SIGMA - My Diary

WCW Mark · December 30, 2016

August 2001 - End of Month Review

Omega run their first event, which sees Philip Ziskie beat Easton Frye to win the Featherweight Title. That's got to be frustrating for XCC, who now need to find a new opponent for Ziskie. Guy Broom claims the Heavyweight Title with a seventh round TKO of Taye Burnett. The show does a 65% critical rating and a 69% commercial rating and attracts a crowd of 1,675.

GAMMA 42 sees Matthew Dean defend his title for the eight time, this time beating Sutton Ripley by Submission in a Fantastic fight. This could be a contender for fight of the year.

ALPHA-1 go with Jin Katou against Zvonmir Asanovic for the Light Heavyweight Title. Katou defends by split decision. More interestingly though is the co-main which sees Hassan Fezzik beat Armen Sarkisian in the final fight of his contract. This sparks a bidding war between GAMMA and ALPHA-1 (I could actually join this as he is based in Europe and therefore eligible for me, however I don't bid for several reasons, firstly it seems unrealistic, secondly it would smash my wage structure and thirdly I think he'd be to dominant and I've put a lot of time into building up my current Heavyweights, I don't want to see them get embarrassed). He eventually signs with GAMMA at a basic wage of just under £50,000 per fight.

WEFF Hold pack their card with two title fights. The co-main sees Karen Curtis defeats Daniela Sadorra to win the Flyweight Title, while the main event sees Hope Lehane defend against Anna Thompson.

BCF headline with Will Kane beating Vikram Sithalayan for the second time to defend his title. Seeing this makes me think that Will Kane could be the answer to my Toadspew problem and I snap him up. At Mid Regional popularity in Europe and +5 momentum I could throw him straight into a title fight if I decide to.

Finally FLB put on Murilo Satinho vs Kerlon Guerra de Bastos. Satinho defends his title with ease and there are rumours that he may sign with GAMMA or ALPHA-1

Whilst I manage to sign Will Kane I suffer several talent raids from GAMMA. I put in counter offers for all of the fighters, but most decide to sign with GAMMA for less money than I offered them. Fair play to them if they think it's the best thing to do for their careers. I lose Georges Nouri this is a potential problem as he is already booked to face Gunnarsson for the title in September, I'll just have to hope he loses), Alain Saul (whose planned fight against Egidijus Fomenka in October is cancelled), Filip Hristov (at least I dodge the undoubted borefest that Toadspew vs Hristov would have been) and Dag Kruger (gutted as I liked him). I also lose Vittorio Pescatelli to ALPHA-1. The only one who stays loyal is Xavi Castillejo, whose loyalty will be rewarded.

BCF also strike back after my Kane signing, snapping up Lubor Plasil and Valentin Taneyev. Annoying but not the end of the world.

Finally Maurince Braudel approaches me to say he is struggling at Lightweight and he'd like to drop to Featherweight. Seeing as he's lost both fights he's had in game I agree to this, lets see if the drop makes a difference. Despite his losses he does deserve a chance, his first loss was a split decision, while his second was in that Fantastic rated fight against Harald Hubner.

Overall the loss of several fighters combined with the generally poor show and awful main event probably makes this my worst month to date. On the plus side I still made money, I still increased in popularity and I signed Will Kane who's another headliner for me.

Paatero · January 1, 2017

I've always really enjoyed your style of writing dynasties and some of yours have even inspired some of mine. Looking forward to reading more!

WCW Mark · January 2, 2017

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Paatero" data-cite="Paatero" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43026" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I've always really enjoyed your style of writing dynasties and some of yours have even inspired some of mine. Looking forward to reading more! <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> Thanks, the pace has slowed a little recently due to family commitments over Christmas, then yesterday, when I actually had a free day I was far too hanging after New Year, back to work tomorrow but I'll be aiming to do two shows a week going forward.

WCW Mark · January 2, 2017

September 2001 will see the Featherweight Title on the line in..........

<div style="text-align:center;">SIGMA: Gunnarsson vs Nouri</div>

Snorri Gunnarsson (25-4-1 NC) vs Geroges Nouri (13-2) - Featherweight Title

So this fight has turned into a bit of a nightmare due to GAMMA signing Georges Nouri. I considered cancelling the fight but I didn't have another challenger ready for Gunnarsson and there wasn't really another big fight I could put on at such short notice. In addition this is a bit of a weak card in terms of the other fights so I couldn't even bump this from the card and let the Co-Main step up. In the end I decide to let it go ahead and hope that Gunnarsson wins. This is going to be a tough fight for Gunnarsson as Nouri is the better wrestler and has the better ground game (Nouri is rated 80-90% in pretty much all the key areas, while Gunnarsson is in the 70's) , Gunnarsson has better stand up, although it's not great (his boxing is rated 56.3% and 63.2%) and this might be an area he needs to exploit, especially as Nouri's chin is suspect (50 to 60%). Originally, when I booked this I was hoping for a Nouri win to open up the division, now I'm hoping for the exact opposite. This is rated as a Great Main Event.

Co-Main Event

Manish Khan (12-2) vs Milenko Rudonja (19-7) - Lightweight

This is the second semi final in my Lightweight tournament and the winner here will go on to fight Lubos Plasil for the vacant title. Khan is an obvious choice as he's number 1 in the rankings and he's coming off a KO victory against Rodolphe Gygax. Finding an opponent for him was more difficult though, the choices were Rudonja (on a losing streak), Lukas Mellberg (can't be booked for another 60 days after his loss to Lermontov), Lucas Mueller (only just fought and still on -1 momentum), or one of the youngsters like Castillejo or Hubner. At the end of the day Rudonja is the highest ranked available fighter and at Mid Regional he is still a decent name, however his -2 momentum means this is only rated as a potential main event. I'll be hoping for a Khan win here as it will make for a much bigger title fight than Rudonja v Plasil.

Christakis Boutzikos (8-0) vs Viacheslav Chaliapin (10-3) - Welterweight

Boutzikos caused a bit of an upset with his win over Rossi last time out and he now gets a chance to capitalise on it by fighting Chaliapin. Chaliapin is on a winning streak (albeit it pre-game) and sits at 6th in the rankings, however his skills don't look all that impressive and I think Boutzikos has to be the favourite to win this. Even though Boutzikos himself is pretty poor, after his initial win I want to take advantage of his momentum and see how far he can ride his unbeaten streak, possibly all the way to a title shot? This is just rated as a main show fight.

Markku Mikkola (7-0) vs Nestor Morozov (24-13-1) - Light Heavyweight

Mikkola is another average fighter riding an unbeaten streak, I bring in local circuit veteran Nestor Morozov as his next opponent. Morzov is on a winning streak and has Mid Regional popularity so he's the perfect opponent for Mikkola as a win here could really help push him up the rankings. And ultimately, if Morozov wins I'll still be happy as he could probably be pushed into a co-main event against the right opponent.

Chrisijan Van Belkum (7-1) vs Stian Agdestein (6-0) - Welterweight

Here we have two young fighters making their main show debuts after picking up wins on the prelims. Agdestein is by far the better fighter and I'll be hoping for a quick decisive win to introduce him to the TV audience. This should then set him up for a more experienced opponent next time out, who should provide him with more of a test.

