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[Mr. Hyde]

THE SCENE: The Commissioner's Office inside of the Stampede Memorial Coliseum, minutes to the beginning of POC 10: Doomsday.

POC owner Faustus Grael, President Prodigy, and Commissioner Jack Hood are all in Hood's office awaiting the start of POC 10.

Grael: Well, boys, I think we deserve a toast. All of us. Together, we have made a bold step and now 10 cards later, we're still going strong. A toast, to the three pillars of the POC!

Grael and Prodigy, wine glasses in hand, toast with Jack Hood, bottle of grog in hand. As Prodigy and Grael take sips from their glasses, Hood completely downs his container.

Prodigy: We've done something amazing here, fellas. The POC is making more money now than the CPC ever did, and we're still gaining ground. Maybe, just maybe, we may start competing with the GWF again.

Hood: (reaching into his desk drawer) Compete? HA! Boyos, we're going to MURDER the GWF! Those pansies are going to be out of business by the end of the year! (pulling a bottle of rum from the drawer) I GUARANTEE it! Now, let's go to the box seats and watch the fightin'!

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THE SCENE: Matinee Idol's and Latasha's locker room.

Franco: Now remember, she's-a hot blooded. All those Irish potato horders are. You stay away from her and-a you get her angry. Then, when-a she come in all open and mad, BLOW! you let her-a have it!

Latasha: (shadow boxing) Right. I can beat Rhiannon. (to herself) You can beat her. You can beat her. You can beat her...

Franco nods in approval at Latasha and then turns to Matinee Idol, who is sitting on a bench in the corner, his head down.

Franco: Hey, Idol. What's-a matter with you. You been tooooooo quiet over there. How you gonna beat Mad-

Idol: (sharply) Don't say his name.

Franco: Who? Mad-

Idol: (whirling around in anger at Franco) Dont say his name!

Latasha stops shadow boxing and she and Franco just stare at Idol.

Idol: (starting to sit back down) Just don't say his name, alright. I...I have to focus. He's been making us look like fools. (His back now turned, Idol reaches into his gym bag and puts his hand on a baseball bat) And I'm going to make him stop.

[Mr. Hyde]

POC 10: DOOMSDAY
Stampede Memorial Coliseum, Earth

POC Owner Faustus Grael, President Prodigy, and Commissioner Jack Hood are in box seats in the arena tonight!

Mad Jester vs. Matinee Idol w/ Franco
-Matinee Idol defeats Mad Jester by KO in 1:36 with a straight left. Idol looked very strange as he made his way to the ring for this one, and when the opening bell rang, he got even stranger. Idol let out a primal scream and lunged at the Jester, completely overwhelming him and knocking him out cold!

Idol wasn’t finished with the Jester! Like a man possessed, he threw the referee to the canvas and grabbed a baseball bat from Franco! The crowd let out a gasp of shock when Idol stood over the still loopy Jester, weapon raised above his head!

Idol: (Screaming) KETCHUP PLEASE!

WHAM! With a sickening thud, Matinee Idol brought the baseball bat down right over the back of the Mad Jester’s head! The crowd on hand couldn’t believe their eyes as the Mad Jester went limp and Idol grabbed a microphone! As paramedics rushed into the cage and security got in between Idol and the Jester, the serious actor began to speak.

Idol: Jester! Over and over and over again you have made a fool out of my friends and me! No more! I am a SERIOUS actor! And now (holding up the bat, which has “ketchup” carved into it) I AM serious! Knock off your shenanigans, and leave us alone, or Ketchup here and I will knock off your head!

Matinee Idol has lost it!
--Updates on Mad Jester’s condition will be released

Latasha came to the ring in grand fashion for her title defense. Gold glitter filtered down from the rafters and several stagehands rolled out a red carpet for the Starlet Champion.

Rhiannon, while not bringing her own fanfare, garnered a big pop from the crowd, as she is returning from injury and was just barely able to fulfill this title match obligation. Also, the crowd wants anyone, they don’t care who, to take the title from Latasha.

POC WOMEN’S FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP
Latasha© w/ Franco vs. Rhiannon w/ Splatter
-Rhiannon defeats Latasha by KO in 5:56 with a drop seoinage. Latasha held her own on the ground, where she constantly took the fight, but Rhiannon pinned her up against the cage and let loose a barrage of powerful strikes, following up with the drop seoinage and taking Latasha out of the fight!

Rhiannon gets handed the title and the crowd goes wild! Shylock and Splatter enter the cage to celebrate with the new champion as Latasha begins to bawl her eyes out, and must be helped from the cage by Franco!

POC SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP
Mensar© w/ Cordanus vs. Puma
-Puma defeats Mensar by SUBMISSION in 14:35 with a triangle body lock. Puma got pummeled throughout this whole bout, taking an immense beating from Mensar. But Puma persevered, and finally caught Mensar in the body lock for the amazing comeback victory!

