Great title to attract readers: A new BCF dynasty in 2015!

Frank_Vest · June 26, 2015

Freddy Lomax vs Fernando Peragon

Snorri Gunnarsson vs Louie Sullivan

Iain Fussell vs Caragh Green

Gregory O’Hara vs Rupert Lennox

Larry Johnson vs Christopher Drew

Ivano Ancic vs Graeme Spark

Jerome Spark vs Duncan Thistlewood

Grigory Kabalevsky vs Cyril Kamoze

Eoghan Behan vs Murray O’Hare

Thesnake101 · June 26, 2015

Freddy Lomax vs Fernando Peragon

Snorri Gunnarsson vs Louie Sullivan

Iain Fussell vs Caragh Green

Gregory O’Hara vs Rupert Lennox

Larry Johnson vs Christopher Drew

Ivano Ancic vs Graeme Spark

Jerome Spark vs Duncan Thistlewood

Grigory Kabalevsky vs Cyril Kamoze

Eoghan Behan vs Murray O’Hare

BigRedMachine · June 26, 2015

Freddy Lomax vs Fernando Peragon

Snorri Gunnarsson vs Louie Sullivan

Iain Fussell vs Caragh Green

Gregory O’Hara vs Rupert Lennox

Larry Johnson vs Christopher Drew

Ivano Ancic vs Graeme Spark

Jerome Spark vs Duncan Thistlewood

Grigory Kabalevsky vs Cyril Kamoze

Eoghan Behan vs Murray O’Hare

CageRage · June 27, 2015

Freddy Lomax vs Fernando Peragon

Snorri Gunnarsson vs Louie Sullivan

Iain Fussell vs Caragh Green

Gregory O’Hara vs Rupert Lennox

Larry Johnson vs Christopher Drew

Ivano Ancic vs Graeme Spark

Jerome Spark vs Duncan Thistlewood

Grigory Kabalevsky vs Cyril Kamoze

Eoghan Behan vs Murray O’Hare

Paatero · June 27, 2015

BCF TV: Lomax vs Peragon

Friday Week 2 of April, 2003 in Midlands

Broadcast by Euro Cable Sports 1

Prelims:

Eoghan Behan (10-5) vs Murray O’Hare (7-5) at light heavyweight

O’Hare is much more accurate than Behan in the stand up brawl that ensues right after the bell sounds. It is entertaining but pretty one sided as the man nicknamed ’Scarlet’ beats on his countryman on the feet, takes him down and pounds him out in the first round. Excellent performance from O’Hare, really didn’t expect that.

Result: Murray O’Hare (8-5) defeats Eoghan Behan (10-6) by TKO (punches) at 4:46 of round 1.

Grigory Kabalevsky (8-3) vs Cyril Kamoze (9-2) at lightweight

The Russian has an easy time of taking Kamoze down, controlling him and sinking in the guillotine choke to end the fight after four minutes.

Result: Grigory Kabalevsky (9-3) defeats Cyril Kamoze (9-3) by submission (guillotine choke) at 4:10 of round 1.

Jerome Atkins (4-2) vs Duncan Thistlewood (9-4) at welterweight

Atkins lands a number of good strikes in the first and though Thistlewood controls him in the clinch for a time, the striker probably takes the round. The second round seems to start in a different manner as Thistlewood goes right for the wrestling and lands some dirty boxing, but Atkins breaks free and rocks him with a big left hand and ends it with a brutal head kick. Wow, that was great.

Result: Jerome Atkins (5-2) defeats Duncan Thistlewood (9-5) by KO (head kick) at 3:13 of round 2.

Ivano Ancic (10-1) vs Graeme Spark (11-2) at featherweight

The Croatian goes to work with strikes right away, landing long straight punches and a good head kick on Spark. The Englishman then shoots and gets a double leg takedown into guard, eventually catching mount as Ancic tries to scramble out.

Ancic really has his way with Spark on the feet, having 9 inches of reach and 7 inches of height on him. The mix of kicks and punches seemingly starts to wear on Spark, who never goes for a takedown in the second round.

Something really did break Spark, as he never gets close enough to do anything with success against the Croatian, who picks him apart at range with a variety of strikes. Really good performance from Ancic, who I thought would lose this for sure.

Result: Ivano Ancic (11-1) defeats Graeme Spark (11-3) by unanimous decision (29-28 x3).

Ancic calls out Jan Ilic post fight, which is a fight I’d like to make if possible.

Main card:

Larry Johnson (5-0) vs Christopher Drew (8-0) at heavyweight

Johnson ignores the glove touch and goes right to work, clinching with the KO artist and landing a good knee to the body. He works short shots on the inside against the fence until the referee separates them with about two minutes left in the round. Drew lands two big combinations before Johnson closes the distance again and gets a big trip takedown into side control. Good first round for the newcomer.

Drew comes in hard and blocks a Johnson approach by landing a crunching right hook to his face. A couple more combinations land before the Irishman gets the clinch he wants and pins Drew against the cage. Some good dirty boxing lands but not enough for the referee to let them stay there, and Drew once again lights Johnson up at distance. The Englishman even goes to the body with some punches, perhaps because Johnson’s chin has held up so well so far. Good action and a close fight so far.

The third round is all Johnson, who smothers Drew in the clinch for a time before getting a takedown into half guard and landing some short ground and pound shots to take the most dominant round of the fight.

Result: Larry Johnson (6-0) defeats Christopher Drew (8-1) by unanimous decision (29-28 x3).

Johnson calls out Matas Fialkowski after the fight, but I don’t think the timing lines up. Otherwise I might make that. The 24-year old Irishman looks like a tough out for anybody in the heavyweight division with his toughness and grinding tactics. A debut win over Christopher Drew jumps him into the deep end of the pool, however.

Gregory O’Hara (11-1) vs Rupert Lennox (9-2) at lightweight

O’Hara steps in quickly in the first round and punishes Lennox in the clinch with knees and punches. They separate later in the round and exchange at distance, where Lennox gets the better of things but O’Hara hangs quite well.

Lennox starts to pick O’Hara apart in the second round with kicks and straight punches, but O’Hara slams him down and takes his back right at the end to show him what’s up.

Lennox goes back to work and lands some big kicks to the head, body and legs while O’Hara just sits there and stares. For some reason the former title contender doesn’t really do anything and probably deserves to lose because of it. Great fight from Lennox who staid active despite his grappling disadvantage.

Result: Rupert Lennox (10-2) defeats Gregory O’Hara (11-2) by unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 29-27).

Iain Fussell (10-3) vs Caragh Green (8-2) at welterweight

This one is all Fussell, who dominates the striking exchanges until Green tries to clinch, where he is outmuscled by the Englishman. Fussell lands some good strikes in the clinch to close out round one. In the second round Green initiates the grappling again, but Fussell gets a takedown, mounts him and ends the fight with a choke.

Result: Iain Fussell (11-3) defeats Caragh Green (8-3) by submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:04 of round 2.

