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BYU 14 · December 22, 2014

Wink Deschanel was scheduled to fight Tyrone Malik at ECW 10, but suffers a minor elbow injury. He is out and journeyman Samuel Russo will step in to fight Malik in his place. We also announce the main event for ECW 11 in June, as a Welterweight Champion will be crowned as Callum Henson takes on Feliz Matterson Jr, the top two ranked fighters available, with Gus Fitzpatrick earning a shot at the winner.

We sign former pro boxer Dennis Borgomeo to fight in our Light Heavyweight division for $1,450 per fight. He will make his MMA debut for us, most likely at the July show.

Sylvester Collins has left Halverson’s team, most likely over his loss to Hoynes for the HW belt and is said to be looking for a new team with strong standup trainers.

Gamma comes after Rupert Dreck again and we can’t afford to lose him, so I offer the unheard of sum for us of $6000 per fight for 6 fights. He ends up resigning with us, but the final cost is $7000 per fight, yikes!

Our Sportube agreement expires in 2 months and with a TV contract in place, we will be pulling their rights to show our content for free.

Evan Pizzarro leaves the Pittsburgh Steel camp, apparently not wanting to train any longer with Gus Fitzpatrick after the latter defeated him.

Stymied in their bid for Dreck, Gamma now pursues Brody Howles, who is set to be Dreck’s next challenger, we are forced to ante up, raising to $4,500 a fight after Gamma counters. We must now sweat it out.

Finances as of May 1st, coming off a monster first month on TV and the complete card for ECW 10: Mayhem.

<table width="790" style="width: 592pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><col width="26" style="width: 20pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 950;"><col width="33" style="width: 25pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 1206;"><col width="89" style="width: 67pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3254;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="75" style="width: 56pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2742;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="117" style="width: 88pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4278;"><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><tbody><tr height="40" style="height: 30pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td width="19" height="40" style="border: 0px black; width: 14pt; height: 30pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="26" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 20pt; background-color: black;"></td><td width="328" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 246pt; background-color: black;" colspan="4">ECW 10: Mayhem</td><td width="417" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 312pt; background-color: black;" colspan="5">Saturday, May 25, 2002</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="6">Main Event</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Isaiah 'Thump' Monroe 11-0 © vs 'The Tap Out Artist' Billy Russell 7-0 ECW Middleweight Title</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="6">Undercard</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Zeke Eliot 7-0 vs Joe Hinchcliffe 26-14 (WW)</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Wyatt Ashur 9-5 vs Brock Youdale 8-2 (WW)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Hunter Scribbins 7-0 vs Bradley Dixon 20-13 (MW)</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Tyrone Malik 5-1 vs Samuel Russo 18-13 (LH)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="9">Plus 3 exciting preliminary bouts featuring</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Douglas Acid vs Harvey Loeb, MacGregor Dare vs Brett Krakowski, Ryan Beeker vs Linton Berry</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="10"></td></tr><tr height="24" style="height: 18pt;"><td height="24" style="border: 0px black; height: 18pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="6">Business Ledger- May 1st, 2002</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Financial Summary</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Expenses</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Balance: $424,179</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Tax: $9,666</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Monthly profit/loss: $86,301</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Fighters: $47,934</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Income</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Contracts: $2,600</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Gate: $56,320</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Drug Tests: $16,800</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Sponsorship: $10,880</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Production: $16,465</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">PPV: $0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Marketing: $32,861</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Ads \ Subscriptions: $143,400</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Admin: $1,204</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Merchandise: $3,147</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">TV: $0</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Coporate: $0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Coporate: $0</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Misc: $840</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Misc: $756</td></tr></tbody></table>

BYU 14 · December 24, 2014

<table width="790" style="width: 592pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><col width="26" style="width: 20pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 950;"><col width="33" style="width: 25pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 1206;"><col width="89" style="width: 67pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3254;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="75" style="width: 56pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2742;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="117" style="width: 88pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4278;"><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><tbody><tr height="40" style="height: 30pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td width="19" height="40" style="border: 0px black; width: 14pt; height: 30pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="26" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 20pt; background-color: black;"></td><td width="726" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 544pt; background-color: black;" colspan="8">ECW 10: Mayhem- May 25th, 2002 - Colorado</td><td width="19" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 14pt; background-color: black;"></td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="6">Main Event - ECW Middleweight Title</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">MW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Isaiah Monroe 11-0 © </td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">vs</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Billy Russell 7-0</td></tr><tr height="93" style="height: 69.95pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="93" style="border: 0px black; height: 69.95pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="726" style="border: 0px black; width: 544pt; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Big first round for Monroe as he keeps it standing and drops Russell near the end of the round and is on the verge of finishing him when the bell saves him, in the second round he drops Russell again less than a minute in, but the challenger is able to tie Monroe up in guard and clear his head, though Monroe is clearly the stronger fighter.In the 3rd round Monroe steps in and catches Russell with a devasting hook that drops him flat on his back, Monroe doesn't even bother following up as Russell is out cold, Monroe has retain his title once again!</td><td width="19" style="border: 0px black; width: 14pt; background-color: transparent;"></td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="9">Isaiah Monroe beats Billy Russell by KO (Punch) in 0:46 or rd 3 (Great) - Retains MW Title</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="6">Undercard</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">WW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Zeke Eliot 7-0 beats Joe Hinchcliffe 26-14 by submission (kimura) in 1:02 of rd 2 (Good)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">The sub-fest continues as once a gain a standup fighter has no defense for the wrestling wiz, Eliot wins from side control</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">WW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Brock Youdale 8-2 beats Wyatt Asher 9-5 by submission (arm triangle) in 0:37 of rd 2 (Good)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Youdale has Asher down within 30 seconds in both rounds and grinds him out, as Asher mounts zero offense</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">MW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Hunter Scribbins 7-0 beats Bradley Dixon 20-13 by submission (arm triangle) in 2:07 of rd 2 (Great)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(191, 191, 191); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(191, 191, 191); background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Scribbins is dynamic on the ground, but the crafty Dixon manages to defend 3 arm bar attempts before succumbing</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">LH</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Tyrone Malik 5-1 beats Samuel Russo 18-13 by submission (rear naked choke) in 4:03 of rd 1 (Great)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Dominating performance by Malik who rebounds nicely with a dominating win over the veteran</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="6">Preliminarys</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px windowtext; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Ryan Beeker beats Linton Berry, MacGregor Dare beats, Brett Krakowski, Douglas Acid beats Harvey Loeb</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="2">Att: 802</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="2">Gate: $68,010</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="5">Rating: Critical 81, Commercial 45, Popularity +3.0</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Fight of the night - Monroe/Russell, KO of the night - Monroe, Submission of the night - Malik</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="9">Wrap up</td></tr><tr height="106" style="height: 80.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="106" style="border: 0px black; height: 80.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="745" style="border: 0px black; width: 558pt; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Monroe makes sure he does not fall victim to the storyline of the night, which is submissions, and delivers his finest performance yet dismantling the talented Russell with a punishing stand up game, Monroe has to be considered our marquee fighter now, if only we still had Bill Brown.Hunter Scribbins wants Dwayne Alleyne for his next opponent and Tyron Malik calls out Titus Mostel in their post fight interviews.Our critical rating is off the charts for this show and with the card broadcast we get our biggest popularity boost since our first two cards, we clear an amazing $154,254 profit on the show, ECW has turned the corner!Bradley Dixon retires after his loss and Youdale is out 5 months (hand)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Omnikron · December 24, 2014