Before anyone can even hand the title to Puma, Rubicon shows up! Security immediately gets involved, but to no avail as Rubicon just tosses them aside like rag dolls! Puma leaps out of the cage, gunning for Rubicon, and the two monsters collide in the entrance aisle! The area immediately becomes a disaster zone as chairs, spectators, security guards and steel barricades get up-ended! There is no controlling the terrible brawl and thankfully, the two giants eventually end up in the backstage area, keeping the spectators safe for at least a little while.

POC DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP
Silent Violence© vs. The Punks
-Pendekar defeats Taurine by KO in 7:46 with a morote gari. There was a stoppage at 0:44 when Taurine split Pendekar open with punches to head and body.
-Pendekar defeats Romulus by SUBMISSION in 2:26 with a reverse crucifix. The Punks definitely worked on their ground game in preparation for this title bout, and it showed as they were able to draw a little bit of weakness out of Silent Violence. However, even with blood in his eyes, Pendekar managed to tough it out and in the end, The Punks failed to de-rail the Cruiserweight Killing Machine.

President Prodigy makes an announcement from the box seats he shares with Grael and Prodigy.

Prodigy: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for attending tonight. You have made the POC an excellent success, and it is my honor to give you all the first sneak peak of things to come in Pleaides Outlaw Combat. Starting at our next card, we are going to hold the first annual Knock-Out Derby! From POC 11 to POC 25, the fighter to win the most bouts by KO will receive a special award at the end of the year! (Crowd cheers)

POC CRUISERWEIGHT FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP
Zed Marlowe© w/ Killer Queen vs. Dante
-Zed Marlowe defeats Dante by SUBMISSION in 7:11 with a rear choke lock. This bout was an excellent showing of two of the POC’s most promising young fighters and neither man disappointed. Dante came ready to deal with Marlowe’s ground game and he kept himself off of the mat for most of the bout, even managing to take the champion himself down! But Marlowe was relentless in his attack, and Dante couldn’t fend him off. As soon as the fight moved to the ground, Marlowe had no trouble ending it.

Zed Marlowe receives his title and once again scales the cage and celebrates! The crowd loves Zed Marlowe and his young, fiery heart! Zed Marlowe proves yet again that he is much, much more than a stupid gimmick, much to the delight of the crowd!

As Faustus Grael, President Prodigy, and Commissioner Hood anxiously await the main event, Latasha can be seen entering their spectators box. She seems livid or frightened, and keeps pointing towards the back stage area, imploring the three head officials of the POC to follow her. Reluctantly, all three men get out of their seats and leave the seating area.

POC HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP
Shylock© w/ Splatter vs. Absalom
-Shylock defeated Absalom by KO in 6:56 with a left jab, right hook, right knee. What an exciting fight as Absalom came out on fire, slamming Shylock to the ground and raining heavy shots down on him again and again! The crowd was on the edge of their seat as Shylock got rocked again and again! There was a stoppage at 4:39 when Absalom accidentally caught Shylock with a low blow trying to take him down. Absalom apologized profusely and Shylock forgave him. But when the bout restarted, Absalom picked up right where he left off, rocking the champion again and again, each time getting closer and closer to a victory! Shylock was severely beaten at this point, but managed to slip away! Absalom came charging in, determined to keep the offensive, but Shylock threw everything he had left into one final assault and completely leveled Absalom from out of nowhere! The crowd went nuts as Shylock makes this amazing comeback victory and has passed one hell of a test tonight!

The crowd goes wild for Shylock, who is struggling to stand! A POC official begins to approach the cage, to hand Shylock his Heavyweight Fighting Championship, when all of the arena lights go out! For a few moments, nothing happens, and all that can be heard is the worried and inquisitive murmur of the crowd. But when the lights come up suddenly, the worry turns into horror as Shylock is trapped inside of the cage with 6 of the POC’s most unsavory characters!

A crazed Matinee Idol, still wielding his baseball bat named Ketchup, a slightly worried looking Franco Jesterelli, a disgusted Cordanus, a furious Mensar, a cocky Mike Fortune and a sinisterly smooth Saboteur are all encircling the battered Heavyweight Champion! Saboteur shouts an order and all at once things go haywire. Idol, Franco, Cordanus, Mensar, and Mike Fortune all lock the cage doors and begin to fight with security who are hopelessly trying to climb over the fence into the ring! Simultaneously, Saboteur lunges at Shylock with a stun rod and begins to bash him repeatedly with it!

Shylock hits the ground hard, unable to control the spasms that the stun rod has sent through his body, and Saboteur continues to mercilessly, coldy wail on him. Shylock lies on the ground writhing in pain, when the crowd goes into a state of panic as Saboteur brandishes a large, serrated knife! Saboteur kicks the helpless champion and mounts him, getting right into his face.

