Elite Cage Warfare - A Carpenters dream

[BYU 14]

Sylvester Collins agrees to a 6 fight extension at $6,000 per fight, now let’s hope he gets back to being the scourge that we all thought he would be.

 

Great news on the TV front as National Pride TV gives us a 7 show extension, hopefully the money continues to flow so we can hold shows in Canada and Mexico to build there, while relying on the TV profit to keep going.

 

French Dancer, Bart Diggs and Collins Lundie all want to drop down in weight, so Dancer and Diggs go to Welter (won’t make a difference for Dancer) and Lundie will now fight at light heavy.

 

Updated Rankings heading into ECW 14: Bedlam

 

<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">Joshua Hope 10-0</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">Leon Banks 33-15</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Rupert Dreck 11-1</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">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">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">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">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">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">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">Sylvester Collins 10-1</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">Esteban Vega 9-1</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">Nate MacReary 8-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Wink Deschanel 7-1</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">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">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">Randy Carsley 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;">8</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">Bernard Blue 12-4</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;">9</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Taye Burnett 8-1</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">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;">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">Joe Hinchcliffe 26-15</td></tr></tbody></table>

[BuddyGarner]

It'll be interesting to see if you run out of scrubs since it doesn't seem like you're using quick populate. But I guess you're holding shows infrequently enough that you can rely on local shows to help build up your fodder.

[BYU 14]

It'll be interesting to see if you run out of scrubs since it doesn't seem like you're using quick populate. But I guess you're holding shows infrequently enough that you can rely on local shows to help build up your fodder.

 

That is the plan/hope, plus I am starting to see Gamma cast off 1 or 2 fighters a month that I can use for gatekeepers for my prospects. They usually come in ranked high too, since they are from Gamma, so hopefully that will help.

[BYU 14]

<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 14: Bedlam - September 28th, 2002 - California</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 12-0 ©</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">vs</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Hunter Scribbins 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">Monroe peppers Scribbins for most of the 1st round with Hunter scoring a takedown late to avoid further damage, the second shows Monroe being less aggressive and adapted to Scribbins pace, the change in strategy pays off as Monroe catches Scribbins in a guillotine as the latter shoots in for a second takedown attempt.Monroe sinks the the choke in deep and Scribbins has no chance to escape the hold and is forced to tap, a brilliant finish by the champion who once again shows an uncanny ability to adapt on his feet.</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 Hunter Scribbins by submission (guillotine) in 1:58 of rd 2 (Great) retains 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;">LH</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Dwayne Alleyne 9-1 beats Brody Howles 7-0 by submission (kimura) in 3:07 of rd 1 (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">Howles gets caught looking ahead to a title shot and falls prey to a kimura shattering his hope to meet Dreck next</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">Thomas Smith 15-5 beats Tony Legg 7-1 by submission (armbar) in 4:51 of rd 3 (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">Some electric striking exchanges in rd 2 before Legg scores a takedown in the 3rd, but is swept and submittedby Smith</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">Evan Pizzarro 8-1 beats Garth Neill 5-0 by unanimous decision 29-28, 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(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">Pizzarro's impressive judo skills are the difference, he is 4 of 4 on takedowns, but Neill fights off 4 submission attempts</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 6-1 beats Titus Mostel 7-3 by submission (rear naked choke) in 4:12 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">Malik grounds Mostel early, landing 34 ground strikes, hurting his hand in the process, before sinking in the choke</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">Ali Pyke beats Chesney Brightman, Wyatt Ashur beats Harold Carrie, Morgan Hopwood beats Stan Still</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: 1,071</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="2">Gate: $111,212</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="5">Rating: Critical 71, Commercial 60, Popularity +3.2</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 white; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Fight of the night - Monroe/Scribbins, KO of the night - Pike, Submission of the night - Alleyne</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">An overwhelming success as we set records in live attendance and live gate receiptes as Monroe as definitely assumed the position of alpha male in the company and is once again dominant.Though it was not discussed by either fighter, Thomas Smith would be an intriguing choice for his next defense as a win over the former Gamma contender could propel him to elite status.We also set a record in advertising income, leading to a total profit of $251,192 for this show, staggering numbers that will allow us to chase some big talent down the road.Malik and Ashur both suffer hand injuries and should each be out 4-5 months.</td></tr></tbody></table>

