Division 1: Fight 1 Dante Vs J.T.

[Odin Reeves]

Go for it.

[J.T.]

EEP EEP EEP!!! came the sound of the alarm clock. Today this sound signified something other than simply waking up. It was fight time.

Joey had decided to take a nap before his match tonight. If he won this one he would have another fight tomorrow and that would lead to the chance of another match the next day. If he wasn't in top condition now than he doubted he would have the endurance to last through all four rounds of the tournament.

After turning off his alarm and taking a shower, Joey felt refreshed and ready to take on the world. Throwing on a slightly undersized white wife beater and black basketball shorts, he left his dorm room, throwing on his black running shoes as he did so.

As he started his walk toward the tournament building, several thoughts passed through his head. 'I haven't been in one of these in a year and a half. I wonder how much its changed.'

The word on the block was that Bruce Gills was participating in this tournament too. Joey had bested him in his last tournament all that time ago and he was really anxious to see if he could make history repeat itself. Unfortunately, Joey wasn't set to face that particular fighter just yet. He was scheduled to fight someone by the name of Dante Williams. Joey didn't know much of anything about this person, all he knew was that he wasn't about to go out first round and that his opponent had better be happy with saying goodbye early.

Without really noticing it, Joey found himself in front of the tournament building. Walking in, he headed straight for the ring he would be fighting in. There was no sign of Dante yet, but he had gotten here just on time and he could forgive a couple minutes of lateness on his opponent's part. He would bide his time too if he knew he was getting the beating Dante was about to receive.

Stepping into the ring, Joey did some basic stretches and prepared for the coming match.

[Dante Williams]

Before the Tournament
Dante sat down on his new bed, Rebecca's old one. He brushed some hair out of his eyes as he looked at the digital clock next to his bed. It was 6:15. He stood up, then brushed his pants off angrily as he looked up at the picture on the wall with him and Rebecca kissing.

He sighed, and brushed his hand against the picture gingerly, as anger build up inside him. Not for Rebecca, no, never, but for everything else. It wasn't Dante's fault so it had to be someone else's... Well, I'm due for the tourney, Dante thought somberly, better get going, wonder who I'm going to fight?

At the Tournament
Dante did a slow jog to the tournament building, it wasn't too far away, and would help him get some exercise. As soon as he entered the building, a squirrelly-looking man holding a clipboard came up to Dante and said, "You're late! We were almost going to disqualify you, you better get into that ring!" Then backed away with a small wimper as Dante gave him a cold glare and took off his green overshirt and handed it to the man, "Hold this for me. And if you steal it, by God, I swear..." He muttered as he ran the ring.

He was right on the outside of the ring when he saw his opponent. JT... He thought, then his eyes narrowed, He rembered him. He and he stupid buddies knocked Dante out and stole everything from him when he just got to Varron. His teeth gritted as he jumped into the ring, "So, you and any of your dick freinds been stealing any backpacks lately? Been antagonizing defenseless kids?" He snarled at JT, waiting for an answer as he heard shouting in the background, along with an unmistakible RING!!!

[J.T.]

(OOC- That was YOU?? hahahaha! that makes this match a little more interesting huh? well good luck + stuff ;D)

Joey watched as a smaller opponent climbed into the ring. He seemed relatively muscular, but Joey knew that as far as raw power went his opponent would be on the losing end by a good margin. Just by looking at him, he judged that Dante would be more into maneuverability rather than using power alone; especially when he had to go against a muscular opponent like Joey.

"So, you and any of your dick friends been stealing any backpacks lately? Been antagonizing defenseless kids?" the boy said, apparently pretty po'd.

This took Joey's attention away from analyzing the boy's attributes and made him look Dante over as a human rather than an opponent for a second. 'Hmm, what could he be talking about?' he thought as the bell to begin the match rang.

'Wait...stealing backpacks. Why would I do that?' Just then his face lit up as he remembered where this boy knew him from. "OH. Your the kid with the bike aren't you?" he asked with a chuckle. Ah the fun he had with his buddy Tank back in the good ol' days when they were friends.

"Well it looks like this is your chance to pay me back, huh?" Joey said, his spirits lifted from coincidentally being pinned against someone that he had bullied in the past. It looked like it was time to hand this kid out one more beating.