Prelims

Klaus Greis (6-0) vs Johan Kavli (3-0) - Lightweight

Greis has signed with GAMMA and I almost cancelled this fight, however I decided to keep it as if Kavli wins it will be a big win for the rookie and if he loses, well at 23 it won't hurt his career and it means I have an excuse to keep him on the prelims a bit longer (with only three fights under his belt he should really still be on the local circuit getting some seasoning but he was here when I took over). I also like the symmetry of both my main event and the main event of my prelims featuring fighters who are leaving for GAMMA, something I hope the fans can use to fire them up and give their support to the SIGMA loyalists.

Jayden Karp (7-0) vs Benni Peyroux (6-1) - Welterweight

Two fighters make their SIGMA debuts, after both picking up two wins on the local circuit, as they battle for a main card slot. At 7-0 Karp is almost worthy of debuting straight onto the main show, but as he has only fought in England before he has no name value in Europe and this is enough to relegate him to the prelims.

Franz Ludwig (13-9) vs Tore Herlovsen (6-3) - Middleweight

Two fighters with negative momentum face off, Herlovsen actually picked up a win in January against Ezio Gnocchi so another win here will see him on the main show. Ludwig on the other hand lost to Shaun Dico and another loss will see him cut from the roster.

Bastian Neske (5-2) vs Veeti Kuqi (35-19) - Heavyweight

I lost Kuqi Jr and have replaced him with Kuqi senior, not really a fair swap as senior is well past his best and I don't see him as anything other than a can. Neske is a decent striker and, as a German promotion, I want to try and have as many locally based fighters on the roster as possible, so he gets this fight to give him the chance to turn things around after his earlier loss to Jankowski.

Aidan McHugh (6-2) vs Jay Dorridge (9-2) - Featherweight

Two more Brits make their debuts, Dorridge looks the more promising of the two and actually has a win over a name fighter on the local circuit (Dallin Friedland). BCF don't run a Featherweight division so I have my pick of the British Featherweights and I hope at least one or two of them will break through.

That's it for the show, in terms of hype it's heavily dependent on the main event, so I'd better hope nothing goes wrong there. I'll also be desperately hoping for a Gunnarsson win, I'd assumed my Featherweights would be safe from being poached by the big two, but the fact I moved Nouri down a weight class has opened me up to a potential problem that's of my own making. Here's the summary of the card for those of you wanting to make predictions.

Gunnarsson vs Nouri

Khan vs Rudonja

Boutzikos v Chaliapin

Mikkola v Morozov

Van Belkum vs Agdestein

Greis v Kavli

Karp v Peyroux

Ludwig v Herlovsen

Neske v Kuqi

McHugh v Dorridge

cymru96 · January 2, 2017

Gunnarsson vs Nouri

Khan vs Rudonja

Boutzikos v Chaliapin

Mikkola v Morozov

Van Belkum vs Agdestein

Greis v Kavli

Karp v Peyroux

Ludwig v Herlovsen

Neske v Kuqi

McHugh v Dorridge

Judoku1819 · January 2, 2017

Gunnarsson vs Nouri

Khan vs Rudonja

Boutzikos v Chaliapin

Mikkola v Morozov

Van Belkum vs Agdestein

Greis v Kavli

Karp v Peyroux

Ludwig v Herlovsen

Neske v Kuqi

McHugh v Dorridge

WCW Mark · January 3, 2017

<div style="text-align:center;">SIGMA: Gunnarsson vs Nouri</div>

I'm one match down on the prelims as Tore Helvorsen gets injured for the second time in his pre-match training. Conrad Buellar agrees to take the short notice fight and promptly gets injured as well. Ludwig is clearly a lot scarier than I've given him credit for. Other than that everything goes smoothly and it's on with the show.

Prelims

Aidan McHugh (6-2) vs "Black Belt" Jay Dorridge (9-2) - Featherweight

Dorridge is a massive favourite here (-980 to +780)and he justifies it, clinching then tripping McHugh before mounting him and locking in the armbar for the win.

Result: Jay Dorridge defeats Aidan McHugh (Submission (Armbar)in 1:55 of round 1). The match was rated as being Good

Bastian Neske (5-2) vs Veeti "The Gut Buster" Kuqi (35-19) - Heavyweight

Kuqi tries to clinch several times to bring his size advantage into play but he's just not fast enough and instead he spends the first two rounds as Neske's punching bag. However to his credit he takes everything Neske can throw and shrugs it off (well the commentary does mention him wobbling at one point but I'm not sure if that's because he was groggy or just his belly). Neske breaks his hand near the end of the second and Kuqi takes advantage to get in close to win the third round but it's a comfortable points victory for Neske. After the bout Kuqi thanks the fans and announces his retirement.

Result: Bastian Neske defeats Veeti Kuqi (Unanimous Decision). The match was rated as Decent

Jayden Karp (7-0) vs Benni "The X Man" Peyroux (6-1) - Welterweight

If you thought Dorridge was a heavy favourite earlier then Karp's odds of -1080 show just what a mismatch this is. And just like Dorridge, Karp is quick to take his opponent down and end it with an armbar. Good win for the Brit.

Result: Jayden Karp defeats Benni Peyroux (Submission (Armbar) in 3:29 of round 1). The match was rated as being Great

Klaus Greis (6-0) vs Johan Kavli (3-0) - Lightweight

The first two rounds are comfortably Kavli's as he takes Greis down multiple times. Greis is a slippery customer however and manages to scramble clear every time, however he's going to need a finish to win this. He seizes the initiative in the third, getting a takedown of his own and transitioning to mount, he lands several hard shots which rock Kavli and the ref is leaning in close. Kavli manages to recover and cover up and he manages to ride out the round to win the fight 29-28 to send Greis packing to GAMMA with his tail between his legs. Let's hope this is an omen for the main event.

Result: Johan Kavli defeats Klaus Greis (Unanimous Decision). The match was rated as being Good

Main Card

Christijan van Belkum (7-1) vs Stian Agdestein (6-0) - Welterweight

Agdestein eats a couple of shots as he closes in for the clinch, once there he hits a wicked suplex which knocks the wind out of Van Belkum. From there it's an easy task to grab the arm and force the submission via Kimura.

Result: Stian Agdestein defeats Christijan Van Belkum (Submission (Kimura) in 3:00 of round 1). The match was rated as being Good

Markku "Cyber-Wolf" Mikkola (7-0) vs Nestor "The Anvil" Morozov (24-13-1) - Light Heavyweight

Mikkola rushes Morozov, driving him up against the cage and pinning him there, he keeps him there for most of the round doing just enough to stop the ref from bringing them back to the middle. Morozov manages to get the takedown with 18 seconds remaining. There isn't enough time to do anything on the ground but that might have given the judges pause for thought, especially given how inactive Mikkola was.

Round 2 starts the same way as round 1 but Morozov gets the takedown a lot earlier this time round, Mikkola defends well from his back however, keeping Morozov in his guard and not really letting him do any damage. I'd give the round to Morozov but again neither fighter really did enough.

Round 3 is more of the same, again Mikkola clinches and Morozov gets a late takedown but can't do anything on the floor. We're going to the judges, but frankly neither fighter impressed. Bernado Herrero scores it 29-28 Morozov, Matteus Bengtsson scores it 29-28 Mikkola and Guillaume Vidal sees it as 29-28 for Mikkola. Mikkola keeps his unbeaten record, but only just.