Saboteur: You took my brother, and then you took my thigh, Shylock. You want to play mindgames with me? Fine, then consider THIS my first move. I’m going to kill you one day. I’m going to watch the life drain from your eyes. But until that day comes, I’m going to make you plead for me to kill you! You took my brother and you took my thigh. What’s the expression? A thigh for a thigh?

With that, Saboteur plunges his knife deeply into Shylock’s left thigh, blood exploding everywhere! Shylock screams in unrelenting agony as Saboteur slices his thigh open and then rips the knife back out! The crowd is incensed and horrified at what is taking place, but no one can stop it!

Splatter is shouting orders at the security, in an attempt to save his friend and trainee, while Rhiannon stands sobbing at the ramp way, unable to do anything to help her love. Saboteur smiles beneath his hood, his first smile in many years, and gets off of Shylock, who is almost unconscious due to blood loss and the tremendous bout he had just finished.

Saboteur: (kicking Shylock’s torn thigh) This is just the beginning, Shylock. Just the beginning. Please don’t think ill of me. This isn’t revenge…this is justice.

Saboteur begins to walk away from the bloody mess, but he turns around after a few steps and looks at his knife, then at his helpless foe.

Saboteur: Screw this. Shylock, TONIGHT is your doomsday! I’m going to kill you right now, in front of all these people. I’ve waited long enough!

Saboteur leaps upon Shylock, knife raised high into the air, ready to butcher his enemy! And at the edge of the ring, directing Mensar where to defend from the security guards, a scheming Cordanus hears Saboteur’s decree and decides he really doesn’t want to be charged with conspiracy to murder. Swiftly, Cordanus unlocks one of the cage doors and before Idol, Franco, or Fortune can react, they are overwhelmed by security pouring in the cage. Several guards tackle Saboteur, saving Shylock and immediately the situation is defused for the most part.

The Conspirators are taken out of the cage quickly, Saboteur being the most difficult to remove, and Shylock is loaded onto a stretcher and taken out of the arena, covered in his own blood and leaving a man-sized puddle of it in the ring. The crowd is horrified and doesn’t know how to react as they solemly file out of the building, wondering where Grael, Prodigy, and Commissioner Hood could have gone and what could have possibly kept them from trying to get back to ringside to stop this disgusting crime.

What was supposed to be the crowning achievement in the POC’s short history thus far has turned into an unspeakable tragedy, and with so many questions ye to be answered and Shylock’s life still hanging very dangerousy in the balance, there is only one fact: Jack Hood spoke of Ultraviolence, and tonight, the galaxy saw exactly what “ultraviolence” can give birth to.

[Mr. Hyde]

THE SCENE: The Commissioner's Office inside the Stampede Memorial Coliseum

Grael, Prodigy, and Jack Hood: (singing wearily in unison) 1 bottle of grog on the wall, 1 bottle of grog, you take one down, pass it around, zero bottles of grog on the wall...

Having finished their third or fourth round of "99 bottles of grog on the wall" Faustus Grael, President Prodigy, and Commissioner Hood all look wearily at the carpeting in the office, Grael and Prodigy wondering if they will ever be able to escape from the locked room and Hood secretly wishing he hadn't accidentally dropped his key to the room in the toilet before the show started. slowly, Prodigy starts to speak.

Prodigy: So...who do you think locked the door behind us?

Grael: Well, that poor excuse for an actress Latasha was the one who tricked us into coming in here. Maybe she did it.

Prodigy: But, why would Latasha want to trap us in here? What possible motivation could she have for making up a lie that RUbicon and Puma were destroying the office in the midst of their brawl, leading us here, and then locking the door on us, and then proceding to bar it closed?

Grael: Oh, who the hell knows. All of these fighters are crazy around here. Matinee Idol running around with a baseball bat "named" ketchup, Rubicon and Puma causing thousands of dollars in property damage, what else could possibly happen?

Just then, the three head officials of the POC hear bumping on the other side of the door! Muffled voices can be heard, then the lock of the door turning, and then freedom as the door opens! Trent Lawless stands in the doorway with several security guards.

Lawless: Boy, am I glad we finally found you three! You are NOT going to believe what just happened.

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E-Mail from POCladiesman to Galactic Sports Programming Network

Dear Galactic Sports Programming Network, under the orders of my esteemed boss, Faustus Grael, I, Trent Lawless, have sent you this e-mail which describes the official meeting to decide the fates of one POC referee, Matinee Idol, Latasha, Franco Jesterelli, Cordanus, Mensar, Mike Fortune, and Saboteur, now known as: The Conspirators.

Presiding over the meeting was Faustus Grael, President Prodigy, and Commissioner Jack Hood. The meeting started off with Saboteur, apparently the master planner of the entire attack on Shylock (no surprise) revealing every detail of his plan to the head officials.

Saboteur wanted to knife Shylock in the thigh, but he knew that with the bulked-up security force, he would need accomplices. He found these "accomplices" by some unsavory tactics. The first was Mike Fortune, hit-man for hire. All it took was a few thousand credits and Fortune was in. The next accomplices were Latasha, Idol, and Franco.

