Watching The World Go By

[TheKenwyne]

I suppose I promise. I may still be operating under WMMA2 abilities though.

 

Prediction Key:

 

Chikafasu Abukara (16-5) vs Bakin Sakamoto (19-9)

Shizuya Nakae (23-11) vs Naezen Hamacho (7-0)

Keita Oshima (18-6) vs Fukusaburu Hirano (10-0-1)

Lightweight title: Fumiaki Hayashi (16-4) vs Motoki Hojo (15-3)

 

Prelims:

 

Kyuwa Itou (22-11) vs Gempachi Higa (17-9)

Kiyotaka Aihara (15-8) vs Ikka Funaki (14-4)

Ebizo Fujishima (24-12) vs Naoki Itoh (22-15)

Kojuro Kudo (10-2-1 NC) vs Atshushi Nakajima (29-13)

[PoisonedSuperman]

Prediction Key:

 

Chikafasu Abukara (16-5) vs Bakin Sakamoto (19-9)

Shizuya Nakae (23-11) vs Naezen Hamacho (7-0)

Keita Oshima (18-6) vs Fukusaburu Hirano (10-0-1)

Lightweight title: Fumiaki Hayashi (16-4) vs Motoki Hojo (15-3)

 

Prelims:

 

Kyuwa Itou (22-11) vs Gempachi Higa (17-9)

Kiyotaka Aihara (15-8) vs Ikka Funaki (14-4)

Ebizo Fujishima (24-12) vs Naoki Itoh (22-15)

Kojuro Kudo (10-2-1 NC) vs Atshushi Nakajima (29-13)

[Jaded]

Thanks for the predictions, guys! Still a bit of time as I'm posting news from other feds before we get to the card - probably have results up in 24 hours or so. As The Kenwyne suggested am only planning on doing predictions for one card a month but am previewing all of them.

 

 

Brian ‘Barrage’ Claremont has finally signed for XCC in a move that’s been rumoured for some time. Claremont is a tape trader’s dream as he just comes out swinging and keeps going until either he or his opponent gets KO’d. Definitely a fun addition for the Californian fed.

 

Further to last week’s announcement of a show coming up for SIGMA, we can bring you a list of matches. Headliner is a Featherweight title match which sees champ ‘Ice Cold’ Lars Bohlin (48-6) take on ‘Kid Britain’ Manish Khan (8-1) Interesting clash of styles there as Khan likes to strike while Bohlin always tries to grind out victories. Khan win would probably be a good result for SIGMA as there would be immediate interest in an England vs Scotland fight against Jason Dalglish, or an England vs Ireland bout vs Colm Dee.

 

In the Light Heavyweight division, Gavriil Sviridov (4-1) gets a match against Alekos ‘Killer’ Karabatsos (12-4) 28-year old Karabatsos looks too strong for Sviridov’s one dimensional kick boxing. Nigerian ‘Super Eagle’ Casim Yenkini (10-2) is up against Jaromir Grygera (17-5) of the Czech Republic in the Middleweight division, an interesting clash of wrestlers. Two kick boxers face off in the Light Heavyweight division as Serbian ‘Battering Ram’ Andranik Paletilolu (15-5) goes against Daniil ‘Skull Crusher’ Skala of Russia. Australian Shane ‘The Butcher’ Gilchrist (12-2) fights in the Light Heavyweight division against fellow wrestler Faas ‘Evolution’ Smit (34-14) while Colm Dee (12-2) takes on ‘Bulldozer’ Benedikt Streit (18-5) in the Featherweight division. As mentioned above, Dee must know that a win for him, combined with one for Khan, would have a huge chance of getting him a title shot. Finally young Finn Matti ‘The Hammer’ Kurri (7-0-1) takes on German ‘The Hamburg Hammer’ Jacob Matthaus (15-7).

[Jaded]

Lots of signings this week as 18 year old Sid ‘The Misfit’ Morgan and ‘The Yorkshire Ripper’ William Powell find employment with BCF. Powell will almost certainly need to drop that nickname which is probably too tasteless for BCF’s target audience, the serial killer known by that name is still alive and serving a life sentence. Morgan has a great look – heavily tattooed and distinctly ‘emo’, will no doubt appeal to female fans especially.

 

‘Nasty’ Nicky Shapiro hooked up with XCC, Canadian rookie ‘Here Comes Trouble’ Debra Everett has landed in WEFF, SIGMA have grabbed ‘The Man of Steel’ Marko Prochazka, but the major news is 10-0 Hyun-Shik im, the Blood Spirit, has finally left his native South Korea to join ALPHA-1’s Light Heavyweight division. The addition of the fearsome striker to the ranks which already contained Tadamasa Yamada, Zvonimir Asanovic, and Jin Katou mean there are a bunch of new huge match-ups possible.

 

2 more events announced for February, XCC and BCF. XCC are headlining with 2 women’s matches, the main being a title bout between Hester ‘The Slayer’ Maclean (5-0) and Sarah Vaughan (8-0). Maclean apparently requested to defend against the Arizona Animal in a bit to prove she wasn’t the one-dimensional boxer most people think she is. Has the Slayer bitten off more than she can chew? We think she might have. In the co-main, rookie Christine ‘Miss Kimura’ Jameson (2-0) takes on Alison Beattie, The Dirty Angel (4-1). Jameson is a really hot prospect but it seems early to throw her in with the dangerous Beattie, who despite being young herself has built up a real

reputation. Top match for the men is in the Featherweight division where Luiz ‘The Tarantula’ Machado (22-4) takes on ‘The Tropical Tornado’ Azor Portela Nunes (21-3). The winner of that collision between the two South Americans will almost certainly move on to face Ziskie for the title. Rookie Kyle Sagal (3-0) fights against ‘Straight Edge’ Kenny Magilton (7-3) in the Lightweight division. The Texan jiu jitsu specialist Magilton, having enjoyed mixed fortunes recently, will have to be very careful against Boston native Sagal and his lethal guillotine choke. ‘The Maryland Mauler’ Helen Fox (4-0) goes against Daniela Sadorra of Mexico (1-0) in Sadorra’s XCC debut, Daniela’s considered a hot prospect but Fox is a very good wrestler. Also, kick boxer Braxton Pryce (3-1) takes on Jackson ‘Pocket Rocket’ Gray (17-9) in the Lightweight division. Pryce was stopped by Kenny Magilton via decision last year, his first loss – can he bounce back?

