Bullying is too good at martial arts (90)
Day 2 of shooting ‘Rough’.
After the fitness test, the two mentors divided the 22 rookies in half to form a team.
Of course, the moment that drew the most attention was the whereabouts of Cha Mu-gyeol, who chewed up the physical fitness test.
With both mentors passionately courting him.
“I will go to the Stinger.”
“Queue yes. Well thought out!”
“Hey damn-!”
Innocent’s choice was ‘Stinger’ rather than ‘Hammer’.
As Joel Khalid said, Stinger had the best coaches.
Of course Mugyeol also had a second named Im Jin-soo.
“I think I will have to go back to study abroad sooner or later. The money you gave me is left over, and above all, I think I need to level up to work with you.”
“what? Where are you going?”
“I’m thinking of going to Thailand first.”
Sensing his lack of skill, Im Jin-soo declared a one-year ‘warrior training period’.
Above all, Joel Khalid’s words moved Mugyeol.
“I saw your physical abilities well. Up until now, you would have been able to chew and eat your opponent with just that physical ability and technique. But WFC is a place where only the monsters who destroyed my neighborhood like that gather.”
“…”
“That’s why sophisticated tactics determine victory or defeat on the floor.”
“okay.”
“There is no such thing as a hand that beats all of Rock, Paper, Scissors. How to play a hand that must win according to the situation. We will teach you that.”
Mugyeol was guided by his words and chose ‘Stinger’.
Eleven rookies selected by Joel Khalid gathered at the California branch of ‘Stinger’ Jim.
It was smaller than the AKK gym in terms of scale, but it was a good gym equipped with the latest scientific training facilities.
In addition, what was unusual was that there was a separate small office in the gym itself.
The identity of the office is the video analysis room that ‘Stinger’ is proud of.
Here, each player’s game video as well as training video was filmed and analyzed in real time.
Standing in front of the 11 rookies, mentor Joel Khalid looked around the rookies with a satisfied expression.
“Welcome to Stinger. By entering this gym, you guys have won half the battle.”
The rookies cheered at Khalid’s confident tone.
“I’m a person who believes in statistics instead of jinxes, but let’s look back. In the last five seasons, has there ever been a case where a guy who was defeated in the ‘rough’ has made it big?”
“No!”
“What if a guy who didn’t do much in ‘rough’ became a champion?”
“No!”
“okay. This isn’t just entertainment. For us, it’s a matter of pride, and for you, it’s a chance to lay the groundwork for your career.”
“yes-!”
“That’s why I picked guys who can win unconditionally.”
Saying that, Khalid looked back at the rookies.
Starting with the ‘Chandler’ brothers, Bruce Fitzgerald, Alphonso Douglas, Jack Montana, Kirill Konchesky, Maxim Zivanov, and Alexander Karabaev.
Most of them were wrestlers who had a big record in the NCAA, and some of them had better records than Kyle Chandler.
Since there were already many cases of losing face in various amateur wrestling competitions, ‘Team Stinger’ was already quite friendly.
“You can see it from the side. I basically love wrestlers.”
“thank you!”
“On the contrary, I am grateful. Few guys can perform as many different tactics as a good wrestler. Even if Plan A is blocked, they are friends who can carry out Plan BC right away. Besides, it doesn’t matter if you can’t hit. Aren’t all players like Dan Henderson and Yoel Romero, who have been hit hard in the past, also former wrestlers?”
“you’re right!”
“The Hammers were stupid and only picked strikers. It will be a battle in our favor.”
As Khalid said, the choice of ‘Hammer’ was the exact opposite of ‘Stinger’.
‘Hammer’ picked up a large number of strikers from the batting world who were said to be quite good at it.
Among them were two boxers from Roy Jones Jr.’s company, RJJ.
“Well, Nicholas seemed happy that he took the RJJ boxers.”
“…”
“After all, this is MMA. It’s a battle in which we have an advantage.”
The ‘Stinger’ wrestlers were screaming with an adrenaline rush.
“Whoa-!”
The appearance of shouting and beating his bulging chest muscles made him look closer to a gorilla than a human.