[BYU 14]

Record month again in revenue, with our first $100,000 gate, we take a bold step and prepare to launch a small internet based subscription service called ECW Fightcast. The cost will be $751,250 which will eat up almost all of our $759,164 reserve, but we will be able to expend the service into both Mexico and Canada as well as the US which will fit our aggressive growth strategy and tap a market that has yet to be fully explored. This will either put us on the fast track to National status or destroy the company, but the risk is worth it.

 

Updated finances as of October 1st (before we write the big check) and the complete card for ECW 15

 

<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- October 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: $759,164</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Tax: $22,022</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: $122,137</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Fighters: $54,613</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: $111,212</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: $11,724</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Production: $18,026</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: $100,883</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: $213,600</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: $4,065</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 15: Fright Night</td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="5">Saturday, October 26, 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 Dallas Cowboy' Sam Hoynes 8-0 © vs Sly 'Bully Boy' Twinge 11-0 ECW 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">Zeke Elliot 8-0 vs Chad Zoff 10-0 (WW)</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Adrian Pascal 7-1 vs Gavin Marshall 6-1 (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 black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Tom Essy 5-1 vs Joey Valdez 8-2 (MW)</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Randall Donnelly 14-8 vs Gareth Grundy 10-7 (HW)</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">Damien Jones vs Lachlen Bowen, Brady Crawford vs Bronson Berle, Dennis Borgomeo vs David Buentello</td></tr></tbody></table>

[kingtutt]

Record month again in revenue, with our first $100,000 gate, we take a bold step and prepare to launch a small internet based subscription service called ECW Fightcast. The cost will be $751,250 which will eat up almost all of our $759,164 reserve, but we will be able to expend the service into both Mexico and Canada as well as the US which will fit our aggressive growth strategy and tap a market that has yet to be fully explored. This will either put us on the fast track to National status or destroy the company, but the risk is worth it.

 

 

Risky move! I'm looking forward to seeing how this goes for you.

[BYU 14]

No real news of note heading into ECW 15, with the exception of Isaiah Monroe rising to #15 in the overall world middleweight rankings, passing such stalwarts as Buddy Garner and JJ Reid. He is still our only fighter ranked in the world top 25.

 

From around the world, Alpha-1 HW Zsolt Hargitay suffers a skull fracture training and will be out at least 18 months in a scary incident, Fight League Brazil rises to mid-level regional and we start discussing adding our final division (lightweight) at the start of 2003.

 

<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 15: Fright Night - October 26th, 2002 - Arizona</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 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;">HW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Sam Hoynes 8-0 © </td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">vs</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Sly Twinge 11-0</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">Hoynes learns early that the strength of Twinge makes him a difficult man to move and despite being technically superior, Hoynes is only able to score a single takedown, despite controlling much of the grappling action.Twinge is surprisingly effective striking, especially in round 2 when he lands 2 huge shots, but Hoynes has a chin of granite and shakes off his best.The final two rounds feature very little action as they take turns turning each other against the cage as the crowd makes it's displeasure apparent, cheering sarcastically for the final bell as they go all five</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">Sam Hoynes beats Sly Twinge by split decision 47-48, 49-46, 50-45 (Very Poor) Retains ECW HW 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">Chad Zoff 10-0 beats Zeke Eliot 8-0 by TKO (strikes) in 4:21 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-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">After a slow start, Zoff's more extensive skill set proves too much for Eliot as the latter is pounded out from mount</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">Adrian Pascal 7-1 beats Gavin Marshall 6-1 by unanimous decision 30-27, 29-28, 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">Marshall comes in at the low end of the weight and pays for it as Pascal dominates the takedowns to get the 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;">MW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Tom Essy 5-1 beats Joey Valdez 8-2 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">This one is a head scratcher as Valdez drops Essy in the 1st, bloodies him up in the 3rd and somehow gets the loss!</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">Randall Donnelly 14-8 beats Gareth Grundy 10-7 by split decision 29-28, 28-29, 29-28 (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: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Some outstanding wrestling, but clinches and dirty boxing don't thrill the crowd, who also boo the decision</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 black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Damien Jones beats Lachlen Bowen, Brady Crawford beats Bronson Berle, Dennis Borgomeo beats David Buentello</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: 914</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="2">Gate: $64,346</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="5">Rating: Critical 53, Commercial 51, Popularity +2.5</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 white; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Fight of the night - Zoff/Eliot, KO of the night - Jone, 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">Twinge is just the type of fighter that makes anyone look bad as he is strong as an ox and this lets him make up for his lack of polish, fortunately he does not win.Zoff calls out Randy Carsley for his next fight, but I am thinking he may be in line for a title shot, with Marshall struggling to keep enough weight on to stay at Light Heavy I will probably drop him to Middleweight, where he will not be giving up 15+ pounds each fight.Despite the less than stellar card, we still manage to have decent ratings and make a profit of $166,170, though I am sure National Pride TV will not be happy with the quality.We will see how the web sub business goes at month end.Tom Essy suffers a minor facial injury, out 3 months</td></tr></tbody></table>