 

BCF are headlining their February show with ‘The Brixton Butcher’ Stafford Alois (26-8) defending against Carter ‘The Kiwi’ Potter (15-4) in a Heavyweight title bout. Both men are probably underrated in terms of their all-round game; Potter is perhaps slightly better in general but Alois showed against Dave Lennon late last year that his kicks can absolutely destroy you. Co-main, from the Light Heavyweight division, sees ‘The Irish Warrior’ Connor Houghton (4-3) go against Daniel ‘The Stud’ Hornsby (11-3), which is presumably a sign they’re REALLY confident in Alois and Potter’s drawing power. Houghton, who got finished scarily quickly in his last fight by Eddie Whelan, is looking something of a joke after a bright start when he was fed a few opponents with very weak chins who he managed to knock out quickly. Hornsby is much better and should win with ease but still isn’t someone you’d expect to see this high up the card, even if he was facing a decent opponent. In the Middleweight division, Hans-Peter Schneider (12-5) takes on ‘The Sandman’ Rob Baines (26-10). Both men coming off victories although both were against weak opponents. Potentially a decent enough match though, and I’d have expected to see it placed higher than Hornsby vs Houghton. ‘Fierce’ Pierce Jeeler vs ‘The Demon from Derbyshire’ Andrew Rush has also been announced for the Middleweight division, a good kick boxing clash. Scandinavian Olafur Petursson (4-0) goes against ‘Smilin’ Ignatius Hepfinger (8-5) in the Lightweight division – two more kick boxers, neither of whom look anything special, with Petursson’s record really flattering him as it’s all against terrible opposition. Hepfinger, you may remember, ended Jeremy Sproule’s unbeaten run last year and has barely shut up about it since, ignoring the fact that Sproule competed against medical advice due to illness in the lead up to the bout and even then Jeremy nearly beat him. ‘Violent Conduct’ Mick Curran (12-6) of Wales will go up against another Celt, ‘The Hotshot Scot’ Garry McSwegan (20-7). McSwegan still has very little stamina but finishes off a lot of fights so quickly that it rarely matters. One last one, Henning ‘The Terminator’ Olsen (12-4) vs ‘Quiet Riot’ Tucker Plumm (13-7), and you’d expect Plumm to be easy pickings for the Dane.

[Gunsmoke]

Funnily enough I've just run MacLean v Vaughan in my XCC game and MacLean destroys Vaughan in a third round stoppage in my game, so it may not be as lopsided as you think.

[Jaded]

Week 2

 

Fun show last night in South Eastern Mexico, held by a local promotion. Looking particularly impressive were Bobby Castillo, who won the main event in 63 seconds with a big head kick, Gerardo Diez, who managed to ground and pound Juan Rodriguez in under a minute, and Louis De La Torre who did the same to Juan’s brother Jose. De La Torre had a phenomenal reaction, crowd of just 81 people nearly lifted the roof off the building they were cheering him so hard.

 

FLB 7: Violent Conduct just announced. Main event is a massive Heavyweight title clash between two undefeated stars as Elzo Alves Moura (12-0) defends against countryman ‘The Brazilian Bomber’ Gladstone Lopes. (12-0-1) Co-main is another pair of native fighters, with Teco (14-4) against Procopio ‘Porco’ Golias (13-4). Teco spends so much time showboating and trying to land big head kicks that he’s always vulnerable, and this is potentially an exciting bout.

 

In the Lightweight division we could have a real show stealer as Grande Silveira (4-0) is up against Helio (14-1) Helio, a 15 fight veteran at just 21 who stepped into the ring lying about his age when he was 16, is a scary prospect indeed having not lost for over 3 years. Silveira is a hot young rookie but will do very well to take this to round 2. Vivinho (6-1) vs Jerezo (31-9) has also been announced in the Middleweight division. Jerezo is probably best known as the only man ever to beat Helio, back when the 36 year old was a lightweight, but he’s had other impressive results in his career as well. 23 year old Vivinho, though, is a deadly striker and has youth on his side.

 

In a Brazil vs Argentina bout, Lucas (24-7) will go against ‘Mad Dog’ Gabriel Gallego (15-4). The Argentine will be heavy favourite with the bookies although not with the crowd, who hate the way he keeps demolishing home grown fighters. Will Lucas be just another name on the list of Brazil’s Most Wanted? Finally, the always exciting Leandro Piquet (19-7) is up against Kleber Pereira (6-3), in what should be a formality.

 

Bad news for Canadian fighter JJ Reid who picked up an ankle injury training last week. He’s expected to be out for a minimum of 2 months, possibly as long as 6.