Result: Markku Mikkola defeats Nestor Morozov (Split Decision). The match was rated as being Poor

Christakis Boutzikos (8-0) vs Viacheslav "The Winter Soldier" Chaliapin (10-3) - Welterweight

Chaliapin drives forward and gets the early takedown, he smothers Boutzikos, who in all fairness is pretty busy from his back, throwing a fair few strikes, but he can't really do much damage from that position. Chaliapin takes the round but we don't want to see too many more like that.

Round 2 sees Boutzikos showing Chaliapin how it should be done, he gets the early takedown and immediately starts throwing strikes to soften him up. He moves to side control, then mount and finally slaps on the armbar for the win.

Result: Christakis Boutzikos defeats Viacheslav Chaliapin (Submission (Armbar) in 3:!8 of round 2). The match was rated as being Average

Co-Main Event

"Kid Britain" Manish Khan (12-2) vs "The Slovenian Rocket" Milenko Rudonja (19-7) - Lightweight

Khan draws first blood as he lands a hard right early in the first, breaking Rudonja's nose. He then knocks Rudonja down with another right and follows him to the ground in an effort to finish him. Rudonja defends well and manages to pull guard, trapping Khan and seeing the round out.

Rudonja clearly decides that the ground game is where he can win this and clinches Khan at the start of the second. He fails with 6 takedown attempts before Khan, for some reason, decides to pull guard and drag Rudonja down on top of him. Kahn tries to sweep Rudonja but gets nowhere and ends up spending the rest of the round on his back. Strange tactics by Khan and the fight is now even.

Determined not to make the same mistake again Khan comes out all guns blazing, he lands a good combo as Rudonja tries to close for the clinch before landing a stunning right hook. He doesn't need to follow Rudonja to the ground this time as the Slovenian is out cold.

Result: Manish Khan defeats Milenko Rudonja (Knock Out (Punch) in 0:18 of round 3). The match was rated as being decent

Main Event

Snorri Gunnarsson (25-4-1 NC) vs "The Sharpshooter" Georges Nouri (13-2)- Featherweight Title

Round 1 sees the fighters clinching, with both of them looking for the takedown. It's a back and forth struggle and Nouri eventually gets it, however there is barely any time left in the round by this point and he can't do any damage on the ground.

Round 2 sees Gunnarsson change take as he looks to stay on the outside, it's successful at first as he lands several hard shots on the counter when Nouri tries to close the distance. Nouri however shakes them off and this time he gets the takedown, again though it's too late to do any real damage and the round ends.

Round 3 sees Gunnarsson sticking with his tactics from round 2 and again he hurts Nouri with some of his shots but can't capitalise. Eventually Nouri catches up with him and takes him down, but the buzzer goes again before he can make any progress. The commentator has it 3-0 to Gunnarsson and it's looking good for the champ.

Round 4 however finally sees Nouri taking him down early, he lands a suplex and takes Gunnarsson's back. The champ is in real trouble as Nouri goes for the rear naked choke. Gunnarrsson defends well but can't break free and it's only a matter of time, on his third attempt Nouri gets the choke locked in and he leaves SIGMA as the reigning Featherweight Champion.

Result: Geroges Nouri defeats Snorri Gunnarsson (Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 3:40 of round 4). The match was rated as being Good

Post Show Round Up

Critical Rating 67%

Commercial Rating 45%

Net Profit: +£469,990

Ok well I might as well discuss the main event first, obviously it's a massive blow to have Gunnarsson lose and Nouri take the title in his last fight for me. I already have a big Featherweight fight lined up, which was originally going to decide the number one contender for the winner of this belt and I decide to make it one half of a four man tournament to crown a new champion. The bout will take place in November and will feature Fernando Peragon vs Milovan Ajetovic. Peragon is my number 2 ranked Featherweight and while Ajetovic is only ranked 13th he is at least an established name with 4 fights in SIGMA under his belt and the fight is rated as a Strong Main Event. I decide that Gunnarsson should feature in the other semi final (fortunately he is only out for 3 months) but it's difficult to pick the other fighter as everyone else near the top of the division has already lost to him. In the end I decide to go for Lars Bohlin, who I drop back down to Featherweight, he's an ex-champion and his last fight with Gunnarsson scored a Fantastic rating (albeit pre-game) so the fans should be excited about the rematch. While he is coming off a loss it's at a heavier class so it doesn't damage him too much and at 35 he deserves one last chance.

The Co-main event went well, Khan picked up the win and improved both his name value and momentum. The match between him and Plasil to crown the new champion should prove to be a decent main event.

Boutzikos also performed well and he is probably just one win away from a title shot, I just need to find an appropriate opponent.

Mikkola disappointed, just squeezing out the win in a poor match. He will find himself facing someone a lot better next time out.

Agdestian also performed well and he could very well be the perfect opponent for Boutzikos. I'll have to give it careful consideration.

The prelims all went according to plan and Greis losing was the icing on the cake.

In terms of predictions, Chaliapin's loss stopped anyone from getting a perfect record leaving Judoku1819 with 8 out of 9 and cymru96 with 6.

I've not got time to do the round up for the rest of the world now but I'll hopefully get it done later on tonight.

WCW Mark · January 3, 2017

September 2001 - Round Up

It's a pretty quiet month globally but there are still a few events and some worthwhile news

GAMMA hold GAMMA 43: Morrison vs Basora. Morrison wins comfortably and this is his third win now since his pre-game loss to Brandon Sugar. Surely his next fight has to be against current champion Jake Keane, which should do monster business.

ALPHA-1 don't hold any events but do manage to re-sign two of their biggest stars, Armen Sarkisian and Zvonmir Asanovic as both are based in Europe they were actually available for me to bid on, however I decided not to compete as both my Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight divisions are pretty strong and I also think these two are pretty much at their peaks (well probably just past it in Sarkisian's case) and it's not realistic. ALPHA-1 also add to their Heavyweight division, after losing Fezzik last month, poaching FLB Heavyweight Champion Murilo SatinhoMaybe next time their contracts come up. Possibly the biggest news coming out of Japan though is the fact that MMA has become regulated, this of course means compulsory drugs tests, wonder if any of ALPHA-1's fighters are concerned?

KDM FC 19 sees Li-Kong Ho lose to Tomohiro Takeuchi for the second time. Takeuchi is now the undisputed number 1 Featherweight in the world and it's hard to see who might prove a challenge for him.

XCC debut their new TV Show XCC Rage on National Pride TV. The main event sees Darren Southall winning the vacant Lightweight Title with a unanimous decision over Henry Baldwin.. Southall is also contracted to OMEGA so XCC will need to be careful that OMEGA don't steal any more of their main events.

And that's pretty much it, time for me to announce my next event

WCW Mark · January 3, 2017

And it's going to be......

<div style="text-align:center;">SIGMA: Grygera vs Rekdal</div>

Main Event

Zvonmir Grygera (21-5) vs Thorbjorn Rekdal (10-1) - Middleweight Title

So it's only been four months since Grygera won back the Middleweight Title but a lack of other options (Oktay's still out after fighting in BCF and I still don't have a Lightweight Champion) means I have to bring this fight forwards. Still at 37 Grygera probably wants to keep active so really I'm doing him a favour, right?

We've got a real clash of styles here, with Rekdal being one of the most dangerous kick boxers in SIGMA, while Grygera loves to grind out results with his wrestling. I'd probably be better off with Rekdal as champion as his fights are likely to be more exciting and it bring Kanchelskis back into the title picture, however it would be a shame if Grygera failed to defend his title at least once (his first reign also ended after one fight) and as such I'll be hoping for a Grygera win. This is a strong main event so it should get the crowd in.

