Chapter 281: Media Coverage

The day after the tournament ended, Liverkick and CombatPress spoke highly of Xiang Hero's contest and quickly adjusted their rankings.

Xiang became the No. 9 fighter in the international MMA (mixed martial arts) middleweight division.

These two world-renowned authorities also give a convincing reason, that is, "who can beat three top 15 experts in the world in a row in just over five months, and all of them are two knockouts, one TKO, and two performance bonuses for the best fight of the night." ”

The official UFC rankings have also been adjusted, with Xiang Hero surpassing Bernson and Gestum to become the No. 8 fighter in the middleweight division, just behind Silva "The Spider" Silva. This is the first time that a Chinese fighter has entered the top 10 on the official UFC rankings, and it is also the best ranking of a Chinese fighter on the international mixed martial arts stage.

At the same time, the UFC official also spoke highly of Xiang Yingying's match, they believe that Xiang Yingying showed good tactical literacy in this game, although he was at an absolute disadvantage in wrestling technology and ground technology, but with his tenacious will and tight defense, Weidman was in vain, and completely suppressed Weidman on the feet, and finally won the game indisputably.

In addition to these specialist media, world-renowned sports media such as Sports Illustrated, FOX Sports, CBS Sports, BT Sport and ESM have also published specific reports.

What "Tenacious Fighter", "The Arrival of the Tyrant", "Supernova of Three Battles", "Terrifying Body Weapons", "Challenge from the Hero" and other bright and blind titles have earned the attention of readers.

The content of these media reports is actually much the same, basically giving high praise to Xiang Ying's performance in this game. Xiang Yingying is considered to be the most aggressive and lethal Chinese fighter to date, and is a strong contender for the UFC middleweight title.

Of course, some media outlets, such as the New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, American Express, etc., have severely condemned Xiang Hero for satirizing the audience in person, believing that Xiang Hero does not have the basic qualities that a professional athlete should have.

Although some of the audience's actions are indeed inappropriate, there is no need for you to fight back on the spot in such a radical way! If it causes confusion, it will be troublesome.

But whether it is positive or negative reports, Xiang Yingying's name once again occupies the front page position in the sports section of these media, so that more people know the existence of Xiang Yingying, a Chinese boxer.

Not only these mainstream newspapers, but also Dutch, Russian, Japanese and South Korean newspapers have also reprinted them, and although the Japanese and Korean media basically reprinted some negative comments about Xiang Yingying, the more this is the case, the more it proves that Xiang Yingying has beaten the Japanese and Korean martial arts circles into a psychological barrier.

wanted to take revenge, but after pulling and pulling, he found that among the active boxers in the same circle, there was no one who could be with Xiang Yingying, so the media in South Korea and Japan had to use this way to comfort the wounded hearts.

At the same time, the five masters who came to watch the game in person were also dug up by reporters.

Ronaldo "Crocodile" Sosa, who made a signature crocodile bite to the camera yesterday when he challenged Xiang Hero, said directly: "He made a very inappropriate statement on the spot, and even challenged us directly, which proves that he has been carried away by the victory, and it is time for him to sober up, and the middleweight competition is not as easy as he imagined." ”

And Luke Lockhold, who made a vicious throat-cutting motion directly at the camera, said directly disdainfully: "He thinks that defeating one Weidmann is invincible in the world, doesn't he know that several of the people he challenged have defeated Weidmann before?" ”

"I was disappointed with Weidmann's performance in yesterday's fight, and the fact that he had won the fight after four leg takedowns only proved that he had been crushed by defeat. I don't mind a fight with this arrogant Chinese fighter, and I'm going to teach him a good lesson about what true mixed martial arts is. ”

Forced by the media, interim champion Robert "Five Star" Vitekel also said: "He is not qualified to challenge me now, if one day he can really stand in front of me, I will destroy him on his most confident standing." ”

"The Spider" Silva did not escape the fate of being surrounded by the media, saying: "Xiang Yingying is the most promising young fighter I have ever met, he is young, he has good stamina, he has good fighting ability and good willpower, but his ground skills are just too poor. If one day he can improve his ground game to the same level as his striking skills, he can really make a shot at the middleweight title.

Of course, Yul Romero, the god warrior in the same training camp as Xiang Hero, was also forced to speak by the media, "The hero is a very strong young fighter, and although he encountered some difficulties in yesterday's fight, he still won the match without dispute. But he's inexperienced and not very well-rounded, so if I meet him yesterday, the winner will be Yuel Romero! However, if the hero can fight the guy Bisping in the next game, the hero will definitely be able to kick that guy in the jaw. ”

There were also some media reporters who found Michael Bispin "The Earl" because almost all the top fighters in the UFC middleweight division arrived on the scene that day, and Michael Bispin was missing.

Michael Bispin dismissively said, "Yes! I didn't go live, it was just a normal middleweight match, I don't know what they were running for! I don't have that to spare. As for the Chinese fighter Xiang Hero you mentioned, I once said that he would ask me when he got the number one challenge. Oh! I heard that he became a teammate of the Cuban who loves steroids, and I hope he doesn't get caught up in this bad disease. Michael Bispin said, and at the end he didn't forget to disgust Romero.

Of course, in addition to the above reports, those technical commentators have also conducted detailed technical analysis on Twitter.

Some criticized Weidman, saying that he didn't grasp the opportunity at all, and that he didn't kill Xiang Ying after suppressing it for so long, which was simply too much of a failure.

Some also criticized Xiang Yingying, saying that his wrestling and ground skills are simply too rough, and if he meets a top five fighter, he will definitely have fun, and they are not wasting opportunities like Weidman.

Weidemann, who was lying in the hospital, wanted to cry without tears after seeing these reports, you guys who can only talk about it, you should have personally fought with that perverted Xiang hero.