I just wanted to echo some other comments by saying I'm really enjoying following this thread. Great work.

BYU 14 · December 24, 2014

We go hard after Gamma WW champ Bobby Brubaker, offering $11,000 per fight, it is vain as expected, as the best welterweight in the world resigns with the big boys.

Instead of the gold ring, we get two Gamma castoffs in MW Thomas Smith 15-5 signs for $2,000 per fight, 5 fights after being let go and WW Lloyd McAllister 16-6, let go in March after his 3rd straight loss comes on board for $1,500 per fight. We also sign a prospect in HW Morgan Hopwood, a 24 yr old muscle bound freak who is 1-0 and strong as an Ox, but has serious stamina issues.

MW Champ Isaiah Moore leaves Mean Machines training camp, a curious move as good as he has been.

On the business end, we schedule our first show in Canada, with ECW 13: Invasion set for Ontario in August. No fights signed yet, but I am hoping for a Rupert Dreck vs Joshua Hope main event for the LHW title, a fight that should leave a great first impression on this unexplored territory since Hope hails from Edmonton. The loser here is Brody Howles, who will now have to wait to face the winner and will probably appear on the same card. We also vault into the #6 MMA company in the world passing KDM FC.

Stan Still hurts is back and is out of his fight with Taye Burnett at ECW 11: Lonestar Showdown. No Heavyweights are available, but Dwayne Allen offers to take a catchweight fight. I decide against it and we will go with only 2 prelim fights on the card.

Gamma comes after Justin Brannagh, I offer a raise to $3,800 to keep him. Gamma counters and it eventually costs me $4,200 per fight to keep him.

Next Gamma comes after breakout star Cal Hillson, who I am paying the obscenely low amount of $735 per fight. The offer $1,000, I go to $1,600. They counter and I go to $2,000, we will see how this plays out.

Complete card for ECW 11: Lonestar Showdown in Texas, which features a so-so main event, but a stacked undercard, including a much anticipated fight between Twinge and Jones, which has turned nasty over the last couple of weeks with Twinge initiating an ugly war of words between the camps.

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I just wanted to echo some other comments by saying I'm really enjoying following this thread. Great work.

Thank you so much, glad to have you following along.

BYU 14 · December 26, 2014

<table width="790" style="width: 592pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><col width="26" style="width: 20pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 950;"><col width="33" style="width: 25pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 1206;"><col width="89" style="width: 67pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3254;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="75" style="width: 56pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2742;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="117" style="width: 88pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4278;"><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><tbody><tr height="40" style="height: 30pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td width="19" height="40" style="border: 0px black; width: 14pt; height: 30pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="26" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 20pt; background-color: black;"></td><td width="726" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 544pt; background-color: black;" colspan="8">ECW 11: Lonestar Showdown- June 29th, 2002 - Texas</td><td width="19" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 14pt; background-color: black;"></td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="6">Main Event - ECW Welterweight Title</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">WW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Callum Henson 23-10</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">vs</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Felix Mattherson Jr. 9-1</td></tr><tr height="93" style="height: 69.95pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="93" style="border: 0px black; height: 69.95pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="726" style="border: 0px black; width: 544pt; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Mattherson takes the first by a narrow margin, taking Henson down to gain the edge as Henson gets caught throwing a leg kick.It the second round Henson presses the action and looks to chop Mattherson down with more kicks to the thigh, but Mattherson times a left hand counter nicely and wobbles Henson.As Henson stumbles, Matterson leaps in with a wicked overhand right that catches him flush on the chin, Henson is out before he hits the canvas and the fight is over suddenly, with Felix Mattherson becming the first ECW welterweight Champion</td><td width="19" style="border: 0px black; width: 14pt; background-color: transparent;"></td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="9">Felix Mattherson beats Callum Henson by KO (punch) in 1:38 of rd 2 (Good) - Wins ECW WW Title</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="6">Undercard</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">HW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Wilson Franklyn 11-2 beats Fatuma Roy 23-11 by unanimous decision 30-26, 30-26, 30-27 (Decent)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Franklyn drops Roy in the first, then batters and bloodies him over the final two rounds in a dominating win</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">HW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Sly Twinge 10-0 beats Damien Jones 8-1 by unanimous decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 (Average)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">The much ballyhooed brawl never matierializes as Twinge just smothers Jones the entire way, landing 3 of 3 takedowns</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">MW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Julio Gutierrez 10-0 beats Tom Essy 5-0 by unanimous decision 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 (Decent)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(191, 191, 191); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(191, 191, 191); background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">A very technical bout between two of ECW's young stars (both 23) with a third round takedown being the decider</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">LH</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Cal Hillson 6-0 beats Jericho Stewart 6-1 by TKO (strikes) at 4:42 of rd 2 (Good)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Hillson rebounds from a 2nd rd knockdown, scrambling to take Jericho's back, then pounding him out</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="6">Preliminarys</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px windowtext; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Joe Pelham beats Garrison Grable, Dean Capers beats Blaze Weeks</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="2">Att: 642</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="2">Gate: $70,775</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="5">Rating: Critical 57, Commercial 32, Popularity -0.8</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Fight of the night - Mattherson/Henson, KO of the night - Mattherson, Submission of the night - N/A</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="9">Wrap up</td></tr><tr height="106" style="height: 80.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="106" style="border: 0px black; height: 80.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="745" style="border: 0px black; width: 558pt; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Our worst commercial rating yet and the first time we actually dip in popularity as the 'loaded' undercard did not cpme through, with the main event actually being the best fight.After a very impressive win over Roy, Franklyn lets Sly Twinge know that he has a spot on his dance card for him, Hillson was being completely outboxed, but his power will insure he is always dangerous, a big win for the 'Roughneck', Julio Gutierrez challenges Hunter Scribbins after his win.We only spend $36,715 on fighter purses, allowing us to clear $124,499 in profits, thanks to broadcast revenue. but National TV Pride complains, demanding more star power on the next show, which won't even feature a title fight</td></tr></tbody></table>

