Approaches -iocaste and holds out his hand.

May the best man win.

Just done with training and finishing his shower Drake grabs his bag and starts to head out the door. He notices a few bloaks huddled around a piece of paper on the bullentin board in the gym and decides to walk over to see what the fuss is all about. Walking up to the paper and scanning it quickly Drake sees his name and his opponent. "Ah looks like i got one of those smelly Yorkers".  Tired and sore from his day at the gym and not to concerned about his apponent Drake decides to go to the pub for a few shots to ease the pain in his sore muscles.

Pharaoh watched Drake as he headed over to the bulliton board. He could tell Drake was favoring some muscles over others. It was a pretty good guess he was sore and tired from training. He would use this to his advantage. He overheard Drake as he looked at his opponent on the list. "Ah, looks like i got one of those smelly Yorkers."

Pharaoh smiled slightly as he shadowed Drake just long enough to see him enter a pub around the corner, then returned to the gym for some more light training, and to check more of the competition out, of course.

-iocaste smiless

Indeed, may the best win. And be ready to dodge paw hits !

After a great training session i go an hit the showers a nice hot one will do just fine .As im heading out to go make money for the family i stop an watch a few  people practice .man some good competion here cant wait for my turn.

Phil_Steak looks at the coming schedule. He first looks up Marston to find that.... of course, the Godfather of New York, had to have pulled some strings to get himself a bye week. Phil_Steak was not surprised to find himself matched up against a towering giant, TheGentleDon. What didn't shock him even more was that this human wrecking ball was from NY himself. Oh, Marston was going to pull every string to make sure Phil didn't match up against him.... and in the odd chance Phil did, he would be far too tired and worn out. 

TheGentleDon walks up to the bulletin board and looks at the round 1 competition. After noticing he is squared up with a respectable opponent he smiles and thinks to himself " Hey not bad a young wise guy from New York like myself going up against a respected Leader of Philadelphia what more could a guy ask for." Excited and ready for the action to start TheGentleDon goes up to his trainers and says " Lets Begin."

Ladyfighter is very nervous when she enters the Arena to start the boxing competition. Not only she received alot of mails, she also saw a lot of fighters going to the gym to practice their skills.

The arena is sold out and the people inside are already cheering for their favorite fighter. Outside still cars from all over the country are arriving and Ladyfighter had to kick some bodyguards aside to be able to enter her Arena.

Suddenly she feels someone touching her pockets. She turns around and sees the Godfather of Las Vegas, PoisonousJelly, smiling at her and offering her the $5,000 which he took from her pockets back.

"Here you are Ladyfighter", he says, "I dont want to keep your hard earned money. The rest I took from your pockets was not worth keeping. I found a lollipop, some fluff and a used condom :/".

"Well Sir, the lollipop was for later today waiting for my target to turn gangster, fluff, well that is always there and a used condom : NO COMMENT".

With a red face, Ladyfighter turns around and runs inside the Arena. She heard PoisonousJelly laugh while he was also entering the Arena to see how his city members would fight tonight.

Ladyfighter takes the list of fights to see who is playing tonight.

Frank_Ocean (NY) vs Philli-Stein (LV)
WarPath (LA) vs Mr_White (PH)
Master_Oogway (NY) vs NikoBellic (CH)
im_irish (LA) vs Slash (LV)
TheGentleDon (NY) vs Phil_Steak (PH)
Drake (LA) vs Pharaoh (NY)
Rick_James (LA) vs -iocaste (LV)
DeadlySin (PH) vs Axlrose (LV)
DavidR (PH) vs Sinfest (NY)

The other fighters have a bye this round, but wont be spared next round.

1st fight:
Frank_Ocean (NY) vs Philli-Stein (LV)

Ladyfighter saw Philli-Stein talking to his trainer who had been spying on Frank_Ocean to see his weakness. I hope this worked out fine for Philli-Stein.

[21:15:43] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 4
[21:15:43] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 5

Philli-Stein indeed knew something more about Frank_Ocean's favorite attack. He managed to avoid it a lot. But the match was a close one.

2nd fight:
WarPath (LA) vs Mr_White (PH)

The night the fights were posted on the notice board, Ladyfighter heard Mr_White talking to the crowd like he already won the match. WarPath was not impressed and only told Mr_White good luck.