 

 

Risky move! I'm looking forward to seeing how this goes for you.

 

Hopefully it pays off, didn't see anything affect right after the card, so hopefully I didn't waste all that cash

[BYU 14]

Hanging on financially after starting our own internet based subscription service, but we should be okay with the TV revenue as high as it is, plus our next card is in Texas and features a local product in the main event and the always popular J-Bog on the undercard.

 

I am working to get the internet service ready to broadcast starting with ECW 16 and am hoping it will not be an issue with National Pride TV on the America broadcast, if it is I may have to alternate carriers, or see if it is possible to just stream Canada and Mexico when we have an event on National Pride TV.

 

Updated finances and full ECW 16 card

 

<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- November 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: $93,138</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Tax: $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">Monthly profit/loss: -$666,026</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Fighters: $60,907</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: $64,346</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: $12,329</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Production: $17,021</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: $76,796</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: $183,000</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: $3,193</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: $752,006</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 16: Gale Force</td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="5">Saturday, November 30, 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">Glorious' Joshua Hope 10-0 © vs 'The Roughneck' Cal Hillson 7-0 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">Julio Gutierrez 11-0 vs Wes Hersch 9-0 (MW)</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Jerry Bogdonovich 12-1 vs MacGregor Dare 6-1 (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 black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Gus Fitzpatrick 9-0 vs Lloyd MaAllister 16-6 (WW)</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Guy Broom 7-1 vs John Fitzwallace 10-6 (HW)</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">Samuel Russo vs Blaze Weeks, Joe Pelham vs Sawyer Hines, Ali Pyke vs Mateo Jane</td></tr></tbody></table>

[BYU 14]

We add a new signing, LW Kickboxer Colin McCoffee, who will fight on our WW division for now, 5 fights at $300 per fight.

 

Extensions go to Sly Twinge, 5 more fights at $1,900 per fight, journeyman Brady Crawford 3 fights at $1,000 per fight, Lachlan Bowen gets $1,250 per fight for 5 more fights and Tom Essy $1,900 per fight for 5 more as well.

 

F’n Gamma comes after Isaiah Monroe again, not happening, he is the face of ECW, I offer $9,000 per fight to get him to stay and will go higher if they counter. They counter twice (a first) so it ends up costing $14,000 per fight, but we keep our marquee guy. He signs for 6 fights and can now officially make a decent living fighting full time.

 

ECW Fightcast, our internet sub service is set to offer the next 7 shows over the web, hoping this pays off. National Pride TV is willing to share content in the US, so we are golden there, Fightcast will now help us reach Canada and Mexico.

 

Next Gamma comes after Sam Hoynes, Randall Donnelly, Dennis Borgomeo and Joshua Hope. Lose two of our champions? I think not, I counter offer all four and will go as high as I need to keep them, with Donnelly being the only possible exception. Borgomeo leaves for Gamma and while I liked his name value from his boxing days, I was already too high at $6,000 per fight, so they can have him and ruin him. Randall Donnelly stays for $4,800 per fight, Hoynes re ups for $8,000 per over 5 fights and Hope resigns for 6 fights, also at $8,000 per to match Hoynes deal, we survive the onslaught, for now.

