The best knockouts and most dramatic moments from the first-ever Power Slap competition are revisited in one power-packed …
00:00:00,179 –> 00:00:03,20 on this season of power slap road to the title Strikers from around the country put it all on the line to make history as Pioneers in a new era in Combat Sports a select group of skilled Fighters battled it out head to head for a chance to compete in a hard-hitting test of grit I ain’t that bright and Power oh my God 22 Warriors living together under the same roof looking at me training to become the best of the best competing for a world ranking and a shot at the inaugural power slab Belt look at this belt let’s go baby after 25 pulse pounding fights that’s crazy the most dramatic stripes and high intensity drama are in one power pack tower all the best moments from the competition a gauntlet that separated the week from the mighty as we count down to the first ever power slap live finale [Music] [Music] so a few years ago I started watching some videos on social media and online of guys slapping they were pulling like 350 million views we knew we needed to turn this thing into a real sport [Music] [Applause] what I’m looking for are the best lap fighters in the world back in March we held an exhibition and we found a lot of talent from there to come in and join powerslap once they’re in this competition these Fighters going to be looking to make a name for themselves they will be competing for not only a ranking in one of our four-way classes but for a spot in our first ever live event and ultimately to be the first ever power slap world champion in their division for the coaches we brought in the two best guys in the world Darius the Destroyer is a heavyweight champion from Missouri and this dude has never lost a fight Wolverine’s name is Ron and he’s a former MMA fighter turned slap fighter [Music] he’s only 31 years old he’s got a record of 11-3 and his only losses have been to the Destroyer their most recent fight was an epic 27 rounder that was eventually called in favor of Darius and is considered by most people the greatest slap fight ever in history Darius to Destroyer champion Champion so they’re going to train these young up-and-coming Fighters and then Darius and Ron are going to fight live for the first ever heavyweight slap Championship let me show you guys the belt that you two will be fighting for oh that looks great that’s a great voice oh wow that’s awesome I love the case when I first saw that power slap though I was just in awe it was all full of just amazing gems and these amazing shiny Meadows I knew I have to take that and I will the belt it looked really nice I think it looked great on my wall with my other ones blue right right three first one measure that’s your measure one two done [Applause] got some character to him he’s got unbelievable power he’s got great energy I like that come on [Applause] that dude just nuts we’re going by Jesus freaks out this guy looks certified out of his mind he goes by slap Jesus stumbled him hand of God ah yeah all right definitely got personality right on one go ahead oh dang I’d like to see both of them guys at least go at it again with somebody yeah [Music] it’s over it’s over do not get up it’s over that look clean too I didn’t see anything got a chance yeah [Music] [Applause] delicious yeah delicious he’s got power man Wes I mean the kid’s impressive [Music] weak knocked the cotton out of his ear I like him I think he’s got potential yeah we smells good one two wow he’s a beast that guy’s an animal I’m even more pumped about this sport than I was before we invited a few guys so far to go straight into the power slap house and it’s just the beginning we still need to fill the rest of the spots foreign a few guys back and we’re going to give them another shot to prove themselves we also scoured the country for more slap fighting talent and invited them all to Vegas as well they don’t get an automatic spot they’re gonna have to slap their way into the house when your elimination fight and you’re in lose and you’re heading home it’s as simple as that two [Applause] nothing [Applause] that was a good fight [Applause] how crazy is that how crazy is that what a comeback blue fighter won the coin toss has elected to receive D holy he’s out yeah let that be a lesson to you you win the coin toss you should probably take the first lap damn Mitchell hits like a truck damn that was his shoe came off he got slapped so how the shoe came off he’s about to cotton out of both his ears thank you both these dudes are tough oh God bow bow not a clean fight at all [Applause] knockout Nikolai by the end of the slap off elimination day we had nine more contestants that had earned spots in the house to go along with the seven that we chose from the March exhibition since my goal is to build these divisions and find the best talent out there I also chose six alternates to join the competition my first pick Mitchell site my first pick is going to be Ryan Phillips from those 22 Fighters Darius and Wolverine picked their teams then once we got that done we were on our way after the fighters moved into the slap house this is a nice house though we’re here to do some strength tests they were put through our version of a combine yeah where they underwent tons of physical tests coming up boom trying to keep your feet still what we’re hoping to do is figure out what attributes makes a great Striker so that we can develop a training program to help build the sport the best always rise to the top so here we go into the finale with the absolute best guys in the world fighting for World titles [Music] if you’re looking for guys who have