What's Going on in YOUR Game?

[Sco xY2Jx]

10 in-game months on from my last update, here's the state of GAMMA as we head into 2005.

 

Super Heavyweight Division;

George Pickering's reign of dominance came to a halt in an upset of monumental proportions when Tatsukichi Toyota knocked him about for 5 rounds and become the champion via UD. The rest of the division is fairly standard. Teddy Glossop maintains his perfect start to life in GAMMA. He did technically lose to Hanley Polter but this was overturned after Polter tested positive for recreational drugs.

 

Heavyweight Division;

The division that has probably gone through the most upheaval and change.

Rav Kapur no longer sits atop the mountain. The throne and belt now belong to Aleksander Ivanov who won via UD at GAMMA 84 in only his second GAMMA bout. The legendary James Foster is struggling and languishing to climb back to the top of the mountain. The 38 year old's GAMMA record now stands at 12-4 after recently suffering losses to Ivanov (Ivanov's first GAMMA fight) and Shane Huerta (Great story).

Foster was due to face Pai Cheng back at GAMMA 73 in March. Cheng withdrew through injury. 1 week before the event, Shane Huerta steps in. The 21 year old won his first 4 fights in the first 2 rounds before stepping in to face Foster. After 5 gruelling rounds, Huerta pulls out the upset and split decision victory over the GAMMA Icon. Since then Huerta has submitted Lefter Oktay & Pai Cheng. He's 21 and sits at a 7-0 record, knocking off some of the biggest names in the division. The rest is fairly standard with guys fighting for position in the rankings. Terron Cabal is to debut soon.

 

Light Heavyweight Division;

Spencer Rubenstein is still the champion. He recently defended the belt in the end of year event after KO'ing Marlon John with 20 seconds left of Round 5 after John took 3 of the first 4 rounds. This puts Spencer 2-1 up in their history of bouts.

The rest of the division has been hotly fought for challenger spots. Toby Sorkin is fighting back after dropping the title having defeated, who many think to be the future of the division, Joe McKean and Guillermo Morales. Affonso Villar is struggling with a 4-4 record. Curt Kitson is ranked #5 with a 3-2 record and Van Der Moot #8 with a 5-3 record. Very tight here with wins and losses being traded around.

 

Middleweight Division;

Nobody seems to be able to knock Matthew Dean off his perch as he's still champion. The guy looking most likely is Neil Napier who sits at #2 in the rankings and lost via split decision the last time he challenged for the belt.

The rest of the division is fairly quiet. With wins and losses being traded around, there hasn't been a stand-out fighter rising through the ranks to challenge the champion. Tyrone Malik is the closest we have with a solid 4-0 record but he is ranked #18

 

Welterweight Division;

Nathan Chambers has taken on and conquered all those who challenged for his Welterweight Title. Not much else to report of. Manuel Silva, who everyone had high hopes for, is struggling with a 4-4 record Kevin Rock is the superstar in the making. The 26 year old has submitted his 6 opponents using 5 different moves and is the biggest threat to Chambers, although he's still only ranked #9. One more victory will see him move into contention. Guy Moss is another newcomer with a perfect 3-0 record who is slowly rising through the ranks.

 

Lightweight Division;

Fiyero Lermentov reigns supremely dominant and this was highlighted perfectly during his 1st title defence vs Bobby Denare when the referee stopped the fight after 46 seconds of the first round. The only fighter to take Lermentov the distance in any of his fights was Helio in the unification bout. The 37 year old veteran Sean Morrison has fought back strongly and sits at #2 in the rankings and is next for a title shot. He last fought Lermentov in a losing split decision in Lermentov's debut in the company. This could well be Morrison's last chance to take back the belt he lost 5 years ago. The rest of the division is fairly quiet with Seth O'Breen the only other contender. Many doubt Jake Keane. He won the title. Vacated it by going on Hiatus for 16 months and has lost his 2 fights since returning. He faces Atep Of Indonesia at GAMMA 92 in March to prove he's not a flash in the pan.