 

To bolster the HW division I add Gamma castoff Lenny ‘Da Hook’ DiMaria, a big guy who is like the MMA version of Tony Galento, he comes cheap at $1,100 per fight and will have to cut weight to make heavyweight. I also add newly debuting fighter Albert Stevenson to the HW division, $1,100 per for 5 fights, he has great hands.

 

Next attempt to raid us is Wes Hersch, one of our best middleweight fighters, I have to empty the coffers for him too. They also offer Adrian Pascal, Wilson Franklyn and in a surprise want Fatuma Roy back, need Pascal and Franklyn and Roy just signed to fight in January, so I need him at least until then. Heading into ECW 16 all these guys are up in the air, Hersch has been countered 3 times already and this will be a nail biter. Roy is countered, but I do not increase his offer, if they want him that bad they can have him.

 

Isaiah Monroe will earn his first big raise at ECW 18 in January as he will give Esteban Vega a rematch for the MW strap. He won their first fight at ECW 7 by 2nd round TKO and if he gets by Vega again it will be the winner of the Hersch/Gutierrez match that gets the next shot.

 

Rankings heading into ECW 16

 

<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 9-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Joshua Hope 10-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Isaiah Monroe 13-0</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">Leon Banks 33-15</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Rupert Dreck 11-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Thomas Smith 16-5</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Chad Zoff 11-0</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">Fatuma Roy 23-12</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Dwayne Alleyne 10-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Ashley Ballard 13-3 (Injured)</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;">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">Jerry Bogdonovich 12-1</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">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;">4</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Sylvester Collins 10-1</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">Esteban Vega 9-1</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">Sly Twinge 11-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Wink Deschanel 7-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Hunter Scribbins 8-1</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">Nate MacReary 8-0 (Injured)</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Adrian Pascal 8-1</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">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">Randall Donnelly 15-8</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Tyron Malik 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">Randy Carsley 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;">8</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Damien Jones 9-2</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Brody Howles 7-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Bernard Blue 12-4</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Evan Pizzarro 9-1</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">Taye Burnett 8-1</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">Tom Essy 6-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Zeke Eliot 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;">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">Ed Burridge 8-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Joe Hinchcliffe 26-15</td></tr></tbody></table>

[Brycec03]

Great job so far! Really enjoying this dynasty. Started a new company for the first time so this has been similar to my game except damn Monroe has lost back to back fights for me.

[BYU 14]

Great job so far! Really enjoying this dynasty. Started a new company for the first time so this has been similar to my game except damn Monroe has lost back to back fights for me.

 

Thank you, having a lot of fun with this, so much more immersive than last version.

 

Monroe has been a beast so far in a pretty stacked MW division. Some tough challengers out there in Smith, Hersch and Ballard (when he returned from injury)

 

I am eager to see how long he remains champion, but I am hoping he becomes the ECW version of Anderson Silva in his prime

[BYU 14]

