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In a jaw-dropping finish that kept Moruga on edge until the final strike, King of the Rock champion Selwyn John emerged victorious after facing off against his nephew, Anderson Marcano, in a brutal, blood-soaked championship bout at the National Stickfighting Finals.
To the steady, hypnotic rhythm of bongo drums echoing through the Moruga Multipurpose Youth and Sport Facility in St Mary’s, the two men stepped into the gayelle in the wee hours of the morning—blending fierce tradition with deeply personal family ties.
“Hit him, Uncle! Don’t feel sorry!” one relative shouted from the crowd as John and Marcano squared off. The pair had not been on speaking terms for years, and despite blood pouring from wounds on John’s head, Marcano—who lost an eye in a stickfighting accident in 2007—showed no hesitation, pressing the attack relentlessly.
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