Latasha was desperate to defeat Morgana for the Women's Fighting Championship at POC 8, so Saboteur approached her manager, Franco, with a plan. He would show her how to hide a weight in her glove, making her punches more effective, and pay off the referee assigned to the bout, IF Latasha, Franco, and Idol would assist him with a "favor". Of course, Saboteur did not inform them of the extent of his plans.

Next, Saboteur recruited Cordanus and Mensar through some blackmail. Cordanus apparently paid off one Gunnar to injure Hanuman in retaliation for Hanuman defeating Mensar at POC 6. Saboteur discovered this and used this knowledge to force Cordanus and Mensar to help him with his plans, threatening to reveal this information to Commissioner Hood if Cordanus refused to aid him. Cordanus agreed, and the stage was set.

Before the main event of POC 10, Latasha used her "acting" ability to lure Grael, Prodigy, and Hood away from what was about to take place. She used Rubicon and Puma's destructive brawl as a lie to lead the officials to Hood's office, claiming the two monsters had destroyed it. When the officials entered the room, it was Cordanus shut and locked the door from the outside and Mensar who placed a heavy trash dumpster in front of the door, effectively trapping the officials inside.

Saboteur then waited for the main event to conclude, hoping Shylock would take a beating in the bout, which he did. When the fight ended, the referee who was paid-off in Latasha's title fight killed the lights, allowing the rest of The Conspirators to enter and lock the cage, trapping Shylock. The referee turned the lights back on and the rest is rather gruesome history.

After this, the three officials handed down their judgements. First, each individual conspirator would have to pay a 500,000 credit fine. Ouch.

Jack Hood has since "disposed" of the corrupt official. God only knows what Hood did to him.

Matinee Idol will have to fight Commissioner Jack Hood at POC 11, Latasha will have an immediate re-match with Morgana as soon as Morgana is healed, and cannot touch the Women's Title again until that happens, and Franco will have to pay an extra 100,000 credit fine.

Mike Fortune will have to pay an extra 250,000 credit fine while Cordanus will have to pay an extra 100,000 credit fine. Mensar will be forced to fight Hanuman again, once Hanuman returns to action, and cannot touch the Superheavyweight Title again until he does so.

At this point, it was time to decide Saboteur's fate. Grael shocked the galaxy when he handed down a sentence of banned from the POC for life! However, it was President Prodigy who spoke in defense of Saboteur. He said that Shylock should have a chance at revenge against Sabotuer, and that even though it was brutal, what Saboteur did has attracted more attention to the POC than the CPC EVER recieved. Commissioner Jack Hood completely agreed and so Saboteur will have to pay an extra 500,000 credit fine in order to avoid termination form his POC contract! In addition, the Commissioner stated that he knew exactly how Shylock and Saboteur could settle their differences.

Thus, the meeting concluded, as does this transcript. Saboteur never had any intention of knifing Shylock with impunity. He knew that he was taking all of "accomplices" on a kamikaze plot. It seems that this fact should now make him a marked man amongst the other Conspirators.

[Mr. Hyde]

THE SCENE: The Commissioner's Office inside the Stampede Memorial Coliseum

Grael, Prodigy, and Jack Hood: (singing wearily in unison) 1 bottle of grog on the wall, 1 bottle of grog, you take one down, pass it around, zero bottles of grog on the wall...

Having finished their third or fourth round of "99 bottles of grog on the wall" Faustus Grael, President Prodigy, and Commissioner Hood all look wearily at the carpeting in the office, Grael and Prodigy wondering if they will ever be able to escape from the locked room and Hood secretly wishing he hadn't accidentally dropped his key to the room in the toilet before the show started. slowly, Prodigy starts to speak.

Prodigy: So...who do you think locked the door behind us?

Grael: Well, that poor excuse for an actress Latasha was the one who tricked us into coming in here. Maybe she did it.

Prodigy: But, why would Latasha want to trap us in here? What possible motivation could she have for making up a lie that RUbicon and Puma were destroying the office in the midst of their brawl, leading us here, and then locking the door on us, and then proceding to bar it closed?

Grael: Oh, who the hell knows. All of these fighters are crazy around here. Matinee Idol running around with a baseball bat "named" ketchup, Rubicon and Puma causing thousands of dollars in property damage, what else could possibly happen?

Just then, the three head officials of the POC hear bumping on the other side of the door! Muffled voices can be heard, then the lock of the door turning, and then freedom as the door opens! Trent Lawless stands in the doorway with several security guards.

Lawless: Boy, am I glad we finally found you three! You are NOT going to believe what just happened.

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E-Mail from POCladiesman to Galactic Sports Programming Network

Dear Galactic Sports Programming Network, under the orders of my esteemed boss, Faustus Grael, I, Trent Lawless, have sent you this e-mail which describes the official meeting to decide the fates of one POC referee, Matinee Idol, Latasha, Franco Jesterelli, Cordanus, Mensar, Mike Fortune, and Saboteur, now known as: The Conspirators.