Co-Main Event

Harry Milne (45-8) vs Stratos Papaioannou (28-7) - Heavyweight

At 38 Milne makes Grygera look like a spring chicken, however he's High Regional Name value in Europe and he's on a winning streak, which means he can certainly do the business for me. Papaioannou lost to Oktay last time out and he's got his work cut out here against the tough grappler from Bolton. A win for Milne would see him elevated into the title mix, while a win for Papaioannou would rejuvinate his career, and it would be a bloody nose for BCF as Milne currently sits second in their Heavyweight rankings behind Oktay. Hopefully this should be win/win for me. This is a Decent main event, providing me cover in case something goes wrong.

Dmytro Dargomyzhsky (22-9) vs Faas Smit (37-17) - Light Heavyweight

This is turning into a real veterans show, both these fighters are still highly ranked in the Light Heavyweight division (4th and 7th respectively) but they really need to get back to winning ways if I want their fights to generate some crowd interest. This guarantees one of them will pick up the win, which should hopefully then allow me to use them to push another one of my Light Heavyweight contenders. This is only a main show fight so if one of the top two fights goes down I'm left with a poor co-main event.

Ragnar Gunnlaugsson (6-0) vs Vjekoslav Sarich - Welterweight

At last we have some young talent on the card. Both these fighters won their debut fights and both sit just outside the top ten. They are both strong strikers and I hope this fight will not only be exciting, but will provide one of them with the push needed to move up to the next level.

Nuno Valentino (7-0) vs Francesco Marazzina (21-9) - Featherweight

Talking of moving up to the next level, this is the perfect chance for Nuno Valentino to do just that. Marazzina is currently ranked 6th in the division, despite his loss to Fernando Peragon in January and a victory over him will really let everyone know Valentino has arrived. With the top of the Featherweight rankings in chaos this is the perfect time for this talented youngster to break through and this could be the fight that does it.

Prelims

Roland Furtwangler (6-3) vs Duncan Disorderly (7-3) - Welterweight

Both these fighters have picked up a couple of wins of the local circuit and it's enough to get them a try out with me. Neither is really much cop and they both likely have careers as jobbers ahead of them, however the one who is least bad here will probably have a slightly longer career and get paid a little more than the other.

Marco Bernacci (6-3) vs Ilya Fedorov (5-1) - Featherweight

Bernacci is probably a little bit better than his record suggests and this will be his 6th fight in SIGMA so at least he is known to the fans, a win here will likely see him back on the main card. Fedorov however is fighting just to keep his job as going 0-2 will certainly see him sacked.

Libor Pudil (6-1) vs Murray Darby (12-7) - Heavyweight

I expected Pudil to win his last fight against Otto Renner, instead he lost by unanimous decision. He gets a second chance here and he should comfortably see off the challenge of Darby to send him packing from SIGMA. Of course shocks can always happen but I'd be very surprised to see Darby break his losing streak here.

Sahan Ozbek (6-1) vs Reinhardt Rhett (7-4) - Heavyweight

Both fighters lost their SIGMA debuts but they get a chance to turn it around here, there's a good chance that the winner of this one will face the winner of Pudil v Darby and hopefully by the end of that I'll have converted one of these four losers into a main card ready fighter.

Nigel Collet (6-2) vs Egidijus Fomenka (6-3) - Lightweight

Two fighters debut to start the night off, Collett is a striker, while Fomenka is a wrestler, whilst the wrestlers seem to have generally had the best of this type of match up so far I think Collett might be good enough to win this one (or is it more that Fomenka might be bad enough to lose it). Either way this is a standard debut fight with the winner going onto bigger and better things.

Here's the card in full:

Jaromir Grygera v Thorbjorn Rekdal

Harry Milne v Stratos Papaioannou

Dmytro Dargomyzhsky v Faas Smit

Ragnar Gunnlaugsson v Vjekoslav Sarich

Nuno Valentino v Francesco Marazzina

Roland Furtwangler v Duncan Thistlewood

Marco Bernacci v Ilya Fedorov

Libor Pudil v Murray Darby

Sahan Ozbek v Reinhardt Rhett

Nigel Collett v Egidijs Fomenka

Redcoyote · January 4, 2017

Keep up the diary. I've been based in the UK/Europe for both of my single player games and enjoy seeing the match ups. In my current one I had Valentino go on a run where he defended the belt several times in my 135-160 weight class. The fans want to see Kirby and Bintley in SIGMA

WCW Mark · January 7, 2017

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Redcoyote" data-cite="Redcoyote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43026" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Keep up the diary. I've been based in the UK/Europe for both of my single player games and enjoy seeing the match ups. In my current one I had Valentino go on a run where he defended the belt several times in my 135-160 weight class. The fans want to see Kirby and Bintley in SIGMA</div></blockquote> It's happening, bids are in for both as part of my ongoing war with BCF

WCW Mark · January 7, 2017

<div style="text-align:center;">SIGMA: Grygera vs Rekdal</div>

There are no issues so the card goes ahead as planned, so without further ado let's get it on:

Prelims

"Nasty" Nigel Collett (6-2) vs Egidijus Fomenka (6-3) - Lightweight

Fomenka tries to use his clinch to control the fight and successfully keeps Collett trapped up against the cage for the majority of the fight, landing 177 punches over the three rounds, Collett keeps pretty busy himself, landing 129 shots, 6 of which are power ones, but this is surely Fomenka's fight. The scores come in and it's a unanimous decision for......Nigel Collett. Well that's either terrible judging or I missed something, although, to be fair, the commentator scored all three rounds for Collett.

Result: Nigel Collett defeats Egidijus Fomenka (Unanimous Decision). The match was rated as being Average

Sahan Ozbek (6-1) vs "LightsOut" Reinhardt Rhett (7-4) - Heavyweight

Rhett goes on the offensive, coming forward and throwing and landing with several combinations, however Osbek shrugs them off and waits for his chance to strike, he lands a left jab and then a powerful right hook which puts Rhett down, Osbek follows him to the ground and it's soon all over.

Result: Sahan Ozbek defeats Reinhardt Rhett (TKO (Strikes)in 2:33 of round 1). The match was rated as being Great

"The Destroyer" Libor Pudil (6-1) vs Murray Darby (12-7) - Heavyweight

Pudil clinches and then takes Darby down, Darby can't do anything on his back but Pudil seems to be content just to keep him pinned there and landing just enough to stop the ref from standing it up, comfortable round for Pudil but a dull one for the fans.

Round 2 sees them decide to stand and trade, the both land a series of jabs before Pudil drops Darby with a left/right combo. Pudil kneels next to Darby and starts dropping bombs, with Darby failing to defend himself the ref steps in.

Result: Libor Pudil defeats Murray Darby (TKO (Strkes) in 4:00 of round 2). The match was rated as being Good

Marco "The Bomb" Bernacci (6-3) vs Ilya Fedorov (5-1) - Featherweight

The two fighters stand in the centre of the cage and unleash their hands, they both land several shots but it's Fedorov who comes off second best, he wobbles after Bernacci lands three lefts in a row and then goes down after the fourth. Bernacci lands several shots on the ground before grabbing an arm triangle on the stunned Fedorov. It's all over and it's good to see a kick boxer with a submission game.

