success in the Middleweight recently.

Now that he proved his quality everywhere, he has to decide his home. Ventura could kick him out of the 170lbs club if he manages to win tonight. a hard task anyway, because Zeppelin is probably the best striker on Earth, and sure has little to worry on the ground. Sure Escovar will try some dark spell from his black magic book, in order to reverse the predicted outcome of the fight, but will have to invent something quite unexpected if he wants his guy to win tonight.

By the way, rumors whisper that, if he manages to retain his belt, Zeppelin will try to explore Bantamweight. This is a shot from his secret training in order to make weight:

 

 

 

10th Fight: Johnny Rose vs William Harrison

Last but not least, the main event of this mythic evening: a superfight between Johnny “The Great” Rose and the master of submissions from Montreal, the undisputed ACME Emperor William Harrison.

Despite his perfect Ju Jitsu training, Rose retains his striking attitude, preferring the exact science of hurting other people with his fists, kicks and elbows, rather than the sophisticated art o subbing them with chokes or joint locks. So, with Harrison eager to take the fight down and try some sweaty dirty trick on his opponent, we’re going to see a deluxe version of the ancient MMA dilemma between strikers and grapplers. I see Rose as clearly being favored by his superior standup game, but you can never trust a submission wizard. Losing focus against a fighter like Harrison is like leaving your 17 years old cute daughter all alone with Silvio Berlusconi and expect to find her still virgin…

It’s going to be a battle, and tears of blue blood will spread in the air, but when bullets stop flying there will be a Rose standing still in the center of the mat.

Prediction: Rose by TKO.

 

Time for farewell my friends. At the moment I am locked into my bathroom with Avon, while his parents try to convince his brother not to kill us. I hope something changes quite soon. Barksdale keeps singing “We are a family” and my ears can’t bear it any longer. Someone please stop this family feud. Calvin? Franky? Wilhelmina? Anyone?

Goodnight,

Nilmar

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Syn' 176: Bounty Force Recap - three steps into legend

 

Great things happened in this card: some numerology black magic finally broken, some Reverend Cage’s follower having to reconsider his priorities, religion Catholicism winning over Communism and, if you care, a new Welterweight champ!

Above all, the legend of our black, poisonous Rose adds a new chapter. A bloody one, of course…

 

1st Fight: Tim Lachance vs David Kappa

Lachance lost his perfect 12 and finally went negative, but at least he can be happy for this: he got 12 cuts before th ref finally was kissed by the Prince, woke up from his deep sleep, and decided to call in the ref…

In the post event interviews he stated he was dominating the fight and surely would have won it if doctor hadn’t stopped him. It is true, kid, and I am sure Sonny Liston would clearly have won by unanimous decision in that title fight. Too bad Mohammed Alì sent him to kiss the canvas goodnight before it could happen!

 

2nd Fight: Kenny Blacksheep vs Li Xiaolong

Xiaolong went for a clinch and pierce fight plan in this bout, winning by decision with his solid strategy. Numbers are merciless somehow, and, if you look at fight stats, Blacksheep did what he had to do from striking range, bur was completely annihilated from inside, where a perfect mix of dirty boxing and Muay Thai had the dirty job done for Xiaolong. Now, Blacksheep’s immaculate record is turning dirtier and dirtier as time passes. Will he be able to invert the route?

 

3rd Fight: Rainbow Brite vs Zedicus Jones

And Jones finally steps inside the cage to face Brite. Anyway, he was so depressed by Reverend Cage’s betrayal, he hardly did anything to let us know he was fighting.

He threw a punch which immediately cut Brite’s skin. Then completely disappear. Curious to see what could have happened shall Jones have decided to really compete in this challenge. He did not, anyway, so he completely let Brite proceed with the massacre. Here is a shot from an exchange:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rIFcgXYz0U&feature=related

 

4th Fight: Malik Alexander vs Jimmy Wu

Now, when I predict someone winning or losing, there are often reasons that go behind the real outcome of the fight. So, when I stated Alexander was to win this fight, it was because I already knew this conversation was going to take place. Calvin Broadus called me on the mobile 15 minutes after the match, and asked me:

“Who won the fight?”.

“Wu won the fight”.

“I asked it first bro’. who won the fight?”.

“I told you: Wu won the fight”.

“Are you kidding me asshole? I asked who won the fight. You have to answer”.

“I am doing it: Wu. Wu won it!”.

“Let me explain clearer: if you don’t tell me immediately who won the fight, I am going to take Avon’s singlet to you and force you to smell it for 5 long minutes!”.

“No, please, don’t do it! Some waterboarding, some electric charge to the balls, but don’t take the singlet, please!”.

“Your last chance: who won the fight?”.

“Listen: Wu won this fight”.

“Your funeral”.

God, I am here waiting for execution.

Anyway, an execution already took place when Wu’s head kick almost took Alexander’s head off the body. What a finish my friends…

 

5th Fight: Vlad Velara vs Fabricio Valesquez

Cage’s creed still lives in the flesh and bones of Velara, who does what the code prescribes and lets Valesquez win by submission in 18 seconds. Time to buy popcorns and the show is over! well, it has to be said: when Velara decides to lose, he doesn’t do things by halves…

 

6th Fight: Mark Marx vs Martin Cristos

This is the outcome many republicans were waiting for: Marx loses by Cristos in a contended match. After winning the first round, Marx probably thought he was going to win the fight hands down, so he started to do weird things in the cage. Instead of remaining focused on the fight, he started to go for some oratory, saying things like: “capitalism is the prevailing of individuals over the common good”, or “human conscience is nothing but over structure of productive processes”. In the meanwhile, Cristos was winning the fight.

 

7th Fight: Henrik Larsson vs Aaron Gracie

Larsson definitely was not trusting Gracie’s BJJ, so he decided to stick to his old dad’s quote: when you don’t trust someone, just kill him. It will solve the problem.

And he did.

Gracie was granted a minor miracle to survive round one: knocked down in the very first second, severely rocked and cut bad, his Guardian Angel had to do extra work in order to prevent him to sudden termination. Anyway, even angels lose their nerve, and so, when he saw Gracie dominated even on the ground, which should have been his reign, the Guardian Angel simply decided to leave the kid to his own fate.

Third round was the sigil of Larsson domination, with a beautiful finish via head kick.

I swear I saw Gracie’s angel, just ten minutes after the fight, sitting with a bottle of scotch on his side, completely drunk, singing:

“Nobody Knooooows the troubles I seeeeeeeeeeeeeeee,

nobody knows but Jeeeeeeeeee-suuuuuuuuuuuuus!”.

Sad, don’t you think?

C’mon Aaron, Jesus loves you. Guess what could have happened if he only disliked you…

 

8th Fight: Fidel Puno vs Gundar Thorsen

“Ouch! Ahi! Oooh…”.

“What’s up Fidel?”.

“I think my back is tearing in two…”.

“Fuck, Fidel! You should quit those takedowns. You’re not a kid anymore!”.

“But it looked such a good idea…”.

“A good idea for a 22 years old fighter with no rheumatic issues…”.

“Well…”.

“Stay on your fucking feet, take this dumb out, then go home and take your painkillers!”.