<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 16: Gale Force - November 30th, 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 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">Joshua Hope 10-0 © </td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">vs</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Cal Hillson 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">Bad blood arose during the build up and Hillson refuses to touch gloves, both men come out swinging, but Hope is more precise in his striking and holds an early edge.Hope's defense is excellent as Hillson is throwing wild looping bombs, landing very few and eventually leading to Hope getting a takedown in the 3rd, where he locks Hillson in a choke, that the latter fights off.Hillson is gassed by the 4th and goes down from a hard right late in the round, Hope steps up the pace in the final round and poleaxes Hillson with a straight right, rendering him unconcious!</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 Cal Hillson by KO (punch) in 0:22 of rd 5 (Good) retains ECW LH 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;">MW</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="8">Julio Gutierrez 11-0 beats Wes Hersch 9-0 by unanimous decision 30-27, 30-27, 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(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">Gutierrez chops Hersch down with leg kicks and rattles him early, Hersch does get a takedown but Julio has the answers</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">Jerry Bogdonovich 12-1 beats MacGregor Dare 6-1 by TKO (strikes) in 3:38 or 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(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">A wicked uppercut from 'The Dockland Destroyer' plants Dare and J-Bog follows it up with vicious ground and pound</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">Gus Fitzpatrick 9-0 beats Lloyd McAllister 16-6 by KO (punch) in 0:57 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(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">Biding his time waiting for a title shot, Fitz endsrather uneventful tuneup with a single devasting right hook</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 7-1 beats John Fitzwallace 10-6 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: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">A complete sloth-fest full of leaning on each other and pitty-pat punches that goes to the "busier" man</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 black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Ali Pyke beats Mateo Jane, Joe Pelham beats Sawyer Hines, Samuel Russo 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: 1,074</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="2">Gate: $118,398</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="5">Critical 69, Commercial 53, Popularity +2.8/+1.0/+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 - Bogdonovich/Dare, KO of the night - Hope, 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">Hillson, whose pre-fight antics did not endear him to his home crowd was exposed as Hope used precision striking and patience to drag him into deep water, outclassing him along the way.Gutierrez calls out Hunter Scribbins (You would think he would want Monroe) after his win, while Bogdonovich requests a rematch with Rupert Dreck, the only man to beat him, and Guy Broom calls out Damien Jones, cold on the heels of his underwhelming win.Our popularity gains in order are for the US, Canada, Mexico and ECW Fightcast makes enough of an impact in the latter countries to be considered a success, we clear $189,940 with revenue of $162,715 coming from advertising and subscriptions</td></tr></tbody></table>

[BYU 14]

<p>Despite MMA thriving worldwide, we have our first major casualty as KDM FC has filed bankruptcy and closed their doors.</p><p> </p><p>

We secure an extension with Wes Hersch, 6 fights at $7,500 per fight </p><p> </p><p>

Ramp up for the introduction of our lightweight division is under way as I offer contracts to 15 fighters, including a few from XCC</p><p> </p><p>

Current Financials and full card for ECW 17, not the strongest card up top, through new signee and Gamma vet Leon Banks should draw some interest. </p><p> </p><p>

<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"><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Business Ledger</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">- December 1st, 2002</span></span></span></strong></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"><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Financial Summary</span></span></strong></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5"><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Expenses</span></span></strong></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"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Balance: $165,899</span></span></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Tax: $8,478</span></span></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"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Monthly profit/loss: $72,761</span></span></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Fighters: $72,770</span></span></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"><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Income</span></span></strong></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Contracts: $2,600</span></span></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"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Gate: $118,398</span></span></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Drug Tests: $19,200</span></span></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"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Sponsorship: $13,476</span></span></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Production: $18,026</span></span></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"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">PPV: $0</span></span></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Marketing: $103,559</span></span></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"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Ads \ Subscriptions: $162,715</span></span></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Admin: $1,204</span></span></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"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Merchandise: $3,980</span></span></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">TV: $0</span></span></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"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Coporate: $0</span></span></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Coporate: $0</span></span></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"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Misc: $840</span></span></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Misc: $756</span></span></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"><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#c00000;">ECW 17: Christmas Clash</span></span></span></strong></td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="5"><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#c00000;">Saturday, December 28, 2002</span></span></span></strong></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"><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Main Event</span></span></span></strong></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"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Felix ' Kick Ass' Mattherson Jr 10-1 © vs 'The Latino Wildcat' Agustin Gonzalez 16-5 ECW WW Title</span></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"><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="color:#c00000;">Undercard</span></span></strong></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"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Leon Banks 33-15 vs Wilson Franklyn 12-2 (HW)</span></span></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Wink Deschanel 7-1 vs Dwayne Alleyne 10-1 (LH)</span></span></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"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Randy Carsley 8-1 vs Joe Hinchcliffe 26-15 (WW)</span></span></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Billy Russell 7-1 vs Timothy McNally 8-2 (MW)</span></span></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"><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;"><span style="color:#c00000;">Plus 3 exciting preliminary bouts featuring</span></span></span></strong></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"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:10px;">Ed Burridge vs Moe Muschlin, Brayden Behrami vs Pete Shilton, Colin McCoffee vs Linton Berry</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p>

[BYU 14]

Fatuma Roy has left ECW and gone back to Gamma, no real loss here, he was only a gatekeeper for us and won’t be missed after going 1-1 with ECW.

