Low effort GAMMA Dynasty

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I'm just going to be following along with my game on here with the simplest of results. Hopefully you're still interested.

 

I've taken a game of GAMMA up to January 2001, with the purpose of signing all of the best talent in the world. I know this causes some issues, such as with homegrown stars, but it's too fun not to do. I currently have 84% of the available ranking points. Ignoring the fairly new featherweight division, which is "only" at 66% strength, the other classes range from lightweight's 82% to heavyweight's 93%.

 

Having just held GAMMA 75, here's the state of GAMMA:

 

*$119.6 million in the bank.

*Low level international popularity in the U.S. (2.2%), low level national everywhere else

*PPV coverage in South America, Europe, Australia, Russia & Central America (just let my deal expire with Public Access Select; trying to get better U.S. and Canadian deals)

 

Homegrown stars: Isaiah Monroe & Nathan Chambers, with James Foster & Palmer Lette qualifying but coming off a loss

Black demographic: Chambers, Monroe & Lette

Hispanic demographic: Julio Regueiro

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Title histories

 

GAMMA Heavyweight

1. Mark Cohen, 10/94-4/95

2. James Foster, 4/95-2/99

d4. Raul Hughes via TKO (strikes) at GAMMA 24

d5. Tony McCall via TKO (strikes) at GAMMA 29

3. Tim Boyer, 2/99-3/00

beat James Foster via knock out (kick) at GAMMA 35

d1. Norbert Vinkus via knock out (kick) at GAMMA 42

4. Chuck Dooley, 3/00-1/01

beat Tim Boyer via TKO (strikes) at GAMMA 48

d1. Jeff Carlton via TKO (strikes) at GAMMA 55

5. Hassan Fezzik, 1/01-current

beat Chuck Dooley via submission (americana) at GAMMA 61

d1. Christopher Sharp via knock out (punch) at GAMMA 68

d2. Chuck Dooley via submission (guillotine) at GAMMA 74

 

GAMMA Light Heavyweight

1. Linfield Ballard, 9/94-1/96

2. Spencer Rubenstein, 1/96-12/98

d2. Linfield Ballard via TKO (strikes) at GAMMA 23

d3. Junior Patinkin via TKO (strikes) at GAMMA 28

3. Marlon John, 12/98-10/00

beat Spencer Rubenstein via TKO (strikes) at GAMMA 33

d1. Christian Mountfield via TKO (strikes) at GAMMA 39

d2. Hyun-Shik Lim via TKO (strikes) at GAMMA 45

d3. Affonso Villar via TKO (strikes) at GAMMA 51

4. Jin Katou, 10/00-3/01

beat Marlon John via knock out (punch) at GAMMA 57

5. Tadamasa Yamada, 3/01-current

beat Jin Katou via submission (armbar) at GAMMA 63

d1. Marlon John via knock out (punch) at GAMMA 70

 

GAMMA Middleweight

1. Maarten De Vries, 6/95-8/96

2. Matthew Dean, 8/96-4/99

d3. Dexter Darling via TKO (strikes) at GAMMA 25

d4. Maarten De Vries via submission (rear naked choke) at GAMMA 30

3. Buddy Garner, 4/99-10/99

beat Matthew Dean via submission (triangle) at GAMMA 37

4. JJ Reid, 10/99-7/00

beat Buddy Garner via submission (triangle) at GAMMA 43

d1. Petey Mack via submission (guillotine) at GAMMA 49

5. Dexter Darling, 7/00-8/01

beat JJ Reid via TKO (strikes) at GAMMA 54

d1. Petey Mack via unanimous decision at GAMMA 62

6. Buddy Garner, 8/01-current

beat Dexter Darling via submission (arm triangle) at GAMMA 69

d1. Joaquim Fontes via submission (arm triangle) at GAMMA 75

 

GAMMA Welterweight

1. Yevgeni Sipatov, 11/94-7/95

2. Nathan Chambers, 7/95-2/96

3. Julio Regueiro, 2/96-7/99

beat Nathan Chambers via submission (armbar) at GAMMA 27

d1. Yevgeni Sipatov via submission (guillotine) at GAMMA 34

4. Rufus Stephens, 7/99-11/00

beat Julio Regueiro via technical submission (rear naked choke) at GAMMA 40

d1. Nathan Chambers via submission (rear naked choke) at GAMMA 46

d2. Noach Van Der Capellen via submission (rear naked choke) at GAMMA 53

5. Ichisake Miyagi, 11/00-4/01

beat Rufus Stephens via unanimous decision at GAMMA 58

6. Julio Regueiro, 4/01-current

beat Ichisake Miyagi via submission (peruvian necktie) at GAMMA 65

d1. Rufus Stephens via submission (armbar) at GAMMA 72

d2. Evan Pizzarro via submission (armbar) at GAMMA 78

 

GAMMA Lightweight

1. Sean Morrison, 5/95-5/98

2. Brandon Sugar, 5/98-9/00

beat Sean Morrison via submission (triangle) at GAMMA 26

d1. Beau Gorshin via submission (armbar) at GAMMA 31

d2. Benny Danare via submission (guillotine) at GAMMA 36

d3. Sukarno via submission (guillotine) at GAMMA 41

d4. Sean Morrison via unanimous decision at GAMMA 50

3. Sukarno, 9/00-4/01

beat Brandon Sugar via TKO (strikes) at GAMMA 56

4. Luis Basora, 4/01-current

beat Sukarno via submission (armbar) at GAMMA 64

d1. Sean Morrison via submission (triangle) at GAMMA 71

d2. Jake Keane via submission (arm triangle) at GAMMA Seek and Destroy 9

 

GAMMA Featherweight

1. Li-Kong Ho, 9/01-current

d. Philip Ziskie via submission (armbar) at GAMMA 70

d. Lamont Banner via submission (armbar) at GAMMA 76

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Top 10s

 

These are within the company, and not world wide. Updated after GAMMA 78.

 

Heavyweights

Champion: Hassan Fezzik (32-0)

1. Gyokusho Fujimoto

2. Terron Cabal

3. Christopher Sharp

4. Armen Sarkisian

5. Nate MacReary

6. Elzo Alves Moura

7. Khru Duangjan

8. Murilo Satinho

9. Todd Guida

10. John Rivero

 

Light Heavyweights

Champion: Tadamasa Yamada (27-2)

1. Curt Kitson

2. Jiroemon Hasegawa

3. Osmosis Benn

4. Affonso Villar

5. William Harrison

6. Nilton Fantoni

7. Marlon John

8. Rafael van der Moot

9. Aleksei Chekhov

10. Nicolai Mickiewicz

 

Middleweights

Champion: Buddy Garner (20-1)

1. Isaiah Monroe

2. Nathan Chambers

3. Dexter Darling

4. Kadonomaro Deguchi

5. Heiji Endo

6. Thais Antonio Taffare

7. Wes Hersch

8. Stuart Strange

9. Joaquim Fontes

10. Adam White

 

Welterweight

Champion: Julio Regueiro (28-1)

1. David Webb

2. Noach Van Der Capellen

3. David Allen

4. Jonathan Huang

5. Randy Carsley

6. Manuel Silva

7. Templeton Crumb

8. Pavel Radulov

9. Rufus Stephens

10. Josh Aldarisio

 

Lightweight

Champion: Luis Basora (26-4)

1. Fiyero Lermontov

2. Brandon Sugar

3. Charles Stiles

4. Sean Morrison

5. Bud Brockett

6. Gregory O'Hara

7. Clifton Curry

8. Manoel Cabral

9. Jake Keane

10. Tarcisio Dantas

 

Featherweight

Champion: Li-Kong Ho (25-0)

1. Easton Frye

2. Philip Ziskie

3. Manish Khan

4. Lamont Banner

5. Kanji Togo

6. Yagi Jokichi

7. Tomohiro Takeuchi

8. Luiz Machado

9. Snorri Gunnarsson

10. Branco

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Upcoming schedule

 

GAMMA Seek and Destroy 10: TV show

Friday, week 4, April 2002

Prelim:

Domingo de Vivanco vs. Herbert Danzig

Leonardo da Costa vs. Reed Howlett

Yoritomo Ina vs. Faas Smit

Giovanni de Matos vs. Tiago da Paixao

Naizen Hamacho vs. Juan de Castro

Wallace Everett vs. Roman Danielyan

Main card:

Evan Gardner vs. Templeton Crumb

Benny Danare vs. Tomohiro Takeuchi

Georges Nouri vs. Sean Morrison

Neil Napier vs. Atsutane Akera

Co-Main Event: William Harrison vs. Jin Katou

Main Event Norbert Vinkus vs. Chuck Dooley

 

GAMMA 79: Villar vs. Yamada

Saturday, week 1, May 2002

Prelim: to be announced

Main card:

Sam Hoynes vs. Guy Broom

Nick Detroit vs. Thorbjorn Rekdal

H. M. Menzel vs. Darren Southall

Kunimichi Kikuchi vs. John Rivero

Felix Mattherson Jr. vs. Datuk Ong Ka Ting

Manoel Cabral vs. Bud Brockett

David Allen vs. Manuel Silva

Luiz Machado vs. Philip Ziskie

Co-Main Event: Heiji Endo vs. Nathan Chambers

Main Event for the GAMMA Light Heavyweight Championship: Affonso Villar vs. Tadamasa Yamada

 

GAMMA Rising Stars 1

Friday, week 2, May 2002

Main card:

Colm Dee vs. Jason Dalglish

Yagi Jokichi vs. Branco

Aleksander Ivanov vs. Rav Kapur

Carter Potter vs. Elzo Alves Moura

Co-Main Event:Clifton Curry vs. Gregory O'Hara

Main Event: Fletcher Merman vs. Nate MacReary

 

GAMMA 80: Fujimoto vs. Fezzik

Saturday, week 1, June 2002

Prelim: to be announced

Main card:

Henry Baldwin vs. Fumiaki Hayashi

Ren Akai vs. Tim Oldacres

Adrian Pascal vs. Linfield Ballard

Wilson Franklyn vs. Tony McCall

Zvonimir Asanovic vs. Toby Sorkin

Sutton Ripley vs. Zaco

Braulio Moura vs. Josh Aldrasio

Rufus Stephens vs. Carlos da Guia

Co-Main Event: Adam White vs. Stuart Strange

Main Event for the GAMMA Heavyweight Championship: Gyokusho Fujimoto vs. Hassan Fezzik

 

All matches subject to change

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Work done prior to Seek & Destroy 9 and GAMMA 76:

 

GAMMA signed the following fighters:

*Fletcher Merman, a heavyweight from TOP. Merman went 7-2 in TOP and was their heavyweight champion in 2000 and 2001. Blurcat currently ranks him the 24th best heavyweight in the world.