[21:18:05] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 15
[21:18:05] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 9

Now this was an interesting fight. As soon as Mr_White was in the ring, he could not keep up with WarPath quick movements. Well done WarPath.

3rd fight:
Master_Oogway (NY) vs NikoBellic (CH)

Master_Oogway already had a note from Ladyfighter that his Kung Fu movements were not allowed in the boxing fights. Ladyfighter hopes he prepared himself well in the boxing skills. NikoBellic was more seen in the local bars then in a gym. Lets see what this match brings.

[21:20:31] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 9
[21:20:31] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 17

This was funny. Master_Oogway started fighting and not even bad, but he was so focussed on not using his Kung Fu movements, he just forgot to block NikoBellic moves. Where he learned them we do not know, but for sure he was better in this fight then Master_Oogway.

4th fight:
im_irish (LA) vs Slash (LV)

im_irish and Slash have been preparing themselves very quietly. Not many people saw them practising. Ladyfighter was even wondering if they would show up tonight. But here they are.

[21:37:11] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 8
[21:37:11] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 15

It was obvious that Slash had been training a lot. He showed some professional boxing moves and im_irish did not stand a chance. Well done Slash.

5th fight:
TheGentleDon (NY) vs Phil_Steak (PH)

Ladyfighter had seen Phil_Steak following Marston to see where he was training, but that surprised her, because he had to fight against TheGentleDon. A famous boxing fighter from NY. I hope his spying on Marston helped him in his fight against TheGentleDon.

[21:43:38] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 3
[21:43:38] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 7

Obviously Phil_Stean was well prepared, he showed TheGentleDon how to dodge attacks. Although TheGentleDon did very well, it was Phil_Steak who was stronger at the end.

6th fight:
Drake (LA) vs Pharaoh (NY)

It was no secret that Drake told others he had to fight a "smelly Yorker". Pharaoh just smiled at that comment and started training.

[21:45:28] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 11
[21:45:28] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 15

This was a solid fight, not really highlights in it. But at the end when the referee told Pharaoh he won, everyone saw Pharaoh walking towards Drake and told him: "This is what you expected from a smelly Yorker"?

7th fight:
Rick_James (LA) vs -iocaste (LV)

Rick_James and -iocaste met each other at the notice board when they checked their opponent and as two real gentlemen they shaked hands and wished each other good luck.

[21:55:52] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 7
[21:55:52] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 18

During this fight Ladyfighter all of a sudden heard a roooaaaarrr sound and saw Rick_James hold back his attack. That was a big mistake because at that time, -iocaste attacked and knocked Rick_James to the ground.

8th fight:
DeadlySin (PH) vs Axlrose (LV)

The Godfather of Philadelphia had been training very secretly. I think no one saw him going to a gym. Axlrose has enough energy to fight for a few hours. Now it is the question who has the better skills.

[22:11:18] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 17
[22:11:18] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 12

Axlrose was indeed very well prepared but he could not keep up with the speed DeadlySin was attacking him.

9th fight:
DavidR (PH) vs Sinfest (NY)

Ladyfighter always starts her day jogging in the park and lately she did meet Sinfest there. He was running somewhat slower then she did, but he was improving. Would this already be enough to beat DavidR.

[22:16:22] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 19
[22:16:22] <@Ladyfighter> 1d20: 8

DavidR was using his well learned skills. Ladyfighter wonders where he learned them. Sinfest did try, but he was not able to keep up with DavidR till the end. Maybe next time you will Sinfest.

Well these were the fights for tonight.

Results:

Frank_Ocean (NY) vs Philli-Stein (LV) --- 4-5
WarPath (LA) vs Mr_White (PH) --- 15-9
Master_Oogway (NY) vs NikoBellic (CH) --- 9-17
bye vs Blazerze (NY)
Marston (NY) vs bye
im_irish (LA) vs Slash (LV) --- 8-15
TheGentleDon (NY) vs Phil_Steak (PH) --- 3-7
bye vs Bartimaeus (NY)
Intrigue (NY) vs bye
Drake (LA) vs Pharaoh (NY) --- 11-15
Rick_James (LA) vs -iocaste (LV) --- 7-18
bye vs Cookie (NY)
backfromthedeaqd (NY) vs bye
DeadlySin (PH) vs Axlrose (LV) --- 17-12
bye vs JewishJake (LA)
DavidR (PH) vs Sinfest (NY) --- 19-8

Which results in next fights:

Philli-Stein vs WarPath
NikoBellic vs Blazerze
Marston vs Slash
Phil_Steak vs Bartimaeus
Intrigue vs Pharaoh
-iocaste vs Cookie
backfromthedeaqd vs DeadlySin
JewishJake vs DavidR

Thank you Akasha, Intrigue, PoisonousJelly, PuffinClouds, Emaya, Technical and Marston who gave me random numbers to help with the fights.