Presiding over the meeting was Faustus Grael, President Prodigy, and Commissioner Jack Hood. The meeting started off with Saboteur, apparently the master planner of the entire attack on Shylock (no surprise) revealing every detail of his plan to the head officials.

Saboteur wanted to knife Shylock in the thigh, but he knew that with the bulked-up security force, he would need accomplices. He found these "accomplices" by some unsavory tactics. The first was Mike Fortune, hit-man for hire. All it took was a few thousand credits and Fortune was in. The next accomplices were Latasha, Idol, and Franco.

Latasha was desperate to defeat Morgana for the Women's Fighting Championship at POC 8, so Saboteur approached her manager, Franco, with a plan. He would show her how to hide a weight in her glove, making her punches more effective, and pay off the referee assigned to the bout, IF Latasha, Franco, and Idol would assist him with a "favor". Of course, Saboteur did not inform them of the extent of his plans.

Next, Saboteur recruited Cordanus and Mensar through some blackmail. Cordanus apparently paid off one Gunnar to injure Hanuman in retaliation for Hanuman defeating Mensar at POC 6. Saboteur discovered this and used this knowledge to force Cordanus and Mensar to help him with his plans, threatening to reveal this information to Commissioner Hood if Cordanus refused to aid him. Cordanus agreed, and the stage was set.

Before the main event of POC 10, Latasha used her "acting" ability to lure Grael, Prodigy, and Hood away from what was about to take place. She used Rubicon and Puma's destructive brawl as a lie to lead the officials to Hood's office, claiming the two monsters had destroyed it. When the officials entered the room, it was Cordanus shut and locked the door from the outside and Mensar who placed a heavy trash dumpster in front of the door, effectively trapping the officials inside.

Saboteur then waited for the main event to conclude, hoping Shylock would take a beating in the bout, which he did. When the fight ended, the referee who was paid-off in Latasha's title fight killed the lights, allowing the rest of The Conspirators to enter and lock the cage, trapping Shylock. The referee turned the lights back on and the rest is rather gruesome history.

After this, the three officials handed down their judgements. First, each individual conspirator would have to pay a 500,000 credit fine. Ouch.

Jack Hood has since "disposed" of the corrupt official. God only knows what Hood did to him.

Matinee Idol will have to fight Commissioner Jack Hood at POC 11, Latasha will have an immediate re-match with Morgana as soon as Morgana is healed, and cannot touch the Women's Title again until that happens, and Franco will have to pay an extra 100,000 credit fine.

Mike Fortune will have to pay an extra 250,000 credit fine while Cordanus will have to pay an extra 100,000 credit fine. Mensar will be forced to fight Hanuman again, once Hanuman returns to action, and cannot touch the Superheavyweight Title again until he does so.

At this point, it was time to decide Saboteur's fate. Grael shocked the galaxy when he handed down a sentence of banned from the POC for life! However, it was President Prodigy who spoke in defense of Saboteur. He said that Shylock should have a chance at revenge against Sabotuer, and that even though it was brutal, what Saboteur did has attracted more attention to the POC than the CPC EVER recieved. Commissioner Jack Hood completely agreed and so Saboteur will have to pay an extra 500,000 credit fine in order to avoid termination form his POC contract! In addition, the Commissioner stated that he knew exactly how Shylock and Saboteur could settle their differences.

Thus, the meeting concluded, as does this transcript. Saboteur never had any intention of knifing Shylock with impunity. He knew that he was taking all of "accomplices" on a kamikaze plot. It seems that this fact should now make him a marked man amongst the other Conspirators.

[Mr. Hyde]

BREAKING NEWS FROM GSPN!!!!

Due to the horrific injury injury Saboteur inflicted on him at POC 10: Doomsday, POC Heavyweight Fighting Champion Shylock has been forced to vacate his championship! There are currently four contenders to the crown: Cypher, Absalom, Saboteur, and Mike Fortune.

At POC 11, Saboteur and Mike Fortune will do battle.

At POC 12, Cypher and Absalom will clash again.

And at POC 13: Arsenal, the winner of Saboteur/Fortune will fight the winner of Cypher/Absalom to become the POC Interim Heavyweight Fighting Champion!

However, as soon as Shylock returns to action (if he returns) he will have an automatic title opportunity!