that wow factor when it comes to powerslap look no further than Chris Thomas 30 second clock let me know when you’re ready I’m ready one two one more muscle don’t wait when we saw what he did to Chris Kennedy in the exhibition fights we absolutely knew he was a superstar in the making winner by knockout Christopher I love everything about that kid I think that kids should go into the house what do you two think yeah there’s no question for sure we ranked him number one in the division and from that point on he never looked back his first opponent in the house with Waylon Frost and that kid never stood a chance [Applause] oh gosh we have a winner by knockout moving on [Applause] [Music] Chris’s entire life has been about overcoming adversity he is a fighter through and through he came here to make a better life for his family and he proved that he is capable of achieving anything in here [Music] I’m here for one reason as my boys kept me around that’s it but I can’t stand my own self dude like I smile and laugh too but I’m depressed all the time dude I got a little bit anxiety going on thinking about my family a lot tonight I got five sons and uh you know without them I just feel empty I missed it I don’t like talking about him reading mentioned because I miss them I’ve been out of trouble for all seven but I’ve been clean for like like a year and two months clean clean so but we kind of the same so I ain’t been in no trouble with easy easy and this is directly accredited to my kids I’ve been trying to just Journal dude like write my kids a letter I started that today so I’m gonna try to continue here tomorrow it’s just not writing a letter just write about like my biggest thing was today is I was just thinking about like all done wrong well this is my baby’s book he was born but like it’s not like he slept with it but it’s just like they gave this to us like he’s three months older you know but dude he is the cutest one we’ve had oh my god dude and he’s the chillest man yeah it doesn’t cry one bit that’s fine congratulations bro thank you thank you in the final fight of the competition Chris was set up to face slap Jesus number one versus number two and then days leading up to it slap G’s has started trying to play the mental Warfare game and getting into Chris’s head I’m gonna expose kale Chris okay no you’re not yes I am Chris and if you got something to say about it bro are you still alive you came to me you touched me first I hate that right now we can go anytime hey 85 00:15:01,759 –> 00:15:04,759 eventually the trash talk boiled over at the house the question was did slap Jesus get into Chris’s head and will it affect the competition [Music] first round blue is going right hand [Music] over and over and over to me dude this is what you get 10. yeah number one Walter weight in the world baby by KO that’s how I do it oh I’m pumped winner by knockout blue Corner Christopher anybody else wants to run the smiles come see me come see me there’s absolutely no stopping this guy he is without a doubt the fighter to beat in the welterweight division [Music] taking on Chris Thomas in the final welterweight fight will be Jesus Gaspar Jesus came into the competition a relative unknown but he improved over the weeks more than any other fighter in the house and it paid off for him in the end protein man you gotta bulk up you’re too little it’s my metabolism if you got a good physique though you know yeah I’ve worked on it for two years you’re here I live in a pretty rough neighborhood I’m not gonna lie I live in the neighborhood of Montclair but like close borderline to Pomona future that one was from Pomona man future Rockstar I’ve been living there for 12 years right here look at that I learned how to keep my head down not act like the tough guy because there’s some real tough guys that don’t care if they stab you maybe part of my life main person in my life is my mom this is my mom I like like not getting her mad but whatever she says I say look completely opposite and we have those arguments like the fun arguments though no it’s a no relationship tough my dad’s not in the picture my sisters aren’t in the picture the only person I got is my mom we live in this little apartment it’s not that big it’s uh it goes upstairs we have two rooms upstairs because she comes from a rough life I just want I want the best for I just want to protect her it’s a little while we’re really not that uh I want to say we’re rich in heart you can set my mom up for something good we’re so close me and Mama [Music] we faced off against aziel Rodriguez [Applause] wow stepping foul stepping it seemed like it was just foul after foul after foul clubbing stepping [Music] the step was on the follow through that’s a fair below not a clean fight at all a total show after three rounds of fouls Jesus lost by decision winner Rodriguez Jesus is pretty raw in the sport with some help you could get better but tonight oziel gets the w [Music] ipe the loss I put Jesus in the house as an alternate where his first real test was against slap Jesus Michael Smith it’s the battle that Jesus is and prepare to get baptized okay guys Center up [Music] hey Zeus had a lot of penalties for flinching I think that Jesus Gaspar may have actually had the better slaps it would have won had it not been for the foul winner by Split Decision blue corner Jesus narrowly lost that fight but the kids showed that he has great technique and above all he’s got a great chin Doug tough son of a Michael Smith man I hit that foot I busted them up pretty bad I got his blood on my hands homie did not go down he knew he had one more shot and that he had to make it count and he took the