Snorri Gunnarsson (26-4-1) vs Louie Sullivan (10-0) at featherweight

Gunnarsson gets a big double leg takedown right away and cuts Sullivan open with a brutal elbow with just 20 seconds into the fight. He rocks the Englishman with some more punches from the guard before sliding into side control and eventually the mount. The armbar attempt fails though as Sullivan escapes and gets into side control, but only briefly as the Icelandic fighter regains guard. From there he shows his grappling technique in using the omoplata to force Sullivan to give up his back, sinks the hooks in and finishes the choke. I think it’s fair to say the set up worked. Now to see which fighter emerges as champion.

Result: Snorri Gunnarsson (27-4-1) defeats Louie Sullivan (10-1) by submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:57 of round 1.

Freddy Lomax (10-0) vs Fernando Peragon (14-3) for the BCF featherweight championship

Lomax and Peragon exchange on the feet for a while, with Lomax going for more combinations while the challenger tries to land bigger single shots. It is pretty close until Lomax decides to switch things up and take Peragon down, working knees and punches from side control until the end of the round.

Lomax gets a quick double leg to start round two, landing small shots and sapping the Spanish brawler’s power. Peragon tries to scramble but Lomax catches him in side control and controls the entire round.

Peragon misses a lot of strikes in the third round, perhaps proof of Lomax’s tactics starting to pay off. He defends the champion’s takedown attempts this time, however, and might have earned the round with his activity and aggression, despite not landing anything significant.

Lomax sits and waits for Peragon to come forward and lands counter jabs and left hands. He has quite a bit of success doing this as Peragon has trouble finding his range and rhythm, and eventually gets another takedown to seal the round in his favor. An exciting, technical fight so far.

The final round starts with Peragon landing cleanly with a right hand as Lomax throws a kick to the body. From there the champion forces his way into the clinch, gets behind Peragon and drops him on his knees with a takedown. From there he lands big shots to the turtled up challenger and after more than ten unanswered strikes the referee pulls him off.

Result: Freddy Lomax (11-0) defeats Fernando Peragon (14-4) by TKO (punches) at 1:29 of round 5 to retain the BCF featherweight championship.

Post Show Thoughts:

Bonuses: $1000

FotN: Lomax & Peragon

KOtN: Atkins

SotN: Gunnarsson

328 people were in attendance in the Midlands for a gate of $28,864. Our commercial rating was 55% and the critical a record breaking 80% for a popularity boost of +0.8% / 1.0% / 1.0%. We made $462,000 off subscriptions.

What a war the main event was, and a true star builder for Lomax who showed a good cerebral approach and all around skills. Really ground Peragon down, but still made it exciting and finished a guy who is known for his toughness. Lomax’s next test will be even tougher, however, as the champion versus champion fight is set against Snorri Gunnarsson. Gunnarsson made it look easy against Louie Sullivan and showed an impressive grappling game that could give the BCF champion trouble.

Iain Fussell got a third straight submission win and puts himself at +3 heat and probably one fight away from high level regional. His next fight should be a little tougher but I still haven’t decided who it might be.

Rupert Lennox also got a third straight win but is still at neutral momentum. Despite his striking prowess he isn’t the most dynamic finisher, which makes it a pretty tough sell to call him a contender. Gregory O’Hara’s performance was especially disappointing after the first round. Maybe he blew his wad there.

Larry Johnson had a convincing debut victory over Christopher Drew, grinding the KO artist down and having his way with him in the third round. Only two of Johnson’s six victories are finishes despite facing five local fighters, which could make him a tough sell in the division where finishes are the thing, but he clearly has the talent and toughness to be a problem in the heavyweight division. He is already high level regional thanks to his high level catch wrestling background, but has no momentum - I might want to give him at least one favorable match up to try and see if he can submit somebody.

Some strong comebacks took place on the preliminary card - Atkins, Kabalevsky and O’Hare all had surprisingly great performances after suffering defeats. Ivano Ancic, on the other hand, put himself among the top featherweights by dominating Graeme Spark.

Duncan Thistlewood, Eoghan Behan and Cyril Kamoze get cut.

Predictions:

MasterSkuxly: 5/9

Frank_Vest: 6/9

TheSnake101: 6/9

BigRedMachine: 5/9

CageRage: 3/9

All time standings:

TheSnake101: 136/167

CageRage: 119/175

MasterSkuxly: 79/110

Frank_Vest: 55/83

BigRedMachine: 28/37

Paatero · June 28, 2015

BCF TV: Kane vs Hristov 2 announcement

Saturday Week 2 of May, 2003 in London

Broadcast by Euro Cable Sports

Welterweight Championship Bout: Will Kane (21-4) vs Filip Hristov (10-0)

It’s the rematch that has been brewing since Kane’s loss to Hristov in SIGMA in September of 2001. The decision win is still the Bulgarian’s biggest, but he has scored two dominant victories in BCF to earn his way to the title. Kane is 2-0 since the first fight, scoring a dominant decision over Martin Cupples and knocking out David Webb to come back in the fifth round. I really don’t like Hristov in terms of personal preferences go, but he is a really, really good grappler. The last fight was contested a lot against the cage, and without referees having the power to separate in SIGMA, the slight difference in rule set, as well as five rounds, may make a difference in favor of the champion.

Lightweight Title Eliminator Bout: Jake Keane (28-6) vs Lukas Mellberg (18-4)

Other than O’Breen, these two are probably my two best lightweights. Keane holds a victory over O’Breen and is nationally known in the Isles, so he would be the preferred victor. Mellberg has +1 momentum despite his long layoff, and is not known at all in Britain, but I’ll make do if he manages to win. I think the match up favors Keane, who seems to have more tools.

Light Heavyweight Bout: Crow Leddy (10-1) vs Perry Barr (16-7)

Perr and Leddy are popular English light heavyweights who could also be fighting for a title shot down the line. Barr had a borderline miraculous upset win by TKO over Lenny McFadden in his comeback from a serious injury, while Leddy has gone 4-0 since 2001 over respectable opposition. I favor the younger man, but you could say Barr has beaten a better fighter than Leddy in McFadden.

Middleweight Bout: Davis Spyrou (20-8) vs Snuffy Fontana (10-1)

Spyrou hasn’t been able to do much the last few years, taking a beating after another since his quick title loss to Baines. At -2 momentum all I can use him for is to build other fighters with his name, or to rehabilitate a top fighter coming off a loss. You can see which I’m trying to do here. It’s not outside the realm of possibility stylistically that Spyrou gives Fontana some trouble, but the trend he has shown doesn’t suggest that happens.

Featherweight Bout: Jay Dorridge (11-3) vs Liam O’Donnell (11-5)

A featherweight coming off a win is a good featherweight for me right now, and these guys are both that. A featherweight on a winning streak is what I’ll get, which is even better. Both men are from the Isles and have some popularity to boot, hopefully there will be a finish to top it all off.