 

GAMMA’s next show is going to be headlined by Sean Morrison (27-3) defending his Lightweight title against ‘The Truck Man’ Truck Gleeson (21-4-1 NC). Kickboxer Gleeson has put together a long run of victories but hasn’t faced anyone near Morrison’s quality and you have to think him winning the belt would be one of the biggest upsets of the decade. In the co-main, two of the top 5 middleweights in the world collide as Neil Napier (15-0) takes on Dexter ‘D-Man’ Darling (17-2-1) in a number one contender match.

 

The most unpopular man in GAMMA – and possibly in America – Anthony LeToussier (12-0) will take on ‘The Iron Man’ Junior Patinkin (14-1). Ex-army officer Patinkin is generally not particularly popular himself but it’s a certainty that he’ll have huge crowd support taking on the hated Live Wire. ‘The Street Fighter’ Leon Banks (31-10), who’s one of those fighters who once looked like he was going to be huge but seems to have lost his way over the past few years, goes up against 32-year old ‘Tower of Power’ Tim Boyer (24-3-2) whose huge victory over the veteran Rick Stanley with a pair of vicious knee strikes has rejuvenated his career. Samoan Tank Manua’a (17-5) is up against Texan Frank ‘Baby Bull’ Sheedy (20-9). This is one of those bouts where the sheer size of the guys is spectacular but realistically you just know it’ll be a snooze.

[Jaded]

ALPHA-1 up in about 4/5 hours. Warning that you SHOULDN'T expect anywhere near the quality of write-ups that are appearing in FLB or ECW, I stick to watchers' diaries for a reason! Some interesting results though.

 

Week 3

 

Big news from Team Lotus – the camp, permanent home of three of the top women’s stars in Mizuki Watanabe, Sayoko Ebisawa and Yutsuko Sasaki, has just announced that statuesque kickboxer Chiyo ‘The Scorpion’ Yanagimoto will be visiting them. Yanagimoto is generally considered to be the 2nd best fighter in the woman’s game, behind only Watanabe, and Lotus are looking extremely strong with both of them in the camp.

 

SIGMA have pulled off an absolutely massive signing by bringing in judoka Heikichi Shimizu, generally considered to be one of the three greatest judoka of all time. The 31 year old is sure to make a huge impact on the Welterweight division. Also, Gustavo Bautista has joined FLB. The 94 fight veteran has said he wants to make it to 100 bouts before retiring and his 3 match contract will take him halfway there.

 

GAMMA have finally pulled off a TV deal, announcing they’ll broadcast a show called Invincible on East Coast Today. No details as of yet.

 

Rory McEnterry has signed with XCC. The exciting young kick boxer with a 2-0record is one to watch. XCC has also grabbed a trio of Muay Thai fighters; David James Diggle, Britt Dickering and Marcus Speed.

 

We’re getting rave reviews of a small show in Ireland last night. Lots of awesome matches, highlights being English wrestler Duncan Thistlewood beating his opponent with a barrage of strikes in a fantastic bout, Reynolds Baer – tipped right here as a hot star for the year just a few weeks ago – got a great ground and pound win, and Tim Oldacres used ground and pound to beat his opponent.

 

Another local show took place a few nights ago in Kinki, Japan. Less positive reports of this one with a pair of snoozers to finish things off, culprits being Samba Nakamura and Fusae Miura. However, Chisaki Gojo hit a great superwoman punch to defeat her opponent in the night’s best bout.

 

 

Week 4

 

WEFF and KDM FC have both announced events in mid-February. WEFF 4 will see Michelle Addams (7-0) defend her Lightweight title against Vicki ‘Heart Breaker’ Summers (5-0) in a hotly anticipated match between two of the top pound-for-pound women in the game. Two relative newcomers collide in the co-main, Hope Lehane (3-0) against Alyson ‘Alley Kat’ Arroway (2-0). Lehane has a reputation as a dangerous submissions artist but Arroway is training hard, having just joined Femme Fatale Fighting.

 

Another collision between two women in the pound-for-pound top 10 rankings sees Roz Wareing (5-1) take on ‘Canadian Storm’ Erica Page (7-2). Harriet Fey (2-0) has a tough challenge going against Rhonda Britton (4-1) while hotly rated prospect Pamela ‘The Truth’ O’Neill (3-0) will fight Tammy ‘Bam Bam’ Westenra (4-2). Finally, Karen ‘The Demon’ Curtis (5-0) will get a match against Louise Griffin (4-1) in a match where wrestler Curtis will be the clear favourite.

 

 

Over in KDM FC, Li-Kong Ho’s (18-0)’s long awaited title shot at Tomohorio Takeuchi (16-2) has finally been booked! Both of the featherweights have been on a rampage for the past few years and this should be a match of the year contender no question. Future superstar Atep of Indonesia (8-0) is also in action, making this a really stacked card, as he goes against rookie Ahmed Mohamed Farag (2-0). That has the potential to be brutal and you wonder who advised Farag to take the fight.

 

Women’s action as well with two of the top 10 featherweights in the world, both hugely exciting, as Romi Takahashi (3-0) takes on Hanako ‘The Storm Bringer’ Shimizu. ‘The Hangman’ Yuji Lata (6-3) takes on ‘Crazy Monkey’ Teeratep Nutnum (7-4), a real cult figure in the fed. Bunrakuken ‘Honest’ Abe (9-4) fights Bhumibol Ektawatkul and Davi Carlos Ramos (32-8) tries to defeat Masahiro Maeno (17-3.)

 

Highlights of the local show in Brazil last night were few and far between. However there were good victories for 20 year old rookie Valdo Calamari and hotly rated Gustavo Spagnol – both by ground and pound. No word on why on earth Spagnol, who is probably among the top 20 pound for pound fighters in South America, still hasn’t been picked up by FLB. Unless Spagnol has been blacklisted for some reason we don’t know about it seems like a massive oversight.