[Mr. Hyde]

ROLL CALL OF POC CHAMPIONS

HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP
VACANT (Shylock injured, Interim Champ to be determined)
Top 5 Contenders
1. Cypher (3-1)
2. Saboteur (3-1)
3. Mike Fortune (3-1)
4. Absalom (2-4)
5. Raze (2-4, injured)

CRUISERWEIGHT FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP
ZED MARLOWE (5-0)
Top 5 Contenders
1. Thayne (3-1)
2. Euritar (3-2)
3. Scion Nexus (3-3)
4. Dante (2-2, already lost a title opportunity)
5. Brainstorm (2-3)

SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP
PUMA (5-1)
Top 3 Contenders
1. Rubicon (2-1)
2. Gunnar (3-2)
3. Mensar (3-2, cannot recieve an opportunity until his re-match with Hanuman)

DOUBLES FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS
SILENT VIOLENCE (5-0)
Top 3 Contenders
1. King's Men (2-1)
2. Sky Fire (2-2)
3. Darwin's Legacy (2-2, Hadrian injured)

WOMEN'S FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP
RHIANNON (3-2)
Top 3 Contenders
1. Xenia (3-1)
2. Desdemona (2-2)
3. Morgana (2-1, still recovering from injury)

The title landscape has drastically changed since last time as the Doubles, Superheavyweight, and Women's championships prove to be slippery titles to hold onto and Shylock gets unexpectedly taken out of the whole title picture. Zed Marlowe, however, is a stone wall, and refuses to be dethroned. But, how long can he hold out?

[Mr. Hyde]

INJURED LIST

JOINING THE LIST

MAD JESTER: got clubbed in the back of the head with a baseball bat by Matinee Idol. Doctors say he has suffered a concussion (realistically, the guy doesn't have too much to damage, anyway) and will be out for 3 cards.

SHYLOCK: was brutally mauled by the psychotic Saboteur and had his thigh severely torn apart with a knife. Doctors say he will be out at least 8 cards, but it is questionable if he'll ever be able to fight the same way again.

RECOVERING

INDIGO: 5 broken ribs. Will return in 1 card.

RAZE: Broken nose and jaw. Will return in 2 cards.

TK: Ruptured Appendix. Will return in 3 cards.

GORDO: Broken and severely twisted ankle. Will return in 4 cards.

MORGANA: Broken Orbital bone, fractured cheek bone, fractured jaw, mild concussion. Will return in 4 cards.

[Mr. Hyde]

PREVIEW OF POC 11: BLITZKRIEG

At POC 11, Zed marlowe will once again put his Cruiserweight Fighting Championship on the line. This time, he will face his most unpredictable opponent to date in the wil Thayne! In anticipation of this big match-up, GSPN set out to get exclusive comments from both competitors!

ZED MARLOWE, POC CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION
Zed: I'm really looking forward to fighting Thayne! He has a great, unpredictable style, which means I will have to be on my toes at all times if I want to walk away champion. I think it will be a great fight, and I hope evryone that comes to see it will have a great time.
Killer Queen: Zed here is the future of the POC. I'm going to say right now that Zed will go undefeated in 2122 and beyond because he is the gold standard of this place along with Morgana. Latasha should be ashamed of what she has done, but I know Morgan will only be ENRAGED at what she has done!

THAYNE, NUMBER ONE CONTENDER
Thayne: Ahnu and I have been sent here to fight for our respective nations, and this is just another piece of that war. I don't really care about the title, not when my family is still held captive, but becoming the Cruserweight Champion while Ahnu wades at the bottom of the division will onl prove my dominance over him even more. Marlowe, you are an honorable fighter, but you are simply in my way, meaning I must dispose of you.

FULL CARD FOR POC 11: BLITZKRIEG

Matinee Idol w/ Franco vs. Commissioner Jack Hood
*As part of his punishment as a Conspirator, Matinee Idol will face the merciless commissioner. Perhaps a fate worse than death!*

Euritar vs. Brainstorm
*These two have absolutely no respect for each other, and it's hard to believe this fight will prove any different*

INTERIM HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION MINI-TOURNEY
Saboteur vs. Mike Fortune
*Mike Fortune is out close to 1 million credits due to Saboteur's plotting, and with a chance to be Heavyweight Champ on the line neither one of these guys need more incentive to try to kill each other!*

Gunnar vs. Mensar w/ Cordanus
*Gunnar has done Mensar's dirty work, but now that is all over with. It's time for both men to take responsibility for their actions, however violent the actions may be*

Desdemona vs. Serpentine

CRUISERWEIGHT FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP
Zed Marlowe © w/ Killer Queen vs. Thayne
*Zed Marlowe, the fiery young upstart who has yet to taste defeat against Thayne, the unpredictable wild old veteran. Both men are going to face a test here, and the one that passes the test will become the NEW POC CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION!*

PLUS! The Knockout Derby gets underway!

The POC launches it's Warfare Tour by heading to the Deneb Sports Arena, Cygnus for POC 11: Blitzkrieg! No fight fan in the galaxy wants to miss this!

[Mr. Hyde]

POC 11: BLITZKRIEG
DENEB SPORTS ARENA, CYGNUS

Matinee Idol w/ Franco vs. Commissioner Jack Hood
-Matinee Idol defeats Jack Hood by SUBMISSION in 3:11 with a triangle choke! What an upset as Idol gets EXTREMELY lucky and locks in a triangle choke! The Commissioner never actually taps or passes out, but the ref must call the match when it is obvious Hood can’t escape! Even Idol can’t believe it!

