The Round 1 set up looked so good it looked like Sonic was a heavy under dog and the others were way better than he was. In fact,that's EXACTLY what it was. The others were better than Sonic. Match 1 was Alex Kidd V.S NiGHTS,and it only took 2 minutes in round 1 for NiGHTS to win with a kick to Alex's face. Maxx added insult to injury by saying "Dude! Alex will feel THAT one in the morning! NiGHTS wins the match!" Match 2 was Thrash V.S Pai Chan and Thrash nearly had it won with 7 minutes left in the first round before Pai sent him the other way and just pushed him out of the arena with her foot. Match 3 was Jet the Hawk V.S Beat and Jet had the advantage in every single category, but Beat was able to stay in the fighting arena until 1 second was left on the clock when Jet kicked Beat out and won.

Match 4 was Amy V.S Hotsuma and at first glance,Amy had no chance of victory. But Amy nearly won and was about to use her Piko Piko hammer to win … until Hotsuma fought back and darn near killed Amy and she was sent to the hospital. Firen chose to fight on for Amy. He had every right to be mad and as he looked at the matches he saw his match was up next and he was going to be facing Sarah Bryant. Match 5 : Sarah Bryant V.S Firen and Firen was wanting to go to round 3 to avenge Amy, but he had to get through round 1 first… but that wasn't going to happen because Sarah whooped Firen's rear end every way she could and won 5 minutes into the match. Alright go to match 6 : Jacky Bryant V.S Epsio and long story short, Espio won thanks to clever strategy as the clock hit three 0s on it.

Round 1 of the tournament was going by it looked like round 2 would be set way earlier than Robotnick expected. What the officials had so far for round 2 was match 1) NiGHTS V.S Pai Chan, Match 2) Jet the Hawk V.S Hotsuma and match 3 was Espio V.S Sarah Bryant. The officials went back to work by watching the rest of round 1. Match 7 of round 1 was Metal Sonic V.S Ryo Hazuki and Metal Sonic's uncanny ability to copy his opponents moves didn't work out to well for him and Ryo won. Match 8 was Gum V.S Tails and Tails had to work extremely to win at the end of round 1,but nevertheless,Tails did win. Go to Match 9 between Reala and Knuckles and Knuckles had a tough fight,so tough in fact,Knuckles barely get Reala out before buzzer sounded. So Knuckles barley won.

Match 10 was Kage Maru V.S Shadow and at first glance,Kage Maru had a huge advantage over Shadow. In fact,the first round ended in a draw, round 2 was needed. But Shadow won 5 seconds in because he used his chaos spears. So Shadow won and would be advancing to round 2. Who he would face was in round 2 was Knuckles. Match 11 was Amigo V.S Silver and quite honestly,Amigo had no chance against Silver in round 1. Silver only took 10 seconds to win the match. Match 12 was Blaze V.S Scrouge and Blaze,while having a chance against Scrouge,got her butt whooped within a minute. Well,ouch she'd have a headache in the morning. Blaze got up and walked into the stands kinda sad she wouldn't be moving on into round 2. Match 13 was a doozy between Gamma E-123 and Ulala because Gamma won in round 1 thanks to a robo punch to Ulala's face. Round 14 was treasure hunting Rouge V.S Storm,the big brute,but Rouge flat out won the match with a kick to the Storm's face. Match 15 was a chick fight between Wave and Lizzie,was pretty intense martial arts wise and would go into round 2 and it was a battle of the wrenches. Wave ultimately won thanks to a counter attack with 5 minutes left in round 2.

Match 16 was between Sonic and Vector. Vector, at first, had Sonic defeated and was about to knock him out. Well,it WOULD'VE ended that way if Sonic didn't do a break dance move that saved himself and then did combo attacks that sent Vector the other way where Sonic got him on a buzzer beating floor sweep. At first,there was silence. And then the fans cheered and gave the winners of round 1 a standing ovation. Sonic had won and ended round 1 on a good note. The officials set up the rest of the bracket. Round 1 had ended and Robotnick didn't expect this to happen. There were a few upset winners and maybe a few favorites who won. But that didn't matter. It was time for round 2 of the tournament to begin. Right after a well deserved break.

