Day 1 Dynasty - SIGMA's Rise To Glory

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For as long as they have been around, ALPHA-1 has been the top dog in MMA, GAMMA has been a close second, and SIGMA has at best been a very distant third place competitor. Heading into this new year, SIGMA continues to struggle with the American juggernaut and Japanese giant poaching their top talent, forcing them to cultivate new talent just as their previous efforts were starting to pay off.

 

After four and a half relatively fruitless years of business, SIGMA has decided to hand the reigns over to a young, innovative new CEO named Adam Davids. Davids shocked the MMA world on his first day at the helm with an announcement that was quite unlike the previously dull and straightforward matchmaking of SIGMA's past. Davids informed the German media (via translator) that SIGMA was "hitting the reset button". All current belt holders are having their champion status all but revoked as each weight class will hold a 16 man tournament to determine a "battle tested" champion. Davids also hinted at other possible changes, including a different set of rules and a possible influx of new prospects. No matter the outcome, the coming weeks and months will be a very interesting time for this ambitious promotion.

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Over the next week, new CEO Adam Davids worked vigilantly, signing some of Europe's best prospects to SIGMA. SIGMA didn't make any cuts to the roster, giving everyone at least one opportunity in the Davids era to impress. This leaves them with 16 fighters in each weight class except for Featherweight, where they have 18.

 

Signings:

Heavyweight- Bast Moulke (0-0), Josef Janikowski (6-0) Vittorio Pescatelli (5-0)

Light Heavyweight- None

Middleweight-Charlie Oakley (3-0), Ollie Castle (6-0)

Welterweight-Jayden Carp (5-0), Ragnar Gunnlaugsson (5-0), Vjekoslav Sarich (5-0)

Lightweight-Xavi Castillejo (6-0), Folke Dalen (5-0)

Featherweight-Nuno Valentino (6-0), Jan Ilic (5-0), Freddy Lomax (5-0)

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After the flurry of SIGMA signings were revealed, Adam Davids then unveiled at least the first rounds of all the weight class tournaments. It is unknown whether the bracket is set from the beginning, or whether the brackets will be reseeded each round.

 

Heavyweight Grand Prix Opening Round Match Ups:

 

Aleksander Ivanov (9-1) vs. Stanislaw Lipnicki (15-7)

Grzegorz Boniek (35-5) vs. Murray Darby (12-6)

Lefter Oktay (15-0) vs. Stjepan Andric (14-7)

Bast Moulke (0-0) vs. Jacco Landeweerd (7-0)

Mugur Boc (9-1) vs. Jean-Pierre Richelleau (23-9)

Souleyamane Ya Konan (11-2) vs. Iancu Trailescu (9-2)

Stratos Papaioannou (28-6) vs. Jozef Jankowski (6-0)

Vittorio Pescatelli (5-0) vs. Roope Kuqi (5-0)

 

Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Match Ups:

 

Niko Soldo (17-2-1) vs. Jacob Matthaus (18-8)

Valentin Taneyev (9-0) vs. Faas Smit (37-16)

Matti Kurri (9-1-1) vs. Emil Karlsson (5-0)

Aleksei Chekhov (22-4) vs. Dag Kreuger (7-0)

Alekos Karabatsos (13-6) vs. Koenraad Belien (9-4)

Nicolai Mickiewicz (21-5) vs. Dmytro Dargomyzhsky (22-8)

Shane Gilchrist (15-5) vs. Gavriil Sviridov (6-3)

Daniil Skala (21-7) vs. Andranik Paletilolou (16-8)