ripwalk · December 27, 2014

Very cool. I had mentioned that I had been playing a similar game as you ... with a new start up promotion, except mine is located in Canada.

I'm not as far into the game as you... Thus far I haven't had as many raids from GAMMA.. HOWEVER... perhaps even more detrimental, OMEGA started up in my game... And they have put out offers to over half of my roster.... So now many of my fighters are in OMEGA too, which is going to make it incredibly challenging to book cards going forward. I've made it my mission that once I get to national I'm going to do everything I can to absolutely crush OMEGA... sign every one of their stars to exclusive deals.

I also am curious about your popularity gains ... I was only with Sportstube and just recently got a Public Access Select contract too .. HOwever, your shows are seeing 1.2 per cent, 2 per cent, 3 per cent, etc.. small popularity gains .. I had found it odd as it wasn't this way at all in WMMA3, but my shows were getting 10%+ popularity gains .. Some as high as 12 per cent.. And these were gains in Canada, as well as US .. and then fairly sizeable gains all around the world too. I'm not sure what caused this.. but starting from I think 30 per cent popularity I'm already up to high level regional, 77 per cent, after like 7 shows... Bizarre....

I haven't played in a couple weeks, but I was on the Dec. 9 patch... I have just patched up to Dec. 27, so maybe that will make a difference going forward with really huge popularity gains.

Blade6119 · December 27, 2014

Very cool. I had mentioned that I had been playing a similar game as you ... with a new start up promotion, except mine is located in Canada.

I'm not as far into the game as you... Thus far I haven't had as many raids from GAMMA.. HOWEVER... perhaps even more detrimental, OMEGA started up in my game... And they have put out offers to over half of my roster.... So now many of my fighters are in OMEGA too, which is going to make it incredibly challenging to book cards going forward. I've made it my mission that once I get to national I'm going to do everything I can to absolutely crush OMEGA... sign every one of their stars to exclusive deals.

I also am curious about your popularity gains ... I was only with Sportstube and just recently got a Public Access Select contract too .. HOwever, your shows are seeing 1.2 per cent, 2 per cent, 3 per cent, etc.. small popularity gains .. I had found it odd as it wasn't this way at all in WMMA3, but my shows were getting 10%+ popularity gains .. Some as high as 12 per cent.. And these were gains in Canada, as well as US .. and then fairly sizeable gains all around the world too. I'm not sure what caused this.. but starting from I think 30 per cent popularity I'm already up to high level regional, 77 per cent, after like 7 shows... Bizarre....

I haven't played in a couple weeks, but I was on the Dec. 9 patch... I have just patched up to Dec. 27, so maybe that will make a difference going forward with really huge popularity gains.

It will, the pop gains was severely diminished by patching as the game was far too easy in the early patches for small companies.

BTW BYU, good read so far. Keep chugging along!

Donners · December 29, 2014

I love the way you present this. Fiddling around with tables is absolutely baffling to me, but you've managed to use them in a way which sets out everything really clearly and effectively.

BYU 14 · December 29, 2014

It will, the pop gains was severely diminished by patching as the game was far too easy in the early patches for small companies.

BTW BYU, good read so far. Keep chugging along!

Thank you and yes, pops were really toned down as the patches came, I just jumped back to 2-3% after I signed my TV deal, which is cool as I like the grind.

I love the way you present this. Fiddling around with tables is absolutely baffling to me, but you've managed to use them in a way which sets out everything really clearly and effectively.

Thank you, glad to have you following along.

BYU 14 · December 30, 2014

We are able to outbid Gamma for Cal Hillson, but he gets a new 2K per fight bump, going to $2600.00 per fight and catapults in the rankings to the #1 spot. Strangely Fatuma Roy stays at #1 in the HW division after his loss to Franklyn, but everyone knows that Sly Twinge will get the next shot.

Rupert Dreck is ready to resume training and will defend against Canadian Joshua Hope at our first show in Canada, ECW 13, which should do big business, at least on TV and give us a footprint in Canada.

