GAMMA - From The Start

wshred13 · May 21, 2013

<div style="text-align:center;">GAMMA 69 Reid vs. Sriyanto

Saturday Week 4 of May, 1997

Massachusetts

PRELIMS

MW – Billy Russell (0-0) vs. Sebastian Schiller (0-1) – Russell takes Schiller down and after a scramble, actually ends up on his back. It doesn’t end up mattering as he is still able to tap Schiller with a guillotine. (3:24 of Round 1)

MW – Bill Brown (0-0) vs. Esteban Vega (0-0) – Bill Brown wins an extremely one dimensional decision, showing only a solid takedown and an inability to pass the guard. The rare times Vega was able to stay on his feet, he tagged Brown with some good punches. (5:00 of Round 5)

LHW – Tikhon Diev (0-0) vs. Brody Howles (0-0) – These two proved to be evenly matched ground and pound specialists with Diev edging out a 48-47 decision. (5:00 of Round 5)

LHW – Sharaku Kon (0-0) vs. Ranieri Fernanda (0-1) – Fernanda wins a lackluster decision. (5:00 of Round 5)

MW – Isaiah Monroe (1-0) vs. Evan Gardner (1-1) – Monroe dominated the early part of the fight, posting a near 10-8 ground and pound round in the first. However, the highly touted prospect gassed out and was outwrestled for most of the rest of the fight. Monroe still ended up winning a highly controversial split decision. (5:00 of Round 5)

LHW – Toby Sorkin (1-1) vs. Jiroemon Hasegawa (1-0) - Both guys showed a lackluster top game in the twelve minutes this fight lasted, but Sorkin showed a tremendous guard, locking Hasegawa up with a tight triangle for the victory. (2:02 of Round 3)

LHW – Rafael Van Der Moot (2-1) vs. Mark Cohen (1-2) – Cohen failed on nearly a dozen takedown attempts en route to getting brutally TKO’d by the superior striker in Van Der Moot. (:17 of Round 3)

LHW – Valentin Taneyev (2-1) vs. William Harrison (2-0) – Taneyev was getting the better of things in the first couple rounds with his resounding leg kicks and dangerous guard. It looked like Harrison was a goner when he was taken down in the third, but instead he got a come from behind win with a tight guillotine. (4:44 of Round 3) (SOTN)

MAIN CARD

Light Heavyweight:

Matti “The Hammer” Kurri (3-2) vs. Nilton Fantoni (1-1)

Kurri was able to outwrestle Fantoni, but his submission game wasn’t up to snuff as he got caught with an armbar late in the second round. (4:31 of Round 2)

Middleweight:

“Brickhouse” Thorbjorn Rekdal (6-4) vs. Jaromir Grygera (2-2)

Grygera takes Rekdal down and batters him from side control for the quick stoppage. (2:14 of Round 1)

Middleweight:

“The Mack Attack” Petey Mack (6-3) vs. Tadao Miyazaki (2-4)

Mack seemed to have a complete lack of gameplan in this one and although he might’ve won a decision, he got caught in the fourth round and soccer kicked for a stoppage. What was supposed to be an easy win ends up being a disaster. (2:20 of Round 4)

Light Heavyweight:

“The Bad Element” Curt Kitson (4-2) vs. Marcos Maciel (3-2)

This was a brilliant fight. The back and forth round 1 really got the fans going and Kitsons’ awesome judo throw/arm triangle combo to finish the fight off kept them on their feet long after the fight had ended. (2:55 of Round 2) (FOTN)

Middleweight:

Thais Antonio Taffarel (9-4) vs. Guillermo “T-Bone” Morales (3-2)

Morales lay and prayed successfully early on, which made the fact that Taffarel pulled guard in the fourth a really head-scratching decision. It ended up working as he swept the weary Morales over with a kimura and tapped him with an arm triangle. (2:25 of Round 4)

Middleweight:

Heiji “The Immortal” Endo (7-2) vs. “The Sandman” Rob Baines (3-2)

As expected, Endo completely outwrestled Baines throughout this fight. Unexpectedly, he left his head in on a takedown attempt and carelessly got caught in a guillotine that he was forced to tap to. (3:21 of Round 4)

Middleweight:

“Mr. Awesome” Carl Ratcliffe (7-7) vs. Humberto “The Hit Man” Falcao (5-6)

Ratcliffe was edging out a dull fight when he was dropped by a huge counter punch. Falcao kept the pressure up on the ground with punches for the stoppage. (2:55 of Round 2)

Middleweight:

Tora “The Bull” Mizwar (8-7) vs. Christian “Overload” Mountfield (8-5)

After failing to do so in the entire five minute first round, Mountfield takes Mizwar down in the second and dominates him. He eventually finishes the fight with ground and pound from back mount. (4:57 of Round 2)

Light Heavyweight:

“The Iron Man” Junior Patinkin (7-5) vs. “The Modern Day Gladiator” Bryan Van Den Hauwe (4-3)

Patinkin runs right through Van Den Hauwe with a quintessential ground and pound performance. (4:46 of Round 1)