 

Women's Bantamweight Division;

Pamela O'Neill is killing everybody who dares challenge her for the title. The Ronda Rousey of this world, she seems unbeatable. Her only real challengers? Stella Masey & Katy-Jane Poulson. Poulson is 5-1 (her loss coming against O'Neill), Masey is undefeated and next for a title shot.

The rest of the women are just here for the payday it seems.

 

That's my update, hope I haven't bored you. Cheers!

[Blackman]

Usually the MW title is also a little more fluent, quite like the HW title. O'Neill isn't usually that dominant in my games. There's several people in the talent pool that can beat her, but I'm not exactly going to pick them up from the gutter to achieve that, as the crowd doesn't care. And you have to get them through the contenders.

[Rosing]

I usually find that if Foster and Dean can hold on to their titles for a few defenses after you start, both divisions tend to stay pretty static.

 

After that, even if they do lose their titles, the new champion will generally defend it for a long time.

[w4lru5]

This is going to be long. Apologies in advance.

 

Been forever since I updated, but the landscape of GAMMA has changed a lot. It’s now February 2005.

 

--Kanezane Fujii has now battled and beaten both Santiago Merino and Tatsukichi Tatsuno to cement his place as the greatest super heavyweight of all time. He’s got 90% submission attack and defense, 85% boxing power, 79% ground striking and an 87% chin to go with awesome takedowns, takedown defense, planning and heart. In other words, he’s really really hard to beat. Next up for “The Great Japanese Hope” is “The Big Show” Sylvester Collins, who annihilated Rav Kapur in November to grab the title shot. Honestly, there isn’t a super heavyweight in the world right now who I can see beating Fujii—maybe Tatsuno in a couple of years, but nobody right now.

 

--At heavyweight, “Grande Urso” Murilo Satinho made the second defense of his belt at GAMMA 86 in November, when he won a grindy unanimous decision win over “The Great Bear” Aleksander Ivanov. Ivanov won the first two rounds before he punched himself out in the third and Satinho utterly dominated from that point on. Ari Peltonen, newly stolen from ALPHA-1 beat Christopher Sharp in a #1 contender fight to earn the next shot at the strap, though the winner of Lefter Oktay vs. Gyokusho “Fujizilla” Fujimoto should have an argument for being considered too. Another fight I’m really excited for is Nate MacReary vs. James Foster. “Big Mac” completely dominated Hassan Fezzik his last time out to improve to 8-0 in GAMMA (16-0 overall). Foster continued on his recent downward spiral, just edging “The Urban Cowboy” Steve Mason before getting head-kick-KOd by Fujizilla only 40 seconds into their fight at Battle Lines 25 in September. A win for MacReary cements him as a contender for the HW strap; a win for Foster puts him back into the heavyweight top 5 and hopefully helps him rediscover his legendary consistency.

 

--Light heavyweight has a problem because #1 contender Jiroemon “The Hype” Hasegawa announced a hiatus from MMA after dominating legend Jin Katou for five rounds in the fight to determine who got a shot at “The Judoka Who’ll Choke Ya” Toby Sorkin. “The Hype” picked the worst possible time to go on hiatus. #3 LHW Marlon John is hurt for two months, forcing the cancellation of his planned fight with Sorkin, and “Major Damage” William Harrison just got back on the winning track after losing what was supposed to be an easy fight to “The Hand Grenade” Valentin Taneyev—who, of course, lost his next fight. We’ll see what happens next in the division—waiting for John to recover looks most likely at this point. Sorkin knocked out #17 Nilton Fantoni, the short notice replacement for John, but the fight wasn’t at all a fight I wanted to book. Fantoni wasn’t ready, but, as they say, necessity is the mother of knockouts to build Sorkin’s name value.