 

Hiring spree from BCF has seen a few interesting signings. Veteran Liverpudlian grappler Richard Smith makes it back to the company which he was released from back in 1995, boxer Nigel Collett signs up, and former English national Muay Thai champion Rupert Lennox, who apparently looked hugely impressive in his debut on a Merseyside show a few months ago is brought in. With the lack of credible talent in the Lightweight division at the moment Lennox could be a major player fairly quickly.

 

Show in Eastern Europe a few nights ago saw some decent action with Natassia Potocnik practically needing to be dragged off her opponent as she destroyed her with some vicious elbows. Kick boxer Christijan van Belkum was probably the best of the men, getting a barrage of strikes to record a TKO over his opponent.

[Jaded]

ALPHA-1: Hayashi vs Hojo

 

Chikafasu Abukara (16-5) vs Bakin Sakamoto (19-9) – Akabura grabbed Bakin’s leg early and took him down, unloading with punches from the mount forcing the ref to pull him off. Impressive victory for Chikafasu but Sakamoto’s momentum looks to have come screeching to a halt. Great match.

 

Shizuya Nakae (23-11) vs Naezen Hamacho (7-0) – Decidedly average bout saw Naezen take his opponent down in each of the first two rounds but do nothing to capitalise on it while Shiyuza managed to lock on an armbar just as time ran out in the third. Split decision victory to Hamacho.

 

Keita Oshima (18-6) vs Fukusaburu Hirano (10-0-1) - Just as expected, Hirano makes short work of his opponent here in a really exciting victory, taking him off his feet with a hard right then diving in for the mounted punches to finish things off.

 

Lightweight title: Fumiaki Hayashi (16-4) vs Motoki Hojo (15-3) – Reasonably good bout in which all of the first five rounds were fairly close, with Hayashi probably shading the fight overall, but Hojo getting a massive head kick KO in 2:41 of round 6 to win the title.

 

Early indications are that this was a financially successful show, taking about $900,000 for gate and PPV revenue, and the action lived up to expectations for the most part. Match of the night honours to Itou vs Higa in a prelim while Hojo’s head kick wins him the KO of the night.

 

Prelim results:

 

Kyuwa Itou beat Gempachi Higa by TKO (Strikes) in 1:01 R2, Great.

Ikka Funaki beat Kiyotaka Aihara by TKO (Strikes) in 1:41 R1, Great.

Ebizo Fujishima beat Naoki Itoh by TKO (Punch) in 2:08 R3, Good.

Kojuro Kudo beat Atshushi Nakajima by TKO (Strikes) in 4:47 R1, Average.

 

Where do we go from here? Hojo vs Hamacho, who’s now 8-0, is probably the money Lightweight match. Hirano looks unstoppable and may be in line for a Welterweight shot although a number one contender’s bout with 15-0 Carlos da Guia might be even more popular and exciting. Abukara is climbing back up the ranks but a long way from being in title contention even after that victory.

[Jaded]

Some really impressive scores there, with everyone getting at least 75% - joint winners, scoring a point each, are Romdawg88 and Freefall39. Well done guys!

 

Romdawg88 8/8

Freefall39 8/8

IWWROCKS 7/8

BYU_14 7/8

Keithb 6/8

The Kenwyne 6/8

PoisonedSuperman 6/8

 

Standings:

Romdawg88 1

Freefall39 1

 

Next card to predict is GAMMA. See a few posts above for preview.

 

Featured Show - February - GAMMA: Morrison vs Gleeson

 

Prediction Key

 

Sean Morrison (27-3) vs ‘The Truck Man’ Truck Gleeson (21-4-1 NC)

Neil Napier (15-0) vs Dexter ‘D-Man’ Darling (17-2-1)

Anthony LeToussier (12-0) vs ‘The Iron Man’ Junior Patinkin (14-1)

Leon Banks (31-10) vs Tim Boyer (24-3-2)

 

Prelim:

 

Tank Manua’a (17-5) vs Frank Sheedy (20-9)

[freefall39]

Wow, I can't believe I pulled those picks, but now I have to pick again just to see how I hold up...

 

Morrison - this is a hard one I really like both fighters truck is a killer, but I see Morrison pulling this one out in the end...

 

Napier - as I stated before I am a sucker for the undefeated streak...

 

LeToussier - see above reasoning

 

Banks - He is a monster of a man, look into his eyes nothing but hate...

 

Manua'a - i have always kinda liked this guy, not really sure about his stats, but he gives out a good vibe...

[theemrbeefy]

Prediction Key

 

Sean Morrison (27-3) vs ‘The Truck Man’ Truck Gleeson (21-4-1 NC)

Neil Napier (15-0) vs Dexter ‘D-Man’ Darling (17-2-1)

Anthony LeToussier (12-0) vs ‘The Iron Man’ Junior Patinkin (14-1)

Leon Banks (31-10) vs Tim Boyer (24-3-2)

 

Prelim:

 

Tank Manua’a (17-5) vs Frank Sheedy (20-9)

pretty straight forward card to predict even with the talent against the top 3 on the card I would be hard pressed to bet against them. Sheedy and Boyer are just coin flips, could go either way really and I'd think Banks'll win to just spite me after having him retire to 3 consecutive KO's to Villar, Satinho and Soldo in my last WMMA2 game.

[BYU 14]

Prediction Key

Sean Morrison (27-3) vs ‘The Truck Man’ Truck Gleeson (21-4-1 NC)

Looking for Sean to get an early win!