Current Rankings

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mso-height-source: userset;"><td width="19" height="26" style="border: 0px black; width: 14pt; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="26" style="border: 0px white; width: 20pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"></td><td width="225" style="border: 0px white; width: 169pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="3">HW Rankings</td><td width="281" style="border: 0px white; width: 210pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="3">LHW Rankings</td><td width="239" style="border: 0px white; width: 179pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="3">MW Rankings</td><td width="225" style="border: 0px white; width: 168pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="3">WW Rankings</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">C</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Sam Hoynes 8-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Rupert Dreck 11-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Isaiah Monroe 12-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Felix Matterson Jr 10-1</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Fatuma Roy 23-12</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Cal Hillson 7-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Ashley Ballard 13-3</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Gus Fitzpatrick 9-0</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">2</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Sly Twinge 11-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Joshua Hope 9-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Thomas Smith 15-5</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Zeke Eliot 8-0</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">3</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Wilson Franklyn 12-2</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Brody Howles 7-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Reed Howlett 8-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Callum Henson 23-11</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">4</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Sylvester Collins 9-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Dwayne Alleyne 9-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Hunter Scribbins 8-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Lloyd McAllister 16-6</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">5</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Nate MacReary 8-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Jerry Bogdonovich 11-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Wes Hersch 8-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Agustin Gonzalez 15-5</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">6</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Randall Donnelly 14-8</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Justin Brannagh 8-2</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Julio Gutierrez 11-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Brock Youdale 9-2</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">7</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Damien Jones 8-2</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Adrian Pascal 7-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Esteban Vega 8-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Chad Zoff 10-0</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">8</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Collins Lundie 12-7</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Gavin Marshall 6-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Bernard Blue 11-4</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Evan Pizzarro 8-1</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">9</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">John Fitzwallace 10-5</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Wink Deschanel 6-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Billy Russell 7-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Zachary Gilbert 15-10</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">10</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Gareth Grundy 10-7</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">MacGregor Dare 6-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Tom Essy 5-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Joshua Ziegler 10-4</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table width="790" style="width: 592pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><col width="26" style="width: 20pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 950;"><col width="33" style="width: 25pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 1206;"><col width="89" style="width: 67pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3254;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="75" style="width: 56pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2742;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="117" style="width: 88pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4278;"><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><tbody><tr height="24" style="height: 18pt;"><td width="19" height="24" style="border: 0px black; width: 14pt; height: 18pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="251" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 189pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="4"></td><td width="520" style="border: 0px white; width: 389pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="6">Business Ledger- July 1st, 2002</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Financial Summary</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Expenses</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Balance: $563,333</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Tax: $5,417</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Monthly profit/loss: $46,096</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Fighters: $38,860</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Income</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Contracts: $2,600</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Gate: $70,775</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Drug Tests: $16,800</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Sponsorship: $11,920</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Production: $17,493</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">PPV: $0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Marketing: $68,941</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Ads \ Subscriptions: $111,000</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Admin: $1,204</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Merchandise: $3,632</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">TV: $0</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Coporate: $0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Coporate: $0</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Misc: $840</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Misc: $756</td></tr></tbody></table>

BYU 14 · December 30, 2014

Our SportsTube contract is officially over, so hopefully our TV ratings will climb now that you can’t access any content for free

Gamma is now trying to sign Abe Locke, who has yet to debut, which makes no sense as the former Alpha-1 fighter had lost 3 straight with that company and has since gone 2-0 in local fights. I up my salary offer as he could be a solid gatekeeper type for us.

Carson Neuwirth and Wink Deschanel had signed for the ECW 13 show in August, however Neuwirth has suffered a leg injury, so I bring in Jethro Munter as a replacement and this fight will headline the prelims.

Isaiah Monroe becomes the first ECW fighter to crack the top 25 overall world ratings, coming in as the #22 ranked Middleweight in the world.

In big international news, BCF Middleweight Champion Rob Baines has also signed a standard contract with SIGMA, which could make for an interesting dynamic in the coming months.

Complete card for ECW 12:

<table width="790" style="width: 592pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><col width="26" style="width: 20pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 950;"><col width="33" style="width: 25pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 1206;"><col width="89" style="width: 67pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3254;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="75" style="width: 56pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2742;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="117" style="width: 88pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4278;"><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><tbody><tr height="40" style="height: 30pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td width="19" height="40" style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 14pt; height: 30pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="26" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 20pt; background-color: black;"></td><td width="328" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 246pt; background-color: black;" colspan="4">ECW 12: Scar Strangled Bangers</td><td width="417" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 312pt; background-color: black;" colspan="5">Saturday, July 27, 2002</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); border-image: none; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px white; border-image: none; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="6">Main Event</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Reed 'Night Crawler' Howlett 8-0 vs Wes Hersch 8-0 ECW MW Title eliminator</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); border-image: none; background-color: black;" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); border-image: none; background-color: black;" colspan="6">Undercard</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Jerry Bogdonovich 11-1 vs Justin Brannagh 8-2</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Joshua Ziegler 10-4 vs Agustin Gonzalez 15-5</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Timothy McNally 8-1 vs Ed Burridge 7-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Guy Broom 6-1 vs Abe Locke 7-3</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); border-image: none; background-color: black;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); border-image: none; background-color: black;" colspan="9">Plus 3 exciting preliminary bouts featuring</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Zair Williams vs Lachlan Bowen, Derren Barton vs Moe Muschin, Dennis Borgomeo vs Eric Dartmouth</td></tr></tbody></table>

ripwalk · December 30, 2014

Yeah in my test run I overlooked marketing and it defaults to regional medium, so that was killing me. Had it on basic local until I hit mid level regional, now going with advanced local and hoping the TV show helps too.

I just reread and caught this part.. I find that interesting... Is "basic local" below the threshold it tells you that you will suffer a penalty? What is the penalty?

