Chapter 348: I want to be a Confucian general
UFC Headquarters, New York, USA.
Dana White is in a meeting with a group of UFC executives, which is a regular meeting once a month.
"There are too many injuries in the men's middleweight division at the moment, so you can consider signing some new people, or let the welterweight group move up a few ......"
"With the men's bantamweight title bout getting an all-time low in viewership, we might want to consider elevating the conversation in the bantamweight division......
"Women's strawweight, when will that Chinese player be arranged to participate in the third championship fight?"
"And in the men's lightweight division, when will Wu Li's injury heal? If it takes too long, arrange an interim championship fight first, Habu has applied for it many times. ”
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One by one, the questions were raised, and then they were resolved, and when Wu Li was mentioned, someone suddenly frowned and said, "Recently, Huaguo is holding a large-scale mixed martial arts event, and the organizer is Wu Li, and I think this may pose a great threat to our entry into the Chinese market." ”
The topic was raised, and everyone present looked at each other.
Another high-ranking person said: "Also, Roy, who is ranked third in the welterweight division, proposed to quit the UFC last week, and as far as I know, Wu Li asked him to poach him!"
"It's not just Roy, it's the men's bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight and heavyweight divisions that have all been poached!"
In just one month, eight players were poached by the same event, and this matter will inevitably be brought up for discussion.
Dana Bai looked at the information presented and felt speechless, Wu Li is still a UFC contracted player, and he has already begun to dig up the corner of the UFC?
Is this person really, floating after winning the championship once?
But think about it, the UFC really doesn't have much to do with Wu Li now, Wu Li is already a lightweight champion, and some people want to challenge him, and they don't need to beg Dana White to arrange a match for him.
Bai Dana thought for a while and said, "What do you think about this matter?"
"Wu Li must be warned that his behavior is malicious business competition!"
"What's the use of warning him? He's a champion now. ”
"I don't think there's any need to be too nervous, it's just a new competition, he poachs some players who are not very taken seriously, we want as many people as we want, and he is willing to pay a high price to dig him. ”
"Yes, every year people come to poach our fighters, but it turns out that few of those who are poached outside the UFC have made a name for themselves. As long as our star players are not stupid, they will not be poached. ”
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After a round of discussion, most of the people agreed that there was no need to worry.
Indeed, as the world's highest-level and largest mixed martial arts tournament, there's no need to worry too much about a newly established fight. At the beginning, Asia ONE threw more money than Wu Li at the beginning, and more people dug up, and in the end, it was not that it was compressed by the UFC and couldn't get ahead in Asia.
Bai Dana nodded: "This competition held by Wu Li may not pose a threat to us, but it will affect our entry into the Chinese market. We originally planned to open the Huaguo market through Wu Li, but now that Wu Li is being picked up, he is competing with us for the market. ”
"So I suggest that the location of the next UFC competition can be arranged in China for a few more episodes, and in addition, more Chinese fighters should be promoted, and Wu Li cannot be completely counted on, maybe he will not sign with the UFC again in the future. ”
"Now that Wu Li has made more and more Chinese audiences pay attention to combat matches, we need to take the opportunity to let these Chinese people know that the UFC is the highest level of mixed martial arts competition in the world!" Dana Bai concluded.
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On July 5th, a resort on the outskirts of the imperial capital.
In the courtyard, two figures are fighting.
One of them is Guo Dongyang, while the other is Li San.
Guo Dongyang attacked fiercely, punching, feet, elbows, knees, shoulders...... Any part of the body can be used as a starting point for attacks, and each blow is blasted in the air, and the power is amazing.
He was already gifted, and his strength was far beyond ordinary people, and after more than a year of easy bones and tendons, his physical fitness has improved a lot again. Coupled with entering the master level, the strength of the play has been greatly improved, Guo Dongyang is now a middleweight weight, but the power of his punches is stronger than some heavyweights!