In the midst of a team composed mainly of wrestlers, Mugyeol’s presence was definitely a highlight.
“On the first day, we will lightly do circuit training unique to our gym. No sparring no technique drill. The first day is a time to get to know each other.”
“yes-!”
Although it was called light circuit training, ‘Stinger”s physical training was not easy.
In order to have a high tactical performance ability, the basic physical fitness level must be high.
In order to build that basic stamina, players belonging to ‘Stinger’ have always performed high-density stamina training.
After all the training, Joel Khalid left the gym with a final goodbye.
“ruler. Today’s team training ends here. I’ll spy on what the idiots of ‘Hammer’ are doing, so you guys go ahead with your own training. You may use the gym facilities however you like.”
Even after Khalid left, the wrestlers of ‘Team Stinger’ continued their own training for a long time.
Paang-.
“Let’s do one more set-!”
Paaang-.
Most wrestling skills drills are done in pairs.
However, ‘Team Stinger’ has a total of 11 members.
It was a structure in which one person had to be left behind while training in pairs.
While those who are familiar with wrestling training train in pairs.
Being alone was unforgivable.
“Absolutely okay? Would you like to join us?”
Ben, who was training in pairs with Kyle, would talk to Mugyeol from time to time, but Mugyeol shook his head.
“No, I will rest. It’s self-training anyway.”
“okay? Okay…”
Ben glanced at Mugyeol as if he was worried, but Mugyeol didn’t even pay attention to the training.
To be honest, I didn’t even want to watch the wrestling drill scene.
I’ve been doing it for over five hours with Kurt Angle at Legendary Gym every night.
“Hahaha-! Try making the bridge prettier!”
“Ah-oh! I’m going to die-!”
“You Suck! You SUCK! Stop acting like an asshole!”
“Fuck for real!”
…If it’s wrestling training, just looking at it makes me want to vomit.
I was going to leave work with just a face stamp like that, but the documentary camera interfered with the integrity.
“Are you planning not to participate in the flawless training?”
“Innocence? Try something!”
Is it because he showed an overwhelming appearance in the physical fitness test?
The general PD stuck to Moo-gyeol’s side and pushed the camera in as if he was going to pick out the part this time as well.
It was just a tiring interest for Mugyeol, but the other rookies weren’t very happy.
‘This guy who doesn’t even train is just holding the camera fast!’
In the meantime, the wrestlers, who had organized their own training, sat down on mats in threes and fives and started chatting.
The first to speak up were American wrestler Bruce Fitzgerald and Russian Maxim Zivanov.
“American wrestling is the best.”
“No, the best is Russia.”
America vs Russia, a constant rice cake in the wrestling world.
This confrontation, which has been going on since the Cold War era, created a tense war of nerves even among the rookies in 2023.
It was a very childish argument, but the wrestlers of the two countries heat up with this rice cake whenever they get together.
As the tedious technical drill was over and exciting rice cakes were sprayed, the cameras rushed around one by one.
The wrestlers from both countries were engrossed in the debate without even paying attention to the cameras.
“Wrestling is America. There is no better wrestler today than Kyle Snyder.”
“Kyle Snyder? Are you talking about the geniuses of the Nggs who were hit by Sadulaev?”
“Well, first of all, shouldn’t you Russians take care of drugs first before slandering other players? How many times already has a Russian wrestler been stripped of a medal because of drugs?”
“okay? Has Alexander Karelin ever been stripped of a medal for drugs?”
“If you say something, Karelin Karelin… isn’t it boring?”
“Are you tired of it? How fun it is to see Americans get seizures just because the name Karelin is mentioned.”
“What is this bastard?”
The controversy that started like that heated up by summoning wrestling legends from each country.
The debate continued, starting with Jordan Burroughs, followed by Kurt Angle, Tymazov, Kyle Sanderson, and Alexander Medved.
Seeing this, Moo-gyeol had to hold back a yawn.
‘Are these bastards adults?’
I thought that only Korea was ‘Gukppong’, but the United States and Russia were opening up one more drink each.