 

--Isaiah Monroe tapped out Osmosis Benn by RNC to keep the middleweight strap at GAMMA 83 in August. In typical Thump fashion, he knocked Benn down with a huge left uppercut before taking the back and locking in the choke. After all, who needs takedowns when you have the best left hand on the planet? Benn was the short-notice fill-in for “Hollywood” Adam White, who tore his labrum five weeks before the fight was supposed to happen. White had missed 8 months with an injury he suffered in May 2002 and is now done for a year with the shoulder. Because of that, #4 middleweight Heiji “The Immortal” Endo gets the next shot at “The Man They Call Thump”. Matthew Dean just lost to “The Man of Steel” Ken Peters (sigh), who’s been at -2 momentum for the entirety of his 8-match, 8-decision winning streak. All 8 fights have been rated Poor or worse. Peters will fight Joaquim Fontes next to determine who gets the first shot at the Monroe/Endo winner (basically, to decide who’s going to be Thump’s next victim), and I so, so hope that Fontes figures out the way to derail the Steel Train. Matthew Dean will fight Braulio Moura to hopefully allow me to leapfrog Peters in good conscience.

 

--Welterweight, yet another division where hiatuses are ruining all my plans. Fukusaburo “The Flurry” Hirano beat Carlos da Guia by decision (sigh…), immediately after which #1 contender Nathan Chambers announced he’s going on hiatus. I feel like “Black Superman” did it on purpose—now, either Evan “G-Man” Gardner (15-0, 8-0 GAMMA) or the winner of Julio Regueiro vs. da Guia gets the title shot instead, neither one of which is a situation that I’m necessarily ready for yet. Gardner has been on one of the most impressive rises I’ve ever seen in WMMA. The Roufusport fighter from Baton Rouge, Louisiana has developed from a skilled takedown artist into one of the most complete fighters in the division and has risen to the #5 WW and #20 P4P spots in the world. He can win by KO, submission or decision and it’s just a matter of time before the 27-year-old gets his first shot at professional gold. I just didn’t want it to happen quite yet.

 

--I hate Sukarno. That is all. He was getting totally dominated by Fiyero Lermontov (down 4 rounds to none) in their lightweight title fight when, 29 seconds into the fifth round, he landed his first power strike of the fight, a left head kick that put “The Lethal Weapon” out cold. Literally—one significant strike, after he nearly tapped four times the previous round, and we have a new champion. Then he beat the heavily-favored Seth O’Breen in a controversial decision to retain the strap. Next up for Sukarno is Jake Keane, who’s alternated winds and losses for the last three years but has done just enough to stay in the division’s top 5. O’Breen and Lermontov will fight in a few months to determine which of my two favorite lightweights in the game gets another shot at the strap. On the hot prospects side of things is the ever dangerous Rupert “Warpath” Lennox, who has ridden his muay thai to six straight wins and a shot at ex-champ Sean Morrison.

 

--“Lightning” Lamont Banner may be the most dominant fighter for his weight class in the world right now. “LLB” knocked Atep of Indonesia cold in the second round of their December tilt in Tokyo. There really isn’t anyone new for Banner to face, so a rematch with Philip “Kid” Ziskie seems to be on the cards. Lars Bohlin was supposed to be next in line, but he lost his tuneup fight by UD to grindy boring decision machine Hans Christian Bloch, a nominal prospect who wasn’t even ranked in the top 20. While the loss only dropped Bohlin two spots in the GAMMA FW rankings, he lost a lot of points in my book for dropping all three rounds to a mid-level fighter.

 

--Bantamweight is still Li-Kong Ho’s playground. Luiz Machado is next because he guillotined Bryan Claremont to win the #1 contender’s tilt. Machado is going to lose to Ho, and once Claremont gets back on the winning track, a collision with “The Little Dragon” is all but inevitable.

 

--PROSPECT WATCH: SHW Travis “Thunderclap” Lashley is 4-0 in GAMMA at the age of 19, which is shocking because he has an awful chin and only three meaningful stats over 70. The ex-UC Davis wrestler and CotT Season 6 winner has knocked out or TKOd everyone he faced—all his fights on the show and all four of his official fights in GAMMA have been finishes. He’s got 96% marketability, so I’m not complaining.

--34-year-old LHW Tommy “Mac Daddy” Maivia is 5-0 in GAMMA as well. The Samoan-descended four-time UK karate champion has put his black belt to good use, with 5 KOs in his 7 career MMA fights. I just wish he weren’t so old.

