I practiced in the United States

In the end, only Julie, Li Ang's deskmate, wanted to watch Li Ang's match.

Most of the students were surprised that Li Ang had dropped out of school to make a living and actually became a professional player. However, they could cheer him up, but they couldn't really support him with real money.

In addition, most of the students didn't know much about the ticket prices for UFC matches.

You know, the subscription fee for an online match was $99, and the offline tickets started at a few hundred yuan, which was much more expensive than the concert tickets of ordinary stars.

If it was a match of some celebrity players, it was normal for the ticket price to be hyped up to thousands of dollars.

Moreover, the internal tickets that Li Ang got were all in good positions and the prices were not cheap. When these students knew the real prices of these tickets, it was too late to regret.

After the news spread, two students from outside the school actually found Xiaer.

The man on the left, who was extremely lean and wearing sportswear, was also known to Charles. He was the former president of the school boxing club, Brent, and now the assistant coach of the school boxing team. He had seen him in a boxing gym when he defeated several school bullies.

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

After knowing that they were also Li Ang's friends, the arrival of the two happened to divide the tickets in his hand.

Although the two of them practiced boxing, they naturally watched mixed martial arts.

But what they didn't expect was that not long ago, Li Ang was only showing his prowess in the inter-school boxing ring. How long has it been since then, Li Ang has signed a contract with UFC professional players.

Time soon came to the day of the game, and the venue that could accommodate more than 10,000 people was very lively.

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

Including people from the Chinese Wushu Association, many came. After all, they participated in the competition, but they were the honorary chairman of their association, so they had to come to support them anyway.

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

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

"Okay, Anxin, accompany me to watch the game, and then we will go shopping in 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 that this player seems familiar? I seem to have seen him somewhere."

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

"I have said before that I want to watch the UFC game. This time I finally got the ticket. I have told you several times. Could it be that you have never read the message I sent you seriously before? Otherwise, why did you pay attention to the appearance of the player now?"

Danica Hoffman's face was a little embarrassed, but she quickly retorted more strongly:

"What is your attitude when talking to me? Do you not love me anymore?"

This trick she learned in China, "You talk to me about reason, I talk to you about attitude", really worked, and immediately made her boyfriend start to coax her, saying that he would take her to an expensive restaurant in the evening to make up for it.

The two of them quickly skipped this little episode.

Until Danica Hoffman sat down in her seat and looked forward, she found a familiar figure.

"Isn't this my roommate, Katina?"

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

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

"This Chinese player is actually the boyfriend of my roommate?"

Even though he didn't come to support this Chinese player, he had a strong urge to ask him for an autograph.

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

Danica Hoffman looked at her boyfriend and was more excited than seeing herself wearing sexy underwear. She asked with some doubts.

"What should I say? Among professional players, Li Ang is definitely not very good. I even feel that he should be considered one of the weaker ones. But that is compared with professional players. If compared with ordinary people like us, it is definitely not on the same level. No matter what, it is no problem to earn tens of thousands of dollars in a game."

The boyfriend explained seriously.

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

Danica Hoffman has no idea about other things, but she knows a lot about money.

When she heard this number, she was so jealous that she almost couldn't express it in words.

She hoped her roommate would find a boyfriend, but she didn't want her to find a boyfriend better than hers.

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 to ask him for an autograph.

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

Her boyfriend saw that she was angry and was going to coax her, but the arrival of a player in the audience immediately made him forget about it.

Alex Pereira, the current UFC light heavyweight champion, did not expect that this newcomer's match would attract him, and the audience on the sidelines were boiling with excitement.

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

Although Dwayne Johnson is not a UFC player, his popularity is definitely top-notch. As a movie star, his popularity at this scene is definitely the highest. Many people even 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 is naturally for Li Ang.

He did not 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 insider, he is still not optimistic about Li Ang's debut in today's game.

Logically speaking, Li Ang's first game should not be arranged with such a strong opponent, but since it has become this result, he also hopes that Li Ang can show his characteristics on the stage later. Even if he can't win the game in the end, he must strive for more popularity.