Prelims:

Middleweight Bout: Charlie Oakley (7-1) vs Andrew Rush (19-11)

This is pretty similar to the Spyrou vs Fontana match on the main card in that Oakley is a prospect coming off his first defeat, while Rush is a veteran that seems to have had his best days. Rush has joined Rob Baines Fighting to prepare for this fight, but I’m not sure anything will prepare him for the grappling onslaught that is Oakley’s catch wrestling game.

Light Heavyweight Bout: Aleksei Chekhov (23-7) vs Neville Granville (8-2)

Chekhov is coming off a loss and is not known at all in the Isles, but this should be a good old-fashioned scrap, which is mostly what I was looking for when I hired the Russian. He has a good record overall and has been one of the top European light heavyweights, so with a couple of wins he can become a legitimate boon for the weight class. Granville has a style to accommodate the kind of fight I like from Chekhov.

Light Heavyweight Bout: Alekos Karabatsos (15-8) vs Garry McSweegan (24-11)

McSweegan is 0-3 since beating Granville in a fantastic 2001 performance. Of similarly rough fortunes is the Greek Karabatsos, who dropped his BCF debut to Matthew Michael Kirby in brutal fashion. Whoever wins can count on at least having a job after this fight, while the loser will be in danger of being cut. It all depends on what kind of fight this turns out to be.

Lightweight Bout: Xavi Castillejo (8-2) vs Ron Chuckle (8-4)

These two lightweights are both 2-2 in BCF - the winner will have a winning record and be coming off a win in a lightweight division where there’s never too many contenders. This is a striker versus grappler match up, so I’m hoping the contrast in styles will result in a dynamic fight and a good finish for one man.

Predictions? Suggestions? Comments?

Will Kane vs Filip Hristov

Jake Keane vs Lukas Mellberg

Crow Leddy vs Perry Barr

Davis Spyrou vs Snuffy Fontana

Jay Dorridge vs Liam O’Donnell

Charlie Oakley vs Andrew Rush

Aleksei Chekhov vs Neville Granville

Alekos Karabatsos vs Garry McSweegan

Xavi Castillejo vs Ron Chuckle

CageRage · June 28, 2015

Will Kane vs Filip Hristov

Jake Keane vs Lukas Mellberg

Crow Leddy vs Perry Barr

Davis Spyrou vs Snuffy Fontana

Jay Dorridge vs Liam O’Donnell

Charlie Oakley vs Andrew Rush

Aleksei Chekhov vs Neville Granville

Alekos Karabatsos vs Garry McSweegan

Xavi Castillejo vs Ron Chuckle

BigRedMachine · June 28, 2015

Will Kane vs Filip Hristov

Jake Keane vs Lukas Mellberg

Crow Leddy vs Perry Barr

Davis Spyrou vs Snuffy Fontana

Jay Dorridge vs Liam O’Donnell

Charlie Oakley vs Andrew Rush

Aleksei Chekhov vs Neville Granville

Alekos Karabatsos vs Garry McSweegan

Xavi Castillejo vs Ron Chuckle

Thesnake101 · June 28, 2015

Will Kane vs Filip Hristov

Jake Keane vs Lukas Mellberg

Crow Leddy vs Perry Barr

Davis Spyrou vs Snuffy Fontana

Jay Dorridge vs Liam O’Donnell

Charlie Oakley vs Andrew Rush

Aleksei Chekhov vs Neville Granville

Alekos Karabatsos vs Garry McSweegan

Xavi Castillejo vs Ron Chuckle

MasterSkuxly · June 29, 2015

Will Kane vs Filip Hristov

Jake Keane vs Lukas Mellberg

Crow Leddy vs Perry Barr

Davis Spyrou vs Snuffy Fontana

Jay Dorridge vs Liam O’Donnell

Charlie Oakley vs Andrew Rush

Aleksei Chekhov vs Neville Granville

Alekos Karabatsos vs Garry McSweegan

Xavi Castillejo vs Ron Chuckle

Paatero · June 29, 2015

Fortnight Review for weeks 3 & 4 of April, 2003:

I make some bookings for the upcoming summer shows in July and August. The July show gets an important featherweight tilt as Manish Khan (12-4) returns from a hand injury to face the rising Jan Ilic (10-1). Meanwhile Scotland’s BCF: Kitson vs Kirby gets an all-Scottish middleweight clash with title implications in Ginger Beaumont (10-1) versus Vincent Henderson (6-0), and former welterweight champion David Webb (20-6) steps up to middleweight to face the surging Russian Mily Golovanov (10-1).

Paatero · June 29, 2015

Fortnight Review for weeks 3 & 4 of April, 2003:

I make some bookings for the upcoming summer shows in July and August. The July show gets an important featherweight tilt as Manish Khan (12-4) returns from a hand injury to face the rising Jan Ilic (10-1). Meanwhile Scotland’s BCF: Kitson vs Kirby gets an all-Scottish middleweight clash with title implications in Ginger Beaumont (10-1) versus Vincent Henderson (6-0), and former welterweight champion David Webb (20-6) steps up to middleweight to face the surging Russian Mily Golovanov (10-1).

Monthly MMA Review for April, 2003:

It’s a quiet month in global MMA as only three other big shows take place in April.

OMEGA: Ortega vs Hoynes saw Texan heavyweight prospect Sam Hoynes quickly knock out Mexican Jaime Ortega to claim the company’s heavyweight title. In the co-main event another American beat a Mexican fighter as Isaiah Monroe starched Esteban Vega via third round KO.

GAMMA 53 took place in California, where home crowd star Matthew Dean defended his GAMMA middleweight title with a 75-second knock out of jiu-jitsu black belt Leonardo da Costa. The title defense was Dean-s tenth, a GAMMA record. Speaking of GAMMA records and record holders, former long time heavyweight champion James Foster submitted Canadian giant Tim Boyer via armbar in the second round of their co-headlining rubber match clash.

KDM FC’s third televised event brought a strong card to China as Ahmed Mohamed Farag defended his lightweight crown with a unanimous decision over Malaysian submission expert Chan Kim Huat. Former champion Atep of Indonesia armbarred local kickboxer Fai Chao in the co-main event.

Fortnight Review for weeks 1 & 2 of May, 2003:

I add an exciting middleweight bout between Paul Goodfellow (4-1) and Dennis Gallagher (15-9) to round out July’s BCF TV card. Goodfellow called out the 24-fight veteran after his TKO win over Moore Gordy in January, and will be getting the biggest test of his young career as the Irish brawler fights in front of his home crowd.

Undefeated Irish lightweight prospect Darryl Batch (6-0) faces William Powell (13-10) in the co-main event of the night. Batch, 25, is one of Ireland’s best prospects in the lightweight division since Seth O’Breen, and is known for his toughness, heavy hands and judo skills. In Powell he faces a savvy veteran who is looking to string together wins.

Unfortunate news break just a week and a half from BCF’s next show as welterweight champion Will Kane (21-4) has suffered a minor back injury that requires a month’s worth of recovery. The fight is off the card altogether but will be rebooked in the near future. The lightweight bout between Jake Keane (28-6) and Lukas Mellberg (18-4) will now headline the show.

