On February 15, 2021, the UFC 256 weighing ceremony was held in the magic capital.

The gymnasium, which can accommodate 80,000 people, was almost full, and ninety percent of the Chinese spectators came to see Wu Li.

February 16, 2021, 7 p.m.

Modu Sports Center.

It was dark and the square outside the stadium was crowded.

People of all kinds from all over the country, and even quite a few people from abroad, wandered, stood, and laughed in groups on the square.

Some people are holding large paper signs that say "Tickets are collected at a high price", and there are some young people who are full of anxiety, and every time they see such a sign, they always run over and ask, "Do you have a ticket?"

The answer is often "I want to have a ticket!"

In fact, such a scene has been started since two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

At about seven o'clock in the evening, there were almost 10,000 people crowded in this huge square, and at the entrances everywhere, in addition to scalpers holding signs to collect tickets, there were also many young people holding up homemade cards, which read slogans such as "Wu Li die-hard fans, kneel and beg for a ticket!", "Fans from other places, ask for tickets at a high price!", "Ask for tickets!

The match held at UFC 256 in the magic capital began to sell tickets online as early as before the Spring Festival, and more than 80,000 tickets were sold out in just one week!

Later, the organizers even began to sell more than 3,000 standing tickets, which were still quickly sold out.

This level of popularity is even a bit unexpected by Dana White and others, even in the United States, only a star of Sival's level can sell so many tickets for a championship match.

Even Zhang Weili, who has already won two championship belts in the UFC, has never sold so many tickets for her matches in China.

The reason is that Zhang Weili became popular because she won the championship in the UFC, while Wu Li became popular first and then went to the UFC. So in China, Zhang Weili was brought to fire by the UFC, while Wu Li brought the UFC to fire.

It is no exaggeration to say that at least millions of people in China began to pay attention to the UFC because of Wu Li, and many people did not even hear the name UFC at first.

The game that Wu Li played in the United States before caused a chorus of 10,000 people, and after the video was transmitted back to China, many people felt very moved, and at the same time, many people had a thought in their hearts: It would be good if they were on the scene at the time.

And now, the opportunity has come, Wu Li will play in the magic capital, or the interim championship battle, so 80,000 tickets is too little for countless fans who like Wu Li.

The whole square is densely packed, and many people are constantly converging in the crowd from all directions. Everywhere there were small signs holding "begging for votes", anxious, begging faces...... All of them show the strong appeal of the name Wu Li in China!

............

Chen Ling, Wu Wenhua, and Chen Ting's family of three got out of the taxi together, first looked at the crowded street in front of them, and the seemingly crowded square farther away, and glanced at each other.

"A lot of cars!"

"There were so many people who came to watch the game. Chen Ling said in surprise.

Chen Ting said with a smile: "Maybe it's all to come to see Wu Li." ”

Since Wu Li helped his uncle and aunt's family last time, the relationship between the two families has become closer than before, or in other words, Chen Ting and his wife have gone to visit Chen Ling and Wu Wenhua much more often than before.

Chen Ling looked at the crowd of people in front of him, frowned, and said to Wu Wenhua with some complaints: "I just said that we came over early after dinner, you have to say that you are not in a hurry, but you look ......."

Wu Wenhua smiled bitterly when he heard this, the game that started at 8 o'clock and they arrived at 7 o'clock, he felt that it was early enough.

Chen Ting's son, that is, Wu Li's cousin Chen Yunan, comforted: "Auntie, it's okay, it's still early, it's definitely too late." ”

On a very wide road, all kinds of vehicles have been completely blocked, and the four of them walked forward for more than 400 meters before they came to the large square in front of the stadium.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance, several girls looked at them expectantly, and one of them asked loudly, "Hello, do you still have tickets? Can we pay a high price?"

The five were taken aback, of course they had tickets, but it was certainly impossible to sell them to others.

However, this is just the beginning.

This way has passed, and it has come to an eye. Everywhere there are people holding small signs that say "high prices for tickets", and some people even simply write "five times the number of tickets" on the signs!