Middleweight:

Affonso “The Cyborg” Villar (7-3) vs. “The Islander” Neil Napier (5-1)

The difference in this fight was Napier’s ability to take the fight to the ground, where he was able to dominate Villar and put him away with an armbar. (3:36 of Round 3)

Light Heavyweight:

Sho Kitabatake (9-4) vs. Yoritomo Ina (6-6)

Kitabatake does what he was expected to do: dominate his countryman in the grappling department and finish via submission. (2:11 of Round 2)

Middleweight Championship:

“The Amazing” JJ Reid (10-0) vs. Bambang Sriyanto (8-3)

When Sriyanto grabbed a hold of the champion, everyone expected Reid to pull guard and entangle the challenger with an endless supply of submission attempts. Instead, Sriyanto locked Reid up in a Thai clinch and blasted him with one decisive knee that KO’d the previously undefeated champion. (3:00 of Round 1) (KOTN)

Post Fight Report:

Attendance = 11,142 ($1,114,200)

Buy Rate = 298,738 ($1,792,428)

Critical Success = Great

Commercial Success = Good

Up Next: GAMMA 70 Lightweight Grand Prix Final

GAMMA 70 hosts the semi final and final round of the Lightweight Grand Prix. The winner of Georges Nouri/Ikku Funaki will face the winner of Fiyero Lermentov/Helio in the finals. The current plan is that the winner of the grand prix will face current lightweight champion Easton Frye for the title. Also on the card is a third match up of Oleg Dorosklov and Joaquim Fontes. Along with Mantas Andreyev, these two were the 3 best mixed martial artists in the early days of the sport. Dorosklov seemed to have Fontes' number, beating him in back to back grand prix finals in 1991 and 1992, but will the result be the same half a decade later?

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wshred13 · May 30, 2013

GAMMA 70 Lightweight Grand Prix Final

Saturday Week 2 of June, 1997

Nevada

PRELIMS

WW – Evan Pizarro (0-0) vs. Jayden Karp (0-0) – Despite being unable to take the fight down, Pizarro is able to control the fight and win on the scorecards. (5:00 of Round 5)

LW – Patrik Pedersen (0-0) vs. Gregory O’Hara – O’Hara gets rocked by a big punch, but takes Pederson down and mounts him anyway. He bloodies him up with elbows and keeps up the pressure with strikes until the fight is stopped. (3:35 of Round 1)

LW – Tarcisio Dantas (0-0) vs. Ahmed Mohamed Farag (0-0) – This ended up being a good back and forth battle that took place in all areas. In the end, the two couldn’t really be separated, as evidenced by the split decision verdict that went in favor of Dantas. (5:00 of Round 5)

LW – Jake Keane (0-1) vs. Sammy Newton (1-1) – Keane exposes Newton’s complete lack of ground game, taking him down and armbarring him with ease. (4:02 of Round 1)

LW – Chan Kim Huat (1-0) vs. Naizen Hamacho (1-0) – Despite being bullied in the first couple rounds, Hamacho was able to avoid being put on his back and edged out a decision win with his stand up. (5:00 of Round 5)

LW – Harald Hubner (5-0) vs. Luke Hilton (4-1) – After a stalemate in the first round, Hilton took Hubner down and pounded him out from mount in the second. (3:37 of Round 2)

MAIN CARD

Lightweight:

“Pain Express” Go Yamamoto (3-2) vs. Aaron “The Patriot” McBroom (2-2)

McBroom put a hurting on Yamamoto over the course of the fight. The fourth round was certainly a 10-8 and it didn’t take McBroom long to finish the job off in the fifth. (1:18 of Round 5)

Lightweight:

Lubos “The Experiment” Plasil (3-0) vs. “The Truck Man” Truck Gleeson (4-1-1)

Gleeson kept Plasil at bay with strikes in round 1, but was put on his back and armbarred in the second round. (2:57 of Round 2)

Lightweight:

Benny “The Jet” Danare (3-3) vs. George “Full Force” Astaire (6-5)

After blitzing Astaire right out the gate for a 10-8, Danare took his foot off the gas and ended up just barely edging out a majority decision. (5:00 of Round 5)

Lightweight:

“The Mad Man From Michigan” Beau Gorshin (4-2) vs. “The Peruvian Punisher” Claudio Palacios (7-5)

Gorshin gets a tidy first round RNC victory. (4:59 of Round 1)

Lightweight Semifinal:

“The Sharpshooter” Georges Nouri (5-3) vs. “The Fist of Justice” Ikku Funaki (5-1)

First punch of the fight, a spinning back fist no less, knocks Nouri completely unconscious. (:20 of Round 1) (KOTN)

Lightweight Semifinal:

Fiyero Lermentov (6-1) vs. Helio (6-1)

This fight was all Lermentov. He took Helio down in the first round, but really struggled to get out of the guard. In the second round, Lermentov passed with ease and the TKO came just as easily. (4:48 of Round 2)

Middleweight:

Adam “Hollywood” White (3-1) vs. “Superstar” Stuart Strange (2-1)