Result: Marco Bernacci defeats Ilya Fedorov (Submission (Arm Triangle) in 1:53 of round 1). The match was rated as being Good

Roland Furtwangler (6-3) vs Duncan "Disorderly" Thistlewood (7-3) - Welterweight

Thistlewood has the clear advantage when it comes to striking and lands several hard shots, while avoiding everything Furtwangler throws at him. Furtwangler changes strategy, driving forward and clinching Thistlewood up against the fence. However this goes badly for him as well as Thistlewood turns it around and spends the rest of the round beating Furtwangler up against the cage.

Round 2 sees Furtwangler try something else and he goes for a takedown early on, it's successful and Thistlewood pulls guard. However when Furtwangler tries to pass to half guard he lets Thistlewood out and the scramble ends up with Furtwangler in the turtle position. Thistlewood lands several hard shots before floating over and taking his back. He gets the hooks in and the rear naked choke follows. You have to feel sorry for Furtwangler, he tried standing, clinching and the ground game and was second best in them all.

Result: Duncan Thistlewood defeats Roland Furtwangler (Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 3:46 of round 2). The match was rated as being Great

Main Card

Nuno "The Idol" Valentino (7-0) vs Francesco Marazzina (21-9) - Featherweight

Valentino swiftly takes Marazzina down and tries multiple submission attempts. Marazzina defends well and we get to round 2 with no real damage being done. Round 2 goes much the same way, except this time Marazzina gets caught and is forced to tap. Dominant performance by Valentino but he'll maybe need to mix it up a bit more against better opponents and soften them up a bit with striking on the ground first.

Result: Nuno Valentino defeats Francesco Marazzina (Submission (Arm Triangle) in 2:50 of round 2). The match was ratedas being Average

Ragnar "Rock" Gunnlaugsson (6-0) vs Vjekoslav "Cro Con" Sarich (6-0) Welterweight

Round 1 sees the fighters trading kicks and punches, it's very close with Sarich maybe just edging it but the judges could call that either way. Round 2 sees more of the same, until Sarich lands a big head kick which sends Gunnlaugsson to the matt. Gunnlaugsson is helpless and it's a simple task for Sarich to finish him with a series of punches.

Vjekoslav "Cro Con" Sarich defeats Ragnar "Rock" Gunnlaugsson (TKO (Strikes) in 2:58 of round 2). The match was rated as being Good

Dmytro Dargomyzhsky (22-9) vs Faas "Evolution" Smit - Light Heavyweight

Dargomyksky takes the first round, pressing Smit up against the cage wall. He doesn't have it all his own way as position changes several times but he definitely has the better of it. He tries to use the same tactic in round 2 but as he clinches Smit trips him to take it to the ground. Smit grabs a Kimura and it looks like Dargomyksky may have to tap, however at the last moment he breaks free. However, as he breathes a sigh of relief Smit transitions to mount and in a blink of an eye he applies an armbar. This time Dargomyksky can't break free and he's forced to tap.

Post fight Dargomysky grabs the mic and announces his retirement. Bit of a shame as I could have probably got a couple more fights out of him but at least he gave the run to Smit on the way out.

Result: Faas Smit defeats Dmytro Dargomyzhsky (Submission (Armbar) in 4:22 of round 2). The match was rated as being Average

Co-Main Event

Harry "The Bulldog" Milne (45-8) vs Stratos "Atlas"Papaioannou - Heavyweight

Milne swiftly closes the distance and forces Papaioannou up against the cage, he works him over for a couple of minutes before Papaioannou reverses it and breaks free. He lands a couple of hard shots, which force Milne onto the back foot before landing a takedown as the round comes to a close. Very close round.

Round 2 sees Papaioannou using his speed to keep clear of Milne's attempts to grapple, hitting him with jabs whenever he tries to close the distance. Milne finally catches him and forces him up against the cage again, however Papaioannou ties him up and doesn't take any real punishment. Another close round which I'd give to Papaioannou but the commentator gives to Milne.

Round 3 is definitely Milne's as he finally manages to use his size advantage to keep Papaiannou pinned in place. He lands numerous short shots on the inside and he has that one in the bank. We go to the judges for the decision.

Quintrell Dubois scores the contest 29-28 to Milne, Edmundo Jimenez gives it 30-27 to Papaiannou (WHAT!), Bernardo Herrero scores it 29-28 to Papaioannou. The winner is Papaiannou, Milne takes the opportunity post fight to take the fight and announce his retirement.

Result: Stratos Papaiannou defeats Harry Milne (Split Decision). The match was rated as being Average

Main Event

Jaromir Grygera (21-5) vs "Brickhouse" Thorbjorn Rekdal (10-1) - Middleweight Title

We've had two losses and two retirements for the older fighters leading up to this so the omens aren't good or Grygera. Round 1 is very close with Grygera not able to assert his clinch game against the elusive Rekdal, who lands a number of shots on the back foot.

Round 2 sees Grygera get a trip takedown early on, he dominates on the ground, first gaining mount and then taking Rekdal's back. He lands a number of powerful shots and goes for the choke a couple of times but Rekdal just hangs on. Great round for Grygera and Rekdal needs to avoid getting caught like that again.

He can't, Rekdal gets taken down again in round 3 and this time the ground and pound of Grygera is enough to put him away. That's a great win for Grygera who managed to buck the trend for the evening.

Result: Jaromir Grygera defeats Thorbjorn Rekdal (Knock Out (Punch) in 3:53 of round 3). The match was rated as being Good

Post Show Round Up

Critical Rating: 64%

Commercial Rating: 39%

Gate: 934 for £82,192

Popularity: -0.1 EU, +0.7% Russia and the UK

A low commercial rating hurt this event and actually lead to me losing popularity in Europe. On the plus side Grygera increased to High Regional popularity and +4 momentum so his next defence should do a better job of bringing the crowds in.

I feel sorry for Harry Milne, instead of ending his career after a failed Heavyweight Title shot in front of his adoring British fans, which is probably how he would have gone out if his last fight had been in BCF, he ended it with a split decision loss in the co-main of my least hyped card of the year in front of some indifferent German fans. I actually feel a bit bad about this but there isn't anything I can do now. To cap it off, Papaioannou didn't even really benefit from the win as he's still at -1 momentum and isn't anywhere near a title shot.

Smit's win at least gave him a push and he's now High Regional name value and he's near the top of the rankings. He's still a fair way off a title shot while Soldo remains champion but he could prove useful as he is probably now a legit co-main eventer.

The wins for Sarich and Valentino mean they both continued to climb the rankings and push themselves further up the card.

Overall that event thinned the roster a fair bit, in addition to the two retirements I cut Fedorov, Darby and Rhett. I don't have time to do the round up of the rest of the world now but I'll hopefully get that done tomorrow, along with the announcement of my next card, which shockingly, for the first time under my management doesn't have a title match up on it. Can it draw better than this one?

WCW Mark · January 8, 2017

October 2001: Round Up

There is a lot more action this month:

SIMGA

I sign Matthew Michael Kirby and Ozzy Bintley at the recommendation of RedCoyote. Kirby in particular looks like an excellent signing, he's 22 and has an excellent stand up game. I share him with BCF so we'll be tussling over his services. I also make one more signing and this is a big one. Rafael van der Moot comes back home to SIGMA. Van der Moot was 5-0 in SIGMA before he left for ALPHA-1. He beat Naoki Itoh by unanimous decision and then lost by TKO to Takesi Yanagimoto. He's only low regional name value in Japan, while he's Mid regional name value in Europe and he has unfinished business here as he previously moved on before getting a shot at the title. He is probably one of the best fighters I've got and really strengthens my Light Heavyweight Division. I've been patient when the big names have become available and haven't put bids in as I've not felt they were realistic, however he's one I feel is realistic and I'm delighted with this signing.