This conversation occurred between Puno and his coach when Puno reached his corner at the end of round one. Yes, he tried the way of the ground, but his rheumatisms betrayed him. So he went for B plan, destroying his opponent on the feet. The flurry of strikes he was able to deliver in the finishing moves closely resembles a hurricane. Too bad he has to stay in bed for 1 month to recover from backache…

 

9th Fight: Led Zeppelin vs Ace Ventura

Ace Ventura manages to make Led Zeppelin his own pet. A legendary win, with a strong upset flavor, for one of the more amazing fighters in Syn, especially if you consider that Ventura’s domination over the fight was practically undisputed. He left just one round to his blue blooded opponent.

Here is a shot from this battle:

 

 

Reckless, don’t you think?

This fight clearly displayed how top players in Escovar’s stable win their fights by the means of a perfect, spotless defensive plan, able to dismiss every attempt of the other guy to do harm, and to make them look ridiculous in the eyes of the Judges.

This fight mode, which made Harry Balls (in)famous, doesn’t turn fight fans’ hearts on, but surely gains big prizes.

Everyone loves winners in the end, so I guess Syn crowd will learn to love our new Welterweight Champ!

 

 

10th Fight: Johnny Rose vs William Harrison

Harrison tried to hold a grab on Rose, but found himself hurt by poisonous, deadly thorns.

H tried to clinch a lot, in order to use his Judo and gain the ground, but this proved in the end to be a suicidal strategy, leaving Harrison prone to amounts of pain delivered by Rose from inside.

When he finally scored the long waited takedown, round one was nearly over, so he did no hurt at all.

Round two started with a new furry of strikes by Rose, coming from any distance, and finally we came to the dramatic, predictable ending. Harrison almost lifeless, unable even to raise a hand and ask for mercy. Ref was watching Simpsons new episode so he did not intervene, and Rose almost had to dispatch him in order to have his victory acknowledged.

What a shame! Let’s hope Harrison can speak again sooner or later…

 

And we’re home. Hope you enjoyed this bloody night like I did. If you carefully look to our last three events, we got three stages of Legend perfectly displayed: Puno, with his rheumatisms tormenting him, is still able to put anyone down. He’s ready for the Valhalla of Champions, and, with his career coming to this sweet sunset, I can say with no exaggeration he’s probably one of the three best fighters of all times. Rose is a fully expressed talent, ruling this division with iron fist, seemingly invincible. He’s the present of Syn and maybe something more.

Ventura is the future, a fighter who is traveling out of the familiar territories of History to find his proper place in the Land of Legends. He has all it takes to be a Johnny Rose, or even a Fidel Puno, as time passes. Will he do it?

Only time, and blood, can tell of course…

Goodnight,

Nilmar

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Syn' 177: Works As Designed - Preview

 

And here we are with another Syn card! Nilmar Gracie writing for you from his toilet, still trying to avoid Blade’s Katana. Oh my friends, how do I love this Org! you can never get bored. I feel pity for all those people working from nine to five, driving their cars home to come back to their wives and kids, and dog. People who never were raped by a hungry female like Wilhelmina, never had to smell Barksdale’s singled, never risked to be killed and dropped in acid. How can you call it life?!

But, let me tell you, there is little time for charming Nilmar and his complicated life. tons of thing are happening tonight, and I am here, as always, to tell the tale. Until they kill me, or until you find someone better, like Johnny Rico said in that old movie…

 

1st Fight: Rock Johnson vs Feodore Sabre

You got to win a little, lose a little… these were immortal words from a great song. And this is true of course. But, please, can someone tell Johnson it’s about time to win a little? He’s on a three fight losing streak, and I am not sure this is what the song was intended to say. OK OK OK, get your point, he fought Bokhari and this means loss for the 99% of human kind, but now he has to raise his head or let the guillotine cut it away. Tonight he faces Sabre, who is probably the best ground fighter in all Syn City, but he’s clearly victimized by a big issue: like all of us, he doesn’t understand a fuck when his manager speaks. So it’s hard to follow orders you don’t understand. An example? When he wants to say “fight for decision”, Sin says “autoplay”. “Change levels”? He says “Baked Kashba coming”. Poor Feodore, guess he’s losing due to mind confusion tonight…

Prediction: Johnson by decision.

 

2nd Fight: Gattsu Emeilianenko vs Noryiuiki Nayoui

Two fighters with something to forget, and something to prove. Emelianenko lost last fight, and still has to prove he deserves something more than a preliminary match in the more competitive org of the world. Nayoui lost last fight himself, and has to prove his reputation of fierce slayer is well deserved. Some started whispering he’s a bluff, and reached the top elsewhere fighting against huge superstar opponents like No One, No Body and Who Cares.

This is very malicious, but to prove it untrue Nayoui has to hurt Emelianenko real bad. He’s the best striker, especially from range, where he can use his jab like a whip, but can pay some tribute in the clinch and, maybe, on the ground.

A hard fight, let’s see who can take it home.

Prediction: Nayoui by decision.

 

3rd Fight: Ben Brawn vs Jack Siegel

Ground specialist Brawn Belt meets an exquisite striker like Jack Siegel. Both guys share the same dark fate of having been sacrificed on the altar of Glorious, but both of them are still big fighters with a high quality pedigree, so it’s going to be something quite exciting. Brawn will probably go for some nasty ground and pound, while Siegel just has to choose which strike he likes to use to KO his opponent. I see some red rain coming down here, you guys in the front rows are warned…

Prediction: Siegel by YKO.

 

4th Fight: Dante Evangelisti vs Randy Marsh

Well, my sources informed me that Evangelisti had another top quality t-shirt designed for tonight’s event. Still, there are the three Judges bent over, with pants off and tons of Vaseline all around their fat asses. Behind them, there are ten male pornstars whose common trait is having a penis visible by satellite. They are all ready and armed. And, above, there is a single quote:

 

“GO FOR DECISION”.

 

 

Yeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaah, the enemy of all judges (no, not Berlusconi, the other enemy…) Dante Evangelisti meets Randy Marsh, hoping to finish the fight before anyone else can rob him once more.

Marsh is a dangerous Black Belt, or at least so I thought, since my friend John McGuirk confessed he can’t trust his guys’ belts anymore, after what happened last time. At least, Marsh didn’t ask him for fake tits. Not yet.

Marsh can rule the ground, even if his belt was delivered by Santa Clause on the Holy Night, but will possibly be punished on the feet. Can he withstand the pain hidden in Evangelisti’s hands and stay focused as he needs to go for some unexpected submission finish?

Prediction: Evangelisti by TKO.

 

5th Fight: Mike Angelo vs Pete Doherty

Do you know the story of that Kamikaze who feared death? Yes, the one who ran away just ten minutes before his first, and only, flight. He tried to find some peace of mind, stay away from danger, forge about war. He ran to a little town called Hiroshima.

Why am I telling you this? To daze you with my unparalleled culture, of course. But also because a similar, sad, weird story is told about Angelo. When he was fighting for EFC, he used to rule Lightweight division with iron fist, using his impressive Ju Jitsu to walk over his opponent. Then he had the brilliant idea to cut way and search for supplementary glory in the 145lbs weight class. I’ll use my superior power to steamroll everyone, he was thinking. He was KOed his first match by a man you heard of some line above: Ben Brawn. So, he ran in panic, signing for Syn, hoping not to hear of Brawn anymore. Well, Brawn signed for Syn the same day, so things are going to be though for Angelo.