By killing you, I assume you mean it was costing money... But I assume the larger marketing, the larger popularity boost you would get from your shows?

ripwalk · December 30, 2014

Also BYU, what kind of popularity increases are you seeing for your fighters after fights?

As I recalled when I was playing my similar game (but start up based in Canada), fighters were only gaining about 5 per cent popularity, win or lose.. Starting with several guys who weren't starting with any name value at all in Canada, it seemed like it would take me forever to actually build any stars in my org.

I am thinking of starting a new game, similar setup to yours, with a startup in America, as opposed to Canada.. it kind of bugged me with my Canadian startup that the game created all these new fighters for the weight classes, that were super talented, but inexperienced (which I think happens when a new division is introduced in a region) .. It kind of broken immersion for me to have all these 0-0, 1-0 guys who had better talent than most of my roster (and also no renders!)

Final question (for now) .. what popularity level did you start with?

BYU 14 · December 30, 2014

I just reread and caught this part.. I find that interesting... Is "basic local" below the threshold it tells you that you will suffer a penalty? What is the penalty?

By killing you, I assume you mean it was costing money... But I assume the larger marketing, the larger popularity boost you would get from your shows?

Threshold depends on the size, at low level regional I was OK using Basic or advanced local, once I hit mid level regional the penalty was mid level regional promotion, going below that just means your pop gains are much less. Once I got the TV contract though I have been at mid or high level regional since the broadcast money is solid.

Also BYU, what kind of popularity increases are you seeing for your fighters after fights?

As I recalled when I was playing my similar game (but start up based in Canada), fighters were only gaining about 5 per cent popularity, win or lose.. Starting with several guys who weren't starting with any name value at all in Canada, it seemed like it would take me forever to actually build any stars in my org.

I am thinking of starting a new game, similar setup to yours, with a startup in America, as opposed to Canada.. it kind of bugged me with my Canadian startup that the game created all these new fighters for the weight classes, that were super talented, but inexperienced (which I think happens when a new division is introduced in a region) .. It kind of broken immersion for me to have all these 0-0, 1-0 guys who had better talent than most of my roster (and also no renders!)

Final question (for now) .. what popularity level did you start with?

As a company I started at 15% popularity and am currently at 42.1 after 12 shows, so averaging roughly 2.25% and only lost popularity once.

In terms of fighters, it varies wildly. 2 to 15% range on average, for fighters performing well.

I will use Isaiah Monroe and Jerry Bogdonovich as examples.

Monroe started at 12%, but is now at 67.8% in America, due mainly to being 4-0 and being the highest ranked guy world wide in our company, plus always has good fights.

J-Bog started at 24% and is now at 39.8% after 4 fights with ECW. He is hurt by his loss of course, but has gained 4-6% in his wins.

BYU 14 · December 30, 2014

<table width="790" style="width: 592pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><col width="26" style="width: 20pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 950;"><col width="33" style="width: 25pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 1206;"><col width="89" style="width: 67pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3254;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="75" style="width: 56pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2742;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="117" style="width: 88pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4278;"><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><tbody><tr height="40" style="height: 30pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td width="19" height="40" style="border: 0px black; width: 14pt; height: 30pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="26" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 20pt; background-color: black;"></td><td width="726" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 544pt; background-color: black;" colspan="8">ECW 12: Scar Strangled Bangers- July 29th, 2002 - New Jersey</td><td width="19" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 14pt; background-color: black;"></td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="6">Main Event - MW Title eliminator</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">MW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Reed Howlett 8-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">vs</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Wes Hersch 8-0</td></tr><tr height="93" style="height: 69.95pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="93" style="border: 0px black; height: 69.95pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="726" style="border: 0px black; width: 544pt; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">The winner is guaranteed a shot at Monroe by years end and Wes Hersch is all business, charging from his corner he takes Howlett down just 7 seconds into the fight.Working methodically to pass guard, Hersch achieves full mount and as Howlett extends his arms to defend himself, Hersch transitions beautifully to an arm bar and Howlett has no choice but to tap or suffer a dislocated elbow.Hersch immediately finds Monroe in the audience and gives him the discount double check motion, telling him he is coming for the belt.</td><td width="19" style="border: 0px black; width: 14pt; background-color: transparent;"></td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="9">Wes Hersh beats Reed Howlett by submission (armbar) in 2:26 of rd 1 (Great)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="6">Undercard</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">HW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Jerry Bogdonovich 11-1 beats Justin Brannagh 8-2 by KO (punch) in 3:57 or rd 1 (Good)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">J-Bog rattles Brannagh early, dropping him, then starching him with a wild right after Brannagh regained his feet</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">WW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Agustin Gonzalez 15-5 beats Joshua Ziegler 10-4 by KO (punch) in 2:18 of rd 2 (Great)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Ziegler takes the 1st rd changing levels nicely, but gets taken down in the 2nd and knocked cold with a vicious right</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">MW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Ed Burridge 7-1 beats Timothy McNally 8-1 by submission (arm triangle) in 3:57 or rd 1 (Good)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(191, 191, 191); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(191, 191, 191); background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">McNally can not keep Burridge at bay with his kicks and flounders off of his back, quickly falling prey to the submission</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">HW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Guy Broom 6-1 beats Abe Locke 7-3 by TKO (strikes) in 3:14 of rd 2 (decent)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">A battle of behemoths sees Broom easily belt Locke out, as the latter looks lost on the ground, despite his background</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="6">Preliminarys</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px windowtext; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Dennis Borgomeo beats Eric Dartmouth, Moe Muschin beats Derren Barton, Lachlan Bowen beats Zair Williams</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="2">Att: 756</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="2">Gate: $67,738</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="5">Rating: Critical 76, Commercial 39, Popularity +2.0</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Fight of the night - Hersch/Howlett, KO of the night - Bogdonovich, Submission of the night - Hersch</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="9">Wrap up</td></tr><tr height="106" style="height: 80.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="106" style="border: 0px black; height: 80.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="745" style="border: 0px black; width: 558pt; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">A nice rebound in the ratings and we clear $124,486 on the show with the broadcast revenue, so no complaints from National Pride TV this time out and it should set us up for an easy renewal with them when the time comes.Monroe is already locked into a September title defense against Hunter Scribbins, so it will likely be January before Hersch gets the winner of that one, but his ground game was flawless tonight.J-Bog remains the most dangerous striker in ECW and if you don't get your hands on him before he touches you it is usually trouble.Ed Burridge calls out Julio Gutierrez after his win, while Gutierrez had previsouly challenged Scribbins, good times loom in the MW division</td></tr></tbody></table>

