Chapter 369: Today's Heroes, Tomorrow's Champions!
Tang Mu, Xu Yiming, Liu Qinglin and others were a little drunk, and began to recall the development history of the entire Chinese fighting industry.
Xiang Yingying did not interrupt them, but very patiently listened to the voices of these first-generation professional sanda athletes in China and felt their feelings.
It has to be said that they may not have the best skills in this first-generation sanda sport, but they have a strong will and lofty goals that the current young fighters cannot match.
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The next day, Liverkick, CombatPress, and Xiang Hero gave a very good evaluation of the match, and quickly adjusted the rankings, allowing Xiang to beat Yul Romero "God Warrior" Romero to become the third ranked fighter in the MMA middleweight division.
These two world-renowned authoritative websites also gave a convincing reason, that is, "in one year, five wins, three knockouts, one TKO, one submission, two best knockouts of the night, one best submission of the night." ”
The official UFC rankings have also been adjusted, and Xiang Hero has also surpassed Romero to rank third in the middleweight division.
At the same time, the UFC official also did not hesitate to praise Xiang Hero for this match. They felt that Xiang Hero showed good tactical acumen in this match, did not give Ronaldo Sousa too many chances, and won the match with an unexpected "guillotine".
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 "When the Tyrant Plugs in His Wings", "Strangling the Crocodile", "Cosmic Supernova with Five Battles and Five Victories", "Who Can Stop the Hero's Footsteps" and other dazzling 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 a strong contender for the UFC middleweight title.
Of course, there are also some media, such as the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, American Express, etc., who have repeatedly ridiculed the audience in front of Xiang Hero and expressed severe condemnation, 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.
In fact, many media reporters have become accustomed to the provocation between Xiang Hero and the audience, and they are too lazy to hype up this relatively old topic. Because everyone doesn't seem to care much about this topic, the parties don't care, the fans don't care, and even some media don't care.
And now the biggest catch their eye is the "Twitter" of Mike Weunculon, a famous MMA percussion coach from Jackson Weinculone.
Xiang Yingying is a Chinese fighter with very good striking skills, and his five-game winning streak has produced the best result for a Chinese in the MMA ring. But there are still some gaps with Jon Jones "The Bones". And what surprised me the most about this fight was not his guillotine submission of the crocodile, but the high-frequency and rapid attacks in the opening two minutes.
It's hard to imagine what kind of mentality Xiang Yingying, or his coaching team, actually arranged such a reckless attack in the opening arrangement.
It can be said that the reason why Xiang Yingying was able to win this game was entirely because of this very unreasonable offensive method, which greatly disrupted the offensive and defensive rhythm of the crocodile.
There was a hiccup in the first round, as Xiang slipped and fell on the octagon's bloodstain and nearly submitted to Ronaldo Sosa's armbar. And I think the most important reason for this fall is that Xiang Yingying's physical strength has problems, but Ronaldo Sosa did not seize this opportunity, but was hit hard by Xiang Yingying with GNP (ground punch) after escaping, resulting in a cracked forehead and a large amount of blood seriously affecting his vision.
Fortunately, the first round was just over, otherwise Ronaldo Sousa was estimated to have been knocked out at that time. After the start of the second round, Xiang Ying's striking skills dominated the match, and the battered Ronaldo Sousa had no chance, and as a last resort, forced a dive and takedown, only to be caught by Xiang Yingying, ending the match with a guillotine.
In other words, Xiang Yingying took Ronaldo Sosa by surprise with an unreasonable opening tactic and won the game.
Xiang Yingying once said that the opponent he most wanted to challenge was Jon Jones "The Bone", so with his current skill level, he couldn't hold out for two rounds under Jon Jones.
As soon as this "Twitter" came out, major media outlets reprinted it, thinking that Mike Weinculon had analyzed it very well.
Immediately afterwards, "Big Minotaur" Nogueira also stood up and said that Xiang Ying's extremely unreasonable high-frequency onslaught at the beginning did disrupt Ronaldo Sosa's offensive and defensive rhythm to a certain extent, resulting in a change in mentality.
But Xiang Ying's strength is indeed beyond doubt, especially at the end of the first round, from defense to offense, cracking the arm arm, the action is very skillful and beautiful, and it is definitely after long-term hard training.
And it is not difficult to see from this action that Xiang Yingxing's physical flexibility is very good, and his core strength is very strong.
As for the final submission, Nogueira said that Ronaldo Sosa at that time was indeed suppressed by Xiang Ying's frontal attack and could collapse at any time, so he forcibly dived and fell, so Xiang Ying seized the opportunity to submit successfully.
And at the end of the "Twitter", Nogueira also said that Xiang Hero's striking skills are no worse than Jon Jones "The Bones" if the two of them really have a chance to fight. Nogueira believes that the strength of the two is equal, mainly depending on the on-the-spot performance and tactical formulation.
Compared with Mike Weinculon's view, Nogueila's point of view is more pertinent, he not only points out the irrationality of Xiang Ying's opening tactics, but also fully recognizes Xiang Ying's strength.
In other words, Xiang Yingying is a very strong fighter, but the main reason why Ronaldo Sousa failed was because Xiang Yingying's unreasonable opening attack caused him to be impatient and unbalanced.
Regarding the coaches' doubts about Xiang Yingying's opening tactics, Luo An wanted to cry without tears, and he didn't give Xiang Yingying a good face for several days.
Xiang Yingying also knows that he is at a loss, and he thinks too much about Ronaldo Sosa's tenacity, or too strong about his striking strength.
Just when the media was expressing their opinions and discussing enthusiastically, there was a signed report that attracted everyone's attention.
The title of this article is "Today's Heroes, Tomorrow's Champions!" 》