There will be time for ancient fears anyway. Tonight he has to defend from Doherty, who can well kill him before Brwan has the time to do it himself. By far superior on the feet, Doherty can neutralize Angelo on the ground, so he looks like he’s got all aces this hand. Will Angelo draw some hidden Joker?

Prediction: Doherty by TKO.

 

6th Fight: Johnny Cage vs Nike Adonis

Something tells me that, since I promised Avon I’ll post something about Cage mom’s previous career, we’re going to see Reverend Johnny fighting every week. And fight fans are curious to see how he will react. Is the non violent period definitely over? is there still some sanctity in him? Well, dunno, but sure his mom can do miracles:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqBxLonu_fE

 

He’s facing Adonis tonight, in a difficult matchup which promises to test Cage’s will to fight real hard, along with his ground competence. Adonis has to bad losses on his back, and an entire family of inner demons is banqueting with his self esteem. Time to give them some goodbye kick…

Prediction: Adonis by submission.

 

7th Fight: Victor Silva vs Bulk Bogan

“Almost” is an important word in today life. it means a lot, and you find it everywhere every day. Ruby was “almost” of legal age when Silvio Berlusconi screwed her. US army “almost” won in Afghanistan. The whole world is “almost” out of crisis. Avon Barksdale’s singlet is “almost” clean.

And, to end it, Victor Silva is “almost” undefeated. He is very proud of this title. It means he won always. Almost.

Now, in order to keep his almost virgin record alive, he has to win tonight against Bogan, who is always a dangerous client with his perfect boxing skills, but looks like he hasn’t the same mixed skills of his opponent and so could pay some tribute to his one dimension fight plan.

I see a contended fight, but if I have to I’m putting my last penny on Silva.

Prediction: Silva by decision.

 

8th Fight: Collin Glorious vs Kid Torres

Glorious is putting together a hell of a winning streak. Five fights, five victories, two KO, included the dramatic, cinematic superman punch which ended the challenge against Penn. Tonight he faces Kid Torres, back in Syn after a journey around the world, in which he collected wins, titles, and some bitter debacle, like the one against Mumea: stripped from the title by a split decision is clearly some Dante Evangelisti stuff. Rumors whisper they’re to exchange t-shirts at the end of the card… Torres has a noble pedigree, but Glorious displayed the better martial training and is in his best shape ever. Prediction is on his side.

Prediction: Glorious by decision.

 

9th Fight: Fred Lee vs Blow Jimmy

Psycho continues his special maneuvers to have amazing writer Nilmar Gracie back. Tonight his slave Blow Jimmy tries to beat nothing less than Bruce Lee, who changed his name to Fred in order to stay undercover (and also because he’s a fan of the Flintstones, but this, definitely, is another story).

Lee is probably one of the more spectacular fighters in the circus. Partially is because of his amazing striking skills, which he’s able to translate into insanely quick head kicks. But also because his friends are very charming and eccentric. Jim Morrison, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, Jacob, Smokey. It’s a pleasure to have him in a card, since he’s got the right friends in the right places. Some of you made me the question of questions: how can Elvis still be so agile, Marilyn so sexy and Lee so flexible having left to the island in the ’70?

Well, anyone who has seen the Lost series can answer of course. For the other ones… who the fucking needs you? Go home and make your homeworks, damn!

OK, let’s stick to the fight for a while. Jimmy is a BJJ black belt, which makes him capable of almost anything, but, to be honest, every other aspect seems to play for Lee: his boxing skills are so pure you can drink them, and he is at ease anywhere in the cage. I think he’s winning again tonight, for the joy of his VIP friends…

Prediction:Lee by TKO.

 

10th Fight: Mikhail Zakarova vs Jussi Murikka

Zakarova winning against anyone, anywhere and anyhow. From NY to Las Vegas, he’s the smooth criminal of dreams: talent to sell, the punch to finish fights and the brains it takes to go distance when needed. Tonight he goes against Murikka, 155lbs RC Champion.

Now, if you take the MMA Encyclopedia (you have one at hand, don’t you? No, no kid, that’s Hustler. Don’t try to take jokes…) at the voice “BAD CLIENT”, you’ll surely find Murikka’s medium fingers pointing at you in a very polite way. Yes, because this guy has the gentle manners of a knight and the sweet features of a Raffaello painting. But, above all, this man’s got game. Able to finish by the means of terrible strikes as well as by subtle submissions, he’s always focused and hasn’t any issues going to the Judges’s scorecard if situation requires. Zakarova is a major fighter. But still looks like having some little fault confronted to his perfect opponent. Murikka is favored, but I’d not give Zakarova dead yet, for more than one reason:

 

1. He’s a great warrior.

2. He’s a Barksdale’s guy, and Avon likes to fix fights. Sometimes he goes wrong and hires Stevie Wonder, but it doesn’t happen as often as Evangelisti might tell.

3. Zakarova is a member of Russian Mob. They made a huge bet on the kid, and they are not the kind of guys who like a kick in the ass as an answer.

So, expect the unexpected and you’ll never be surprised.

Prediction: Murikka by decision.

 

And we went through the last stop. Time to get out and go back home.

Many huge things are taking place, especially in the last part of the card, where you got guys like Lee, Glorious, Torres and a huge main event between the Russian assassin and a top player from RC.

I’d like to take a look id I only manage to get out of this toilet…

 

Goodnight,

Nilmar

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Syn' 178: Riding The Apocalypse - Preview

 

Friday bloody Friday,

Friday bloody Friday!

And the battle’s yet begun,

To take off singlet that Avon loves.

And today the millions cry,

‘cause Barksdale makes’em smell it till the moment they die…

How long,

How long must we smell this one?

How long, how lo-oo-ooong?

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodnight you damn bloodthirsty bastards here in Syn City. Unfortunately for you Nilmar Gracie is still alive, still stuck in the toilet, still forced to share 1square mt with Avon Barksdale and his infamous singlet, while his brother tries to gain permission to tear him in two.

 

1st Fight: Xavier McPherson vs Dexter Morgan

No matter if he wins or lose, Xavier McPherson is always depressed.

Why?

Well, if you were brother to this girl

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmaJZbQ5jS0

 

You really could state Mother Nature is unfair and unjust. So, Xavier looks unable to withstand the fact not being the more handsome man in the world, and tonight’s fight against Dexter Morgan promises to make things even worse since McPherson is at high risk of seeing his features rearranged in a very creative way. Anyway, if McPherson manages to keep it standing, a pure grappler like Morgan can find himself in huge troubles. Xavier should win this one hands down, only issues are coming to his psychological shape. Will he make it through the whole fight or surrender at a certain point, falling prey to his inner demons?

Prediction: McPherson by TKO.

 

2nd Fight: Terry Iori vs Junius E Sneed IV

An undefeated rising star who completely ruled the QFC circuit, Terry Iori, tries his way in a more hostile environment, and will receive a warm welcome from Prince’s secret son Junius Sneed. OK, you all know legal battle between Prince and Franky Sin is not over. no one wants to claim the fucking crybaby as being their son, and things are even more difficult since Franky Sin decided to speak for himself in front of the Jury so no one is able to really understand what he’s trying to say. Three lawyers from Prince’s legal team committed suicide after listening to Sin’s speech.

Anyway, Sneed will try to win and prove he deserves a father no matter who.

