September Superfight

Floyd Mayweather Outboxes Canelo Alvarez, Who's Next For "Money"?

Floyd "Money" Mayweather unified the Junior Middleweight title against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in his top grossing fight since he fought Oscar De La Hoya back in 2007. Mayweather reportedly made over 80 million dollars for this record breaking fight living up to his position as the highest paid athlete in sports. This was a title fight that fans were excited to see because it was believed to be a competitive fight between two undefeated title holders. Unlike many of Mayweather's previous opponents Canelo was seen to be someone capable of beating Mayweather or at least putting up a good competition since the super fight with Manny Pacquiao never got made before Pacquiao got knocked out cold in his last fight. Canelo was a power puncher with youth(23) and a significant size advantage over the ageing(36) but more experienced Mayweather. What followed however was a dominant performance by Mayweather, out boxing Alvarez and showing people why he's said to be the best defensive boxer alive. Mayweather managed to use his speed advantage to negate Alvarez's size advantage. Mayweather was too elusive for Alvarez, many of Alvarez's connecting blows were only able to just glance Mayweather leading to a frustrated Alvarez and a majority decision for Mayweather by the judges.

The question now is who's next for the undefeated Mayweather? There doesn't seem to be a lot of fighters left that will be a competitive challenge for Mayweather with still four more contract fights left in his deal with Showtime. A name that has been thrown out there is Danny Garcia, the undefeated title holder from the 140 pound division (63kg). Another is Amir Khan(28-3, 19 KOs) if he manages to defeat his upcoming opponent Devon Alexander. Amir Khan use to be seen as the next greatest thing however now this fight would most likely result in another dominating display for Mayweather, maybe even his first knockout in years. Other possibilities include if his willing to fight his undefeated protege Adrien Broner or Manny Pacquiao if he gets past his upcoming fight with Brandon Rios.

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MLB Post Season Forecast

The 2013 Major League Baseball is headed towards the play-offs!
While all the tickets in the National League are given out already, it is still unclear who will take the 2 wild card tickets in the American League.

Here is the League Standings as of 27th, September, 2013

American League

Boston, Detroit and Oakland have sealed their tickets to the post season coming first in their division, the interesting thing is how Tampa Bay, Cleveland and Texas are all tied or 1 game break away from getting one of the two division wild card tickets. We will have to wait and see until the final game to see which two teams will take the tickets. Tampa Bay are up against Toronto who is coming last in the division whereas, Cleveland has Minnesota and Texas against LA Angels.

National League

All post season play-off tickets are sold out in the National league with Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals and LA Dodgers securing their tickets coming first in each respective divisions East, Central and West. The interest note in the National league is how both wild card tickets were given to the runner up and 3rd place in the National league Central division, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds. Central league proved to be one of the toughest division in the league this season with all three teams (St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati) finishing the season with 90+ wins.

Post season is starting from next week! it will be another exciting year of baseball and another moment of history to remember.

Referenced Data from the Offical MLB site: Official MLB Homepage

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Dota 2 Player Trades

The performance shown by Team Liquid during the TI3 (The internationals 3) has shown the packed crowd at Benaroyal Hall how the unique use of unconventional heroes can catch the opponent off guard. Qojqva of Mousesports and Waytosexy of Dignitas has recently been added to the new roster of Team Liquid. 

Qojqva will be a great addition to our team! If you watched any Mouseports games, you noticed that he was a huge factor in their wins. His dedication to get better is unstoppable. Qojqva was probably the most improved player in competitive play in the West of this past year. Going into Mouseports at only 17 years old, he transferred into the offlane role insanely fast after previously playing as a carry.

After trying out some scrims with Team Liquid, Qojqva has decided that the american team is better suited for his playing style in comparison to other teams who may have been trying to scout him. 

 Following on from the addition of Qojqva to the new lineup of Team Liquid, another player added to their new lineup is Waytosexy of Team Dignitas. Instead of a one-sided recruit, this was a trade between the two teams. Waytosexy of Dignitas traded for Korok of Liquid. 

Team Liquid's Bulba had this to say about the addition of Waytosexy to their new lineup.