BuddyGarner · December 30, 2014

It's baffling to me that you don't use all 20 fights. You earn the right for 18 build up fights with the 2 main events why wouldn't you use those fights.

BYU 14 · December 30, 2014

It's baffling to me that you don't use all 20 fights. You earn the right for 18 build up fights with the 2 main events why wouldn't you use those fights.

Two things really, one is money, I would have likely gone under with the contracts I had to pay to keep Gamma from gutting my roster and even now with the TV contract would barely be breaking even.

I want to hold a show every month to keep momentum going and visit different state/regions and with 89 fighters that would be impossible, so it is either 8 fight cards every month or 20 fight cards every 2-3 months. Long term it pretty comes out the same.

BYU 14 · December 31, 2014

Another big month with 40+ K in profit, through August will be interesting as we venture into Canada, where we are virtually unknown, for the first time. I have hit marketing hard and with three Canadian born fighters at the top of the card (Hope, Collins and Gilbert) I am hoping to make an immediate splash as I would like to get on TV there by end of next year.

Complete Card for ECW 13 has been released.

<table width="790" style="width: 592pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><col width="26" style="width: 20pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 950;"><col width="33" style="width: 25pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 1206;"><col width="89" style="width: 67pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3254;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="75" style="width: 56pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2742;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="117" style="width: 88pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4278;"><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><tbody><tr height="24" style="height: 18pt;"><td width="19" height="24" style="border: 0px black; width: 14pt; height: 18pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="251" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 189pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="4"></td><td width="520" style="border: 0px white; width: 389pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="6">Business Ledger- August 1st, 2002</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Financial Summary</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Expenses</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Balance: $604,853</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Tax: $2,325</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Monthly profit/loss: $41,520</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Fighters: $56,721</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Income</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Contracts: $2,600</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Gate: $67,738</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Drug Tests: $19,200</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Sponsorship: $11,245</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Production: $18,059</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">PPV: $0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Marketing: $77,691</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Ads \ Subscriptions: $136,200</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Admin: $1,204</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Merchandise: $4,053</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">TV: $0</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Coporate: $0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Coporate: $0</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Misc: $840</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Misc: $756</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td></tr><tr height="40" style="height: 30pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="40" style="border: 0px black; height: 30pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="4">ECW 13: Invasion</td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="5">Saturday, August 24, 2002</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="6">Main Event</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">The Green Machine' Rupert Dreck 11-0 vs 'Glorious' Joshua Hope 9-0 ECW Light Heavyweight Title</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="6">Undercard</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Sylvester Collins 9-1 vs John Fitzwallace 10-5 (HW)</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Randy Carsley 7-1 vs Zachary Gilbert 15-10 (MW)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Taye Burnett 7-1 vs Collins Lundie 12-7 (HW)</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Esteban Vega 8-1 vs Bart Diggs 9-6 (MW)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="9">Plus 3 exciting preliminary bouts featuring</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Wink Deschanel vs Jethro Munter, Bernard Blue vs French Dancer, Ryan Beeker vs Fisher Kaye</td></tr></tbody></table>

BYU 14 · December 31, 2014

Eric Dartmouth, with three losses in a row at Light Heavy requests a move down to Middleweight, which I grant.

We manage to keep Abe Locke from Gamma, but it costs us a bump to $2,100 per fight.

We sign former Gamma Heavyweight Leon Banks (33-15) to a 4 fight deal at $3,000 per fight, he needs a few final pay days and we need a name in the gate keeper role, win/win.

We also sign newly debuting Light Heavy David Buentello, a 25 year old with decent hands and a mid level grappling background, who will earn $500 per fight for 7 fights and rounding out the new additions is 20 year old Middleweight prospect ‘Satanic’ Ali Pyke, a good amateur kick boxer, who is looking to make the transition to MMA. He gets $400 per fight to start.

Rankings heading into ECW 13

<table width="1015" style="width: 760pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><col width="26" style="width: 20pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 950;"><col width="33" style="width: 25pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 1206;"><col width="89" style="width: 67pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3254;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="75" style="width: 56pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2742;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="117" style="width: 88pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4278;"><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;" span="2"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><tbody><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td width="19" height="26" style="border: 0px black; width: 14pt; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="26" style="border: 0px white; width: 20pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"></td><td width="225" style="border: 0px white; width: 169pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="3">HW Rankings</td><td width="281" style="border: 0px white; width: 210pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="3">LHW Rankings</td><td width="239" style="border: 0px white; width: 179pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="3">MW Rankings</td><td width="225" style="border: 0px white; width: 168pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="3">WW Rankings</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">C</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Sam Hoynes 8-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Rupert Dreck 11-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Isaiah Monroe 12-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Felix Matterson Jr 10-1</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Fatuma Roy 23-12</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Jerry Bogdonovich 12-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Ashley Ballard 13-3</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Agustin Gonzalez 16-5</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">2</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Sly Twinge 11-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Cal Hillson 7-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Thomas Smith 15-5</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Gus Fitzpatrick 9-0</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">3</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Wilson Franklyn 12-2</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Joshua Hope 9-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Wes Hersch 9-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Zeke Eliot 8-0</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">4</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Sylvester Collins 9-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Brody Howles 7-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Hunter Scribbins 8-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Callum Henson 23-11</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">5</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Nate MacReary 8-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Dwayne Alleyne 9-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Julio Gutierrez 11-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Lloyd McAllister 16-6</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">6</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Randall Donnelly 14-8</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Adrian Pascal 7-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Reed Howlett 8-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Brock Youdale 9-2</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">7</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Damien Jones 8-2</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Gavin Marshall 6-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Esteban Vega 8-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Chad Zoff 10-0</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">8</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Collins Lundie 12-7</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Wink Deschanel 6-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Ed Burridge 8-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Evan Pizzarro 8-1</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">9</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">John Fitzwallace 10-5</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Justin Brannagh 8-3</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Bernard Blue 11-4</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Zachary Gilbert 15-10</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">10</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Guy Broom 7-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">MacGregor Dare 6-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Billy Russell 7-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Randy Carsley 7-1</td></tr></tbody></table>