Odds look even between these two: good punches, bad kicks and no particular eagerness to confront their submission skills. Iori has better wrestling pedigree and could go for some GnP anyway, not to mention the fact that his fist is the second cause of death in world statistics, just below lungs cancer…

Prediction: Iori by KO.

 

3rd Fight: Abraham Valuev vs Viko Maafala

A bloody version of the classic striker vs grappler fight, with the KO artist Abraham Valuev facing a ground and pound monster like Maafala. Both guys are not so confident in their friendship with Judges, so they usually like to decide fights all on their own. Valuev is a “live by the sword, die by the sword” natural finisher: shall his chin be as hard as his hands, we would probably be talking about a total superstar. Actually he is a finisher who often gets finished.

Maafala has a similar fate: he has arms like blades, but his skin is like butter. He cuts and gets cut and the key to victory is who first dies from bleeding death.

It looks like Judges can have a coffee break in this fight, let’s see…

Prediction: someone is going to get hurt.

 

4th Fight: Para Normal vs Lombardo Limba

A pure striker, but with great grappling defense, like Para Normal against one of the more surprising all rounded fighters in Vegas, Lombardo Limba. Well, I have to say that having our beloved undead enjoy a Para Normal experience is another refined touch by the more feared singlet in the world, our lord and master Avon Barksdale. You know, when he’s not selling drugs or dropping people in acid, he does three things:

 

1. Plays golf.

2. Tries to satisfy Wilhelmina’s insatiable lust.

3. Thinks about funny matchups for Syn.

 

Usually he does these three things all together, which makes him “persona non grata” in most of the golf clubs.

Anyway, Normal looks the better fighter tonight, seemingly superior to his opponent in every aspect of the game, but Limba is a master in upsets so you can never tell.

Prediction: Normal by decision.

 

5th Fight: Wayne LePierre vs Blippy Janks

Great boxing, nice BJJ, LePierre seems to have all it takes to win this fight. Except for the fact that he is facing a monster from BCC: Janks is a perfect fighter, able to give battle under any conditions. Confronting a fighter like LePierre, I think Janks will try to change the rules and go for the ground: he would probably pay something in a K-1 fight, but can rule a grappling battle. Being former BCC champ, he is surely not here in Syn to become a loser, and will try to impose his cruel law over the fight. LePierre is warned.

Prediction: Janks by decision.

 

6th Fight: Dace Killian vs Darin Blood

Poor Darren still forced to play the role of a PC game character, have you ever heard anything more cruel?

I really can’t understand these guys who like to spend their time pretending they’re managers in some imaginary MMA world, and you?

Anyway, Darren’s life is becoming a real inferno. His manager is forcing him to undergo severe plastic surgery in order to have his features become perfectly matched with the WMMA character.

Tonight, Darren has another problem, facing Dace Killian in a very hard match. Killian looks like he has something more, but this too is unclear.

Since in Killian family everyone is named Dace, you never know who you’re going to confront. And, most of all, how many.

Here is what can happen when you challenge a Dace Killian…

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBaeSq_R38Q&feature=related

 

Scary, don’t you think? Anyway, let’s say there is going to be just ONE Dace Killian waiting in the cage tonight, life is going to be hard for Darin/Darren anyway. Let’s hope he can see the dawn at least.

Prediction: Killian by decision.

 

7th Fight: Kim Lijong vs Vladimir Arlovski

After a life in CFC, Lijiong tries his luck in Syn, where Alrovsky waits him for a fiery baptism.

Lijong has to change the judgment which fight experts usually give about him: a good, talented fighter missing something to become a special one. Looking throughout his career, we find good victories but some bad loss in the nodal moments when he was expected to make the ultimate jump. Will he be able to reverse this tide?

A professiona De-virginizer like Arlovski is the right man to give a first answer. Arlovski is out of some bad result, having lost against Lee and Jimmy in his recent fights. Betting on his wounded pride? It’s a possibility, but Lijiong looks suoperior in the overall, even if he could suffer on the ground.

A contended fight, but I see Lijiong coming out with a victory.

Prediction: Lijiong by TKO.

 

8th Fight: Frank Pembelton vs Steve Why

Another investigation for Detective Pembelton, another mystery to be solved.

What mystery?

Why.

Why what?

Why Why.

Why Why what?

Why didn’t Why had a title shot yet?

This is the question, and Pembelton is the right man to solve it. If you take a look to the wonder man’s career, he performed big things: great upsets, spectacular submissions, and all that stuff that makes a fighter a special one.

Nonetheless, sometimes he simply falls back, fighting under his level just one step away from the big chance.

Now, Pembelton might not be Abayo Bokhari or Alpha Male, or Jigoro Kane, but one thing is for sure: to beat him you have to fight quite good. Especially now that he is probably in his best shape ever after defeating Scribner and Limba.

Now, Why is a superior fighter: if he fights at his proper level, there will be little match. But this was the point, wasn’t it?

Prediction: Why by decision.

 

9th Fight: Earl Lee Swagger vs Samuel Washington

Things get quite serious now: a depressed KO artist in search of a quick standup like Washington meets the best striker in Syn Middleweight, Earl Lee Swagger, who nonetheless has something to forget. Sure he won his last fight, but he still has to cut his white beard every morning after being hit by Harry Balls’s terrifying superpower. I expect it to be an exciting battle between two fighters who like to exchange from any distance, and any stance.

Now I have to reveal a secret about Swagger and believe me, this will be a big scoop. I finally put my hands on Swagger’s secret training program, studied and prepared for him by his clever manager Chiscano. Swaggers undergoes hypnosis, then, while he’s asleep with his eyes wide open, his manager makes him watch clips like this:

 

 

The best striker ever is a mix of Bud Spencer’s KO power and Terence Hill’s unparalleled agility. This is Chiscano’s lesson, and Swagger seems to have learned it well…

Prediction: Swagger by TKO.

 

10th Fight: Mack Montana vs Travis Lucas

Undefeated Mack Montana meets an angry Travis Lucas trying to get out of the quicksand his career has become.

Two losses in a row for Lucas are like a month without sex for Wilhelmina, something you could never think about. Now, malicious voices whisper he simply isn’t ready for Syn. He ruled elsewhere but is not worth this level of competition.

I still think they might be wrong, but sure Montana is not the best self esteem injector you can find on the market.

“Once undefeated, always undefeated” seems to be his quote. He started to do in Syn what he used to do in TTFC and SPF: steamroll anyone at sight. Some say his only fault is a lack of disruptive power in his hands: he’s much more a piano player than a man of hammer, but sometimes a sharp mind and a blinding footwork might reach what power alone can’t grant.

On the other side, Lucas’s right hand is so filled with heavy metal that he always has to travel by car since he can’t pass airport’s metal detector. Rebus sic stantibus, we’re going to see a fight architect against a demolition man, and I am really curious to see what can happen.

Prediction: Montana by decision.

 

And it’s all over!

No title shot on the line tonight, but there are so many interesting matchups that I don’t miss it at all.

Rising stars, bitter rivalries, unexplored training programs.

So many stories to tell, so little time. And so little room in this fucking toilet if you want my opinion.

Something has to change soon. Quite soon…

Goodnight,

Nilmar

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Syn' 177: Works As Designed - Review

 

OK guys, Nilmar Gracie is here to tell the tale of 177. I know I am late, but tell me, would you do a lot better writing event reviews from your toilet?!