The Music was cranked up to full blast,the crowd was going crazy. Maxx Amp was having a blast announcing the fights and spinning tracks. Round 2 had some pretty good match ups and the tournament bracket was shown on the big HD screen and it looked like this :
Round #2

Match 1 NiGHTS V.S Pai Chan
Match 2 Jet V.S Hotsuma
Match 3 Sarah Bryant V.S Espio
Match 4 Ryo Hazukai V.S Tails
Match 5 Kage Maru V.S Knuckles
Match 6 Silver V.S Scrouge
Match 7 Gamma E-123 V.S Rouge
Match 8 Wave V.S Sonic

Winners advance to the quarterfinals!

Dr. Robotnick's voice came on as "War Of Changes (Remix)" by Thousand Foot Krutch featuring Andy Hunter faded out and Robotnick said "I would like to say good job to all the combatants in the top 16! Now,without further ado,let round 2 begin! round 2 begin! Our first match is Between NiGHTS and Pai Chan!" NiGHTs and Pai Chan walked out to the arena to being round 2. The match lasted a good 10 minutes before Pai Chan finally kicked NiGHTS off of the battle floor. "Well,that escalated in a hurry. Pai Chan wins!" Lilly announced and Max was looking at the sheet he had in his hand and he said "The next match is Jet versus Hotsuma! Can we have Jet and Hotsuma in the Battle ring?" Jet looked at Hotsuma and snapped "You better stay out of my way!"

Hotsuma only laughed and said "Come and get some of the punishment I have for you. I'll end this match and I'll end it quick." Jet replied with a sneer "Alright,we'll play your way,but you better be ready to lose." Maxx said "The divine lights are blazing… FIGHT!" All everyone saw was Jet getting his tail feathers ruffled and Hotsuma moved in for the K.O. … only to have Jet get back up and fight hard. In fact,Jet actually pulled the upset off as everyone saw Hotsuma winning… but Jet won with 2 minutes left on the clock. How was that possible? Nobody had an answer for that. But what they DID have an answer for "Who's ready for the next match," once asked by Lilly. They all cheered and resounding "yes" echoed throughout the stadium.

Maxx said "Then let's move on to match number 3! and for this match we have," he paused only for a dramatic effect and then said, " Sarah Bryant V.S Espio!" Fans cheered as Espio the Chameleon and Sarah Bryant walked into the ring. Sarah said to Espio as Espio stopped in the center of the ring "You won't be in this tournament for long!" Espio said calmly and collectively to Sarah "Only the ways of the ninja will decide the fate of this battle" Sarah added "I hope you kissed your mother at the bus stop because I am taking you to school!"
Once Espio heard that,he had enough of the trash talk and then "FIGHT," was shouted by Lilly and the close martial arts fight raged on, the fans cheered. It was so close,both Sarah Bryant AND Espio fell out of the battle ring and they BOTH looked like they hit the buzzer at the same time just as the timer hit 0 minutes and 0 seconds left in the round. The Officials we're doubtful. So an official said "the match will be called official as both fighters hit the buzzer. The winner will be determined."

The crowd fell into a silence while the officials watched the replays when a female fox named Lexi Palmer,who had officiated 2 fights before said "Pause it!" They did and Lexi said "Go back 2 frames." The tape was rewinded 2 frames and Lexi said "Sarah won this time." The fans even saw how close it was and even remarked the Sarah Bryant won by .002 of a second. Mummers among the fans went along the lines of "If they say Espio won that,I hope Sarah challenges it," "Sarah barely won that. She earned the win," "Hooo boy,I hope the officials don't have a hard time finding out Sarah won." Shortly after an official came out and there was a eerie hush over the stadium as the same official who said the match was official came out and said "After further review,Esipo hit the buzzer first by 0.002 of a seconds," the fans erupted into cheers as the official continued "please move Sarah Bryant to quarterfinals match no. 2." Maxx and Lilly were amazed "Good call ref. Good call," Max said as he sipped sipped Dr. Pepper and then said "match promises to be a good one let's have Ryo Hazukai and Tails!" they entered the ring and fans cheered.