I also sign Tikhon Diev to my Light Heavyweight division, he's 11-0 and is another strong contender for the title, however BCF put him in a fight with Lenny McFadden before I can make any solid plans for him.

I also have to cancel a planned future bout due to injury, Yenkini vs Gabliech wasn't a big bout and I manage to replace it with something much more exciting as previous Middleweight Champion, Fjodor Kanchelskis is paired up to face current BCF Middleweight Champion Rob Baines. This is a few months off so I'll go into more detail then but this is a big fight and a potential blow to BCF if their champion loses.

ALPHA-1

Kunimichi Kikuchi defends his Heavyweight title against Ari Peltonen. The co-main sees Jonathan Huang go 8-0 with a submission victory over Haranobu Oshiro and he must surely be in line for a Middleweight Title shot in the near future. Meanwhile Terron Cabal doesn't even make the main card as he wins by TKO on the prelims. His contract is up for renewal after this and I consider making a bid, after all if this is how they are using him he might welcome a move back to SIGMA. In the end though I decide the signing of van der Moot is enough and he re-signs with ALPHA-1

They also sign Rens de Beus from me, perhaps in revenge for my poaching of van der Moot. Rens is 7-0 but realistically he's not got the skills to amount to much and I'm not too upset.

Omega

Omega crown two more champions as William Harrison beats Trevor Murray for the Light Heavyweight belt and Dwayne Alleyne beats Joey Valdez for the Middleweight Title. The Harrison result in particular is a good one for OMEGA as Murray would have been a terrible champion, he's old, has a dull style and only 36% marketability. This event is held on Saturday in the last week of October, a day that's a monster day for MMA fans as I run an event the same day and so do FLB and BCF.

BCF

Talking of BCF, they continue to be a major thorn in my side, signing Lubos Plasil and then putting him in a bout vs Doug Hanson. Plasil was lined up to be one half of the bout for my vacant Lightweight Title and this gives me a real issue. I'd not been able to book Plasil as I was waiting for Khan to recover (he only had seven days left damn it) and whilst I know I could have booked Plasil in another match to tie him up until Khan was free and then unbooked it this is the sort of "gamey" action I don't want to take. Regardless this is very frustrating for me and makes a right mess of my future plans.

Seth O'Breen defends his BCF Lightweight title against Gregory O'Hara, O'Breen is now 17-1 and is one of the top lightweights in the world, wait a minute I need a top lightweight to replace Lubos Plasil, I slap in an offer and wait to see if he signs.

FLB

Caca de Andrade beats Edson Edmilson for the vacant Lightweight Title. At 33 De Andrde is the younger of the two but the fact FLB are relying on two fighters with a combined age of 70 who have 18 losses between them for their headlining title bout perhaps shows the impact that the repeated roster raids have had on them.

The British and Asian economies both slump, yet another issue for BCF to face.

WCW Mark · January 8, 2017

Sigma announce their November event, and this is the first show not to feature a title bout since I took over.

SIMGA: Ivanov vs Potter

Aleksander Ivanov (11-1) vs Carter Potter (19-5) - Heavyweight

Ivanov has been steadily building momentum, tearing his way through the Heavyweight rankings on his way to a rematch with Oktay, he now faces one last obstacle, Carter Potter, the ex-BCF champion who lost to Oktay in June, but definitely had him in trouble for the first two rounds. In an ideal world Ivanov will win this, further boosting him before his rematch and dealing another blow to the BCF Heavyweight scene after the retirement of Milne last month. However should Carter win then he'll get the rematch vs Oktay, which should also draw the fans due to the close result of their previous fight in BCF. Due to Potter coming off a loss and his unknown status in Europe this is only rated as a decent main event but for me this is a big one.

Co-Main Event

Fernando Peragon (13-3) vs Milovan Ajetovic (7-1) - Featherweight

This is rated as a Strong main event, which technically means it should be headlining the card ahead of Ivanov vs Potter, however I don't think it's as big a fight and seeing as I'm in charge it goes in the Co-main. This was originally meant to decide the number one contender against the winner of the Gunnarsson vs Nouri bout, which is the reason Ajetovic is involved despite only being ranked 14th in the division (apart from Peragon he was the top ranked, available, fighter who was on a winning streak and who hadn't previously lost to either Gunnarsson or Nouri. With Nouri gone and the title vacant the winner of this one will face the winner of Gunnarsson vs Bohlin to crown a new champion.

Xavi Castillejo (7-0) vs Grigory Kabalevsky (6-1) - Lightweight

Both fighters won their debut bouts at SIGMA: Lermontov v Mellberg. Catillejo is already known to the fans at home as he appeared on the main card, while Kabalevsky only appeared on the prelims. I'd prefer a Castillejo win here but as they are both young promising fighters I can work with whoever picks up the W.

Oleg Tariverdiev (8-3) vs Chaim Alexievich (7-0) - Middleweight

This is another bout where I don't really mid who wins, although the future use of the winner will be quite different depending on who it is. Tariverdiev is an established SIMGA name and is Mid Regional popularity, he lost last time out to Thorbjorn Rekdal and a win here will see him move up the rankings and become a high level gate keeper. As such, if he wins here, he'll probably get fed to a much better fighter who I want to give a win to. Alexievich on the other hand only has one prelim fight in SIGMA and isn't that well known to the fans. If he wins he'll probably get a fight against another up and coming fighter of a similar level to give one of them a shot at building their name.

Jason Dalglish (19-6) vs Alvaro Negredo (22-10) - Featherweight

Both these fighters are veterans, but both are coming off losses last time out. As such this is only ranked as sneaking onto the main show, or headlining the prelims. However I think it's important that this bout is on TV as the winner here will have a big role to play in the Featherweight title scene going forward, most likely being involved in a number one contender bout, so I want as many people to see their victory here as possible.

Prelims

Folee Caffatere (7-4) vs Michale Klaughnschue (7-3) - Heavyweight

Klaughnschue is a half decent fighter, however he lost on his SIGMA debut and that means he's fighting for his job here. I throw him a bone and book him against Folee Caffatere, a 32 year old fighter with a poor skill set who was signed just to put people over. If Klaughnschue can't get the win here he deserves to lose his job.

Artak Gevor (7-2) vs Jermain McKenzie (7-4) - Middleweight

Both these guys are coming off defeats and they face off to keep their jobs. Gevor should win this one and he's the one I'd rather keep going forward. However the future isn't particularly bright for either of these guys as even the winner will still be on the prelims next time out.

Willem van Ommen (10-5) vs Jean-Jacques Levasseur (6-3) - Welterweight

These fighters got fed to much better fighters on their SIGMA debuts, here they get a shot at redemption as they face off against someone equally as poor. Again the loser is likely to face the chop so there's plenty of incentive to win.

Charlie Oakley (5-0) vs Branko Alilovic (5-2) - Middleweight

Oakley is a pretty talented wrestler, who also has some striking skills and he has a lot of potential going forward, although he has two wins on the local circuit they were both in the UK and he isn't known in Europe, this fight seeks to remedy that and I'm hoping for a comfortable win here, after which he can debut on the main show. As for Alilovic, all I can promise him is an easier match up next time out when he'll be fighting for his contract.

