Outcast is too good at martial arts (109)
[Four contenders for a middleweight title shot heating up]
[5th place finish in the top 3 competition, 4th place Paul Hurst, who is suffering from a long-term injury, joins the ranks of the contenders]
[WFC 384 2nd place finish] vs. Anthony D’Angelo – Haojun Lee vs. Gilbert Johnson match confirmed!]
[WFC 384, which will be held in LA, expects the highest level of gate revenue ever.]
The match for WFC 384 has been confirmed.
The date is August 2024. The venue is the LA Coliseum Arena with a capacity of 25,000.
The PPV sales, which opened with the confirmation of the matches, sold 500,000 units within a week.
All 25,000 tickets were sold out as soon as they opened.
Not since 2015 have tickets and PPVs sold out so quickly for the WFC Numbering Contest.
What’s even more surprising is that there was no title fight in this tournament.
The public interest in the ‘four middleweight tournament’ was more than Dave White could have imagined.
“Hehe, it’s absolutely super-inviting!”
Of course, what made this edition fun was its integrity.
If it wasn’t for the no-gyeol, the top 3 fighters would have been given title shots in turn, but with no-gyeol’s intervention, an exciting composition called a ‘four-man tournament to determine the contenders’ was created.
Dave White read this trend and quickly planned a 4-man tournament, making the two matches the double main event of WFC 384.
As a result, even without a title match, the profit was very large.
Lawrence Fertita, who was negative about giving Mugyeol special treatment in the beginning, couldn’t help but love Mugyeol at this point.
“If we win this tournament, we should give them a title shot. There was no precedent in WFC history to win a title fight after only five matches, but what more can you prove!”
The ‘four-person tournament’, which was approved by the chairman and the major shareholder, went smoothly.
With only three months left until the August tournament, the WFC hastened its publicity schedule and planned its biggest tour ever.
As the size of the tournament grew, huge dividends were also collected on online betting sites.
With the dividends of Haojun Lee and Gilbert Johnson coming out at almost 1/1.
In the match against Anthony D’Angelo, Mugyeol took the underdog by a narrow margin.
However, to Korean fans, the fact that Moo Kyul was an underdog was quite dissatisfying.
[Underdog even with 3 consecutive wins? ㅋㅋㅋㅋIsn’t this a really good pick?
[It seems like this is because all the white supremacist American bastards screwed up D’Angelo’s side]
[Bet on Mugyeol’s side of the invincible ticket hahaha.
What is this?]
[They say he’s an undefeated prospect raised by the WFC]
[Undefeated means we’re undefeated, hahahaha]
[The difference is
that he’s had five full rounds] [laughs]
But the opinions of the experts were different.
14 wins, 0 losses in MMA, 7 wins in a row after joining the WFC.
Paul Hurst, No. 4 middleweight, who most recently fought Anthony D’Angelo, expected D’Angelo to win easily.
“D’Angelo is a fighter with no weaknesses. Besides, he has a crazy fighting spirit. His strength cardio is almost monstrous, and the link between striking and grappling is also excellent. What’s even more surprising is that even the game manners were neat. I had no choice but to admit defeat!”
Not only Paul Hurst, but most of the WFC commentators sided with D’Angelo.
Their reviews were pretty consistent.
An athlete with no weaknesses A perfect form of MMA If given time, he would become a 100% middleweight champion.
There were also some guys in ‘Team Stinger’ who did joint training with D’Angelo.
They also praised D’Angelo’s skills as one.
“This time Mugyeol and D’Angelo will fight, right?”
“Heuk, I’m finally going to see Mugyeol beaten up.”
“D’Angelo is a real madman. Cardio is said to be at the level of a complete cyborg. Plus, he’s good at wrestling, and because of his weird Muay Thai skills, he’s tough at close combat.”
“I’m going to have a hard time this time, too.”
“Haven’t you, Kyle, trained with D’Angelo?”
“There was.”
“how is it? You’ve been with Mugyeol and D’Angelo.”
Kyle Chandler refrained from answering questions from his ‘Stinger’ colleagues.
“Hmm, I don’t know.”
“Hey Kyle! Still, shouldn’t we be on the side of Innocent here?”
“I just said I don’t know what I don’t know.”
“Ugh, that boring guy.”
Colleagues booed Kyle Chandler, but knew the truth.
That Kyle was never the type to talk empty words.
Also, it was Kyle Chandler who acknowledged his flawless skills more than anyone else.