Chen Yunan saw with his own eyes that someone went over to say a few words to the man, and then, the man really took out his mobile phone to scan the code to transfer money, and then took away a ticket.

With the ticket in his hand, the man greeted him, and suddenly some people who should be his companions not far away couldn't help but cheer!

Chen Yunan was taken aback.

Although I knew how popular my cousin was now, I still didn't expect it to be so popular.

It's a fight match!

Mr. Chen, a 20-year-old university student, knows very well what young people like him like right now: chasing stars, watching concerts, watching basketball games, watching game games, but he has hardly heard of anyone who likes to go to live fighting matches.

If it is a LOL or Glory of Kings match, he can understand the mood of these people who would rather buy high-priced tickets to watch the game, but this is a fighting competition after all, and it has been a very niche sport in China for decades, and I have never heard of any competition that is hard to find.

"What's the name of Wu Li's opponent tonight?"

"What's it called, hey, whatever, Wu Li has won anyway!"

"It's Flossen, the No. 1 lightweight ranking in the UFC! I said, you don't even know that, so you're here to watch some fights. ”

"Cut, I love to watch Wu Li beat those foreigners with Chinese kung fu. ”

"I just want to see Wu Li standing on the field holding the national flag after winning the game, it's awesome!"

"Haha, okay. ”

......

Chen Yunan listened to the conversation of the three peers who walked past him, and seemed to understand why so many people came to watch Wu Li's game.

Perhaps in the eyes of the previous generations, the post-90s or post-00s generations are a bit deviant, but there is one thing that is inherited, that is, patriotism.

When someone uses Chinese martial arts to make a name for themselves all over the world and make unprecedented achievements, the national pride of the Chinese people is huge, so there will be so many people who are willing to come to watch Wu Li's competition on the spot, looking forward to Wu Li once again letting them sing for him once.

......

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Chen Ling and others took the tickets given to them by Wu Li and went to the VIP seats in the front row under the guidance of the staff.

At this time, the spotlight had already hit the octagonal cage in the center of the stadium, and the whole gymnasium was noisy, until a burst of music sounded and a host came on the stage, and the audience quieted down a little.

"Ladies and gentlemen......"

The host said the opening remarks in English, and immediately after speaking, a thick male voice translated it in Chinese on the radio.

And then that's how the game began.

One after another, there were men and women, and they all fought very hard.

For this competition, Dana White can be described as painstaking, even if he is not qualified to enter the live secondary event, he has made careful selection, just to let the audience in China see the excitement and charm of the UFC.

And the effect is obviously still good, the exclamations and applause on the scene almost never stopped, and many people now suddenly find out: it turns out that the fighting competition is so beautiful and exciting!

In fact, the earliest fighting competition was boxing, and boxing can be popular in Western countries for so many years, and it can still attract a large number of spectators until now, which shows that combat competition is also a very attractive sport.

It's just that in China, due to various reasons, it has not been able to develop so far, and everyone's attention is not high. Until now, because of Wu Li, many people in China have discovered the charm of fighting matches.

The thrill of fists to the flesh, the competition of strength and speed, the collision of willpower, and the arrogant provocation and highly personalized players...... All this made the atmosphere of the scene climax from the beginning!

"!"

Chen Yunan's mouth kept bursting with foul language, "It's amazing, it's so exciting!"

He was so far forward that he could clearly hear the sound of punches and kicks, and he could see the sweat and blood spilling from the ring.

Chen Ling on the side asked with some concern: "It's too cruel, these people are bleeding and don't stop, Wu Li is going to fight with such a person in a while?"

Chen Yunan looked at Chen Ling when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, auntie, my cousin is much more powerful than these people, you haven't watched his previous two games, it's just crushing!"

"Don't worry, these people are not my cousin's opponents at all!"

Chen Ling was slightly relieved when she heard this, but she still couldn't help but worry.

Can these people really fight, hiss, don't they feel pain?

Time passed little by little, and there were a total of twelve games tonight, and by 9 p.m., the main event between Wu Li and Flossen began.

"Please, Wu, !!"

The host shouted hoarsely, this time there was no need for translation, and now all the audience understood those two words, so the audience boiled.