 

Extensions/resigning: Wilson Franklyn resigns with us for 5 fights at $8,000 per fight, Carl Ratcliffe signs a 5 extension at $1,900 per fight, Adrian Pascal pens a 5 fight extension at $7,500 per fight, John Fitzwallace 3 fights at $1,000 per fight and Blaze Weeks 3 fights at $800 per fight.

 

We sign our first lightweight as Carl Chenowith inks a 5 fight deal worth $1,200 per fight, followed closely by fourteen more, including Sammy Newton, Aaron McBroom, Vince Dahl, Darren Southall and Nicky Shapiro among others.

 

Gamma comes after Guy Broom and Jerry Bogdonovich, Broom is not as important as J-Bog, who I will go to extreme lengths to keep. Guy Broom doesn’t even need a counter from Gamma and accepts over 2,000 less per fight to join the evil empire, while after a couple of back and forths we retain the services of Jerry Bogodovich, who will now make $8,000 a fight for his next 5 outings.

 

Mateo Jane, 0-3 as a middleweight asks to go down to Welter so he can take some beatings there, I oblige.

 

<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 17: Christmas Clash - December 28th, 2002 - California</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">Felix Mattherson Jr. 10-1 © </td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">vs</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Agustin Gonzalez 16-5 </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 comes streaking from the corner and gets Gonzalez to the mat within the first 30 seconds, from there it is a tactical battle for position, that sees Mattherson eventually pass guard and secure mount, where he deftly gets Gonzalez trapped in an arm triangle.Gonzalez fights the submission, refusing to tap and eventually going limp as the referee quickly forces Mattherson to relinguish the hold as the challenger lays unconcious on the mat.Mattherson retains his ECW Welterweight strap in impressive fashion!</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 Agustin Gonzalez by tech submission (arm triangle) in 2:14 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">Wilson Franklyn 12-2 beats Leon Banks 33-15 by unanimous decsion 29-28, 30-27, 30-27 (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">No love lost between these two as the brawling Franklyn controls the infighting, snatching the win over the Gamma vet</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">Dwayne Allenye 10-1 beats Wink Deschanel 7-1 by unanimous decision 30-27, 29-28, 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">This battle of wrestlers is decided on the feet as Alleyne lands over twice as many blows as Deschanel and rattles him</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">Joe Hinchcliffe 26-15 beats Randy Carsley 8-1 by unanimous decision 30-27, 30-26, 30-27 (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">The Kick Boxer holds his own on the ground and easily wins the standup, with the final bell saving him from an arm bar</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">Billy Russell 7-1 beats Timothy McNally 8-2 by submission (rear naked choke) in 1:54 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">McNally continues to be little more than hype as Russell walks through him, takes his back and puts him to sleep</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 black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Linton Berry beats Colin McCoffee, Brayden Behrami beats Pete Shilton, Ed Burridge beats Crushin Moe Muschin</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: 860</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="2">Gate: $89,032</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="5">Critical 73, Commercial 48, Popularity +2.5/+1.0/+1.0</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 - Mattherson/Gonzalez, KO of the night - Berry, Submission of the night - Russell</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">Wow is all that can describe Mattherson's dismantling of Gonzalez, as he defeats an accomplished catch wrestler with ease, setting up a big money fight against either Chad Zoff or Gus Fitzpatrick in his next outing.Alleyne seems much more comfortable at the higher weight and can now be considered a contender at light heavyweight after smartly escaping the middleweights and Isaiah Monroe.A surprising drop in attendance and get in what had been our hottest state, though the main event was arguably not our most awe inspring on paper, though Mattherson's performance may change that next time he headlines.We come out $164,044 ahead on the show, and I drop McNally to Welterweight</td></tr></tbody></table>

[BYU 14]

Entering 2003 we are back in good shape, gaining reserve cash and we have our first lightweight bouts scheduled for the February card.

