Friday, January 16, 2015

KFL: Friday Night Fights (January 16, 2015)

The opening night of the 2015 KFL season had tons of fireworks and lots of surprises! Coming off a 2014 that included just one lonely win, zebraska has already matched that total with a narrow victory over subzero776! After spending much of the latter half of 2014 with The Horde, dibula teamed with UlcaTron in a successful Duo debut! In the third bout, a pair of 8-win fighters squared off, with kentei290 delivering a solid performance in a win over DarknessDragon!

The next fight, between rick911 and coltess, was originally seen as a warm-up for coltess as he attempts to build on an eventful 2014. Nobody sent that memo to rick991, who absorbed a weak attack from coltess and delivered a slightly stronger one to win a match that failed to impress. It'll be interesting to see what happens for these guys next.

Forever the dark horse, DeathScepter began his 2015 season with a win over one of the surprise competitors of 2014, Chryo_Spyder! A solid +2 impact won the day for the shadowy fighter, and he appeared eager to ascend to new heights in the near future!

I think the result in match six was very telling of the direction these two fighters are headed in. In 2014, nightbreed_16 took a lot of lumps, to the tune of a 6-16 overall record, but recent time spent hitting the bricks has the former contender on the upswing! Teaming with Asesino towards the end of last year seems to have helped that development as well. As for legoslayer10, what was supposed to be a big 2014 turned sour in a hurry as he too finished with a losing record, and it was more of the same in this match. I don't know how to evaluate him at this point, but he'll need to be fed some bottom feeders if he hopes to make a comeback.

With blacksaibot suspended and MINION largely ineffective for most of 2014, it appears as though their respective partners, MKRocket and redman, will be flying solo for the time being. Perfect opportunity for them to clash, and I think the result was the expected one. MKRocket could be a sleeper in 2015. He's got good things ahead of him.

NovaStarr looked strong against a very game Onimike. I like these two this year. Once the championship is away from the super heavyweights, I think they can both earn their way into championship matches.

BMK & Onryo made it look like old times against 2014's top team, Jerrod & Killswitch! They certainly didn't make it look easy, as the victory was ever so slim, but the result served as a reminder to The Great Arena that they are more than capable of being the top dogs once again!

VenoMark and Ghostdragon both made statements on Friday night, taking down decorated former champions in CTR and TNR, respectively! Could we be seeing them clash for the #1 contender spot next week? Stay tuned!

Down goes TPB! I did not expect this result, but after a moribund 2014 Genku pulled what has to be considered a massive upset! As the newly crowned KFL Champion, Genku will have no shortage of fighters waiting to take him out! Who will he take on first?

Kombat Fight League - Friday Night Fights: Week 1 (January 16, 2015):
1. zebraska d. subzero776 [+1]
2. UlcaTron & dibula d. hydraslash & Methuselah6463 [+1]
3. kentei290 d. DarknessDragon [+1]
4. rick991 d. coltess [+1]
5. DeathScepter d. Chryo_Spyder [+2]
6. nightbreed_16 d. legoslayer10 [+1]
7. MKR d. redman [+1]
8. NovaStarr d. Onimike [+1]
9. Baraka_MK & Onryo d. Jerrod & Killswitch [+1]
10. VenoMark d. CaTigeReptile [+1]
11. Ghostdragon d. Knickxasawrrrr [+3]
12. Genku has challenged and defeated The_Purple_Bunny (c)! [+1] [KFL Championship]

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