Li San, who fought against Guo Dongyang, was like a lonely boat in a storm, and it seemed that he could be swallowed up by a monstrous offensive at any time. However, Li San looked thrilling, but he was fine.
He was able to catch Guo Dongyang's attack in time every time, and then deflected the punches and kicks that came from the side.
Wu Li nodded secretly from the side, Li San had recovered from his injuries after two months of recuperation, and he looked better than before. So although Guo Dongyang has made great progress in the past two months, he was still steadily suppressed by Li San.
After a few moves, Li San found an opportunity, used his strength to break Guo Dongyang's center of gravity, and then knocked Guo Dongyang back with one punch.
"Good!"
There were people around who applauded, and it was the students who were still in the resort.
Of the 100 students, there are still 11 people left, including Guo Dongyang, Gao Jianping, Dong Yunfei, and Xu Chuan and other four people who were selected to follow Wu Li as bodyguards are also among them.
The extremely high elimination rate has put tremendous pressure on the students, and the state of these students who remain now is completely different from that of two months ago.
These people are all the seventh stage of the national martial arts, and they are also the most elite students in the Boyuan Martial Arts Gym at present. Among them, there are five people with a comprehensive score of A, and the rest have the lowest B+.
You must know that the evaluation of B+ means that even in the UFC, you can have a place in the UFC, and you have a chance to make a splash in the top 15.
After Guo Dongyang was repulsed, he retreated depressedly, and Wu Li walked out, just now it was a recreational activity during the break, and then he was going to enter the training time again.
"For the next week, our main focus is on studying our opponents. I've brought in a lot of experts from ONE Asia and the UFC for this fight, and you're likely to meet these people, so you need to research them in advance. ”
After speaking, Wu Li led everyone to a room indoors.
There was a projector in the room, a canvas, and a couple of foreigners.
"They're coaches at three of the top professional fighting clubs in the U.S., and they're going to help you analyze your opponents in a fight and then develop tactics for you. Wu Li introduced.
The time of the Yanhuang Duel is July 20th, and the registration has been closed, so it can be determined who will participate in the competition, so Wu Li asked people to collect the information of all the masters of the non-Boyuan Martial Arts Hall in advance, and invited the professional tactical analysis coaches of the three major clubs to help analyze.
He learned from Li Tongyun the need for pre-match analysis, so he also tried to prepare his players as much as possible.
"I heard that the next UFC fight is scheduled for the end of July, only ten days later than the Yanhuang Duel, and the venue of the fight is also in China, which is a clear indication of your popularity. ”
When the students began to take a tactical analysis class, Li San and Wu Li were chatting outside the house.
Because of the holding of the Yanhuang duel, the Chinese audience has increased their attention to the fighting match, and the UFC came to China to hold the competition at this time, which just happened to be popular, and it can also allow the Chinese audience to compare and see the gap between the Yanhuang duel and the UFC.
I have to say that Dana White's choice is still as cunning as ever.
Wu Li smiled: "If he wants to do it, let him do it." ”
Li San looked at Wu Li, "It's not just the UFC, the first threat you have to hold this competition should be those domestic fighting events, and they didn't react?"
Wu Li: "Yes, a large group of people have all signed up to participate in the Yanhuang Duel, probably because they want to stop us in the competition." ”
"Tsk. Li San said with emotion, "If you hold a competition, it's just internal and external troubles." ”
Wu Li looked at the sky in the distance and said with a smile: "You know that the problems I encountered before were basically solved by violence, right?"
"Huh?"
Li San was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself that people like us who practice martial arts, can we still reason with others if we don't rely on violence to solve problems?
"People like us, if it were in ancient times, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were unparalleled fierce generals, right?" Wu Li asked.
Li San: "What do you want to say?"
Wu Li smiled: "I can't play this time, so I want to be a Confucian general." ”
"Confucian general?"
"Well, while talking and laughing, the canopy is gone!"