 

Neil Napier (15-0) vs Dexter ‘D-Man’ Darling (17-2-1)

Napier in the 2nd

 

Anthony LeToussier (12-0) vs ‘The Iron Man’ Junior Patinkin (14-1)

This is a tough one, LeToussier is subject to letdowns, gogin with JR

 

Leon Banks (31-10) vs Tim Boyer (24-3-2)

Boyer via early stoppage

 

Prelim:

 

Tank Manua’a (17-5) vs Frank Sheedy (20-9)

Via decision, probably a boring fight.

[LoNdOn]

Ah, my home turf. Sorry I didn't predict last round, I was doing renders for the retail version of the game.

 

Featured Show - February - GAMMA: Morrison vs Gleeson

 

Prediction Key

 

Sean Morrison (27-3) vs ‘The Truck Man’ Truck Gleeson (21-4-1 NC)

Morrison will take him down and pound him out. Only way I can see Gleeson winning would be if he catches him on the feet.

 

Neil Napier (15-0) vs Dexter ‘D-Man’ Darling (17-2-1)

Darling is good, Napier is better.

 

Anthony LeToussier (12-0) vs ‘The Iron Man’ Junior Patinkin (14-1)

Have to admit I am quite fond of Live Wire. Plus the dude has some serious kicks.

 

Leon Banks (31-10) vs Tim Boyer (24-3-2)

Boyer can keep Banks at range and could even put him down if given the opportunity.

 

Prelim:

 

Tank Manua’a (17-5) vs Frank Sheedy (20-9)

Either way this one will be boring, but I will plum with Manua'a on this occassion

[TheKenwyne]

Sean Morrison (27-3) vs ‘The Truck Man’ Truck Gleeson (21-4-1 NC)

Neil Napier (15-0) vs Dexter ‘D-Man’ Darling (17-2-1)

Anthony LeToussier (12-0) vs ‘The Iron Man’ Junior Patinkin (14-1)

Leon Banks (31-10) vs Tim Boyer (24-3-2)

 

Prelim:

 

Tank Manua’a (17-5) vs Frank Sheedy (20-9)

[Romdawg88]

Prediction Key

 

Sean Morrison (27-3) vs ‘The Truck Man’ Truck Gleeson (21-4-1 NC)

Gleeson is a tough dude but he ain't winning this fight. Morrison TKO1, too much wrestling for Gleeson to handle.

Neil Napier (15-0) vs Dexter ‘D-Man’ Darling (17-2-1)

Pretty evenly matched fight but Napier just slightly better at almost everything. Close fight all the way till the end but Napier edges it and gets the UD.

Anthony LeToussier (12-0) vs ‘The Iron Man’ Junior Patinkin (14-1)

This comes down to if LeToussier can keep it standing and I think he does. LeToussier TKO2.

Leon Banks (31-10)vs Tim Boyer (24-3-2)

Boyer keeps Banks at range and blasts him out in the 1st. KO1.

 

Prelim:

Tank Manua’a (17-5) vs Frank Sheedy (20-9)

Hey, who's looking forward to seeing two gassed out fat guys hugging each other for three rounds. Manu'a UD.

[Jaded]

February Week 1

 

Local show in the Maritimes last week saw lots of good matches, notable stars being the massive Nate ‘Big Mac’ MacReary who made the transition from amateur wrestling look easy, Owen Oggleberry-Pipp and Tuck Durdell, all who got TKO victories.

 

SIGMA: Bohlin vs Khan

 

Matti Kurri (7-0-1) vs Jacob Matthaus (15-7) – Quick knock down from the young Finn here which he followed up by with jumping on Matthaus and unloading with punches to seal the TKO victory in just under 3 minutes. Great match.

Colm Dee (12-2) vs ‘Bulldozer’ Benedikt Streit (18-5) – Dee takes the first round with some good punches, Streit wrestles well in the other two and looks to have done enough to win both. Judges disagree, though, giving it to Dee 29-28, 29-28, 30-27. I can see Dee getting the first and maybe the second at a push but am very surprised anyone would have given him the third where he was taken down halfway through and controlled on the ground. Average

 

Shane Gilchrist (12-2) vs Faas Smit (34-14) – Terrible contest here which Smit takes 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 after Gilchrist offers virtually nothing against the veteran, who takes him down twice. Poor

 

Andranik Paletilolu (15-5) vs Daniil Skala (19-5) – The pair stand and bang for three rounds without getting far. Paletilolu takes a split decision victory. Good

 

Casim Yenkini (10-2) vs Jaromir Grygera (17-5) – Grygera dominates this one, getting the Super Eagle down early on and inflicting some serious damage before the round ended, then finishing him off in round 2. Good

 

Gavriil Sviridov (4-1) vs Alekos Karabatsos (12-4) - Karabatsos gets a quick take down, gets to half guard, and unloads with some elbows. Karabatsos cut huge amounts of weight to make this fight – he’s actually more like 222 pounds than 205 – and he looked to be seriously regretting that by the start of round 2, which Sviridov came back in. With Karabatsos looking almost dead on his feet, Sviridov scraped by in round 3 for the unanimous decision victory in what has to be considered a major upset. Decent

 

SIGMA Featherweight title: Lars Bohlin (48-6) vs Manish Khan (8-1) – Bohlin falls for a feint, allowing Khan to land a few jabs then blast away with a vicious barrage of punches which took the Scandinavian down, only for Bohlin to scramble into a better position when Kid Britain followed up. Round 2 saw Bohlin try a takedown but walk into a big right hand, and by round 3 Khan was clearly dominant. Kid Britain finishes things off and wins the title with a huge set of punches. Decent.

