Chapter 230 The Second M-1 Competition Begins(1/2)
It was October 1st, the National Day of China across the ocean.
San Francisco is the first day of the official opening of the "M-1 Competition".
A week ago, Wang Lei, Ouyang Ming and CBS Sports Channel planner Li Chao reached an agreement after two days of discussion. After signing the contract, a press conference was held immediately.
The press conference announced that the "M-1 Competition" signed a five-year broadcast contract with CBS, and changed the competition system to once a week, recording for two hours each time. Moreover, the contestants participating in the competition will have a performance fee regardless of the winner or lose.
Secondly, CBS has initially contacted TV stations in countries such as Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, and Japan to discuss selling the copyright of the "M-1 Competition" and launching the "Global Sword Competition" plan next year.
Of course, due to time, the "Global Sword Contest" has to wait until this year's "M-1 Contest" is over before continuing to talk.
Today's "M-1 Competition" is still held at the San Francisco Seaside Stadium. In addition to the CBS Sports Channel, the broadcasting stations still have the right to broadcast.
The Haibin Stadium, which can accommodate 20,000 spectators, has already been full of people. Thirty-two official contestants made their debuts with the introduction of the host sent by the CBS Sports Channel.
The special guests are still the three from last year.
The myth of the American fighting world, Bill Vales, nicknamed "Super Feet"!
Bruce Lee's direct disciple, Danny Inoshandu, who has been selected as the "Black Belt Heroes Hall" for three times.
A legendary figure in the American martial arts and fighting world, a celebrity in the Black Belt Hall of Fame, and the founder of the Free Fighting Joe Lewis.
When the host introduced the three guests, Joe Lewis waved happily to the audience and smiled happily. However, Bill Vales and Danny Inoshandu smiled a little reluctantly.
It's no wonder that in last year's "M-1 Competition", both Bill Vales and Danny Inoshandu had disciples participating in the competition and reached the top 16.
But this year, their disciples were eliminated in the knockout round and they were not even qualified to participate in the official competition. How to make them happy?
If they hadn't signed the contract early, these two might not have even been guests.
I can't afford to lose anyone!
Wang Lei had long admired Master, and insisted on not agreeing to be a guest, otherwise his mood would definitely not be much better than Bill Vales and Danny Inoshan.
After all, Zhao Peng, the disciple who is most valued by the master, has not passed the knockout round of the "M-1 Competition" twice in a row.
Last year, he was eliminated by second-rate boxer Grenade Mersell, but this year he was eliminated by Mark Smith, a monster who had not learned fighting skills systematically but had a perverted physical fitness.
If you describe the mood of the master, you probably feel like you are a dog.
No wonder he insisted on not agreeing to be a guest.
The thirty-two contestants who officially participated in the competition, except for Wang Lei who replaced Mitchell Muller, the other thirty-one contestants did not change.
Although the "M-1 Competition" does not distinguish between weight and level, in order to give the audience a clear understanding, yesterday, the weight and height of the 32 contestants were still led by the California Sports Commission and CBS Sports Channel, and also tested them one by one to ensure that the competition was fair and just.
Wang Lei has actually measured it in the Sadler Boxing Gym.
Not only height, weight, strength, speed and fist strength have been measured.
Height and wingspan did not change much, but his weight increased by three pounds. The boxing strength increased a lot after Wang Lei learned the traditional Chinese technique.
Height 1.88 meters;
1.90 meters wingspan;
Weight is 198 lbs (89.8 kg);
Body fat ratio 4.5%;
Bench press 305 pounds 20 times, extreme strength 510 pounds;
Squats 460 pounds 20 times, extreme strength 1100 pounds;
Left-hand straight punch force is 775 pounds;
Right hand straight punch force 1680 pounds;
Compared with last month, Wang Lei's strength can be said to be a leap forward.
Sadler didn't know the special training Wang Lei received in his grandfather and father, and thought that such progress was because Wang Lei had gained three pounds of weight, so he was very happy about it.
Sadler believes that Wang Lei's talent is too outstanding. He will improve so much after only three pounds of weight. If he gets more than 210 pounds, he will definitely win the championship belt in a heavyweight boxing competition, and no one can beat him!
However, Sadler was a little worried that Wang Lei would affect his speed and agility because of his weight gain, so he specially tested him the sprint speed and punching speed for a hundred meters.
The test results shocked Sadler.
Wang Lei's 100-meter sprint speed reached 10 seconds and 02, almost running within ten seconds.
With such speed, you are qualified to participate in the Olympics, and you may be able to make it to the top three.
If Wang Lei loses weight and practices sprinting specifically, he might have the first yellow man who runs within ten seconds of the 100-meter race.
Fortunately, Wang Lei is not very interested in participating in the 100-meter sprint, otherwise professional boxing would lose a heavyweight boxing champion.
