Contender IV semi-final brackets are set...

I'm hoping for Hino-Ross.

These guys are young enough and have enough room to grow that they could actually make some noise with the momentum of sweeping the show. Winning the tournament would probably be the swansong for Hoye, he's not going to be a serious contender for a Cruiserweight belt.

 

Just occured to me - Ding and Cora were the two favored to walk away with this. People literally stated with certainty when the show's cast was announced that one or both of these two would be in the finals (both if seeded in separate brackets, one if they met in earlier rounds).

Not only are they both out of the competition, they were both blasted from it (in different manners, but both were absolutely owned). Goes to show how much fans value name recognition and assume that unknown quantities are bums...that smug majority must be feeling pretty stupid right about now. Sad for Wilson and Felix, as their embarrassing defeats pretty much strangle any contention hopes they may have been clinging to; but IMO the good to come out of this show - illuminating the previously unheralded Hino and Ross for the boxing and general public - far outweighs the bad endings for their popular victims (and the decision to revert to edited fights; and the snoozefest that was the first several episodes).

 

For next week, I'm going with Hino TKO4 Elam, and Godfrey UD5 Hoye in an upset.

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In the ring or on the reality tv end?

Yeah the next two weeks are double headers.

 

He also seemed very self conscious of and frustrated with how crappy he looked when he came back. Did they say how long there was supposed to be between the end of last week's episode and the taping of next week's doubleheader? The outcome could hinge (well, have hinged) on whether he had adequate time to whip himself into shape...