KFL: Friday Night Fights (January 23, 2015)

The opening trio of matches had little fanfare to them; not much was known about the prospects of the fighters this year. The fans in The Great Arena were left with more questions than answers after three close fights! Methuselah6463 prevented zebraska from making it two in a row to start 2015, while DarknessDragon and irulegames1234 also entered the win column for the first time.

I like this win for jack4813. It was the right opponent for him to start 2015 on the right foot. After his struggles last season, it became evident that jack's aspirations will have to be brought along more slowly this time around.

Easy come, easy go. After winning their debut match this week, UlcaTron & dibula were defeated by Unknown265 & mwgrant0, who parlayed some early 2014 victories into a benchmark campaign. Good to see them continue their success.

Both Philip94 and nightbreed_16 could be seen as darkhorse contenders in 2015, and they certainly showed flashes of their potential in respective victories this past Friday. Both fighters appeared generally unchallenged by their opponents, so it will be interesting to see what happens as they both ascend the ladder.

LordSkarlet looked to be in mid-season form this week, dispatching DeathScepter in a smooth +2 win. After an underwhelming 2014, LordSkarlet surely wants to get his piece of the pie this year, in the form of the KFL Championship! Who else will he have to take out to get there?

I think it flew over the heads of most of the Great Arena faithful, but there was something different about the way NovaStarr performed against MKRocket. She fought with some serious fire out there, more than this writer has ever seen! For his efforts, MKRocket did well to escape with only a -1 to his name. Surely he won't forget this encounter!

After another win over a fellow top team, the question begs: what's next for BMK & Onryo? Could there be solo runs for them? I think we might need to wait and see how the title picture looks in a few weeks, but the future looks very bright for the Duo stalwarts.

Let me put something in perspective: 4avenger5 suffered his first loss of 2014 in April. For Nephrite to take down the breakout star of last season in their first fight of 2015 is, well, impressive! Nephrite was unable to cash in his many chances at gold in 2014, but something about the way he performed tells me this is a different man.

We have a new #1 Contender, and it's none other than the main circuit's top dog, VenoMark! Ghostdragon proved to be a worthy adversary for the powerful VenoMark, but in the end, it was a comprehensive result. With the win, VenoMark moves on to face Genku next week for the KFL Championship!

Kombat Fight League - Friday Night Fights: Week 2 (January 23, 2015):
1. Methuselah6463 d. zebraska [+1]
2. DarknessDragon d. SK9608 [+1]
3. irulegames1234 d. TheMetinPorta [+1]
4. jack4813 d. Jironobou [+1]
5. Unknown265 & mwgrant0 d. UlcaTron & dibula [+1]
6. Philip94 d. rick991 [+1]
7. nightbreed_16 d. tghuhyg19 [+1]
8. LordSkarlet d. DeathScepter [+2]
9. NovaStarr d. MKR [+1]
10. Baraka_MK & Onryo d. CCShadow & Scott-Howell [+1]
11. Nephrite d. avenger45 [+1]
12. VenoMark d. Ghostdragon [+3] [KFL #1 Contender]