The 100-meter sprint speed was so fast that Wang Lei's punching speed did not slow down, and he easily hit a punching speed of nine punches per second.
Moreover, his jab speed made a breakthrough, and his punch was so fast that Sadler could not see any shadow. The harsh sound of breaking through the air from one punch made Sadler suspect that his punch speed had exceeded the speed of sound.
Of course it is impossible to break through the speed of sound, but Sadler feels that Wang Lei's punching speed is probably faster than his other proud disciple, Delahoya, who just won the gold medal in lightweight boxing at the Olympics.
How is this possible? Delahoya is a lightweight boxer, and Wang Lei’s weight is already considered heavyweight!
Is the heavyweight boxer punching faster than the lightweight Olympic champion?
Sadler suddenly felt that Wang Lei might be like a freaker than Mark Smith, who participated in the "M-1 Competition" and was called the non-human monster.
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After the thirty-two contestants appeared one by one to the audience, the host explained the rules of the competition and introduced several referees, and then brought a box to ask the thirty-two contestants to start drawing lots to determine the order of appearance.
Wang Lei, the founder and organizer of the "M-1 Competition", was the first to participate in the lottery.
He was lucky or not bad. He got the No. 6 draw. If nothing unexpected happens, he will have to play today.
After that, the remaining thirty-one players drew lots from high to low.
The first player to draw the No. 1 draw, unexpectedly, was the champion of last year's M-1 competition, Scott.
Scott's opponent, one of the popular players who drew the No. 2 draw, performed on CBS Sports Channel with a flesh-palm through the iron bucket. American audiences believed that "a sharp blade with bare hands" and Ao Uehara from Japan.
When Wang Lei saw the result of this lottery, he couldn't help but feel worried for Scott.
If Scott accidentally gets stabbed in the stomach or throat by Uehara Ao's hands that are comparable to Li Ninja's, he may die!
It’s a pity that the lottery was made public, and Wang Lei had no choice but to change the result.
The No. 3 draw was drawn by Cowboy Detective Anthony Pete from Texas.
The No. 4 draw was drawn by Frankie Benson, a casino bodyguard from Nevada.
The No. 5 draw was drawn by World Karate Champion Andy Hager from Switzerland.
As expected, this world karate champion from Switzerland will be Wang Lei’s opponent in today’s competition.
This guy Andy Hager is very famous in the fighting world, and Wang Lei has heard of him in his previous life.
This guy is nicknamed "Blue-Eyed Warrior" and is a star player in the K-1 Competition in his previous life. Although he only won the K-1GP championship once in the K-1 Competition, he is the most popular K-1 player and his position in the fighting world is comparable to that of Peter Az.
Moreover, this person was also given the supreme honor of "Legging King" by fighting fans.
Andy Hager practiced the Jizhenliu Karate, who is best at leg skills, especially for lower cheating. He was also the first player to apply "lower cheating" to the fighting field. His unique move was called "axe-style lower cheating", which is very similar to the trick of Liu Hailong, the first person in Sanda, who later became the first person in Sanda, "Liu Le Cheating" and was much more powerful.
Unfortunately, although this person had outstanding abilities in his previous life, he had leukemia and died of illness less than 36 years old. This is a great regret in the fighting world.
Although Wang Lei only watched Andy Hager's game once on online videos in his previous life, he remembered Andy Hager's fighting style.
It's just because Andy Hager's fighting style is so distinctive that it makes people impress at first glance.
Although Wang Lei admires Andy Hager's spiritual will and regrets his premature death, Wang Lei will never give in to this game and does not think he will lose.
The same goes for the saying, professional boxers are the strongest in vertical fighting without a fight!
The 7th draw was drawn by Rexen Gracie from Brazil;
The No. 8 draw was drawn by Will Watson, Mississippi;
The No. 9 draw was drawn by Keck, a veteran from Washington State;
The No. 10 draw was drawn by Nick Evans from Hawaii;
The No. 11 draw was drawn by Joseph Rough, Montana;
The 12th draw was drawn by Peter Az from the Netherlands;
The No. 13 draw was drawn by last year's runner-up, seed player Liu Wenlong;
The 14th draw was drawn by Tony Bell from France;
The No. 15 lottery was drawn by the monk Haoyuan from Shaolin Temple in Japan;
The No. 16 lottery was drawn by the monk Shi Zhengfang from Shaosilin, mainland China;
The 17th draw was drawn by Vincent Abruze, Minnesota;
The 18th draw was drawn by Alexander Karelin from Russia;
The 19th draw was drawn by Germain Hughes from Kenya, Africa;
The 20th draw was drawn by Wade Bagwell from Michigan;
The 21st draw was won by Kim Junsung from South Korea;
To be continued...