Oleksandro Hlushko (5-1) vs Javid Khan (8-4) - Welterweight

Two more debuting fighters, although I don't expect either of these to amount to much in the future. The whole purpose of this fight is just to give me someone I can use as a jobber on the main card next time out.

Overall this is a card I'm excited about, the two main fights have definite consequences going forward, while the rest of the main card is important either in terms of pushing youngsters for the future or rehabilitating some of my veteran names. The prelims contain at least a couple of fighters who may have a future and I should also be able to clear out the roster a bit after this show as at least there are probably three fighters who are on their way if they lose.

Here's the card in full:

Ivanov v Potter

Peragon v Ajetovic

Castillejo v Kabalevsky

Tariverdiev v Alexievich

Dalglish v Negredo

Caffatere v Klaughnschue

Gevor v McKenzie

Van Ommen v Levasseur

Oakley v Alilovic

Hlushko v Khan

Judoku1819 · January 8, 2017

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="WCW Mark" data-cite="WCW Mark" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43026" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'd not been able to book Plasil as I was waiting for Khan to recover (he only had seven days left damn it) and whilst I know I could have booked Plasil in another match to tie him up until Khan was free and then unbooked it this is the sort of "gamey" action I don't want to take. Regardless this is very frustrating for me and makes a right mess of my future plans. </div></blockquote> This is exactly why the fighter vs TBA feature needs to be reimplemented. Still have no idea why it was removed after WMMA3 anyway. Ivanov v Potter Peragon v Ajetovic Castillejo v Kabalevsky Tariverdiev v Alexievich Dalglish v Negredo Caffatere v Klaughnschue Gevor v McKenzie Van Ommen v Levasseur Oakley v Alilovic Hlushko v Khan

WCW Mark · January 15, 2017

Sorry for the wait, it's been a hectic week at work.

<div style="text-align:center;">Ivanov vs Potter</div>

Prelims

Oleksandro Hlushko (5-1) vs Javid Khan (8-4) - Welterweight

Hlushko comes forward and peppers Khan with several hard shots, Khan looks like he is in trouble and goes for the takedown, which Hlushko easily avoids. He staggers Khan with a right left combo before putting him down and out with a left.

Result: Oleksabdro Hlushko defeats Javid Khan (Knock Out (Punch) in 2:08 or round 1). The match was rated as being Great

Charlie Oakley (5-0) vs Branko Alilovic (5-2) - Middleweight

Oakley refuses to touch gloves at the start and then spends the next three minutes eating shots from Alilovic, who keeps his distance and works the jab. Just as you start to think that Oakley's arrogance might catch up with him he lands the takedown and clamps on the kneebar for the win.

Result: Charlie Oakley defeats Branko Alilovic (Submission (Kneebar) in 3:54 of round 1). The match was rated as being Great.

Willem van Ommen (10-5) vs Jean-Jacques Levasseur (6-3) - Welterweight

The fighters meet in the middle of the cage and start to trade, a big head kick from Levasseur puts Ommen down and he quickly finishes him on the ground.

Result: Jean-Jacques Levasseur defeats Willem van Ommen (TKO (Strikes) in 1:46 of round 1). The match was rated as being Good.

Artak Gevor (7-2) vs "The Auckland Express" Jermaine McKenzie (7-4) - Middleweight

After three fast exciting fight we were probably due a snoozer and here it is. Gevor spends all three rounds pushing McKenzie up against the cage and working him over. It's a comfortably, if dull, win for the Armenian.

Result: Artak Gevor defeats Jermain McKenzie (Unanimous Decision). The match was rated as being Poor

"The Psychopath" Folee Caffatere (7-4) vs Michael Klaughschue (7-3) - Light Heavyweight

If you're attending this show I hope you didn't arrive late or you'll have missed the three exciting prelims and arrived in time for these two. This manages to be even worse than the last fight as Klaugnschue controls Caffatere for the whole fight and despite landing 281 punches he never really looks like finishing it.

Result: Michale Klaughnschue defeats Folee Caffatre (Unanimous Decision). The match was rated as being Very Poor

Main Show

"The Miniature Killer" Jason Dalglish (19-6) vs Alvaro "The Hornet" Negrado (22-10) - Featherweight

A takedown in each round and smothering top control is enough to give Dalglish a comfortable points win. To be fair to him he tried to finish it multiple times with seven submission attempts but just couldn't quite get the job done.

Result: Jason Dalglish beats Alvaro Negredo (Unanimous Decision). The match was rated as being Average

Oleg Tariverdiev (8-3) vs Chaim Alexievich (7-0) - Middleweight

Round 1 is mostly spent up against the fence as they fighters struggle for control. Neither can really gain the upper hand and it's too close to call. Round 2 starts the same way but Tariverdiev goes for the trip from the clinch and lands on Alexievich's back. From there it's a simple matter to grab the choke and it's all over.

Result: Oleg Tariverdiev defeats Chaim Alexievich (Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 3:51 of round 2). The match was rated as being Very Poor

Xavi Catillejo (7-0) vs Grigory Kabalevsky (6-1) - Lightweight

Wary of Kabalevsky's grappling Catillejo looks to keep his distance and softens him up with leg kicks. It works fora while but eventually Kabalevsky grabs him and forces him up against the cage. He uses some very effective striking to soften him up and Castillejo soon has blood pouring down his face. The doctor inspects but allows the fight to continue.

Round 2 follows much the same pattern and Castillejo is looking much the worse for wear by the end of it. Round 3 is even worse for the young Spaniard as he gets taken down and beat up on the ground. He stays busy and tries to get away a couple of times but Kabalevsky is just too good.

Result: Grigory Kabalevsky defeats Xavi Castillejo (Unanimous Decision). The match was rated as being Great

Co-Main Event

"The peragon of virtue" Fernando Peragon (13-3) vs "The Serbian Psycho" Milovan Ajetovic (7-1) - Featherweight

The fight starts well with both combatants happy to stand in the centre of the cage and trade, Peragon is getting the best of it but then he breaks his hand when a hard shot lands on Ajetovic's forehead. Peragon is forced to fight a bit more carefully and Ajetovic comes back into it a bit. Close round.

Round 2 sees more of the same with Peragon clearly fighting through the pain barrier as he continues to land shots with that broken hand. However he's obviously struggling and I'd give this round to Ajetovic.

Peragon comes out for round 3 with his teeth gritted, fighting on adrenaline alone, he toughs it out and even rocks Ajetovic at one point as he lands several hard shots. I'd give that round and the fight to Peragon, great courage from the brawler.

Result: Fernando Peragon defeats Milovan Ajetovic (Unanimous Decision). The match was rated as being Great

We've had some great matches but very few finishes, let's hope the main event can finish the show with a bang.

Main Event

"The Great Bear" Aleksander Ivanov (11-1) vs Carter "The Kiwi" Potter (19-5) - Heavyweight

The fighters stand in the pocket and trade shots, both of them are landing some hard shots but neither seems to be hurt until, just before the buzzer sounds, Ivanov lands a clean right hook to the jaw of Potter. Potter goes down but the round ends before Ivanov can capitalise.

Potter comes out for round 2 but he is clearly still feeling the effects of that right hook. He walks straight onto a straight right and he's down and out.