May seems to be misfortune month for us as Perry Barr has suffered a moderate shoulder injury that forces him out of the co-main event against Crow Leddy. The 38-year old has to take 2 months off to recover. With less than a week to salvage the decimated card I basically would accept anyone as Leddy’s opponent. Andoni Olano (7-5) is the only one I can get as I pull him from his scheduled June fight against Nestor Morozov. The Spanish fighter will be a significant underdog against the surging English prospect.

Frank_Vest · June 29, 2015

Will Kane vs Filip Hristov

Jake Keane vs Lukas Mellberg

Crow Leddy vs Perry Barr

Davis Spyrou vs Snuffy Fontana

Jay Dorridge vs Liam O’Donnell

Charlie Oakley vs Andrew Rush

Aleksei Chekhov vs Neville Granville

Alekos Karabatsos vs Garry McSweegan

Xavi Castillejo vs Ron Chuckle

Posted this after I read the fight changes above, figured I'd keep it as is to put me on equal footing with the other predictors.

Paatero · June 29, 2015

BCF TV: Keane vs Mellberg

Saturday Week 2 of May, 2003 in London

Broadcast by Euro Cable Sports 1

Prelims:

Xavi Castillejo (8-2) vs Ron Chuckle (8-4) at lightweight

The first round is a good microcosm of both guys’ strengths as Castillejo lands sharp combinations from the outside, while Chuckle controls the second half of the round with a takedown and top game. Castillejo goes for more strikes in the second and even lands a flush head kick but is unable to shake Chuckle who keeps coming and wrestles him to the floor. Castillejo scrambles on top shortly, however. The third round is very similar with good stand up from Castillejo and a quick takedown from Chuckle followed by some ground strikes, and this one will be a close call for the judges to make. Great fight too.

Result: Xavi Castillejo (9-2) defeats Ron Chuckle (8-5) by unanimous decision (29-28 x3).

Alekos Karabatsos (15-8) vs Garry McSweegan (24-11) at light heavyweight

This one was all McSweegan and a surprisingly entertaining performance from the Hotshot Scot. Karabatsos absorbed a pretty worrisome amount of punishment before going out in the second round to a particularly cracking left hook.

Result: Garry McSweegan (25-11) defeats Alekos Karabatsos (15-9) by KO (punch) at 1:46 of round 2.

McSweegan calls out Perry Barr after his fight, clearly looking for a relevant senior league fight that he could win with his punching power. It’s not a bad idea, as the timing might just work out too.

Aleksei Chekhov (23-7) vs Neville Granville (8-2) at light heavyweight

This one doesn’t open as strongly as I was hoping for as both guys prove too elusive for the other to hit significantly in the first round. Chekhov gets the better of the first five minutes by virtue of his kicking game, while Granville’s output is quite low. The second round opens and ends quickly and violently as the Russian lands a powerful straight right that floors Granville and puts him out.

Result: Aleksei Chekhov (24-7) defeats Neville Granville (8-3) by KO (punches) at 0:18 of round 2.

Charlie Oakley (7-1) vs Andrew Rush (19-11) at middleweight

This may go down as the most one-sided fight in BCF history and one of the quickest submission finishes, as Oakley wastes no time taking Rush down from the clinch, getting the back and sinking in the choke. You can say Oakley’s back on track.

Result: Charlie Oakley (8-1) defeats Andrew Rush (19-12) by submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:32 of round 1.

Main card:

Jay Dorridge (11-3) vs Liam O’Donnell (11-5) at featherweight

Well, this one doesn’t take long either. O’Donnell lands one solid combination before the judoka Dorridge closes the distance and floors him with an outside trip. He then advances to mount and takes the armbar without much resistance.

Result: Jay Dorridge (12-3) defeats Liam O’Donnell (11-6) by submission (armbar) at 2:28 of round 1.

Davis Spyrou (20-8) vs Snuffy Fontana (10-1) at middleweight

The theme of the night continues, though this time there’s slightly more work involved. Fontana shoots in right away but Spyrou defends the initial attempt well, getting pushed up against the fence instead. From there Fontana eventually gets the takedown, mounts him and sinks in the arm triangle.

Result: Snuffy Fontana (11-1) defeats Davis Spyrou (20-9) by submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:39 of round 1.

Andoni Olano (7-5) vs Crow Leddy (10-1) at light heavyweight

The late, late replacement makes it a fight, landing good combinations in an exciting stand up war in the first five minutes against Leddy, who has never been known for his technical defense as much as his toughness and raw aggression. Leddy lands with more authority throughout the round and drops the Spaniard at the end to send a clear message to the judges.

Leddy goes right back at it to open the second round and finishes the fight shortly with some brutally effective punches. Had this been a lesser opponent, Olano might have been cut after three straight losses and -2 momentum, but I think he deserves another shot after saving the fight and making it fun to watch.

Result: Crow Leddy (11-1) defeats Andoni Olano (7-6) by KO (punches) at 0:44 of round 2.

Main event:

Jake Keane (28-6) vs Lukas Mellberg (18-4) at lightweight

Keane’s return to BCF starts very strongly as the former lightweight champion lands a continuous barrage of strikes on the Swedish grappler; jabs, head kicks and big right hands stun Mellberg and Keane then jumps on him with a guillotine attempt. Mellberg survives and gets to work from the top, but only briefly as Keane pulls them to the cage and walks up to his feet. Mellberg has a difficult time putting Keane down again but gets a trip in the final minute of the round and goes for his trademark guillotine, but the Londoner expertly defends. Wow, what an action packed first round.

A jab and an uppercut knock Mellberg with just ten seconds gone in the second round and Keane jumps on top and works him over with short strikes. The whole round is spent with Keane in half guard after Mellberg recovers from the initial damage.

Keane seems to keep his pace extremely well as he again stuns Mellberg with a combination of kicks and punches. The rest of the round is very much like the previous one, as well, though Mellberg manages to recover guard.

The fourth round sees Keane be slightly more patient, mixing it up with some low kicks to confuse Mellberg. Setting it up brilliantly, the hometown favorite lands a combination of punches that finally put the Swede down and out to set up a brilliant lightweight title rematch with O’Breen and Keane.

Result: Jake Keane (29-6) defeats Lukas Mellberg (18-5) by KO (punches) at 1:33 of round 4.

Post Show Thoughts:

Bonuses: $1000

FotN: Leddy & Olano

KOtN: Leddy

SotN: Dorridge

326 people in the live audience for a gate of $35,860. Commercial rating was 49%, while the critical was 74%, netting us a 0.7/1.0/1.0 growth in the key areas. We made $469,920 in subscriptions.

The injury to Will Kane ended up having a thick silver lining as Jake Keane gets the finish in the main event rounds, putting himself at +1 momentum and 23% national and setting up the biggest lightweight match available in British MMA. It was a more dominant performance from Keane that I expected as Mellberg never had any success aside from a minute of control in the first round.