 

Khan wins KO of the night, with Kurri vs Matthaus best match. Bohlin – who looked completely out of it at the end – handed a two month medical suspension, as was Yenkini, with Skala and Karabatsos both getting one month. Three month one for Jacob Matthaus.

 

Where do we go from here? Khan vs Dee seems obvious. Logjam in the Light Heavyweight division is getting worse and worse, especially since Smit is ranked #4 there but is coming off a very disappointing bout while Kurri, ranked #8 had fight of the night and Sviridov (#11) gets credit for a massive upset victory which was pretty much deserved with no-one complaining much about the judging.

[PoisonedSuperman]

Sean Morrison (27-3) vs ‘The Truck Man’ Truck Gleeson (21-4-1 NC)

Neil Napier (15-0) vs Dexter ‘D-Man’ Darling (17-2-1)

Anthony LeToussier (12-0) vs ‘The Iron Man’ Junior Patinkin (14-1)

Leon Banks (31-10) vs Tim Boyer (24-3-2)

 

Prelim:

 

Tank Manua’a (17-5) vs Frank Sheedy (20-9)

[Keithb]

Sean Morrison (27-3) vs ‘The Truck Man’ Truck Gleeson (21-4-1 NC)

Neil Napier (15-0) vs Dexter ‘D-Man’ Darling (17-2-1)

Anthony LeToussier (12-0) vs ‘The Iron Man’ Junior Patinkin (14-1)Leon Banks (31-10) vs Tim Boyer (24-3-2)

Prelim:

 

Tank Manua’a (17-5) vs Frank Sheedy (20-9)

[MorenoKing24]

Sean Morrison (27-3) vs ‘The Truck Man’ Truck Gleeson (21-4-1 NC)

Neil Napier (15-0) vs Dexter ‘D-Man’ Darling (17-2-1)

Anthony LeToussier (12-0) vs ‘The Iron Man’ Junior Patinkin (14-1)

Leon Banks (31-10) vs Tim Boyer (24-3-2)

 

Prelim:

 

Tank Manua’a (17-5) vs Frank Sheedy (20-9)

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Stars of the show in Florida last night were wrestlers Brody Howles and Zeke Elliot, who got TKO wins, and Thea Higgins who knocked out her opponent in just 26 seconds with a colossal punch.

 

Veteran brawler Ralf Puce has returned to BCF after being cut 4 years ago. Hasn’t done much of note recently and is a surprising pick-up.

 

 

XCC: Maclean vs Vaughan

 

Braxton Pryce (3-1) vs Jackson Gray (17-9) – Dreadful here, were this pair awake? Split decision victory for Gray in an awful awful bout. Pryce, who had a hugely promising career six months ago, seems to have lost his way. Poor

 

Helen Fox (4-0) vs Daniela Sadorra (1-0) – Fantastic stuff here from Helen Fox who takes some nasty punches early on but manages to come back with a takedown and then unload with punches for the victory. Fantastic.

 

Kyle Sagal (3-0) vs Kenny Magilton (7-3) – 2 minutes of the pair feeling each other out, then a massive uppercut from Sagal knocks out Magilton’s lights. Great.

 

Luiz ‘The Tarantula’ Machado (22-4) vs Azor Portela Nunes (21-3) – Machado takes Nunes down straight away, there’s a fight for position on the ground, allowing the Tarantula to hook on an ankle lock for the quick tap-out victory. Good.

 

Christine Jameson (2-0) vs Alison Beattie (4-1) – Beattie absolutely destroys Miss Kimura’s legs in round 1 here, and from there little happens. Decision victory goes to the Dirty Angel 30-27, 30-27, 29-28. Poor

 

Women’s Title: Hester Maclean (5-0) vs Sarah Vaughan (8-0) – Vaughan takes Maclean up against the cage quickly, stomping on her foot and planting her down with a Greco-Roman slam. She gets from side control into a mount and wails away on the Slayer, who just about hangs in there until the end of the round. Maclean comes out in round 2 looking more impressive, taking down the Animal and diving in with punches but then getting pulled into side control, which she relinquishes quickly. The pair stand up and Hester gets in a good shot, then in round 3 hits a massive right. Another huge punch in round 4 looks like it’s swung momentum back towards Maclean but Vaughan manages to take her down and pass guard, hammering away with elbows and punches. Ref calls a stop to this one to hand the belt to Vaughan. Great bout, will almost certainly be a contender for Fight of the Year. Fantastic.

 

Only 174 people there for the show but absolutely fantastic night, with a main which was worth the price of admission itself and Fox and Sagal’s knockouts being superb. Sagal’s uppercut wins KO of the night, Machado gets the submission of the night obviously, and that main gets best match.

Magilton, Nunes, Sadorra and Gray all ruled out for 2 months with medical suspensions after last night’s show. Sadorra has an arm injury as well but that’s not expected to be too serious. Maclean gets one month out, Jameson three – unsurprisingly as she took brutal amounts of damage to the legs in round 1.

 

Where do we go from here? Vaughan vs either Fox or Beattie would almost certainly be the biggest drawing women’s match in the short history of MMA so far. Despite losing quickly, Sadorra got enough shots in on a top class opponent in Fox to at least deserve an extension to her current contract which expires after her next fight. Machado should get in there to face Ziskie soon for the belt. Gray is ranked above champion Jamie Hewitt and appears to be a lock for a shot at the Lightweight belt very soon.

