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Before the 21st century, there was three ways to follow the Mixed Martial Arts craze that exploded at the end of 1995; tape trading, live shows and the televised cards. Blurcat would create the fourth in the beginning of the millennium when they created the very first MMA dedicated website which would feature news, fighter records, reviews and previews. Many imitators sprang up as the years rolled on, but none would hold the information or grab the interest of the MMA audience that Blurcat would. By 2005, Blurcat's content had grown so much that they were able to offer the entire history of Mixed Martial Arts from its inception in an easily readable and digestable format. It began with the story of the International Shoot League; the very first promotion in MMA history which pitted fighters from all around the world against eachother in what was deemed 'a fair fight'. As well as promotion history from the big dogs of the Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts and ALPHA-1 to the lesser known companies like the Women's Extreme Fighting Federation and the Kadena De Mano Fighting Circuit, they documented the history of the greatest and most well known promotion of all; the Victory Fight League and continue to document it to this day as the never ending story of VFL continues its twists and turns. For as long as the World of Mixed Martial Arts would continue to thrive and shine, Blurcat would be right there documenting all of it...

 

 

 

Note #1: Clicking fighter portraits will link to their profile on Blurcat.com.

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The History of VFL

Prologue: 1994 - The Roots

 

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At the tail end of 1995, the MMA industry evolved once more for the better, and it would be the most extreme and groundbreaking evolution so far. In May, a little known promotion known as the 'Victory Fight League' opened, but news of the latest company in MMA fell silent for months, until...

 

In September, the VFL announced it would be the product of a Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) and ALPHA-1 coalition, the two main MMA companies in the world, GAMMA being the western and ALPHA-1 the eastern. After ALPHA's brutal destruction of the world's first MMA promotion; the International Shoot League, in which the new blood bought out the majority of ISL talent with lucrative contracts and left the company without a leg to stand on as 1993 began, inevitably making them crumble at the feet of their competitor, GAMMA knew that with the evolution of MMA and despite their differences in both style and territory, there would unquestionably be a war on their hands and both federations would fight for every bit of talent they could get. However, after many months of discussions and negotiations, the two companies agreed to set in motion something that would change the MMA landscape forever; they decided to open their very own co-promotion, known as the 'Victory Fight League' in which the best talent both promotions had would compete in the ultimate proving ground together, but that would only be the beginning of their MMA domination...

 

The two companies decided to entice other MMA promotions into joining their alliance by offering them funding as well as the opportunity to showcase their homegrown talent in the big leagues on national television all around the world. They also vowed not to poach any talent for their own and an exemption from their champions so they could continue to build their own businesses. With the contacts and the money both ALPHA and GAMMA had (particularly ALPHA who were owned by a globally known video game company), there was next to no budding and aspiring promotion who would turn their offer down, seeing it as a way to bring the MMA world together, give the fans what they wanted and make an enormous amount of money together. With the world as their oyster, the VFL prepared to host their very first show in the winter of 1995, just as two new promotions and territories; British Cage Fighting and Fight League Brazil opened, blissfully unaware that they too would fall into the talons of the great alliance within months. Whilst the story of modern mixed martial arts was just beginning, the war was already over...

 

 

The Victory Code

• 10 fighters per division

• No champion poaching of any company

• Employed fighters only

• Fighters must have 5 professional MMA fights

• Fighters with winning streaks are called up

• Fighters with losing streaks return to their promotions

• Fighters coming off a win fight on the main card

• Fighters coming off a loss fight on the prelims

 

 

Fight Rules

• Matches are to be held within the confines of a four-sided ring

• The judges score fights based on the entire contest

• Non-title matches are 1x10 mins + 2x5 mins

• Main event and Championship matches are 1x10 mins + 4x5 mins

• Elbow strikes, knee strikes, soccer kicks and stomps are legal

• The referee cannot separate the fighters if they are inactive
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The History of VFL

Chapter I: 1995 - In Bloom

 

By December 31st, the snow had finally started to dissipate as the dust began to settle in Chubu, Japan following the very first show co-hosted by GAMMA and ALPHA. With the live TV ratings pulling impressively all over the world and the crowd thrilled all night long, it was apparent that VFL were here to stay. There were a mere ten fights held in 1995 by the budding promotion, all of them ending before the scheduled distance of three, or for the championship fights; five. Five champions also emerged that night, with every man having a bullseye painted on their back as number one contenders were announced shortly thereafter. 1996 was to be a very busy year for all involved, especially the gladiators that would attempt to hold onto their VFL gold for as long as they could...

 

The biggest name that VFL had on their roster when the lights first went up was unquestionably
Oleg Dorosklov
. The Ukranian Judo Wonder was on a ten fight win streak over the span of three years and was a former ISL Openweight and ALPHA Middleweight champion, the latter being a title he would not lose in the ring as he made his way to GAMMA before moving into the VFL. Oleg would stand tall in the Middleweight division with impressive wins over the likes of Kanji Togo; the recently fallen Japanese star who in his day took down Heavyweights despite being little more than a Featherweight, Mantas Andreyev; the most dominant fighter in ISL and the man with the largest amount of wins to his name (26), Joaquim Fontes; the Brazilian destroyer who went on a real tear in ISL before avenging a loss to a Heavyweight to become the last ISL champion in history, and many others. Despite his advancing age of 36, he was still perceived to be as sharp and as dangerous as ever.
Tora Mizwar
became the first man to knock him out and he did it in two.

