GAMMA - From The Start

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GAMMA 43 Boyer vs. Martins

 

PRELIMS

 

Heavyweight:

“The Great Bear” Aleksander Ivanov (0-0) vs. “Danger” Timothy Alexander (1-2)

After struggling to close the distance in the first, Ivanov takes Alexander down in the second and TKO’s him from side mount.

Official Decision: Aleksander Ivanov wins by TKO (Strikes) (4:19 of Round 2)

 

Heavyweight:

Gerson Mauricio (0-1) vs. “The Bulldog” Harry Milne (1-1)

This was a solid striker versus grappler match up, where both guys made good accounts of themselves. In the end, Milne ends up overwhelming Mauricio with punches while he had his back.

Official Decision: Harry Milne wins by TKO (Strikes) (2:48 of Round 4)

 

Heavyweight:

Christopher “The Knife” Sharp (1-1) vs. Hiro Arai (4-3)

Sharp comes in looking to wrestle, but Arai causes him to collapse to the ground with a couple straight punches. Arai follows up, not allowing Sharp to recover, ensuring a quick victory.

Official Decision: Hiro Arai wins by TKO (Punches) (1:26 of Round 1)

Heavyweight:

“The Brazilian Bomber” Gladstone Lopes (3-2) vs. Lawrence “The Law” Herringbone (1-0)

Herringbone catches a leg kick and judo throws the big Brazilian down to the ground. Herringbone passes all over Lopes and then pounds him out from mount.

Official Decision: Lawrence Herringbone wins by TKO (Strikes) (3:23 of Round 1)

 

Heavyweight:

“Unstoppable K” Kunimichi Kikuchi (2-0) vs. Stjepan “The Mammoth” Andric (3-2)

Andric was saved by the bell in the first round, as he had Kikuchi on has back with both hooks in. He rectified the situation in the second by sprawling and brawling well, but it all fell apart in the third as he was quickly taken down and almost instantaneously tapping to an arm triangle.

Official Decision: Kunimichi Kikuchi wins by Submission (Arm Triangle) (1:02 of Round 3)

FOTN & SOTN Award Winner

 

MAIN CARD

 

Heavyweight:

Graham “The Man Mountain” Goodbody (8-3) vs. Yoshikazu “Fat Boy” Inamoto (5-3)

Inamoto really worked on his jab and cardio, peppering Goodbody throughout the first couple rounds. However, he got too predictable and Goodbody countered a jab with clubbing blows, finishing him in the third.

Official Decision: Graham Goodbody wins by TKO (Punches) (2:44 of Round 3)

 

Heavyweight:

“The Big Bad” Hassan Fezzik (1-0) vs. Alex Frye (8-4)

This was very similar to Fezzik’s first fight in that he spent the entire first round pinned to the cage and then blitzed his opponent for a TKO in the second.

Official Decision: Hassan Fezzik wins by TKO (Strikes) (2:18 of Round 2)

 

Heavyweight:

“Swedish Superman” Gunnar Nilsson (5-2) vs. “Mr. Saturday Night” Phil Verdigree (9-6)

The questionable referee stoppage ruined what was otherwise a very dominant performance from Nilsson, as he beat Verdigree in all areas.

Official Decision: Gunnar Nilsson wins by TKO (Strikes) (4:48 of Round 2)

 

Heavyweight:

“The Pit Bull” Rick Stanley (9-6) vs. “The Immortal” Vojtech Kucera (7-5)

Kucera won the first round and was having the edge in the second, having dropped Stanley. Stanley hung in the fight and got a huge one punch KO.

Official Decision: Rick Stanley wins by KO (Punch) (4:40 of Round 2)

KOTN Award Winner

 

Heavyweight:

“The Tower of Power” Tim Boyer (4-1) vs. Josimar Martins (6-2)

Boyer presses Martins to the cage and separates, looking to tee off on him. Martins dodges the incoming blows and drops Boyer with shots of his own, pouncing on him for the upset victory.

Official Decision: Josimar Martins wins by TKO (Strikes) (1:54 of Round 1)

 

Post Fight News:

 

The Heavyweight division is really lacking a clear cut challenger for Spencer Rubenstein's title. Josimar Martins knocked off Tim Boyer, but Martins has already lost to Spencer Rubenstein. Same can be said of Graham Goodbody. Kunimichi Kikuchi is 3-0, but all of his performances have been relegated to the prelims. Hassan Fezzik is the sexy pick despite only having 2 fights. He has had quite possibly the toughest two fights to start out a career ever and won both of them in devastating fashion. Rubenstein has stated he doesn't care who's next in line, he just wants to get back into the cage.

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HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT

 

As has become tradition when the year's event are nearing the end, GAMMA has made an announcement about what the next year will bring. Most expected more grand prix action, but what we actually got was delightfully different. There weren't many details given, but it has been announced that since next year is an Olympic year, GAMMA will be having an Olympics of their own. Many have speculated as to what this means. Medals for individual disciplines? Openweight grand prix? GAMMA President Adam Davids was very vague about it, saying that many of the details have yet to be finalized. The only clear cut information he gave was that the United States, Brazil, Japan, Canada, Russia and Indonesia would all be apart of it, as well as a few other countries. Davids said that many countries would be excluded this year because of time constraints and the talent level in some of the countries in the rest of the world.

 

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JUNE & JULY MMA News

 

GAMMA Signings:

Taizoh Chong Man (0-0), Taki Inouye (0-0), Drazen Grabelich (0-0), Go Yamamoto (0-0), Lenny McFadden (0-0), Ricardo Fernandes (0-0), Glenn Lane (0-0), Buzzy Tuttle (0-0), Duey Rickert (0-0)

 

GAMMA Releases:

Arthur Franco (5-4), Duke Aiona (2-4)

 

Retirements:

Noah Musch (5-7)

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GAMMA 44 Light Heavyweight Champion

 

PRELIMS

 

Light Heavyweight:

“Lethal” Lenny McFadden (0-0) vs. Glenn Lane (0-0)

Lane takes McFadden down and guillotines him.

Official Decision: Glenn Lane wins by Submission (Guillotine Choke) (2:48 of Round 1)

 

Light Heavyweight:

Matti “The Hammer” Kurri (0-0) vs. Mark “The Thing” Cohen (0-1)

Cohen immediately takes Kurri down, but Kurri scrambles to top position and pounds him out from side control.

Official Decision: Matti Kurri wins by TKO (Strikes) (1:50 of Round 1)

 

Light Heavyweight:

“The Punisher” Marlon John (1-0) vs. “The Bad Element” Curt Kitson (2-0)

This was an awful five rounds of battling for takedowns against the cage, where not a single takedown was scored.

Official Decision: Marlon John wins by Unanimous Decision (49-46, 48-47, 49-46) (5:00 of Round 5)

 

Light Heavyweight:

“The Scourge of Europe” Nicolai Mickiewicz (3-3) vs. Pedro “Homicide” Sousa (3-4)

Mickiewicz takes Sousa down in every round, eventually finishing him with an armbar.

Official Decision: Nicolai Mickiewicz wins by Submission (Armbar) (2:29 of Round 5)

 

Light Heavyweight:

“Blood Spirit” Hyun-Shik Lim (4-2) vs. Kendall “The Gambler” Tracey (2-3)

Official Decision: Hyun-Shik Lim wins by TKO (Punches) (1:11 of Round 1)

Note: For fights that I don't feel deserve a short summary, either because it was a typical takedown, pass, submission fight or a quick TKO, I will just post the results.

 

Light Heavyweight:

“The Gladiator” Niko Soldo (5-2) vs. “The Hamburg Hammer” Jacob Matthaus (2-1)

Soldo shows off a devastating MT Clinch game, bloodying him up with elbows and knocking him out with a knee.

Official Decision: Niko Soldo wins by KO (Knee) (4:15 of Round 1)

KOTN Award Winner

 

Light Heavyweight:

“The Iron Man” Junior Patinkin (4-2) vs. Nestor “The Anvil” Morozov (4-3)

In what basically boiled down to a wrestling match, Patinkin won, although not by as wide a margin as people thought he would going in.

Official Decision: Junior Patinkin wins by Unanimous Decision (48-47, 49-46, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 5)

 

MAIN CARD

 

Light Heavyweight Semifinal:

“Stormin” Norman Pike (8-1) vs. “The Bringer of Pain” Khru Duangjan (3-0)

Duangjan had a couple of bright spots in the match, where he stunned Pike with heavy hands. Other than that, it was all Pike. Norman used counter striking brilliantly and once he finally took Khru down, he finished him pretty quickly with strikes from rear mount.

Official Decision: Norman Pike wins by TKO (Strikes) (3:09 of Round 4)

 

Light Heavyweight Semifinal:

Zvonimir “The Croatian Sensation” Asanovic (3-0) vs. John “The Ripper” Rivero (3-0)

Rivero started out the match so well, getting mount in the first round, as well as slamming Asanovic in the second round and getting side control. As the third round started, Rivero’s bad weight cut caught up to him and he found himself outpointed on the feet for the final 3 rounds.

Official Decision: Zvonimir Asanovic (48-47, 48-47, 48-46) (5:00 of Round 5)

 

Light Heavyweight:

Affonso “The Cyborg” Villar (4-1) vs. Yoritomo Ina (5-3)

This was similar to the previous fight, as Villar dominated the early going with his striking, but his gas tank failed him and he was TKO’d by ground and pound.

Official Decision: Yoritomo Ina wins by TKO (Strikes) (3:04 of Round 4)

FOTN Award Winner

Light Heavyweight:

Mantas Andreyev (10-4) vs. “Violent Conduct” Mick Curran (8-8)

Both guys had their moments in this round. Andreyev dominated the second and third round with his grappling. Curran got the better of the first round with his striking and was getting the better of the fourth round as he dropped Andreyev with punches, but found himself tapping to a kimura shortly after that.

Official Decision: Mantas Andreyev wins by Submission (Kimura) (3:11 of Round 4)

 

Light Heavyweight:

Sho Kitabatake (6-1) vs. Christian “Overload” Mountfield (6-2)

Kitabatake’s wrestling and ground game was just too much for Mountfield as he surrendered to a second round armbar.

Official Decision: Sho Kitabatake wins by Submission (Armbar) (4:10 of Round 2)

 

Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Championship:

Zvonimir “The Croatian Sensation” Asanovic (4-0) vs. “Stormin” Norman Pike (9-1)

Pike had established himself as the far superior grappler in the first three rounds, which is what made Asanovic’s arm triangle victory all the more surprising. Pike was just unable to finish Zvonimir off and found himself on bottom after a sweep. Most spectators thought Asanovic would use the sweep to finally get in some stand up, but instead he passed the guard and tapped Pike for the shocking victory.