--Also at LHW is 26-year-old Mexican submission specialist Teodoro Aguilar. “El Gigante” is a household name in Mexico (high-level national popularity there) and, by winning 3 of his 5 GAMMA fights by first-round submission, Aguilar has made a case for a spot in the LHW top 25. Maybe the most promising prospect at 205 in the world.

--Matas “The Beard” Fialkowski (changed his name because “Fialkowska” doesn’t sound Polish) does one thing—punch really hard—but he does it well. He’s 8-0 in GAMMA and now the #10 SHW in the world.

--Finally, the man who’s got the #1 unexpected prospect title at the moment. “The Belfast Bomber” Swithens Corcoran’s GAMMA career at the moment: 7 fights, 7 KO victories. He’s only gone to the 3rd round once. Corcoran’s moved into the world featherweight top 25 and, at only 26, the sky seems to be his limit.

 

Overall, this game is a ton of fun. GAMMA's still going strong--we have almost $300 million in the bank and sit at mid- to high-level international popularity around the world. ALPHA-1 still exist, but they've stagnated at national in Japan with no international presence. My ultimate goal for the game is still to play until ALPHA-1 are gone.

 

Anyone have thoughts on the Ken Peters situation? The man easily beat a legend to move into the MW top 5, but he's just so. damn. boring.

[Sco xY2Jx]

 

Anyone have thoughts on the Ken Peters situation? The man easily beat a legend to move into the MW top 5, but he's just so. damn. boring.

 

I'm enjoying hearing about your GAMMA game and how the world is developing, especially given that (after my update above) we're sitting at about the same place.

As for Ken Peters, I'm not sure how to combat that but it goes to show how the game world can differ from each others. In my GAMMA game, Peters has lost his last 3 via decision to Dean Capers, Curt Kitson and Marlon John and he's sitting 18th in my rankings.

You got any of those guys in the ranks who could challenge him perhaps?

[w4lru5]

I'm enjoying hearing about your GAMMA game and how the world is developing, especially given that (after my update above) we're sitting at about the same place.

As for Ken Peters, I'm not sure how to combat that but it goes to show how the game world can differ from each others. In my GAMMA game, Peters has lost his last 3 via decision to Dean Capers, Curt Kitson and Marlon John and he's sitting 18th in my rankings.

You got any of those guys in the ranks who could challenge him perhaps?

 

Amazing how good Rav Kapur and Nathan Chambers have been in your game. How's Isaiah Monroe doing?

 

Capers lost to William Harrison by submission in June before shocking Danny Akabaro by UD in November to improve to 7-2 (4-1 GAMMA), Kitson is a potential future challenger for the strap at heavyweight but on hiatus at the moment and John is my #1 contender at light heavyweight after winning against Affonso Villar in the fight for that spot. I could book Braulio Moura against Peters, except that the fight would be absolutely terrible and Moura would probably lose. The other option is waiting three months for a matchup with Buddy Garner, but, again, ew.

 

At lightweight, do you think GAMMA fans would prefer a Seth O'Breen or a Sukarno rematch?

[Generic Username]

<p>A fight between Patrick Thomas and Buddy Garner in GAMMA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="38722" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>(Rd 3 - 04:26) A jab lands from Thomas, but misses with a vicious left hand.<p> (Rd 3 - 04:26) Garner collapses, that shot knocked him out!</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Jab KO? Or was it the breeze from that missed left?</p>

[Bull]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Generic Username" data-cite="Generic Username" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="38722" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>A fight between Patrick Thomas and Buddy Garner in GAMMA.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Jab KO? Or was it the breeze from that missed left?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Are you playing without the Temporary patches? That's a glitch that was patched quite a while ago. .</p>

