Chapter 381 - 349: The First Day of Battle, New Rules
July 20th, the first day of the Yanhuang Competition, was exclusively live broadcast by Penguin Sports.
Inside the broadcast studio, two commentators—a man and a woman—were novices who had previously commented on UFC events.
However, today the studio had invited a heavyweight guest—Wu Li!
As the founder of this competition and the image spokesperson for Penguin Sports, Wu Li was naturally invited as a guest.
"In this competition, the total number of participants is three thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, creating a record for the number of participants in Hua Country’s fighting competitions!"
"The competition is divided into five categories: Featherweight, Lightweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, and Light Heavyweight. Among them, the Lightweight and Welterweight categories have the most registrants, with one thousand two hundred and thirty-one and eight hundred and sixty-three contestants respectively."
The two commentators briefly introduced the situation of the competition, then the male commentator turned to Wu Li, "Mr. Wu Li, as the founder of the Yanhuang Competition, could you give our audience a brief introduction to the competition process?"
"Of course," Wu Li nodded.
"This competition is divided into three stages. The first stage is the group matches. According to the different categories, we divide the contestants into groups, with six to ten people each. They compete in a round-robin format where a win earns one point and a loss earns none. The top two scorers in each group advance. Due to the large number of registrants in some categories, several rounds of group matches are needed to select the top 64."
"After entering the top 64, we move onto the second stage: the knockout rounds. This continues until the top 8, where the final stage begins: the finals."
The female commentator said, "I heard that the rules of this competition differ from traditional Mixed Martial Arts rules. Could you explain them, Mr. Wu Li?"