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Sean Morrison (27-3) vs ‘The Truck Man’ Truck Gleeson (21-4-1 NC)

Morrison is a beast

 

Neil Napier (15-0) vs Dexter ‘D-Man’ Darling (17-2-1)

Close fight I think, but I can see Napier winning it by a decision

 

Anthony LeToussier (12-0) vs ‘The Iron Man’ Junior Patinkin (14-1)

I like LeToussier, but he was such a disappointment in my WMMA2 game that I'll give this to Patinkin

 

Leon Banks (31-10) vs Tim Boyer (24-3-2)

Though contest, but never bet against the tall guy ;-)

 

Prelim:

 

Tank Manua’a (17-5) vs Frank Sheedy (20-9)

Sheedy sucks, so Tank will win this snorefest

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BCF: Alois vs Potter

 

 

Henning Olsen (12-4) vs Tucker Plumm (13-7) – Big teep from Olsen puts Plumm down, then Olsen dives in with punches but Plumm manages to get to half guard. Nothing much happened in either of the other rounds, Olsen takes the unanimous 29-28 decision. Poor

 

Mick Curran (12-6) vs Garry McSwegan (20-7) – Just like McSwegan’s last few bouts, quick knockdown from him is followed by raining in punches for the TKO victory. Great.

 

Olafur Petursson (4-0) vs Ignatius Hepfinger (8-5) – Terrible bout here sees Petursson keep his undefeated streak, taking down Hepfinger twice. We go to the judges for a unanimous 29-28 decision. Poor.

 

Pierce Jeeler (5-2) vs Andrew Rush (13-6) – Dreadful; Rush had complete control but didn’t even appear interested in trying to finish his opponent off apart from one massive head kick he missed with. Awful.

 

Hans-Peter Schneider (12-5) vs Rob Baines (26-10) – First round sees Baines take his opponent down late on but be unable to capitalise, second round is much better – quick takedown from Baines but Schneider comes back to end in control on the ground, only for Baines to come incredibly close to locking on a kimura. The pair scramble for position and Baines grabs a leg, locking on a heel hook for the tap-out! Good.

 

Connor Houghton (4-3) vs Daniel Hornsby (11-3) – Two takedowns in the first two rounds by Hornsby – can’t do anything much originally, but the second sees him raining down punches and the ref stopping things. Houghton, a year after having a 4-0 record, looks absolutely dead and buried in BCF now. Decent

 

Heavyweight title: Stafford Alois (26-8) vs Carter Potter (15-4) – Much to the delight of the crowd, Alois dominates the first two rounds and is clearly ahead on points – but unfortunately for them, it doesn’t matter as Potter gets an explosive right hook out of nowhere in round 3 to leave the champion reeling, and a second to drop him like a stone and win the belt! Great.

 

After an abysmal first half to the show this actually sprang to life and became pretty acceptable, as well as doing huge money by BCF standards with a 600 sell-out crowd. Potter gets fight of the night and KO of the night for the main, Baines takes submission of the night with that heel hook.

 

Where do we go from here? Potter’s first challenger will probably be veteran Harry Milne although there’s serious talk of capitalising on Rav Kapur’s hot streak and giving him a shot while he’s still undefeated. Hornsby is clearly number one contender to Garry McSweegan’s Lightweight belt, while Baines getting the submission victory has put him in a good position to go after Davis Spyrou’s Middleweight title.

 

Alois and Schneider both out for three months after that show, Curran and Houghton two and Jeeler one. Houghton and Hepfinger are both now near the end of their contracts and indications are that both will be released – no surprise there.

[Jaded]

GAMMA results in 3 or 4 hours at a guess if anyone still wants to predict. Thanks for everyone who's already taken the time to do so!

 

 

Week 2

 

Journeyman vets Yee Tsuji and Sadakuno Katoh have returned to KDM FC. Both are one-dimensional but have enough name value to be reasonably useful.

 

Hotly rated kickboxer Tim Oldacre is a good acquisition for BCF. The youngster seems serious about making a real go of it in MMA, having spent a year cross-training before he took his first two fights, which he won easily.

 

FLB 7: Violent Conduct

 

Leandro Piquet (19-7) vs Kleber Pereira (6-3) – Boring for the first four minutes or so as Piquet goes after Pereira who avoids him, only for Kleber to eventually get caught and pounded on until the ref stops it. Poor

 

Lucas (24-7) vs Gabriel Gallego (15-4) – Massive right cross from the Mad Dog puts Lucas down but he traps Gallego in half guard as the Argentine dives in. Boring second round which Lucas probably shades, but third round sees Gallego take him down again and this time finish him off with punches. Great

 

Vivinho (6-1) vs Jerezo (31-9) – Jerezo takes the youngster apart, getting him down quickly and locking on an armbar for the submission victory. Good

 

Grande Silveira (4-0) vs Helio (14-1) – 35 seconds for Helio to end Silveira’s previously unbeaten run, just leaping at him and blasting him with incredible ferocity. Good

 

Teco (14-4) vs Procopio Golias (13-4) – Golias takes the taller man down quickly but can’t do anything much down there. Same in both other rounds. Incredibly, one of the judges gives it to Teco but sanity prevails with the other two and it’s a split decision victory for Golias. Very Poor

 

Heavyweight title match: Elzo Alves Moura (12-0) vs Gladstone Lopes. (12-0-1) - Lopes takes him down and gets a few punches in, leading to Moura turtling up. The Bomber scrambles to his feet – and lands a massive soccer kick, knocking his opponent out cold to win the title! Great.

 

Main event gets KO of the night and fight of the night, Jerezo takes the submission of the night award. Did great business and was a decent card apart from the awful Teco/Golias bout.

