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This has been inevitable for a couple years now, but it’s time to step away. It feels strange leaving a game that I’ve spent my entire adult life playing. There’s a certain part of me that still pictures the MMATycoon of when I first joined, with a thriving forum and player base- But that’s not the case anymore. The truth of the matter is, there isn’t anything inherently wrong with the game except for it’s lack of passion. I used to love to log-in and check out the forums- see the latest write up for all the orgs my fighters were in, the latest fighter interviews as managers made lore around their most treasured fighters, or see who was involved in the latest multi scandal, or check on the drama between Camara and… well, everyone. This game has seen more personalities than you can imagine, and that, to me, is what made the game so fun. The fighters were almost a second priority. The lore, the interactions with other managers… *that* is what made this game so fun. And now it is no more. Perhaps that is what frustrates me, and many others who have put almost a decade into this game. Any suggestion to improve the game has been shot down, numerous times. This is no slight to Mike- life is hard. Things change, and priorities become an afterthought. It’s understandable. And yet, despite the help of a new owner, the game at it’s core has remained the same- a relic of 2008 MMO gameplay. It appears that the thought seems to be that the the way to make money off this game is to make the creation of fighters an arduous slog that eats your VIP days. This is a great model if you have a large player base. However, that’s not the case anymore. The result of this is players eventually leaving in droves. We had 330 ID turns from the beginning of the game to 2018, and 6 since then. This model is penny wise, but dollar foolish. As it stands, I do still love MMATycoon- If there is ever a new and bustling player base, I will absolutely be back. If there are ever new features that are meant to inspire new users, I will be back. Quitting this game certainly isn’t easy. If these changes don’t happen, as it appears that they won’t- you can consider this the game’s eulogy. It will continue to die a slow death. I’ll still be in the background, keeping a hopeful eye on the game- but, like many have decided before me, it’s time to tap out. Peace and Love. Gut Punch

Tycoon Times is back! Let’s submit some articles and I definitely want to see some Summit Series ones! (That submission by Hobbs was impressive eh)

Guys I apologize that I missed this but one of the managers of the Saleng v Wayne match didn’t accept. Running assumption is that @popart was the culprit due to a recent post in the forum. This is not a name and shame post at all, as my own personal responsibilities have taken priority of late - I accept the blame for not catching this sooner (or at all). In any event, I’d like to welcome @BlueFalcon to the main show as we will be activating his eager alternate to participate in this vacated space for the remainder of the tournament! I know this hasn’t received the attention it deserves from me of late. The lack of word-salad write ups, for one, will return as we near the end of October.

Submitted the edition with bare minimum 7 articles, just has to be reviewed by Mike then it will be published. Thank you to everyone who submitted articles!

Commit to a schedule. Start it twice a month, on Wednesdays (just an example). Stick to that schedule, even if there's not enough articles. If you wait for it to fill, it might not happen, or when it does, some of the earlier articles will become outdated. If it comes to a point when twice a month is not enough, start pushing it weekly. Game is not as active as it used to be, but if you commit to a schedule, it will eventually fill better. I can post regularly, and I know Mentor does too. Other managers will see its back alive and will start posting.

I'm sure Jimmy just busy today and but these will be the third round match ups.

SUMMIT SERIES 2: ROUND 1 RECAP 1A Card FOTN: Garry Hobbs vs Massiel Tomas Hobbs joins us from the Sixty Nine camp and squares off against Tomas, representing the long standing Purpose Corporation. Tomas secured position and looked dominant on top and in somewhat of a shocking turn, a momentary lapse in judgement was snatched upon by Hobbs and the finish was secured. Speaking to the press prior to the tournament, Sixty Nine had quipped that he didn’t feel like he couldn’t compete at this level of competition last year; as he takes home a finish in his first appearance, his confidence must be soaring. SOTN: Jack Manion PJ Jones bred a Champion in the last Summit Series and looks to have brought another winner to this dance. “The Vegemite Kid” cuts through Saleng like butter and tallies his first finish of the tournament. HONOURABLE MENTIONS: New Birdwhistle, same old finish. Bob Slay produces another slickster to pick up from where Lysander left off previously. Louie DePalma was pulled out of semi-retirement and wheeled over to the creation page to enter a fighter for this one. It’s always fun to ply an ornery Grandpa with pudding to get a favour out of him…it’s even more exciting when that fighter starts out with a win. 2A Card FOTN: Andre Pereira vs Barry Chikorita The Pika Choo Camp was solid last year and came out fast and hard against the Bradley Burns Camp. Chikorita went after it, but Pereira was ready, and this fight ended in a fairly quick finish. SOTN: Cesar Borges vs Tommy Carter Both managers are vets from last year and came in firing. One gun was loaded, the other had blanks. Borges with a quick finish. HONOURABLE MENTIONS: Mac Little has a style. When he deviates from that style, it looks the same…but with sub attempts. Regardless he’s a born winner. Winterbottom stands alone as the only team to finish while not involving a choke…black sheep if I ever saw one. Probably why he isn’t invited to family gatherings.