So, I’ll be a bit short this time, since Avon is looking to my WC in a very intense way, and I have to find a quick way out if I don’t want to end in tragedy…

 

1st Fight: Rock Johnson vs Feodore Sabre

Johnson finally remembers he’s a cage fighter and gets a well deserved victory. Sabre stayed close to his opponent in the first round, but then he went to his corner and had to listen to a Franky Sin’s sermon: “Still Revolve with that Bounty Force and just Autoplay then make a Present of Greatness to get some Reality Clutch Work as Designed on Sunday Morning”. Which, according to my universal translator from Sinese to English, meant: “OK kid be smart, stay away from major strikes, make him work, then dart in with some quick counter and make him pay for his eagerness. Try to take him to decision and get the nod, don’t be reckless”.

But of course, Sabre went into mind confusion and was completely destroyed by Johnson’s crescendo…

 

2nd Fight: Gattsu Emeilianenko vs Noryiuiki Nayoui

Well I have to say it: when I am wrong, I am wrong.

I thought Nayoui perfect striking could have made the difference, but Emelianenko imposed the cruel law of lay and pray over his opponent, restrained him on the ground and forced him to play by his rules.

With his best weapons neutralized and no B plan at hand Nayoui was simply suffocated in his life spark by Emelianenko’s great grappling.

No doubt about Judges decision in a fight that really unnerved part of the crowd for its lack of action, but delighted BJJ fans with some great transitions.

 

3rd Fight: Ben Brawn vs Jack Siegel

Siegel rules a great fight where all aspects of the game have been checked: great exchanges, furious inside battles and some nasty ground game made the world go round for these two excellent warriors. This is one of those fights where the loser can walk side by side with the winner, his head up and proud.

Brawn suffered huge amounts of pain in the first round, and almost went down when Siegel’s knee crashed into his head. He was nonetheless able to defend, going to the ground, freezing the fight and recovering. He was punished even more in round two, victimized by his opponent’s poisonous clinch, but, again, he survived. Then he played his game in round three, hammering Siegel hard from top and he could have dispatched him, I only Siegel’s balls had been a little smaller. Anyway, final bell ringed and we went to decision. Siegel deserved the victory, but Brawn didn’t deserve the loss…

 

4th Fight: Dante Evangelisti vs Randy Marsh

Well, after being betrayed by the Judges more than once, Evangelisti, who has Italian Corleone blood in his veins, was really thinking about killing some of them to send a warning. Then he won this fight by decision, and forgiveness made its way through his hardened heart. He met one of the Judges in a post event party, and there was time for some excuses…

 

 

Now, some say this is the end of the feud, but some of my friends who know Corleone traditions swear this is just the beginning…

 

5th Fight: Mike Angelo vs Pete Doherty

Doherty won the more exciting fight of the year due to a perfect fight plan. These warriors gave life to a reckless, bloody battle where no huge blow, no dirty trick was left unexpressed.

Need to see some shots? Sure, I am here to protect and serve! Enjoy the rumble:

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg0tWHQAlUc

 

 

6th Fight: Johnny Cage vs Nike Adonis

Cage defends his mom’s questionable honor and destroys Adonis in this battle.

Adonis started with the right pace, but was then punished by Cage’s superior accuracy and, possibly, compl,etely gassed out by an extremely aggressive fight plan. If the air could be KOed, Adonis would have scored a huge victory.

Unfortunately, his opponent was Cage, who ducked most of the strikes and answered with something beautiful of his own, taking home a deserved victory that he immediately dedicated to his mom. And me too I want to dedicate her something…

 

7th Fight: Victor Silva vs Bulk Bogan

Silva exploits Bogan’s incomplete martial education and turns the fight into a clinchwork battle, harnessing Hogan’s disruptive power, and doing a severe amount of damage with his dirty, dirty, dirty boxing. Look, that boxing was so dirty that they had to call the cleaning service to take all that garbage away after the fight…

 

8th Fight: Collin Glorious vs Kid Torres

Kid Torres waited for his opponent. He waited. Waited. Waited. And waited again. he never saw him coming.

Where the hell was Collin Glorious?

Well, explanation is simpler than it may seem. Tonight was Glorious’s birthday, and his best friend Johnny Cage asked his mom to make him a nice present:

 

 

Torres, definitely, can wait.

 

9th Fight: Fred Lee vs Blow Jimmy

Lee confirms himself being one of the more dangerous finishers in Syn City, destroying Psycho’s killing machine with his blades. Jimmy tried the way of the ground in order to reduce danger, but Lee continued attacking with his unpredictable, spectacular strikes. The impressive accuracy of his head kicks clearly display insane quickness and flexibility. Let’s say it clear: Lee has never been as strong as he is now that he’s dead!

 

10th Fight: Mikhail Zakarova vs Jussi Murikka

Not an exciting fight, but a great display of innate fight sense and educated strategy by Zakarova, who probably faced his thoughest opponent and walked away the winner, using the jab as a hammer to soften Murikka’s conviction and determination, and kicked every body part with wise accuracy.

Now Zakarova clearly establish himself as the top contender in Lightweight division. He already had a chance, he lost it, but remember he had a belt wrapped around his hips when he first came to Syn, and I am sure he wants those glory days back. Murikka is a consistent step towards his main aim. Let’s see if this is the right time…

 

And we went through the last stop. Time to get out and go back home.

Many huge things are taking place, especially in the last part of the card, where you got guys like Lee, Glorious, Torres and a huge main event between the Russian assassin and a top player from RC.

I’d like to take a look id I only manage to get out of this toilet…

 

Goodnight,

Nilmar

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Syn' 178: Riding the Apocalypse review - A new Dynamic Duo?

 

Finally free! Nilmar is out of the toilet and ready to re-enter his life.

How did it happen?

Obama’s perfect negotiation?

Not really.

Miranda’s authority?

Be serious…

So what?

Well, I am sure some of you noticed I haven’t been talking about my friend Jason Bourne for a while. He was a bit depressed after having his secret ass kicked by his first cage opponent. Then he won, and regained self confidence, so when I finally called him on the phone he ran to help me out.

This is what happened: after killing the parking lot security guard, the porter, three waitresses and a pizza guys, he finally made it to my room.

Obama immediately smiled at him: “Yes we can”, and he shot him right between the eyes.

“Enemies” he said. Miranda tried to impose her will: “what are you doing? You’re not allowed to shoot, not allowed to stay here, not allowed even to breathe”.

He shot again, and Miranda fell.

“They found us”.

Then it was Blade’s turn.

“I like your style kid. Ever thought about putting some holy water in that gun?”.

“Look what they force you to give”.

“This is exactly what I was thinking. You’re wasted here. You should try something more”.

“I don’t know who I am”.

“You’re a natural born vampire hunter. That’s what you are kid!”.

Jason smiled.

“Enemies?” he asked with a lot of hope in his eyes.

“Sure. Enemies”.

Then they went away, in happiness.

Now, I don’t know how U.S can cope with their charismatic leader dispatched, but I heard they found a perfect surrogate. After all, they did it for Bob Dylan, they can do it for Barrack. So, if some decisions sound unfamiliar with the man you knew and loved, well put the blame on Jason.

Avon doesn’t seem so sad for his double loss.

“Finally I got them out of my balls” was his passionate epitaph.

