Neo League 451 - #458: Guile vs Sagat

Description: Watch as the Thai Tiger and the American Hero battle beneath the pyramids of Giza in this stunning battle for Neo League glory! See powerful knee strikes, broken backs and a down to the wire, chi powered finale! Who will come out on top when the sand storm clears?! (Draw Match)



Giza is where we are today. A very well travelled and popular destination. Humanity has lived here for millenia and to prove that fact there are the Pyramids of Giza standing in the sands of Egypt. These testement to human achievement will act as a dramatic backdrop to this evening's Neo-League Fight. The Neo-League has arranged for an interesting bout today. The fighting area is just outside of the pyramids and there are numerous locals lining the fighting area to watch the fight. One fighter has already arrived. This fighter is not too familiar with Egypt or Giza, but the people here are familiar with him. The mountainous Thai fighter known as Sagat has been here for a few minutes. He has been preparing for the fight with a few knee and elbow strikes into the air. The Neo-League's fight announcer calls out Sagat's name in introduction to the crowd.

While not exactly an expert on the country, Guile likely knows more about the land than Sagat from years of military service and watching crappy horror movies as a kid. Unlike perhaps a great deal of his nation, however, he does know that the pyramids weren't built by Moses before he flew to the Planet of the Apes.
This has absolutely nothing to do with tonight's fight though, and just as the appointed time starts to pass, a jeep pulls up toward the makeshift arena out of which hops the Real American Hero, dressed in his usual greens and browns instead of a more appropriately colored set of camo gear. After all, it's a fight, not a war. The announcer calls out Guile's name as he makes his way into the ring, giving Sagat a small nod of his head.

A final elbow strike and knee strike combination are performed just as Guile arrives to the fight. The Thai Legend lowers his leg and his arms back down to a neutral position. Sagat's head turns to a forty-five degree angle to look at the fighter approaching. The last time Sagat saw Guile it was in the jungles of Thailand. Sagat's eye narrows and he gives a single stiff nod in greeting to his opponent. Sagat reaches to tighten his forearm wrappings just as the announcer lists out the two fighters' achievements and current League record. After that is said the Announcer will call out the beginning of the fight. Sagat stands there in a ready stance.

COMBATSYS: Sagat has started a fight here.

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Sagat            0/-------/-------|


COMBATSYS: Guile has joined the fight here.

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Sagat            0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0            Guile


Just as the announcer's calling out for the fight to begin, Guile's pulling into his position, hunched forward with a high guard. It quickly becomes clear, though, that Sagat has no intention of making the first move, so the Vigilante starts to rush across the open distance, kicking up sand with each movement of his feet, before lunging out with a quick kick aimed toward the side of Muay-Thai fighter's knee before hopping back.

COMBATSYS: Sagat endures Guile's Light Kick.

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Sagat            0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0            Guile


The Vigilante is quick, just like his comrade Charlie is. Sagat has fought the other Vigilante often enough... so he's got a decent read on Guile's movements as well. The Thai Legend steps forward and to the side as the swift kick comes flying at his knee. The Vigilante's boot hits Sagat's well muscled knee and barely buckles it as he moves. Sagat's manuever allows him a clean shot at an opening of Guile's. Sagat takes the opening by lifting up his other leg. He's thrusting his knee towards the soldier's midsection!

COMBATSYS: Sagat successfully hits Guile with Medium Kick.

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Sagat            0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0            Guile


Just as Guile's making his backward hop, the kick takes the soldier full on in the midsection, sending him careening back across the sand before he rolls to a stop and manages to push himself back up to his feet. It's then in a flash that the soldier starts charging back across the ground before kicking up into the air, invisble chi propelling him forward faster than should seem possible, kicking up all the sand beneath him as he brings out his knee into a point, aimed right for taking the massive Thai god right in the solar plexus.

COMBATSYS: Sagat blocks Guile's Knee Spike.

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Sagat            0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0            Guile


The text-book knee strike is performed perfectly by the Thai Legend. Sagat recoils his leg after following through with the blow. When his foot touches the ground again, Sagat instinctively raises his arms to guard against the inevitable counter-assault. The counter-assault comes in the form of a knee strike of Guile's own. It meets Sagat's famous defense. The strike seemingly does very little to the mountainous man. Why? The Thai Tiger quickly launches into another technique, trying to keep Guile off guard. Sagat reaches out to grab Guile before he can get too far away from his impressive reach. If Sagat is successful, he will grapple the soldier, twist and hurl him over his shoulder!