*Pavel Radulov, a 10-0 welterweight from TOP and their current champion in that weight class. Blurcat ranked: 10th.

*Otto Cascudo, 28-11 middleweight from TOP ranked 23rd in the world.

*Caragh Green, 9-0 welterweight from TOP ranked 18th in the world.

*Owen Oggleberry-Pipp, unemployed 11-0 lightweight. Facing plenty of local competition, Oggleberry-Pipp recorded 10 stoppages in his record.

 

GAMMA welterweight fighter Mozart Pinto joined House of Pain. Pinto is 8-0.

 

GAMMA signed a PPV deal with American Option for six shows. PPVs will not be carried in Canada for now.

 

Current GAMMA Middleweight Champion Buddy Garner received a profile in SportsFan. Possible future Hall of Famer?

 

Other news:

XCC stripped Ryan Landigham of their Lightweight title after he tested positive for banned substances. Landigham had defeated Kade Devine for the vacant belt in January, 2002. The fight for the vacant belt was necessitated by prior champion Clifton Curry signing with GAMMA.

 

Manol Sirakov retired after a 66-36 career. He had a three-fight stint in SIGMA in 2000-2001, losing all three.

Cory Brewer also retired. He went 12-5, including 3-3 in XCC.

Laura Adair retired at the age of 29 with a 6-0 record. She never joined a major company.

 

Helen Fox defeated Jennie Gill in a five round decision to win the WEFF Heavyweight title at WEFF 27. 749 people were in attendance.

 

FLB 31: Intensity was held on February 2002 in Brazil. Edgar Anderson (3-0, regen of Vincent Chapin I think) beat Vittorio Pescatelli (3-4) for the FLB Heavyweight title. After the show, Pescatelli announced he was leaving the promotion.

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Weigh-ins have been held for GAMMA Seek and Destroy 9

 

Preliminary fights:

Featherweight: Louie Sullivan (9-2) vs. Chan Wan Wah (12-4)

Both of these guys are likely fighting for their jobs; Sullivan's gone 1-2 in GAMMA, Wan Wah 0-2.

 

Featherweight: Hyobe Kamioka (6-0) vs. Graeme Spark (12-1)

Spark is coming off a loss to Yagi Jokichi. Kamioka is 3-0 in GAMMA.

 

Lightweight: Guilherme de Barros (8-1) vs. Caca de Andrade (20-9)

de Barros just beat Edson Edmilson, while de Andrade has lost 2 straight and 5 of his last 6.

 

Light Heavyweight: Wayne Barry (2-1) vs. Kramer Mayweather (4-1)

Barry is a regen catch wrestler with great stats but not comfortable in cages. So far, he's only fought in GAMMA and has recorded two submissions. Mayweather is on a two fight win streak and is 3-1 in GAMMA.

 

Main card:

Heavyweight: Lefter Oktay (20-1, #5 in the world) vs. Terron Cabal (17-1, #3 in the world)

Cabal is 4-0 in GAMMA and is on a six fight win streak; last time out, he beat Rav Kapur by decision. Oktay is 4-1 in GAMMA, coming off a decision win against Kunimichi Kikuchi.

 

Light Heavyweight: Curt Kitson (15-1, #3 in the world) vs. Arthur Franco (17-5, #22 in the world)

Franco just lost to Niko Soldo at GAMMA 71. Kitson is 4-0 in GAMMA, with wins over Taneyev, Yamazaki, Villar and Lim. Somehow, Kitson is not even a national star in the U.S.; this fight is being used to promote him.

 

Weltweight: Nik Minear (13-2) vs. David Webb (21-4, #2 in the world)

 

Minear is coming off 2 wins in TOP and making his GAMMA debut. Webb is getting some hype in this fight and has won his two GAMMA fights against Sithalayan and Carlos da Guia. Webb is being heavily hyped.

 

Rhys Buck (8-0, #12 in the world) vs. Nathan Chambers (22-4, #4 in the world)

Young Rhys Buck went on a run to win the BCF Middleweight title before making his GAMMA debut tonight. Chambers has won his last two fights against Kado Deguchi and Neil Napier.

 

Co-Main Event: Light Heavyweight: Osmosis Benn (19-2, #9 in the world) vs. Nicolai Mickiewicz (25-5, #2)

Benn has won his last 3 GAMMA fights, but missed weight in two of them as a middleweight. This is his light heavyweight debut. Mickiewicz has won his last four GAMMA fights, which includes defeats of Chekhov, Soldo, Kitabatake and Katou.

 

Main Event for the GAMMA Lightweight Championship: challenger Jake Keane (29-7, #4) vs. champion Luis Basora (25-4, #1)

Keane is rebounding from losing his first two GAMMA matches with four straight wins, his last against Atep of Indonesia. Basora has won his first six GAMMA fights, culminating in a title win against Sukarno and a successful defense against Morrison.

 

This is the first televised title match in GAMMA.

 

Predictions are welcomed.

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GAMMA Seek and Destroy 9 Results

 

Prelims:

Louie Sullivan vs. Chan Wan Wah: In a fight that never went to the ground, Sullivan easily outstruck Wan Wah on his way to a unanimous 30-27 decision. Grade: great.

 

Hyobe Kamioka vs. Graeme Spark: Round one saw Spark score two takedowns and a RNC attempt on Kamioka. In round two, Spark controlled Kamioka against the cage for half a round and stuffed a takedown. Kamioka hulked up before round 3 and successfully got a takedown a minute into the round, but didn't get a guillotine in correctly and gassed his arms. He did manage to take Graeme's back, but time ran out before he could do anything with it. Spark wins a unanimous 29-28 decision. Grade: decent.

 

Guilherme de Barros vs. Caca de Andrade: A close first round features nothing but strikes. Round two is more of the same, with de Barros holding a clearer advantage in this round. Round three also keeps standing until a clinch happens, during with de Barros stifles de Andrade. de Barros wins a 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 decision. Grade: poor.

 

Wayne Barry vs. Kramer Mayweather: Barry was able to take the initiative in this one, pursuing takedowns until he got one with Mayweather sitting against the cage. One guillotine attempt later, Mayweather taps and Barry wins at 4:25 in round 1 in the first stoppage of the night. Grade: great.

 

Lito Alcala vs. Greg Chiang: Alcala was the beneficiary of some hype coming into this. Round 1 has Chiang push Alcala against the cage, only to have it reversed and turned into a trip takedown after a bit. Alcala passed to side control before the end of the round, but Chiang appeared to have won it all the same. Round 2 was a lot more of Chiang controlling Alcala against the cage. Round 3 opens with some minor strike exchanges before Alcala steps into Chiang's pocket and knocks him out with a single right hand at 3:25 in round 3 for a nice, come from behind knockout. Grade: average.

 

Main card:

 

Lefter Oktay vs. Terron Cabal: Round 1 opens with an Oktay takedown leading into him getting mount, but not giving himself much time before the end of the round to do anything with it. In round 2, Cabal has an even exchange of striking before Oktay manages a slam. Oktay again gets mount, but time runs out before he does anything at all with it. Cabal is the second fight to get psyched before the last round. Cabal starts off with some decent striking and counters a Lefter takedown try with a big right hand, leaving Oktay wobbly. They start striking at close range, and Cabal finishes it with a big right hook that knocks Oktay out for just his second career loss. This ended at 2:59 in round 3. Grade: good.

 

Curt Kitson vs. Arthur Franco: Kitson was heavily hyped before this fight. Round 1 almost immediately starts with an attempt to get some up close wrestling going countered by a Kitson right hand that knocks him down. Kitson tried to follow it up with a big ground strike but was pulled into guard. Kitson struggled for a bit but does get into side control and locks on an arm triangle for the tap out victory at 4:19 in round 1. Grade: decent.

 

Nik Minear vs. David Webb: Webb was heavily hyped in this one. In round 1, Webb played kept away for half the round before getting into a grappling match where Minear pushes Webb against the cage. Webb turns it around and gets a takedown and moves into side control before the end of the match, and probably took that round. Round 2 was a virtual repeat of round 1. Round 3 opens the same way as well, but a right hand from Webb knocks Minear down. Minear evades an attempted armbar used as a follow-up and gets back to his feet. Another takedown and move to side control finishes round 3. 30-27s all the way around give Webb a victory. Grade: decent.

 

Rhys Buck vs. Nathan Chambers: Chambers was largely hyped before this match. Round 1 opens with Chambers getting a takedown and nailing Buck with some nice shots from guard before just smothering him. The ref stands it back up but Chambers gets another takedown, which is followed by more smothering. In round 2, Chambers holds Buck against the cage for a couple minutes before getting a takedown. Chambers gets into mount but doesn't do damage with his strikes, so the round ends. In round 3, Chambers slams Buck down but gets stuck in guard and accomplishes very little beyond control. Chambers wins a 30-27 decision from all three judges. Grade: poor.

 

Osmosis Benn vs. Nicolai Mickiewicz: This is our semi-main and Benn was hyped some coming into it. Hope I don't regret that move...

