Chapter 180: The first opponent of the UFC

This actual combat training made Xiang Yingying and Agoura gain a lot, and at the same time, Xiang Yingying deeply realized his shortcomings in wrestling, although the opponent was Agoura, who was several levels heavier than him, but this was not an excuse. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

I don't think I think it's good when I usually train for wrestling, but after this actual training with Agoura, his shortcomings have been infinitely magnified.

Xiang Hero is now making a name for himself in striking combat. If he lands in the UFC, his opponent won't choose to dangle him too much in striking grappling as long as he's not a head iron, and will only drag him into a ground-and-pound grappling to limit his heavy strikes and win by submission.

Of course, there will definitely be guys who are particularly confident in their striking skills, and may compete with Xiang Yingying in terms of striking skills.

After realizing his weakness, Xiang Yingying made targeted training and practiced wrestling with Agoura every day, while Duan Rong carefully guided him.

When Xiang Yingying was training hard, Dana Bai, who was far away in the United States, also had a headache, and the second round of negotiations with Xiang Yingxing was about to take place, but Xiang Yingying's request did make Dana Bai a little unhappy.

Dana White is a very controlling man, he has single-handedly built the top fighting empire UFC, he is the CEO of this fighting empire, he has to control everything.

But with Xiang Hero's growing influence, especially in the largest Chinese market, he is arguably the most appealing fighter. Coupled with Bellator and ONE FC's tight pursuit of Xiang Hero, Dana White felt a lot of pressure.

Especially now, the UFC can be said to be suffering from internal and external troubles, and many of its fighters are very dissatisfied with the treatment, and even some excellent fighters jump directly from the nest, which greatly affects the ratings.

And last year's hype for the title fight between George Saint-Pierre and Michael Bispin left many middleweights unhappy, and the cancellation of this fight for many reasons made many viewers even more dissatisfied.

But what bothers him the most is the lightweight belt owner Conor McGregor that he single-handedly created, the No. 1 star in the UFC who can attract gold at the moment. With the rise of Conor McGregor, Dana White has less and less control over him, and sometimes has to make some compromises, which makes him very unhappy.

In such a situation, the UFC is in dire need of young, charismatic new blood like Xiang Hero to reinvigorate the UFC.

Therefore, in such a harsh environment, the always strong Bai Dana had to change his previous tough style and was willing to make appropriate concessions in the negotiations with Xiang Yingying.

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On January 28, 2018, Xiang Yingying, Duan Rong, Tang Mu and a lawyer surnamed Liu from the cooperative law firm, a group of four, flew to Hong Kong to conduct the second round of negotiations with Dana White at the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong.

There are also a lot of people brought by Dana Bai this time, Ryan, the person in charge of the event arrangement, Walter, the technical director, and Ma Shengfu, the head of Asia, all attended the scene, plus two full-time lawyers, such a lineup can be said to be a hero who attaches great importance to the event.

This is the second meeting between Xiang Hero and Dana White, and after a brief greeting, the response is the first to get to the point. Directly put forward the question he was most concerned about: "Let's not talk about appearance fees, winning bonuses, etc., I just want to know now who will be the opponent in the first game if we can reach an agreement?" ”

As soon as this question came out, Dana Bai looked at Ryan, the person in charge of the event arrangement.

Ryan smiled when he saw this, and said directly: "Your opponent is Kelvin Gestrum. ”

Xiang Yingying was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who is this guy?" ”

This time it was Ryan's turn to be stunned, he didn't expect that Xiang Ying didn't even know about Kelvin Gestum, so he had to explain: "Gestran currently has a 13-2-1 record, with 5 knockouts and 4 submission wins. He's in great form since moving up to middleweight last year, racking up three straight victories, defeating former welterweight champions Jonny Hendricks, Tim Kennedy, and Brazilian legend Vito Belfort, as well as knockouts twice. He is currently ranked eleventh in the middleweight division. ”

At this time, Mitt looked at Ryan and grinned, and said: "Why don't you say that in the pre-game drug test against Belfort last March, Gestrum was found to have marijuana metabolites, so the game was changed to no result and was punished by a 90-day ban, so he also missed the game against Anderson Silva." ”

Ryan also smiled and said, "Gestrum is a very young lad, he is not yet twenty-six years old, and he has already paid the price for his mistakes, as far as I know, Xiang ......"

Ryan said that after looking at Xiang Yingying here, he continued: "It's also in their domestic ban period. ”

"Ugh!" Mitte was speechless for a moment.

Tang Mu was also depressed for a while, coughed lightly, picked up a bottle of mineral water on the table, opened it, and handed it to Mitte.

The meaning is very obvious, that is, you should shut up!

But what's even more speechless is Xiang Yingxing, that guy smokes marijuana and it's my! I just want to know now if this guy can fight.

So Xiang Yingying directly questioned: "Ranked eleventh, then his strength is not very good!" I don't want the game to be over before I sweat. ”

Bai Dana knew that Xiang Yingying was very confident, but they didn't expect Xiang Yingying to be so confident that he was directly crazy.

Technical Director Walter also coughed embarrassedly and explained: "Xiang! Gestromm's strength is still very good, mainly because you don't know him, he's American, he's 5.9 feet tall, weighs 184 pounds, has a 71-inch reach, has a ferocious style of play, good striking skills and ground skills, you just look at his knockout rate and submission rate, he ......"

"Wait a minute, a height of 5.9 feet, converted to centimeters is 1.8 meters, weight is 184 pounds, converted to kilograms is 83.4 kilograms, and the arm span is ...... Oh! The arm span is about the same as the height! Xiang Yingying interrupted Walt's words, and no one else took out his mobile phone from his pocket and started to convert directly, with words still in his mouth......

This scene made everyone at the scene dumbfounded, and Xiaote, who was drinking water, almost squirted out.

Tang Mu was also so embarrassed that he coughed repeatedly, and his head was full of black lines......

When Xiang Hero finished converting, he found that everyone was looking at him dumbfounded, but he didn't feel embarrassed, and said very confidently: "I'm not used to imperial units, so I converted it." I now know Gestromm's physical condition and I'm very serious about telling you that he won't be my opponent. ”

"Item! I need to remind you that kickboxing and unrestricted grappling are two completely different forms of fighting. Yes, you're very good at kickboxing, but you can't necessarily do the same in unrestricted grappling. We will arrange the most suitable opponent for you according to your strength, please trust our professionalism, Gestrum will be your most suitable opponent at the moment, and you will definitely be able to give the audience a wonderful duel. ”