Tournament 81: Mid-Year Grand Slam - Round 3

It looked as if things might settle in Round 3 of the 2017 Mid-Year Grand Slam, but there was one major casualty that shocked everyone in attendance!

United: The_Purple_Bunny started the year off right winning his first Battle Royale match, but has been on a rough ride ever since as he fights to make it 7 Undisputed Championships in 2017! This time the woe came from former Div.2 Champion Benjamin -- an unexpected source, whose efforts this year have been directed at breaking into the Duo Division!

There were surprising close calls for "The Predator" TonyTheTiger and "The Guardian" CaTigeReptile. The always dangerous NovaStarr tested a vulnerable TTT. The second round bye may have dulled CTR as she went up against Invasion ace Jason_Voorhees in a close match. Even Hall of Famer Kron went from extreme dominance to a cautious win over Loopster! The wildcard factor of Zentile managed an upset victory to end the promising return of King Ken.

For every difficult scrape in Round 3 there was a domination! #4 seed DECEPTION was every bit the precision Hitman when he took down Angelia for MAX Damage. Oozaru also dominated a +30p win executing nightbreed_16! Duo Division champ Scott-Howell jumped into the Impact Players with a surprise +19 victory over Jerrod. Smokin' Scott's rival Banging kept both Pacific Connection fighters in the mix with a +17 takedown of deadpool!

After featuring in a massive upset win over the Undisputed Champion; Poasty kept his focus straight in a less publicized battle with former IWA Heavyweight Champion TripleH. The win sets up a Round 4 rematch with Supercard 94 challenger Shinnokxz, who took out Poasty's old arch-nemesis Murdoink in a solid win. That's sure to be one of the fights to watch in the Round of 16!

Tournament 81: Mid-Year Grand Slam - Round 3:
1. Poasty (c) d. TripleH [+8]
2. Shinnokxz d. United: Murdoink [+1]
3. "The Predator" TonyTheTiger d. NovaStarr [+1]
4. Oozaru d. nightbreed_16 [+MAX]
5. "Portuguese Pegasus" Zentile d. King Ken [+1]
6. Kron d. Loopster [+1]
7. "The Guardian" CaTigeReptile d. Jason_Voorhees [+1]
8. "The Hitman" DECEPTION (#4) d. Angelia [+MAX]
9. VenoMark (#3) d. Maridany [+4]
10. MKMaster d. Kairyu [+14]
11. Scott-Howell (c) d. Jerrod [+19]
12. Ratt d. ErmackDaddy [+5]
13. Banging d. deadpool [+17]
14. Benjamin d. United: The_Purple_Bunny [+5]
15. United: Mime (c) d. "The Sword of Europe" Chromatose [+1]
16. ElJobber (#2) d. Baraka_MK [+3]

Tournament 81 Impact Players:
- Kron +MAX (R1), VenoMark +MAX (R2), Ratt +MAX (R2), Oozaru +MAX (R3), DECEPTION +MAX (R3), Scott-Howell +19 (R3), The_Purple_Bunny +18 (R1), Banging +17 (R3), Baraka_MK +14 (R1), MKMaster +14 (R3), Mimik +12 (R1), Damo +10 (R1), Poasty +8 (R3), NightHawk +7 (R1), ElJobber +6 (R1), Benjamin +5 (R3)

Tournament 81 Shock Eliminations:
- Politics (R1), G0LD (R1), Statix (R1), DaemonX (R1), LordSkarlet (DNC), Genku (R1), Damo (R2), Mimik (R2), Ken (R3), The_Purple_Bunny (R3)