Tournament 81: Mid-Year Grand Slam - Day 2

Day 2 of the First Round introduced some of the first major upsets to the 2017 Mid-Year Grand Slam! The random draw loaded up the second-half of the bracket with ten fighters featured at Supercard 95: Tower of Power XIX! This included a Round 1 rematch showdown between C7 qualifier MKMaster and Tower gatekeeper Statix! A surprise win for MKM, who could be a dark horse given his Runner-Up appearance at the 2017 Grand Prix Warm-Up!

By far the biggest shock exit of Day 2 was Genku! His recent woes went from bad to worse when he stumbled through a devastating loss to Darfus! There was also some surprise when returning Hall of Famer Ratt received a walkthrough to the Second Round! Officials announced the late withdrawal of "Red Nightmare" LordSkarlet, whose recent heavy schedule included a MAX Damage loss at Supercard 93, and a Steel Cage fight at Supercard 94 that left him hurting worse than the loser!

The_Purple_Bunny and Baraka_MK contributed to the brutality of the first round, executing hard hitting wins to the tune of +18 and +14 impacts respectively! Top seeds ElJobber (#2) and VenoMark (#3) passed through the first time with comfortable wins over Menas and Kiara85.

The random nature of the draw nearly delivered an intriguing Round 2 scenario when Duo Division Champions CCShadow and Scott-Howell were drawn at close proximity. SubMan799 managed to eliminate CCS in a close fought match. Scott-Howell progressed with an impressive victory against Invasion leader DaemonX!

There are a lot of major contenders to watch in the second half of the draw! Other names of note making their way to Round 2 include: KFL Champion United: Mime, "Y2Juggalo" Violent`J, DArqueBishop, Banging, Jerrod, Porygonix, Benjamin and 2017 Fighter for Europe tournament winner Chromatose!

Tournament 81: Mid-Year Grand Slam - Round 1, Day 2:
33. VenoMark (#3) d. Kiara85 [+7]
34. kororaa d. "Big Johnny" Bofh [+1]
35. Sgtf d. BilboFett [+1]
36. Maridany d. Rhyno [+2]
37. Kairyu d. lita83 [+1]
38. VR-FIST d. J1sy [+1]
39. fraysol d. Mo2 [+1]
40. MKMaster d. Statix [+1]
41. Scott-Howell (c) d. DaemonX [+3]
42. SubMan799 d. CCShadow (c) [+1]
43. edge d. Piccolo [+1]
44. Jerrod d. Cherri [+4]
45. Ratt advanced to Round 2 via a bye.
46. Red_Spaniard d. LadyRaiden [+1]
47. Miller d. KurtAngle [+1]
48. ErmackDaddy d. PaganFreak [+1]
49. DeathScepter d. AlexanderLuthorJr [+4]
50. Banging d. McDaniel [+3]
51. deadpool d. tabmok99s_wife [+1]
52. Cukier d. Torchia [+1]
53. Porygonix d. Dez-Burnett [+1]
54. Benjamin d. Zengeance [+1]
55. legoslayer10 d. nif [+1]
56. United: The_Purple_Bunny d. "Bad Bad" Leroy [+18]
57. United: Mime (c) d. nface [+1]
58. DArqueBishop d. The_Hurricane [+1]
59. Onimike d. JoelKatz [+1]
60. "The Sword of Europe" Chromatose d. Mark [+1]
61. Darfus d. Genku [+2]
62. Baraka_MK d. __-Standards-__ [+14]
63. Violent`J d. Killswitch [+3]
64. ElJobber (#2) d. Menas [+6]

Tournament 81 Impact Players:
- Kron +MAX (R1), The_Purple_Bunny +18 (R1), DECEPTION +17 (R1), Baraka_MK +14 (R1), Mimik +12 (R1), Damo +10 (R1), NightHawk +7 (R1), VenoMark +7 (R1), ElJobber +6 (R1), TonyTheTiger +4 (R1), Sekktor +4 (R1), Jerrod +4 (R1), DeathScepter +4 (R1), Poasty +3 (R1), Oozaru +3 (R1), jack4813 +3 (R1), Scott-Howell +3 (R1), Banging +3 (R1), Violent`J +3 (R1)

Tournament 81 Shock Eliminations:
- Politics (R1), G0LD (R1), Statix (R1), DaemonX (R1), LordSkarlet (DNC), Genku (R1)