If he says ‘I don’t know’, it means that Anthony D’Angelo’s skills are also real.
“Anyway, if Mugyeol and D’Angelo stick together, it will be fun.”
“The game will be fun, but the war of words will be boring. D’Angelo is famous for not arguing with him.”
“that’s right. That bastard is unlucky to say only pretty things in interviews.”
“That’s why he was popular with women as well. An annoying bastard.”
With everyone praising D’Angelo’s skills and manners.
Ben Chandler tilted his head and offered a different opinion.
“is it? I thought he was a bit weird.”
“okay? Where?”
“Well, it’s a bit vague to pinpoint where.”
“…?”
“I just feel bad.”
“Hey, what is that dude?”
All the members of the ‘Stinger’ team booed at Ben’s suspicions, but Ben stood firm.
“Is it real?”
“I have to catch the Ben Sainte house in moderation!”
“Okay, break time is over. Start wrestling drills.”
“okay!”
Coincidentally, while the ‘Stinger’ team members left for wrestling training, Mugyeol was called by the coach and entered the power analysis room.
“This is a video analyzing Flawless D’Angelo’s past fights.”
Power analysis coach Martin played a 45-minute video prepared in advance.
Mugyeol watched the video to the end without saying a word.
“how is it?”
“It is as my friends said.”
The reason why WFC is called the ‘festival of monsters’ is thanks to the mysterious skills of the top rankers.
Even if they were the same WFC middleweight fighter, there was a difference between the skills of No. 7 Jonathan Holmes and No. 2 Anthony D’Angelo.
“Honestly, I don’t have any strategy points like this.”
“Haha Martin. Is that what the coach is saying?”
“But if you really want to find a pattern…”
Martin said, turning the video slightly to match D’Angelo’s match.
“Look carefully from here.”
At 3:18 of the first round, Paul Hurst’s front hook landed nicely on D’Angelo’s chin.
“Oh oh-.”
“Left check hook. Did you like it?”
With that one shot, Hurst seemed to take the lead, but D’Angelo, who was hit by one, started to press Hurst strongly, raising his pace.
“I feel better after being beaten.”
“that’s right. There is a similar scene in this match and this match.”
“It’s unique.”
“yes? Should I call this a slow starter…”
D’Angelo was an unusual type of ‘slow starter’.
In the beginning, it moves defensively, as if to conserve energy, but after a few hits, its movement turns into an aggressive one.
“Why are you doing this?”
“well. It could be a coincidence, or it could be your own routine.”
“Hmm.”
“Anyway, it’s a bad match for you who need to finish the game quickly.”
“What if I just finished it in one shot?”
“It would be nice, but this kid has good skills and good eyes.”
Martin showed and explained a few more scenes.
“Now this is with Phil Harris, who is ranked 8th in the middleweight division.”
“Harris? Isn’t this guy from the Golden Gloves (Amateur Boxing Association of America) winner?”
“that’s right. If you look here, one-one-two fits right in, right?”
“…”
“Anyone would have fallen down, but I held the clinch even after taking all three hits.”
“Yes.”
“And after a short break, I immediately overhook and takedown. This bastard is at the level of a monster.”
“Hmm.”
The video was now moving to D’Angelo’s interview with the winner.
His interview was neat and standard, and the cheers of the female audience followed every time he spoke.
“Aren’t you lucky? He’s good, handsome, and popular…”
However, Mugyeol felt a strange sense of incongruity in his appearance.
It feels like watching Jang Young-gil from RCF in the past.
He was saying good words with a neat face, but somehow it seemed like it was all acting.
“Isn’t this kid a bit strange?”
“Yeah, it’s strange. It’s so perfect, it’s annoying.”
“I don’t mean that, isn’t it a bit cheap?”
“hmm? You say the same thing as Ben. Are you jealous?”
“What is jealousy…”
“Don’t be too jealous. You’re handsome, you’re good at fighting, and you’re perfect from head to toe. That is the truth of life-.”
“…Okay, give me the video file and go.”
“Fuhaha, I get it.”
Even after Martin had left, Mugyeol watched D’Angelo’s video for a long time.
He constantly thinks about the identity of the strange sense of incongruity he felt.
* * *
WFC 384’s publicity tour schedule went from Asia through Europe to North America.
Absolutely and Haojun Lee were Asian, Gilbert Johnson was British, and Anthony D’Angelo was American, so the tour was almost globe-trotting.