Crow Leddy put a beating on poor Andoni Olano who took an extremely short notice fight to save the co-main event. This puts Leddy at +4 momentum and 86.7% regional and he seems to be one of the future title contenders at only 25 years old. His skills are looking to be improving too, which makes me hopeful of his prospects.

A lot of fights ended in quick and one-sided fashion. Fontana, Dorridge and Oakley all got first round submissions without all that much resistance. Spyrou and Rush are middleweights that might have had their chances in BCF for now, as neither man can really do much with their poor momentum. Some regional wins may make them usable again, but I’m doubtful of their future at this point.

Dorridge puts himself in the featherweight mix with two straight victories, +1 heat and solid mid level regional name value. He has a KO loss to the current champion, but he will be a solid guy to use in the upper tier to face off against other contenders.

Aleksei Chekhov and Garry McSweegan both had exciting KO wins on the prelims, which could set up a good main card fight between them. Both are at neutral momentum now after good rebound wins, and a match between them would be basically a guaranteed momentum builder. The timing works out perfectly, too.

Finally Xavi Castillejo got a great win over Ron Chuckle in a close but action packed lightweight contest. The 25-year old Spaniard is now 3-2 in BCF with his only losses coming to grapplers and top contenders in Mal Beswick and Doug Hansen, and I think I need to re-evaluate Castillejo’s upside with such as strong performance and apparent improvement in the skills department.

Alekos Karabatsos, Davis Spyrou and Andrew Rush get their pink slips.

Predictions:

As the Crow Leddy fight was changed, I figured taking it off the board works out equally for everyone.

CageRage: 6/7

BigRedMachine: 6/7

TheSnake101: 6/7

MasterSkuxly: 7/7

Frank_Vest: 6/7 and a for the good sportsmanship!

All time standings:

TheSnake101: 142/174

CageRage: 125/182

MasterSkuxly: 86/117

Frank_Vest: 61/90

BigRedMachine: 34/44

Paatero · June 30, 2015

Fortnight Review for weeks 3 & 4 of May, 2003:

Jake Keane (29-6) has decided to take a hiatus from MMA following his fourth round KO victory over Lukas Mellberg. This is devastating news to my lightweight division, as the rest of the 155-pound ladder looks pretty bleak after O’Breen and Hansen rematch in July. Hopefully Keane returns at the end of the year or early next, as I really don’t have much else to keep the top of the division moving.

Will Kane and Filip Hristov get rebooked for week 2 of September in a pay per view event. The rematch is a commercially strong product and I have a number of other marketable fights planned to strengthen the card, which is why I’ve opted for PPV over television this time.

I book BCF: Baines vs Schneider for mid-October. In addition to Rob Baines defending his middleweight title against German veteran Hans-Peter Schneider, lightweights Harald Hubner and Tim Oldacres face off for a potential shot at the title.

Paatero · June 30, 2015

Fortnight Review for weeks 3 & 4 of May, 2003:

Jake Keane (29-6) has decided to take a hiatus from MMA following his fourth round KO victory over Lukas Mellberg. This is devastating news to my lightweight division, as the rest of the 155-pound ladder looks pretty bleak after O’Breen and Hansen rematch in July. Hopefully Keane returns at the end of the year or early next, as I really don’t have much else to keep the top of the division moving.

Will Kane and Filip Hristov get rebooked for week 2 of September in a pay per view event. The rematch is a commercially strong product and I have a number of other marketable fights planned to strengthen the card, which is why I’ve opted for PPV over television this time.

I book BCF: Baines vs Schneider for mid-October. In addition to Rob Baines defending his middleweight title against German veteran Hans-Peter Schneider, lightweights Harald Hubner and Tim Oldacres face off for a potential shot at the title.

Monthly MMA Review for May of 2003:

WEFF, FLB, ALPHA-1 and SIGMA held shows in the last month before summer.

WEFF 31 was headlined by Englishwoman Pamela O’Neill submitting Monica Masters by arm triangle choke to defend her bantamweight title for the first time. Featherweight prospect Gaetane Morel went 6-0 with yet another unanimous decision victory, this time over highly ranked Lynda Epsom.

1044 people in Brazil showed up for FLB’s Sunday event where Mario de Souza captured the vacant middleweight title with a second round armbar over fellow jiu-jitsu black belt Jorge Hormazabal. Brasilia’s young prospect Juan Rua was handed his first pro defeat by veteran Carlos dos Santos in a third round TKO finish.

ALPHA-1 hosted the massive rematch between Terron Cabal and the legendary Hassan Fezzik at Warriors of the Ring 7. The Frenchman faced far more difficulty this time around as the Turk landed 3 of his 5 takedowns, yet Cabal’s power and aggression once again prevailed in a third round KO in a fantastic fight. Undefeated judo legend Sho Kitabake fought for the first time in more than two years, edging out former champion Tamadasa Yamada in the biggest win of his career.

SIGMA: Kurri vs Taneyev was headed by light heavyweights, as undefeated Valentin Taneyev captured the SIGMA championship while going to 15-0 with a unanimous decision over Matti Kurri. Perennial top contender Nicolai Mickiewicz beat up debuting Polish prospect Anton Kwiatkowski in a curious match up.

Fortnight Review for weeks 1 & 2 of June, 2003:

Nothing significant happens in early June, which is probably for the better as there are no injuries (at least of yet). Instead we’ll take a look at the month’s big upcoming pay per view event.

Paatero · June 30, 2015

BCF: Kapur vs Potter announcement

Saturday Week 3 of June, 2003 in Midlands

Broadcast by United Kingdom Choice

Heavyweight Championship Bout: Rav Kapur (14-0) vs Carter Potter (21-5)

Rav Kapur’s first title defense coming back to BCF after his GAMMA stint and second overall will be against former champion and veteran heavyweight Carter Potter. The champion seems to be technically and athletically superior to the 35-year old challenger, but the Kiwi is always a tough out with several potent weapons at his disposal. This win would push Kapur to mid level national and probably set up a massive match with Ozzy Bintley next.

Heavyweight Title Eliminator Bout: Ozzy Bintley (10-0) vs Percy Catcher (13-5)

This is the second part that has to play out for the massive heavyweight fight to come true. Bintley rematches a Percy Catcher that is coming off a dynamic KO victory in his last fight after losing two extremely narrow decisions to Christopher Drew and Bintley in the pairing’s first bout. After a couple of fights where Bintley’s opponents have done all they can to avoid standing with him, here’s to hoping Catcher makes it a good one, though I doubt he’ll do better than he did in the first against a less experienced Bintley.

Welterweight Bout: Martin Cupples (13-1) vs Malloy Mahoney (9-1)

This one should be an entertaining scrap and hopefully set one of these fighters up as a contender at welterweight. Mahoney is coming off two good wins but has no heat as of yet, while Cupples rebounded from his title fight loss with a decision over Timothy Latchkey, and is also at neutral momentum.

Heavyweight Bout: Vic Millican (21-8) vs Fritz Phipps (10-2)

More heavyweights in a pivotal spot, Vic Millican and Fritz Phipps are coming off solid victories - something that is not all too common in the division, and definitely not with the 37-year old Millican. This may well be the British Beef’s last chance at glory, while the 26-year old Phipps may be heading back towards the top of the division if he can put his man away.