COMBATSYS: Guile endures Sagat's Tiger Carry.

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Sagat            0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0            Guile


It may have been a bad choice of tactics to try to use such an obvious knee strike against an expert of a style so well versed in the technique, especially as it brought him within the mammoth man's reach. For his part, however, Guile simply seems to go with the the flow as he finds himself trapped in Sagat's grasp, before being flung out into the air. Even as he just starts to go flying the soldier's hands begin to cock back toward either side, fists clenching tightly as they find themselves sheathed in glowing blue chi and being flung forward in a blazing arc to cross in front of him, the chi drawn out into two long slashes in the air before being pulled together into a whirling disc and flying out toward Sagat's head. This does little to stop his momentum, though, and Guile still finds himself landing quite harshly in the sand.

COMBATSYS: Guile successfully hits Sagat with Sonic Boom.
- Power hit! -

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Sagat            0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0            Guile


The Sonic Boom careens through the air towards the Thai Tiger. He raises his guard to attempt to block the incoming whirling crescents of chi energy. However that attempt is failed as the twin yellow projectiles of chi slam into Sagat. The Thai takes a few steps backwards to compensate for the sudden force against him. He shakes his head and his arms to allievate the sudden pain. His guard is raised and Sagat just stands there. His eye narrows and his whole body seems to tense. Why? Sagat's focusing on his chi and on his opponent... preparing for something.

COMBATSYS: Sagat gathers his will.

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Sagat            1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\0            Guile


The sudden surge of chi coming from his opponent is far from a comforting feeling for the Vigilante and certainly not something he relishes the future of. Guile begins to charge in on the Thai god's position with more speed than should seem possible out of the stocky soldier, his arms pulling out toward either side just as he gets within a few feet of him and then quickly attempting to ensnare Sagat around the middle. If successful it's followed by quickly spinning his opponent around, hauling him up across his shoulder and then, with seemingly inhuman force, propelling both fighters a good six feet into the air with a single powerful, chi powered jump that sends sand flying everywhich way before coming back down to earth and landing in a crouch, putting all the force of the impact against the Thai's spine.

COMBATSYS: Sagat fails to interrupt Backbreaker from Guile with Tiger Uppercut.
- Power fail! -

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Sagat            1/-------/=======|=======\=------\1            Guile


The Thai Fighter keeps his eye narrowed as he watches the fighter before him. Sagat's fists close and fall to his side as Guile comes closer to him. Sagat's goal was to wait for Guile to be at his most open, with his arms spread out to grab him. He started to shout, "TI-GER-" But is interrupted as he mistimed the counter-offensive. Guile grasps the Legend, hefts him up, spins and before Sagat knows it... he's laying back first in the sand with a decent amount of pain arcing up his spine.

With the Thai god on his back it seems as good a chance as any to push the offensive. The soldier attempts to grab hold of Sagat by his ankles, heft him up off of the ground and then swing him around a full turn and a half like a shotput before twisting around and slamming him back down into the sand face first.

COMBATSYS: Sagat blocks Guile's Strong Throw.

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Sagat            1/------=/=======|=======\==-----\1            Guile


Is Guile that strong? To heft someone of Sagat's size and mass in such a manner? Men throwing shotputs have enough trouble with what they throw. Challenge them to throw Sagat some time! It's too much of a task for Guile. Sagat will be grasped by Guile, but as Guile tugs at him... Sagat will tug back. He rips himself from Guile's grasp and is quickly on his feet. The pain going down his back is ignored and pushed to the rear of his mind. Sagat quickly stands fully erect as well as moving towards his Vigilante opponent. As he lurches towards Guile, he swings one of his arms in an upwards strike. Sagat intends to strike Guile hard on the chin with his powerful elbow.

COMBATSYS: Sagat successfully hits Guile with Medium Punch.

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Sagat            1/-----==/=======|=======\======-\1            Guile


Having attempted to put so much of his energy into flinging the enormous Thai Tiger in a rather stupid attempt at putting him out of commision, Guile doesn't seem to quite have what it takes to bring himself completely back into the match as quickly as he should, even as he attempts to bring his arms up to ward of the elbow, it's obvious that there's not enough speed in his motions to get in the way of it and the strike knocks him full on the chin, sending him flying back a few feet before landing rather firmly on his back half. As he starts to push himself up off of the ground, his narrows his already glare intensive eyes at Sagat, attempting to take in each of his movements, get a read on the man.