 

Where do we go from here? Lopes will defend his belt first against one of the pair of unbeaten young stars, I’d imagine – either ‘Grande Urso’ Murillo Satinho or Julio ‘JC’ Correa. Rumour a few months ago said Helio may step up a division to Welterweight and you have to think the number of Lightweights who want to face him is shrinking yet again after that complete demolition job on Silveira. With Helio being one of the most popular guys in the fed because of his intensity, and number 1 ranked Welterweight Gabriel Gallego still absolutely loathed, that would be something of a dream match. Kleber Pereira has to have one eye on a likely release.

 

Veteran Bence Bolder has announced he’s retiring from the sport.

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ALPHA-1 have announced a show next month, headlined by a colossal clash between world number 1 Hassan Fezzik (25-0) and challenger ‘Unstoppable K’ Kunimichi Kikuchi. The Big Bad is probably the best of all time, as his record suggests, but Kikuchi definitely can’t be underestimated. As if that wasn’t enough to get people watching, semi-main is ‘Monster Moto’ Ryosei Sakamoto (8-0) vs Zvonimir ‘The Croatian Sensation’ Asanovic (27-2) in the Light Heavyweight division. Former amateur wrestler Sakamoto has looked very good so far in his career but he’s not even on the same planet as Asanovic talent-wise. The kickboxer has looked more dangerous than ever since visiting Mantas Andreyev’s camp and the legendary trainer will be expecting both he and Fezzik to walk out of the event with victories.

 

Massive Armenian Armen ‘A-Game’ Sarkisian (22-2) takes on Hiro Arai of Japan (14-4) in the Heavyweight division. Sarkisian was destroyed by Fezzik in a title shot 2 years ago but has steadily climbed the rankings again since then and must be getting close to a rematch. Arai is solid but can’t like his chances here that much. Two absolutely huge competitors clash in that division as Yoshikazu ‘Fat Boy’ Inamoto (7-3) goes against Takafumi ‘Dump Truck’ Ando (14-10). Ando has little going for him except the huge weight advantage he holds over most of his opponents so is unlikely to do much here.

Moving onto the prelims, in the Middleweight division Shuncho ‘Samurai’ Sakurai (9-3) tries to come back from his recent loss to Kojuro Kudo to go against ‘Torment’ Genki Shinashi (6-1), the wild man who’s on something of a roll at the moment. In the Lightweight division, Shiko Taka (6-2-1 NC) takes on 8 year vet Eijiro Yanagita (25-11-2). Not exactly an exciting matchup in our eyes. One which is likely to be more entertaining is a pair of kick boxers colliding in the same division as rookie Fujimaro Hidako (4-1) goes up against Mikio Inouye (7-2) who looked like a promising star until another youngster, Korekiyo Anzai, stopped him via submission last time out. To round off the card, we get the long awaited debut in Japan of ‘Blood Spirit’ Hyun-Shik Lim (10-0) against Yoritomo Ina (21-8) in what should be a way for the striker to make an explosive impact on ALPHA-1.

 

Despite losing to Helen Fox in her XCC debut, Daniela Sadorra has been given a 2 match contract extension. No surprise as that was possibly the best match of the first six weeks of the year and she should go far in the cage.

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GAMMA 22: Morrison vs Gleeson

 

Tank Manua’a (17-5) vs Frank Sheedy (20-9) – Rumour has it Sheedy was ill when he was preparing for this one and it’s clear from the start that he’s not 100%. Manua’a is worryingly slow to capitalise on this, but eventually knocks him down with a big right and jumps on top of him and rains down mounted punches for the victory. Average

 

Leon Banks (31-10), vs Tim Boyer (24-3-2) – Boyer absolutely destroys Leon’s legs in round 1, working them over with kicks, and from there on it’s easy to catch him in a Muay Thai clinch. A couple of vicious strikes, including an elbow which cuts him open, then a massive knee are all she wrote for Banks. Good

 

Anthony LeToussier (12-0) vs Junior Patinkin (14-1) – LeToussier booed mightily here and fans are going crazy as he gets swept by the ex-Army guy, who doesn’t have enough time to do anything much when his opponent’s on the ground. Second round brings a huge moment, though, as Patinkin lifts his opponent up and slams him down to the crowd’s delight. He just lays on top of him while they’re down there and the ref stands them up eventually. Round 3, Patinkin grabs a takedown but can’t get past guard. Scored 29-28, 29-28, 28-29 in favour of Patinkin, which the crowd love, but objectively it’s probably the worst possible outcome for GAMMA – LeToussier loses his long unbeaten streak, Patinkin gets kudos for beating him but it was only a split decision, and the fans are less desperate to see someone finally beat the Live Wire. Not helped by the fight being pretty terrible, obviously. Poor

 

Neil Napier (15-0) vs Dexter Darling (17-2-1) – Napier’s all over him in round 1 and gets an armbar on but time expires JUST as Darling looks like he’s about to tap. 2nd round he’s more successful, taking him down again, going for a rear naked choke which is blocked but managing to punch away to a TKO. Decent.

 

Sean Morrison (27-3) vs Truck Gleeson (21-4-1 NC) – Morrison explodes on his opponent – gee, big surprise there – and nails him with elbows and punches. Within 3 minutes, the ref’s seen enough and calls a halt. Great.

 

Boyer KO of the night, Morrison vs Gleeson Fight of the Night. Very successful show both commercially and with the critics although in reality if you take away the main event it was nothing special at all. Lance owes Morrison big time for saving this one.

 

Where do we go from here? Boyer’s victory may have put him into contention for a shot at James Foster. Patinkin’s shock over LeToussier may get him a chance at Spencer Rubenstein’s belt. Morrison is running out of challengers fast with only Brandon Sugar in the company’s top 5 rankings who he hasn’t beaten.