opportunity against none other than the number three ranked welterweight Jewel Scott okay now it’s show time and that’s when he really came out of his show red right on three watching this kid clench himself look at his drama looks like he just ate a lemon illegal that was on two you said three oh foul one point red stepping look at his eye we got me hi shut your ass up round three slap three okay he hits like The Twig dog big bro hit that button you hear me one two three [Music] go come on stay up stay up [Music] for you I joke but these got balls to see Jesus come back tonight for this bite after his performance last fight was just absolutely you know amazing he stood his ground taking him on the chin not flinching he came out and dominated a match that most people counted him out of okay winner by disqualification because of three Striker fouls Jesus Gaspar 13 00:21:33,58 –> 00:21:38,418 special talking no no no no no no no free freeze bro you up bro hello bro they can’t even fight that’s what they doing yeah my biggest win in my life the big time the Big Show yeah bro I’m a feeling amazing they were talking so much at the house I’m a humble person I wait until showtime and what what happened today was Showtime Jesus has that fire inside of them and you cannot count this kid out he’s going in against Chris Thomas he’s got to step his game up for this one otherwise this could be a huge upset proud of you bro [Music] the middleweight division was the most stacked division we had coming into this competition they had eight ranked Fighters one of the standouts that caught her eye from the get-go was John Davis who we picked to go straight into the house after watching his exhibition fight back in March Fair below accurate I think working with you guys uh he’ll develop his slapping technique a little bit but I think John goes straight into the house I completely agree that’s what I’m talking about Marine Corps for a little bit unfortunately I got hurt real early and got an honorable medical discharge but we’re having uh my shoulder popped out of the place and then even though I tried to get surgery down there but they said no matter what because of it the injury that it was even if I would have stayed in and got the surgery down there there was no chance of me going back after they told me I couldn’t go back to the military that all needed to happen early in life to teach me to teach me a lot of lessons now to be able to get through times like this that are you know very hard for people in general especially being away from Fame my motivation is absolutely you know my wife and kids just pushing me to be better in every aspect especially like right now I just miss the ball so much and it’s only been a couple of days but you know the entire time my wife have been together the longest we were apart was the last time I was down here in March mom I see you being emotional like this now as an adult especially as a guy in this world all isn’t always easy but it’s also once again an example to show my kids that you know it’s normal giving them an example of chasing dreams and doing stuff that people would normally say oh why would you do that that’s dangerous well life’s risky and dangerous so I really wanted to come out here and show them that whether you win lose or draw you gotta try it’s one of those things where I’m willing to take the risks and get Rowdy to do something like this now while I can because I know one day everything could get ripped away from me in a second it’s nothing I can do about it [Music] John Davis versus John Kennedy since his opponent in the exhibition was a bit weak we felt John needed to be tested so we ranked him number two let’s go his first matchup was against the number four middleweight John Kennedy and holy that he deliver thank you John Kennedy hit both his first two slaps right on target so I’m in John Davis knew he was down a point you you ain’t ready that last round came and he had a clean hit him down we have a referee stoppage winner by TKO done this was a hard-fought battle but in the end Davis’s force of velocity Edge proved to be too much for Kennedy to handle I think it was a good stoppage he didn’t look like he would have been able to continue [Music] feel amazing right now you know couldn’t couldn’t be happier win for the team win for myself you know on on to the next one I’m not just here to play around I’m not here playing games I want that belt [Music] with that win John jumped to number one in the middleweight Division and then went on to prove that that was the right move when he took on the Dark Horse Jesse nutty foreign damn there you go John Davis ended up rocking just really really bad I feel like you might have been a standing KO Mr Davis pulled it out he had three nice hits three clean hits and you know he didn’t make a mistake he he did great winner by unanimous decision out of the blue Corner Davis I feel great super excited to get another win I keep my number one spot at least hopefully at the moment and hopefully you know on on the way to the top from here great match man great three huge wins Don Davis proved to beat in the middleweight division the middleweight that made the most noise on the competition was definitely isael Rodriguez oziel launched his power slap run with a pretty sloppy debut against Jesus Gaspar that fight was full of fouls foul foul stepping Rodriguez that fight was so unimpressive that I put him in the house but I put him in as an alternate I gave them Isaiah fought the most of any of our competitors uh that’s enough unfortunately most of his battles we’re in the house let me stay right here that’s it there’s a chair set your ass down well