Official Decision: Zvonimir Asanovic wins by Submission (Arm Triangle) (3:01 of Round 4)

SOTN Award Winner

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GAMMA 45 Middleweight Champion

 

PRELIMS

 

Middleweight:

Drazen Gabelich (0-0) vs. Tadao Miyazaki (0-1)

Miyazaki drops Gabelich with punches twice, once in the first and again in the third when he finally stopped the fight.

Official Decision: Tadao Miyazaki wins by TKO (Punches) (3:43 of Round 3)

 

Middleweight:

Guillermo “T-Bone” Morales (0-0) vs. “The Sandman” Rob Baines (0-0)

Morales was dominating with his grappling, but found himself caught in a standing guillotine out of nowhere.

Official Decision: Rob Baines wins by Submission (Standing Guillotine) (2:55 of Round 2)

 

Middleweight:

“The Islander” Neil Napier (1-0) vs. Haranobu Oshiro (3-3)

Napier dominates in all facets, especially on the ground, but Oshiro proves difficult to finish.

Official Decision: Neil Napier wins by Unanimous Decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-45) (5:00 of Round 5)

Middleweight:

Bambang Sriyanto (3-2) vs. Humberto “The Hit Man” Falcao (3-3)

Sriyanto was just flat out better than Falcao. He dominated in all facets. The only adversity Sriyanto faced was when Falcao threw caution out the window in the fifth round.

Official Decision: Bambang Sriyanto wins by Unanimous Decision (50-45) (5:00 of Round 5)

Middleweight:

“Brickhouse” Thorbjorn Rekdal (4-1) vs. Leonardo da Costa (4-2)

Rekdal landed a few punches as da Costa came forward recklessly and also got taken down. Da Costa outclassed him on the ground en route to a mounted armbar.

Official Decision: Leonardo da Costa wins by Submission (Armbar) (3:25 of Round 1)

 

Middleweight:

Buddy Garner (4-2) vs. “Sick” Shozaburo Kuramoto (1-0)

Official Decision: Buddy Garner wins by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) (3:02 of Round 1)

 

MAIN CARD

 

Middleweight Semifinal:

Ieyoshi Yamashita (4-2) vs. “The Russian Nightmare” Fjodor Kanchelskis (3-0)

After a back and forth ground battle in the first round, Kanchelskis catches Yamashita with a punch that drops him. Fjodor doesn’t let him recover, getting the sudden stoppage at the start of the round.

Official Decision: Fjodor Kanchelskis wins by TKO (Punches) (1:06 of Round 2)

FOTN Award Winner

 

Middleweight Semifinal:

Osmosis Benn (7-0) vs. “The Amazing” JJ Reid (3-0)

JJ Reid impressively outwrestles Benn, takes him down and arm triangles him.

Official Decision: JJ Reid wins by Submission (Arm Triangle) (3:06 of Round 1)

 

Middleweight:

Yoshinobu “Spirit Roar” Tanaka (9-7) vs. “Mr. Awesome” Carl Ratcliffe (5-4)

After blanketing Ratcliffe on the ground in the first two rounds, Tanaka finds himself separated from his senses by a huge clinch knee to the head.

Official Decision: Carl Ratcliffe wins by KO (Knee) (2:03 of Round 3)

 

Middleweight:

Heiji “The Immortal” Endo (2-1) vs. Dexter “D-Man” Darling (2-1)

Endo shows off his punching power, getting a near instantaneous one punch KO.

Official Decision: Heiji Endo wins by KO (Punch) (1:02 of Round 1)

 

Middleweight:

Tora “Bull” Mizwar (6-3) vs. “The Anarchist” Matthew Dean (4-2)

Dean takes Mizwar down and finishes him with punches from mount.

Official Decision: Matthew Dean wins by TKO (Punches) (3:06 of Round 1)

 

Middleweight:

Joaquim “Assassino Silencioso” Fontes (12-5) vs. “The Mack Attack” Petey Mack (3-1)

Fontes wanted nothing to do with Mack’s stand up, going multiple times after flying leg locks. In the end, his fears were validated by a huge head kick KO.

Official Decision: Petey Mack wins by KO (Head Kick) (1:36 of Round 2)

KOTN Award Winner

 

Middleweight:

Oleg Dorosklov (13-2) vs. Thais Antonio Taffarel (6-2)

Dorosklov stayed dedicated to his gameplan of taking Taffarel down and keeping him down for as long as he could, despite the boos from the crowd. Taffarel had some success, but never really looked like the fight was his.

Official Decision: Oleg Dorosklov wins by Unanimous Decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 5)

Middleweight Final:

“The Amazing” JJ Reid (4-0) vs. “The Russian Nightmare” Fjodor Kanchelskis (4-0)

Fjodor presses Reid to the cage and drops him with an uppercut. He pounced on him with strikes, but got caught in a guillotine and had to tap.

Official Decision: JJ Reid wins by Submission (Guillotine) (3:51 of Round 1)

SOTN Award Winner

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GAMMA 46 Undisputed Champion

PRELIMS

Lightweight:

“Pain Express” Go Yamamoto (0-0) vs. Duey Rickert (0-0)

Yamamoto outpoints Rickert with jabs and legs until he knocks him out a with a big clinch knee.

Official Decision: Go Yamamoto wins by KO (Knee) (4:52 of Round 3)

 

Lightweight:

“The Tropical Tornado” Azor Portela Nunes (0-2) vs. Teeratep “Crazy Monkey” Nutnum (1-2)

Both guys come right out and exchange, knowing that their career in GAMMA is probably on the line. Nunes wins out in the exchange, KO’ing Nutnum with one punch.

Official Decision: Azor Portela Nunes wins by KO (Punch) (1:28 of Round 5)

 

Lightweight:

“The Black Dog” Anthony Ray Shenkman (1-2) vs. “The Latino Wildcat” Agustin Gonzalez (1-2)

Not a ton to this fight, as much of it was spent in the clinch against the cage. Shenkman got a couple takedowns, but didn’t have the time necessary to get much done. Agustin did the little things to outpoint Shenkman on the cards.

Official Decision: Agustin Gonzalez wins by Unanimous Decision (49-46, 48-47, 49-46) (5:00 of Round 5)

 

Lightweight:

Henry “The King” Baldwin (2-2) vs. HM Menzel (1-2)

After a boring wrestling match with a lot of clinch against the cage, Menzel flurries violently on Baldwin, ending the combo with a devastating head kick which KO’s Baldwin.

Official Decision: HM Menzel wins by KO (Head Kick) (:44 of Round 5)

 

Lightweight:

“The Blonde Bomber” Nicholas Bretton (2-1) vs. Bhumibol Ektawatkul (2-1)

This ended up being a controversial decision, as this fight was all about takedowns and Bhumibol had the edge 4-2 in that category, getting takedowns in 3 of the 5 rounds. It is unclear how Bretton stole one of those rounds.

Official Decision: Nicholas Bretton wins by Unanimous Decision (48-47) (5:00 of Round 5)

 

Lightweight:

Fiyero Lermentov (1-1) vs. Ejiro Yanagita (7-7)

Lermentov kept looking to employ a clinch game, which he had mild success with. Ejiro kept escaping from the Thai clinch, but did find himself taken down multiple times. Lermentov didn’t do a ton of damage, which made the eventual one punch KO even more surprising.

Official Decision: Fiyero Lermentov wins by KO (Punch) (1:04 of Round 4)

KOTN Award Winner

 

MAIN CARD

 

Lightweight Semifinal:

“The Sharpshooter” Georges Nouri (3-0) vs. “The Banker” Frank Romita (3-0)

Romita’s stand up ends up being too much, as he drops Nouri on the feet and then puts on the finishing touches on the ground.

Official Decision: Frank Romita wins by TKO (Punches) (2:27 of Round 1)

 

Lightweight:

Easton “Small” Frye (7-0) vs. Seth “Submission King” O’Breen (3-0)

Frye takes O’Breen down and they have a great, tactical ground battle. Frye avoids a few submissions, passes the guard and pounds O’Breen out from back mount.

Official Decision: Easton Frye wins by TKO (Strikes) (4:28 of Round 1)

Lightweight:

Kenji “Star” Akita (2-0) vs. Benny “The Jet” Danare (2-0)

Akita seemed to be just a slight step ahead in all areas, winning on all three scorecards, but with an usual variation between scores.

Official Decision: Kenji Akita wins by Unanimous Decision (48-47, 48-47, 50-45) (5:00 of Round 5)

 

Lightweight:

Atep of Indonesia (2-1) vs. “G-Force” Rodolphe Gygax (2-1)

Atep was picking his shots and outclassing Gygax when Rodolphe went into a very aggressive rush that led to Atep collapsing against the fence and the fight being stopped.

Official Decision: Rodolphe Gygax wins by TKO (Strikes) (3:51 of Round 1)

FOTN Award Winner

 

Lightweight:

“The Wing Chun Superstar” Motoki Hojo (5-2) vs. George “Full Force” Astaire (4-2)

Both guys came in looking to outpoint the other. In the end, Hojo’s stand up beat out Astaire’s takedowns and top control.

Official Decision: Motoki Hojo wins by Unanimous Decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 5)

 

Lightweight:

Kanji Togo (8-5) vs. Greg Chiang (4-3)

After a couple rounds of grappling, Chiang got side control off of a stuffed takedown. He then passed to mount and TKO’d Togo with vicious shots.

Official Decision: Greg Chiang wins by TKO (Punches) (2:49 of Round 3)

 

Lightweight:

Luiz “The Tarantula” Machado (6-2) vs. “The Peruvian Punisher” Claudio Palacios (5-2)

Machado was oddly desperate in this fight, constantly going for takedowns and leg locks that he wasn’t able to get. Not only was he not successful, but his constant aggression didn’t let Palacios get any offense going either. In the fifth round, Machado finally locked on a good kneebar that had Claudio both tapping and screaming.

Official Decision: Luiz Machado wins by Submission (Kneebar) (:39 of Round 5)

SOTN Award Winner

 

Lightweight Grand Prix Championship:

Easton “Small” Frye (8-0) vs. “The Banker” Frank Romita (4-0)

Romita surprisingly takes Frye down, but just kind of lays on him. Once he opens up, Frye scrambles and gets top position. Frye then passes all over Frank and pounds him out from mount.