I was so happy he also forgot to kill me, so, like they say: all’s well what ends well!

Now. The fights.

 

1st Fight: Xavier McPherson vs Dexter Morgan

This is the story of a fight with two faces: the one we saw in the first round, with McPherson seemingly helpless, dominated by Morgan in every aspect, and the one we witnessed in the short, intense battle of round two, with its dramatic ending, imposed by McPherson’s unstoppable fury.

What happened in the middle?

Well, you know McPherson started the fight with the mind completely filled with jealous, ambivalent thought about his beloved sister, Elle, who is named “The Body” certainly not for her intelligence and chastity.

Then, a mysterious man approached his corner during the minute of recovery: “Morgan is Elle’s new toy boy. He screws her every night and everyone around can hear her moans while she gets used by him…”.

The flames of Hell (Elle) started burning in his eyes. Burn, baby burn…

He stood up, regained the center of the cage and.. well, you all know how it ended.

 

CRASH! BOOM! BANG!

 

ICU had to do tons of work with Morgan’s lifeless body in order to prevent casualty.

 

2nd Fight: Terry Iori vs Junius E Sneed IV

“I didn’t mean to cause you any sorrow,

I didn’t mean to cause you any pain.

Only want to see you better in the purple rain”…

Well, these are the words Sneed started to sing to his almost dead opponent, after crashing him down to the mat with a terrifying uppercut right where breathing starts and ends. The button is the alpha and omega of life, and has been completely devastated by Sneed finishing blow.

Honestly I was convinced that the issues about his father were too distracting for Sneed to let him focus on the fight, but I was completely wrong. Now, the war chant he sang at the end of the match seems like a choice of belonging (well, after all, could he have sung “I never meant to cause you any reality clutch, I didn’t mean to cause you any Revolve? No, I guess…). Question is: will Prince allow?

 

3rd Fight: Abraham Valuev vs Viko Maafala

Maafala rules the ground battle by his cruel means: top position and hard hammering from above.

Valuev could have been dangerous if he only could have started fighting. But he was never allowed.

Like the boss would have said: “just one clinch, and a head punch, and he’s gone…”. Yeah, because a short punch from inside is the only life sign given by Valuev before being completely overwhelmed by Maafala’s ground and pound.

Not many blows to be honest, but every of them was so poisonous that finally Valuev had to tap out and say “no mas” to all that pain.

 

4th Fight: Para Normal vs Lombardo Limba

I hate making predictions when Limba is involved. You never know with undead fighters. Did they had enough Zombie powder? Did they eat enough human flesh? They can do virtually anything, and Limba is a perfect example: no one like him can score upsets when he’s in the right mood.

Normal won the first round hands down, Limba took the second, so all was settled up for a hard, contended, uncertain third round.

And, to be honest, every of us was convinced Normal got it. Judges stated a different thing, and immediately Normal’s manager looked in Barksdale’s direction: “did you hire Stevie Wonder one again, you damn?!” was the silent question in Staton’s eyes, but Avon was as concerned as him.

Then mystery was cleared: here are the judges reaching the arena just half an hour before the fights:

 

 

good to have friends, isn’t it, Lombardo?

 

5th Fight: Wayne LePierre vs Blippy Janks

And LePierre rules a difficult fight by the means of a perfect strategy and great concentration, gaining a victory not many of us would have betted upon. Now LePierre will sure call out the best contenders in the division, ready to climb up charts to the title shot he surely deserves.

Then he wakes up and discovers Janks ripped his arm and stripped him of the victory.

Janks’s armbar pierces through LePierre’s defensive system and ends a fight that LePierre was simply dominating.

As I always say, we call them submission wizards for a reason…

 

 

6th Fight: Dace Killian vs Darin Blood

The sad sad story of a man whose name is not Darin Blood adds another tragic chapter.

Yeah, because Darrin was winning the fight tonight: he was going for some wise counter strategy, throwing big punches that landed with encouraging precision, exploiting Killian’s classical Muay Thai aggressive stance to catch him off guard in his eagerness to attack and punish him with good strikes.

Then, he reached the corner, ready to hear the compliments of his manager.

“What the fuck are you doing dumbass?!”.

That was not what he expected to hear.

“Sorry, boss?”.

“This is not Darin Blood fight style!”.

“Wait…”.

“Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Darin is not a coward! He attacks, attacks and attacks!”.

“He will tear me wide open…”.

“I don’t mind a fuck man! You’re Darin Blood! You attack. This is what he does in the game!”.

“Listen…”.

“No, you listen. You’re Darin Blood! I pay for Darin Blood! Fight like Darin Blood or get the fuck out of my way!”.

So, he had to do what he had to do. He lost the fight.

“Good job, this is Darin” were his manager’s words.

De gustibus non disputandum est.

Which more or less means that everyone has the right to ruin his own life the way he prefers…

 

7th Fight: Kim Lijong vs Vladimir Arlovski

LiJiong won this fight. I think nobody has questions about it.

Question is: how damn did Arlovski manage to survive three rounds? Knocked down in the first round, severely rocked and dancing on wobby legs in the second, cut bad and almost bleeding to death throughout the whole match, he nonetheless made it to the Judges’ scorecard. What a display of guts by Arlovski, what a display of incompetence by cage doctor. Let’s hope all this courage doesn’t turna against poor Vladimir in the form of permanent damage…

 

8th Fight: Frank Pembelton vs Steve Why

This is the answer we all were expecting from Why. Well, we all except for Pembelton, of course.

Steve does a great job, takes the fight right where he needs it in the first seconds of the round, preventing the danger of being too gassed to perform serious things on the ground.

Then he dedicates two minutes of his lifetime in the demolition of Pembelton’s defenses. Frank tried his best to survive the round, but Why’s attacks were subtle, vicious and continuous, and they finally found their way through, in the exact way a deadly virus finally pierces through antibodies.

Now Why’s career is at its turning point, and I wouldn’t be too surprised seeing him compete for some piece of gold and a strip of leather in the next future.

 

9th Fight: Earl Lee Swagger vs Samuel Washington

When Swagger entered the cage accompanied by this entrance song

 

 

we all knew it was going to be a bloodbath. The undying lesson taught by Bud Spencer and Terence Hill was completely learned, understood and applied by this monstrous striker.

Washington was half dead at the end of round one, with his blood vessels almost empty due to the bleeding caused by various cuts he gained in the exchanges with Swagger.

He had transfusions in order to start round two, but then the doctor finally remembered why he was there (rumors whisper he was enjoying a complete collection of Cage’s mom vids) and stopped the massacre.

Good job Earl…

PS: ah, here is one of his secret training sessions. Who said that 1 on 1 training is the best one?

 

 

 

10th Fight: Mack Montana vs Travis Lucas

Lucas kicks Montana’s undefeated ass for good, gaining a great victory and getting out of the bad moment he was sinking into.

Montana was dominating the clinch, thus winning a first round which completely came out as an inside dirty guerrilla, but was then kept at distance by Lucas’s elegant footwork. Elusive like a ghost, poisonous like a scorpion tail, Lucas regained control of the fight with perfect strategy and fight sense.

Montana tried to exploit his sense for countering, but never was able to find the right rhythm, and you know, when melody is right but rhythm is bad you can only play shitty music.