 

Mizwar was a fairly well known Middleweight fighter who had wreaked havoc in both ALPHA and GAMMA divisions before accepting the invitation to join VFL. He was the victim of only one loss in a split decision defeat against journeyman; Yukichi Sato back in 1993. From then on, he made a vow to always give it his all, and proved he meant what he said by adding three more knockouts to his record of two. Despite his high profile stunning win over Dorosklov, there were still those out there who envisioned the house of cards collapsing sooner rather than later. Mizwar said he lived to prove them wrong, and would attempt to do so for years to come.

 

Speaking of proving them wrong, a fighter that ALPHA gave up on after suffering back to back defeats (one a decision, the other a submission loss) captured championship gold with a late knockout in round 5 against an exhausted
Ryosei Sakamoto
.
Christian 'Overload' Mountfield
could proudly call himself a champion thanks to his move from GAMMA to VFL. Whilst the widely regarded best Light Heavyweight in the world; Robun Yamazaki remained in GAMMA, flooring opposition left and right, Mountfield showed he could go the championship distance and had the power to finish it late, an excellent talent to possess if he were to prove himself as an elite Middleweight champion.

 

Another former ALPHA champion proved his mettle with a quick knockout victory as 'The Tower of Power'
Tim Boyer
layed the smackdown on an unfortunate
Gary Sampson
and became VFL's very first Heavyweight champion. The two Gaijins had a lot to say about eachother during the build up, and both men promised a war, but Boyer was the one standing at the end of it. The champion would have to be firing on all cylinders at all times to ensure he would not become a knockout victim much like
Terron Cabal
's latest prey; the mighty
Gladstone Lopes
. Despite his size and strength, he could not survive Cabal's power as he was knocked out eventually in the third. With a microphone in hand and a fist cocked in the other, there was no question that 'The Baddest Man in MMA' was hungry for a fight, and Tim Boyer would have to be the one to give it to him.

 

The last two made it five knockouts out of five on the main card as
Mills Mullally
and
Manish Khan
wiped the floor with their competition;
Bokkai Iida
and
Luiz Machado
respectively. It took Mills just over a minute to brutally expose the unfortunate; Iida at the top level, whilst Khan finished his business just before the five minute mark. Mullally carried a record of 5-1 with the single loss to the wonderkid; Josh Aldarisio, whilst Manish Khan was undefeated, now with two wins over Machado (the first, his debut MMA fight a year before which he also won by TKO in the first round) as well as impressive victories over Sammy Gaffigan and Kanji Togo, the former ISL Openweight and ALPHA Lightweight champion. With a name like Togo's already on his record at 21, the general consensus was to look for Khan becoming one of the most dominating champions in VFL history, and even to potentially pull double duty as a two weight champion, he appeared to be just that talented.

 

Despite having much former ALPHA talent on the roster, the VFL took on no current ALPHA employees to fight for them and put on a showcase for mainly GAMMA and former IFL superstars. As the months continued to roll on, more of the ALPHA dominators were expected to be seen as the weight divisions would begin to populate. Whilst this was clearly a taster of things to come and the show was barely on the road, there was a real sense of success in the script of the Victory Fight League already...

 

 

The Results

 

VFL I: Dorosklov vs. Mizwar

December Week 4, 1995

Chubu, Japan

[submission of the Night]
Toson Ono (5-4) def. Nicholas Bretton (2-1) via Submission (Guillotine) in 3:21 of Round 1
[Poor]

[Fight of the Night]
Jamie Hewitt (5-1) def. Helvecio Babenco (2-1) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 8:25 of Round 1
[Fantastic]

Easton Frye (5-1) def. Truck Gleeson (5-2) via TKO (Strikes) in 4:31 of Round 1
[Great]

Osmosis Benn (3-0) def. Petey Mack (3-1) via TKO (Strikes) in 5:51 of Round 1
[Great]

Terron Cabal (5-0) def. Gladstone Lopes (4-2) via TKO (Strikes) in 3:28 of Round 3
[Average]

Mills Mullally (5-1) def. Bokkai Iida (12-10) via KO (Punch) in 1:07 of Round 1 to win the Welterweight
Championship
[Good]

Manish Khan (4-0) def. Luiz Machado (5-2) via TKO (Strikes) in 4:40 of Round 1 to win the Lightweight
Championship
[Average]

[Knockout of the Night]
Christian Mountfield (6-2) def. Ryosei Sakamoto (9-10-1) via KO (Punch) in 2:52 of Round 5 to win the Light Heavyweight
Championship
[Average]

Tim Boyer (6-1) def. Gary Sampson (11-6) via TKO (Strikes) in 2:04 of Round 1 to win the Heavyweight
Championship
[Great]

Tora Mizwar (8-1) def. Oleg Dorosklov (15-2) via TKO (Strikes) in 1:24 of Round 2 to win the Middleweight
Championship
[Decent]

 

 

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