This was a really good back and forth contest with both guys displaying well rounded skills. In the end, Strange’s ground and pound was just too much for White. (2:48 of Round 4)

Lightweight:

Heikichi Shimizu (7-4) vs. Seth “Submission King” O’Breen (6-2)

Shimizu is exciting, but his career certainly won’t be long lasting. He loses and devastating fashion and even when he wins, like this fight against O’Breen, he takes enormous amounts of damage before finally locking in the submission. (3:09 of Round 4) (FOTN)

Middleweight:

“The Anarchist” Matthew Dean (7-4) vs. “The Russian Nightmare” Fjodor Kanchelskis (6-3)

Dean bores the crowd to death in the first round with his lay and pray tactics, then livens them up with a big one punch KO. (1:10 of Round 2)

Middleweight:

Oleg Dorosklov (16-3) vs. Joaquim “Assassino Silencioso” Fontes (15-7)

These two live up to their historic reputations, battling out for almost the entire 25 minutes in incredibly exciting fashion. Both guys were in danger of being stopped and if I had to wager who would’ve won a decision, I would probably say that Fontes would edge it out. Dorosklov proves that he really does have Fontes’ number as he pulled the fight out with an armbar in the fifth round. (3:20 of Round 5) (SOTN)

Lightweight Grand Prix Final:

Fiyero Lermentov (7-1) vs. “The Fist of Justice” Ikku Funaki (6-1)

Funaki lands a clean spinning back fist, but Fiyero eats it and takes him down. He outclasses him on the mat en route to a first round TKO. (3:40 of Round 1)

Post Fight Report:

Attendance = 11,987 ($1,198,700)

Buy Rate = 302,974 ($1,817,844)

Critical Success = Great

Commercial Success = Good

wshred13 · June 4, 2013

GAMMA 71 Sukarno vs Stephens

Saturday Week 4 of June, 1997

Nevada

PRELIMS

WW – Filip Hristov (0-0) vs. Zeke Eliot (0-0) – Eliot defended Hristov’s takedowns and outboxed his opponent throughout the fight, but got suckered into Hristov’s guard in the fifth and got armbarred. (4:10 of Round 5)

WW – Alberto Basora (0-0) vs. Konosuke Shirahata (0-1) – Basora gets dropped a couple times, but uses his guard not only to survive, but to win with an armbar. (4:34 of Round 2)

WW – Lucas (1-2) vs. John Harrison (1-2) – After a couple of uneventful rounds, Harrison gets a quick TKO victory in the third. (:40 of Round 3)

WW – David Webb (1-0) vs. Felix Mattherson Jr. (1-0) – This was a great fight. They both went toe to toe on the feet, had excellent scrambles on the ground and it was all packed into 4 minutes. Webb ends up winning by RNC. (4:07 of Round 1)

WW – Yevgeni Sipatov (0-1) vs. Sebastian Fernandez (0-2) – Sipatov gets a tidy arm triangle victory. (1:49 of Round 1)

WW – Elvis Milissis (2-0) vs. Iain Fussell (2-1) – After a couple lackluster rounds of stand up, Fussell mixes things up with some takedowns and wins with an arm triangle. (2:47 of Round 4)

WW – Jonathan Huang (2-2) vs. Ricardo Fernandes (1-3) – Huang takes some punishment in the first, but was able to get Fernandes down and sub him in the second. (1:38 of Round 2)

MAIN CARD

Welterweight:

Alan “Flash” Kendall (3-1) vs. “Thunder and Lightning” Tyler Lass (3-2)

Lass was well on his way to grinding out a decision when he found himself tapping to a triangle/armbar in the fifth. (3:57 of Round 5)

Welterweight:

Vikram “Punishment” Sithalayan (6-5) vs. Slade Cregg (4-4)

Sithalayan wins a unanimous decision with takedowns, good top game and submission attempts. (5:00 of Round 5)

Welterweight:

“The Show Stopper” Jack Humphreys (7-5) vs. Dominykas “Slamkovic” Jankovic (4-3)

Humphreys won a 48-47 decision where both guys won their rounds with a takedown and top game. (5:00 of Round 5)

Welterweight:

Manuel “The Prodigy” Silva (5-2) vs. Carlos Dos Santos (4-3)

Silva gets a highlight reel, head kick KO. (:50 of Round 1)

Welterweight:

Buddy Garner (7-4) vs. Carlos da Guia (5-2)

As expected, da Guia was better on the feet and Garner was better on the ground. The majority of the fight was on the feet, with Garner taking damage, but the end was Da Guia on his back with one arm isolated and the other one tapping. (3:44 of Round 3)

Welterweight:

“The Ice Cold Swede” Lukas Mellberg (8-4) vs. “Dangerous” David Allen (6-5)

Heading into the fifth round, the two men were tied 2 rounds a piece. Allen ended up outworking the former champ in the fifth for the come from behind win. (5:00 of Round 5)

Welterweight:

“The Super Animal” Noach Van Der Capellen (11-4) vs. Hamilton Fonseca Junior (5-0)