"Wu Li!"

"Wu Li!"

"Wu Li!"

This is a home battle in the real sense, and more than 80,000 people at the scene are almost shouting Wu Li's name, and the voice is heard far away, and the entire street outside the stadium can be heard.

Under the expectant eyes of everyone, Wu Li appeared.

"Auntie, aunt, cousin!

"Cousin, come on!!"

Offstage, Chen Yunan shouted excitedly.

Chen Ling and Wu Wenhua held each other's hands tightly, and watched excitedly and nervously as their son walked into the octagonal cage, and the distance between them was actually less than five meters.

As if hearing the voice, Wu Li turned to look in the direction of Chen Ling and the others, nodded with a smile, and then looked at the crowd above the black press, took a deep breath, and saluted with fists.

The race is about to begin!

On the opposite side of Wu Li, Flossen looked at him with some excitement, and his whole temperament was cold and fiery, and he was a little contradictory.

Flossen is known as the Blood Demon because his focus in every fight is the head, or face, of his opponents. This was no problem, but his shot couldn't knock out the opponent directly, but it was easy for the opponent to break the appearance.

There were many matches in which Flossen's opponents were beaten bloodied, and in some cases even forced the referee to temporarily stop the match, or directly ruled that the opponent could not continue the game. Such a Flossen is like a bloodthirsty devil, so he is called a blood demon.

[Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Boxing, Wing Chun.

Overall Rating: S】

This is Flossen's data, judging from the data, it is actually lower than Wu Li, but Wu Li does not have the slightest underestimation, an opponent who can get an S-level evaluation in the ring, he is not qualified to underestimate.

The two sides first bump fists into each other, and then with a gesture from the referee, the fight begins!

Brush!

Flossen aggressively scrambled, stepping forward and punching Wu Li with a forehand jab.

Wu Li also rushed to attack, also stepping into the punch, to the side of the body, and the right hand to Flossen's face.

Horse-shaped cannons!

At the same time as Wu Li turned sideways, Flossen also completed the sideways, and both of them avoided the other party's punch.

Flossen took a step back and tried to regain the distance, but Wu Li threw his arm and threw a horizontal punch like a bear into a tree, sweeping towards Flossen's neck.

Horse-shaped bear-shaped!

Flosen turned his body again, not paying attention to Wu Li's right arm at all, but bent his right arm and struck Wu Li's face door with his right elbow.

One punch for one elbow.

There is a boxing proverb: twist ten punches, don't take an elbow.

It's the same in the ring, where many fighters are fine after dozens of punches, but suddenly they get an elbow and they may be knocked out.

An opponent like Flossen who has trained Muay Thai to the level of a master is elbowed like a knife! Wu Li was naturally reluctant to exchange like this, and the five fingers of his left hand were like hooks, grabbing the right elbow that Flossen hit him.

[Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Boxing, Wing Chun.

Overall Rating: S】

This is Flossen's data, judging from the data, it is actually lower than Wu Li, but Wu Li does not have the slightest underestimation, an opponent who can get an S-level evaluation in the ring, he is not qualified to underestimate.

The two sides first bump fists into each other, and then with a gesture from the referee, the fight begins!

Brush!

Flossen aggressively scrambled, stepping forward and punching Wu Li with a forehand jab.

Wu Li also rushed to attack, also stepping into the punch, to the side of the body, and the right hand to Flossen's face.

Horse-shaped cannons!

At the same time as Wu Li turned sideways, Flossen also completed the sideways, and both of them avoided the other party's punch.

Flossen took a step back and tried to regain the distance, but Wu Li threw his arm and threw a horizontal punch like a bear into a tree, sweeping towards Flossen's neck.

Horse-shaped bear-shaped!

Flosen turned his body again, not paying attention to Wu Li's right arm at all, but bent his right arm and struck Wu Li's face door with his right elbow.

One punch for one elbow.

There is a boxing proverb: twist ten punches, don't take an elbow.

It's the same in the ring, where many fighters are fine after dozens of punches, but suddenly they get an elbow and they may be knocked out.