 

Round 1 has some fighting for position before Benn manages a takedown. Benn easily moves into side control and then mount before launching some strikes which Nicolai does nothing about. The ref stops it at 3:41 in round 1 as Benn wins via TKO. Grade: decent.

 

Main Event

For the GAMMA Lightweight Championship

Jake Keane vs. Champion Luis Basora: this will be a five round fight, as all title matches are in GAMMA now.

 

In round 1, Keane tries to step forward into striking distance but Basora pulls a takedown. Basora gets into half-guard and then side control. An arm triangle follows and Keane's locked in and has to tape. Basora defends his title via submission at 4:35 in round 1! Grade: good

 

Awards

Fight of the Night: Wayne Barry vs. Kramer Mayweather

KO of the Night: Terron Cabal

Submission of the Night: Luis Basora

 

Critical rating: decent

Commercial rating: average

Attendance: 6,283

Viewership: between 6 stations, about 5.2 million people watched this worldwide.

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GAMMA 76: Banner vs. Ho

 

Prelims:

 

Featherweight: Teeratep Nutnum (13-7) vs. Taki Inouye (8-1)

Nutnum has lost 3 straight in GAMMA, including his featherweight debut against Adenor Togni at GAMMA 72. Inouye lost his undefeated record in his GAMMA debut against Jokichi but bounced back with a decision win against Sugimoto.

 

Light Heavyweight: Terry Catt (10-2) vs. Magno Peres Arruda (14-4)

Catt beat Goto last time out with an armbar. This is Arruda's debut fight for GAMMA.

 

Middleweight: Ademir Coelho (10-4) vs. Hunter Scribbins (8-1)

Coelho is a former FLB middleweight champion and lost his GAMMA debut to Tadao Miyazaki. Scribbins won his first two GAMMA fights against Carl Ratcliffe and Fernando Amaro, but lost his last time in the cage against Stuart Strange in a split decision.

 

Featherweight: Heiko Pander (7-0) vs. Jay Dorridge (12-0)

Pander won his GAMMA debut against Pedro Alves. Dorridge did the same against Pim Pim Gwon. This is both fighters' first match in over a year.

 

Main card:

 

Heavyweight: Iancu Trailescu (9-1) vs. Ozzy Bintley (8-1)

Trailescu has beat Ikuhisa Tamura and Mason Archer in his last two GAMMA fights. Bintley's won three straight in GAMMA, his last against a retiring Harry Milne.

 

Heavyweight: Gladstone Lopes (19-2-1, #14) vs. Khru Duangjan (17-3, #12)

This is Lopes' GAMMA debut after a successful run in FLB. Duangjan is bouncing back from a loss to Lefter Oktay after a KO win against Steve Mason at GAMMA 67.

 

Welterweight: Will Kane (18-6) vs. Randy Carsley (6-0, #15)

Kane just had his first loss in GAMMA after being KO'd by Mills Mullally. Carsley has fought four times in GAMMA, getting submission wins three times including his last time out against Jens Halle with a triangle.

 

Middleweight: Stuart Strange (21-5, #19) vs. Petey Mack (15-6)

Strange broke a two-match loss streak against Scribbins at GAMMA 68. Mack lost a title shot against Dexter Darling at GAMMA 62 and then lost to Alex Cole at GAMMA 67.

 

Light Heavyweight: Dag Kreuger (7-1) vs. Aleksei Chekhov (23-6, #24)

After a KO loss to Zvonimir Asanovic, Kreuger beat Jerry Bogdonovich. Chekhov just beat Rupert Dreck after two straight losses.

 

Welterweight: Vikram Sithalayan (20-5, #14) vs. Manuel Silva (15-3, #23)

Vikram's TKO loss to David Webb at GAMMA 67 after 3 straight wins. Silva lost a decision to Procopio Golias at the same show.

 

Welterweight: Jack Humphreys (25-10) vs. Jim Carpenter (53-14-2)

This fight is between two veterans on losing streaks, Humphreys having lost to Carlos da Guia and Jonathan Huang, and Carpenter has lost four straight (after a previous four fight win streak).

 

Heavyweight: Gyokusho Fujimoto (12-1, #2) vs. Fatuma Roy (23-11)

Fujimoto has won five straight, including knocking out Armen Sarkisian at GAMMA 70. Roy's 3-3 in GAMMA, but won his last time out via submission over Jeff Carlton.

 

Co-Main Event in Lightweight Division: Bud Brockett (13-3, #15) vs. Campbell Crane (11-2, #8)

Brockett is riding a three fight win streak. Crane has won his last two against Seth O'Breen and Manoel Cabral.

 

Main Event for the GAMMA Featherweight Championship: challenger Lamont Banner (7-0, #3) vs. champion Li-Kong Ho (24-0, #1)

Banner is the former XCC Featherweight champion and won his GAMMA debut against Snorri Gunnarsson. Ho is the last KDMFC and current SIGMA champion in addition to the GAMMA strap.

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Teeratep Nutnum (13-7) vs. Taki Inouye (8-1)

Terry Catt (10-2) vs. Magno Peres Arruda (14-4)

Been a while since I've played this game. Not really sure who Arruda is.

 

Ademir Coelho (10-4) vs. Hunter Scribbins (8-1)

Scribbins is pretty bad ass.

 

Heiko Pander (7-0) vs. Jay Dorridge (12-0)

Same with Heiko.

 

Main card:

 

Iancu Trailescu (9-1) vs. Ozzy Bintley (8-1)

Bintley should walk right through Trailescu.

 

Gladstone Lopes (19-2-1, #14) vs. Khru Duangjan (17-3, #12)

A tough call here but I think Lopes will pull through.

 

Will Kane (18-6) vs. Randy Carsley (6-0, #15)

Probably wrong but I like Kane.

 

Stuart Strange (21-5, #19) vs. Petey Mack (15-6)

Who was Strange's two fight loss streak opponents? Mack is tough but he should bounce back here.

 

Dag Kreuger (7-1) vs. Aleksei Chekhov (23-6, #24)

 

Vikram Sithalayan (20-5, #14) vs. Manuel Silva (15-3, #23)

Should be a good close fight.

 

Jack Humphreys (25-10) vs. Jim Carpenter (53-14-2)

I like making Carpenter a bad ass in a small promotion. Humphreys should get back on track against him though.

 

Gyokusho Fujimoto (12-1, #2) vs. Fatuma Roy (23-11)

Should crush Fatuma.

 

Bud Brockett (13-3, #15) vs. Campbell Crane (11-2, #8)

Crane with a big win over Cabral but Brockett should finish him with gnp.

 

Lamont Banner (7-0, #3) vs. champion Li-Kong Ho (24-0, #1)

I'm a huge Banner fan, I've had games where he's been 40-0 before finally losing. Ho probably wins this one though.

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Strange lost to Matthew Dean (decision) & Tora Mizwar (ground & pound).

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GAMMA 76: Banner vs. Ho Results

 

Prelims:

 

Featherweight: Teeratep Nutnum (13-7) vs. Taki Inouye (8-1): Round one sees Nutnum use strikes to take the round. Round two begins the same way, but Inouye pulls a judo takedown. Nutnum keeps him stuck in his guard. In round 3, Nutnum fought off Inouye with strikes for the majority of the round, but Inouye did get a trip takedown with a minute left in the round. The judges give a 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 decision to Nutnum. Grade: poor

 

Light Heavyweight: Terry Catt (10-2) vs. Magno Peres Arruda (14-4): Round one is virtually all striking, with Catt holding a solid advantage. In round two, Catt takes Arruda down and takes his back but doesn't get his hooks in before trying a rear naked choke which allows Arruda to flip over into Catt's guard. Arruda is stuck, which allows Catt to slap on an armbar at 4:00 in round two. Grade: decent.

 

Middleweight: Ademir Coelho (10-4) vs. Hunter Scribbins (8-1): Round one immediately opens with Scribbins getting a takedown and keeping Coelho down the entire round, eventually taking his back and getting hooks in, but can't apply a rear naked choke before the round ends. Round two goes the same way. In round 3, Coelho tries to step into the pocket, which leads to the least surprising takedown in history. At this point, Scribbins is too tired to do anything with it but keep Ademir down. Scribbins earns a 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 unanimous decision. Grade: poor.

 

Featherweight: Heiko Pander (7-0) vs. Jay Dorridge (12-0): Pander was hyped up for this match. Pander dominates round one with a takedown and gets side control before the round's over. Round two goes the same way, except Pander gets Dorridge's back and locks on a rear naked choke, leading to the tap out at 4:45 in round 2. Grade: good.

 

Main card:

 

Heavyweight: Iancu Trailescu (9-1) vs. Ozzy Bintley (8-1): In round one, strikes are exchanged rather evenly until Bintley hits some big rights with little time left and knocks Trailescu down but not out. Round two opens almost immediately with Trailescu with a big left head kick allowing him to mount Bintley. Trailescu then takes Bintley's back and tries a rear naked choke, but doesn't get his hooks in and Bintley flips over. Bintley can't accomplish anything, leading to the ref standing up before the round ends. In round three, they exchange strikes for the entire round until a body kick by Trailescu is countered by a huge right hook by Bintley that knocks him out at 2:27 in round 3. Grade: good.

 

Heavyweight: Gladstone Lopes (19-2-1, #14) vs. Khru Duangjan (17-3, #12): This was hyped as an exciting match. Round one opens with a few strikes exchanged. About a minute in, Duangjan counters a Lopes body kick with a straight right hand that knocks him out at 1:14 in round 1. Grade: good.

