Chapter 53 - 51 KO
"Group C, Wu Li."
When the staff called out Wu Li’s name, the entire venue fell silent.
"Group C, Liu Zitao."
"Group C, Ma Jian."
"Group C, Qi Quanzhi."
After the staff finished reading the list for Group C, the audience was abuzz.
There were four seed players in the lightweight category. According to the rules, seed players were not to be placed in the same group, so Han Yuanfei, Lu Ping, Wu Li, and the last one Zhu Qianyuan, were each assigned to different groups.
Besides these four seeds, the unanimously recognized toughest nut to crack in the lightweight category was Qi Quanzhi. He had competed in the Asian ONE Championship three years prior, but an injury later on led to ONE not signing him again.
In the past two years, Qi Quanzhi had been active in domestic competitions, fighting in free fighting and MMA, earning appearance fees and prizes. His competitive condition had always been good, making him a professional contender.
Originally, if not for the last-minute addition of Wu Li, the tournament had intended to make Qi Quanzhi a seed player as well. Now that Qi Quanzhi and Wu Li ended up in the same group, many people thought there would be quite a show.
Besides Qi Quanzhi, Ma Jian was a retired professional fighter from Qi City. He had won the featherweight MMA championship in the national "Martial Arts Wind" competition and had now moved up to lightweight.