 

Current financials and complete card for ECW 18, where the face of ECW is back in action and I hope we send Fatuma Roy back to Gamma with a loss.

 

<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- January 1st, 2003</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: $214,095</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Tax: $5,749</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: $48,196</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Fighters: $67,254</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: $89,302</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: $15,116</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Production: $18,499</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: $103,559</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: $157,373</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: $4,386</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 18: Apocalypse</td><td style="border: 0px rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: black;" colspan="5">Saturday, January 25, 2003</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 13-0 © vs 'The Flying V' Esteban Vega 9-1 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">Sylvester Collins 10-1 vs Fatuma Roy 23-12 (HW)</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Evan Pizzarro 9-1 vs Callum Henson 23-11 (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">Dean Capers 5-0 vs Jericho Stewart 6-2 (LH)</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="5">Reed Howlett 8-1 vs Kramer Mayweather 6-1-1 (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 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">Lenny DiMaria vs Taye Burnett, Garth Neill vs Ryan Beeker, Albert Stevenson vs Brett Krakowski</td></tr></tbody></table>

[BYU 14]

2002 Awards, news and current ECW rankings as we head into ECW 18

 

Fighter of the Year – Affonso Villar

Company of the Year – Alpha-1

Rookie of the Year – Joe Pelham (Our guy!)

Show of the Year – SIGMA: Kanchelskis vs van den Hoogenband (March) – Second straight with K in the main

Female Fighter of the Year – Hope LeHane

Team of the Year – Halversons

(ECW fighters Hunter Scribbins and Sly Twinge currently train here)

Fight of the Year – Fjodor Kanchelskis beat Edgar van den Hoogenband (Sigma) – 2nd time here too

Worst Fight of the Year – Ken Peters beat Jon Silvers (GAMMA) – Peters second “honor”

Knock out of the Year – Jacco Landeweerd (over Bastian Neske - Sigma)

Submission of the Year – Grzegorz Boniek (over Gyokusho Fujimoto – Alpha-1)

Main Event of the Year – Fjodor Kanchelskis beat Edgar van den Hoogenband (Sigma)

Upset of the Year – Lito Alcala (over Supachai Thamsatchanan – KDM FC)

 

Dwayne Alleyne signs a 5 fight extension at $1,900 per fight and add 6 more lightweights to the roster, giving me 24 in the division currently. Two new signings are HW Tyler Gumble, a well respected kick boxer who has turned to MMA and signs for 5 fights at $1,450 per, along with LHW Karl Martin who I get for $500 per fight, so he gets a 7 fight deal.

 

Gamma is now after 5-0 LHW prospect Dean Capers, who is making just over $800 with us, so I offer a raise to $2,500 per fight, they counter, I go to $3,500 and he elects to stay with us. Next they target MW Ed Burridge, I make a single counter offer of $6,500 per fight, really more than he is worth, they counter and I let him go.

 

We have a main event for our February show as Sam Hoynes will defend the heavyweight strap against Randall Donnelly. Though Donnelly is only 15-8 overall, he is 3-0 with ECW and is the most worthy challenger available.

 

Gamma now offers our Welterweight champion Mattherson, who is woefully underpaid, so I counter with an offer of $5,000 per fight. A bidding war ensues and it eventually costs me $8,000 per fight to keep him. I also add MW and Gamma vet Dexter Darling to the MW roster to replace Burridge. The D-Man is past his prime at 35 and 18-6-1, but he brings name recognition to the company.

