"Greetings, fans of the Smashage, and welcome back to the tournament.  The action in round one draws down as we hit the second to last match today, Mecha Fox versus Dementia!" said Masta, alongside Pyro in their announcer chairs, behind the all-too-familiar desk.

"For those who haven't taken a look at the bracket lately, today's winner will be one of three participants in the tournament's only three-way battle that will be taking place in round two, alongside Quaz, and the winner of round one's last match."  Pyro nodded to Masta as a cue.

"But enough about that, let's get down to the goodies!  Mecha Fox is a variation of a previously eliminated entrant, Fox Skyli.  After being kidnapped by a traitor to his land and reprogrammed, Mecha Fox is a ruthless war machine, who's only game is destruction!"

"Dementia is the koopa anthro antagonist of a to-be-written literary piece, and the blood-stained lab coat that adorns him says it all.  Dementia is what remains of a military doctor after taking a dive off of the mental deep-end.  Dementia is extremely agile and fast!"

"Let's go down to the arena!"  When things were set, Fox was thrown into the arena.  After a blinding flash of green light and a scream of pain, the light dissipated, revealing Mecha Fox.  Meanwhile, Dementia simply walked into position, both his hands behind his back, smiling.

"Three...two...one...GO!"

Dementia took the scalpel he had been holding, and traced a line on his own neck with it, issuing a threat to his opponent -- but oddly, Mecha Fox had seemed to shut down.  He stood slumped over, motionless.

"What's the big idea...?" Dementia said, closing the distance between them quickly.  Scalpel at the ready, he had just begun to look Mecha Fox over, when the robot's red eyes illuminated brightly.  Mecha Fox swatted Dementia away with a powerful swipe from its arm, which doubled as a plasma rifle.

"Didn't see that one coming!" Pyro said.

"Weakling!" Dementia said, standing up.  Mecha Fox's only response was pointing his plasma rifle at Dementia.  Mecha Fox blasted away at Dementia, but the koopa performed an amazingly quick frontflip over him.  Before Mecha Fox could turn around, Dementia had planted a closed fist directly to the back of his neck for a critical hit.

After the assault, Dementia followed up by jumping onto Mecha Fox's back, hanging on with one arm and stabbing away at Mecha Fox's head with his scalpel with the other arm.  Mecha Fox shook him off with relative ease.  His left arm shifted, revealing a large sabre.

Mecha Fox swung down with the sabre at Dementia, and the koopa rolled quickly to the side to avoid the strike.  The sabre buried into the ground, and as Mecha Fox tried to pull it out, Dementia drew the hand with the scalpel back, preparing for a charged strike.  Dementia thrusted the blade forwards, but Mecha Fox freed himself in the nick of time, dodging the attack.  Dementia stumbled forward as a result of the miss.

Mecha Fox capitalized by drawing a small laser cannon from his side, blasting several charges of energy at Dementia, who took heavy damage from the blasts.  However, the koopa quickly recovered, charging at Mecha Fox.  Mecha Fox was prepared to knock Dementia away with another swipe of his arm, but Dementia rapidly changed his direction as he got closer, backflipping away, then rushing back forward to capitalize on Mecha Fox's miss, with a quick, powerful horizontal slice of his scalpel.  The attack sent Mecha Fox flying back a ways.

"A great match so far, Mecha Fox leads with 35% to Dementia's 48%...and the weight difference puts Dementia further behind," Pyro commented.

"That could be the turning point right there!" Masta added, as a beam sword landed next to Dementia.  He readily picked it up, double-wielding the sword and his scalpel.  When Mecha Fox came close, Dementia feigned as if he were going to melee Mecha Fox with the beamsword, but then threw the item at Mecha Fox, hitting him.  Mecha Fox couldn't recover from the stun before Dementia was in close, first attacking weak points on Mecha Fox's legs, then attacking with a strong upward slice of the scalpel.

"Dementia, on the uphill!  Is this a comeback?" Masta shouted as the crowd started to roar.  Dementia leaned backwards, laughing insanely and maniacally, a gleam coming from his medical weapon.

Mecha Fox rose to his feet after the flurry of attacks.  Not expecting an immediate attack from Mecha Fox, Dementia was hit hard as a pair of thrusters on Mecha Fox's back propelled him forward at great speed, allowing Mecha Fox to shoulder-ram Dementia.

"Robot, you are testing my patience!" Dementia said, standing again.  He threw his scalpel high into the air, above Mecha Fox.  Jumping up to meet it, he grabbed a hold of it, then stuck it under him as he plummeted to the ground, but Mecha Fox had boosted away.  Dementia's scalpel buried into the ground, and he struggled to pull it out.

After several moments, he succeeded in liberating his weapon -- only to turn and meet the glowing barrel of Mecha Fox's fully-charged plasma rifle.  Dementia's pupils shrank in the instant before Mecha Fox blasted Dementia clear off the stage with the blast of plasma, but not far enough for a KO.  Dementia began to jump back to the stage.

"Graaah!"  Dementia threw his scalpel again, then jumped further along to meet it -- but Mecha Fox was intent on ending the match as quickly as possible.  With a well-placed shot from his laser cannon, Mecha Fox interrupted Dementia's third jump, and Dementia helplessly plummeted to his defeat, amidst a wail of protest and a white KO flash.

"Holy smokes, Mecha Fox takes the match, with some well-played edge guarding!"  The crowd cheered, as Mecha Fox simply shut down, as he had done at the beginning of the match.

"I thought Dementia was going to pull a monster comeback there!  Nonetheless, a great fight."  Pyro turned to the broadcasting cameras.  "Tune in next time for the final match of round one, when Blaze Gwosdz takes on Luciana Lightwing, at Skyworld!"