BYU 14 · December 31, 2014

<table width="790" style="width: 592pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><col width="26" style="width: 20pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 950;"><col width="33" style="width: 25pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 1206;"><col width="89" style="width: 67pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3254;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="75" style="width: 56pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2742;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="117" style="width: 88pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4278;"><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><tbody><tr height="40" style="height: 30pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td width="19" height="40" style="border: 0px black; width: 14pt; height: 30pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="26" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 20pt; background-color: black;"></td><td width="726" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 544pt; background-color: black;" colspan="8">ECW 13: Invasion- August 24th, 2002 - Canada</td><td width="19" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 14pt; background-color: black;"></td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="6">Main Event - ECW Light Heavyweight Title</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">LH</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Rupert Dreck 11-0 © </td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">vs</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Joshua Hope 9-0</td></tr><tr height="93" style="height: 69.95pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="93" style="border: 0px black; height: 69.95pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="726" style="border: 0px black; width: 544pt; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">6 of 7 Blurcat analysts pick Hope to lift the title on his home soil and he starts strong, winning the standup in round 1 and scoring a takedown as the round expires.This is a pattern that will repeat itself for the next 4 rounds as Hope is successful on 5 of 6 takdown attempts and gets one in every round, where once on the ground the fighters are evenly matched, but Dreck can not do anything to assume control.The standup striking is even, with Hope landing the harder shots and completely outstriking Dreck on the ground, which leads to a new champion being crowned.</td><td width="19" style="border: 0px black; width: 14pt; background-color: transparent;"></td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="9">Joshua Hope beats Rupert Dreck by unanimous decision 50-45, 50-44, 50-44 (Average) wins Title</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="6">Undercard</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">HW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Sylvester Collins 9-1 beats John Fitzwallace 10-5 by unanimous decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 (Poor)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Collins was physically superior in every phase, but neither fighter did much to push the pace, a 3 round grind</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">WW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Randy Carsley 7-1 beats Zachary Gilbert 15-10 by submission (arm triangle) in 3:20 of rd 1 (Good)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(216, 216, 216); background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">An impressive ECW debut for Carsley who is able to control the veteran local with ease on the ground</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">HW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Taye Burnett 7-1 beats Collins Lundie 12-7 by TKO (strikes) in 3:04 of rd 1 (Great)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(191, 191, 191); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: black black rgb(191, 191, 191); background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Burnett takes Lundie down early and after the latter defends an arm bar, Burnett pounds him out with strikes</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">MW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Esteban Vega 8-1 beats Bart Diggs 9-6 by KO (punch) in 0:37 of rd 1 (Good)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">People are not even settled when Vega dispatches Diggs with a wicked overhand right, knocking him cold</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="6">Preliminarys</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px windowtext; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Ryan Beeker beats Fisher Kaye, Bernard Blue beats French Dancer, Wink Deschanel beats Jethro Munter</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="2">Att: 36</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="2">Gate: $2,978</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="5">Rating: Critical 68, Commercial 59, Popularity +1.8/+1.1</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Fight of the night - Burnett/Lundie, KO of the night - Vega, Submission of the night - Blue</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="9">Wrap up</td></tr><tr height="106" style="height: 80.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="106" style="border: 0px black; height: 80.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="745" style="border: 0px black; width: 558pt; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">As expected we take a beating at the gate, but broadcast revenue allows us to absorb the poor attendance numbers and still make a profit of $119,756 as we rake in a record $208,200 in ads\subs and more importantly have a footprint in Canada, while increasing our popularity in America as well.The main event gives Canada a new hometown hero as Hope proved surprisingly superior to Dreck in the wrestling department.Taye Burnett got back on the winning track with a demolition of Lundie and Ryan Beeker showed great promise in destroying the veteran Kaye.As long as we have TV we can afford to do things like this twice a year, Bernard Blue suffers a moderate hand injury in his win</td></tr></tbody></table>

ripwalk · January 1, 2015

Wow, I hope your TV crew did some creative filming so as to not show that there were only 36 people in the crowd

ripwalk · January 2, 2015

Another question BYU ... What strategy/gameplan/system do you use for booking your fights?

In past WMMA games I have always just used 1 weight class per card ... It's not realistic in the least, but I found it was the easiest and least frustrating way to ensure all the fighters I wanted to be available for the card in that weight class would be... I would think it would be a tremendous amount of work and frustration to book more closer to real life (ie. several weight classes in every card) in this game .... at least doing it willy nilly and without a specific plan..

So how do you go about it? Any tips or hints? Do you ever run into situations where you are finding it's hard to get guys on the same schedule of availability for for an upcoming, or how do you ensure you are getting everyone regular fights? Any insight would be great. Thanks.