Above all else in dota, I value dedication the highest. To get to the top and stay there requires a team willing to try their hardest to win and get better. This is one of the main issues that I feel plague Dota teams and cause stagnation. It's insanely hard to find 5 people who are at the same level of motivation and dedication along with the individual skill to be on a top. Watching replays daily and trying to get better by practicing laning and thinking of new strategies should be a duty done by all members of a team if they truly want to be the best. That's why in the upcoming year, I want to play with a player who is willing to try their hardest and give it their all. Wayto aka Peter was definitely a top candidate for this spot. He is one of the smartest people I've played with and I know that he will do everything it takes to win. He is a good friend of all of us and he has the knowledge to help us become better in all areas as a Dota team.

It will be interesting to see how the new Team Liquid fares against the best Dota teams around the world. For more news, check out DotaCinema.


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Welcome to IsysSports

Hi all!!!
Welcome to the IsysSports blog. We will be doing a variety of topics from soccer to boxing and even eSports such as DOTA and LoL as you can see from our first post!
Today's post will feature the recent EPL team's performance in the EPL (English Premier League) and UCL(UEFA Champions League).

•  Arsenal is continuing its blistering start to the season with a recent win over Stoke City with a convincing 3-1 victory at the Emirates Stadium. With the new signing of Mesut Ozil, Arsenal looks threatening in midfield.

• Also a vital away win at Marseille, Arsenal has one of the best starts in many years and looks positive for a championship trophy!

• Manchester United started the campaign of 2013 with a win, but soon disappointed a few with questionable games such as the loss to Liverpool. New manager David Moyes tasted his first UCL victory with a win over Bayer Leverkusen  4-2. Wayne Rooney is the only one performing well for the team as he scored a brace. Things looked good ahead of the Manchester City derby, but City's midfield crushed Manchester United as ManU were down 4-0 in the first 60 mins thanks to goals from Aguero, Toure and Nasri. Manchester United fans did have something to cheer about from a wonderful curling free kick from Wayne Rooney, but it acted as a consolation goal. 

Already Manger David Moyes feeling the pressure of high expectations.

• Chelsea is starting poorly with new manager Jose Mourinho. With a recent home loss to Everton in the EPL and a home defeat to FC Basel, things are starting well for Mourinho and his squad with these should win games. Though Chelsea aren't doing bad in the EPL with a current 4th place.
• Manchester City are cruising through both EPL and UCL with convincing 3-0 win over Viktoria Plzen in the UCL and a recent smashing of Manchester United 4-1. Samir Nasri is looking in fine form and is a huge encouragement to City fans.

• OFFICIAL WEBSITES EPL and UCL
• let me know about your opinions in the comments section if you want (:
  
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Season 3 League of Legends World Cup!

On the 16th of September, 2013

League of Legends Season 3 World Championship had started!

It is the awaited tournament for all League of Legends players around the world with the best teams from around the world. There has been 4 seeded quarter finalists and those are the 4 respective winners of their regional tournaments.

• Team: Royal Club  

Nationality: China

Royal Club Huang Zu placed first in the China Regional Qualifiers and earned itself a bye into the World Championship Quarterfinals.

• Team: Cloud 9

Nationality: North America

Cloud 9 took the LCS by storm with an unimaginable 25-3 record, including an LCS record 13 game winning streak. After failing to qualify for the LCS Spring Split, Hai and LemonNation decided to stick with the team and overhaul it to add Sneaky Balls and Meteos.

• Team: Gamania Bears

Nationality: Southeast Asia

Gamania Bears are one of the youngest teams in the World Championship, being formed in April 2013. They have defeated every other notable Taiwanese team, including Season 2 World Champions Taipei Assassins.

• Team: Najin Black Sword

Nationality: Korea

Established in May 2012, Najin Black Sword rose to fame when it finished in 3rd place at OGN the Champions Summer 2012, the first tournament they took part in. Najin Sword went on to the Season 2 World Championship, after defeating Azubu Blaze (currently CJ Blaze) by 3:2 at the Korean regional qualifier.

It will be interesting to see who goes through the group stages to compete with the 4 regional champions in the quarter finals! Further posts will be updated and the link to the official website is here:Official LoL World Championship

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