Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 647 - What's going on

By the way, Eddie Alvarez and Nate Diaz are also depressed enough.

It was clearly the last challenge between the two of them for the lightweight championship belt.

As a result, Chen Yu and Connor stole the limelight, causing the original protagonist to instantly become a poor boy who was ignored by everyone.

The saddest thing is that they don’t have the courage to complain because they have been severely beaten by Chen Yu and Connor in the octagon cage.

Connor gained weight and entered the middleweight division because he was unable to defeat Chen Yu. Nate was afraid of Chen Yu and Connor, so he followed his coach's advice and imitated McGregor.

At present, Nate Diaz only needs to pay attention to Conor in the middleweight division. Although he is the perennial runner-up, he is stable enough. It is better than returning to the lightweight division and being beaten by Chen Yu.

It must be said that during the three years and four days when Nate was bullied by his best fighting friends, he did learn a lot of practical skills and also developed a big heart.

When Nate learned that Chen Yu was about to retire at the end of last year, he decided to return to the lightweight division to fight for his dream of winning the gold belt.

On the other hand, Eddie Alvarez has been training himself at lightweight.

This American veteran, who was born in 1984, has been defeated by Chen Yu three times, and each time he failed to make it past the third round.

Eddie wanted to win the lightweight championship belt and then retire or move up to middleweight. The departure of the absolute king and a legend has left the lightweight division with no more challenges.

If we discuss only from the technical and tactical aspects, Eddie Alvarez is 100% stronger than Nate. Unfortunately, Eddie's physical strength and endurance are two obvious shortcomings.

In early 2013, Connor, who was in poor form, used guerrilla tactics to wear down Eddie, making the latter ashamed.

But it did not affect his off-court friendship and personal relationship with Chen Yu and Connor. The veteran would go to Houston and Dublin to train with Chen Yu and Connor for three weeks every year.

In an interview with Sky Sports, Chen Yu believed that Eddie had a high chance of winning and the match could end within three rounds, and that Nate's stand-up fighting style had not improved in recent years.

Although Connor is also optimistic about Eddie, he emphasizes that Nate is no rookie.

Nate, whose standing fighting style is lackluster and uncreative, has good ground skills.

Once Eddie is entangled by Nate, his physical strength and endurance will inevitably be consumed faster, and perhaps Nate can use this to steal the victory.

If someone else dared to comment on him like this, Nate would have rushed to the stage and shoved the microphone into his (her) anus! Let him (her) feel the price of speaking without restraint.

Unfortunately, after Nate secretly glanced at Chen Yu and Connor who were chatting about this and that in the commentary booth, he went back to the field and took the noise-canceling headphones from his sparring partner.

Eddie Alvarez, who was jogging around the octagon to warm up, could not hide his excitement. He pounded his chest and punched Conor while shouting battle slogans.

After getting the approval of Chen Yu and Connor, Eddie felt that he had a better chance of winning.

At this moment, a Chinese girl was timidly approaching the commentary booth, holding a pink envelope tightly in her hands. The security guard in the backstage saw that she had a first-row ticket badge and smiled innocently.

Chen Yu just took a look at the name tag and knew she was the lucky fan of Dilraba Dilmurat. The girl has a very quiet temperament and seems to be a top student and a good girl at home.

Chen Yu glanced at the camera, then took the envelope with both hands and slowly placed it on the table.

"I'm sorry, my Chinese characters are terrible. If you mind I can switch to English."

Chen Yu tilted his head towards the obviously nervous young lady in front of him, who kept shaking her head and waving her hands but said nothing. Seeing this, Connor turned away from the camera and smiled secretly.

Chen Yu tapped the pink letter with the pen cap, wondering whether to throw it away after finishing work, in case it contained revealing photos or private USB drives that would be difficult to explain.

"Can you bring it to the boss?"

The young lady's face was full of expectation and shyness, while Chen Yu was confused. Who is the boss? What is Dilraba's new nickname? Is there something wrong with this young lady's sexual orientation?
Chen Yu coughed lightly and immediately used a pen to quietly push the pink letter outward.

The young lady pursed her lips and whispered that she was a die-hard fan of Zhang Ruoyun. Of course, she also liked Dilireba and Chen Yu, but she was hesitant when she said Chen Yu's name. "No problem, just leave it here."

Chen Yu used the pen cap to slowly slide the pink letter back to his left hand.

Then he asked the young lady if she wanted to take a photo with him or Connor.

The young lady shook her head and waved her hands again, then turned around and jumped away. She did not return to her seat but left directly, and threw her name badge into the trash can.

This match was broadcast live around the world and even China could watch it simultaneously. All the actions of this young lady just now were presented to the world's fighting fans.

Connor tapped the commentary booth with a complicated expression; Chen Yu raised his eyebrows, not knowing how to help the young lady smooth things over.

Connor stretched his neck to glance at the front row of seats and was about to say the word "ban" when Chen Yu interrupted him with a pause gesture.

She has no interest in fighting and boxing, so what if they ban it? She won't pay to watch these two sports anyway.

Prior to this, Chen Yu and Connor were fined and banned by FIFA for inciting and leading Irish fans to attack Russian fans in the stadium in Dublin.

As a result, they were unable to go to the stadium to watch all the games between the two teams for three years.

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The Russian federal government also put the good friends on the entry blacklist.

Don't even think about coming to Russia before 2023, including Russian embassies and consulates in various countries.

The 21st World Cup will open in June and the host country will be Russia, so Chen Yu and Connor can only watch on TV.

Originally, the Irish state-owned television station invited Connor to be a guest commentator, but the contract fell through due to the ban.

This kind of ban or punishment has practical significance and is painful to the skin.

Of course, this little episode did not affect the game.

It just makes the global fighting and boxing circles realize once again that China is a desert for these two bloody competitive sports.

To date, nearly 40% of the powerful directors within the four major boxing organizations and the Ultimate Fighting Championship have explicitly opposed continuing to maintain and develop the Chinese market.

Everyone's input and output are not proportional at all, and the Huaxia District has been making losses for years.

Even though the Ultimate Fighting Championship had Chen Yu, it could only barely make ends meet. It had a total loss of more than three million US dollars in five years, and 90% of its joint development projects were aborted halfway.

Today, the Ultimate Fighting Championship only sells the broadcasting rights for its events to China and temporarily suspends cooperation in other areas.

In fact, Dana White has always wanted to learn from former NBA Commissioner David Stern, and use his eloquence and the superstar Chen Yu to knock on the door of the Chinese market in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, the Chinese people are no longer what they used to be, and Dana White is doomed to fail.

In addition, the complicated dispute between Chen Yu and the General Administration of Sports is not conducive to the penetration of professional fighting through official channels.

So even though Dana White is unwilling to give up, he has to take action to cut his losses. He thinks that after Chen Yu retires, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will completely withdraw from the Chinese market and return to Europe and the United States.

As for the two cramped places of Japan and South Korea, Dana White looks down on them.

Today, the most lucrative division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship is the lightweight division.

Unfortunately, the lightweight seedlings of Japan and South Korea had long been eradicated by Chen Yu, and now the two countries have no talent reserves at all.

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