Official Decision: Easton Frye wins by TKO (Punches) (4:18 of Round 1)

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GAMMA 47 Kikuchi vs. Rubenstein

 

After much debating over whether Hassan Fezzik or Josimar Martins should get a title shot, Kikuchi snuck into the picture with a quiet 3-0 record in GAMMA, all bouts taking place on the prelims. Also for tonight, GAMMA has brought back the one night, debuting fighter 8 man tournament for the prelims.

 

PRELIMS

Welterweight Quarterfinal:

Taki Inouye (0-0) vs. Matsudaira Satoh (0-0)

After an uneventful first round, Inouye trips Satoh down into side control, mounts him and finishes the fight off with an Americana.

Official Decision: Taki Inouye wins by Submission (Americana) (3:52 of Round 2)

 

Welterweight Quarterfinal:

Carlos dos Santos (0-0) vs. Taizoh Chung Man (0-0)

In the battle of the men with three names, dos Santos proved to be far superior on the ground. He did some solid ground and pound in the first round and then finished the fight off with a rear naked choke in the second.

Official Decision: Carlos dos Santos wins by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) (4:15 of Round 2)

 

Welterweight Quarterfinal:

Dominykas “Slamkovic” Jankovic (0-0) vs. “Thunder and Lightning” Tyler Lass (0-0)

After a few failed attempts, Jankovic gets Lass down against the cage. He gets him on his back, mounting him at the same time. He then proceeds to let his hands go, forcing the ref to jump in and stop it.

Official Decision: Dominykas Jankovic wins by TKO (Punches) (4:23 of Round 1)

FOTN Award Winner

Welterweight Quarterfinal:

Jim Carpenter (0-0) vs. Ricardo Fernandes (0-0)

Tidy first round victory for Carpenter as he takes Fernandes down, easily passes to mount and TKO’s him.

Official Decision: Jim Carpenter wins by TKO (Punches) (2:26 of Round 1)

 

Welterweight Semifinal:

Carlos dos Santos (1-0) vs. Taki Inouye (1-0)

In a pretty much dead even fight, dos Santos gets the nod on all scorecards, probably due to a few takedowns.

Official Decision: Carlos dos Santos wins by Unanimous Decision (49-46) (5:00 of Round 5)

Welterweight Semifinal:

Jim Carpenter (1-0) vs. Dominykas “Slamkovic” Jankovic (1-0)

This ended up being a back and forth battle with a few near finishes on each side. In the end, Jankovic pulled off the victory with a rear naked choke.

Official Decision: Dominykas Jankovic wins by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) (4:02 of Round 4)

SOTN Award Winner

 

Welterweight Final:

Dominykas “Slamkovic” Jankovic (2-0) vs. Carlos dos Santos (2-0)

As seems to be the case more and more, this fight was decided by who got the takedowns. Jankovic got 3 to dos Santos’ 2, so Jankovic won 3 rounds to 2.

Official Decision: Dominykas Jankovic wins by Unanimous Decision (48-47) (5:00 of Round 5)

 

MAIN CARD

 

Heavyweight:

“The Pit Bull” Gary Sampson (7-5) vs. Stjepan “The Mammoth” Andric (3-3)

Andric edges out the fight in all areas. Sampson just didn’t seem motivated.

Official Decision: Stjepan Andric wins by Unanimous Decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 5)

 

Heavyweight:

Alex Frye (8-5) vs. “Mr. Saturday Night” Phil Verdigree (9-7)

Frye wins the fight with his grappling. He had a couple opportunities to end the fight, but Verdigree proved difficult to finish. Verdigree had some success on the feet, but his TDD proved to be his downfall.

Official Decision: Alex Frye wins by Unanimous Decision (48-47) (5:00 of Round 5)

 

Heavyweight:

“Swedish Superman” Gunnar Nilsson (6-2) vs. “The Tower of Power” Tim Boyer (4-2)

Boyer caps off a well done, but boring sprawl and brawl performance with a KO uppercut. Nilsson blamed a bad training camp for his loss.

Official Decision: Tim Boyer wins by KO (Uppercut) (4:59 of Round 5)

KOTN Award Winner

 

Heavyweight:

“The Pit Bull” Rick Stanley (10-6) vs. Graham “The Man Mountain” Goodbody (9-3)

Stanley does a great job staying away from the clinch while peppering Goodbody with blows. He then gets the highlight KO with a right straight.

Official Decision: Rick Stanley wins by KO (Punch) (2:36 of Round 4)

 

Heavyweight:

“The Big Bad” Hassan Fezzik (2-0) vs. Josimar Martins (7-2)

Fezzik dominated, but had trouble finishing because he couldn’t get out of Martins guard or half guard. He finally finished the fight after stuffing a takedown attempt by Martins and hitting him with a swift armbar.

Official Decision: Hassan Fezzik wins by Submission (Armbar) (1:44 of Round 5)

 

Heavyweight Championship:

“The Reaper” Spencer Rubenstein (6-0) vs. “Unstoppable K” Kunimichi Kikuchi (3-0)

Kikuchi controls his way to a title victory set to a soundtrack of boos from the crowd.

Official Decision: Kunimichi Kikuchi wins by Unanimous Decision (49-46) (5:00 of Round 5)

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Friday Night Fights Shimizu vs. Allen

 

PRELIMS

 

Lightweight:

“Ice Cold” Lars Bohlin (0-0) vs. Gustavo “Argentinian Samurai” Bautista (0-1)

After a pretty grindy first round, Bohlin finishes Bautista with strikes in the second.

Official Decision: Lars Bohlin wins by TKO (Strikes) (2:32 of Round 2)

 

Lightweight:

Yoshiro Makamori (1-1) vs. “The Madman From Michigan” Beau Gorshin (1-0)

After a fantastic back and forth ground battle, Makamori gave the judges great relief when he finished Gorshin with a triangle.

Official Decision: Yoshiro Makamori wins by Submission (Triangle) (4:53 of Round 5)

SOTN Award Winner

 

Heavyweight:

“The Brazilian Bomber” Gladstone Lopes (3-3) vs. Gerson Mauricio (0-2)

After a lot of circling, Lopes gets a sudden one punch KO.

Official Decision: Gladstone Lopes wins by KO (Punch) (2:30 of Round 1)

 

MAIN CARD

 

Heavyweight:

“The Great Bear” Alexander Ivanov (1-0) vs. Christopher “The Knife” Sharp (1-2)

They wrestled back and forth in the first round, with Sharp ending up getting the first takedown in the second round. Unfortunately for him, his posture was poor and he got caught in a triangle.

Official Decision: Alexander Ivanov wins by Submission (Triangle) (3:17 of Round 2)

 

Welterweight:

Carlos da Guia (2-0) vs. Manuel “The Prodigy” Silva (2-0)

In what was pretty much a playoff match for the welterweight spot on team Brazil in the GAMMAlympics, these two prospects put on one of the best fights of all time. A back and forth contest with flashy striking, devastating clinch work and exciting ground action ended after 6 minutes with a flurry of punches that left da Guia knocked out.

Official Decision: Manuel Silva wins by KO (Punches) (:59 of Round 2)

FOTN & KOTN Award Winner

 

Heavyweight:

Hiro Arai (5-3) vs. “The Baddest Man in MMA” Terron Cabal (3-0)

Coming over from ALPHA-1 with a lot of hype, Cabal has an impressive GAMMA debut, knocking Arai (a devastating striker in his own right) out with one punch.

Official Decision: Terron Cabal wins by KO (Punch) (2:15 of Round 1)

Welterweight:

Heikichi Shimizu (4-2) vs. “Dangerous” David Allen (3-3)

Allen works sprawl and brawl tactics well, not allowing Shimizu to get him to the ground for any length of time in this fight.

Official Decision: David Allen wins by Unanimous Decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 3)

 

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GAMMA 48 Welterweight Champion

 

PRELIMS

 

Welterweight:

Bud “The Rocket” Brockett (1-1) vs. Rafael “Slick” Tavares (1-1)

Brockett PUNISHED Tavares against the cage in the first round. In the second, he checked a leg kick and came back at Tavares with a swift uppercut right up the middle that knocked him out.

Official Decision: Bud Brockett wins by KO (Uppercut) (1:34 of Round 2)

 

Welterweight:

“The Savage” Datuk Ong Ta King (1-1) vs. Buzzy Tuttle (0-0)

Datuk takes Tuttle down and either his submissions skills are off the charts, or Tuttle needs to roll more, because King tapped him with a kimura from half guard.

Official Decision: Datuk Ong Ta King wins by Submission (Kimura) (3:18 of Round 1)

 

Welterweight:

Syed Tan (2-3) vs. “The X Factor” Xie Ming (3-5)

Ming outpoints Tan on the feet, despite being dropped twice.

Official Decision: Xie Ming wins by Unanimous Decision (48-47) (5:00 of Round 5)

 

Heavweight:

“The Bulldog” Harry Milne (2-1) vs. Lawrence “The Law” Herringbone (2-0)

Herringbone outwrestles Milne and eventually finishes him off in the fifth, once he was too exhausted to fight back.

Official Decision: Lawrence Herringbone wins by TKO (Punches) (1:46 of Round 5)

 

Welterweight:

“The Spew Monkey” Kenneth Toadspew (1-2) vs. Slade Cregg (1-2)

Toadspew completely outwrestles Cregg in the first two rounds, but also gets his nose broken, which probably ended up costing him the fight as he gassed pretty early. Cregg ends up outpointing him for the final three rounds.

Official Decision: Slade Cregg wins by Unanimous Decision (48-47) (5:00 of Round 5)

 

Heavyweight:

“The Immortal” Vojtech Kucera (7-6) vs. Yoshikazu “Fat Boy” Inamoto (5-4)

This went basically as expected, with Kucera outdoing Inamoto on the fence, but being worn down against the cage.

Official Decision: Yoshikazu Inamoto wins by Split Decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 5)

Welterweight:

“Dangerous” Darin Blood (3-2) vs. “Mercenary” Mills Mullally (5-3)

Blood was running away with the fight on the feet early, but Mullally came back, dropping Blood several times in the later round.