Hamilton won the first round, almost stopping the fight with a cut with a big elbow on VDC against the cage. Noach came back with a vengeance in the second round, dropping Fonseca with a spinning back fist and then knocking him out with another shot on the ground. (2:10 of Round 2) (FOTN & KOTN)

Welterweight:

“The Devil in Blue” Ichisake Miyagi (6-3) vs. Jim Carpenter (4-2)

After a pretty insignificant clinch fest, Carpenter slapped on a guillotine for the out of nowhere submission victory. (3:50 of Round 4) (SOTN)

Welterweight:

Templeton “The Body” Crumb (6-2) vs. “The Savage” Datuk Ong Ka Ting (5-1)

Crumb caught Datuk early with some power punches, but was put on his back and lost the opening round. Crumb again landed some powerful punches at the beginning of round 2, this time knocking him out cold. (:28 of Round 2)

Welterweight Championship:

“Fury Awoken” Sukarno (11-2) vs. “The Strategist” Rufus Stephens (6-1-1)

Stephens wins a 48-47 decision based on his superior grappling and seemingly unstoppable takedown. Sukarno had a lot of success on the feet, but the fight just wasn’t there for very long. (5:00 of Round 5)

Post Fight Report:

Attendance = 11,259 ($1,125,900)

Buy Rate = 239,218 ($1,435,308)

Critical Success = Good

Commercial Success = Decent

wshred13 · June 4, 2013

GAMMA 72 Rubenstein vs. Arai

Saturday Week 3 of July, 1997

Nevada

PRELIM RESULTS

HW – Stafford Alois (0-0) KO’s Bob Dozier (0-0) (1:38 of Round 3) (KOTN)

HW – Iancu Trailescu (1-1) Decisions Wally Bryant (0-1) (5:00 of Round 5)

HW – Wilson Franklyn (1-2) TKO’s Linton Renn (0-2) (1:51 of Round 1)

HW – Pai Cheng (1-1) TKO’s Marvin Hayes (0-1) (4:38 of Round 1)

HW – Nate MacReary (1-0) TKO’s Sly Twinge (1-1) (4:19 of Round 1)

HW – Chuck Dooley (2-1) TKO’s Efren Luat (1-1) (2:57 of Round 4)

HW – Palmer Lette (2-2) TKO’s Jeff Carlton (1-3) (3:07 of Round 1)

HW – Gyukusho Fujimoto (3-0) KO’s Kurt McDonald (1-1) (3:08 of Round 2)

HW – Renato (2-1) Decisions Roy Gurgel (3-2) (5:00 of Round 5)

HW – Khru Duangjan (5-4) TKO’s Bastian Neske (0-2) (4:54 of Round 1)

MAIN CARD

Heavyweight:

“The Great Bear” Aleksander Ivanov (4-3) vs. Stjepan “The Mammoth” Andric (6-6)

Ivanov dismantles Andric with beautiful takedowns and devastating ground and pound for a second round TKO. (2:46 of Round 2)

Heavyweight:

“The Big Show” Sylvester Collins (2-0) vs. Carter “The Kiwi” Potter (2-0)

Collins lands with ferocious punches throughout the fight in the stand up, but it takes him almost the full 25 minutes to put away his previously undefeated opponent. (3:53 of Round 5)

Heavyweight:

“The Brazilian Bomber” Gladstone Lopes (6-5) vs. Alex Frye (11-8)

Frye looked to stall his way to a victory, but Lopes’ punching power was just to much for him to overcome, eventually falling via TKO in the third. (1:09 of Round 3)

Heavyweight:

Ari “The Finnisher” Peltonen (4-1) vs. “Polish Power” Grzegorz Boniek (3-1)

This was a grueling grappling match throughout and looked like it was going to be a razor thin decision, but Peltonen overwhelmed his Polish competitor late for a TKO. (3:03 of Round 5)

Heavyweight:

“The Baddest Man in MMA” Terron Cabal (6-3) vs. “The Tower of Power” Tim Boyer (7-5)

After a very competitive stand up round in the first, Cabal blitzes Boyer in the second for another impressive stoppage. (:50 of Round 2) (FOTN)

Heavyweight:

Lawrence “The Law” Herringbone (6-3) vs. “Swedish Superman” Gunnar Nilsson (7-5)

As with most of Gunnar Nilsson’s victories, this one was a boring grind of a decision. (5:00 of Round 5)

Heavyweight:

“Grande Urso” Murilo Satinho (4-1) vs. Stanislaw “Big Daddy” Lipnicki (6-1)

Satinho wins every round, but is unable to get a finish to add to his claim for a future title shot. (5:00 of Round 5)

Heavyweight:

“Unstoppable K” Kunimichi Kikuchi (8-2) vs. Josimar Martins (10-5)

Kikuchi rebounds nicely from his back to back losses, even finishing a fight for a change, getting the first round rear naked choke submission. (4:22 of Round 1)

Heavyweight:

“The Big Bad” Hassan Fezzik (6-2) vs. “The Bulldog” Harry Milne (6-3)