BYU 14 · January 3, 2015

Wow, I hope your TV crew did some creative filming so as to not show that there were only 36 people in the crowd

LOL, Green screen

Another question BYU ... What strategy/gameplan/system do you use for booking your fights?

In past WMMA games I have always just used 1 weight class per card ... It's not realistic in the least, but I found it was the easiest and least frustrating way to ensure all the fighters I wanted to be available for the card in that weight class would be... I would think it would be a tremendous amount of work and frustration to book more closer to real life (ie. several weight classes in every card) in this game .... at least doing it willy nilly and without a specific plan..

So how do you go about it? Any tips or hints? Do you ever run into situations where you are finding it's hard to get guys on the same schedule of availability for for an upcoming, or how do you ensure you are getting everyone regular fights? Any insight would be great. Thanks.

I always try to have one title fight on each card, so with four divisions I can basically just rotate and each title is defended 3 times a year. I have only had one show without a title fight, because Dreck took extra time off.

I terms of booking I don't really look at divisions, but instead rankings.

Main Event - Either a title fight or a match between two contenders in the top 4.

Co-Main - A fight between two fighters in the top 6-8 of their division, usually could be a main event, so I have a good lead in

3rd fight - Either between two fighters outside of the top 5, but in the top 15-16, or a rebound fight between a top contender coming off a loss against someone in the top 10-15.

4th fight - Build up fight between a rising contender and a gate keeper, or a fight between two hot prospects that are on the verge of becoming contenders

5th fight - Either a young prospect making his main card debut against a gatekeeper, or two solid veteran types that are no longer contenders, but still solid names.

Prelims - Will have inexperienced prospects against stiffs, or two journeymen types getting a payday/providing filler.

Following this routine I can pretty much always have balanced cards between divisions and a have a good build up from opener to main event.

ripwalk · January 3, 2015

LOL, Green screen

I always try to have one title fight on each card, so with four divisions I can basically just rotate and each title is defended 3 times a year. I have only had one show without a title fight, because Dreck took extra time off.

I terms of booking I don't really look at divisions, but instead rankings.

Main Event - Either a title fight or a match between two contenders in the top 4.

Co-Main - A fight between two fighters in the top 6-8 of their division, usually could be a main event, so I have a good lead in

3rd fight - Either between two fighters outside of the top 5, but in the top 15-16, or a rebound fight between a top contender coming off a loss against someone in the top 10-15.

4th fight - Build up fight between a rising contender and a gate keeper, or a fight between two hot prospects that are on the verge of becoming contenders

5th fight - Either a young prospect making his main card debut against a gatekeeper, or two solid veteran types that are no longer contenders, but still solid names.

Prelims - Will have inexperienced prospects against stiffs, or two journeymen types getting a payday/providing filler.

Following this routine I can pretty much always have balanced cards between divisions and a have a good build up from opener to main event.

That's a pretty interesting strategy.. That could work.. But rotating through the title fights that way ... I just see it getting frustrating when some of your contenders in a division are fighting a month or two before the championship fight, or a month or two after... Just makes it harder to synch up, and eventually someone will have to sit out a long period to wait for someone, it seems.

BYU 14 · January 4, 2015

Sylvester Collins is up for renewal and despite two sub-par outings, I offer him a 6 fight extension at $6,000 per fight.

We also have 2 shows left with National Pride TV and coming off our biggest revenue earner with them, I put in a request for an extension.

Popularity wise we now sit at 43.9% in America and 5% in Canada, the next place we travel will be Mexico to get a footprint there as well.

Finances and card for ECW 14, Brody Howles is taking a risk, but a win here will definitely secure a title shot and the busiest champion in MMA is back at it!

<table width="790" style="width: 592pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><col width="26" style="width: 20pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 950;"><col width="33" style="width: 25pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 1206;"><col width="89" style="width: 67pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3254;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="75" style="width: 56pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2742;"><col width="103" style="width: 77pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3766;" span="2"><col width="117" style="width: 88pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4278;"><col width="19" style="width: 14pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 694;"><tbody><tr height="24" style="height: 18pt;"><td width="19" height="24" style="border: 0px black; width: 14pt; height: 18pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td width="251" style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); width: 189pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="4"></td><td width="520" style="border: 0px white; width: 389pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="6">Business Ledger- September 1st, 2002</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Financial Summary</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Expenses</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Balance: $637,027</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Tax: $1,880</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Monthly profit/loss: $32,174</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Fighters: $62,270</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Income</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Contracts: $2,600</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Gate: $2,978</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Drug Tests: $19,200</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Sponsorship: $7,438</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Production: $17,614</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">PPV: $0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Marketing: $80,367</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Ads \ Subscriptions: $208,200</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Admin: $1,204</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Merchandise: $3,609</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">TV: $0</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Coporate: $0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Coporate: $0</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Misc: $840</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Misc: $756</td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td height="17" style="border: 0px black; height: 12.75pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td></tr><tr height="40" style="height: 30pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="40" style="border: 0px black; height: 30pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="4">ECW 14: Bedlam</td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="5">Saturday, September 28, 2002</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="6">Main Event</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Isaiah 'Thump' Monroe 12-0 © vs 'The Arizona Strangler' Hunter Scribbins 8-0</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="4"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="6">Undercard</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Brody Howles 7-0 vs Dwayne Alleyne 9-1 (LH)</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Thomas Smith 15-5 vs Tony Legg 7-1 (MW)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Evan Pizzarro 8-1 vs Garth Neill 5-0 (WW)</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Tyrone Malik 6-1 vs Titus Mostel 7-3 (LH)</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;"></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="9">Plus 3 exciting preliminary bouts featuring</td></tr><tr height="26" style="height: 20.1pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td height="26" style="border: 0px black; height: 20.1pt; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Morgan Hopwood vs Stan Still, Harold Carrie vs Wyatt Ashur, Ali Pyke vs Chesney Brightman</td></tr></tbody></table>

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