In the end, Moo Gyul couldn’t stand the boredom and yawned for a long time.
The eyes of the wrestlers in both countries simultaneously moved toward the flawless side.
Yawning during a holy wrestling argument?
An Asian from a wrestling periphery?
Bruce Fitzgerald posed a question to Mugyeol in a rather angry tone.
“Absolutely, what do you think? Is it America or Russia?”
“well. Is it that important?”
“what?”
“Don’t your wrestling skills improve just because you have great wrestlers in your country?”
“!”
The words of integrity that pierced the core left the wrestlers speechless for a moment.
But soon they laughed.
“Well, since I’m from a country without roots, it’s worth thinking like that.”
“The reason you think so is that there is not a single decent wrestler in your country.”
However, Mugyeol responded leisurely as if he expected such a reaction.
“What are you talking about. Do you not even know Shim Kwon-ho?”
“Is Mr. Sim from your country?”
“okay. There are many good players in Korea.”
When Shim Kwon-ho’s name came out, there was a little commotion among American and Russian wrestlers.
Shim Kwon-ho, the monster who achieved the first two-weight division grand slam in wrestling history, was a name that even modern wrestlers have heard at least once.
However, Bruce Fitzgerald did not give in and continued the debate.
“So you learned the technique directly from Mr. Sim?”
“Oh no. That’s not it.”
“That’s too bad. I’m from the same gym as Olympic bronze medalist Matthew Greaves. He can be called my teacher.”
“Is that so? Congratulations.”
“Who is your Master?”
If I say ‘Kurt Angle’ here, I’ll just get ridiculed.
“there is. Yoo-seok is my older brother.”
“…You Suck hyung?”
“Isn’t that a bit like a name? He’s stupid, but he’s a good older brother.”
“okay? I don’t know how great he is, but I don’t think he’s a better wrestler than an Olympic bronze medalist.”
“…”
“I’ve heard of Mr. Sim’s name, but I’ve never heard of Yoo Seok hyung.”
“No, maybe you know someone?”
“Well, it seems to me that You Suck is not a name for a person, but a description of your wrestling skills.”
Wrestlers from both countries burst into laughter at Fitzgerald’s unfunny joke.
Brother Chandler was caught in the middle, looking pretty embarrassed, but the laughter didn’t stop.
“Perfect You Suck-!”
“Puhaha-.”
However, even in the midst of the loud laughter, Mugyeol had a calm expression on his face.
“Gym teacher, national representative, national legend… Anyway, can’t we talk about wrestling without summoning someone?”
“what?”
“Do you think wrestling is a tag team match between legends summoned by the mouth?”
“This bastard-”
“Or don’t bite your tongue and stick to it properly.”
“what?”
The atmosphere calmed down at the last words of the no-gyeol.
“Are you saying we’re going to wrestle? With freestyle wrestling?”
“okay.”
“…are you serious?”
“Why are you scared?”
“This kid is crazy.”
Bruce Fitzgerald got up from his seat with a serious look on his face, as if his pride was wounded.
“good. I don’t like bullying the weak, but I can’t let a guy who insulted our wrestling go away.”
“I think you’re misunderstanding something, but you guys crossed the line first.”
“Be loud and get on the mat.”
It didn’t matter what the cause was to them.
The quarrel was just a trigger to start the ordering.
Even in the midst of that, Brother Chandler was terrified as if he was worried about integrity.
“Absolutely okay? It’s better to quit now…”
“Ben don’t worry.”
“But Bruce once beat my brother in the NCAA. His wrestling skills are real!”
“You don’t have to worry.”
Mugyeol tapped Ben’s shoulder with a confident expression.
“I also learned properly from Yoo-seok hyung.”
The preparations were over in an instant, and before they knew it, even the officers of ‘Stinger’ gathered around them.
Beep-.
Along with the sound of the buzzer that rang through the smartphone application, Bruce Fitzgerald quickly narrowed the distance toward the zero.
Player must win!
It was Fitzgerald, who stretched out his front hand and kept his head in check.
“!?”
At that moment, Mugyeol’s amazing movement widened his pupils.