Fezzik proves to be a level above Milne in the grappling department, eventually finishing the bout off with an arm triangle. (2:47 of Round 4) (SOTN)

Heavyweight Championship:

“The Reaper” Spencer Rubenstein (11-2) vs. Hiro Arai (9-5)

This fight ended up being a real head scratcher. Everyone and their mother expected this to be a stand up war, but Rubenstein decided to show off his ability to ground and pound in the first two rounds. Rubenstein tired midway through the fight and started eating an abundance of leg kicks, but ended up dropping Arai with a solid punch. He was rushing in to stop the fight when the ref questionably stopped the fight. Either way, Rubenstein defends his title. (3:35 of Round 4)

Post Fight Report:

Attendance = 11,044 ($1,104,400)

Buy Rate = 298,036 ($1,788,216)

Critical Success = Good

Commercial Success = Good

Up Next: GAMMA 73 John vs. Yamada and GAMMA 74 Featherweight Quarterfinals

As has been the case for a while in GAMMA, the next two upcoming cards are pretty much exclusively fights from one division. GAMMA 73 is filled with light heavyweight bouts, which has quickly become one of the deepest divisions with best title fights in the sport. We have another match up of undefeated opponents going at it for the belt, as 7-0 Champion Marlon John faces (5-0) Challenger Tadamasa Yamada. The Co Main Event is a rare rematch as (10-4) Sho Kitabatake faces (8-5) Junior Patinkin. Other match ups include Lim/Pike, Asanovic/Kitson and Benn/Peters.

GAMMA 74 hosts an all featherweight line up and will determine the final four to go at it for the featherweight championship. The bracket breaks down like this:

Lars Bohlin (5-0)

Manoel Cabral (2-1)

Francesco Marazzina (12-5)

Atep of Indonesia (7-2-1)

Frank Romita (6-3)

Motoki Hojo (8-5)

Easton Frye (14-0)

Yoshiro Makamori (5-2)

The other two bouts on the main card pit Kenji Akita (5-2) against long time GAMMA veteran Kanji Togo (10-8) and Luiz Machado (9-4) against Azor Portela Nunes (4-3).

wshred13 · June 9, 2013

GAMMA 73 John vs. Yamada

Saturday Week 1 of August, 1997

New Jersey

PRELIM RESULTS

LHW – Sharaku Kon (0-1) submits Emil Karlsson (0-0) (Guillotine) (3:41 of Round 4)

LHW – Josh Hope (0-0) TKO’s Brody Howles (1:22 of Round 2)

LHW – Tikhon Diev (1-0) TKO’s MacGregor Dare (1-0) (3:15 of Round 3)

LHW – Valentin Taneyev (2-2) submits Jiroemon Hasegawa (1-1) (Armbar) (4:33 of Round 5)

LHW – Ranieri Fernanda (1-1) split decisions Nilton Fantoni. (5:00 of Round 5)

LHW – Matti Kurri (3-3) TKO’s Marcos Maciel. (2:44 of Round 1)

MAIN CARD

Light Heavyweight:

Rafael Van Der Moot (3-1) vs. “Major Damage” William Harrison (3-0)

Harrison had nothing for Rafael and found himself overwhelmed by his striking superiority in the second round. (1:26 of Round 2)

Light Heavyweight:

Toby “The Judoka Who’ll Choke Ya” Sorkin (2-1) vs. John “The Ripper” Rivero (5-4)

Rivero got the better of this fight, but still came out on the losing end. The only explanation for his loss was that he was simply caught by a knock punch. (:44 of Round 4)

Light Heavyweight:

“The Gladiator” Niko Soldo (8-5) vs. “The Scourge of Europe” Nicolai Mickiewicz (6-5)

Niko Soldo wins a highly forgettable decision. (5:00 of Round 5)

Light Heavyweight:

Mantas Andreyev (13-7) vs. “The Dockland Destroyer” Jerry Bogdonovich (4-1)

Andreyev armbars Bogdonovich, showing Jerry’s lack of ground game rather than Mantas’ ability to still fight at a high level. (4:27 of Round 1)

Light Heavyweight:

Osmosis Benn (11-3) vs. “The Man of Steel” Ken Peters (6-2)

After a great back and forth grappling match that Peters surprisingly would’ve won on the scorecards, the “Man of Steel” ends up getting screwed by the referee via a terrible stoppage in the fifth and final round. (1:12 of Round 5)

Light Heavyweight:

Zvonimir “The Croatian Sensation” Asanovic (8-1) vs. “The Bad Element” Curt Kitson (5-2)

Asanovic bounced back from losing his title in decent fashion with a win over Jerry Bogdonovich. He stepped it up a few notches in this one to win in amazing fashion. He stuffs a takedown by Kitson and then damn near kicks his head out of the arena with one swift and brutal soccer kick for the KO. (1:57 of Round 1) (KOTN)

Light Heavyweight:

“Blood Spirit” Hyun-Shik Lim (9-3) vs. “Stormin” Norman Pike (13-4)