Ryu looked at tails and said "Back off,fox! You got no right to advance!" Tails snapped "I got more tricks and gadgets that'll beat you so hard,you won't even KNOW what hit you!" Fand gasped. Ryo only replied with "You have sealed your fate,fox." Once Lilly and Maxx both shouted "FIGHT," it was on like a game of Mega Man 2. Tails wanted to smack Ryo around and Tails got what he wanted when Ryu made a bad move that left wise open for an attack and Tails took advantage of that opening,giving Ryo a beatdown he'd never forget and once Tails was done,he sent out of the ring with 10 seconds left on the clock. Fans erupted into cheers for Tails. As they cheered Tails flew over to Ryu and said "By the way,my name is Tails!"

The next match was match 5 was Kage Maru V.S Knuckles and Kage was like "You're going down, little one," and then he evilly laughed. Once he was done,Knuckles said "Talk to the fists,because they'd love to pound the living day lights out of you!" Lilly yelled "FIGHT," and it was on like a round of a Smash Brawl tournament. Near the end of the round,with 4 seconds left,Knuckles laid the smack down on Kage Maru's face and once Kage was out of the ring,Knuckles walked over and said "Don't mess with me!" Lilly announced the winner and Maxx said "Whoa! Rag-na-rolled! Who knew those guys could fight like that? Next match is match is match number 6 and we got : Silver V.S Scrouge!" Silver and Scrouge gave a death stare to each other as the went to the center of the battle floor …

Scrouge said "Face it,you don't stand a chance! So give up!" Silver looked at Scrouge and snapped "Back off! I have psychic powers and you have NO idea who you're messing with!" Once Silver said that,Scrouge added "HA! I'll believe it when I see it!" Then Maxx said "Uh oh… I got a bad feeling about this one. FIGHT!" and the fight was on like a game of Donkey Kong. Scrouge would've been right to tell Silver to give up… if Silver didn't hold him in place and Silver his most famous line "IT'S NO USE! TAKE THIS!" Silver released his psychic grip on Scrouge,sending him the other way,it looked like Silver was gonna win. Silver didn't win nor did Scrouge fall out of the battle ring. Scrouge got back up and said "Not bad. But can you do THIS," as he gave Silver an evil beat down and sent Silver out of the battle ring with 5 minutes and 30 seconds left on the clock.

Match 7 was Gamma E-123 V.S Rouge and so the fight was on… well,needless to say,Rouge won with 5 minutes left in round 2 when she threw crystal shards at Gamma and then kicked him out of the ring. Rouge said to Gamma "I knew I'd win if I did that." She looked at Knuckles,her love interest/rival,and then winked at him as she flew off to the locker room. Knuckles was kinda creeped out and kinda wanted to wink back at Rouge. Maxx Amp said "It's time for the final match of round 2 : Wave V.S Sonic!" Fans cheered as Sonic and Wave stepped into the ring. "You know,I didn't think fighting was really your strong suit," Wave said with a grin on her face. Sonic had a good counter for that, said "Oh? This from the one who actually never fights and uses an air board? You and what air board?" Wave gave Sonic a sneer that said "You have sealed your fate,Sonic." Wave said.

Once Maxx and Lilly yelled "FIGHT," Sonic and Wave made it a martial arts fight ever,Wave thought she had Sonic pinned and trapped and prepared the kick that would take Sonic down… but boy was she wrong when Sonic added his fast paced-break dancing style combat,knocking Wave out of the battle ring with 1 second on the clock. The music was cranked up as Sonic left the battle ring and went to the locker room to rest up for round 3. Wave to the stands to join the other combatants who got eliminated. As Sonic went to the locker… he saw Scrouge give him an evil look.