 

Welterweight: Will Kane (18-6) vs. Randy Carsley (6-0, #15): Round 1: Carsley gets a takedown, moves to side control and unsuccessfully tries an arm triangle. Carsley moves on to mount, takes Kane's back and gets hooks in, but the round ends. In round two, Kane knocks Carsley down with a spinning back kick and tries to follow up with a diving punch, but Carsley avoids it and gets Kane in half guard. Carsley tries a guillotine but doesn't get it locked in right. Kane throws some meager punches down, but accomplishes nothing before the ref stands them back up. Carsley pulls a quick takedown right before the clock ends on the round. In round three, Carsley opens with a takedown, gets mount, throws some elbows, turns an attempted sweep by Kane into taking his back and Carsley locks a rear naked choke in for a submission at 4:09 in round 3. Grade: good.

 

Middleweight: Stuart Strange (21-5, #19) vs. Petey Mack (15-6): Round 1: Strange gets a takedown, counters a triangle choke try by Mack by spinning into side control, moves into mount and starts nailing Mack with punches until the ref stops it at 4:30 for the TKO victory. Grade: decent.

 

Light Heavyweight: Dag Kreuger (7-1) vs. Aleksei Chekhov (23-6, #24): This was also sold as an exciting match. Round 1: Chekhov opens with punches but Kreuger gets a takedown. Chekhov fights off an armbar and scrambles into being on top of Kreuger with a waistlock until Kreuger gets back up. Kreuger pulls off another takedown and moves to side control before the end of the round. Round 2: Chekhov manages to deny all of Kreuger's attempts to bring him down until Kreuger ends the round by forcing Chekhov into his guard; announcers think Kreuger took it though. Round 3 opens with a hyped up Chekhov storming out of the corner. Kreuger's takedowns don't work this round either, and Chekhov nails a huge right hand that knocks Kreuger out at 3:01 in round 3. Grade: fantastic.

 

Welterweight: Vikram Sithalayan (20-5, #14) vs. Manuel Silva (15-3, #23): Silva was hyped up before this fight. Round 1: Sithalayan opens immediately with a takedown. Silva uses a guillotine try to turn Sithalayan over into side control but a stalemate takes place until Silva takes Vikram's back right at the end of the round in a very close round. Round 2: Vikram grabs a takedown but Silva keeps him his guard and locks in a triangle with an armbar at 2:41 in round 2. Grade: average.

 

Welterweight: Jack Humphreys (25-10) vs. Jim Carpenter (53-14-2): Humphreys was hyped up for this match. Round 1: strikes and grappling basically goes nowhere here until Humphreys tags Carpenter with a huge right hook and dives into mount, takes Carpenter's back but fails to finish him off. Round 2: Humphreys catches Carpenter with another take down and quickly takes his back, but several attempts at rear naked chokes are fought off by Carpenter until the end of the round. Round 3: Humphreys pushes Carpenter to the cage and controls him for over three minutes with dirty boxing. After the ref breaks it up, Humphreys repeats that tactic. Humphreys won a 30-27 unanimous decision. Grade: average.

 

Heavyweight: Gyokusho Fujimoto (12-1, #2) vs. Fatuma Roy (23-11). Fujimoto was heavily hyped before the match. Round 1: Fujimoto controls the round by pushing Roy against the cage and keeping him there most of the round. Round 2: Roy's wrestling is denied by Fujimoto and Fujimoto nails multiple big punches on Roy. Round 3: This frame opens with Fujimoto with a right head kick, which is followed with multiple punches on the grounded Roy until the ref stops it at 0:43 in round 3. Grade: good.

 

Co-Main Event in Lightweight Division: Bud Brockett (13-3, #15) vs. Campbell Crane (11-2, #8): Brockett was hyped before this match. Round 1: Brockett dominates Crane against the cage and gets a takedown, getting into mount. Round 2: Crane pushes him Brockett for takedowns until Bud is against the cage. Crane takes Brockett's back while they stand and tries to get a choke, but Brockett flips Crane to the ground. Crane keeps Brockett away with up kicks, gets back to his feet and keeps pushing for takedowns until the end of the round. Round 3: Brockett pushes Crane to the round and nails him with a left hook that knocks Campbell down. Brockett jumps into mount and takes him out with elbows until the ref stops it at 1:35 in round 3. Grade: good.

 

Main Event for the GAMMA Featherweight Championship: challenger Lamont Banner (7-0, #3) vs. champion Li-Kong Ho (24-0, #1) Round 1: strikes are exchanged until Ho tries a takedown that is countered by a right hand from Banner. Ho's next attempt brings Banner down, but Banner keeps him in guard until the end of round. Round 2 opens with Ho trying a diving heel hook, but settles for a takedown off it. Ho gets in half guard and locks on an armbar, getting Banner to tap! Ho keeps the belt. Grade: decent.

 

Awards

Fight of the Night: Chekhov vs. Kreuger

KO of the Night: Bintley

Submission of the Night: Ho

Critical rating: great

Commercial rating: decent

 

Attendance - 16,466

PPV buys - 1,215,090

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GAMMA News:

 

Featherweights Greg Chiang and Chan Wan Wah (both 0-3 in GAMMA) and lightweight Caca de Andrade (1-6 in GAMMA) have been released from their contracts. Shortly after, de Andrade announced his intention to retire after his next match.

 

Iancu Trailescu suffered a rib injury against Ozzy Bintley which will put him out for six months.

 

GAMMA signings, all to exclusive deals:

*Nilton Fantoni of FLB, the #9 light heavyweight in the world and their champion

*Ed Burridge of ALPHA-1, a 7-0 middleweight from Hawaii

 

Fiyero Lermontov now exclusively fights for GAMMA.

 

Non-GAMMA News:

 

ALPHA-1 welterweight prospect (and regen) Matashichi Kawai (1-0) joined on with Wudang Academy as a visitor.

 

Shuler Eigenberg retired after a 12-5 career. He won 3 local fights after going 0-3 in XCC.

 

Among the new regens this month is one of Jack Cobblepot confusingly named "Nathaniel Chambers." He is actually pretty good, and could end up in GAMMA in the near future.

 

Edit: more news

 

GAMMA fighter Tony McCall announced his intentions to retire. The 38 year-old heavyweight has a 35-14 career record. He is likely best known for his unsuccessful GAMMA Heavyweight Title match against James Foster at GAMMA 29 in August 1998. McCall most recently defeated Steve Mason via knock out at GAMMA 73 in November 2001.

 

GAMMA signed a deal with East Coast Today to begin broadcasting GAMMA Rising Stars, a show intended to present new and lesser known fighters to wider audiences than prelim fights. It is currently set for broadcast on the network in a graveyard time slot.

 

Former GAMMA light heavyweight fighter Bill Cumming (28-18-1) announced his plans to retire after his next fight. Currently an employee of FLB, Cumming plans on going out with a victory.

 

Olivia Sweet retired with a 5-2 record.

 

Everyone made weight for GAMMA 77, so expect a preview post for that to be the next one from me.

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GAMMA 77: Miyagi vs. Huang

Saturday, Week 1, March 2002

Prelims:

Featherweight: Quincy McGarry vs. Jefferson Mndawe

This bout is a fight to pull one's self out of danger of being cut. Mndawe has beat Shinsui Sakata & Josuke Hino back-to-back. McGarry's bounced back from a loss to Yoshitora Ouchi by beating Noel Chai by decision.

 

Lightweight: Ron Chuckle vs. Zac Bacall

This is a rematch from a GAMMA 70 prelim fight, which Chuckle won by decision.

 

Light Heavyweight: Cal Hillson vs. Glen Lashley

Hillson's lost to Lenny McFadden and Markku Mikkola in his first two GAMMA fights; Lashley (a regen) is 2-1 in GAMMA, beating Brayden Behrami via strikes and winning a decision against Bill Cumming; those wins are sandwiched around a split decision loss to Pedro Sousa.

 

Middleweight: Jorge Hormazabal vs. Maxime Giresse

The veteran Hormazabal has lost three straight in GAMMA, his last coming to Reed Howelett via strikes. Giresse beat Tyrone Malik via guillotine submission in his last fight at GAMMA Seek & Destroy 8.

 

Heavyweight: Stafford Alois vs. Steve Mason

The veteran Alois has lost four straight in GAMMA, being knocked out by Giovanni de Matos in his last. Mason's in his second run with GAMMA, and has lost his first two fights in this run, being knocked out by punches from Khru Duangjan and Tony McCall. The loser is likely to be cut.

 

Featherweight: Kei Maki vs. Sophan Sastrowardoya

Maki lost his undefeated record to Foggy Lee at GAMMA 72 by decision. Sophan won his first GAMMA fight with an americana against Louie Sullivan at Seek and Destroy 7.

 

Main card:

Heavyweight: Mugur Boc (12-2, #10 heavyweight in the world) vs. Armen Sarkisian (29-3, #11)

Boc is 4-1 in GAMMA with consecutive wins against Harry Milne and Carter Potter. Sarkisian was 5-0 in GAMMA until he was knocked out by Gyo Fujimoto at GAMMA 70.

 

Featherweight: Francesco Marazzina (20-9) vs. Luke Hilton (10-5)

The experienced Marazzina lost his GAMMA debut to Kenjia Akita at GAMMA 71. Hilton has lost two straight bouts, both at lightweight, and is making his featherweight debut.

 

Middleweight: JJ Reid (30-8) vs. Thais Antonio Taffarel (22-4, #8)

The former Middleweight champion Reid has fallen to Alex Cole & Matthew Dean in back-to-back outings. Taffarel has won his last two times out against Fjodor Kanchelskis and Leonardo da Costa.

 

Featherweight: Kenji Akita (13-3, #22) vs. Manish Khan (13-4, #18)

Khan was stopped by Kanji Togo's ground and pound in his last fight. Akita's bounced back after a loss to Philip Ziskie by taking a decision over Francesco Marazzina.

 

Welterweight: Mills Mullally (18-5, #7) vs. Noach Van Der Capellen (27-5, #8)

Mullally is not well known to U.S. audiences but won his GAMMA debut against Will Kane by KO last time out. Noach's KO win over Kafu Bunya at GAMMA 71 is what he hopes is a first step in gaining his second shot at the welterweight belt.