something dude I’m not here dude he quickly became the resident Troublemaker it seemed like this guy wanted to fight everybody uh let me start with desk you guys have a huge opportunity in front of you right now if you want to get belligerently drunk and act like do it when you get home you guys want to have a few drinks hang out have a good time take the edge off take some of the stress out of it have a couple drinks and if you’re a bad Drinker and I think half this place here is a bunch of bad drinkers have none you don’t have to like each other you’re going to compete against each other but let you show everybody’s the beautiful thing about this thing is you get to slap not all the people you don’t like all right we want you guys to feel safe we want you to feel comfortable and more importantly we want you to succeed okay we want this thing to be big for everybody we want all of you to win I want you all to win have a good day thank you guys you want some more little boy come on want some more awesome one little one want some more why are you talking about that so despite all my warnings oziel kept acting like it and the fighters eventually had to take it into their own hands hey which bed says the one left bottom this is definitely a team effort find out find out fear them what’s on there my bed this is dopest walk of shame ever hey bro bro you get in my face dog because it’s my guy’s bed I don’t feel that’s your guy’s bed dog I’m sleeping on it because you’re disrespectful bro I know you want to I want to Wood dog square up or something bro go for it let’s go my goal has just been just show everyone who the this Mexican Rodriguez is I am from San Diego California specifically the most southern part of San Diego which is San Ysidro which borders Tijuana Mexico used to come here and run do some Shadow Boxing play some basketball we’re out here with the fam sister my mom I’ve always wanted to be a professional in a combat sport Paris lab is the sport that I’m going to be a champion in one of the top dogs in the Mexican combat sport is Canelo and that’s one of the guys that I look up to the most and the other Mexican Warriors in the sport I have that Mexican blood they can do it I can do it there you go one more [Music] when Ozil did get on stage showed that he was a lot more than just talk he went toe-to-toe with Emmanuel Munich one earning himself a unanimous decision the corner and the wind shot him up to number two in the middleweight division and earned him a shot at his rival Therese Archer yeah and he ended up delivering a third round knockout two three four winner by TKO Azael Rodriguez [Music] next up is a one versus two battle with John Davis everyone is excited for this one the chin that I have the power that I have I’m gonna sit John down [Music] at light heavyweight Vern Kathy started the competition with a bang [Applause] that’s it he had a brutal first round knockout against Devin Schwann at our March exhibition that win catapulted him to the top of the light heavyweight rankings Vern went straight into the house where he quickly became the resident dad stop talking and go to bed do you understand me go to bed Vernon is definitely the father figure of the house Vern wasn’t playing slap Vern is a classic family man who was raised on a Kansas farm that’s where he developed the power and the discipline that allowed him to compete at the Highland Games and make him the scariest guy in our competition all right here’s the crew hi great fiance four kids all right now we’re heading to Thanksgiving everyone ready yeah life’s really good I grew up on a farm and that lifestyle it’s different than you know growing up in the city so this is one of our Farms we have two machine shops my grandparents live in that house and then my uncle lives over here in this house today I gotta finish putting that motor into that guy and just everything like I’m a mechanic everything I do is heavy and it’s true like people can say whatever they want Midwest guys that grew up on a farm we are just different former heavyweight AJ hence dropped in weight and took out number three light heavyweight Russell Rivera but then in his only fight in the competition Vern proved that he deserved that number one spot after he delivered an absolutely badass knockout against newcomer Amir oh my gosh greatest slap of all time the dream that came to happen so with AJ now dropping down to number two in the light heavyweight division you could not ask for a better fight I’m so excited about this one you have number one versus number two both guys viciously knocked people out [Music] foreign [Music] stood out to us as the smallest heavyweight but had an absolute concrete chin in the Mars exhibition he doesn’t look like he really even knows how to slap yet but he can certainly take a slap 100 percent experience obviously showed but his potential your winner AJ is is what convinced us to give him a spot in a slap off elimination day where he took out one of the biggest names in slap fighting Frank the Tank Holland and scored a huge upset with a third round knockout [Applause] AJ static hence but shock to your system AJ is essential the guy is a Metalhead and he looks like a character out of an action movie but he’s also a family man he’s got a strong foundation and a solid chin yo static and the children I don’t know if you can see him say hi boys [Music] one of my favorite pastimes aside from hanging out with my family is I actually I go to a lot of live music shows we were pretty sure that’s where my neck comes from from a whole lot of headbang what’s good shout out AJ what’s your Instagram static underscore slap there you go and what do you do