Trent Lawless, now assigned to interview competitors after bouts, enters the cage to talk with Idol.

Lawless: Wow! I-I’m speechless, for once! Idol, I don’t think ANYONE in this arena expected you to survive tonight, let alone WIN!

Idol: (back to his usual goofy self) I know! I have finally been able to prove that I AM a serious actor AND a serious competitor! And it’s all thanks to ketchup. (Idol beckons Franco to hand him the affectionately named baseball bat. OK, so maybe Idol is completely stable yet.) I’m so glad that ketchup and I took out that two-bit mime the Mad Jester. Now that he is gone forever, I can start to focus-

Maniacal laughter fills the arena as Idol, Franco, and Lawless all begin to look around, shocked at the apparent return of the Mad Jester! Suddenly, the holo-tron at the top of the entrance aisle flickers on and we see…

Latasha tied to a large spinning wheel, screaming her head off as she goes around and around! Idol and Franco can’t believe what they are seeing, but things get worse as a large knife hurtles at the wheel and sticks into it, inches above Latasha’s face, causing her to shriek even louder! The crowd goes nuts as the camera pulls back to reveal a bandaged yet still smiling Mad Jester!

Jester: Matty Idol, can I call you Matty? I don’t care! You haven’t gotten rid of me! No, no. You’ve done the EXACT opposite of that! It’s about time you started to play along, and now it’s on! I’ve got your little actress tied to this wheel, and we’re having loads of fun! Why don’t you come join us, Matty!

Idol lets out a primal roar yet again and, Ketchup in hand, he races towards the back, looking wild yet again!

Euritar vs. Brainstorm
-Euritar defeats Brainstorm by KO in 0:46 with knees to ribs and chin. Euritar got in close quickly and leveled Brainstorm with a barrage of knees to the chin! The crowd goes nuts!

Lawless once again enters the cage, but before he can say anything, Euritar cuts him off.

Euritar: Shut your mouth, Lawless. Now, TONIGHT it’s Thayne and Marlowe for the Cruiserweight Title. But, at POC 15, it’s one of them and ME for the Cruiserweight Title! My half of the contract is signed, and all I need is one more signature. I want both of you to know that whichever one of you signs that contract, is going to be signing away their title! I won’t be denied, I deserve this, and I am going to take it! (the crowd goes nuts again)

INTERIM HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION MINI-TOURNEY
Saboteur vs. Mike Fortune
-Saboteur defeats Mike Fortune by SUBMISSION in 2:24 with a kata getame. Fortune likes to brag about how good he his with his fists, but he didn’t stand a chance when Saboteur tied him up and took him to the ground.

Saboteur: I don’t have to explain anything to these people. (Crowd boos) Just know that now that Shylock is out of the picture, it is time for a fighter with true honor to carry the Heavyweight Title. (crowd boos)

Lawless: (As Saboteur is leaving) Well, ladies and gentlemen, the man who I’m sure is the last person you would like to win the Heavyweight Title has just earned himself the right to compete for it at POC 13. You don’t want to miss it!

Gunnar vs. Mensar w/ Cordanus
-Mensar defeats Gunnar by TKO in 2:58 with an arm triangle choke. It’s apparent that these two don’t like each other and as such they just pummeled each other into mush. But, Mensar doesn’t just try to win fights. He likes to hurt his opponent, too. He did just that when he locked on the arm triangle choke and squeezed until Gunnar’s shoulder dislocated!
--Updates on Gunnar's condition will be released

Cordanus: Guess what? The King of Superheavyweights just knocked off the number two contender to Puma’s title! Now, Hanuman, Mensar isn’t allowed to touch the belt until he beats your face in, so we want you in this ring next card! Show up and shut up so that Mensar can once again ascend to his rightful place in resplendance!

Cameras find Matinee Idol and Franco, who are still searching for the Mad Jester, when they come to an old equipment room door. Idol, baseball bat in hand, kicks the door open and both he and Franco rush into the room, only to slip and slide in the dark all the way into the center of the room! Both men come crashing face first into Latasha, who is still strapped to a large spinning wheel! Idol and Franco struggle to gain footing, but the floor is too slick with ketchup!

Idol: AAAAAAARGH! JESTER! (covered in ketchup and still slipping around like a fool) I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!

We see a shadow stand in the doorway of the room.

Jester: Heh heh hee. Ketchup, please!

Idol screams in rage and charges for the Jester as best he can when all of a sudden another shadow enters the doorway, except it is much larger! Idol’s eyes go wide as the monstrous Rubicon charges into the room and the Mad Jester calmly closes and locks the door!

As the Jester walks away happily, we hear muffled cries and slams coming from inside the room. The Jester strolls happily until he comes face to face with Jack Hood! Hood stares Jester in the eyes for a moment, and then looks behind him at the locked door.