Official Decision: Darin Blood wins by Split Decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 5)

 

MAIN CARD

 

Welterweight Semifinal:

“The Strategist” Rufus Stephens (3-0) vs. Fukusaburu Hirano (5-1)

Rufus was a step ahead throughout the fight. Hirano got a couple takedowns, but Stephens got off his back quickly. Meanwhile, Stephens outdid him on the feet, outwrestled him and looked well on his way to a decision when they bumped heads, Stephens got a fight ending cut and the fight was ruled a no contest.

Official Decision: No Contest (Accidental Headbutt) (2:48 of Round 5)

 

Welterweight Semifinal:

“The Super Animal” Noach Van Der Capellen (8-1) vs. “The Devil in Blue” Ichisake Miyagi (3-0)

VDC flurries on Ichisake, drops him with a flying knee and finishes him. Unfortunately, Many believe Miyagi was still defending himself when the fight was stopped.

Official Decision: Noach Van Der Capellen wins by TKO (Flying Knee and Punches) (1:25 of Round 1)

 

Welterweight:

“The Pain Train” Chew Chua (6-3) vs. Templeton “The Body” Crumb (2-1)

They exchange with not much landing…until something did. Crumb hits a big punch that knocks Chua out.

Official Decision: Templeton Crumb wins by KO (Punch) (3:32 of Round 1)

 

Welterweight:

Josh “TNT” Aldarisio (5-3) vs. Vikram “Punishment” Sithalayan (4-2)

Both guys had their moments in what was almost a pure grappling bout. In the end, Aldarisio edges out the fight with his slightly superior wrestling.

Official Decision: Josh Aldarisio wins by Unanimous Decision (48-47) (5:00 of Round 5)

 

Welterweight:

“The Show Stopper” Jack Humphreys (5-2) vs. “The Ice Cold Swede” Lukas Mellberg (5-2)

Humphreys looked like he was going to end this match early, rocking Mellberg and nearly stopping him a minute in. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to and the two had a back and forth battle which Mellberg ended up coming out on top of with an armbar in the final round.

Official Decision: Lukas Mellberg wins by Submission (Armbar) (4:19 of Round 5)

SOTN Award Winner

 

Welterweight:

“Fury Awoken” Sukarno (5-2) vs. “The Man of Steel” Marko Prochazka (9-6)

Prochazka’s game plan was winning him the fight, completely neutralizing him with takedowns. As soon as he went away from the game plan, Marko found himself knocked out.

Official Decision: Sukarno wins by KO (Punch) (3:56 of Round 4)

Welterweight Final:

“The Super Animal” Noach Van Der Capellen (9-1) vs. Fukusaburu Hirano (5-1-1)

Most expected VDC to be awarded the belts becuase of the no contest in the other semifinal match, but instead they moved Hirano forward as he could still fight. Hirano had the advantage early by making VDC fight his fight, but then found himself in the middle of a stand up war. They went back and forth landing heavy shots on each other, with Hirano surprisingly winning out with a huge one punch KO.

Official Decision: Fukusaburu Hirano wins by KO (Punch) (:24 of Round 5)

FOTN & KOTN Award Winner

 

Post Fight News:

 

The lead up to this card was pretty crazy, with Noach Van Der Capellen essentially commandeering the card and forcing there to be six months between the semifinals and finals. Then, the event takes place and one of the semifinals ends in a no contest, the worst possible outcome in a tournament situation.

 

GAMMA was criticized for moving Hirano through, despite not winning his fight and that scrutiny intensified after Hirano candidly admitted that the headbutt was "intentional" and a "last ditch effort". He was stripped of the belt and his name was removed from the record books. On top of that, he was let go by GAMMA. President Adam Davids has said that he's not banned for life, but it would take a lot for him to be able to come back. The rumor is that GAMMA will be holding a fight at the beginning of 1996 between Rufus Stephens and VDC to determine a grand prix and welterweight champion.

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AUGUST - DECEMBER MMA NEWS

 

Fight League Brazil opens

 

Bear Pit team debut

 

GAMMA Signings:

Jim Carpenter (0-0), Dominykas Jankovic (0-0), Matsudaira Satoh (0-0), Rafael Van Der Moot (0-0), Wayne McEllen (0-0), Ken Peters (ALPHA 1) (3-0), Tadamasa Yamada (0-0), Tyler Lass (0-0), Jaromir Grygera (0-0), Ari Peltonen (0-0), Graeme Spark (0-0), Murilo Satinho (0-0), Jay Dorridge (0-0), Jonathan Huang (0-0), Stuart Strange (0-0), Iain Fussell (0-0)

GAMMA Releases:

Timothy Alexander (1-3), Carmelo Rossi (0-3), Yoshinobu Tanaka (9-8), Anthony Ray Shenkman (1-3), Pedro Sousa (3-5), Vojtech Kucera (7-7)

Retirements:

Jack Cobblepot (7-6), Santiago Tosso (0-5), Jasper Osmond (4-6)

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With a great year of fights behind them, GAMMA has finally announced exactly what the GAMMA Olympics will be. Basically, it will be an 8 team tournament that will be contested over 3 events (1 for Quarterfinals, 1 for Semifinals, 1 for Medals). The teams will consist of 5 fighters (one for each weight class, with a couple exceptions). Each representative for a weight class will face the representative of that weight class from the other team. The rounds will be best of five, with the winning team moving on to the next round. The seeds and teams are as follows:

 

#1 United States of America vs. #8 England

HW - Spencer Rubenstein (6-1) vs. Harry Milne (2-2)

LHW - Junior Patinkin (5-2) vs. Wayne McKellen (0-0)

MW - Osmosis Benn (7-1) vs. Rob Baines (1-0)

WW - Josh Aldarisio (6-3) vs. Jim Carpenter (1-1)

LW - (Non Title) Easton Frye (9-0) vs. Graeme Spark (0-0)

 

Notes: It will be shocking if the US lose one match up.

 

#4 Canada vs. #5 Russia

HW - Alex Frye (9-5) vs. Aleksander Ivanov (2-0)

LHW - Norman Pike (9-2) vs. Mantas Andreyev (11-4)

LHW - (Non Title) JJ Reid (5-0) vs. Nestor Morozov (4-4)

MW - Petey Mack (4-1) Fjodor Kanchelskis (4-1)

LW - Nicholas Bretton (3-1) vs. Fiyero Lermontov (2-1)

 

Notes: Russia wasn't able to produce a welterweight, so JJ Reid agreed to fight Morozov at LHW.

 

#3 Brazil vs. #6 Indonesia

HW - Josimar Martins (7-3) vs. Tora Mizwar (6-4)

LHW - Affonso Villar (4-2) vs. Bambang Sriyanto (4-2)

MW - Joaquim Fontes (12-6) vs. Mal Phe Roby (1-3)

WW - Manuel Silva (3-0) vs. Sukarno (6-2)

LW - Luiz Machado (7-2) vs. Atep of Indonesia (2-2)

 

Notes: Indonesia had 5 fighters, but just not in the right weight classes. Tora Mizwar and Bambang Sriyanto both move up divisions (2 in Tora's case).

 

#2 Japan vs. #7 Croatia

HW- (Non Title) Kunimichi Kikuchi (4-0) vs. Stjepan Andric (4-3)

LHW - (Title Match) Sho Kitabatake (7-1) Zvonimir Asanovic (5-0)

OW - Heiji Endo (3-1) vs. Niko Soldo (6-2)

WW - Ichisaki Miyagi (3-1) vs. Drazen Gabelich (0-1)

LW - Motoki Hojo (6-2) vs. Marko Prochazka (9-7)

 

Notes: Croatia couldn't come up with a middleweight, so Heiji Endo fights Niko Soldo in an openweight bout.

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#1 United States of America vs. #8 England

HW - Spencer Rubenstein (6-1) vs. Harry Milne (2-2)

LHW - Junior Patinkin (5-2) vs. Wayne McKellen (0-0)

MW - Osmosis Benn (7-1) vs. Rob Baines (1-0)

WW - Josh Aldarisio (6-3) vs. Jim Carpenter (1-1)

LW - (Non Title) Easton Frye (9-0) vs. Graeme Spark (0-0)

 

 

#4 Canada vs. #5 Russia

HW - Alex Frye (9-5) vs. Aleksander Ivanov (2-0)

LHW - Norman Pike (9-2) vs. Mantas Andreyev (11-4)

LHW - (Non Title) JJ Reid (5-0) vs. Nestor Morozov (4-4)

MW - Petey Mack (4-1) Fjodor Kanchelskis (4-1)

LW - Nicholas Bretton (3-1) vs. Fiyero Lermontov (2-1)

 

 

#3 Brazil vs. #6 Indonesia

HW - Josimar Martins (7-3) vs. Tora Mizwar (6-4)

LHW - Affonso Villar (4-2) vs. Bambang Sriyanto (4-2)

MW - Joaquim Fontes (12-6) vs. Mal Phe Roby (1-3)

WW - Manuel Silva (3-0) vs. Sukarno (6-2)

LW - Luiz Machado (7-2) vs. Atep of Indonesia (2-2)

 

 

#2 Japan vs. #7 Croatia

HW- (Non Title) Kunimichi Kikuchi (4-0) vs. Stjepan Andric (4-3)

LHW - (Title Match) Sho Kitabatake (7-1) Zvonimir Asanovic (5-0)

OW - Heiji Endo (3-1) vs. Niko Soldo (6-2)

WW - Ichisaki Miyagi (3-1) vs. Drazen Gabelich (0-1)

LW - Motoki Hojo (6-2) vs. Marko Prochazka (9-7)

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#1 United States of America vs. #8 England

HW - Spencer Rubenstein (6-1) vs. Harry Milne (2-2)

LHW - Junior Patinkin (5-2) vs. Wayne McKellen (0-0)

MW - Osmosis Benn (7-1) vs. Rob Baines (1-0)

WW - Josh Aldarisio (6-3) vs. Jim Carpenter (1-1)

LW - (Non Title) Easton Frye (9-0) vs. Graeme Spark (0-0)

 

 

#4 Canada vs. #5 Russia

HW - Alex Frye (9-5) vs. Aleksander Ivanov (2-0)

LHW - Norman Pike (9-2) vs. Mantas Andreyev (11-4)

LHW - (Non Title) JJ Reid (5-0) vs. Nestor Morozov (4-4)

MW - Petey Mack (4-1) Fjodor Kanchelskis (4-1)

LW - Nicholas Bretton (3-1) vs. Fiyero Lermontov (2-1)

 

 

#3 Brazil vs. #6 Indonesia

HW - Josimar Martins (7-3) vs. Tora Mizwar (6-4)

LHW - Affonso Villar (4-2) vs. Bambang Sriyanto (4-2)

MW - Joaquim Fontes (12-6) vs. Mal Phe Roby (1-3)

WW - Manuel Silva (3-0) vs. Sukarno (6-2)

LW - Luiz Machado (7-2) vs. Atep of Indonesia (2-2)

 

 

#2 Japan vs. #7 Croatia

HW- (Non Title) Kunimichi Kikuchi (4-0) vs. Stjepan Andric (4-3)

LHW - (Title Match) Sho Kitabatake (7-1) Zvonimir Asanovic (5-0)

OW - Heiji Endo (3-1) vs. Niko Soldo (6-2)

WW - Ichisaki Miyagi (3-1) vs. Drazen Gabelich (0-1)

LW - Motoki Hojo (6-2) vs. Marko Prochazka (9-7)

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1995: Year In Review

 

ALPHA-1 still holds the record for attendance internationally (10,391), but GAMMA beat their old attendance record (was 5,122 at GAMMA 30, now 5,848 at GAMMA 45). With each event in 1995, GAMMA broke their old Buy Rate record, finishing the year with 170,877 at GAMMA 48.