Featherweight Bout: Jason Dalglish (20-7) vs Colm Dee (18-6)

Two exciting top featherweights try to get back on track as Colm Dee drops down to his favored weight and faces the scrappy Scot Dalglish. This is a striker versus grappler match up, with both fighters capable of finishing the other in their own area of the game. Dee is more popular in the Isles, but I don’t mind either guy winning as long as they can shake off their -1 momentum.

Prelims:

Lightweight Bout: Sid Morgan (9-2) vs Mal Beswick (10-2)

Two young lightweights who have been up and down as of late, Morgan and Beswick are both 3-2 in their last 5 fights. Beswick probably has faced the tougher opposition, having fought the champion twice, while Morgan’s losses have not come against slouches, either. Both men excel at submission grappling, though Morgan’s striking could be in a key role if the grappling edge doesn’t present itself.

Featherweight Bout: Ilya Fedorov (9-2) vs Dallin Friedland (9-2)

Two limited featherweight strikers in dire need of a win face off on the undercard. There’s nothing in particular I look for in either guy, just a win and an exciting scrap will be enough to secure a roster spot for them after relatively bad losses in their previous bouts.

Heavyweight Bout: Scotty Arnsson (5-2) vs Bob Dozier (17-13)

Another fight where a win is very much needed for both guys but only one will get it. This one might turn out pretty bad in terms of entertainment, for which reason it is good that it’s buried on the undercard.

Middleweight Bout: Luka Hajek (6-2) vs Ram Phookan (12-8)

Both middleweights are boxers, and both are 0-2 as of late. A win here will turn away the chopping axe for a time, but does not guarantee much more. Phookan especially seems close to calling it after a 1-5 run and -3 momentum. The 29-year old Hajek would be of more use to me, should he win.

Predictions? Comments? Suggestions?

Rav Kapur vs Carter Potter

Ozzy Bintley vs Percy Catcher

Martin Cupples vs Malloy Mahoney

Vic Millican vs Fritz Phipps

Jason Dalglish vs Colm Dee

Sid Morgan vs Mal Beswick

Ilya Fedorov vs Dallin Friedland

Scotty Arnsson vs Bob Dozier

Luka Hajek vs Ram Phookan

Frank_Vest · June 30, 2015

Rav Kapur vs Carter Potter

Ozzy Bintley vs Percy Catcher

Martin Cupples vs Malloy Mahoney

Vic Millican vs Fritz Phipps

Jason Dalglish vs Colm Dee

Sid Morgan vs Mal Beswick

Ilya Fedorov vs Dallin Friedland

Scotty Arnsson vs Bob Dozier

Luka Hajek vs Ram Phookan

MasterSkuxly · June 30, 2015

Rav Kapur vs Carter Potter

Ozzy Bintley vs Percy Catcher

Martin Cupples vs Malloy Mahoney

Vic Millican vs Fritz Phipps

Jason Dalglish vs Colm Dee

Sid Morgan vs Mal Beswick

Ilya Fedorov vs Dallin Friedland

Scotty Arnsson vs Bob Dozier

Luka Hajek vs Ram Phookan

BigRedMachine · June 30, 2015

Rav Kapur vs Carter Potter

Ozzy Bintley vs Percy Catcher

Martin Cupples vs Malloy Mahoney

Vic Millican vs Fritz Phipps

Jason Dalglish vs Colm Dee

Sid Morgan vs Mal Beswick

Ilya Fedorov vs Dallin Friedland

Scotty Arnsson vs Bob Dozier

Luka Hajek vs Ram Phookan

CageRage · July 1, 2015

Rav Kapur vs Carter Potter

Ozzy Bintley vs Percy Catcher

Martin Cupples vs Malloy Mahoney

Vic Millican vs Fritz Phipps

Jason Dalglish vs Colm Dee

Sid Morgan vs Mal Beswick

Ilya Fedorov vs Dallin Friedland

Scotty Arnsson vs Bob Dozier

Luka Hajek vs Ram Phookan

Paatero · July 1, 2015

BCF: Kapur vs Potter

Saturday Week 3 of June, 2003 in Midlands

Broadcast by United Kingdom Choice (PPV)

Prelims:

Luka Hajek (6-2) vs Ram Phookan (12-8) at middleweight

This was a fantastic fight that played out pretty much like a technical early 20th century boxing bout would, with neither guy being all that concerned with points or defensive soundness, instead going for it and trying to land sharp punches to force a stoppage. Hajek landed more for most of two rounds before dropping Phookan in the second half of the fight and ending it with some vicious ground and pound.

Result: Luka Hajek (7-2) defeats Ram Phookan (12-9) by TKO (punches) at 3:16 of round 2.

Phookan announces his retirement from the sport post fight, while Hajek makes a call out of Charlie Oakley, which I’d say is ill-advised at best.

Scotty Arnsson (5-2) vs Bob Dozier (17-13) at heavyweight

As I suspected, this one turned out a poor fight where both men try unsuccessfully to wrestle the other to the mat. Arnsson seems to have more in the tank for a three rounder, while he also has more trouble physically moving the 20 pounds heavier Dozier. In the end it’s a close match I’m not too interested in following too closely. The loser is pretty certainly getting cut.

Result: Scotty Arnsson (6-2) defeats Bob Dozier (17-14) by split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29).

Ilya Fedorov (9-2) vs Dallin Friedland (9-2) at featherweight

Most of the first round is fast-paced but sloppy, with both guys swinging at air for a good part of the five minutes. Fedorov clobbers Friedland with a huge right hand near the end of the round and ends things with some big follow up shots on the ground. A good win for the Russian brawler to get back on track.

Result: Ilya Fedorov (10-2) defeats Dallin Friedland (9-3) by TKO (punches) at 4:42 of round 1.

Sid Morgan (9-2) vs Mal Beswick (10-2) at lightweight

It is interesting to note that the 28-year old Beswick’s only losses have come to Seth O’Breen prior to this fight despite his ostensible limits. Morgan controls the striking exchanges early, and gets a great trip takedown into side control. He has some difficulty establishing control and finding an opening to attack but when he does, he finishes efficiently with a kimura with just five seconds left in the clock. A good win for The Misfit, who gets into good company among conquerors of Beswick.

Result: Sid Morgan (10-2) defeats Mal Beswick (10-3) by submission (kimura) at 4:55 of round 1.

The 5’4 Beswick may be someone to look at dropping to featherweight after two consecutive losses.

Main card:

Jason Dalglish (20-7) vs Colm Dee (18-6) at featherweight

The first round is dull as Dalglish closes the distance early but fails to get past Dee’s vaunted takedown defense. It is also difficult to score because neither man does any damage in the one-sided and mostly unsuccessful grappling exchange. The Scot’s persistence pays off in the second round as he finally gets a trip into side control and ends the fight with a tight americana. Not a great featherweight return for Dee, but a decent win for Dalglish who should be back at neutral momentum now.