So it ended that Judges had to decide what violence alone hadn’t been able to state clearly, and decided to reward Lucas’s crescendo more than Montana’s blinding start.

The right choice? Maybe…

 

And it’s all over!

How did I miss fresh air. The city lights. The redheaded beauties. Free again, but still in Syn, where things change so quickly. What will happen next time?

Well, there will be blood. A lot of blood of course. Just hope not mine…

Goodnight,

Nilmar

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Syn’ 181: Cleaning up

What are we cleaning up tonight? our sinners’ conscience? Our bankroll? Or ae we cleaning up the bloodshots from the ceiling after the massacre takes place?

This, much more than this is in Franky Sin’s mind, and there only. No one is able to see the plans behind the plans in his tortuous brain and, believe me, you can call yourself lucky.

Another night of violence in Syn City, another completely non-understandable title from Sin. Everything goes the way it’s expected to, except for the fact Barksdale didn’t try to kill me for a while. Guess he’s still in grief for his recent losses.

Now, let’s look at the card. We have nine special dishes and a complete masterpiece in the end. Fight of the night? Sure. Fight of the year? Probably. Fight of the decade? Maybe…

 

1st Fight: Rhakesh Alhazred v Justin Mayhem

There’s just winners and losers and don’t get caught on the wrong side of that line…

Immortal words by The Bard, Bruce Springsteen, which perfectly suit for tonight’s fight, with two fighters struggling to come out on the winning end. ALhazred has been a total disaster since he landed in Syn, while Mayhem finally managed to raise the head after going down low for a huge while. Mayhem’s punches are to make the difference tonight, especially against a fighter who displayed the chin and guts of a hamster: Alhazred has been finished with ease six times, will he face the seventh debacle?

Prediction: Mayhem by KO.

 

2nd Fight: Para Normal v Vic Odin

Undefeated rising star Vic Odin faces a perfect, yet a bit depressed striker like Para Normal.

Odin is a mysterious fighter who does not look so good if you look at him sparring, but simply turns into an unstoppable fury when fight night comes. Some say it’s due to his perfect physical conditioning, some swear it’s because of that punch which simply can bring mountains down.

But a friend of mine says he’s just someone else, fighting undercover:

 

 

Normal looks superior in the overall, but of course nothing of this counts, especially if Vic manages to rescue his hammer…

Prediction: Odin by TKO.

 

3rd Fight: Noriyuki Nayoui v Vyacheszlav The Spermbank

You know what they say: there is no better sperm bank than Paris Hilton’s mouth. Anyway, when your first name isVyaxks… Vyhsks… Vachres… (fuck), you could well use a second name people will spell and remember properly.

Now, Keni Siva made Vaidgf… Vlux… Vrhgp (shit), well, he made the guy his bitch in the last fight, so he needs to regain his pride by kicking some blue blooded ass and which better than Nayoui, who is on a bad streak himself?

Now, if good intentions were sex positions I would have written the Kamasutra myself, so Vrotu… Vlxchs… Vhxci… (damn) has to do something more than just “want to”. Nayoui’s perfect punches can gain him a big edge on the feet, but Vlyr… Vrrrr… Vtht… (waddafuck) could make the ground his reign tonight. will he stay upright the time he needs?

Prediction: Nayoui by KO.

 

4th Fight: Don Morrow v Kid Torres

“Dom Morrow has No-Tomorrow” this is the quote Kid Torres released to every magazine, from Sport Week to Playboy, in the weeks before tonight’s fight. Don’t put any blame on it: a cage fighter must be arrogant, egocentric, overconfident and disrespectful (why isn’t Silvio Berlusconi a cage fighter then? Nice question…), or they would be doomed in less than a minute. Now, Torres’s spiritual armor suffered a huge breech after Glorious finally won the feud in a very contested verdict. He has to stand up soon, possibly stepping over Morrow’s face. Torres has better ground skills and seems more determined. Will it be enough?

Prediction: Torres by decision

 

5th Fight: Aaron Gracie v Samuel Washington

Hollywood legends speak of a dark, unholy night, with the two black movie stars Samuel L. Jackson and Denzel Washington meeting at a bar, exchanging glances and feeling an irrational, yet irresistible attraction. They had a night of passion, and Samuel Washington is the outcome of that forbidden, unspoken love.

Now, many questions are open about this legend:

 

1. Who played the “female” role in the couple?

2. And, consequently, who gave birth to the child?

3. How could pregnancy be hidden?

 

Well, maybe that beerer jelly displayed by Denzel in the past months wasn’t exactly what it seemed…

Now, Samuel’s recent fights have been a real display of power and dominance… by his opponents! Three losses in a row, and a skin that opens in front of strikes like The Red Sea in front of Moses. Tonight he meets Aaron Gracie, who prefers the subtle art of submission rather than the exact science of striking, but could well make an exception if given the chance to cause another bloodbath to the front rows. Washington will try to keep the discussion on the feet, where his superior Muay Thai could grant him something more, while Gracie’s dangerous Judo will be an issue if things go to the ground.

Both guys are in the descendent part of their personal curve. Who will slow down the fall?

Predic5ion: Gracie by submission.

 

6th Fight: Kim Iljong v Rock Johnson

An elite striker like Lljong against a consistent brawler like Rock Johnson: temperature is rising for this undercard. Lljong seems to be another diamond in the nouvelle vague of Eastern fighters like Nayoui, who are specializing in “The Way of The Punch”; saving acrobatics and kicking for better days.

Johnson likes boring, mediocre fights because he often finds himself on the wrong side of the “of the night” awards. When something quite spectacular occurs, it’s always him lifeless on the ground. On the other side, Lljong is a natural born finisher who can lose focus as fight goes on. It seems that “when” (the fight is over) will determine also “who” (will take it home).

Prediction: Lljong by TKO.

 

7th Fight: Steve Why v Vinny Russo

“Are you worried by Vinny?”

“I can’t be scared by someone called Vinny the Pooh”.

With this disrespectful answer Steve Why ended the press conference and possibly started a new blood feud. If you need my opinion (and of course you need it considering how much you pay for it), it0’s because he’s scared. He knows it’s going to be a grappling contest and, maybe for the first time, canvas does not promises to be his reign, considering Russo’s superior Ju Jitsu. Now, it it’s true that pure talent stays on Russo’s side, it is also an irrefutable truth that experience and physical specimen seem to work for Why, who is a hardened warriors. There is a point in a fighter’s career where every scar becomes an armor plate, and Why looks like he reached this point. If Russo manages to bring the fight into an academic mood where pure skills are the key, he can possibly prevail, otherwise I see Why coming out with a victory.

Prediction: Why by decision.

 

8th Fight: Mark Marx v Lombardo Limba

“You know I’m dead,

I’m dead,

Really really dead…”.

Limba chose this revised version of Jacko’s classic as the entrance song tonight, and he promised to perform quite a consistent moonwalker on Marx’s face when fight is over.

Now, if you take a look to fighters’ overall, you could well think that Marx is favored. He has better standup and better Ju Jitsu as well, and there is another consideration you have to make: transitive property.

A is better than B that is better than C, so A is better than C. in cage fight terms it is:

 

Marx asskicked Evangelisti, who asskicked Limba, so Marx will asskick Limba for sure.

 

A good point, but MMA is not Math, and Limba used us to huge upsets, so you never know…

Prediction: Marx by decision.