 

Retirements: Jack Cobblepot (7-6), Jasper Osmond (4-6), Noah Musch (5-7), Stan Blackheath (3-6), Ernie Bruns (1-6), Santiago Tosso (0-5)

 

This year, damn near every award was kept in house, other than FOTY (Kenny Magilton vs. Eizan Ijichi, ALPHA-1) and the WFOTY (Yeijiro Yamamoto vs. Marco de Almeida, ALPHA-1).

 

Team of the Year went to American Cage Fighters for the second straight year. GAMMA 44 won Show of the Year.

 

Fall of the Year went to Heikichi Shimizu. After being heavily hyped and going on a 4-0 run in 1994, Shimizu lost three straight and is moving down to 155 to revitalize his career. The Rise of the Year really could go to several different fighters, but JJ Reid won it, probably because he was such a dark horse.

 

The Upset of the Year and Submission of the Year went to the same fight. I don't know about SOTY, but the upset award was definitely in Heiji Endo's pocket after he dominated Oleg Dorosklov the way he did.

 

The Fighter of the Year goes to Zvonimir Asanovic. Like Rise of the Year, this award could've gone to a number of fighters.

 

The news at the end of the year was all focused on Fukusaburo Hirano, just as the awards were. He walked away from GAMMA with a boatload of controversy, Rookie of the Year, KO of the Year against Shimizu and Main Event of the Year against Noach Van Der Capellen. He is now signed by Fight League Brazil, looking to help grow a company in much the same way Sean Morrison tried to with ALPHA-1.

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GAMMA Olympics Quarterfinal Round

Saturday Week 4 of February

Atlanta, Georgia

 

All 20 fights tonight were broadcast in a marathon GAMMA event.

Lightweight:

“The Blonde Bomber” Nicholas Bretton (3-1) (CAN) vs. Fiyero Lermentov (2-1) (RUS)

Fiyero fights a smart fight, stays safe and remains a step ahead in all areas.

Official Decision: Fiyero Lermentov wins by Unanimous Decision (50-45) (5:00 of Round 5) (Poor)

 

Lightweight:

Luiz “The Tarantula” Machado (7-2) (BRA) vs. Atep of Indonesia (2-2) (IND)

Machado employs a boring top game in round 1, but finds himself on his back after a big punch from Atep in round 2. He utilized up kicks to get Atep to back off and return to his feet, but he never really seemed to recover. A couple minutes later, Atep connects beautifully on a flying knee for the knock out.

Official Decision: Atep of Indonesia wins by KO (Flying Knee) (4:27 of Round 2) (Decent)

Welterweight:

“The Devil in Blue” Ichisake Miyagi (3-1) (JAP) vs. Drazen Gabelich (0-1) (CRO)

Both rounds were pretty similar, with Miyagi taking Gabelich down, passing the guard after Drazen haphazardly went for a triangle and finishing with some ground and pound from mount. The difference between the two rounds was that the ground and pound in the first was just to score, whereas the ground and pound in the second was to finish.

Official Decision: Ichisake Miyagi wins by TKO (Punches) (4:07 of Round 2) (Good)

 

Lightweight (Non-Title):

Easton “Small” Frye (9-0) (USA) vs. Graeme “Sparky” Spark (0-0) (ENG)

Spark desperately tries to take Frye down, which caused the fight to last much longer than it should have. Frye bloodied Spark up with elbows from crucifix, did some more damage in the second and then finally finished Spark off from side control in the third.

Official Decision: Easton Frye wins by TKO (Strikes) (4:06 of Round 3) (Great)

 

Middleweight:

“The Mack Attack” Petey Mack (4-1) (CAN) vs. “The Russian Nightmare” Fjodor Kanchelskis (4-1) (RUS)

Mack had some success with his striking, but Fjodor was really grinding him down against the cage and probably would’ve dropped a decision had the fight gone longer. As Mack started to fade, he loaded up on one big punch that ended the fight a second before the end of the round.

Official Decision: Petey Mack wins by KO (Punch) (4:59 of Round 3) (Good)

 

Light Heavyweight:

Affonso “The Cyborg” Villar (4-2) (BRA) vs. Bambang Sriyanto (4-2) (IND)

These two have a good, back and forth striking bout. Sriyanto looked like he wanted to take the fight to the ground a few times, but he didn’t end up needing to as he knocked Villar out with a big counter punch.

Official Decision: Bambang Sriyanto wins by KO (Punch) (4:57 of Round 2) (Good)

 

Welterweight:

Josh “TNT” Aldarisio (6-3) (USA) vs. Jim Carpenter (1-1) (ENG)

Both guys tried to establish themselves as the better wrestler early on. Carpenter ended up winning out, but a big part of that was Aldarisio’s nonexistent gas tank. After several rounds of being outwrestled, Aldarisio was finally finished by strikes in the fourth.

Official Decision: Jim Carpenter wins by TKO (Punches) (1:18 of Round 4) (Average)

Heavyweight (Non-Title):

“Unstoppable K” Kunimichi Kikuchi (4-0) (JAP) vs. Stjepan “The Mammoth” Andric (4-3) (CRO)

Kikuchi takes Andric down and hits him with steady shots from crucifix, giving the ref no choice but to stop the fight.

Official Decision: Kunimichi Kikuchi wins by TKO (Strikes) (3:16 of Round 1) (Good)

 

Middleweight:

Joaquim “Assassino Silencioso” Fontes (12-6) (BRA) vs. Mal Phe Roby (1-3) (IND)

Fontes had the weight of his nation on him in this one, as a loss meant Indonesia would be moving on to the semifinals. Roby rocked Fontes early, but Fontes was able to hang in the fight over the next couple rounds with takedowns and ground dominance. Fontes then surprisingly bludgeoned Roby from the Thai clinch, but again found himself rocked and this time dropped in the fourth round. Roby followed up for the finish, avoiding a couple submission attempts, but eventually succumbing to a triangle.

Official Decision: Joaquim Fontes wins by Submission (Triangle) (3:19 of Round 4) (Fantastic)

FOTN Award Winner

Light Heavyweight:

“The Iron Man” Junior Patinkin (5-2) (USA) vs. “The Doctor” Wayne McKellen (0-0) (ENG)

McKellen actually won the first couple rounds, focusing all his attention on staying off his back and doing what striking he could. Once Patinkin finally got McKellen down, he decimated him with shots from within the guard.

Official Decision: Junior Patinkin wins by TKO (Strikes) (4:13 of Round 3) (Decent)

 

Heavyweight:

Alex Frye (9-5) (CAN) vs. “The Great Bear” Alexander Ivanov (2-0) (RUS)

This ended up being a pretty even grappling match where both guys game plan was to wear the other out. It pretty much resulted in both guys getting exhausted and Frye toughed it out just that little bit more to end the very close fight with a submission.

Official Decision: Alex Frye wins by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) (4:55 of Round 4) (Decent)

Openweight:

Heiji “The Immortal” Endo (3-1) (JAP) vs. “The Gladiator” Niko Soldo (6-2) (CRO)

With these guys being equal size, Endo definitely would’ve won the fight. The thing that made this fight interesting was the weight disparity, with Endo really having to get crafty with his wrestling and deal with Soldo’s punching power. The fight was headed to a hard to call judges decision when Endo shockingly knocked the bigger man out with an uppercut, moving Japan on to the next round.

Official Decision: Heiji Endo wins by KO (Uppercut) (3:44 of Round 5) (Great)

 

Welterweight:

Manuel “The Prodigy” Silva (3-0) (BRA) vs. “Fury Awoken” Sukarno (6-2) (IND)

Sukarno gets another one of his signature, lightning fast stoppages. What’s even more is that it moves Indonesia on to the semifinals of the GAMMA Olympics.

Official Decision: Sukarno wins by TKO (Strikes) (1:01 of Round 1) (Good)

 

Middleweight:

Osmosis Benn (7-1) (USA) vs. “The Sandman” Rob Baines (1-0) (ENG)

Baines game plan to force this fight to go into the later rounds was good, but he just didn’t have any offensive weapons to accentuate his cardio advantage. Benn’s massive weight cut took a lot out of him, but even at a greatly weakened state later in the fight, he was still able to outwrestle the Englishman. This fight locked up the semifinal birth for the United States.

Official Decision: Osmosis Benn wins by Unanimous Decision (50-45, 49-46, 49-46) (5:00 of Round 5) (Decent)

 

Light Heavyweight (Non-Title):

“The Amazing” JJ Reid (5-0) (CAN) vs. Nestor “The Anvil” Morozov (RUS)

Morozov bullies Reid around in the first couple rounds, but Reid outlasts him, outpointing him in the final 3 rounds to squeak by on the scorecards as well as moving Canada on to the next round.

Official Decision: JJ Reid wins by Unanimous Decision (48-47) (5:00 of Round 5) (Poor)

 

Lightweight:

“The Wing Chun Superstar” Motoki Hojo (6-2) (JAP) vs. “The Man of Steel” Marko Prochazka (9-7) (CRO)

Prochazka takes Hojo down at will, but Hojo utilizes a butterfly guard well. It isn’t until the third round that Marko is actually able to stay on top of him and pass the guard. Marko ends up TKO’ing Hojo from mount, winning a fight for Croatia, but still coming up short.

