Chapter 358: Dream Team
On October 18, 2021, the UFC publicly held the opening ceremony and draw ceremony for the first Fight World Cup in New York.
The draw was held at Madison Square Garden, a famous stadium in New York.
Major sporting events, concerts and political events are held on a regular basis, and it is impossible to hold an event here without a certain amount of compulsion.
On the day, Madison Square Garden was packed.
At 8 p.m., a famous American female singer took the stage to sing as a burst of singing sounded.
In the energetic singing and dancing, the atmosphere of the scene was ignited at once.
At 8:10, UFC President Dana White took the stage.
Amid cheers and applause, Dana White began his speech with a red face.
It's rare for him to be so happy, but he does have something to be proud of, because he initiated and led this great event in the martial arts world.
There is no doubt that this is the new pinnacle of Dana White's life.
ā...... In the past, the UFC has been dedicated to the promotion and development of combat sports. We've held tournaments in North America, in Asia, in Australia, in Europe! I've always wanted to have multiple countries around the world join in and hold a fighting tournament together, and now, that wish has come true!"
ā...... This is the first Fight World Cup, but I believe it will definitely not be the last! In the future, the Fight World Cup will be held one session at a time, and it will become the biggest event in the fight world!"
ā...... Now, let's go and enjoy the event!"
Dana White looked back on the past, looked forward to the future, and finally praised the present, and opened the Fighting World Cup in a passionate speech.
"I announce that the first Fighting World Cup has officially begun!"
"Players from all over the world are invited to the stage!"
Amid passionate music, twenty white men in black tracksuits took to the ring, the British flag displayed on a large screen behind them.
"This is Team Britain, the captain of the team is Hardy, and the UFC middleweight ranking is No. 1!"
The host's voice resounded throughout the audience and introduced it to the audience.
The 20 members of Team Great Britain stayed on the stage for a moment, then stepped down one after another and walked to the players' section to sit down.
Then came the next team, Germany.
This was followed by Canada, Iceland, Nigeria, Thailand......
The 32 participating teams will take the stage one after another, and each team will stay on the field for about a minute, and then the host will briefly introduce the information of the team leader.
After introducing more than a dozen teams, the audience found that many of the teams were captained by UFC fighters, which was undoubtedly a show of strength.
"Next to the stage is the Huaguo team, the captain of the team Wu Li, the UFC lightweight champion!"
The Huaguo team came to the stage in seventeenth place, and when Wu Li's name was read out, a tsunami-like voice rang out from the audience.
Eighty percent of the people present today were American audiences, so the applause received by the previous teams when they took the stage was not too warm, but at this time it was different, and the audience reacted very excitedly, which made the members of the national teams in the audience taken aback, and those who didn't know thought it was the American team on stage.
"Sir Wu is also so popular abroad!"
Several students of the Boyuan Martial Arts Hall whispered, and they were honored!
Among the members of the national teams in the audience, many people also looked at Wu Li on the stage with envy. In addition to the U.S. team playing at home, Wu Li may have received the highest attention.
Wu Li took the team members off the stage and sat down in the player area.
Once seated, he looked around and frantically collected data using system detection.
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At a glance, Wu Li saw a large number of A-level and S-level players, and he had to sigh that it was worthy of the Fighting World Cup, which indeed brought together the most elite fighters in the world!
"Yo, why is he here?"
When Wu Li observed the 'enemy situation', Li San beside him suddenly let out a low snort.
Wu Li looked up, and on the big screen was the national flag of the island country.
One of them attracted Wu Li's attention, and it was none other than Ken Kanno, whom he had met on the cruise ship last time, and was recognized as one of the strongest people in the martial arts world of the island country.
"Isn't he in the martial arts world?" asked Wu Li.
The last time he heard Li San briefly introduce the deeds of Ken Shenye, the other party is somewhat similar to Hu Shan, and they have fought for many big names. The battle for fame is a competition with Liu Haoran, the head of Liu's Bajiquan on Hong Kong Island, on the high seas, and he smashed the back of his opponent's head with heavy techniques!
Such a person actually came to fight a fighting match?
On the stage, Ken Kamino seemed to notice Wu Li's gaze, turned his head to look at him, looked at Wu Li, and finally nodded, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"This time, there are a lot of good players from the island country, all of whom are in the martial arts world. Li San said in a deep voice.
