Sentences with phrase «opponents facing off»

Offering little more than two opponents facing off, each holding a rapier and possessing the same moveset — it was skill (and sometimes a bit of luck) that decided the winner.

Not exact matches

In one of Kilduff's studies, he had subjects face - off against a simulated opponent to complete a typing contest.

The study was designed so that each participant won two out of the four contests, but half the group faced off against the same opponent each time and won or lost by a narrow margin; these slight victories and losses to the same opponent encouraged feelings of rivalry among participants, who subsequently reported higher scores on the Machiavellianism scale.

The PCs have nominated Westlock County Councillor Maureen Kubinec, who will face off against her main opponent Wildrose candidate Link Byfield.

many of which seem to have completely written off the Sharks, thinking we're the «easiest» opponent they've faced.

Baldwin, who apparently had some pregame words about Tennessee, also can be seen in the video above clapping in the faces of several of his opponents as they walk off the court.

Coquelin's immediate opponent yesterday was David Silva — it wasn't a face off between him and Fernando or Fernandinho.

If Golovkin doesn't want to face a decent opponent on short notice I wish he would just let May 5 go and get a decent opponent in the summer, and tell Canelo to fuck off altogether or wait until GGG wants to.

The Blue Devils will face a steady line of capable opponents with the goal of knocking off the favorite and derailing Stapleton's hopes of finishing his high school career on top.

In sparring sessions Dundee has Leonard pivoting off the ropes, throwing uppercuts and constantly changing the angle at which he faces an opponent; he urges his fighter to avoid staying directly in front of the man.

Wrestling and MMA are complimentary in regard to training, staying in shape, and competition, but separating the two can become important when facing off with an opponent on the mat or in the cage.

I didn't watch the match last night as I was on the field playing I ran my heels off I was in their faces I was angry I got a well - deserved yellow and could have been sent off later on I intercepted a good few balls and assisted with 2 goals and won the match From the highlights and the analysis I understand the Arsenal were weak in midfield the Arsenal needs an enforcer someone just like me a motivator and in the face of the opponents a thorn in the side I also believe MR wenger was at fault we all knew we would be weak in defence the least MR wenger should have had is a strong fresh midfield after all we had a tough encounter with city + traveling why didn't he use Rosciky, Carzola and Campbell On a different note I like chamberland stature he is tall and has pace and energy why not adapt him to the defensive midfield position with clear emphasis to be in the opponents face The arsenal and Mr wenger need to wake up fast now we have this weekend to prepare for Chelsea if we believe we are title contenders

Why you should care: What, a successful and super-over WWE champion facing off against potentially the greatest opponent he'll be able to face in the entire company isn't enough for you?

When unranked teams face off against Top - 25 opponents the strategy is clear, but what happens when two ranked teams do battle?

Using the AP Top 25 poll, there is no team coming off 8 days rest, who has a winning record, facing a top 25 opponent.

Manchester United defender Tyler Blackett was sent off in an U-21s match for shoving an opponent in the face.

We have also found that bowl teams receiving less than 35 % of spread bets have gone 40 - 21 ATS (65.6 %) when they face off against a ranked opponent.

Both teams struggled to pick up momentum early in the season as they faced off against a slew of tough opponents.

They've been the two most dominant Teams in the league all Season, knocking opponent after opponent out of their way and finally they faced off head - to - head on Sunday..

With Jordan Ford looking for a repeat section championship, the Bulldogs are the likely section final opponent to face off with Woodcreek.

Not our club, instead we have the pathetically transparent Gazidis spouting off about finances again, Wenger waxing on about Wilshere and Walcott after one decent outing, versus one of the weakest opponents we should face all year and the predictable reemergence of several former players propping up the usual Wenger favourites.

Everton, Leicester City, Arsenal and Chelsea are the remaining opponents that Dick Advocaat and his players have to face off against before this season of the Premier League reaches it's end and in order for Sunderland to continue competing in the English League for another year, they will have to add points in these upcoming matches.

United next face Everton in the FA Cup at the weekend, with their opponents fresh off the back of a Merseyside Derby humiliation.

The Magpies have beaten West Ham, Swansea and Stoke and while that isn't the toughest of opponents which they have seen off, putting things in perspective they aren't facing a particularly tough side on the weekend.

