The rest of the matches went on as the countdown to the finals was about to begin.

“Next—Birdie VS Honda!”said Pound.

The brit and the sumo both stepped into the ring and waited for the word.

“FIGHT!”said Pound.

Birdie thrust forward at Honda,doing his dashing head butt while Honda did the same with his flying head butt.

The two collided with each other literally head-on!

“WHAMMM!”

The entire room shook from the impact the two bashers made.

When it was over,Birdie fell to the floor with a splitting headache while Honda still stood. He was the latest to win.

“Man,whatta head on that guy!”said Honda as he shook his head wildly.

“Next---Hugo VS Thump N Guts!”said Pound.
“About time I got back up again.”said Hugo.

Hugo and Thump faced each other in the ring,ready to trounce.

Thump made the first move as he ran,jumped and thrust out both feet at Hugo.
Hugo then caught both his boots and then threw him across the ring into the flexible ropes.

The ropes pulled Thump back,causing him to bounce back at Hugo.
But once he sailed at him,Hugo did a lariat punch,knocking him right out of the ring for keeps this time.

Hugo had won.

“Next Dar VS Grange!”said Pound.

Dar and the Frenchman entered the ring and were set to begin.

“FIGHT!”

Dar ran and jumped at Grange,doing a jump kick,but Grange blocked it and slammed a kick into his side.

Dar then swung around and backfisted Grange in the head!
“KRAAKK!”

Grange went down but got back up again,ready for more.

He then swung a spin kick at Dar,but the barbarian caught his foot,and twisted it sideways.

“AAAAR!”cried Grange as he fell to the floor.

”Damn—that guy plays for keeps!”said Alex.
Grange jumped back to his feet,but was now limping severly.

“Enough of this.”thought Dar wearily.

He then jumped into the air and brought down both fists upon Grange,knocking him to the floor and then brought down his elbow upon his head,knocking him out.

Dar was the winner once again.

Grange was carried away in a stretcher,and Pound made the announcement.

“That’s it for the elimination rounds.”he said. “The finalists have been chosen!”

The crowds cheered for the mighty contenders.

Sagat,Alex,Hugo,Honda,Zangeif,Darun Mister,Sodom,and Dar were now the 8 finalists who made it this far.

“Ladies and Gentlemen,we will begin the finals in half an hour,please use this recess for your own personal time.”he said.

The crowd gathers then went off to either the restrooms,pay phones or the concession stands while Sagat and the others sat and stood about the ring,resting.

Sagat saw Dar sitting upon his lap in a cross legged position.

He then cofronted him.
“You….you are not human are you?”said Sagat.
“Ah,you noticed my scarred giant.”said Dar. “Yes,you could say that,I have a power none of you could easily understand.”

“Well,don’t get too comfy with it,long hair!”said Sagat. “If it comes down to us you shall soon see my power and fury as well!”
Dar chuckled. “We’ll see,one eye,we’ll see.”

Sagat then turned back to the ring.
“Cocky ass!”he thought. “Once again,I find one who reminds me of my past self,until Ryu scarred me. But he shall be taken down a notch when I’m through with him---I SHALL!”

Rose then re-appeared inside the building and found herself beside the bleechers and stands.

“I’ve arrived none too soon.”she thought.

She looked intently at each of the fighters,and there she saw Dar sitting against the ring.

“It must be him!”she thought. “I can sense the power of the accursed gem within him!”

She then looked over the situation.
“I should’ve known—this is another damned fighting tournament—and typically male of him and them to fight in it!

I should act now..but that might cause a panic. No,I’ll wait till he strikes and takes a life,then I’ll act.”

Rose then used a stealth spell and was invisible.

“Hmm..there’s Sagat and a few other Street Fighters I’m familiar with…perhaps one of them will buy me victory before this is over.”

Once the half hour was over,the eight finalists were lined up near the ring while Pound made the announcement.

“LADIES AND GENTLEMEN—WE WELCOME YOU TO THE BONECRUSHER TOURNAMENT GRAND FINALS—YOU’RE IN STORE FOR THE MOST BRUTAL FIGHTS EVER! PLACE YOUR BETS AS THE CARNAGE BEGINS!

FIRST MATCH—ZANGIEF VS HUGO!”

The Russian Cyclone faced the ex-Mad Gears wrestler as the first match of the finals began.

Hugo ran at Gief as he tried his rush stampede move,but Gief dodged it and then kicked Hugo in the back.

The German almost fell forwards,but righted himself to safety,and then turned back to his opponent.
 

Zangief ran at Hugo and did his Spinning Clothesline at him,but Hugo ducked it and then rammed his left shoulder into his gut.

Gief fell completely on his back.
Once down,Hugo grabbed both of his legs,and threw him across the ring.

“WHOKK!”
Gief collided with one of the ring poles,hard.

He was down,but not out yet,as he got back up,and mad as hell!

Hugo then charged at the Russian again,attempting to do some major damage.

He then swung around and thrust his rear end straight at him.
But Zangief saw it coming and then swung his Clothesline again at him,and this time he didn’t miss.

“POW!”
Hugo was knocked right back again by the Russian’s spinning fists attack.

Once down,Zangief picked him up,and placed him into a piledriver position.

“Oh man!”said one of the crowd patrons. “He’s gonna do his super cyclone piledriver!”
“OH YEAH—DO IT!”shouted another of the patrons.

“Oh,my..”said Rose. She once saw the great Russian bear do this unavoidable move.

Zangief then jumped high into the air and spun both him and Hugo in a circular fashion,faster and faster they spun,until they were brought down upon the ring floor with a loud….

”THUD!”

Hugo was knocked out so hard,you could hear him snore.
Zangief was the winner of the first of the finals.

“GIVE HIM A BIG HAND FOLKS---THE RED CYCLONE!”said Pound into his mic.

After Hugo was carried away,the next match was about to begin.