[Sco xY2Jx]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="w4lru5" data-cite="w4lru5" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="38722" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Amazing how good Rav Kapur and Nathan Chambers have been in your game. How's Isaiah Monroe doing?<p> </p><p> Capers lost to William Harrison by submission in June before shocking Danny Akabaro by UD in November to improve to 7-2 (4-1 GAMMA), Kitson is a potential future challenger for the strap at heavyweight but on hiatus at the moment and John is my #1 contender at light heavyweight after winning against Affonso Villar in the fight for that spot. I could book Braulio Moura against Peters, except that the fight would be absolutely terrible and Moura would probably lose. The other option is waiting three months for a matchup with Buddy Garner, but, again, ew.</p><p> </p><p> At lightweight, do you think GAMMA fans would prefer a Seth O'Breen or a Sukarno rematch?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Yeah, Kapur was solid but I thought he would hold off Ivanov. Chambers is a good hand too but his matches are average at best so he's an unexciting champion.</p><p> Isiah Monroe has had a good turnaround. Initially he struggled losing to Bill Brown and Stuart Strange but since then he's won his last 4 via either KO or submission and he's 3rd in the rankings. About to have him face Neil Napier next for #1 Contendership.</p><p> </p><p> As for your situation, you haven't explained it there, really. Sukarno vs Lermentov would be an awesome rematch though, if that's what you're getting at?</p>

[MightyDavidson]

<p>I thought Rav Kapur would defeat Tank Man'ua in my game. To say the least I was a trifle gobsmacked when it didn't actually happen. Effed up my plans a bit too, since the Tank match was meant to be something to keep Rav's momentum up until he got his title shot against James Foster.</p><p> </p><p>

That same show Tim Boyer and Murilo Satinho fought for the title shot. I thought Satinho would be a monster in my heavyweight division but Boyer schooled him and then Satinho went on to lose to Rav Kapur as well.</p>

[Blackman]

That fat piece of flesh gave me problems in WMMA3 as well.

 

You have to watch out when matching up skill-less 265'ers with 210'ers (though Rav should be a little bulkier). They might actually win despite the skill discrepancy.

[MightyDavidson]

<p>Well with wins over Satinho and Hughes, Rav is recovering nicely.</p><p> </p><p>

My main issue now is that Brandon Sugar decides to take a hiatus after winning my Lightweight title. Do I strip him of it or just make an interim title and unify the two when and if the no good so and so comes back?</p>

[Blackman]

It seems the reality tv shows spawn several friendly relationships, only to have the game match them up in the later rounds. Brutal. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> This is already the third time this happened. Too bad we can't watch these fights.

[MightyDavidson]

It seems the reality tv shows spawn several friendly relationships, only to have the game match them up in the later rounds. Brutal. This is already the third time this happened. Too bad we can't watch these fights.

 

I've been lucky in that respect, in the sense that new friends as a result of reality shows haven't had to face off to much in my game yet. The last season I ran was for the heavyweights and Tank Man'ua proved to be a very friendly fellow.

 

Also, I'm running a tournament to create an Interim Lightheavyweight Title to resolve the Brandon Sugar situation.

[w4lru5]

Yeah, Kapur was solid but I thought he would hold off Ivanov. Chambers is a good hand too but his matches are average at best so he's an unexciting champion.

Isiah Monroe has had a good turnaround. Initially he struggled losing to Bill Brown and Stuart Strange but since then he's won his last 4 via either KO or submission and he's 3rd in the rankings. About to have him face Neil Napier next for #1 Contendership.

 

As for your situation, you haven't explained it there, really. Sukarno vs Lermentov would be an awesome rematch though, if that's what you're getting at?

 

Yeah. Basically, both O'Breen and Lermontov lost to Sukarno in stupid ways (Lermontov by head kick up 4 rounds to none and O'Breen getting robbed by the judges). Lermontov and O'Breen fought a couple of years ago and Lermontov dominated that fight. I'd rather not wait another three months after a #1 contender's fight for Sukarno to defend the strap, so I have to decide whether the guy who got robbed by decision or the guy who got KOd in a fight he would've won 50-45 should get the title shot.

 

Thoughts? And thanks!

[Celuwyn]

The guy who got robbed.

 

Lermontov lost by clean KO, it's hard for him, but it's the game, he lost cleanly

[Blackman]

See, this is why I make no distinction between title fights and regular fights. Sure, it's not practical irl, but these arguments (KO'd during "championship rounds") would be rendered invalid.