"What I'm made Of" by Crush 40 was blasting through the speakers as the officials worked on updating the tournament on the HD screen and when it was officially updated it said :

Quarterfinals

Match 1 Pai Chan V.S Jet
Match 2 Sarah Bryant V.S Tails
Match 3 Knuckles V.S Scrouge
Match 4 Sonic V.S Rouge

Winners advance to the semifinals!

Match 1 was Pan Chi V.S Jet and Pan Chi had Jet on the ropes of defeat… until Jet came back and gave Pan Chi the worst beat down she EVER experienced. Jet won with 5 minutes and 6 left on the clock in round 1. Jet walked over to Pai Chan after he knocked her out and sneered "Ah,the ground suits you so well." Once Jet got back to the locker,the fans cheered. They were in for another treat : Sarah Bryant V.S Tails. Once Lilly yelled "FIGHT," the battle is on and it was on like a Dance Dance Revolution dance battle,Tails had to hold on for just 5 more seconds to get a round 2 in,but Sarah won thanks to a punch that sent Tails backwards. Tails looked up and said "It's all up to you Sonic." Then Tails flew over to Sarah and said "Good fight Sarah! Look forward to doing this again next year!" After Tails said that,he flew off to join the others who were eliminated. Sarah went to locker so she could relax for the semifinals.

Match 3 was Knuckles V.S Scrouge and Scrouge gave Knuckles a beat down he wouldn't forget. With only 1 minute left on the clock… Scrouge beat Knuckles by… pushing Knuckles out of the ring. Once he heard the "K.O," Scrouge walked over and said to Knuckles "Too bad your fists couldn't do a thing to me," as an evil smile spread across his face and Knuckles joined the eliminated fighters while Scrouge walked to the locker room where he waited for the winner of the last match. The final match was Rouge V.S Sonic and Sonic was,once again,on the edge of elimination. But Sonic refused to go down like this. So he got back up,took his fighting style against Rouge,and won with 1 second left in the match. Sonic walked over to Scrouge and said "Live and Learn buddy!" The music was cranked up as Sonic rest up for the Semifinals.

The Semifinals were set as "Light That Never Comes" by Linkin Park played and HD screen showed this display :

Semifinals

Match 1 Jet V.S Sarah Bryant

Match 2 Scrouge V.S Sonic

Winners Advance to finals!

Match 1 didn't go as well as Jet expected as Sarah Bryant gave his feathers a lot of a ruffling she thought he deserved it only took Sarah 1 minute and 10 seconds to end her fight with Jet. As Jet got up Sarah said to Jet "You need an attitude adjustment. Thank goodness my friend Mai Shiranui knows how to fix that." Sarah returned to the locker to wait for her last opponent. Turns out,she didn't know if she won, she would HAVE to face Robotnick's ninjabot. She looked up at the TV and saw that the next fight was... Sonic V.S Scrouge. Scrouge gave Sonic that evil stare as he said "You made it this far... I'm impressed,but you won't win Sonic. Not with the way I've been performing." An evil smile spread onto Scrouges face. But Sonic replied with "You and what jacket? I fought my way to this point. i think it's time to settle this between us once and for all." "Alright then blue boy,you just sealed you fate with those words." Maxx and Lilly both yelled "FIGHT" and it was on like a game of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Scrouge,like everyone else who fought Sonic, had him close to elimination,and like everyone who faced Sonic,Sonic was able to get back up and and manage a come back that only he could make and Sonic won with 3 seconds left.

Shortly after the match for 3rd place,the match between Jet and Scrouge,the match that Jet won,it was now time for the finals and the screen now read : FINALS! Sonic V.S Sarah The winner is the champion! Sonic and Sarah stepped forward on last time an onto the ring and this time,Sonic was forced into round 2 and because Sarah had no projectiles,it was another round of martial arts that was closely and seemingly evenly matched up until their were 3 seconds left in the match,when Sonic finally won. The stadium erupted into cheers of celebration because a champion was crowned but Sonic knew it wasn't over. It was time for his rematch against the ninjabot.