Official Decision: Marko Prochazka wins by TKO (Strikes) (4:25 of Round 3) (Great)

 

Heavyweight:

“The Reaper” Spencer Rubenstein (6-1) (USA) vs. “The Bulldog” Harry Milne (2-2) (ENG)

Rubenstein uses his wrestling in reverse well as he beats Milne up on the feet and avoids the ground game. Milne’s persistence pays off as his ninth takedown attempt gets him the upset armbar victory over the former champ.

Official Decision: Harry Milne wins by Submission (Armbar) (3:41 of Round 3) (Good)

 

Heavyweight:

Josimar Martins (7-3) (BRA) vs. Tora “Bull” Mizwar (6-4) (IND)

Martins rocks the much smaller man early, but Mizwar shows not only a lot of heart, but a lot of power as he drops Martins and then finishes him off with strikes from mount.

Official Decision: Tora Mizwar wins by TKO (Strikes) (3:07 of Round 1) (Good)

Light Heavyweight:

“Stormin” Norman Pike (9-2) (CAN) vs. Mantas Andreyev (11-4) (RUS)

This was kind of like watching a prime Mantas Andreyev fight the current, somewhat past his prime Mantas Andreyev. Pike dropped Mantas with punches early, but instead of foolishly rushing into his guard, he made him stand back up. From there, the fight was a lot of battling back and forth in the clinch with a takedown here or there. Andreyev got a takedown in the fourth, but found himself fending off submissions instead of attacking. Pike gets the second ever submission victory against Mantas, tapping him with a kimura.

Official Decision: Norman Pike wins by Submission (Kimura) (3:01 of Round 4) (Average)

SOTN Award Winner

Light Heavyweight Championship:

Sho Kitabatake (7-1) (JAP) vs. Zvonimir “The Croatian Sensation” Asanovic (5-0) (CRO)

Despite Croatia being knocked out as quickly as they possibly could’ve, Asanovic still had a lot to fight for in this one because his newly won title was on the line. He came into the bout with a fantastic strategy to catch Sho as he shot in and it worked to perfection as he knocked him out on the first shot with an uppercut.

Official Decision: Zvonimir Asanovic wins by KO (Uppercut) (2:35 of Round 1) (Great)

KOTN Award Winner

 

Post Fight Report:

Attendance = 6,629 ($530,320)

Buy Rate = 165,900 ($995,400)

Critical Success = Good

Commercial Success = Great

 

#1 USA defeats #8 England 3-2

#4 Canada defeats #5 Russia 4-1

#6 Indonesia defeats #3 Brazil 4-1

#2 Japan defeats #7 Croatia 3-2

 

The Olympic semifinals will be held in late April/early May and will pit The United States against Canada and Indonesia against Japan.

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JANUARY & FEBRUARY MMA News

 

GAMMA Becomes Mid Level National

 

GAMMA Signings:

Ikku Funaki (ISL) (2-0), Alan Kendall (0-0), Dwayne Alleyne (0-0), John Harrison (0-0), Korekiyo Anzai (0-0), Fumiaki Hayashi (ALPHA 1/ISL) (4-0)

 

GAMMA Releases:

Gerson Mauricio (0-3), Mick Curran (8-9), Chew Chua (6-4), Kenneth Toadspew (1-3), Syed Tan (2-4), Kendall Tracey (2-4), Mark Cohen (0-2)

 

Retirements:

None

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GAMMA 49 VDC vs. Stephens

Saturday Week 2 of March

Las Vegas, Nevada

 

PRELIMS

 

Middleweight:

Jonathan “The Locust” Huang (0-0) vs. Jaromir Grygera (0-0)

Huang struggles to get Grygera down, but as soon as he does it became an easy armbar victory.

Official Decision: Jonathan Huang wins by Submission (Armbar) (4:20 of Round 3) (Good)

Lightweight:

“Black Belt” Jay Dorridge (0-0) vs. Gustavo “Argentinian Samurai” Bautista (0-2)

Bautista was able to avoid the ground game altogether, but his striking output suffered because of it and he came out on the wrong end of a split decision.

Official Decision: Jay Dorridge wins by Split Decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 5) (Average)

 

Welterweight:

“The Fist of Justice” Ikku Funaki (2-0) vs. Buzzy Tuttle (0-1)

Funaki peppers Tuttle with blows, eventually dropping him. As he stands over Tuttle, he sweeps his leg to the side and knocks him out with a big diving punch.

Official Decision: Ikku Funaki wins by KO (Punch) (3:15 of Round 1)

KOTN Award Winner

Middleweight:

Adam “Hollywood” White (0-0) vs. Haranobu Oshiro (3-4)

White takes Oshiro down and obliterates him from mount. Oshiro blamed his performance on his training camp, but I don’t think that will save his job.

Official Decision: Adam White wins by TKO (Strikes) (3:45 of Round 1) (Decent)

Light Heavyweight:

“The Bad Element” Curt Kitson (2-1) vs. “The Hamburg Hammer” Jacob Matthaus (2-2)

Matthaus really never showed up and was dominated in all areas. Kitson finished the fight by hurting and dropping Matthaus with strikes, then submitting him with an armbar.

Official Decision: Curt Kitson wins by Submission (Armbar) (2:21 of Round 4) (Poor)

SOTN Award Winner

 

Lightweight:

Georges Nouri (3-1) vs. Henry “The King” Baldwin (2-3)

Baldwin wins an extremely forgettable decision.

Official Decision: Henry “The King” Baldwin wins by Unanimous Decision (48-47) (Poor)

 

MAIN CARD

Welterweight:

Vikram “Punishment” Sithalayan (4-3) vs. “The X Factor” Xie Ming (4-5)

In a typical striker versus grappler match up, Ming tried his best to keep Sithalayan at bay, but found himself taken down in both rounds and finished with an armbar in the second.

Official Decision: Vikram Sithalayan wins by Submission (Armbar) (2:28 of Round 2) (Great)

FOTN Award Winner

 

Lightweight:

“The Peruvian Punisher” Claudio Palacios (5-3) vs. Ejiro Yanagita (7-8)

Whoever lost this fight would likely be cut, so it was a do or die fight for both men. Palacios seemed to understand the urgency far better than his Japanese opponent, as he dominated him on the ground, eventually winning with a guillotine choke.

Official Decision: Claudio Palacios wins by Submission (Guillotine) (2:12 of Round 2) (Decent)

 

Light Heavyweight:

Yoritomo Ina (6-3) vs. Ken Peters (3-0)

Making his debut after going 3-0 in ALPHA-1, Peters showed off an unstoppable takedown, but not much else. He had almost no success in getting out of the guard and didn’t do much of anything from within the guard.

Official Decision: Ken Peters wins by Unanimous Decision (49-46) (5:00 of Round 5) (Average)

 

Lightweight:

“The Banker” Frank Romita (4-1) vs. Seth “Submission King” O’Breen (3-1)

Both of these guys are coming off losses in the semifinals of last years Lightweight Grand Prix. O’Breen showed off his ground skills, taking Romita down and attaining back control. Instead of living up to his nickname, he let go with his hands until the ref broke them up.

Official Decision: Seth O’Breen wins by TKO (Punches) (4:45 of Round 1)

 

Heavyweight:

“The Tower of Power” Tim Boyer (5-2) vs. Yoshikazu “Fat Boy” Inamoto (6-4)

Both of these guys were snubbed from their respective Olympic teams (More so Boyer than Inamoto). This fight makes a major case for making at least heavyweight fights 3 rounds instead of 5. Boyer outpoints Inamoto, but the action slowed to a crawl after both guys gassed sometime in the third round.

Official Decision: Tim Boyer wins by Unanimous Decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 5) (Very Poor)

 

Welterweight Grand Prix Championship:

“The Super Animal” Noach Van Der Capellen (9-2) vs. “The Strategist” Rufus Stephens (3-0-1)

This match was made to erase the memory of Fukusaburo Hirano and the mess that was the Welterweight Grand Prix final. These guys certainly did the best they could to make fans forget that, as the put on a great fight. VDC had Stephens stunned several times on the feet, while Stephens bloodied VDC with ground and pound from mount. The fight was paused multiple times to check Noach’s cut, but it was allowed to continue and he eventually came out on top of a split decision.

Official Decision: Noach Van Der Capellen wins by Split Decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 5) (Great)

 

Post Fight Report:

Attendance = 11,316 ($1,131,600)

Buy Rate = 187,110 ($1,122,660)

Critical Success = Good

Commercial Success = Poor

 

Jonathan Huang is out for 4 months with a stomach injury.

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Friday Night Fights Marazzina vs. Akita

Friday Week 3 of March

Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

 

PRELIMS

 

Light Heavyweight:

“The Dragon” Tadamasa Yamada (0-0) vs. “The Hand Grenade” Valentin Taneyev (0-0)

Basically, Yamada outwrestles Taneyev.

Official Decision: Tadamasa Yamada wins by Unanimous Decision (50-45) (5:00 of Round 5) (Decent)

Welterweight:

“Thunder and Lightning” Tyler Lass (0-1) vs. Matsudaira Sutoh (0-1)

After several rounds of wall and stall by Sutoh, Lass drops him with a head kick and finishes him with an RNC.

Official Decision: Tyler Lass wins by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) (2:50 of Round 5) (Decent)

SOTN Award Winner

Lightweight:

“The Madman From Michigan” Beau Gorshin (1-1) vs. Duey Rickert (0-1)

Gorshin dominates on the ground, attaining crucifix once and mount a few times, but just couldn’t put Rickert away.

Official Decision: Beau Gorshin wins by Unanimous Decision (49-46, 50-44, 50-45) (5:00 of Round 5) (Average)

 

Heavyweight:

Palmer “Daddy Bear” Lette (0-0) vs. Christopher “The Knife” Sharp (1-3)

Lette stuffs a takedown and then pounds Sharp out for a TKO.

Official Decision: Palmer Lette wins by TKO (Punches) (1:42 of Round 1) (Good)

 

MAIN CARD

 

Welterweight:

Bud “The Rocket” Brockett (2-1) vs. “The Savage” Datuk Ong Ta King (2-1)

This was a solid fight where Brockett tried to wear King down against the fence, but Datuk fought him off at every step along the way. In the end, Datuk drops Brockett with a hook against the fence and then flurries on him on the ground for the stoppage.

Official Decision: Datuk Ong Ta King wins by TKO (Strikes) (3:12 of Round 4) (Good)

 

Middleweight:

Dexter “D-Man” Darling (2-2) vs. Humberto “The Hit Man” Falcao (3-4)

Darling takes Falcao down in round 1 and damn near finishes him with an armbar. He decides to stand with Falcao in the second which ends up being his downfall.

