paulwood Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 January, 2002 Mixed Martial Arts, and particularly the UFC, under the watchful eye of new President Dana White, have made great strides towards legitimizing the sport in the eyes of casual sport fans. While, the hardcore MMA faithful hasn't wavered in their support, White and team have charted out a course towards mainstream legitimacy in an effort to grow the sport they love into something bigger than anyone would have imagined during the sports infancy. The second generation of fighters have begun to debut, and if White is to be believed, they represent an evolution to the styles of martial arts that have been displayed so far in the cage. White promises to grow the UFC to staggering heights even in the face of stiff competition from Pride FC. Notes: This dynasty is using the Default Redone MOD, with the companies from Tap or Snap, and some fighters from Modern Warriors 4. The database was set to begin in January of 2002, with Silva, Penn, Velasquez, Rampage, St-Pierre and Dan Hardy already having debuted. I have Shogun, Jon Jones, Brock, and Aldo set to debut in the future. This diary will focus primarily on the above fighters as they build their MMA careers inside the default database. I will update the diary with the biggest stories from each month, and have some matchups that people can predict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulwood Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 News from January 2002: http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/5792/cainvelasquez.th.jpg ICON Sport of Alabama signs Cain Velasquez. http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/5951/bjpenn.th.jpg BJ Penn signs with TKO Championship Fighting of Canada. News from February 2002: http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/6527/andersonsilva.th.jpg Anderson Silva signs with TKO Championship Fighting of Canada. http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/6378/georgesstpierre.th.jpg Georges St-Pierre signs with Pride FC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulwood Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 News from March 2002: http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1835/danhardyw.th.jpg Dan Hardy signs with TKO Championship Fighting of Canada. http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/7469/rampagejacksono.th.jpg Rampage Jackson signs with TKO Championship Fighting of Canada. Georges St-Pierre is set to make his MMA debut @ Pride 35 in the co-main event against "Samurai Spirit" Tomohiro Takeuchi! http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/6531/gspfight1.jpg So much for getting a couple of fights under his belt . . . full card to follow for those who would like to make some predictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulwood Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 April 2002 Events: PRIDE 35: Forever Jin Katou Vs. Haranobu Oshiro (#15) Murilo Satinho Vs. Robun Yamakazi Hassan Fezzik Vs. Ichisake Miyagi Georges St-Pierre Vs Tomohiro Takeuchi Go Yamamoto Vs. Jonathan Huang TKO 35: High Impact Ang Dong Vs. Eiji Masuko Chris Larson Vs. Roy Arnett Rhonda Britton Vs. Erica Page Seth O’Breen (#20) Vs. Bill Brown Gustavo Spangol Vs. Benny Danare Tim Boyer Vs. Soren Rasmussen Dag Kreuger Vs. Ashley Ballard Icon Sport – Smash Alan Kendall (#16) Vs. Ricardo Fernandes Leon Banks Vs. Stuart Strange (#12) Adenor Togni (#11) Vs. Shizuya Nakae (#5) Luiz Machado (#1) Vs. Hiroshi Yama****a Spencer Rubenstein (#10) Vs. Patrick Thomas (#13) UFC 35: Ho Vs. Da Guida Charles Stiles (#3) Vs. Yoshir Makamori Kaihei Shigeki Vs. Masahiro Maeno Syed Tan (#2) Vs. Fernando Peragon (#8) Mac Fuller (#21) Vs. Braulio Moura (#3) Dimitri Rostov (#6) Vs. Atep of Indonesia (#4) Brandon Rush (#1) Vs. Snorri Gunnarsson (#3) Li-Kong Ho (#1) Vs. Carlos da Guia (#5) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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