Next fights will start soon.

Ladyfighter

I will find out why you carry a used condom around one of these days Ladyfighter!

PJ then takes Slash, -iocaste and Philli-Stein to one side.

Congratulations lads... Let's take this home for Las Vegas!

Axlrose... you can be their towel boy from now on.

Niko had passed out, drunk, directly after the fight and forgotten the result, he was surprised to see he had beaten his opponent. He slurred something incoherent and walked into a nearby bar. Time to prepare for the next match.

Slash picks Im_Irish off the canvass and holds his hands in the air so the crowd may give the brave man a cheer

Good fight, friend. Don't feel bad though, i've learned to box rather well these past few months, PJs monkeys often try and beat up the residents of Las Vegas, so hand to hand combat has become second nature.

Pharaoh walked across the mat toward Drake as he cought his breath.

Smelly Yorker eh?

Pharaoh smiled and offered his hand to Drake.

It was a good fight. Maybe we can have a rematch someday.

I was surprised with my result in this one, good fight.

Flexes then goes back to the punching bag so he would be ready for his next match.

As the crowd is leaving, she takes at quick look at who she'll be finghting next round, looking around she spots him talking to a few people, walking up to them,

Excuse me fellas, congrats on your fights tonight, all did very well.

Smiling sweetly at -iocaste, she hands him an oatmeal cookie,

It's to help ya train for next round, may the best one win. Till next time fellas.

still smiling sweetly she winks and walks away, heading out to her usual gym she trains at.

Bart takes a shower and puts on a decent looking suit. Knowing that its fight night, Bart knows that he has some homework to do. Even with a bye in rd 1 the training never stops. Part of good training is good scouting. Arriving at the arena, Bart steps out to a packed place. Seeing the long line to enter, Bart makes a bline to the vip area. Some bodygaurds block his way and soeak only a few words.

You got a pass? Otherwise fuck off!

Bart chuckles and shows the bodygaurds his fighter pass. They stare at each other and nod letting him in. Bart turns and flips a quarter to each of them.

Don't spend it all at one place fellas.

Smirking, Bart makes his way to a ringside seat to watch round 1. See great fight after great fight, Bart is enjoying this scouting mission. Finally, Bart's see's the match hes been waiting on.TheGentleDon (NY) vs Phil_Steak (PH). Hoping that his fellow New Yorker can prevail, Bart watchs the fight eargerly. Getting into till TheGentleDon is dropped with a straight right in the later rounds and cannot get up. Phil_Steak is declared the winner. Bart clapps to the great fight the put on and awaits his fight with Phil knowing its gonna end alot differently when this New Yorker steps in the ring.

Slash checks the arranged bouts for the next round and sheds a tear at seeing Marston's name beside his

That would have been an Epic battle. Nods

After sitting out this round and watching all the fights Intrigue then went to take a look at the notice board, to see who she will be up against..

Intrigue vs Pharaoh

Interesting she thought.. very interesting indeed!

Pharaoh stepped forward with a concerned look on his face.

I am sorry everyone, but I hearby withdraw from this competition out of respect for our fallen Godfather. May he rest in peace. For that matter, he has my vote to win it post-humously.

After watching the fights i congradulate the winners an losers "Great show you all put on much respect to yous all.Then I see my oppenet As I walk up to him I shake his hand Mr sin You an marston was the two i did not want to box against.But we must go an do it I just want to say Irespect you alot an I hope that no matter what an who wins we can still be friends.May the best man win Sir.then i run off to pray for my sins to be forgiving.

Drake looked up at Pharoh and started at the hand that had been offered to him. He took up the offer and as Pharoh helped him up Drake said,"Well for a smelly Yorky you sure had some good moves. Looks like the better man one tonight." Drake patted Pharoh on the back "id be happy to take you up on that rematch anytime". Drake turned from Pharoh and climed out of the ring a bit beaten but with his head held high, mumbling to himself, "damn so close"