Official Decision: Humberto Falcao wins by TKO (Strikes) (4:58 of Round 2) (Fantastic)

FOTN Award Winner

Light Heavyweight:

Glenn Lane (1-0) vs. Matti “The Hammer” Kurri (1-0)

Kurri completely outgrapples Lane and eventually finishes him with strikes on the ground.

Official Decision: Matti Kurri wins by TKO (Strikes) (2:10 of Round 2) (Good)

 

Lightweight:

Francesco Marazzina (10-4) vs. Kenji “Star” Akita (3-0)

From the very start to the very end of the fight, Akita was landing punch after punch on Marazzina’s chin.

Official Decision: Kenji Akita wins by TKO (Punches) (:44 of Round 1) (Good)

KOTN Award Winner

 

Post Fight Report:

Attendance = 4,584 ($458,400)

Buy Rate = N/A

Critical Success = Great

Commercial Success = Decent

 

Marazzina is going to take 8 months off

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GAMMA 50 Fezzik vs. Herringbone

Saturday Week 4 of March

San Jose, California

 

PRELIMS

Lightweight:

Korekiyo Anzai (0-0) vs. “The Specialist” Darren Southall (0-0)

Southall got a couple of takedowns, but that turned out to be his downfall as he was caught in a triangle.

Official Decision: Korekiyo Anzai wins by Submission (Triangle) (4:09 of Round 2) (Decent)

 

Welterweight:

John “Hardcase” Harrison (0-0) vs. Iain “The Elite” Fussell (0-0)

Fussell got the better of Harrison on the feet and on the ground, eventually armbarring him.

Official Decision: Iain Fussell wins by Submission (Armbar) (2:35 of Round 4) (Decent)

 

Middleweight:

Dwayne “The Payne” Alleyne (0-0) vs. “Superstar” Stuart Strange (0-0)

Strange executes highlight reel slam after highlight reel slam and passes all over Alleyne on the ground, but really doesn’t take advantage of his dominant positions with strikes or submissions.

Official Decision: Stuart Strange wins by Unanimous Decision (50-45) (5:00 of Round 5) (Average)

 

Middleweight:

Guillermo “T-Bone” Morales (0-1) vs. “Sick” Shozaburo Kuramoto (1-1)

Morales takes Kuramoto down and after trying to pass to mount several times, he settles for pounding Shozaburo out from side control.

Official Decision: Guillermo Morales wins by TKO (Strikes) (4:54 of Round 1) (Decent)

 

Welterweight:

“Dangerous” David Allen (4-3) vs. Taki Inouye (1-1)

Allen takes Inouye down in every round, but spends almost all of his top control fighting off submissions.

Official Decision: David Allen wins by Unanimous Decision (49-46) (5:00 of Round 5) (Poor)

Lightweight:

George “Full Force” Astaire (4-3) vs. Bhumibol Ektawatkul (2-2)

Astaire takes Ektawatkul down and armbars Bhumibol, but he refuses to tap. His arm was possibly broken, causing the ref to stop the fight.

Official Decision: George Astaire wins by Technical Submission (Armbar) (4:41 of Round 1) (Decent)

SOTN Award Winner

 

MAIN CARD

 

Lightweight:

“The Lightning Kid” Fumiaki Hayashi (4-0) vs. “G-Force” Rodolphe Gygax (3-1)

Coming over from ALPHA-1, Hayashi lives up to the lofty expectations had of him and then some. He immediately drops Gygax with a spinning back round house and gets the fight stopped with a handful more punches on the ground.

Official Decision: Fumiaki Hayashi wins by TKO (Strikes) (:46 of Round 1) (Good)

 

Welterweight:

Carlos da Guia (2-1) vs. Carlos dos Santos (2-1)

2 minutes into the fight da Guia gets a highlight reel KO in the form of a leaping head kick.

Official Decision: Carlos da Guia wins by KO (Head Kick) (2:05 of Round 1) (Great)

 

Middleweight:

“Brickhouse” Thorbjorn Rekdal (4-2) vs. “Mr. Awesome” Carl Ratcliffe (6-4)

Rekdal drops Ratcliffe with a push cliff and stops him with a flurry of vicious strikes on the ground.

Official Decision: Thorbjorn Rekdal wins by TKO (Strikes) (2:38 of Round 1) (Great)

 

Light Heavyweight:

John “The Ripper” Rivero (3-1) vs. “The Bringer of Pain” Khru Duangjan (3-1)

As expected, Khru had a huge advantage on the feet and Rivero had a huge advantage on the ground. Duangjan had Rivero hurt a couple times, but Rivero was able to survive with his guard and with takedowns. In the end, Rivero TKO’d Khru with relentless punches from mount.

Official Decision: John Rivero wins by TKO (Strikes) (4:46 of Round 3) (Great)

FOTN Award Winner

Heavyweight:

Hiro Arai (5-4) vs. Graham “The Man Mountain” Goodbody (9-4)

Goodbody gassed early and found himself eating leg kicks and eventually an uppercut that separated him from his senses.

Official Decision: Hiro Arai wins by KO (Uppercut) (1:16 of Round 3) (Decent)

KOTN Award Winner

 

Heavyweight:

“The Big Bad” Hassan Fezzik (3-0) vs. Lawrence “The Law” Herringbone (3-0)

Herringbone knees Fezzik in the thigh against the cage for a good chunk of the first five minutes. Fezzik comes out in the second round with a sense of urgency, taking Herringbone down early. He passes all over Lawrence and threatens with submissions, but eventually just pounds him out from back mount.

Official Decision: Hassan Fezzik wins by TKO (Strikes) (2:44 of Round 2) (Decent)

Post Fight Report:

Attendance = 9,745 ($974,500)

Buy Rate = 173,362 ($1,040,172)

Critical Success = Good

Commercial Success = Very Poor

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MARCH NEWS

 

GAMMA Signings:

Lucas (0-0), Evan Gardner (0-0), Kaito Akimoto (0-0), Zsolt Hargitay (0-0). Liam O’Donnell ALPHA-1 (2-0), Bryan Van Den Hauwe, ALPHA-1 (4-0)

 

GAMMA Releases:

Ejiro Yanagita (7-9), Xie Ming (4-6), Christopher Sharp (1-4),

 

Other News:

Mean Machines Cagefighting debuts

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GAMMA 51 Stanley vs. Cabal

Saturday Week 2 of April

New Jersey

 

PRELIMS

Welterweight:

Lucas (0-0) vs. “The Prince of Leglocks” Kaito Akimoto (0-0)

This was a dead even clinch fest.

Official Decision: Lucas wins by Split Decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 5) (Average)

 

Welterweight:

Alan “Flash” Kendall (0-0) vs. Procopio “Porco” Golias (0-0)

Basically, it was Kendall’s leg kicks against Golias’ wall and stall with Kendall’s kicks winning out.

Official Decision: Alan Kendall wins by Unanimous Decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 5) (Decent)

 

Heavyweight:

Jeff “The Rock” Carlton (0-0) vs. Ari “The Finnisher” Peltonen (0-0)

Peltonen was beat up in the sprawl position in the first round after failing to take Carlton down. He used this to his advantage in the second, feinting a takedown and then knocking Carlton out with a straight right.

Official Decision: Ari Peltonen wins by KO (Punch) (1:08 of Round 2) (Great)

 

Lightweight:

“Pain Express” Go Yamamoto (1-0) vs. “Ice Cold” Lars Bohlin (1-0)

Bohlin bloodied Yamamoto up with ground and pound, especially in the first round with elbows from mount. As the fight progressed, he struggled to take Go down, but that didn’t end up mattering as he got a huge one punch KO.

Official Decision: Lars Bohlin wins by KO (Uppercut) (3:05 of Round 4) (Decent)

KOTN Award Winner

 

Welterweight:

Templeton “The Body” Crumb (3-1) vs. Ricardo Fernandes (0-1)

Crumb dominated the early portion of the fight, blitzing Fernandes with strikes and nearly stopping him a couple times. Unfortunately, he blew his wad and found himself KO’d by a head kick.

Official Decision: Ricardo Fernandes wins by KO (Head Kick) (:49 of Round 4) (Great)

FOTN Award Winner

 

Lightweight:

Yoshiro Makamori (2-1) vs. HM Menzel (2-2)

Makamori takes Menzel down and shows his lack of submission defense, tapping him with a rear naked choke, despite not having any hooks in.

Official Decision: Yoshiro Makamori wins by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) (3:58 of Round 1) (Great)

 

MAIN CARD

Middleweight:

“The Islander” Neil Napier (2-0) vs. Tadao Miyazaki (1-1)

Official Decision: Neil Napier wins by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) (3:32 of Round 1) (Great)

 

Welterweight:

Dominykas “Slamkovic” Jankovic (3-0) vs. Slade Cregg (2-2)

Both guys came in with the same game plan of putting their opponent on the fence and looking for a takedown. Neither guy really established themselves, leading to a razor thin decision.

Official Decision: Slade Cregg wins by Split Decision (48-47, 46-49, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 5) (Poor)

 

Light Heavyweight:

Christian “Overload” Mountfield (6-3) vs. “Blood Spirit” Hyun-Shik Lim (5-2)

Mountfield looked to win the decision by getting takedowns and top control, but not doing anything else. Lim ended up on his back quite a bit, but he did far and away more damage. In the end, the judges actually valued damage over top control for once.

Official Decision: Hyun-Shik Lim wins by Split Decision (47-48, 48-47, 49-46) (5:00 of Round 5) (Average)

Middleweight:

“The Anarchist” Matthew Dean (5-2) vs. Buddy Garner (5-2)

This was a very solid ground battle between two of the best grapplers in the middleweight division. Both men had a lot of top control and submission attempts, but where Dean pushed ahead was with his ground and pound.

Official Decision: Matthew Dean wins by Unanimous Decision (48-47) (5:00 of Round 5) (Good)

 

Welterweight:

“Dangerous” Darin Blood (4-2) vs. “The Ice Cold Swede” Lukas Mellberg (6-2)

Blood lands a couple blows early, but just couldn’t stay on his feet. Mellberg took Blood down easily, mounted him and then forced Blood to give up his back from strikes. Lukas sunk in the hooks and it wasn’t long until Blood was tapping from an RNC.