After a tactical couple minute long feeling out period, Lim unleashes with a storm of strikes that Pike just couldn’t survive. (3:20 of Round 1) (FOTN)

Light Heavyweight:

Sho Kitabatake (10-4) vs. “The Iron Man” Junior Patinkin (8-5)

This was tough to watch as both guys gassed prematurely. Both guys had their moments of control, but in the end, it was Patinkin who gutted it out and won via RNC. It seems Patinkin has Sho’s number, as this is the second time he’s defeated him. (4:28 of Round 4)

Light Heavyweight Championship:

“The Punisher” Marlon John (7-0) vs. “The Dragon” Tadamasa Yamada (5-0)

This fight showed why the light heavyweight division is a fan favorite, as both guys went all out for the victory. Both guys had success, but the challenger Yamada ended up coming out on top with an armbar. (4:00 of Round 3) (SOTN)

Post Fight Report:

Attendance = 13,429 ($1,611,480)

Buy Rate = 327,025 ($1,962,150)

Critical Success = Decent

Commercial Success = Average

Toby Sorkin (facial) and Norman Pike (groin) suffered injuries which will keep them out for four months.

wshred13 · June 9, 2013

GAMMA 74 Featherweight Quarterfinals

Saturday Week 3 of August

California

PRELIM Results

FW – Heiko Pander (0-0) Decisions Jason Dalglish (0-0) (5:00 of Round 5)

FW – Lito Alcala (0-0) Decisions Ikeda Kenkichio (0-0) (5:00 of Round 5)

FW – Philip Ziskie (0-0) TKO’s Quincy McGarry (1:06 of Round 1)

FW – Tomohiro Takeuchi (0-0) KO’s Zhao Pau (2:26 of Round 1)

FW – Ivan Bokhour (0-1) Decisions Nuno Valentino (0-1) (5:00 of Round 5)

FW – Hans Christian Bloch (1-0) Submits Freddy Lomax (4:45 of Round 4) (Armbar)

FW – Markus Waller (1-0) Submits Masahiro Maeno (1-0) (2:24 of Round 4) (Kimura)

FW – Kaito Akimoto (1-3) Decisions Jay Dorridge (2-2) (5:00 of Round 5)

FW – Graeme Spark (1-2-1) Decisions Korekiyo Anzai (2-2) (5:00 of Round 5)

FW – Henry Baldwin (4-5) Split Decisions Rafael Tavares (3-4) (5:00 of Round 5)

FW – Sophan Sastrowardoya (2-1) TKO’s Ryota Sugimoto (2-2) (3:36 of Round 4)

FW – Shuler Eigenberg (3-0) TKO’s Lucky Lyman (2-1) (3:56 of Round 1)

FW – Yagi Jokichi (2-1) KO’s Brian Claremont (4-1) (1:28 of Round 3)

MAIN CARD

Featherweight:

Luiz “The Tarantula” Machado (9-4) vs. “The Tropical Tornado” Azor Portela Nunes (4-3)

Machado threatens with submission from top throughout the first round. Nunes makes it to the second round where he drops Machado and as he looked to finish him off he got caught in “The Tarantula’s” web, finding himself unable to fight off a triangle. (3:12 of Round 2)

Featherweight:

Kenji “Star” Akita (5-2) vs. Kanji Togo (10-8)

Togo was literally two seconds away from losing a decision when he got Akita to tap to an armbar. Akita took it right to Togo throughout the fight with his wrestling, which ended up failing him at the last minute. (4:58 of Round 5) (FOTN)

Featherweight Quarterfinal:

“Ice Cold” Lars Bohlin (5-0) vs. Manoel “Colagem” Cabral (2-1)

Cabral wins a grappling heavy split decision to become the dark horse of the final four. (5:00 of Round 5)

Featherweight Quarterfinal:

“The Banker” Frank Romita (6-3) vs. “The Wing Chun Superstar” Motoki Hojo (8-5)

Hojo never got going as Romita’s takedowns and ground and pound left him constantly on the defensive until he was KO’d by Romita. (3:39 of Round 2)

Featherweight Quarterfinal:

Francesco Marazzina (12-5) vs. Atep of Indonesia (7-2-1)

Marazzina was able to impose his will early with grappling, but as the fight went on, Atep was able to defend the takedowns. Once the fight stayed on the feet, it was all Atep with his crisp striking. Atep probably would’ve won a decision, but he left no doubt in fans mind who won with a big one punch KO in the fifth. (2:03 of Round 5) (KOTN)

Featherweight Quarterfinal:

Easton “Small” Frye (14-0) vs. Yoshiro Makamori (5-2)

Makamori proved to be more game than anyone thought. Frye took him down in the first round and it looked like we were set for another first round TKO for Frye. Instead, Makamori showed off his dangerous guard, threatening with submissions and sweeping to top control. In the second round, Makamori actually took Frye down and outscored him there. In the third round, Frye looked to avoid the ground game, but still control the fight with grappling by putting Makamori up against the fence. This ended up handing him his first loss as he got caught in a standing guillotine and was forced to tap. (2:31 of Round 3) (SOTN)

Post Fight Report:

Attendance = 12,266 ($1,471,920)

Buy Rate = 273,393 ($1,640,358)

Critical Success = Great

Commercial Success = Poor

Both Yagi Jokichi and Luiz Machado will be out for 6 months (Yagi with a foot injury, Machado with a facial injury). With Easton Frye losing, he will be moving back up in his next fight to face Lightweight Grand Prix Winner Fiyero Lermentov in the first defense of his lightweight title since August of 96.

