Roderick needed no praise. He had already recieved plenty of praise, and the happiness of all who had bet against the Marine, which happened to be the majority of the patrons. If the marine would lose, he would simply have his name added to the long list of those unable to vanquish Roderick. After all, all of those the marine had beaten before were previous opponents of Roderick, including the space marine. He had already obtained his fame for defeating the supreme human being that was the former. His respect would go unscathed, but Blackburn's would remain to his status of new member. However, he would remain known as the one who reached the champion, but was unable to defeat him. "Not taking a swing? I suppose I will, then. Someone has to get this fight started." As blackburn kept circling around him, Roderick brought his massive fist into his gut coming from the direction he was moving into, and he did so with impressive speed. Speed Blackburn hadn't anticipated in the least. He hit with the force of a tank shell, enough to knock out anyone who wasn't augmented. I can suppose Blackburn was lucky there, as his body was flung into the cables like a ragdoll after the crippling blow.