COMBATSYS: Guile focuses on his next action.

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Sagat            1/-----==/=======|=======\======-\1            Guile


If the Vigilante is going to take a moment to gather himself and prepare himself against Sagat, well than that's all well and good for him. However the Thai Tiger has another idea in mind. Guile can spend all the time he wants focusing on his opponent. Unfortunately all that time is the span it of time that it takes Sagat to close the distance between him and the Soldier. Sagat's powerful legs tense and spring the powerful man forward. Sagat shouts, "TIGER CRUSH!" As he goes through the air. Sagat is attempting to catch Guile on his way back up to his feet with his famous flying knee strike.

COMBATSYS: Guile interrupts Tiger Crush from Sagat with Somersault Strike EX.

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Sagat            1/-======/=======|=======\-------\0            Guile


The moments of careful attention quickly prove their worth as the moment Sagat comes within range, the soldier lowers himself into a careful crouch and starts to launch up into a quick somersault kick, the knee managing to strike the soldier partially on the chin but then grazing off as he spins out of its path. The first kick sends its force into driving the Muay-Thai fighter up into the air where it's quickly followed by another strike before being followed by a third even more impressive strike that sends the trapped tiger flying overhead.

The Mighty Thai Fighter is caught by the powerful technique. The Huge former Freedom Fighter gets hefted into the air, pummeled by powerful strikes and then sent to the ground. He lands in a heap of bruised and slightly bloody flesh. When Sagat lands there is a loud 'OOooph!' noise upon impact. It takes Sagat a moment to roll backwards and on his feet. Even when he's on his feet he will be in a kneeling position. His arms are behind him as he kneels there looking at Guile. His single eye is narrowed, "TI-GER!" He shouts as he thrusts his arms forward. The Thai's arms ignite into flames and send a series of huge flaming crescents of chi energy towards the Vigilante.

COMBATSYS: Sagat successfully hits Guile with Tiger Cannon.

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Sagat            0/-------/--=====|=======\=====--\1            Guile


The Vigilante finds himself spinning back around to face his opponent down only quick enough to see the incredible power of the crecensts flying in at him, each one hitting solidly and tearing into his camo gear, shreadding his tank top to pieces and practically turning his pants into shorts. Lines of blood form across many of the the strikes come across as Guile simply tries to grit his teeth and bear it. But the energy is all too much as the soldier finds himself knocked back, down to the ground. It takes practically every ounce of energy in his body to push himself back up, his hands cocking back toward either side and bursting out with glowing blue chi before once more being flung forward, drawing out long slashes in the air before pulling together into a massive disc of chi. Rather than flying out toward his foe, it begins to spin around him at breakneck speeds, so fast that it begins to look like a single ring wrapped all the way around him, winds begin to pull inward as the speedy ring forms a whirlwind, attempting to suck Sagat into its fury.

COMBATSYS: Guile can no longer fight.

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COMBATSYS: Sagat fails to slow Sonic Hurricane from Guile with Low Tiger Shot.


COMBATSYS: Sagat can no longer fight.


Sagat's eye widens a bit at the display of Chi before him. He remains in a kneeling position as Guile is conjuring up this technique. Sagat's arms float back behind him and he prepares another flaming crescent wave. As the Sonic Hurricane is unleashed, Sagat hurls his own ball of energy towards it. His hope is that he can knock a hole through the incoming Hurricane. However it just seems to swallow up the firey energy that Sagat tossed its way. It then swallows up the Thai Warrior. The barrage of power cascades against his body and leaves him floored after a couple of moments of exposure. When the Hurricane dies down, Sagat is on ground, in the sand and out of the fight.

As the chi begins to vanish, Guile too drops to the sand face first, every ounce of strength he could muster having been put into that final burst of energy. There is a moment of hesitation on the announcer's part, looking not quite certain as if to expect either of these titans to pull themselves back up in a moment, but as times passes with the two remaining down on the ground, he raises both hands and shouts out the draw decision. A number of cheers go up through the crowd, those final few moments having been such an incredible show of power on the part of both fighters.

Log created on 20:23:16 08/14/2007 by Guile, and last modified on 05:57:25 08/15/2007.