"Well, I guess we mind as well get started. I'll let you take the first punch. Its the least I could do." he said with a smile as he got into a loose boxing stance, looking in every way like the street fighter that he was.

[Dante Williams]

"OH. Your the kid with the bike aren't you?" Dante mentally rolled his eyes at the fact that JT had to actually remember him. That probably meant he bullied another kid. Didn't make Dante any happier of course.

Dante rolled his eyes visibly when JT talked some shit about 'getting back.' Dante couldn't give a fuck less about that. Sure, he was pretty pissed about that, but he didn't really care anymore, that was the past, and this was the present.

"Well, I guess we mind as well get started. I'll let you take the first punch. Its the least I could do." Dante sighed, well, Dante of course didn't like the fact that JT was probably mocking him, but the thing he liked even less was that he was expected to strike first, which he never he could do right.

"Well, SHIT..." Dante said sarcastically, "thanks!" Then he bent his knees slightly, jumped from foot to foot to gain momentum for a second, then rushed forward. When he got within about half a foot from JT, he attempted to feint a right elbow to his stomach. When his elbow was within about an inch from JT's stomach, Dante would curve his arm and throw a jab with his left fist towards JT's face.

JT's limbs looked too long to move quickly, or even give JT good reflexes, so he wouldn't have enough time to stop the elbow AND the jab. And even if Dante's elbow was blocked, Dante would go on with the jab.

The attack really wasn't meant to hurt JT, mostly just to test him....

[J.T.]

Joey's smirk didn't fade in the slightest as Dante came rushing at him, sending a bow to his stomach. The attack was weak and it was obvious that Joey had guessed right when he judged his opponent would use speed rather than power.

Joey quickly stopped the elbow by grabbing it with his left hand and squeezing so that he had a fairly strong grip on it. Just then, a fast jab came toward his face. It seemed that Dante's plan was to use his speed to catch Joey off guard. Apparently he didn't realize the major flaw in that plan. Joey was already in a boxing stance and he hardly had to move his right hand at all to catch the fist before it made contact with his face.

Now it was Joey's turn. With his left hand he used his superior strength to pull Dante's arm up and to the left (my left). At the same time he used his right hand to pull Dante's other arm up and to the right (my right). With this, Joey sent a powerful right knee to his opponent's left rib cage. This attack was easily powerful enough to bruise several of Dante's ribs, if not breaking them, and was sent into an area that would be unprotected.

"Tell me when you feel like getting serious, ok?" he said, allowing his grin to become even more smug.

[Dante Williams]

OOC:
Can you pm me you're MSN, so we can discuss the fight?

And sorry if the post is short, I have to rush this before my internet has another meltdown.

IC:
Dante realized the flaw in his plan as soon as he carried his attack out. He forgot to see that JT was in a boxing position, thus, he could easily block both of Dante's attacks.

As Dante's elbow was grabbed, Dante knew that his fist would be caught too if he didn't do something. He quickly unfolded his arm so it was straight, and made JT's grip slip and therefore, make it void. Then, Dante put his weight on his right leg at JT's left.

At that, he pivoted on the right leg so he was side by side with JT. Not hesitating to think of what to do, Dante attempted to smash his left elbow into JT's back. Even if JT was able to take a hit, if this attack was successful, then he would at least have some bruises in the morning...

[J.T.]

To Joey's dismay, his opponent had slipped from the trap he had set and was already going into a counterattack. With Dante's elbow shooting toward his back, Joey made sure to soften the muscles back there to make the mediocre attack feel even softer.

At the same time, he quickly turned to the left so that he was facing Dante. He then sent a strong right hook to his opponent's right ribs. Dante's arm would still be stretched out from his attack so this attack would most likely make contact.

Whether his punch was successful or not, he would immediately retract his right arm and put his whole torso behind a left hook to Dante's jaw. This would be very strong hit and difficult for a weaker fighter like Dante to block.

[Kyukaku]

Haha, I enjoyed how you guys brought old stories back. Good times. My vote is for Dante.

[kai]

OOC: Oddly enough, I voted for JT winning this fight. Guess Odin'll decide this.

[Odin Reeves]

I've seen some improvement between both fighters. Congrats to you both.

Dante takes it though.