Result: Jason Dalglish (21-7) defeats Colm Dee (18-7) by submission (americana) at 1:44 of round 2.

Vic Millican (21-8) vs Fritz Phipps (10-2) at heavyweight

Millican ignores the offer from Phipps to touch gloves and the two big men go to exchange fists instead. The mean mugging and bad sportsmanship seem to goad Phipps into a fist fight which Millican is not bad at - he lands a lot of punches and absorbs most of Phipps’ offerings without too much trouble. A right cross nails Phipps and makes him stumble back and Millican pounces, though Phipps survives the unexpected beating.

In the second round Phipps tries to get inside and achieves it after pushing through a few more shots to the dome. Millican fights surprisingly well in the clinch though and doesn’t let the bigger man control him much at all, putting Phipps in a perilous position going into the third round.

Finally after a couple of attempts Phipps gets Millican to the floor, maybe partially thanks to conditioning issues for the 37-year old. From there Phipps mounts him and starts dropping hammers, forcing Millican to turn his back. However, Phipps is unable to put an end to the fight, which brings us to a close call from the judges that I think should go to the underdog Millican.

Result: Vic Millican (22-8) defeats Fritz Phipps (10-3) by split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29).

It’s not a huge upset by the odds, but it certainly is one by my expectations. Millican did extremely well considering the stylistic match up, and puts together his first winning streak in quite some time. A disappointing setback for Phipps, but the 26-year old will be back.

Martin Cupples (13-1) vs Malloy Mahoney (9-1) at welterweight

Wow! This one escalated quickly, as both men came in going for the throat right from the start. Cupples landed some early big shots with his left hand, while Mahoney disguised some good body and head kicks behind his sharp hands. The slick strategic striking paid off quickly, as Mahoney set up the finishing shot with a jab, body shot into jab, right hook to the head, putting the notoriously tough Cupples out cold for the first time.

Result: Malloy Mahoney (10-1) defeats Martin Cupples (13-2) by KO (punches) at 3:33 of round 1.

Ozzy Bintley (10-0) vs Percy Catcher (13-5) at heavyweight

Dammit, Percy! After a few exchanges where no significant blows land, Catcher goes to wrestle, a familiar strategy from Bintley’s recent opponents. Bintley reverses quickly though and muscles his opponent to the fence and goes to work with some knees and elbows. Bintley starts to land some really hard shots in the second round and staggers Catcher near the halfway point, proceeding to drop him a minute or so later. The fight goes to the third round, where Bintley keeps up the domination and drops Catcher once more, but does not finish, which is somewhat disappointing. Catcher’s inability to do much of significance made this a pretty unspectacular fight. Last time the commentators thought he was robbed of a win in the Fight of the Night against Bintley, let’s see what the judges think this time.

Result: Ozzy Bintley (11-0) defeats Percy Catcher (13-6) by unanimous decision (30-27 x3).

Rav Kapur (14-0) vs Carter Potter (21-5) for the BCF heavyweight championship

It doesn’t take long for the champion to severely hurt Potter and put him down with a combination of heavy punches and a head kick. The draws on his trademark toughness and quality ground defense to survive the onslaught in the first five minutes, but doesn’t get any offense going whatsoever. The next couple of rounds are dominant in slightly different ways for the champion, who seems to respect Potter’s resilience and invest in leg kicks in the second round, though he does drop the Kiwi with a head kick later. The third round is mostly clinchwork as Potter tries to get out of the striking exchanges, but Kapur controls that too, landing some vicious knees and elbows. The champion really works Potter in the clinch in the fourth, bruising the challenger’s body with knees along the links. In the fifth round Kapur slices Potter’s forehead open with an elbow but the fight winds down slightly, ending in what should be a good, comfortably points victory for the defending champion.

Result: Rav Kapur (15-0) defeats Carter Potter (21-6) by unanimous decision (50-45) to retain the BCF heavyweight championship.

Wow, no 10-8’s for the early rounds. The second round especially would have warranted one, and in general Potter was on the defensive the entire 25 minutes, never landing a significant blow in the fight.

Post Show Thoughts:

Bonuses: $1500

FotN: Mahoney & Cupples

KOtN: Mahoney

SotN: Morgan

1132 people showed up live for a record gate of $99,616. The pay per view take was excellent at $2,032,000, though still 10-20% behind a pair of Kitson’s biggest fights. We got a strong popularity boost of 2.6% in the Isles with a commercial rating of 61% and a critical of 65%.

The big heavyweight dream fight becomes a possibility with both Kapur and Bintley taking convincing victories and moving up a popularity level. A BCF fight cannot really be much bigger as Kapur is mid level national and Bintley at low level national, with both guys having +5 momentum. To top it all off the timing works out perfectly as both guys want exactly 34 days to recuperate before starting their next camp. I might look to book this as the year end main event and break some records.

I figured the rest of the event would be mostly overshadowed by the top billing heavyweights, but Malloy Mahoney made himself an instant star with a brutalization of former title challenger and renowned tough out Martin Cupples. The 25-year old Londoner now stands at three straight victories since getting tapped by David Webb, and has +1 momentum. His next one or two matches will likely determine whether he’ll challenge for a title or serve as a stepping stone for someone else that will. The state of the welterweight division is such that I don’t know who he will face next, as I have few real top welterweights and even fewer that are not booked. Mahoney’s fight is also the only welterweight bout I’ve held in the last two months, so timing is an issue.

Vic Millican was a positive surprise, although you could say he ruined the rise of Phipps, who has more upside. I’m not mad at it though, I like it when a veteran defies the odds. He needs quite a bit of time off after the third round beating, but Millican should be up for another big fight when he returns.

Jason Dalglish put himself back in the win column with a tough second round win over Colm Dee. I need all the top featherweights I can get, but Dalglish’s 0 momentum doesn’t make him an immediate top contender.

The prelims were pretty poor in terms of names or exciting prospects, but Sid Morgan and Luka Hajek stood out as quality performances.

Bob Dozier and Dallin Friedland get released, while Ram Phookan retired and I probably look to drop Beswick to featherweight.

Predictions:

Frank_Vest: 6/9

MasterSkuxly: 5/9

BigRedMachine: 7/9

CageRage: 5/9

A pair of real main card upsets screwed all of you equally <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />. Mahoney's performance was a stunner, while Millican overperformed too.

All time standings:

TheSnake101: 142/174 (81% accuracy)

CageRage: 130/191 (68%)

MasterSkuxly: 91/126 (72%)

Frank_Vest: 67/99 (68%)

BigRedMachine: 41/53 (77%)

Strong pick accuracy numbers for all of you, I think you'd make money with this <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/wink.png.686f06e511ee1fbf6bdc7d82f6831e53.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Paatero · July 1, 2015

Fortnight Review for weeks 3 & 4 of June, 2003:

36-year old Rob Baines (35-11) gets offered a GAMMA contract, but I hope to have him close out his career at home defending his BCF title. I don’t mind paying Baines a hefty sum as he probably won’t be competing for that long and is a strong headliner for the time he’s with us.