 

Middleweight: Kadonomaro Deguchi (10-1, #11) vs. Alex Cole (14-1, #5)

While Deguchi lost his GAMMA debut to Nathan Chambers, he won his last time out by beating Tora Mizwar with ground and pound. Cole has won three straight, all against the ranked Dwayne Alleyne, Petey Mack and JJ Reid; another win could put him in the main event of an upcoming PPV.

 

Middleweight: Wes Hersch (7-0, #13) vs. Mac Fuller

The young Hersch has won all four of his GAMMA fights to date, his last coming after he made Thomas Smith pass out in a choke hold at GAMMA 68. Another win was against Mac Fuller at GAMMA 60. Fuller, a true veteran, has lost two straight in GAMMA and is hoping for revenge.

 

Lightweight: Brandon Sugar (31-6, #5) vs. Atep of Indonesia (13-3, #15)

Sugar may have lost in the main event to Fiyero Lermontov at GAMMA 67, but he bounced back with an undercard win against Benny Danare at GAMMA 72. Atep had a four-fight win streak broken by Jake Keane at GAMMA 71.

 

Co-Main Event: Light Heavyweight: Marlon John (17-2, #24) vs. Joshua Hope (9-0, #12)

John lost his last time out in a title shot against Tadamasa Yamada; this is just his third fight since he lost the belt to Jin Katou. Hope's undefeated record includes 3 GAMMA wins against Derek South, Linfield Ballard, and Anthony LeToussier; the upstart is trying to position himself for fame and a title shot.

 

Main Event: Welterweight: Ichisake Miyagi (28-5, #5) vs. Jonathan Huang (8-1, #15)

Huang, whose first career loss came to Felix Matherson Jr. on the third Seek and Destroy show, is coming off a win against Jack Humphreys at GAMMA 66 and wants to build up to his first GAMMA title shot. Former GAMMA and ALPHA-1 champion Miyagi won his comeback fight after losing the belt by making Yevgeni Sipatov tap out to an armbar at GAMMA 70.

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Nice thread. Definitely enjoying the quick updates.

 

Prelims:

Featherweight: Quincy McGarry vs. Jefferson Mndawe

Lightweight: Ron Chuckle vs. Zac Bacall

Light Heavyweight: Cal Hillson vs. Glen Lashley (don't remember Lashley)

Middleweight: Jorge Hormazabal vs. Maxime Giresse

Heavyweight: Stafford Alois vs. Steve Mason

Featherweight: Kei Maki vs. Sophan Sastrowardoya

 

Main card:

Heavyweight: Mugur Boc vs. Armen Sarkisian

Featherweight: Francesco Marazzina vs. Luke Hilton

Middleweight: JJ Reid vs. Thais Antonio Taffarel

Featherweight: Kenji Akita vs. Manish Khan

Welterweight: Mills Mullally vs. Noach Van Der Capellen

Middleweight: Kadonomaro Deguchi vs. Alex Cole

Middleweight: Wes Hersch vs. Mac Fuller

Lightweight: Brandon Sugar vs. Atep of Indonesia (could be wishful thinking. Atep is one of my favorites.)

Co-Main Event: Light Heavyweight: Marlon John vs. Joshua Hope

Main Event: Welterweight: Ichisake Miyagi vs. Jonathan Huang

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Lashley is a regen who's pretty good. I could take a screenshot of his stats at some point, but, well, the tin does say "low effort."

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GAMMA 77: Miyagi vs. Huang

Saturday, Week 1, March 2002

Prelims:

Featherweight: Quincy McGarry vs. Jefferson Mndawe

McGarry pulls a takedown and barely gets to half guard in round 1; in round 2, some strikes are exchanged with little happening, and then McGarry gets another takedown. Round 3 opens with Mndawe countering a Quincy jab with multiple big right hands, knocking the American against the cage and down until the referee has to step in and stop it for Jefferson at 0:22 in round 3. Rating: decent

 

Lightweight: Ron Chuckle vs. Zac Bacall

Round 1 & 2: Chuckle pulls a takedown, struggles but eventually takes Bacall's back but can't lock a RNC in. In round 3, Bacall's taken down again but scrambled to his and then gets his own takedown which let him take Chuckle's back as the round ends. Chuckle takes a 29-28 decision here. Rating: good

 

Light Heavyweight: Cal Hillson vs. Glen Lashley

Round 1: Lashley gets a takedown but doesn't accomplish much with it. Round 2 stays on their feet, with Lashley winning the exchanges, though without any serious damage being done, and then grabbing a takedown right at the very end. Round 3 sees even striking and then Lashley grabbing a takedown. Lashley takes a 30-27 decision win. Rating: poor

 

Middleweight: Jorge Hormazabal vs. Maxime Giresse

Round 1 opens with a Giresse takedown but accomplishes nothing. Round 2 sees minimal striking then Giresse using some grappling and pulling a takedown. In round 3, Giresse pulls Hormazabal down to the ground so he's on top of Jorge's back but can't get a choke or armbar in. Giresse wins a unanimous 30-27 decision. Rating: very poor

 

Heavyweight: Stafford Alois vs. Steve Mason

Alois opens round one by knocking Mason down with many big right hands but Mason stays aware and avoids the follow-up diving punch; this turns into a scramble with Mason on top in north-south, which he turns into side control and starts using ground and pound. Alois can't answer and the referee stops it at 1:45. Rating: good

 

Featherweight: Kei Maki vs. Sophan Sastrowardoya

Rd. 1: Sophan pulls a takedown, gets into mount right away and locks on an americana at 2:56. Rating: great

 

Main card:

Heavyweight: Mugur Boc (12-2, #10 heavyweight in the world) vs. Armen Sarkisian (29-3, #11)

Rd. 1: Armen uses grappling to control Boc and then stuffs a takedown to take Mugur's back before the end of the round. Round 2 has more Armen grappling control with little in way of an answer from Boc. Boc's hyped up before round 3 and gets a takedown but is stuck in Sarkisian's guard. Another takedown try by Boc is stuffed by Armen, who starts hitting Boc; Mugur survives it until the end of the round, though. Armen Sarkisian takes a 30-27 unanimous decision. Rating: poor

 

Featherweight: Francesco Marazzina (20-9) vs. Luke Hilton (10-5)

Hilton was hyped coming into this. In round one, Hilton gets a big takedown, moves into mount, and starts hitting Francesco with elbows to get the stoppage win at 2:57. Rating: great

 

Middleweight: JJ Reid (30-8) vs. Thais Antonio Taffarel (22-4, #8)

Rd. 1: Taffarel stuffs a takedown try but accomplishes little with it, but he still keeps control and takes the round. In round 2, Taffarel gets a Muay Thai clinch and nails Reid with a knee in the face and knocks him out at 1:16 in the round. Rating: decent

 

Featherweight: Kenji Akita (13-3, #22) vs. Manish Khan (13-4, #18)

Akita was hyped coming into this. Round 1: Akita gets a takedown, moves to mount and starts pounding on Khan but can't get the stoppage. Round 2 goes much the same way. Round 3 opens with Khan nailing Akita with big right hands, moves into mount and continues hitting Akita until the referee stops it at 0:46 in round 3. Rating: great

 

Welterweight: Mills Mullally (18-5, #7) vs. Noach Van Der Capellen (27-5, #8)

Noach was hyped going into this one. In round one, they exchange strikes until the end of the round when Noach catches Mullally with a right hand that knocks him down, but the bell saves Mills. In round 2, Noach catches Mullally with another right hand and goes to ground and pound but Mullally pulls him into side control and keeps him on the ground for most of the round. After a stand up, Noach gets a third knockdown and hits a diving punch, but one that isn't direct enough to finish off Mullally. In round 3, Van Der Capellen gets another knock down with right hands and wails away with punches until the ref stops it, but Mullally was still defending himself! Noach wins a controversial TKO stop at 2:33. Rating: good

 

Middleweight: Kadonomaro Deguchi (10-1, #11) vs. Alex Cole (14-1, #5)

Round 1: Cole gets a takedown and goes to mount, but can't finish Deguchi. In 2, Deguchi grabs a takedown, goes to mount, moves a sweep into taking Cole's back and tries to RNC him, but fights it off. In round 3, Cole tries to lock on a choke from behind while standing but Deguchi whips him to the ground, goes to side control and takes Cole's back, but no hooks are in for the rear naked choke, Cole flips around. Deguchi wins a 29-28 unanimous decision. Rating: great

 

Middleweight: Wes Hersch (7-0, #13) vs. Mac Fuller

Hersch was hyped going into this. This ends quickly, as in round 1 Hersch pulls him down, takes his back and slaps a RNC on at 3:05. Rating: great

 

Lightweight: Brandon Sugar (31-6, #5) vs. Atep of Indonesia (13-3, #15)

Round one: Sugar has a takedown try stopped but responds by pulling Atep down into his guard and slaps on a guillotine that makes Atep tap at 4:16 in round one. Rating: good

 

Co-Main Event: Light Heavyweight: Marlon John (17-2, #24) vs. Joshua Hope (9-0, #12)

Round one consists of failed takedown and grappling tries by both fighters, with minimal success from either. John gets the first takedown in round 2, uses a scramble to advance to side control, moves to mount and starts nailing Hope with punches, leaving the referee no choice but to stop it at 3:39 in round 2. Rating: average

 

Main Event: Welterweight: Ichisake Miyagi (28-5) vs. Jonathan Huang (8-1, #15)

Round 1: Miyagi uses wrestling to control Huang against the cage, but Huang reverses it and gets a takedown and moves to side control before the round's end. Round 2 goes similarly, with more Miyagi wrestling control and less Huang control via takedown. Round 3 has more of Miyagi using wrestling to control Huang against the cage, but Huang slips a guillotine on and gets the tap out at 4:50 in round 3! Rating: good

 

Attendance: 14,031

PPV buys: 1,219,920

 

Critical rating: good

Commercial rating: average

 

Fight of the Night: Khan vs. Akita

KO of the Night: Taffarel

Submission of the Night: Sugar

 

Fuller suffered a foot injury that will put him out for about six months.