 

9th Fight: Lucas LaVey v Kenji Silva

Clearly LaVey is on the launch pad for something huge. If you look to his crescendo since he was defeated by the Ex Marine and American Hero Earl Swagger, you can see his impressive progression

Silva, on the other hand, looks like he’s experiencing the worst part of the Icarus flight: so close to the sun, his wings are dissolving and he’s falling down after been burnt by Jigoro Kane’s light beams. Well, he defeated The Spermbank but… oh, c’mon, be serious!

Silva vs Lavey is more than just a fight, is the handover in the top conteder spot of Light Heavyweight division. Will Silva give room to LaVey?

Skills are so evenly matched that psyche will make all the difference tonight.

Prediction: LaVey by decision.

 

10th Fight: Abayo Bokhari v Golden Glory

Syn living legend Abayo Bokhari is back against his acknowledged heir Golden Glory, who came out o nowhere but suddenly cleared to everyone that Nowhere could have been his starting point, but was not going to be his final destination.

13 fights, 13 victories, 12 KOs. Bokhari’s team mates say he’s been quite nervous in the last few days. He knows it’s going to be the hardest fight since the day he lost by Killsinwater, but it can be even worse: Glory comes here to replace him. if he wins, he will claim himself to be Syn number one. It’s not just another fight you can win or lose, it’s your place in history under attack.

Now, Bokhari is used to be under pressure, so I can’t see him scared of this challenge, but he clearly never faced an opponent like Glory: a blinding up and comer who promises to be what Bokhari himself once was.

Will he be able to respond fire?

Prediction: Glory by decision.

 

What a night my friends! Like Franky Sin says: ghrpnf gyhbgpgg goopgpjghmg fopòòd!!!!!!

I am sure you understand, don’t you?

Goodnight,

Nilmar

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I watched PBP of Glory vs Bokhari. Can anyone tell when was the last time when we had such a top level fighters clash with 43% rating? I mean, did they go 98% counter (Bokhari) and 97% counter (Glory)? :)

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I watched PBP of Glory vs Bokhari. Can anyone tell when was the last time when we had such a top level fighters clash with 43% rating? I mean, did they go 98% counter (Bokhari) and 97% counter (Glory)? :)

that was prolly the shortest read of a 5 round fight i've ever.

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Syn' 228: Resistance Is Futile Preview 4/27/12

 

Hard Puncher (20-4) vs Jamal Quik (15-3)

 

This matchup is featuring two fighters who love to stand & bang. Takedowns are out of the question here & if you're a fan of two men hugging it out & laying on eachother... I mean wrestling... than you should prolly go grab a beer, eat some nachos, & tune in later. Hard Puncher has the edge in experience, but has been riding the bench in a heated contract dispute with Blitz Rio for quite some time. Jamal Quik's gameplan is simple; come out & donkey punch his opponent into a state of unconsciousness. The question is if Hard Puncher will be effected by the long lay off from the cage.

 

 

 

Kid Torres (29-14-2) vs Hakuin Ekaku (29-5)

 

Hakuin Ekaku is the greatest Japanese fighter of all time. Once 24-0, he's a true legend & pioneer of the sport. Young chinky eyed asians who are looking for a Martial Arts role model that's still alive look up to Ekaku like they did Bruce Lee. Ekaku's opponent, whether you love him or hate him, you know who he is - and it's most likely not by choice. A graduate of Chael University, he has a masters in Chaelsonnenology. Kid Torres talks the talk, occasionally walks the walk, & since both fighters are coming off a loss this matchup finally makes sense. Torres has called out Ekaku in the past & now he gets the chance to backup those words when these two step into the cage together.

 

 

 

Connor Kelly (16-6) vs Danny Ochoa (7-1)

 

Experience, experience, experience. That's the veteran, Connor Kelly's, biggest advantage going into this fight. Ochoa, the young native of San Diego, plans on kicking some Irish ass. Kelly plans on raining on Ochoa's parade. Other than experience, the only difference between the two is that Kelly has been finished before & Ochoa's only loss was a decision. The Rising Sun veteran (2-1 @ Syn), Kelly, will need to use his reach advantage over Ochoa & avoid the hard hitting Californian from connecting with his chin. Don't be surprised to see the winner of this fight challenging current champ Rose for the Bantamweight title in the future.

 

 

 

Lightweight Title Fight

Tony Jax (13-3) vs Jafar Agrabah 33-5-1

 

This is one of those fights that doesn't make any sense on paper, & Jafar will be going into this fight a heavy favorite against the young up & comer Tony Jax. In fact this is one of those match ups that have you scratching your head. How did Jax manage to weasel his way into a title shot with one of the most dominant LW's in history? You know Tony Jax hears about the tweets, the blogs, & what all the sports writers have to say - so on the 27th it's his chance to prove to the world that he belongs in the cage with Jafar Agrabah.

 

 

Welterweight Title Fight

William Barker (16-6) vs Forever War (19-6-2)

 

Forever War hasn't defended the Syn' Welterweight title since grinding out a decision win over Dante Evangelisti. Since then, he's 2-1. Pete Ruent was the #1 contender for the belt but due to an incompetent Dean of Weed, he got skipped over by William Barker, who's riding a 4 fight win streak against top competition. This can be a risky fight for the champ if he can't stay off his back - Barker is a master of all trades, he does a little bit of it all, a true mixed martial artist. He has a blackbelt in juijitsu & it's his only clear cut advantage over the champ. Expect the champ to utilize a sprawl n' brawl mentality to pick apart the challenger.

 

 

 

Light Heavyweight Title Fight

Taylor Norton (16-3) vs John Keynes (25-6)

 

The main event of the evening features the long awaited rematch between Taylor Norton & the Champ, John Keynes. Keynes is coming off an embarrassing submission loss to the most goofy & lanky fighter in history & he hopes to rebound with another dominating performance over Norton, an opponent he out struck, & submitted in the 3rd round with a beautiful kneebar. As great as Taylor Norton is, to him & his fans his career has been some what of a disappointment. A very talented fighter, once he captured the belt his fans expected to hold it for a long time. He lost it in his first title defense to Keynes, & dropped a decision to George Steele. Now on a 3 fight win streak & coming of consecutive TKO finishes, he plans on avenging his loss & reclaiming the belt he believes should still be around his waist. Keynes picked Norton apart in their last fight, from striking, to grappling, he showed all around dominance against the Texan, not only stealing his belt, but kicking him in the balls, hitting him with a flashy spinning backfist, he really took it to him in their last fight. This should be fuel to Norton's fire, & I wouldn't bet on this one going the distance. The fans should expect another great fight between two of the best Light Heavyweights in the world.

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Syn' 228: Resistance Is Futile Preview 4/27/12

 

Hard Puncher (20-4) vs Jamal Quik (15-3)

 

This matchup is featuring two fighters who love to stand & bang. Takedowns are out of the question here & if you're a fan of two men hugging it out & laying on eachother... I mean wrestling... than you should prolly go grab a beer, eat some nachos, & tune in later. Hard Puncher has the edge in experience, but has been riding the bench in a heated contract dispute with Blitz Rio for quite some time. Jamal Quik's gameplan is simple; come out & donkey punch his opponent into a state of unconsciousness. The question is if Hard Puncher will be effected by the long lay off from the cage.

 

 

very interesting match up here -- come on donkey punch

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