In the meantime, PPV sold an additional 200,000 copies.
As the demand for additional seats surged, the LA Coliseum Arena hastily prepared 4,000 additional seats.
In the process, they had to face friction with the California authorities over safety issues.
A matchup that sold 700,000 PPV tickets and sold out 30,000 tickets even without a title match.
As the competition schedule drew closer, the middleweight ‘four-man tournament’ proved its firepower.
So it was only natural that the first press conference attracted attention.
The first tour destination is Mugyeol’s hometown, Korea.
It was flawless that I met my father and old friends for a while, but I had to wear a hat and mask wherever I went.
As such, his popularity in Korea was beyond imagination.
In fact, even covering the face with a disguise tool didn’t have much effect.
It was already widely known that Moo Gyeol would come to Korea, and 195 cm tall, burly men were not very common.
Moo-gyeol’s surroundings were crowded with people wherever he went, and Moo-gyeol and his father, Dong-gil, had to stop eating out and return home.
But Dong-gil seemed quite happy.
“Where is it that I can see your face after such a long time? Besides, everyone loves my son, so what could be better?”
“There must be quite a lot of people who hate me, right?”
“Does not matter. Anyway, even those people, you keep their mouths shut.”
“Well that’s it.”
Dinner time after a long time.
The house has become much more luxurious, but the menu remains the same as Mugyeol had eaten a few years ago.
“…delicious.”
“okay? Anyway, I need to lose weight, but I don’t know if I’m feeding them something too greasy.”
“are you okay. You just have to pay attention to the weight loss from three weeks ago.”
“Then I’m glad…”
“By the way, your cooking skills have improved?”
“okay?”
“Have you started dating?”
“What does that mean haha.”
what? what is this reaction
When Dong-gil suddenly stuttered, Mu-gyeol raised his eyebrows and began to question him.
“what? really? who? say it.”
“I don’t know, dude.”
“Huh?”
“It’s okay! eat some rice If you talk while eating, you will be blessed.”
“At this point, I suddenly walked over to the United States and said hello! it’s your mother! to do this?”
“I’m still saying something, you motherfucker!”
“Puhahaha, this is a very funny man.”
The day after spending time together with my father.
Moogyeol took a limousine sent by WFC and headed to the SC Hotel conference room, the location of the press conference.
In the conference room, not only Korean reporters but also correspondents from around the world were gathering and moving busily.
Among them, the faces of Kang Hye-min and Han Ki-joo of ‘Brawlers’ were also visible.
“Car flawless player! Here here!”
Mugyeol lightly waved his hand at them, and the two over-actioned with a heart-sniping motion.
They are still passionate people.
After the interviews with the previous cards, the microphone finally went back to the top 4 middleweights, and the cannon cameras began to flash all at once.
“Now the highlight of WFC 384! Let’s begin our interview with four middleweights. We will start with the reporters assigned priority.”
The clichéd questions scheduled in advance passed one by one.
Mugyeol listened to his opponent, D’Angelo’s answer.
…I think Mugyeol Cha is a great player with good power and excellent skills….
…It will be a fierce match and I will do my best to knock him out….
…Support from the fans ….
…I don’t care about winning streaks, I just try every moment
. Nodded.
However, Moo Kyul still felt a strange sense of incongruity.
If it was his first life, Mukyeol would never have noticed this sense of incongruity.
However, having lived two lives, Mugyeol has already seen too many false humans.
D’Angelo also seemed to be of that kind in the eyes of Innocent.
Even though his face didn’t change and he was saying nice things, Moo Kyul’s eyes could feel something behind that fresh smile.
Anthony D’Angelo What the hell are you doing?
Moo-gyeol suddenly had the idea that he wanted to take off his mask.
Just in time, Mugyeol was given a chance to speak freely.
Unsurprisingly, the arrow of his speech was directed at his opponent, D’Angelo.
“Personally, there is something I want to ask D’Angelo.”
“To me? Okay, tell me something.”
D’Angelo smiled brightly and turned to the flawless side.
Mugyeol did not change his expression and fired at him.
“Isn’t it hard for you to be pretending like that?”
“…?”
“Why are you pretending to be nice?”
“Haha, what is that…”
“Fuck you bastard, you can’t fool my eyes.”
“!”
For a moment, D’Angelo’s forehead, which had been calm as if he had been wearing a mask until then, flinched.
