I will practice more in the United States

Chapter 197 The game begins

In the end, only Julie, Li Ang's deskmate, wanted to go to watch Li Ang's game in person.

Although most of the classmates were surprised that Li Ang dropped out of school to make a living and actually became a professional player, they could say "awesome" and cheer him on, but most of them couldn't actually spend real money to support him in person.

Moreover, most students actually don’t know much about the ticket prices for UFC matches.

You should know that the subscription fee for an online viewing is $99, and offline tickets start at a few hundred dollars, which is much more expensive than the concert tickets of ordinary stars.

If it is a game involving some star players, it is normal for the ticket price to be driven up to thousands of dollars.

Moreover, the internal tickets that Li Ang got had good seats and were very expensive. By the time these classmates found out the real prices of these tickets, it was too late to regret.

After the news spread, two classmates from outside the school actually found Charles.

Charles also knew the man on the left who was very lean and in sportswear. He was the former president of the school's boxing club, Brent, who was also the assistant coach of the school's boxing team. He had seen him in a boxing gym when he was defeating several school bullies.

As for the other one, Charles had some impression of him but couldn't remember his specific name until he finished introducing himself. Then he remembered that this was John, the man who competed with Leon for the championship in the inter-school boxing match. It was said that after the match, Leon served as his sparring partner for a period of time.

After knowing that they were also Li Ang's friends, their arrival was just the right time to distribute all the tickets in his hand.

Although they both practice boxing, they naturally watch mixed martial arts.

What they didn't expect was that not long ago, Li Ang was only showing off his prowess in the inter-school boxing ring, but not long after, Li Ang actually signed a contract as a UFC professional player.

Time soon came to the day of the competition, and the venue, which could accommodate more than 10,000 people, was bustling with activity.

Javier and his two aunts, as well as their best friend Gwen and others, all came to the scene. Before leaving, Leon had already informed them about his debut.

Many people from the Chinese Wushu Association also came. After all, he was participating in the competition, but he was the honorary chairman of their association, so he had to come and support him no matter what.

This match even attracted many famous UFC players to watch. Of course, most of them came to see "Roar" Manolo Drake and did not have too many expectations for Leon.

Danica Hoffman was dragged by her boyfriend into the competition venue. From her expression, it was not difficult to see that she had no interest in this fighting competition at all.

"Okay, Anxin, stay with me until the end of the game, and then we'll go shopping at the mall."

Her boyfriend touched her head and said.

Danica Hoffman, who had been walking in carelessly, suddenly stopped after seeing the poster on the wall.

"Why do I feel like this contestant looks familiar? I seem to have seen him somewhere before."

Her boyfriend's eyes flashed with anger, and he said in a low voice:

"I've said before that I want to watch the UFC match. I finally got the tickets this time. I've told you several times. Could it be that you never really read the messages I sent you before? Otherwise, why are you only paying attention to the looks of the players now?"

Danica Hoffman looked a little embarrassed, but she quickly retorted more forcefully:
"What's your attitude when you talk to me? Don't you love me anymore?"

The trick she learned in China, "You talk to me about reason and I'll talk to you about attitude," really worked. Her boyfriend immediately started to coax her and said he would take her to an expensive restaurant in the evening to make up for it.

The two of them quickly passed over this little episode.

It wasn't until Danica Hoffman sat down and looked forward that she saw a familiar figure.

"Isn't this my roommate, Katina?"

At this time, she finally remembered why the man on the poster looked so familiar. It turned out to be Katina's boyfriend whom she saw at the classroom door last time.

When she told her boyfriend the news, he was so excited that he almost jumped out of his seat.

"This Chinese contestant is actually my roommate's boyfriend?"

Even though he did not come to support this Chinese player, he still had a strong urge to ask him for an autograph.

"What kind of professional player is this? Is he very good?"

Danica Hoffman asked with some confusion, looking at her boyfriend, who looked even more excited than seeing her wearing sexy lingerie.

"How should I put it? Among professional players, Li Ang is definitely not very good. I even think he should be considered one of the weaker ones. But that's compared to professional players. If compared to ordinary people like us, he is definitely not on the same level. After all, it's no problem for him to earn tens of thousands of dollars per game."

My boyfriend explained seriously.

"Tens of thousands of dollars? Just for one game?"

Danica Hoffman has no concept of anything else, but she has a lot of money.

When I heard this number, my jealousy was almost beyond words.

She wants her roommate to find a boyfriend, but she doesn't want her to find a boyfriend better than her own.

Now it seems that whether it is appearance, figure, ability or wealth, Li Ang almost crushes her boyfriend in all aspects, and her boyfriend even wants him for an autograph.

The more Danica Hoffman thought about it, the angrier she got.

When her boyfriend saw that she was angry, he wanted to comfort her, but the arrival of a contestant in the audience made him forget about the matter immediately.

Alex Pereira, the current UFC light heavyweight champion, did not expect that this match between newcomers would attract him as well, and the audience on the sidelines became excited.

Soon, even Danica Hoffman forgot to be angry, because she knew the person who came over.

Dwayne Johnson, although not a UFC fighter, his popularity is definitely top-notch. As a movie star, his fame in this scene is definitely the highest. There are even many people who think that just seeing him is worth half of the ticket price for this match.

The reason why Dwayne Johnson came to watch the game today was naturally for Li Ang.

He also didn't expect that the candidate he casually recommended at the beginning actually achieved so many results and has now become a UFC professional player.

However, as an industry insider, he is still not optimistic about Li Ang's debut in today's game.

Logically speaking, Li Ang should not be assigned such a strong opponent in his first match. However, since this result has already happened, he also hopes that Li Ang can show his characteristics on the stage. Even if he cannot win the game in the end, he must win more popularity.