Official Decision: Lukas Mellberg wins by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) (3:42 of Round 1) (Great)

SOTN Award Winner

 

Heavyweight:

“The Baddest Man in MMA” Terron Cabal (4-0) vs. “The Pit Bull” Rick Stanley (11-6)

After a lot of circling, Cabal annihilates Stanley with a flurry of punches.

Official Decision: Terron Cabal wins by TKO (Strikes) (3:15 of Round 1) (Poor)

 

Post Fight Report:

Attendance = 10,315 ($1,031,500)

Buy Rate = 172,134 ($1,032,804)

Critical Success = Decent

Commercial Success = Very Poor

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GAMMA 52 Dorosklov vs. da Costa

Saturday Week 4 of April

Nevada

 

PRELIMS

Heavyweight:

“Grande Urso” Murilo Satinho (0-0) vs. “Polish Power” Grzegorz Boniek (0-0)

Boniek failed to implement his wrestling game, which lead to him taking some unnecessary damage and lose out on a decision.

Official Decision: Murilo Satinho wins by Unanimous Decision (49-45, 49-46, 49-46) (5:00 of Round 5) (Poor)

 

Light Heavyweight:

Rafael van der Moot (0-0) vs. “Lethal” Lenny McFadden (0-1)

Van der Moot works leg kicks effectively and then knocks McFadden out during a wild exchange with a big right.

Official Decision: Rafael van der Moot wins by KO (Punch) (1:35 of Round 2) (Good)

 

Welterweight:

Ryota “Ronan” Sugimoto (0-0) vs. Rafael “Slick” Tavares (1-2)

After multiple rounds of Sugimoto putting Tavares against the cage, it was Rafael who eventually got the takedown and then obliterated Sugimoto with elbows from within the guard.

Official Decision: Rafael Tavares wins by TKO (Elbows) (2:59 of Round 3) (Average)

Lightweight:

Benny “The Jet” Danare (2-1) vs. “The Tropical Tornado” Azor Portela Nunes (1-2)

This ended up being a very subjective decision where it came down to whether you value effective grappling or effective striking more.

Official Decision: Azor Portela Nunes wins by Split Decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 5) (Decent)

Light Heavyweight:

“The Punisher” Marlon John (2-0) vs. “The Scourge of Europe” Nicolai Mickiewicz (4-3)

John outwrestled Nicolai early, but gassed, allowing him to steal the last two rounds.

Official Decision: Marlon John wins by Unanimous Decision (48-47) (5:00 of Round 5) (Poor)

 

Lightweight:

Greg Chiang (5-3) vs. “The Latino Wild Cat” Agustin Gonzalez (2-2)

Gonzalez drops Chiang with the first punch and never lets him recover, TKO’ing him from mount.

Official Decision: Agustin Gonzalez wins by TKO (Strikes) (:55 of Round 1) (Good)

 

MAIN CARD

 

Middleweight:

Thais Antonio Taffarel (6-3) vs. Ieyoshi Yamashita (4-3)

Yamashita was on his way to winning a decision based on Taffarel’s inability to stop him from taking it down when he was dropped with a head kick. Thais took advantage of his opportunity, getting the referee stoppage.

Official Decision: Thais Antonio Taffarel wins by TKO (Strikes) (:44 of Round 5) (Decent)

Openweight:

“Swedish Superman” Gunnar Nilsson (6-3) vs. Henrik “Ice” Berg (5-4-1)

Nilsson gets Berg’d.

Official Decision: Henrik Berg wins by Unanimous Decision (48-47) (5:00 of Round 5)

 

Lightweight:

Heikichi Shimizu (4-3) vs. Kanji Togo (8-6)

This was a great bout as so many times Togo had Shimizu on the edge of being knocked out, but Heikichi hung in there and eventually won what was essentially a loser gets cut match with a guillotine.

Official Decision: Heikichi Shimizu wins by Submission (Guillotine) (4:33 of Round 4) (Fantastic)

FOTN & SOTN Award Winner

Welterweight:

“The Show Stopper” Jack Humphreys (5-3) vs. “Mercenary” Mills Mullally (5-4)

Official Decision: Jack Humphreys wins by TKO (Strikes) (3:47 of Round 1) (Decent)

 

Heavyweight:

“The Pit Bull” Gary Sampson (7-6) vs. “Mr. Saturday Night” Phil Verdigree (9-8)

Verdigree put a 10-8 beating on Sampson in round 1, but gassed himself out. The next several rounds were essentially an exhausted battle until Verdigree ended it suddenly with one hook.

Official Decision: Phil Verdigree wins by KO (Punch) (4:58 of Round 4) (Good)

KOTN Award Winner

 

Middleweight:

Oleg Dorosklov (14-2) vs. Leonardo da Costa (5-2)

Dorosklov wins a splitting hairs kind of decision.

Official Decision: Oleg Dorosklov wins by Unanimous Decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 5)

Post Fight Report:

Attendance = 5,669 ($453,520)

Buy Rate = 165,550 ($993,300)

Critical Success = Decent

Commercial Success = Decent

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GAMMA Olympics Semifinal Round

Saturday Week 2 of May

Georgia

 

Lightweight:

“The Wing Chun Superstar” Motoki Hojo (6-3) (JAP) vs. Atep of Indonesia (3-2) (IND)

Atep peppers Indonesia with blows in the first round and then finishes him with one big punch in the second.

Official Decision: Atep of Indonesia wins by KO (Punch) (1:09 of Round 2) (Good)

KOTN Award Winner

 

Lightweight (Non-Title):

Easton “Small” Frye (10-0) (USA) vs. “The Blonde Bomber” Nicholas Bretton (3-2) (CAN)

Bretton tries to use Frye’s own game against him and it backfires big time. As he shot in, he was clipped with a big punch and then TKO’d with shots on the ground.

Official Decision: Easton Frye wins by TKO (Strikes) (2:56 of Round 1) (Great)

 

Middleweight:

Heiji “The Immortal” Endo (4-1) (JAP) vs. Mal Phe Roby (1-4) (IND)

Endo wins a split decision. He dominated with his takedowns, but didn’t do much damage, leading to the close decision.

Official Decision: Heiji Endo wins by Split Decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) (5:00 of Round 5) (Average)

 

Welterweight (Non-Title):

Josh “TNT” Aldarisio (6-4) (USA) vs. “The Amazing” JJ Reid (6-0) (CAN)

Aldarisio dominates with his wrestling, but finds himself succumbing to a standing guillotine late in the fight.

Official Decision: JJ Reid wins by Submission (Standing Guillotine) (3:56 of Round 4) (Decent)

 

Welterweight:

“The Devil in Blue” Ichisake Miyagi (4-1) (JAP) vs. “Fury Awoken” Sukarno (7-2) (IND)

Sukarno nearly finished Miyagi early, but even when he wasn’t able to he still dominated most of the fight with his sprawl and brawl strategy. He was nearly finished after being dropped with a clinch uppercut in the fourth, but Sukarno was able to hold on to win a decision.

Official Decision: Sukarno wins by Unanimous Decision (49-46) (5:00 of Round 5) (Average)

 

Heavyweight:

“The Reaper” Spencer Rubenstein (6-2) (USA) vs. Alex Frye (10-5) (CAN)

Official Decision: Spencer Rubenstein wins by TKO (Strikes) (1:49 of Round 1) (Good)

 

Light Heavyweight:

Sho Kitabatake (7-2) (JAP) vs. Bambang Sriyanto (5-2) (IND)

After each man nearly finished the other, Kitabatake finally ended the fight with an armbar.

Official Decision: Sho Kitabatake wins by Submission (Armbar) (4:38 of Round 3) (Great)

FOTN Award Winner

 

Middleweight:

Osmosis Benn (8-1) (USA) vs. “The Mack Attack” Petey Mack (5-1) (CAN)

Mack surprisingly outgrapples Benn, finishing him with a rear naked choke.

Official Decision: Petey Mack wins by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) (4:34 of Round 3) (Great)

SOTN Award Winner

Osmosis Benn missed weight by 3 pounds.

 

Heavyweight (Non-Title):

“Unstoppable K” Kunimichi Kikuchi (5-0) (JAP) vs. Tora “Bull” Mizwar (7-4) (IND)

After battling back and forth for a takedown, Kikuchi’s size eventually proves to be too much. He slams Mizwar down, mounts him easily and then pounds him out to move Japan on to the final.

Official Decision: Kunimichi Kikuchi wins by TKO (Strikes) (4:55 of Round 1) (Good)

Light Heavyweight:

“The Iron Man” Junior Patinkin (6-2) (USA) vs. “Stormin” Norman Pike (10-2) (CAN)

Patinkin was well on his way to winning a decision with good wrestling and ground work when Pike got the huge come from behind armbar victory.

Official Decision: Norman Pike wins by Submission (Armbar) (3:16 of Round 5) (Good)

 

Post Fight Report:

 

Attendance = 6,243 ($499,440)

Buy Rate = 165,550 ($993,300)

Critical Success = Great

Commercial Success = Good

 

(#2) Japan defeats (#6) Indonesia 3-2

(#4) Canada defeats (#1) USA 3-2

 

With Osmosis Benn missing weight for the third time, GAMMA officials have stated that he will either have to move up to light heavyweight or move on to another company.

 

JJ Reid, the current GAMMA Middleweight Champion, has won fights at both Light Heavyweight and Welterweight during the GAMMA Olympics, making a huge case for his pound for pound status.

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APRIL, MAY & JUNE NEWS

 

GAMMA Signings:

Evgeni Medtner (0-0), Hovhannas Javakhyan (0-0), Pedro Alves (0-0), Renato (0-0), Toby Sorkin (0-0), Dag Kreuger (0-0), Lubos Plasil (0-0), Manoel Cabal (0-0), Nilton Fantoni (0-0), Wilson Franklyn (0-0), Tonson Ono (ISL Middleweight Champion) (12-6), Chuck Dooley (0-0), Yagi Jokichi (0-0), Sebastian Fernandez (0-0)

 

GAMMA Releases:

Gary Sampson (7-7), Nestor Morozov (4-5), Jacob Matthaus (2-3), Lenny McFadden (0-2), Mal Phe Roby (1-5), Haranobu Oshiro (3-5), Dexter Darling (2-3), Buzzy Tuttle (0-2), Matsudaira Satoh (0-2), Gustavo Bautista (0-3), Bhumibol Ektawatkul (2-3), Duey Rickert (0-2)

 

GAMMA has now added a 145 pound division, allowing some of the smaller lightweights to drop down from the crowded lightweight division.