Up Next: FNF Openweight Grand Prix Final and GAMMA 75 Middleweight Mania

GAMMA's got a couple of big cards coming up. The first, on free television no less, is the conclusion of the 64 man openweight grand prix consisting of former UCFF fighters. The prelims will consist of the four quarterfinal bouts which break down like this: Medtner/Ramos, Tamura/Plotcheck, Vinkus/Vagner, Hansen/Gomes. The main card will be the semifinals and finals of the tournament as well as a middleweight bout between Joaquim Fontes and Fjodor Kanchelskis.

GAMMA 75, just as its cheesy title would suggest, is all about the middleweights. The whole card is stacked, but the top two bouts alone will sell it. After winning the first two GAMMA Grand Prix's and being the unofficial champion of the early days of the sport, Oleg Dorosklov (17-3) is finally getting a crack at the middleweight strap. Can he submit dangerous striker and current champion Bambang Sriyanto (9-3) or will he end up on the wrong end of a highlight reel KO? The Co Main pits former champion JJ Reid (10-1), coming off his first career loss, against potential title challenger Neil Napier (6-1). All of that and it's the second time ever that GAMMA will be in New York.

wshred13 · June 14, 2013

FNF Openweight Grand Prix Final

Saturday Week 4 of August

Nevada

PRELIMS

Openweight Quarterfinal:

Ramon da Silva Ramos (MW, 3-0) vs. Evgeni Medtner (WW, 4-1)

The smallest man left in the grand prix dominates the first two rounds with his grappling, but ends up getting head kick KO’d by Ramos in the third. (:26 of Round 3)

Openweight Quarterfinal:

Ikuhisa Tamura (HW, 6-1) vs. “The Bad Boy” Allan Plotcheck (MW, 7-7)

Tamura’s size was just too much for Plotcheck. He wasn’t able to get the big man off his feet and his blows constantly had him reeling and eventually led to the technical knock out in the fifth round. (2:37 of Round 5)

Openweight Quarterfinal:

Norbert “The Rock” Vinkus (HW, 3-0) vs. Vagner (LHW, 6-3)

Vagner got the better of things early, but Vinkus loaded up on one big haymaker to drop his foe and then landed a few more for the stoppage on the ground. (2:46 of Round 4) (FOTN)

Openweight Quarterfinal:

Doug “The Nightmare” Hansen (WW, 4-0) vs. Marinho Gomes (MW, 3-0)

Hansen took a lot of damage on the feet in the first couple rounds which included most notably a couple of flying knees and a spinning back fist which rocked him. Hansen got himself together in the third to employ his grappling and submit Gomes with an arm triangle. (1:44 of Round 3)

MAIN CARD

Openweight Semifinal:

Ikuhisa Tamura (HW, 7-1) vs. Ramon da Silva Ramos (MW, 4-0)

Tamura dominates with striking, both in and out of the clinch, before dropping Ramos and pummeling him from mount for the stoppage. (1:39 of Round 2)

Openweight Semifinal:

Doug “The Nightmare” Hansen (WW, 5-0) vs. Norbert “The Rock” Vinkus (HW, 4-0)

The first several rounds of this fight was Hansen getting stuffed on takedown after takedown and receiving a beating from Vinkus in the sprawl position. In the fourth round, Vinkus took Hansen down, but he ended up being swept over with a kimura. Vinkus was about as comfortable off his back as a turtle and ended up tapping to an armbar. (4:17 of Round 4) (SOTN)

Middleweight:

Joaquim “Assassino Silencioso” Fontes (15-8) vs. “The Russian Nightmare” Fjodor Kanchelskis (6-4)

Kanchelskis had Fontes on the ropes throughout much of the fight. He had great timing on uppercuts as Fontes tried to shoot in and overall was able to consistently tag Fontes with significant strikes. He wasn’t able to finish, but he was able to avoid Fontes’ dangerous submission game for 25 minutes and win a dominant 49-45 decision. (5:00 of Round 5)

Openweight Grand Prix Championship:

Ikuhisa Tamura (HW, 8-1) vs. Doug “The Nightmare” Hansen (WW, 6-0)

After taking a beating in the Vinkus fight, Hansen came in with a much different strategy in this one. He looked to stay on the outside and pot shot Tamura with leg kicks. His strategy was mildly successful, but he continued to eat punches from Tamura who has more than 70 pounds on him. Eventually, Hansen’s chin failed him and he was KO’d. Tamura wins the Grand Prix, but Hansen should still be praised for his ability to make it to the final of an openweight tournament as a welterweight. (3:57 of Round 4) (KOTN)