October gets a second show as I book BCF TV: Lomax vs Gunnarsson in London, headlined by the blockbuster featherweight title fight between two of the best European 145-pounders in the undefeated BCF champion Freddy Lomax (11-0) and veteran Icelandic grappler and SIGMA champion Snorri Gunnarsson (27-4-1NC). Other bouts announced include a pair of interesting lightweight clashes as Xavi Castillejo (9-2) faces Grigory Kabalevsky (9-3) and Gordon Idle (13-6) returns against Rupert Lennox (10-2). In addition, Michael Bannon (13-7) faces a tough return to BCF in the once-defeated heavyweight prospect Christopher Drew (8-1).

I sign former SIGMA welterweight champion Evgeni Medtner (24-7) to a deal to bolster my welterweight division. The 32-year old Russian is coming off a defeat to Dominykas Jankovic, but is at neutral momentum and an exciting enough fighter to heat himself up promptly with the right match ups.

And I guess the good news were a bit too much as on Thursday of week 4 Rav Kapur (15-0) has announced that he will be stepping away from MMA for an undisclosed length of time. Both of my big GAMMA acquisitions have done this after winning in BCF and left their divisions in pretty rough shape. I guess I’ll look to book Bintley for an interim title against someone he hasn’t beaten yet. I have a couple of options for plan B in my back pocket, though none nearly as good as the original plan.

Paatero · July 1, 2015

I didn’t forget about the suggestion to implement rankings, I only was so far ahead in the game that it was difficult to do before now. But here they are, and I believe I’ll keep doing this every six months from here on out, after June and December of each year.

BCF Top 10 Rankings for the first half of 2003:

With the first six months of the year in the books, let’s take a look at the current BCF weight class top 10 rankings for future reference:

Heavyweight:

#2: Carter Potter (21-6) (7-3 BCF)

#3: Ozzy Bintley (11-0) (11-0 BCF)

#4: Dave Lennon (18-6) (7-3 BCF)

#5: Stratos Papaioannou (29-9) (1-2 BCF)

#6: Roope Kuqi (10-0) (4-0 BCF)

#7: Vic Millican (22-8) (6-5 BCF)

#8: Reynolds Baer (10-3) (6-3 BCF)

#9: Percy Catcher (13-6) (7-4 BCF)

#10: Fritz Phipps (10-3) (7-3 BCF)

Light Heavyweight:

#2: Aleksei Chekhov (24-7) (1-0 BCF)

#3: Matthew Michael Kirby (10-0) (4-0 BCF)

#4: Faas Smit (40-19) (2-2 BCF)

#5: Lenny McFadden (14-3) (8-3 BCF)

#6: Garry McSweegan (25-11) (8-5 BCF)

#7: Tikhon Diev (11-2) (11-2 BCF)

#8: Perry Barr (16-7) (5-3 BCF)

#9: Danny Akabaro (11-2) (5-2 BCF)

#10: Adrian Majoram (11-3) (7-3 BCF)

Middleweight:

#2: Hans-Peter Schneider (20-8) (11-3 BCF)

#3: Snuffy Fontana (11-1) (5-1 BCF)

#4: Ginger Beaumont (10-1) (8-1 BCF)

#5: Drazen Gabelich (10-3)

#6: Ollie Castle (12-0) (2-0 BCF)

#7: Mily Golovanov (10-1) (2-0 BCF)

#8: Heath Kaladaris (9-1) (5-1 BCF)

#9: Casim Yenkini (13-6) (0-1 BCF)

#10: Edgar van den Hoogenband (7-2) (5-2 BCF)

Welterweight:

#2: Vikram Sithalayan (21-4) (6-3 BCF)

#3: Filip Hristov (10-0) (2-0 BCF)

#4: Mills Mullally (20-7) (8-3 BCF)

#5: Jens Halle (19-5) (3-2 BCF)

#6: Jayden Karp (9-1) (4-1 BCF)

#7: Martin Cupples (13-2) (7-2 BCF)

#8: Iain Fussell (11-3) (7-3 BCF)

#9: Malloy Mahoney (10-1) (6-1 BCF)

#10: Steven Griffin (18-10) (8-5 BCF)

Lightweight:

#2: Jake Keane (29-6) (6-0 BCF)

#3: Doug Hansen (21-6) (9-2 BCF)

#4: Lukas Mellberg (18-5) (0-1 BCF)

#5: Gordon Idle (13-6) (7-4 BCF)

#6: Tim Oldacres (11-1) (6-1 BCF)

#7: Harald Hubner (10-3) (1-0 BCF)

#8: Patrik Pedersen (9-1) (2-0 BCF)

#9: George Astaire (14-9) (7-6 BCF)

#10: Mal Beswick (10-3) (9-3 BCF)

Featherweight:

#2: Snorri Gunnarsson (27-4-1NC) (1-0 BCF)

#3: Manish Khan (12-4) (1-1 BCF)

#4: Fernando Peragon (14-4) (2-1 BCF)

#5: Jason Dalglish (21-7) (2-1 BCF)

#6: Louie Sullivan (10-1) (2-1 BCF)

#7: Jan Ilic (10-1) (2-1 BCF)

#8: Jay Dorridge (12-3) (2-1 BCF)

#9: Ivano Ancic (11-1) (2-1 BCF)

#10: Colm Dee (18-7) (2-2 BCF)

Paatero · July 2, 2015

Monthly MMA Review for June of 2003:

BCF and four other major players in the MMA business held events in June.

GAMMA 54 opened the month off with a big upset as John Rivero submitted Murilo Satinho to claim his first major title, though a week later he tested positive for TRT and the championship was stripped and Rivero suspended. All in all a terrible hassle for the GAMMA heavyweight division - I’m glad I haven’t had this happen yet (now it’s jinxed). In addition to the main event, Adam White kept his 17-0 undefeated record by just edging veteran Neil Napier by split decision in the co-main event. It is a thing of wonder that White hasn’t earned a title shot yet.

OMEGA held the clash for its vacant heavyweight and middleweight titles in West Central Mexico. The middleweight title remained vacant as Billy Russell and Wes Hersch fought to split draw, while Guy Broom took the heavyweight strap with a second round TKO of John Fitzwallace.

KDM FC 27 took place in China, and dominant featherweight Tomohiro Takeuchi extended his streak even further with a fifth round arm triangle submission of Masahiro Maeno. Li-Kong Ho had his fourth straight submission win on the main card over Norberto, but will have a tough time going up with it as he has already lost to Takeuchi three times.

ALPHA-1’s televised event showcased some of their top talent as Ichisake Miyagi took a decision over Noach van der Capellen to defend his welterweight championship for the first time since losing it to that very man in 2000. Miyagi is now 2-1 over van der Capellen, so the saga may be over for the time being. Also, two of Japan’s best heavyweights faced off, but it was over quickly as Kunimichi Kikuchi submitted Gyokusho Fujimoto in less than three minutes.

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