 

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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><td width="192" style="border: 0px white; width: 144pt; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="3">LW 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 9-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Joshua Hope 11-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Isaiah Monroe 13-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Felix Matterson Jr 11-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Vacant</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">Leon Banks 33-15</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Rupert Dreck 11-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Carl Ratcliffe 23-7</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Gus Fitzpatrick 10-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Darren Southall 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;">2</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">wilson Franklyn 13-2</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Jerry Bogdonovich 13-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Thomas Smith 16-5</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Chad Zoff 11-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Aaron McBroom 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;">3</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">Dwayne Alleyne 11-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Ashley Ballard 13-3 (Injured)</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Callum Henson 23-11</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Frankie Geddon 14-0</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 10-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Cal Hillson 7-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Wes Hersch 9-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Agustin Gonzalez 16-6</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Lazaro Campos 12-0</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;">5</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Sly Twinge 11-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Adrian Pascal 8-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Julio Gutierrez 12-0</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Brock Youdale 9-2</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Jose Gonzales 13-0</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;">6</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Nate MacReary 8-0 (Injured)</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Wink Deschanel 7-2</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Esteban Vega 9-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Evan Pizzarro 9-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Coltrane Anderson 7-4</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">Randall Donnelly 15-8</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Tyron Malik 7-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Hunter Scribbins 8-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Zeke Eliot 8-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Nicky Shapiro 20-14</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">Damien Jones 9-2</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Brody Howles 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">Randy Carsley 8-2</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Kyle Sagal 8-3</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">Taye Burnett 8-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Brayden Behrami 7-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Billy Russell 8-1</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Lloyd McAllister 16-7</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Sammy Newton 8-3</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 10-8</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 12-4</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Joe Hinchcliffe 27-15</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="3">Kade Devine 9-3</td></tr></tbody></table>

[BYU 14]

The franchise has a scare!

 

<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 18: Apocalypse -January 25th, 2003 - Nevada</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 13-0 ©</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;">vs</td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="4">Esteban Vega 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">The fight is relatively even after 2 rounds as Vega has improved since their first meeting, then in the 3rd he shocks the crowd, dropping Monroe with an overhand right, but the champion is able to survive the round.Everyone is confident Monroe will rebound, but he is dropped again early in the 4th round and the crowd now realizes an upset is very much in the books, with Monroe likely needing a finish in the final frame depending on how the first two went.The Champ wins the last round, but can't get Vega to the ground, the final scores come in and crowd gasps....</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 Esteban Vega by unanimous decision 48-47, 48-47, 48-47 (Decent) retains 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 10-1 beats Fatuma Roy 23-12 by unanimous decision 30-27,30-27, 39-28 (Very 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">Though Roy defended 4 of 5 takedown attempts, he spent the rest of the time back against the cage, good riddance</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">Evan Pizzarro 9-1 beats Callum Henson 23-11 by submission (arm triangle) in 4:02 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">Pizzarro continues his climb back to relevence with an impressive win, though Henson made him work for it</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">Dean Capers 5-0 beats Jericho Stewart 6-2 by submission (rear naked choke) in 1:48 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(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">Capers eats a flurry of punches to start the fight, takes Stewart down, gets his back and then easily submits him</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">Reed Howlett 8-1 beats Kramer Mayweather 6-1-1 by TKO (strikes) in 4:40 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: 0px black; background-color: transparent;"></td><td style="border: 0px black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">A furious striking exhibition that turns when Howlett drops Mayweather with an uppercut and pounds 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 black; background-color: transparent;" colspan="9">Brett Krakowski beats Albert Stevenson, Ryan Beeker beats Garth Neill, Taye Burnett beats Lenny DiMaria</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: 1,377</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="2">Gate: $142,988</td><td style="border: 0px white; background-color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" colspan="5">Critical 69, Commercial 61, Popularity +3.0/+1.0/+1.0</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 - Howlett/Mayweather, KO of the night - Howlett, Submission of the night - Capers</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 dodges a huge bullet in a very unpopular decision and though you could make a case that he won 3 of the 5 rounds, the two that Vega won were both decisive and the 4th should probably have been 10-8, these two may meet again and at last a chink has appeared in Monroe's armour. Collins continues to underwhelm in his wins, but at least Capers pays me back for the investment in keeping him away from Gamma with an impressive win.Our best numbers yet thanks to Monroe's drawing power and we make a profit of $214,373 on the show thanks to the record gate, but I think he needs some time off. Fatuma Roy takes his boredom back to Gamma, he was 1-2 with us.</td></tr></tbody></table>