Post Fight Report:

Attendance = 6,048 ($725,760)

Buy Rate = N/A

Critical Success = Good

Commercial Success = Good

All the talk post show was centered around Ikuhisa Tamura and Doug Hansen, the two finalists of the openweight grand prix. In regards to Hansen, it was hinted that he would be considered near the top of the welterweight heap and if he can string a few wins together he could see himself in the title picture. As for Tamura, the idea of his next fight being a title fight against current heavyweight champion Spencer Rubenstein was thrown around, but nothing was confirmed.

wshred13 · June 14, 2013

GAMMA 75 Middleweight Mania

Saturday Week 1 of September, 1997

New York

PRELIM Results

MW – Jakuchu Abe (0-0) Decisions Snuffy Fontana (0-0) (5:00 of Round 5)

MW – Esteban Vega (0-1) Decisions Gavin Marshall (0-0) (5:00 of Round 5)

MW – Bill Brown (1-0) Decisions Billy Russell (1-0) (5:00 of Round 5)

MW – Evan Gardner (1-2) Submits Sebastian Schiller (0-2) (2:35 of Round 1) (RNC)

MW – Jaromir Grygera (3-2) TKO’s Isaiah Monroe (2-0) (4:12 of Round 4)

MW – Stuart Strange (3-1) TKO’s Braulio Moura (4-0) (4:40 of Round 4)

MAIN CARD

Middleweight:

“Brickhouse” Thorbjorn Rekdal (6-5) vs. Tadao Miyazaki (3-4)

After an extremely forgettable first round, Rekdal punts Miyazaki’s head into the upperdeck of the arena with a vicious soccer kick KO. (1:38 of Round 2) (KOTN)

Middleweight:

Tora “Bull” Mizwar (8-8) vs. Guillermo “T-Bone” Morales (3-3)

The two men on the brink of losing their jobs battle back and forth with takedowns and top control. In the end, the winner ended up coming from bottom as Mizwar tapped Morales with a triangle. (4:10 of Round 4)

Middleweight:

“The Mack Attack” Petey Mack (6-4) vs. Humberto “The Hit Man” Falcao (6-6)

Mack ragdolls Falcao with a judo throw straight into side control and locks on a kimura for a quick and impressive win. (2:42 of Round 1) (FOTN)

Middleweight:

Heiji “The Immortal” Endo (7-3) vs. Adam “Hollywood” White (3-2)

These two went back and forth trying to impose their will with top position with the takedowns split right down the middle at two a piece. Endo’s second takedown ended up being the most fruitful of the fight, as he was able to pass all over his opponent and finish him with relentless ground and pound from mount. (3:31 of Round 4)

Middleweight:

“The Anarchist” Matthew Dean (8-4) vs. “The Sandman” Rob Baines (4-2)

Most people expected Dean to win, but not in such quick fashion. He dropped Baines with the first punch of the fight and after a half dozen more shots on the ground the ref had seen enough. (:42 of Round 1)

Middleweight:

Thais Antonio Taffarel (10-4) vs. Christian “Overload” Mountfield (9-5)

Mountfield was able to lay and pray quite successfully in the first two rounds, but found himself flattened by strikes in the third and TKO’d by Thais. (3:36 of Round 3)

Middleweight:

“The Amazing” JJ Reid (10-1) vs. “The Islander” Neil Napier (6-1)

Reid was consistently able to avoid Napier’s striking and drag it to the ground, but “The Islander” showed impressive sub defense. Going into the fifth round it looked like it was going to be a decision win for the former champ when he executed what is probably the most impressive submission victory in MMA history with a flying heel hook. (:31 of Round 5) (SOTN)

Middleweight Championship:

Bambang Sriyanto (9-3) vs. Oleg Dorosklov (17-3)

The two time GAMMA Grand Prix winner Oleg Dorosklov finally gets his shot at the middleweight crown. He made a good account of himself, taking Sriyanto down once and not taking too much damage on the feet. However, he got caught with a head kick in the third round and then was brutally stomped on until the ref stopped the fight. (:36 of Round 3)

Post Fight Report:

Attendance = 14,924 ($1,790,880)

Buy Rate = 415,314 ($2,491,884)

Critical Success = Decent

Commercial Success = Good

Due to a contractual dispute, Petey Mack (7-4) has left the company. Gunnar Nilsson (8-5) has been allowed to sign with ALPHA-1, despite winning his last two fights, including one over former champion Kunimichi Kikuchi. This is likely because the 32 year old Swede has a very dull style and doesn't bring in the kind of money he commands.

Up Next: GAMMA 76 Stephens vs. Crumb

This is one of those cards that probably won't generate a lot of hype. Rufus Stephens is one of the best grapplers in the world and Templeton Crumb is a one trick pony KO striker. Crumb has a punchers chance, but not much more. The rest of the card actually has more intrigue to it, as it will set up title matches down the road. The Co Main Event easily could be for the belt as former champion Noach Van Der Capellen takes on Manuel Silva with a possible title shot on the line.

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