The development and popularity of judo in North America is still very good. Many free fighters and even American wrestlers have a certain foundation of judo. In formal events, the overall strength of the United States and maple leaf countries is good, which is much worse than neon, France and today's China in the first tier, but it is not much worse than Russia and other second tier countries, and it often gains in world-class events.
In addition to points and high bonuses, the worldsoft North America Invitational held in LA this time also has an attraction that the appearance fee is very high. Even without nouns, you can get the top eight bonuses to catch up with other Invitational competitions or Grand Prix.
This has a lot to do with the commercialization of the event in LA. The European League, which has always boasted that it has done an excellent job in the commercialization of judo, is not comparable. Of course, this is mainly because it is just a la Invitational. In addition to the La Invitational, other North American judo League events are still inferior to the European League.
Because the bonus is high, the appearance fee is many, and the treatment is good, so the North American Invitational can invite judo athletes with high competition level and ranking every time, even higher than some masters.
Meng fan didn't come here for the prize money and the level of the competition, but mainly for the arrangement of the lifting and wrestling center. He didn't care about the prize money, and he didn't care about the level of the competition. After all, whether the level of the competition is top or not depends mainly on whether he participated in the competition.
In addition, Meng fan also plans to visit and visit Pixar by the way. Not only does he come, Shanhai animation studio also organized a group to take another flight later. When Meng fan finishes the game, we will go to Pixar together.
When the Chinese Judo team led by Meng fan arrived in LA, it was warmly welcomed by the local Chinese at the airport. The pick-up scene was quite spectacular, and it was more than any Chinese star to come to LA.
Now, the Chinese Judo team has ranked among the Chinese sports team tiantuan. In terms of performance, it is at the bottom of the tiantuan ranks for the time being. After all, it will take less than a year for it to really work. However, in terms of popularity, it does not belong to the top tiantuan such as table tennis team and women's volleyball team. Who wants Meng fan to be the "flow" in the judo team.
Not only did the local Chinese come, but also the local media, including the Olympic hardware king and the latest Laureate of the Lawrence award. Such an identity is enough to make the media crazy, not to mention Meng fan, who is also known as the most powerful man in the world.
It was not easy to squeeze out the crowd. The Chinese Judo team got on the bus and arrived at the hotel. After checking in, they took a bus to get familiar with the competition venue.
The North American Judo Federation has made great efforts in the publicity of this event, and the focus of the publicity must be on Meng fan. You can see the large posters of many athletes hanging on the outer wall of the stadium from a distance on the bus. Meng fan, who is extremely brave, is particularly prominent.
The publicity was successful, or Meng fan's appeal was really strong. The stadium with 12000 people has been built for the first time. Tickets have been sold out, and many seats have been added. This is not only in the American Chinese rush to grab tickets, many local audiences in North America also participated in the rush, and most of them are not judo fans. Incomplete statistics show that female audiences account for a considerable proportion.
The Chinese team was also very attentively guided to the stadium. Being familiar with the venue training arrangements also gave enough time and venue. At the same time, there were also a lot of media reporters in the venue who were not particularly fond of seeing before the game.
"The organizers uniformly arranged the pre match press conference."
The leader of the Chinese Judo team told Meng fan and others that they need to attend the press conference after they are familiar with the venue, especially the world champion athletes including Meng fan.
"Lao tie!"
Teddy Reina, who trained and played in China, has long been taught by the Chinese team members. After arriving with the French team, he greeted Meng fan from a distance. When he shouted, he spoke Chinese with clear pronunciation and northeast accent.
After the greetings, Teddy Reina called Meng fan aside with a furtive face and the same bad thing he was going to do, and whispered, "you should be prepared, someone will fuck you."
Meng fan looked puzzled: "what is it?"
Teddy Reina told Meng fan what he knew: "I have a friend who is in the UFC League. He also heard others say that the top management of UFC is ready to trouble you. I guess it's because you didn't take care of the UFC arena before“
UFC is the comprehensive combat championship, which is currently the world's top and largest professional MMA event.
Meng fan thought for a while, but he was a little impressed.
At first, he became famous for his brother-in-law Wu Ji being beaten in the neon martial arts hall by a group of players from many countries. Later, he singled out the entire South Korean martial arts world, which also included an episode. The leader of South Korea's martial arts world is a UFC signing player. When Meng fan swept the major boxing halls in South Korea, UFC had intended to hold a challenge match for Meng fan and the leader Kim Hyun to fight. The purpose, of course, was to rub the heat and expand UFC's influence in Asia and earn audience ratings and tickets, but Meng fan didn't answer at all and kept on kicking.
After that, Meng fan went further and further in the three events of lifting, wrestling and judo, especially in wrestling and judo, which were invincible all over the world, and the top one in Asia gradually transitioned to the top one in the world, and stood firm.
As we all know, UFC is the highest level of comprehensive fighting, which is also equivalent to the extreme sport of human fighting under the formal competition system. Therefore, there has been dissatisfaction with Meng fan for the title of the world's top player and the world's top player, and many UFC players have expressed dissatisfaction and disdain on the Internet.
But after all, there are still differences between Olympic events and professional events, and most people don't pay too much attention to them.
If it was said that UFC such a large-scale and top-level event deliberately and without reason, it would be unreasonable. Now Meng fan is in the ascendant in the global sports world. It is really possible to say that UFC deliberately "touch porcelain". After all, the most important income of UFC events is the audience rating of the event and the sale of broadcast direct copyright, and the influence of this piece is now comparable to Meng fan in the world.
Therefore, Meng fan believed most of Teddy Reina's words.
”Well, I'll pay attention. “
”Why do I have a feeling that you don't want to pay attention at all? “
......
After being familiar with the venue, the well-known athletes, coaches and team leaders of the competition, as well as media reporters, began the pre match press conference.
All kinds of questions and answers soon came to Meng fan.
Without Meng fan's eyelids jumping, a reporter with beautiful and generous lips stood up and asked, "Hello, Hua Xia Meng, what do you think of the title of the world's top player? Do you know that there is also a player with this title in UFC?"