The income of a professional player actually depends more on his popularity. Of course, most players' popularity is earned through their performance, but there are also some players who, although they don't have very impressive performance, can also be loved by many audiences with their own characteristics. "Don't be nervous, just follow the tactics I tell you."

Li Ang's coach massaged Li Ang's shoulders to help him relax and comforted him.

Li Ang nodded slightly. His current emotion was more like excitement than nervousness.

Although he has participated in many competitions, this is the first time he has participated in a large-scale competition like this one that even he is familiar with. Maybe in the next competitions, he will meet some star players.

Tariq Moriarty is still very optimistic about this newcomer. Of course, he is not optimistic about his winning rate in this game, but he is optimistic about his potential.

Some simple physical fitness tests before the game, including strength and reaction, can only say that the data are very exaggerated, which many heavyweight players he has seen could not achieve.

His biggest shortcoming is that the various fighting techniques he mastered are too crude. Although his boxing skills are acceptable, they are very average in the UFC competition where there are so many top players.

When asked what fighting technique Li Ang is best at, he actually said it was Chinese Kung Fu, which stunned Tariq Moriarty. Even if you said it was Sanda, he could accept it a little, but unfortunately it was not, just traditional martial arts.

As for jiu-jitsu and wrestling, he had never learned them at all, and these situations really made him feel overwhelmed.

However, in the long run, Li Ang has such a terrifying physical fitness, and his skills can be honed slowly, and he will always have the opportunity to shine in the future.

And for his opponent, Manolo Drake, the match was not so easy.

The main thing was that before the game, a senior executive of the company actually found him and said that he could not use ground techniques in the next game because the newcomer he was facing had never learned it.

Although he was confident that he could defeat his opponent with just his standing technique, he still felt ashamed of the opponent's backdoor behavior and thought the company was too biased.

After all, this doesn't make sense. If you are not good at a skill, you should practice it diligently. If you don't practice it well, you deserve to be targeted.

Like himself, his ground techniques are not very good, but he never said not to let others use ground techniques. He can only try to resolve the fight in the standing phase and not be dragged into the ground phase.

Therefore, before the game started, this fighter with a very impressive record had already decided that he would teach the newcomer a good lesson in the octagon.

With the entry of the two players, the entire stadium gradually became quiet.

After the host's extremely passionate opening, the competition officially began.

Just like the competition that Li Ang participated in before, although the two were in the same weight class, due to their body density, from the outside, their body sizes differed by more than two weight classes.

Not to mention, Manolo Drake had spent a lot of effort to lose more than ten kilograms during the pre-match weigh-in, and then restored his weight before the match. Now his actual weight is more than thirty kilograms higher than Li Ang.

As one grows, the other shrinks, and the size difference becomes more obvious.

"Are you ready for your first real battle? Little one, I'm sure you'll remember it fondly."

Manolo Drake put on a fierce expression and said to Leon.

Li Ang just responded calmly:
"In the same words, I will return it to you intact."

At the beginning of the game, Li Ang did not take the initiative to attack. As it was his first battle, Li Ang still wanted to learn something from it. After all, it was not easy to find a player of this level to practice with him.

In addition, this is his debut, so naturally he wants the match to be as exciting as possible. Although it would be explosive enough to knock out the opponent with one punch, it might not be satisfactory to the audience, and his opponent might even be accused of match-fixing.

Although the Ultimate Fighting Championship is a competitive sport, it also needs to be entertaining.

Manolo Drake also launched a tentative attack on Le Ang first. After all, this was Le Ang's first battle, and he didn't know how strong his opponent was. If he was too weak, he would even consider slowing down his attack rhythm.

"Wow, that's a great jab, it's fast enough, but our player Li Ang reacted very quickly and dodged it directly."

The commentator's voice was very passionate, and even a simple test made his blood boil.

Next, Manolo Drake tried to use his feet, elbows and even knees, but Leon dodged them easily.

Manolo Drake moved nimbly around Leon, while Leon hardly moved at all, only dodging when the opponent attacked.

In his opinion, this was simply a mockery of himself. After figuring out some of Le Ang's strength, Manolo Drake no longer held back and rushed forward directly, wanting to chase Le Ang and beat him to see how he could hide in this situation.

If you keep running, the referee will deduct points for passive fighting.

As he approached, Leon finally moved, delivering a beautiful kick straight to his opponent's shoulder.

Manolo Drake had no intention of dodge. He needed to know how strong his opponent was, and in his opinion, the power of Leon's kick was not great.

So while he was using one arm to resist, he also used the other arm to attack Leon's head.

"Snapped!"

Although both men were attacking, only one voice was heard.

It turned out that it was Leon's leg that suddenly accelerated in mid-air and kicked the triceps of his left arm before the opponent's fist arrived.

This position is where he believes his defense is relatively strong, and it is also the reason why he dares to take on Leon's attack.

But when Leon's leg kicked him, he realized that he had underestimated Leon's strength.

This kick made him stagger, and the original attacking punch just brushed past his body due to the change in his body's center of gravity.

What Li Ang showed was certainly not his full strength, but only the strength he displayed during the pre-match test.

He is quite interested in mixed martial arts techniques, such as Muay Thai, karate, jiu-jitsu, boxing, wrestling, kickboxing and other fighting events. If he relies solely on physical fitness to overwhelm others, it will not only not help his skill development, but also lose a lot of fun.

He was able to control even his reaction speed after his body evolved into a second-level life form.

But there was really no way he could resist being hit; he couldn't pretend to be injured on purpose.

Li Ang's kick completely aroused Manolo Drake's fighting spirit. He was very embarrassed that the newcomer took the lead.

(End of this chapter)