The income of a professional player actually depends more on his popularity. Of course, the popularity of most players is also earned by their performance, but there are also some players who, although they don't have very impressive results, can also rely on their own characteristics to get the love of many audiences.

"Don't be nervous, just follow the tactics I told you."

Li Ang's coach helped Li Ang to relax his shoulders and comforted him.

Li Ang nodded gently. His current mood is more excited than nervous.

Although he has participated in many competitions, this is the first time for him to participate in such a large-scale competition that he is familiar with. Maybe he will meet some star players in the next competition.

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, and many heavyweight players he has seen cannot reach them.

The biggest shortcoming is that the various fighting techniques he has mastered are too rough. Although boxing is acceptable, it is very average in the UFC competition where there are many masters.

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 Sanda, he could accept it a little, but unfortunately it was not, it was traditional martial arts.

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

However, in the long run, Li Ang has such a terrifying physical quality, and his skills can be slowly honed, and there will always be opportunities for him to shine in the future.

For his opponent, Manolo Drake, this game is not so easy.

The main reason is that before the game, a senior executive of the company found him and said that he could not use ground skills in the next game because the newcomer he faced had never learned it.

Although he was confident that he could defeat his opponent with just standing skills, he still felt ashamed of the other party's backdoor behavior and felt that the company was too partial.

After all, there is no such reason. If you are not good at the skills, you should practice diligently. If you don't practice well, you deserve to be targeted.

Like himself, the ground skills are not very good, but he never said that he would not let others use ground skills. He could only try to solve the battle in the standing stage and not be dragged into the ground stage.

Therefore, before the game started, this player with a very proud record had decided that he must teach the newcomer a good lesson in the octagonal cage.

With the entry of the two players, the entire arena gradually quieted down.

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

Like the previous competitions that Li Ang participated in, although the two weighed in the same weight class, due to the body density, from the appearance, the size difference was more than two weight classes.

Not to mention, Manolo Drake had spent a lot of effort to lose more than ten kilograms when weighing before the game, and then recovered his weight before the game. Now his actual weight is more than thirty kilograms higher than Li Ang.

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

"Are you ready for your first real battle? Little guy, I believe you will remember it deeply."

Manolo Drake put on a fierce expression and said to Li Ang.

And Li Ang just responded calmly:

"The same words, I will give it back to you intact."

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

In addition, this is his first show, so naturally he wants to make this match as exciting as possible. Although it is explosive enough to defeat the opponent with one punch, it may not be satisfactory to the audience, and his opponent may even be accused of match-fixing.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is a competitive sport, but it also needs to take into account the viewing experience.

Manolo Drake also made a tentative attack on Li Ang first. After all, this is Li Ang's first fight, and he doesn't know how strong his opponent is. If he is too weak, he will even consider slowing down his attack rhythm.

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

The commentator's voice is very passionate, even a simple test, he said it with blood boiling.

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

Manolo Drake swayed around Leon with flexible steps, while Leon hardly moved and only dodged when the opponent attacked.

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

If he kept running, the referee would also deduct points for passive fighting.

As he approached, Leon finally moved, with a beautiful kick, directly to the opponent's shoulder.

Manolo Drake did not intend to dodge, he needed to know the opponent's strength, and in his opinion, Leon's kick was not very powerful.

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

"Pop!"

Although both of them were attacking, only one sound appeared.

It turned out that it was Li Ang'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 also where he thinks he has a strong defense, and it is also the confidence that he dares to take Li Ang's attack.

But when Li Ang's leg kicked him, he realized that he had underestimated Li Ang's strength too much.

This kick directly kicked him and staggered his whole body. The original attacking punch also directly brushed past his body because of the change in the center of gravity of his body.

Of course, what Li Ang showed was not his full strength, but only the strength he showed during the pre-match test.

For these techniques of mixed martial arts, such as Muay Thai, karate, jiu-jitsu, boxing, wrestling, kickboxing and other fighting events, he is still quite interested. If he relies purely on physical fitness to suppress others, it will not only not help his skills, but also lose a lot of fun.

Even the reaction speed, after his body evolved to a second-order life form, he can control it.

But there is really no way to resist the blow. He can't pretend to be injured deliberately.

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