 

After the event, GAMMA announced they released featherweight Quincy McGarry, middleweight Jorge Hormazabal, middleweight Mac Fuller, heavyweight Stafford Alois, and light heavyweight Cal Hillson from their contracts.

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GAMMA news:

 

GAMMA is proud to announce they are debuting a new television show. Entitled GAMMA Rising Stars, the program is intended to showcast lesser known talents that are on the verge of climbing up the rankings in the company. Rising Stars will be broadcast on East Coast Today in the U.S., The Pop! Network in Canada, and Euro Cable Sports 4 in the U.K., Russia and Europe.

 

New signings include:

* Sid Morgan (9-1) from BCF. Ranked #18 in the world, the former BCF lightweight champion has won 5 straight.

* Gordon Idle (11-3). Idle has won two straight in BCF and is a well regarded welterweight.

 

Welterweight Diego Arteta suffered a facial injury in training and will be out for a couple months.

 

Ari Peltonen has severed ties with Mantas Andreyev Fighting. After rising to be ranked #15 in the world, he has lost his first four fights in GAMMA.

 

Other news:

Timothy McNally has signed with TOP and is practicing the Rocky speech.

Carl Ratcliffe has resurface with SIGMA.

 

Sadahige Yoshida (8-2) is now training with Dragon's Lair. 8-0 Osvald Kikkas (#18 middleweight in the world with SIGMA) is training with Mantas Andreyev Fighting.

 

Retirements:

Former GAMMA featherweight fighter Greg Chiang announced his intention to retire. Chiang, 0-3 in GAMMA, was also with the short-lived KDM FC promotion before it closed down.

Former GAMMA weltterweight Lucas (26-11) retired with a TKO defeat of Vicente France at a local Argentine show. He went 0-4 in GAMMA before being released in 2001.

 

Results:

Norman Barry (2-1, regen) defeated Sammy Newton with a 4th round stoppage due to strikes to win the XCC Lightweight title on a show in March.

Matti Kurri (15-1-1, #6 in the world) retained his ALPHA-1 Light Heavyweight Championship against unranked Koenraad Belien (13-5) after stopping him with strikes in the first round on a March Show.

 

GAMMA 78's weigh-ins have been held; at some point I'll do a preview post.

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And I've also updated the top 10 lists and the upcoming cards listings on the first page.

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GAMMA 78: Pizzarro vs. Regueiro

Saturday, Week 1, April 2002

 

Prelims:

 

Mason Archer (21-7) vs. Christopher Drew (7-1): Archer's lost 2 straight and 3 of 4. This is Drew's GAMMA debut; he lost his unbeaten record against Kanezane Fujii last time out in the main event of an ALPHA-1 show in December 2001.

Shane Gilchrist (15-7) vs. Jerry Bogdonovich (9-3): Gilchrist lost his last two out, against Marlon John and Toby Sorkin. Bogdonovich broke a three-fight loss streak by taking an ugly decision win against Leon Banks at GAMMA 75.

Moss Gilbert (10-3) vs. Marcus Speed (9-3): Gilbert tapped out against Dan Halvorsen (RNC) at GAMMA 71, breaking a two-fight win streak. Speed had won five in a row in XCC, but lost his GAMMA debut at GAMMA 71 against Seth O'Breen.

Adenor Togni (15-7) vs. Brian Claremont (8-3): Togni's decision win against Teeratep Nutnum at GAMMA 72 broke a two-fight loss streak. Claremont has won four straight, including a TKO over Reza Afshar at GAMMA 75.

Julio Correa (9-2) vs. Todd Guida (6-0, #21): Correa lost a split decision to Grzegorz Boniek at GAMMA 72. Guida (a regen who is very good all around) beat Ari Peltonen by unanimous decision at GAMMA 74.

Iain Fussell (12-2, #24) vs. Ruy Mendes da Rocha (13-4): Fussell has won two straight, including his last one by KO against Houston George at GAMMA 72. da Rocha is debuting in GAMMA after winning four straight in FLB.

Elgar (28-11) vs. Shuncho Sakurai (14-7): Elgar has lost three straight in GAMMA, last time out to Carlos dos Santos at GAMMA 69. Sakurai made his GAMMA debut at Seek and Destroy 6, where he lost to Adam White by TKO.

 

Main card:

 

Featherweight: Easton Frye (17-6, #8) vs. Kanji Togo (18-5, #3): Frye's won his first two GAMMA fights, a TKO against Nicholas Bretton and a decision against Colm Dee. Togo's 3-0 in GAMMA against Yoshiro Makamori (decision), Luiz Machado (submission), and Manish Khan (TKO).

Lightweight: Lubos Plasil (8-0, #5) vs. Charles Stiles (18-5, #9): This is Plasil's third GAMMA fight, after taking split decision victories against Caca de Andrade and Helio; he was previously the SIGMA Lightweight Champion. Stiles has won against Paulo Roberto Bezerra and Grande Silveira via submission his last two times out.

Welterweight: Chad Zoff (8-2) vs. Dominykas Jankovic (12-3): Zoff is coming off a decision win against Felix Mattherson Jr. This is Jankovic's debut in GAMMA; he last fought in SIGMA, winning their Welterweight belt.

Lightweight: Darin Blood (16-8) vs. Tarcisio Dantas (8-2): after a four fight loss streak and nearly losing his job, Blood has won two straight by ground and pound TKOs against George Astaire and Ren Akai. Dantas suffered the first two losses of his career consecutively to Manoel Cabral and Benny Danare, but bounced back with a TKO win against Caca de Andrade.

Light Heavyweight: Niko Soldo (18-3-1, #8) vs. Jiroemon Hasegawa (12-1, #5): Soldo's first GAMMA loss came to Nicolai Mickiewicz at GAMMA 62, but he bounced back by taking a decision over then-#7 Arthur Franco at GAMMA 71. Hasegawa lost in the main event at GAMMA 60 to Sho Kitabatake, but has righted himself with a decision win against Zvonimir Asanovic and then a revenge submission win over Sho at GAMMA 74.

Heavyweight: Renato (10-1, #7) vs. Christopher Sharp (41-14, #4): Renato has won two straight unanimous decisions against James Foster and Gerson Mauricio. Sharp bounced back from an unsuccessful challenge against Heavyweight Champ Hassan Fezzik by beating Murilo Satinho with ground and pound.

Middleweight: Thomas Smith (14-6) vs. Snuffy Fontana (6-2): Both of these guys had win streaks broken by a loss. Smith passed out to a Wes Hersch choke at GAMMA 68, breaking a two-match win streak. Fontana was knocked out by a single Adam White punch at GAMMA 69.

Heavyweight: Palmer Lette (20-8-2 (2 NC)) vs. Murilo Satinho (13-2, #17): Lette broke a three-fight loss streak by beating Norbert Vinkus at GAMMA 69 via a first round TKO due to ground and pound. Satinho, 12 years younger, has lost two of his last three (including the last one out), but those fights came against Christopher Sharp; both were first round stoppages due to ground and pound.

Co-Main Event in the Middleweight Division: Matthew Dean (37-8, #10) vs. Dexter Darling (23-4-1, #8): This is a match-up of fighters hoping to come back from losses. Dean lost at GAMMA Seek and Destroy 7 when Isaiah Monroe earned a stoppage with ground-and-pound; before, Dean had won three straight against Stuart Strange, Zaco and JJ Reid. Darling had a six-fight win streak snapped when he tapped out to Buddy Garner's arm triangle at GAMMA 69, which also cost him the Middleweight belt.

Main Event for the GAMMA Welterweight Championship: challenger Evan Pizzarro (9-0, #3) vs. champion Julio Regueiro (27-1, #1): Pizzarro earned this title shot by going 7-0 in GAMMA to date, including submission wins over the then-ranked Louis De La Torre (#14) and Procopio Golias (#5). Regueiro has bounced back from the end of his first title loss by winning three straight to get his title shot against Ichisake Miyagi, which he won with a Peruvian necktie. Successfully defending against (and avenging his only loss) Rufus Stephens at GAMMA 72 with an armbar, Regueiro now faces the undefeated Pizzarro.

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<p><strong>GAMMA 78: Pizzarro vs. Regueiro</strong></p><p>

Saturday, Week 1, April 2002 from Nevada</p><p> </p><p>

Prelims:</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Mason Archer (21-7) vs. Christopher Drew (7-1)</strong>: Rd. 1: The fight stays standing, and Drew takes the round with his boxing. Rd.2: this stayed on their feet as well, but Archer won out with counter-striking. Rd. 3: was fairly even until Drew shook Archer up with some big right hands; Archer survived until the end of the round. Drew wins a unanimous decision at 29-28. Rating: good</p><p>

<strong>Shane Gilchrist (15-7) vs. Jerry Bogdonovich (9-3)</strong>: Rd. 1: Bogdon stuffed all of Gilchrist's takedown tries and used his stand-up to take the round. Rd. 2: Gilchrist gets a takedown, gets into half guard and uses a Bogdon scramble try to get side control. Gilchrist can't move to mount or take Jerry's back, and his two arm triangle tries are fought off, so Bogdonovich survives. Rd. 3: Gilchrist only tries two takedowns, each of which are avoided; Bogdonovich uses strikes to take the round. The final scores are 29-28, 30-27, 29-28, all for Bogdonovich. Rating: decent.</p><p>

<strong>Moss Gilbert (10-3) vs. Marcus Speed (9-3)</strong>: This was hyped up as an exciting one to watch. Rd. 1: Gilbert countered a Speed jab with many right hands, knocking Marcus down. Gilbert jumped down into mount and continued his assault, causing the ref to stop it at 2:11 in round one for a Gilbert win. Rating: great.</p><p>

