shadow realm

plural shadow realms · alternative Shadow Realm

1. countableslanguncountableOblivion; death.
2. countableuncountablecombat sportsKnocked out, rendered unconscious.

   UFC welterweight star Jorge Masvidal knows a thing or two about sending his opponents to the shadow realm, and he explained what happens when they go there.

   2019 December 20, Adam Martin, “Jorge Masvidal explains what happens when he sends his opponents to the shadow realm”, in BJ Penn

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   McCann's friend and fellow fighter Paddy 'The Baddy' Pimblett ... was in disbelief at the destructive nature of the elbow strike. "She got sent to the shadow realm," he said, according to ESPN+. "That was exceptional." UFC boss Dana White called McCann's finish the "greatest female knockout you'll ever fucking see."

   2022 March 20, Alan Dawson, quoting Paddy Pimblett, “UFC women's flyweight Molly McCann scored the most brutal, brilliant, and beautiful knockout of the year so far”, in Business Insider

   Joe Rogan, but according to his contract, there will come a day when the world's most prolific podcaster and noted DMT enthusiast won’t be around to interview an MMA fighter immediately after they've been sent to the shadow realm on a pay-per-view event.

   2023 May 22, Garry Lu, “Joe Rogan Reveals When He'll Quit the ZFC (As Per His Contract)”, in Boss Hunting

   Lightweight contender Justin Gaethje will defend the symbolic belt he won by head-kicking Dustin Poirier into the shadow realm last year when he takes on Max Holloway.

   2024 January 17, Jordan Ellis, “Dana White announces two more fights for UFC 300, including Justin Gaethje’s first BMF title defence”, in talkSPORT

3. countableuncountablefantasyAlternative letter-case form of Shadow Realm (“a place that is inhabited by darkness, evilness or malevolent entities and creatures, sometimes based around, or said to be, shadows or personifications thereof”).

alternative shadow realm

1. slangAlternative letter-case form of shadow realm (“oblivion; death; knocked out”).
2. fantasyA place, often another world, universe or supernatural plane, that is inhabited by darkness, evilness, or malevolent entities and creatures, sometimes based around, or said to be, shadows, or personifications thereof.

   If when doing this quest something should happen and you should leave the Shadow Realm prematurely, speak to Salanar and he helps you return.

   2008, Jennifer Sims, Kenny Sims, Dexter Hall, Wrath of the Lich King, BradyGames, →ISBN, page 19

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   For these woods are like no others. Hidden deep within them is a gateway to the Shadow Realm – a dark and chaotic world where all the mischief-making creatures like goblins, boggles and trolls live.

   2011, Linda Chapman, Lee Weatherly, “The Shadow Woods”, in The Fog Boggarts (Sophie and the Shadow Woods), HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN

   He is the Shadow Master, Gobregolen, First Lord of the Shadow Realm, he could have called out the Goblin Guard and sent them through your village like unto a plague of locusts, they would have found me, but in so doing he would have ruined my chances of being chosen.

   2012, Alec Zandur, Polly and the Shadow Goblin: Goblin Lost, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 46