However, we mustn't forget that their two defeats did come against two of the very best in England and their opponents on Saturday, Blackburn Rovers, are a million miles off the high standards Villa have faced last week.

Leicester City and England striker Jamie Vardy has opened up about his life both on and off the pitch, revealing everything from how Chris Smalling is the toughest opponent he's faced to what he orders in Nando's.

Tottenham did a great number on Manchester United in midweek and now head off to Anfield to face another tough opponent.

With the Rochester GOP convention at which rank - and - file party members will select an opponent — or opponents — to face off against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand looming, opponents of attorney Wendy Long are trying to nip her growing support in the bud.

``... You see, before Wendy can face off with Senator Gillibrand she needs to face two opponents in the June 26th GOP Primary.

Quinn's endorsement comes a day after de Blasio faced off against his sole primary opponent, Sal Albanese, in a televised debate on Wednesday.

Now that the congressional primaries have passed and the general election battles are set, (for the most part), candidates in contested races across the state and their respective supporters have turned their attention to the opponents against whom they'll be facing off in November.

And, as a reader pointed out, it was produced and posted by the Senate Democrat - controlled (and taxpayer - funded) media services unit just two weeks before Espada faces off against his two primary opponents: Gustavo Rivera (who is being backed by a number of the majority leader's colleagues and labor unions) and Dan Padernacht.

Democrat Kevin Kim will face off against Republican Dan Halloran in the Nov. 3 race to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside), but one of Kim's former opponents in the Democratic primary became the focus of the race last week.

A Nassau County appellate court unanimously sided against Great Neck, L.I., attorney Liz Berney in her attempt to throw Dr. James Milano, her opponent in the Republican primary, off the ballot in the race to determine who will face off against U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D - Bayside) in November.

It couldn't last: on the face of it, Labour people spent more time tearing strips off each other than their genuine opponents, and conference's chaos was reined in, first by Neil Kinnock, and then New Labour.

She is being challenged by her 2010 opponent, John Messer, (fixed), who ran as a Republican two years ago, but has since switched his enrollment and will face off against the senator in the September primary.

The departure from the field by Catsimatidis cleared the way for Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, the GOP mayoral candidate who will face off in November against de Blasio, who just handily defeated his four Democratic primary opponents earlier this week.

Washington - Democrat Maria Cantwell: Cantwell had a strong December, emerging as the leading opponent of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and winning a face - off on the issue with Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens.

Lhota, a deputy mayor under former GOP Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former head of the city transit authority, faced off against his Democratic opponent, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, in the first of three debates leading up to the November mayoral election.

Cuomo has refused to debate Teachout, his opponent in Tuesday's Democratic primary, and has not yet committed to a general election debate with Astorino, leaving the two challengers to face off against each other.

Funiciello will face off against his two opponents on Time Warner Cable News October 8th at 7 p.m..

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney's (D - Astoria) team has brushed off criticism from opponent Reshma Saujani, whom she will face in the Democratic primary this fall, that her campaign is funded by special interests.

Supporters and opponents of raising taxes — or, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed, renewing the state's existing surcharge on people reporting more than $ 1 million in income — faced off at a Tuesday budget hearing while the Democratic governor lashed out at Republicans in the Legislature.

If Cuomo can end up with Republicans battling each other for months, while he sits on the sidelines — essentially a repeat of 2010, when Cuomo ran unopposed, while Rick Lazio and Paladino fought — he can shave months off of his actual campaigning, save his money for a final spending spree, and face a battered opponent in November.

In the debate, Ms. Lynch faced off against two of her opponents, attorney Ali Najmi and co-op board president Bob Friedrich.

Part of this research is accounting for the kind of emotion - based reasoning that might lead someone to act against their rational self - interest for the short - term satisfaction of «payback» — that is, cutting off their nose to spite their opponent's smiling face.

The reason is that you can't win two consecutive games without winning the second one, so you're better off facing the weaker opponent in the middle and giving yourself two shots to topple the grandmaster.

Windjammers is a fast - paced head - to - head arcade game where two players face off on a court, and throw discs at the opponent's goal zone to score points.

And comedian Denis Leary serves as another opponent that Parker faces off against.

Yup, that's right: Soldier never goes beyond the macho action man killing off all the baddies one by one and then finally facing off against one single opponent in a drawn - out hand - to - hand fight scene.