<strong>Adenor Togni (15-7) vs. Brian Claremont (8-3)</strong>: Brian Claremont was getting hyped up before this fight. Rd. 1: This stayed standing the entire time with a lot of misses; Togni took the round. Rd. 2: Togni tried to open with a takedown, but Claremont stuffed and reversed it. Togni kept Claremont stuck in his half-guard and nearly locked in a kimura before slapping a guillotine on and getting the tap out at 3:04 of round 2. Rating: decent.</p><p>

<strong>Julio Correa (9-2) vs. Todd Guida (6-0, #21)</strong>: Todd Guida was hyped before this match. Rd. 1: Correa keeps Guida back for a bit with strikes, but Guida gets inside and pulls a takedown. Stuck in half-guard, two submission tries before the end of the round go nowhere. Rd. 2: Guida won the stand-up game and then pulled a takedown before the end of the round. Rd. 3: Guida gets an early takedown and manages to work his way to mount where he tries an armbar, but gets stacked by Correa. All three judges gave it to Todd Guida 30-27. Rating: decent.</p><p>

<strong>Iain Fussell (12-2, #24) vs. Ruy Mendes da Rocha (13-4)</strong>: Fussell was hyped some before this match. Rd. 1: Fussell gets a takedown but can only get to side control before the end of the round. Rd. 2: Fussell used wrestling to control da Rocha, pushes him against the cage and gets into side control. There, Iain locks in an americana, getting da Rocha to tap at 4:40. Rating: decent.</p><p>

<strong>Elgar (28-11) vs. Shuncho Sakurai (14-7)</strong>: Sakurai was hyped before this match. Rd. 1: Sakurai used grappling to control Elgar and worked him over some against the cage. Rd. 2: A bunch of strikes were exchanged with few connecting, but Sakurai hit more. Rd. 3: The fight stayed standing this time, and Elgar hit more big strikes this time around. Scores went 30-27 Sakurai, 29-28 Elgar, 29-28 Sakurai, so Sakurai takes a split decision victory home. Rating: good.</p><p> </p><p>

Main card:</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Featherweight: Easton Frye (17-6, #8) vs. Kanji Togo (18-5, #3)</strong>: Rd. 1: Togo reverses a Frye grapple into a trip takedown, but is stuck in half guard 'til the end of the round. Rd. 2: Togo takes Frye down; a Frye scramble leads to an attempted leglock out of the scramble by Togo, but he can't get it and Frye gets on top of Togo. All-in-all, Togo controled the round longer. Rd. 3: Frye fights off takedown attempts and knocks Togo down with big right hands, diving on top of Togo to continue hitting him. The ref stops it as a TKO at 2:59 of round 3. Rating: good.</p><p>

<strong>Lightweight: Lubos Plasil (8-0, #5) vs. Charles Stiles (18-5, #9)</strong>: Rd. 1: Stiles gets a takedown after Plasil steps in; Stiles rapidly moves to mount and starts wailing away with punches, causing a stoppage at 3:50 of round 1. Rating: decent.</p><p>

<strong>Welterweight: Chad Zoff (8-2) vs. Dominykas Jankovic (12-3)</strong>: Rd. 1: Jankovic pushes Zoff against the cage, but is turned around and pulled down by Zoff. Zoff's pushed back and tries to go down, but Jank scrambles so Zoff's on his back with Dominykas in half-guard. Zoff tries a few submissions from the bottom and keeps Jankovic stuck. Rd. 2: Jankovic gets an early takedown and twists out of an arm triangle into side control; Zoff manages to scramble out, though, and gets Jankovic down turtled up for a moment before the Bulgarian gets to his feet. Zoff gets a takedown and nearly gets a triangle locked in before the round ends. Rd. 3: Zoff stuffs a Jankovic takedown try and takes his back. Zoff tries many armbars and chokes, but Jankovic fights them off and survives the round. All three judges give it to Zoff, 29-28. Rating: decent.</p><p>

<strong>Lightweight: Darin Blood (16-8) vs. Tarcisio Dantas (8-2)</strong>: Rd. 1: Dantas gets an early takedown but gets stuck in half guard until the ref stands them back up. So, Dantas gets another takedown before the round ends. Rd. 2: It stays standing for a couple minutes but Dantas catches a body kick and gets a takedown, but is again stuck in Blood's guard. Rd. 3: This one stays standing for 3 and a half minutes, going pretty even, but Dantas catches another body kick and takes him down. Dantas finally passes to side control, knees Blood hard twice and then goes to mount. Dantas wins a unanimous 30-27 (x3) decision. Rating: average.</p><p>

<strong>Light Heavyweight: Niko Soldo (18-3-1, #8) vs. Jiroemon Hasegawa (12-1, #5)</strong>: Rd. 1: Hasegawa tries a couple diving leglocks early, but Soldo avoids. Soldo's eventually tripped down and Hasegawa gets into half guard. Soldo keeps him there and tries a few guillotines; Hasegawa avoids them. Rd. 2: A Jiro takedown try is stuffed and Soldo gets a few hits in before his foe stands back up. An exchange in the pocket leads to Soldo's blows being blocked or avoided, and Hasegawa catching a leg and getting a takedown, but is stuck in half-guard for the last few seconds. Rd. 3: Hasegawa immediately catches a kick and gets a takedown. Hasegawa finally gets into side control and gets to mount, but is stacked off of an armbar try; Hasegawa shortly after scrambles and gets side control. Hasegawa does get an armbar locked in, but it's only with seconds left and Soldo doesn't tap. Hasegawa wins a 29-28 (x3) decision, taking the win. Rating: good.</p><p>

<strong>Heavyweight: Renato (10-1, #7) vs. Christopher Sharp (41-14, #4)</strong>: Rd. 1: Sharp outstrikes Renato and then gets a takedown as the round ends. Rd. 2: This frame opens with a Sharp takedown ten seconds in. Sharp quickly moves to mount and starts pounding away on Renato, who can't stop it. The ref does at 2:02. Rating: great.</p><p>

<strong>Middleweight: Thomas Smith (14-6) vs. Snuffy Fontana (6-2)</strong>: Smith was hyped coming into this. Rd. 1: Smith gets an early takedown and moves to mount. Fontana can't do anything about the punches, and the ref stops it at 3:26 in round one. Rating: good.</p><p>

<strong>Heavyweight: Palmer Lette (20-8-2 (2 NC)) vs. Murilo Satinho (13-2, #17)</strong>: Satinho got heavy hype coming into this one. Rd. 1: Lette stuffs a takedown try but east a hard right hand that almost takes him down. Lette, who outweights Satinho by 30 or so pounds, choose to not grapple with Murilo for awhile. Lette gets stuck in a Muay Thai clinch and eats a big elbow, but avoids more damage. Rd. 2: Satinho sets Lette up and manages to get a takedown into half guard. Satinho gets into mount and swings away until the refs stops it at 2:34. Rating: fantastic.</p><p>

<strong>Co-Main Event in the Middleweight Division: Matthew Dean (37-8, #10) vs. Dexter Darling (23-4-1, #8)</strong>: Rd. 1: Dean can't get a takedown and Darling hits some decent strikes. Rd. 2: Dean gets a takedown by pushing Darling against the cage and yanking him down. Dean gets to Darling's back, but an armbar try results in Darling flipping over and getting into side control. Darling can't do anything significant before the ref stands it up. Darling counts a Dean takedown try with a big right hand. Rd. 3: This one opens with Dexter hitting two hard lefts. This one stays standing, with Darling probably winning, until Dean gets a takedown with 11 seconds left. Judges' scores: 29-28 Dean, 29-28 Darling, 29-28 Darling. Rating: good.</p><p>

<strong>Main Event for the GAMMA Welterweight Championship: challenger Evan Pizzarro (9-0, #3) vs. champion Julio Regueiro (27-1, #1)</strong>: Pizzarro comes in with advantages of two inches of reach and five pounds in actual weight. Rd. 1: This frame opens with Pizzarro immediately getting a trip takedown off a body kick. Pizzarro tries to rest, but Regueiro reaches up and grabs Evan's arm from the bottom, getting the armbar locked in and the submission at 0:59 in round 1! Rating: good</p><p> </p><p>

Attendance: 18,608</p><p>

PPV buys: 1,548,322 total</p><p>

Critical rating: great</p><p>

Commercial rating: good</p><p> </p><p>

Fight of the night: Satinho vs. Lette</p><p>

KO of the Night: Frye</p><p>

Submission of the Night: Regueiro</p><p> </p><p>

Marcus Speed is moving down to featherweight.</p>

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No real news to report since the last card, so here's the preview.

 

GAMMA Seek and Destroy 10

Friday, Week 4, April 2002 from Nevada

 

Prelims:

 

Welterweight: Domingo de Vivanco (7-3) vs. Herbert Danzig (2-0): de Vivanco is 3-1 in GAMMA, winning his last two against Ernest Lutter and Christiakis Boutzikos. Danzig is a regen of Peter Bracewell with "Very Strong" in 5 categories and "Strong" in 5 other. He's beat Brock Youdale and Delroy Rhodes.

Middleweight: Leonardo da Costa (15-9) vs. Reed Howlett (10-1): da Costa is 2-3 in GAMMA, losing his last to Thais Antonio Taffarel at GAMMA 72. Howlett's won three straight against Leandro Bastos (decision), Joey Valdez (KO via punch) and Jorge Hormazabal (TKO).

Light Heavyweight: Yoritomo Ina (25-12) vs. Faas Smit (37-16): Ina's won three straight in GAMMA, including his last against Gekko Goto via TKO. Smit lost his last time out in a decision against Affonso Villar.

Heavyweight: Giovanni de Matos (10-2) vs. Tiago da Paixao (14-7): de Matos has won two straight, with a knock out win agaisnt Stafford Alois at GAMMA Seek and Destroy 8. da Paixao's also won two straight, taking a decision against Frank Sheedy at GAMMA 72.