Hongmen and the Island Country Extreme Dao Organization had already torn their faces, of course he had to know something about the masters over there, and he recognized several of them at a glance at this time.
Wu Li glanced at it with the system detection, in addition to Kanno Ken, there were also four master martial artists who practiced the traditional martial arts of the island country!
Three of these five have an overall rating of S, and two other men, who focus on modern martial arts, also have an S overall rating. In addition, there are nine people with a grade A or above!
Judging from the strength on paper, the strength of the island country team has surpassed that of the Chinese team.
"It seems that the island nation has some ideas about the championship this time. Wu Li said.
People in the martial arts world have come to fight in the fighting competition, and those are all famous masters in the martial arts world of the island country, and they usually don't show their heads much, but this time they came to fight, obviously not to have fun.
Li San sneered: "It's a shame to lose." ā
Most of the people in their circle don't look at the fighting game very much, and they feel that they are tied up and have a lot of rules and restrictions, which is not interesting. Therefore, if the martial arts masters of these island countries lose in this competition, they will inevitably be ridiculed by insiders.
Wu Li pouted, it was because many people who practiced martial arts had the idea of Li San, so Wu Li couldn't invite more Hongmen masters to help him play the game. Otherwise, the lineup of the Huaguo team can be more luxurious.
The teams of various countries continued to take the stage, and Wu Li has been carefully observing.
Island countries, Russia, Germany, Canada, Brazil, Thailand, these are the teams that Wu Li focuses on in his heart, all of them have at least three players with a comprehensive rating of S-level, and there are no less than six players with a comprehensive rating of A-level or above!
Finally, amid the earth-shattering cheers, the American team took the stage.
Everyone in the athletes' section cheered up, and there is no doubt that the United States team will be the strongest team in this Fighting World Cup, because it is an all-UFC lineup!
"Welcome to Team America!"
"Team USA's captain is a UFC light heavyweight champion and the big devil Jon !!"
Rumble!
The decibels at the scene were almost bursting the ceiling.
The Great Demon King Jon, one of the legendary fighters of the UFC, he and the legendary spider Sivar are the two most dazzling in the UFC in this era!
On the P4P list, Jon is currently number one, above Sival, so it's not an exaggeration to call him the number one person in the UFC.
Jon alone detonated the audience, but the people behind him who took the stage were also popular fighters in the UFC:
Miocchi 'The Warriors', UFC heavyweight champion.
'GSP' George, UFC welterweight champion.
'Mouth Cannon' Conrad, UFC Featherweight Champion.
'Lioness' Amanda is a double UFC flyweight and bantamweight champion.
'Mechanic' Rossi, UFC Women's Featherweight Champion.
There are six active champions, and in addition to the champions, there are many other players who are currently ranked first or second, such as Colmi, who is ranked No. 1 in the light heavyweight division, and Bloodfiend Flossen, who is currently ranked No. 2 in the lightweight division......
Wu Li looked at the stage and squinted his eyes.
The comprehensive score is above S, nine people!
The rest are all A-grades, and the lowest score is also A+!
"Dream Team!"
At this moment, I don't know how many people have this idea in their hearts, this lineup is indeed a well-deserved dream team.
"Is there still suspense about this lineup, the champion?"
In the player area, many members of the team couldn't help but think, and a sense of powerlessness inevitably rose in their hearts.
The members of the teams of various countries and UFC fighters are undoubtedly the main force, and these people have been fighting in the UFC all year round, and they know better than the rest how fearful the strength of these people on the stage is, so no matter how confident and arrogant they are, they can't give birth to the idea of defeating such a team.
"How do you feel?" Wu Li asked Li San beside him.
Li San looked at the American team on the stage with a solemn expression, although he did not have Wu Li's systematic detection, but with his realm, just by looking at a person's spirit, he could roughly see that a person was virtual and real. The strength of these people on the stage was beyond his expectations.
"If it's a life-and-death battle, there are no restrictions, and the two of us can kill them all together. ā
Li San thought for a while and said to Wu Li.
"Haha!" Wu Li couldn't help but laugh.
Then he slowly restrained his smile, looked at the stage, and said seriously: "But now we are in the ring, and we have to think about how to win the championship." ā
"Champion, are you serious?"
"It's all here, seriously, of course. ā