Day 1 at the Evolution Championship Series featured plenty of upsets and twists at the top, with Tekken 7 reaching its final eight players and a thrilling build-up in the Guilty Gear pool.With three countries represented in Tekken 7: Fated Retribution, the difference in skill was unnoticeable; it was parity at its finest. There will be three Korean players represented in the winners side of the tournament: Jae knee min Bae, Choi SAINT Jinwoo and the always-entertaining Lee Poongko Chunggon of Team Secret. The U.S.s Anthony Geesemaster Jaimes will round out the winners side of the top eight. On the losers side, Japan will be represented by two of its absolute finest: Aoki TAKE Takehiko and early tournament favorite Nakayama Yamasa|Nobi Daichi. And joining them will the last Korean player, Jung narakhof Joong Joo and the last U.S. representative, ?Stephen Speedkicks Stafford of?Circa eSports.There were plenty of upsets that led to this diverse top eight. Circa eSports crowd favorite Hoa Anakin Luu was eliminated well short of the estimated goal to be among the finalists. And the last big shocker was the elimination of Tekken staple, Hyunjin JDCR Kim in ninth place. When the top eight begins, look for fireworks from dark horses Poongko and Geesemaster -- this will be a Tekken finals for the ages.Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator was as topsy-turvy as could be. In what could only be summed up as an intense and unexpected top eight for the tournament, these finals may very well steal the entire Evo show. Japan is well represented with six players, followed by Korea and the U.S. with one representative apiece. The favorite, Masahiro Machabo- Tominaga, is still in a great position to claim his throne and assert himself as the force of nature that many thought he could be. He came in with the muted hope but provided plenty of proof that he belonged as the day unfolded.If there could be a contender to crush Machabo-, it might be Kenichi Ogawa Ogawa or the dark horse Omito Omito Hashimoto. Of course, Ryota Kazunoko Inoue should never be ignored, but its difficult to pen him as the favorite to take the tournament. As for the long shots, Kyohei MarlinPie Lehr and Yu TopGaren Gyungwoo, theyre both in the losers bracket and face a country that came in large numbers to dominate Guilty Gear. It would take a minor miracle, but crazier things have happened; this is Evo, after all. Air Force 1 Sp Italia . Defencemen Drew Doughty, Shea Weber and forward Ryan Getzlaf also scored for the Canadians, who started their gold-medal defence 2-0. Goalie Roberto Luongo, getting the call in place of Game 1 starter Carey Price, was solid when needed in making 23 saves for the shutout. Sf Air Force 1 Mid Bianche . The Americans, skipped by John Shuster, seized the advantage in the eighth end by scoring five points for a 7-3 lead. The Czechs pulled two back in the ninth, but Shusters team of third Jeff Isaacson, second Jared Zezel and lead John Landsteiner ended with another point to secure the last Olympic berth on offer. http://www.airforce1outletitalia.it/ . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. Lunar Force 1 Italia . -- Canadian Andrew Wiggins got the ball on the wing, made a nifty spin move and then let go with a soft floater from about 10 feet that swished through the net in Allen Fieldhouse. Air Force 1 Mid Nere . -- Jacksonville wide receiver Cecil Shorts will likely be a game-time decision whether hell play Sunday in the Jaguars home game against the San Diego Chargers. Delhi --Francis Cheka knows how to play a villain. The challenger to Vijender Singhs Asia Pacific super middleweight title defence on Saturday, Cheka came in late to Tuesday press conference.He swaggered in wearing a brand new grey suit bought on Vijenders dime, after his own suitcase had been misplaced on the way over from Tanzania. Speaking through a translator, he sneered at Vijenders lack of experience and dismissed his Olympic bronze.The lion of Africa,saw fear he said in Vijenders eyes. In case those watching were feeling left out, Cheka cheekily promised to invite them to the party he would throw after beating Vijender.When the two boxers posed in a faceoff, the man with scars crisscrossing his eye line and a caved-in nose - evidence of half a life spent fighting - stuck his left palm with fingers stretched out in Vijenders face.Pick a number. Thats how many rounds Im going to knock you out in, he growled. He then proceeded to shove him, kicking off a minor scuffle. It might have been scripted, but it made for good video. With 5000 tickets to sell for Saturdays main event, all the animosity, feigned or otherwise, needed to be generated.It was assumed that Cheka was continuing in the same vein later in the day when he asked for a bottle of packaged water , drank it and then crushed the plastic container. Surely this was a metaphor for what he wanted to do to the Indian?As it turns out, Cheka was simply explaining his side job. While boxing is Chekas claim to fame, he also runs a plastic recycling business back home in Morogoro.Before he earned paychecks throwing punches, Cheka lived a hardscrabble existence picking up and selling plastic bottles.My father and mother separated when I was very young. I lived with my father but there wasnt a lot of money. So I would pick up plastic bottles on the road and then sell them to the plastic recyclers, he says through translator and manager Jay Msangi.Cheka got his break in life when as a seventeen-year-old, he decided to try boxing. I was just trying to do something to keep my mind occupied, he says. Despite not having a lot of technique, Cheka developed a reputation as someone who could get into slug-fests in the ring.He has fought 43 times, including once in Russia against Fedor Chudinov - who held the WBA super middleweight title.dddddddddddd Cheka has had his share of success too with 17 of his 32 wins coming by way of knockout. He currently holds the WBF super middleweight belt and according to his manager, is a household name in Tanzania.Francis Cheka is Tanzanian boxing. After he won the WBF title, he was invited to parliament and was asked to speak to the members there, Msangi says.Despite the adulation in his home, Cheka knows how fickle the sport can be. Which is why with his winnings over the years, he set up a plastic recycling unit in Morogoro.When I was a kid I would sell the plastic bottles to dealers. Even after I started boxing I would do this because there wasnt any money when I started out. But when I started making money, I started investing it in machinery because I understand this business, he says. His purse from the fight with Vijender will go into the business as well.Msangi says Cheka has done well for himself. He was gifted land and a house by the government for winning the WBF title, but Francis has built three homes for himself from the recycling business, he says.Indeed, while Cheka says he will support his four young children - Astoria, 10, Addis 7, Boniface,5, and Azenka 2 - if they want to box, he says they will first have to join him on the shop floor.Through the plastic business, Cheka had an Indian connection even though he had never been to India before this week. I know a lot of Indian businessmen in Tanzania. They buy the recycled plastic from me and then export it to India, he says. The plastic from this bottle probably came from my plant, he jokes while picking up one of the water bottles.Cheka says his clients knew he was a boxer but were surprised to know he would be coming to India. When I told them that I was going to go to India and fight the pride of their country they got a huge surprise.And if Vijender does find himself in trouble on Saturday, Cheka explains those Indian businessmen will have to share the blame. They have beaten me up a lot of times doing business. So I guess its time for me to return the favour to their hero. ' ' '