LIghtweight: Naizen Hamacho (13-3) vs. Juan de Castro (8-2): Hamacho's lost two straight, with the last a decision against Harald Hubner at GAMMA 72. de Castro, who was the FLB Welterweight champion, has lost his first two GAMMA fights, the last a TKO stoppage against Konosuke Shirahata.

Featherweight: Wallace Everett (8-2) vs. Roman Danielyan (9-0): Everett's won his first two GAMMA fights, the last a decision versus Chan Wan Wah. Danielyan is 2-0 in GAMMA, making Milovan Ajetovic tap out to an arm triangle last time out at GAMMA Seek and Destroy 7.

 

Main card:

 

Welterweight: Evan Gardner (7-1, #22) vs. Templeton Crumb (23-4, #9): This is Gardner's GAMMA debut, after going 3-1 in ALPHA-1 and winning their Welterweight Championship before dropping it to Ikku Funaki. Crumb is also debuting in GAMMA, after leaving SIGMA as their welterweight champion.

Featherweight: Benny Danare (14-3, #22 in lightweight) vs. Tomohiro Takeuchi (19-5, #13): Danare lost a decision to Brandon Sugar at GAMMA 72. This is Benny's featherweight debut. Takeuchi lost his GAMMA debut to Li-Kong Ho but bounced back by taking a split decision against Jason Dalglish.

Lightweight: Georges Nouri (14-3, #19) vs. Sean Morrison (32-6, #6): Nouri broke a two-fight loss streak by taking a decision against Darren Southall at GAMMA Seek and Destroy 7. Morrison failed to dethrone Luis Basora at GAMMA 71 when he tapped out to a triangle choke. These two fought before at GAMMA Seek and Destroy 4; Morrison won by first round TKO there.

Middleweight: Neil Napier (19-3, #20) vs. Atsutane Akera (10-1, #13): Napier had a four-fight win streak snapped when Nathan Chambers knocked him out in the main event at GAMMA 73. This is Akera's GAMMA debut; he is riding a six-match win streak from ALPHA-1.

Co-Main Event in the Light Heavyweight Division: William Harrison (12-2, #7) vs. Jin Katou (23-3, #13): Harrison bounced back from a loss to Hyun-Shik Lim at GAMMA Seek and Destroy 6 with a TKO win against Roberto Aldez at the 8th edition of this show. Katou, the former GAMMA Light Heavyweight Champion, has gone 1-1 since losing the belt - beating Mike Watson by TKO and losing a decision to Nicolai Mickiewicz.

Main Event in the Heavyweight Division: Norbert Vinkus (5-4) vs. Chuck Dooley (11-2, #16): Vinkus, one of the most popular fighters in the U.S., built up after winning three straight. He has since lost four straight and hasn't fought since August 2001, when Palmer Lette beat him by TKO. Dooley is one of the most popular fighters in the world, but in his last three fights has sandwiched an Aleksander Ivanov KO win with two unsuccessful tries against Hassan Fezzik in title matches.

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GAMMA Seek and Destroy 10

Friday, Week 4, April 2002 from Nevada

 

Prelims:

 

Welterweight: "The Peruvian Scythe" Domingo de Vivanco (7-3) vs. "The Candy Man" Herbert Danzig (2-0): Rd. 1: de Vivanco kept the fight standing and swung away, but hit little. Still, he definitely controlled the pace of this round. Rd. 2: Danzig managed to avoid Domingo's strikes and get in close enough to grab a takedown, but could only get to half-guard before the round was over. Rd. 3: This frame opens with Danzig counterstrikes followed by Herbert grabbing a takedown. Danzig manages to move to full mount and get de Vivanco into an americana, leading to the tap out at 3:15 of round 3. Rating: decent.

Middleweight: Leonardo da Costa (15-9) vs. Reed "Night Crawler" Howlett (10-1): Rd. 1: da Costa tried to open with a diving leg submission but Howlett avoided it. da Costa's first takedown try is countered with big punches but the second succeeds. da Costa can't get pass side control. Rd. 2: Another da Costa takedown try is countered with a right hand by Reed that knocks him down. The follow-up gnp is contained in half-guard. da Costa reaches up and locks Howlett in a guillotine, getting the submission at 2:37 of round 2. Rating: great.

Light Heavyweight: Yoritomo Ina (25-12) vs. Faas "Evolution" Smit (37-16): Rd. 1: This round is controlled by Yoritomo Ina's grappling, which keeps Smit from doing much. Rd. 2: Smit opened with big rights that hit and then a takedown try which Ina avoids. Smit managed to suck Ina into his guard, but Ina takes Faas' back. An armbar try is rolled over into side control by Evolution in a very close round. Rd. 3: Ina grapples Smit against the cage, but Smit reverses it and hits some dirty strikes until the ref steps in. An Ina takedown try is stuffed and Smit gets side control, where he nearly gets an armbar locked on. The round ends, sending this to the judges. 29-28 Smit, 29-28 Ina, 29-28 Ina gives Yoritomo Ina a split decision victory. Rating: decent.

Heavyweight: Giovanni de Matos (10-2) vs. Tiago da Paixao (14-7): de Matos was hyped up before this bout. Rd. 1: This stayed standing, with no big strikes but de Matos hitting more often and controlling the pace. Round 2 is more of the same. Rd. 3: de Matos grapples with da Paixao and controls him with dirty boxing for several minutes. 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 scorecards give Giovanni de Matos the decision victory. Rating: average.

Lightweight: Naizen Hamacho (13-3) vs. Juan de Castro (8-2): Hamacho received some hype coming into this fight. Rd. 1: Lots of counter-striking here, with Hamacho holding the edge. Rd. 2: This is one stays standing as well and is very even, with no big strikes landing for either fighter. Round 3 is very similar to round 2, again with little to separate the two fighters. Scores: 29-28 de Castro, 29-28 Hamacho, 30-27 Hamacho. Naizen Hamacho takes the split decision victory. Rating: poor.

Featherweight: Wallace "All Night Long" Everett (8-2) vs. Roman "Babyface" Danielyan (9-0): Wallace Everett was hyped heading into this fight. Rd. 1: After some initial striking exchanges, Danielyan tries to get a takedown but Everett knocks him down with a counter right hook. Everett pounces, but Babyface gets half-guard, where Everett is stuck for the rest of the round. Rd. 2: Babyface tries a few takedowns off a grapple but Everett fights them off. A Roman left jab is countered with many big right hands by Wallace, knocking his foe down. Everett dives and continues the assault, causing the ref to stop it at 4:57 of the round. Rating: good.

 

Main card:

 

Welterweight: Evan "G-Man" Gardner (7-1, #22) vs. Templeton "The Body" Crumb (23-4, #9): Rd. 1: Crumb controls the pace of this round with successful counterstrikes. Rd. 2: Crumb continues counterstriking for a few minutes, but G-Man gets close and gets a takedown. Crumb keeps him stuck in guard, though. Rd. 3: Gardner gets a takedown off a body kick and can only move to half-guard. Gardner gets three 29-28 scorecards, taking the decision. Rating: poor.

Featherweight: Benny "The Jet" Danare (14-3, #22 in lightweight) vs. "Samurai Spirit" Tomohiro Takeuchi (19-5, #13): Rd. 1: Danare gets some good strikes off and then takes Tomo down, but doesn't do damage with it. Rd. 2: Takeuchi controls Danare against the cage until the ref steps in. The round ends in the same position. Rd. 3: Tomohiro controls The Jet against the cage for awhile, but Danare spins around and gets a takedown. Scores: 29-28 Takeuchi, 29-28 Danare, 29-28 Takeuchi. Tomohiro Takeuchi gets the split decision victory. Rating: poor.

Lightweight: "The Sharpshooter" Georges Nouri (14-3, #19) vs. "The Man With No Nickname" Sean Morrison (32-6, #6): Rd. 1: Nouri tries a takedown, but Morrison stuffs it and starts hitting him with hard right hands, causing a stoppage! Morrison wins by TKO at 1:36 of round 1. Rating: good.

Middleweight: "The Islander" Neil Napier (19-3, #20) vs. "The Surgeon" Atsutane Akera (10-1, #13): Neli Napier was hyped heading into this. Rd. 1: Napier gets a judo takedown. Napier gets to side control, but can't get anything done except for avoid a few Akera submissions. Rd. 2: Akera threw wild strikes while Napier hung back for most of the round. Rd. 3: This round goes similarly to the second one, except Napier is a bit more assertive. 29-28, 30-27, 30-27 scores give the decision to Neil Napier. Rating: awful.

Co-Main Event in the Light Heavyweight Division: "Major Damage" William Harrison (12-2, #7) vs. "The Tsunami" Jin Katou (23-3, #13): Rd. 1: Very even, with lots of strikes thrown and 2 unsuccessful takedown tries by both fighters. Katou probably held the edge there. Rd. 2: Harrison opens with a takedown and gets Katou's back, but The Tsunami flips over on the armbar try. Katou can't get mount before the round ends. Rd. 3: Harrison opens immediately with another takedown. Harrison can only get to mount as the round ends with no damage done by either fighter. Three 29-28 secores go to William Harrison in the decision. Rating: great.

Main Event in the Heavyweight Division: Norbert "The Rock" Vinkus (5-4) vs. Chuck "The Laughing Man" Dooley (11-2, #16): Dooley was heavily hyped heading into this. Rd. 1: Dooley opens with a takedown, moves to side control and starts swinging away at Norbert. The referee stops it at 1:35 of round 1. Rating: good.

 

Attendance: 7,715

Total viewership: 6.1 million people

 

Critical rating: decent

Commercial rating: decent

 

Fight of the Night: da Costa vs. Howlett

KO of the Night: Morrison

Submission of the Night: Danzig