Result: Aleksander Ivanov defeats Carter Potter (Knock Out (Punch) in 0:20 of round 2). The match was rated as being Fantastic

Post Show

Critical Rating: 80%

Commercial Rating: 41%

Gate: 1,100 for a take of (£96,800)

Total Profit: £455,388

Popularity Gains: +0.1% EU and +0.8% in Russian and the UK

Overall a great show, Ivanov's win cemented his place as Oktay's next challenger, with both of them having now beaten Potter. The only shame is that Ivanov ended up at 95.8% High Regional name value, just missing out on going National.

Peragon's win was the best result for me and he moved up to High Regional name value as well, it's a shame about the broken hand though as that puts him out for 6 months.

A couple of unbeaten records went, which is always a shame, but at least the fights were set up in such a way that I have uses for the winners and despite now losing two in a row Negrado managed to avoid dipping into negative momentum so he'll still have a role for me. The flip side to that is that Dalglish failed to gain any momentum, so he's still sitting on 0.

WCW Mark · January 16, 2017

<div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">November 2001: Round Up</div></div>

GAMMA

Rav Kapur beats James Foster by first round TKO to claim the Heavyweight Title. At 29 the British born Heavyweight could be a franchise player for GAMMA for years to come. Foster on the other hand, at 35, definitely has his best years behind him, could this be the loss that starts the downward slide? The show does a 98% commercial rating, so I suspect GAMMA will still find a few uses for Foster going forward.

GAMMA also cut a few fighters, including Osmosis Benn and Derek South,but none that I can sign.

ALPHA-1

ALPHA-1 also go with a big Heavyweight Title bout for their November show. Kunimichi Kikuchi beats Ari Peltonen to defend his title. The Co-main sees the continued rise of Jonathan Huang, who goes 8-0 with a first round submission win against Haranobu Oshiro. At 31 Huang's time is limited and he needs some tougher tests soon.

ALPHA-1 also poach Otto Renner from me, further shrinking my already tiny Heavyweight division.

KDM FC

Veronika Sablikova headlines against Echiko Watanabe. Watanabe manages to survive to the 5th round but she's well behind on points when she finally taps out to strikes.

XCC

XCC are forced to go with Philip Ziskie vs Anthony Ray Shenkman after OMEGA stole their main event. It does a 64% commercial rating so only slightly worse than OMEGA's 69%. Ziskie gets a 3rd round submission win in the only finish on the card and the double champion is dominating the North American Featherweight scene.

WCW Mark · January 16, 2017

It's time to announce my final event of the year

<div style="text-align:center;">SIGMA: Soldo vs Kurri III</div>

Niko Soldo (19-2-1) vs Matti Kurri (10-1-1) - Light Heavyweight Title

It's the conclusion to the trilogy and it's one of the most hyped main events in SIGMA history. Both of their previous meetings have been pre-game so it's hard to read the form on this one. Soldo has two in game victories against Daniil Skala and Dmytro Dargomyzhsky, although neither of them are anywhere near the class of Kurri. This is a classic wrestler vs striker match up. The fight is spiced up even more as GAMMA make an offer for Soldo just days before the fight. This would be the perfect time for Kurri to step up and become the leading man at Light Heavyweight.

This is rated as a Great main event.

Co-Main

Fjodor Kanchelskis (13-1) vs Rob Baines (32-11) - Middleweight

I've mentioned this fight previously as it replaced the Yenkini vs Gabelich bout I originally had scheduled. Whilst both bouts were rated as potential main events I consider this one to be much bigger. Whilst the draw is hampered by the fact that Kanchelskis is coming off a loss and Baines is unknown in Europe it sees the ex-Middleweight champion against the current BCF Middleweight champion, with the winner almost certainly getting a crack at Grygera for the title. This is a great bout for me as a win for Kanchelskis will mean I can get another main event out of him and Grygera, while simultaneously dealing a blow to BCF. While a win for Baines will give me someone else Gygera can face, and hopefully beat. The only real bad outcome for me would be if Baines managed to beat both Kanchelskis and Grygera as that would leave me with a very unpopular champion, but that's not going to happen, right?

Evgeni Medtner (24-6) vs Jens Halle (17-4) - Welterweight

Both these fighters have already lost to Toadspew and they're pretty much just treading water until one of them either builds enough momentum to justify a second crack at the title, or Toadspew loses. It's therefore ideal to match them off, as it avoids the risk of derailing a potential challenger for the title, while still giving me a potential main event to fill in if one of the two fights above go pear shaped. A Medtner win would be my preferred outcome as he already has +2 momentum compared to Halle's -1.

Colm Dee (15-5) vs Hans Christian Bloch (7-0) - Featherweight

Despite being pretty rubbish Dee is ranked 5th in the division. This hopefully makes him the perfect fall guy for Bloch, who needs to push on from his 15th place ranking to get into the title mix.

Emil Karlsson (6-0) vs Jacob Matthaus (18-9) - Light Heavyweight

Someone else who needs to start moving up the rankings is Emil Karlsson. He faces veteran Jacob Matthaus in a bout he really should win comfortably. Matthaus is definitely on the way out but his neutral momentum, Mid Regional popularity and 11th place ranking mean he probably has another two losses in him before I show him the door. Let's just hope he doesn't pick up a win.

Prelims

Konstantinos Chrophas (10-6) vs Conrad Bueller (4-0) - Middleweight

Bueller is a strong striker and he's German, that's enough to potentially get pushed. However his weak ground game means I need to match him up carefully if I'm going to elevate him. I therefore bring in local circuit veteran Chropas, who has neither the ground game or the stand up to pose a threat. This will hopefully be a quick KO win for Bueller that we can play the video of before his main show debut.

Ollie Castle (8-0) vs Franz Ludwig (13-9) - Middleweight

Here's another Middleweight striker I'm looking to push. Castle's record is already decent and I contemplate debuting him on the main show, however he's not known in Europe and his momentum is only +1. I therefore decide to feed him Franz Ludwig before giving his him TV debut.

Tore Herlovsen (6-3) vs Luka Hajek (6-1) - Middleweight

And the winner of this fight could well be the opponent for either Castle or Bueller. Both these guys are pretty poor and I match them up purely to get a jobber tv ready.

Warwrzyniec Dygasinski (5-3) vs Jules Dupuit (5-2) - Welterweight

Both these fighters lost on their debuts and another loss will see them cut. I'll be hoping for a Dupuit win as he's 8 years younger and frankly his name is a lot easier to type.

Alekos Karabatsos (13-7) vs Gavriil Sviridov (6-4) - Light Heavyweight

Karabatsos is ranked 10th in the division, despite a SIGMA record of 1-4. For that reason alone I'd like to see him lose hear and be gone. Sciridov isn't much better and a 6-4 record is nothing to be proud of, but at least at 3-3 in SIGMA the fans have seen him win a few.

This show is pretty much all about the Main and Co-main evens, although I'd like wins for Bloch and Karlsson as well. A win for Kurri would be ideal as well, although I've put in a counter bid for Soldo, just in case.

The card in full is:

Soldo vs Kurri

Kanchelskis vs Baines

Medtner vs Halle

Dee vs Bloch

Karlsson vs Matthaus

Chrophas vs Bueller

Castle vs Ludwig

Herlovsen vs Hajek

Dygasinkski vs Dupuit

Karabatsos vs Sviridov

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