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Lobo Gris vs Max Ryder, Match 777 (UCW)

Lobo vs Max is the personal best of both wrestlers, at UCW or anywhere. Both are primed for a fight and get down to business without the cute dawdling that's characteristic of a lot of underground wrestling. The match is heated and fast paced from the start, and the meaty wrestlers sustain the sky-high level of energy to the very end. The fight - and it IS a fight, an unstoppable rush to destruction - is brutal, sensual, and perversely inventive  in its punishments. I have never seen Ryder throw this much at an opponent, and Lobo is both sexy and dangerous as he desperately tries to save his skin and fight fire with fire.

The convulsive camerawork captures the wildness of the battle. The cuts are minimal and subtle, and they do nothing to distract from the match's immediacy and sustained violence. Quite the opposite, the camera creates the illusion that we are in the ring with these men, that we can feel the heat radiating from their tormented bodies, that we are not just there with them but also somehow involved with the nonstop trouncing of muscles and joints. This is how all wrestling matches should be shot, casting the viewer in the role of ref, albeit with no power to intervene.

I haven't yet ordered a custom match, but this battle is exactly what I would want if I did. If there's an underground fight that's unmissable for fans of hot tempers and inventive retaliations, this is it!


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  1. And, sweat is back, something that has usually been missing since the move from the garage, and something in which Max excels and seems to bring out of his opponents.

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    1. Yeah, sweat is definitely back here. Like to fight or wrestle either one of these muscle punks.

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