[iverbure]

Yeah. Basically, both O'Breen and Lermontov lost to Sukarno in stupid ways (Lermontov by head kick up 4 rounds to none and O'Breen getting robbed by the judges). Lermontov and O'Breen fought a couple of years ago and Lermontov dominated that fight. I'd rather not wait another three months after a #1 contender's fight for Sukarno to defend the strap, so I have to decide whether the guy who got robbed by decision or the guy who got KOd in a fight he would've won 50-45 should get the title shot.

 

Thoughts? And thanks!

 

So you think Chael Sonnen deserved a rematch after tapping to Anderson's triangle in the 5th?

[Blackman]

So you think Chael Sonnen deserved a rematch after tapping to Anderson's triangle in the 5th?

 

Actually, arguments could be made in favor of that. This honestly couldn't have been Anderson's gameplan: let's wait for the last round and tap him out. It's risky as hell, though I guess he could've knocked him out if he wanted to.

[iverbure]

he had knee surgery shorty before the fight

[Celuwyn]

Losing all my champion to WEFF. It seems that the IA has improved for contract

I've proposed : 20k, 100% win bonus, 100% main show bonus, 25k bonus for signing (I'm medium regional)

The IA just beat me with 9k, 50% win bonus, 5k bonus signing. WEFF is High level national, it's more realistic

[Blackman]

It's AI in English.

 

And yes, that's a good thing. People who complain can always turn on arcade mode.

 

he had knee surgery shorty before the fight

 

Does it matter? A loss is a loss. MMA is not a place for purists, given you can't egalize the contextual factors.

[Celuwyn]

It's AI in English.

 

 

Arf, my french has gotten the better of me..

[Sco xY2Jx]

Quick add-on from my previous update (Jan 2005.) as we're now in week 3 of April, 2005. 3 title changes have taken place at the last 4 GAMMA events.

The first was Super Heavyweight Champ Tastukichi Toyota dropping the belt 2:30 into round 2 of his first defence as he faced Antonio Ortega, who took the victory via Armbar submission.

 

The 2nd was at GAMMA 93. Aleksander Ivanov defeated Foster in his first fight then defeated Kapur for the Heavyweight title in his 2nd. His first defence was against 21 year old Shane Huerta, who as previously mentioned has blitzed through the division conquering everyone in his path. With 18 seconds left of the first round, Huerta forced 'The Great Bear' to submit via Kimura lock as he became the youngest champion of any division in the history of GAMMA. It was a slow burn but his record stands at 8-0 and it'll take something/someone special to knock him off the top of the mountain.

 

The night before GAMMA 94, the MMA world suffered a loss as GAMMA Middleweight fighter Mily Golanov died in an accident at the age of 30.

The following night was indeed GAMMA 94 and it was special. Brandon Sugar defeated Lukas Mellberg within 2 rounds in a MOTY candidate. Then in the main event the primarily hit or miss Manuel Silva faced off against the Welterweight Champion, Nathan Chambers. They had met once previously in Chambers 2nd title defence which he won via UD. It wasn't to be tonight, though. In round 2, Chambers lifted Silva up for a huge slam but as he was planting him to the ground, Silva locked in a guillotine chokehold leaving Chambers no option but to tap out, crowning a new Welterweight Champion.

The following night, Chambers announced that he was going on hiatus, indefinitely.

 

Our next 4 events are;

GAMMA 95; Monroe vs Napier

GAMMA 96; Lermentov vs Morrison III (Morrison's last shot at a title)

GAMMA 97; McDonald vs Kapur

GAMMA 98; Rock vs Aldrisio

 

GAMMA 99 will follow (not sure what the main will be) and then it'll be a showcase/celebration of sorts as we hit GAMMA 100.

[iverbure]

It's AI in English.

 

And yes, that's a good thing. People who complain can always turn on arcade mode.

 

 

 

Does it matter? A loss is a loss. MMA is not a place for purists, given you can't egalize the contextual factors.

 

Anderson didn't lose to Chael.