Hood: (showing off his rusted teeth in a grim smile) I see you followed my instructions to the letter, boyo!

Desdemona vs. Serpentine
-Serpentine defeats Desdemona by SUBMISSION in 13:53 with a rear naked choke. This was a wild, back and forth bout with a stoppage at 10:26 due to Serpentine accidentally getting head butted during a transitional move from ground to clinch. Serpentine got the worst of most of the exchanges, but in the closing moments she landed a big overhand right that knocked Desdemona loopy and left her open for the choke! Amazingly, this is only Serpentine's first victory here in the POC!

CRUISERWEIGHT FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP
Zed Marlowe © w/ Killer Queen vs. Thayne
-Zed Marlowe defeats Thayne by TKO in 8:01 with an arm lock. What a battle! 30 seconds into the fight, Thayne launched a combo that almost took the champion out right there! But Marlowe recovered and these two fought tooth and nail standing, clinching, and grappling. Marlowe finally got the arm lock set tight, but a loud pop suddenly went out through the crowd and Marlowe immediately let go. The referee stopped the match, as Thayne’s elbow had been dislocated! The crowd cheered for Marlowe, but showed restraint as they were also worried about Thayne. Likewise, an exhausted Zed Marlowe showed restraint in his celebration after he was once again handed the Cruiserweight Fighting Championship!
--Updates on Thayne's condition will be released

Marlowe held the title over his head as he watched Thayne be escorted out of the cage. Suddenly, Ahnu leaps out of the crowd and pounces on Thayne! Ahnu assaults a defenseless Thayne, clubbing him in the head repeatedly until a hard jab from nowhere knocks him out cold! It was Zed who threw the punch! The crowd erupts in approval for Marlowe as he makes sure Thayne is safely taken to the back! After Thayne is taken out of the arena, Marlowe gets back into the cage and looks down upon a still woozy Ahnu.

Marlowe: (first clapping, and then holding up 3 fingers) FREE THE THREE! FREE THE THREE! FREE THE THREE!

The crowd chants right along with their Cruiserweight hero as Zed Marlowe shows the utmost respect for his incredibly tough opponent, Thayne.

[Mr. Hyde]

POC NEWS & NOTES

INJURED LIST
-Indigo has recovered from his broken ribs and has been cleared to fight
-Raze has mostly recovered from his broken nose and jaw, and will be back in action in 1 card
-Mad Jester's concussion isn't keeping him down as far as antics go, but he won't be cleared to fight for 2 cards longer
-Hadrian has been rehabilitating his seperated shoulder, and will return to action in 2 cards
-TK's busted Appendix and subsequent appendectomy has gone well, but he still needs to rest up for 2 more cards
-Gordo's broken and twisted ankle has reset and he is rehabbing at his farm in Texas. He will not be able to fight for 3 more cards.
-Morgana is recovering from her severe facial injuries and is beginning to train again. She will not return for 3 cards
-Shylock is in stable condition and is still recovering from the knifing by Saboteur. He will not have a chance to reclaim his Heavyweight Title for another 7 cards.

IN OTHER NEWS
-Gordo and Silas have retreated from the Doubles Division and are both going solo. They are still close friends and training partners, but Gordo said he wants to accrue more singles experience before he and Silas team again
-Doubles Bouts formats will now be solely Round Robin affairs. Meaning of teams AB and CD, fighter A will fight C and fighter B will fight D. If both fighters from a team are defeated, that team loses, however if the bouts are tied at 1-1, the surviving team members will have a tie-breaker bout!
-The Knockout Derby rolls on! Between POC 11 and POC 25, the fighter to win the most bouts by KO or TKO will win an as yet undetermined award at the end of the year! If a Doubles fighter has more than one bout in a Doubles contest, only the result of the last bout in the series will count towards the Derby.

PREVIEW FOR POC 12: MELEE

The galaxy will see two championship matches at POC 12 as the Cruiserweight Killing Machine Silent Violence will put their titles on the line against the returning King's Men. Also, Women's Champion Rhiannon will have a tough first challenger to her title in Xenia. In preparation for this big night, GSPN sought out comments from the champions and challengers.

-Stigma of Silent Violence solemnly declared another dominant victory over the King's Men

-The King's Men are anxious to get back into the cage with Silent Violence. Excalibur has called Stigma out to start the bout off, hoping to get an ounce of revenge against him for injuring his neck. The Jack of Diamonds said that the King's Men started the year off as the Doubles Champions, and that they will capture the title here and finish the year as champions.

-Women's Champion Rhiannon admitted that her challenger, Xenia would be a tough competitor but that she is ready and excited to test her clinching prowess against Xenia's powerful strikes.

-Xenia said in broken standard that she will knock Rhiannon's head off and be greeted with a hero's parade when she brings the Women's Championship to Russia, the Motherland.