AJ I slap by he slapped fights I live in Adams Wisconsin it’s uh it’s a cute quiet little town everybody kind of keeps themselves not a whole lot to do there’s like a McDonald’s maybe you could go out go for a skate smooth Rose I got an electric longboard I’ll ride that around I got like full uh pads helmet and all that look how beautiful she is my fiance Jessica cutest power slap couple hands down she’s super cool she’s like she’s honestly the best person I’ve ever met so sweet and just loving she’s my homeboys cousin I don’t think either one of us really took it very seriously at the beginning didn’t see much coming out of it she had our little boys do kalian he’s the oldest curly-headed one thank you the second oldest we have Aiden and then the little baby baby he’s five months old that’s Zaire he actually just turned five months the day before I came out here it’s really cool to see how things work out in life my family like literally means the world to me like everything I do is for them what’s good slap Nation ecstatic I just got the rest of my merch today it’s the whole reason I’m doing this trying to set him up for the future say hi America hi America [Music] agent moved down a light heavyweight for a catch weight match up with Hawaiian Mahler Russell Rivero yo if I take this big all right you gotta tell Zuckerberg let me have my Facebook back what the hell did you do to get your Facebook taken away everything we’re knocking out their shoes bro stay right here take a rest he moved down the weight and just knocked him out it’s one of the most vicious Knockouts I’ve seen since we’ve been doing this blue Corner yeah AJ is coming into the finale versus burn hey number one and I think AJ has a chip on his shoulder as he should and this is without a doubt one of the best fights you’re ever gonna see as far as slap fighting goes I’m getting that belt I’m not giving it up I see myself being a multi-division champ real soon here foreign Crespo after a brutal first round knockout against Matthew Strickland in the marks exhibition it’s over it’s over do not get up it’s over there [Music] I can hit a lot harder thank you [Music] that looked clean too I understand I knew it was gonna be a knockout from the start I could have hit a lot harder but it didn’t even matter you did not get back up so great feeling that display of raw power earned him an automatic spot in the house a fifth seed in our initial rankings Dwayne wasn’t the military at one point went to gym out in New Jersey and a house of loud personalities Wayne is actually very quiet he is a true introvert and lets his hands do the talking a lot of people don’t know I’m on the Spectrum it’s weird being in the house with a bunch of strangers chaos and craziness and people clashing being away from your family like it’s kind of weird I only got a couple days left with some misses I have played some Uno oh there she is look how cute my girlfriend’s name is uh Tori we’ve been together for about like four months now she’s super supportive in what I do she has a beautiful little girl Ellie and I love that little girl when I started dating there’s a point where you realize that little girl you’re in her life too and it’s either like I have to be all in in this relationship or out of it and uh it’s definitely an all-in kind of thing I’m definitely not the office type I’ve done office jobs before I don’t like sitting in a computer all day most Fighters they have other jobs this is what I do this is how I pay bills I train out of vicious Elite kickboxing under coach Haas he’s actually the iska Team USA head coach I worked hard my whole life to be at the level I’m at and I want to prove to myself that I am one of the best in this Sport and the make a mark yeah they’re not taking that I could really hold on to the paddle in his first and only matchup at the house Dwayne faced Ryan Phillips who ended up using his left hand because he injured his dominant right arm Dwayne put on a cleaner fight better hits the better power I’m so happy like that win was amazing you know it just puts me up the ladder like I’m in a really good division here I’m really happy to be here this is fantastic [Music] thank you Dwayne what versus Bell [Music] [Applause] Dwayne’s opponent in the finale matchup will be none other than Wolverine’s assistant coach the Bell it’s a rough sport but he’s worth the same time it just takes practice repetition and training just like anything else he’s a big guy solid she’s a good asset to have to help get these guys ready I joined this sport originally because I just saw it on YouTube one day and I was like I’m dumb enough to do that and I talked to my wife about it she said just go for it if you want to do something why not do it there’s nothing else holding you back despite this kid only being 21 years old he showed tremendous potential in the slap fighting world sprank down to the mat oh and it earned him the number three spot in heavyweight rankings right behind the coaches we both have nice glasses that’s all I gotta say man yes thank you one of these guys will be the first in line to challenge Wolverine or Darius the Destroyer for the heavyweight belt this fight should be awesome in the end the first Power slap competition couldn’t have gone any better the best always rise to the top and the final rankings for each weight division came together perfectly as we head into the live finale this has been an amazing start as we launched this new sport [Music] ladies and gentlemen the power is on from the power slap arena in Las Vegas welcome to powerslap slap fighting is about to go to a whole nother level [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]