Disclaimer: I’m not an expert at this game but I do know how to navigate the hard early part Step 1 - Finding a mentor, and searching for help Get a mentor. Look at the mentor section and ask someone to mentor you. I recommend sending a few managers an email first to ask if they are available to mentor, some won’t be. Having a mentor is crucial to your success early on in the game. There are many little nuances in the game that you will need help with. Join the Discord Chat group (can be found under ‘Chat’ section in game and the forum. All the information is in there, particularly the Discord chat. There are always people on there who are more than willing to help. Don’t be afraid to ask questions, we all start somewhere. I have also started the “Newbie HQ” alliance, which im hoping to turn into a place newbies can join and get tips from experienced managers. If anyone would like to join, just message me in game or on here. All welcome, old experienced and new ones. https://www.mmatycoon.com/alliancepublic.php?ali_id=1456 I will go into further details in the next few posts but for newbies the initial plan, besides learning how to actually play the game, should be to start off fighting 25 year olds and earn enough money to be able to open your own gym to eventually start training 18 year old superstars. If you play your cards right this can be achieved pretty quickly.

We’ve had a fighter pull out of the tournament - Mykolenko Reserve fighter Musa Keita will step in for the last 3 rounds. For the fighters having to face the reserve they will receive an automatic win in the tournament standings, regardless of the fight result. I think this is the fairest decision based on the fact that all of Mykolenko’s opponents have registered wins against him.

Well, in the original post it does say this…

Hold the phone there one second! Since when did level 10 become instant win? If level 1 = one more loss and you're out then how come level 10 doesn't = one more win and you're the champ? I call shenanigans!

Sorry to see you go, but I understand you. The community is what makes this game and it will be gone long before Tycoon 2.0. But maybe we can all come back and have a reunion party or something when/if that happens.

The competition at the top of the tournament bracket is incredibly fierce. Cibuka Stilera has once again taken the lead, avenging his previous loss. I must admit, the tournament is lasting much longer than I initially expected. Therefore, I would like to reward each participant who has made it this far with a new contract offer, including a satisfying signing bonus.

Sucker Punch Pro Series October 5th - Sydney, Australia On behalf of both Donkey and myself, Hare, I’d like to welcome all our Sucker Punch fanatics to the… Resurrection 07 Event Preview!!! …once again, at the very intimate, 3,000 seat strong… And of course, don’t forget, once again Sucker Punch Pro Series is partnered with Shadow Warrior Nutrition, for all your supplement needs to ensure your fighters are getting the absolute max out of their training efforts! Tonight, we’re going to focus solely on the Main Card in the preview for Resurrection 07 here at SPPS and then bring you a post-even Cheap Shots where we run through the Undercard happenings. Along with any exciting action from the Main Card based upon what we might have expected versus what happened! As always, I’ve got my partner in crime with me this evening, Donkey “Dan”, and you all should already know that I’m Hare Rumpler, that head wabbit round these parts! Our Main Card tonight has a little bit of everything, minus a title fight. No belts on the line this evening, but we do have two Featherweight battles, a Welterweight matchup, Middleweight showdown and of course we have to get SOME beef in there, so we’ve got Light Heavyweights Scotty T Bone and Ricardo Cruz coming at you in the second fight of the Main Card. So without any more delay, let’s jump right into it! *********************** Main Card Bout #1: Featherweights Tommy Chang (6-6-0) v Carl Crap (4-10-2) Our first fight of the Main Card, and Donkey will already not be pleased! Chang steps into the cage this evening with his energy at about the 50% level…sure, he may recover some of it before fight time, if he rests, but the chances of being much better off are slim. Crap, on the other hand, is anything but when it comes to preparation, as he’s fully set and ready to get at it! Both fighters are about square in most primary areas, so we’ll be looking elsewhere to pick a winner here most likely, but I’ll leave that to the Donkey Boy. After back to back Draws with Gouda Cheese, we felt it was only right to allow both Crap and Cheese to move on from each other…for now. Crap will want this fight to end in something other than a loss or a draw, as he had three losses under prior manager, David Septim, over at RSE before switching teams to land with Gheeze Andreas. He continued that losing streak for another four fights at RSE before he and his team decided that a change of scenery was definitely in order. So, while two draws with Cheese may seem like a disappointment, it has to be better than an eighth loss! Crap did try to work the ground game in his last battle with Cheese, getting to the ground in each round and working for GnP down there, but on FIFTY-FIVE strike attempts only managed to land two…wow. He’ll need to improve that or snag a sneaky submission if he wants to have success on the ground this evening, assuming he tries to go there again. Chang came into SPPS and snagged a second round victory over Hammerstein back in August but then fell via decision to Soest in September. No shame in that considering Soest is going for the belt now. But certainly fuel for the fire to want him to grab another win to move to 2-1 with us. I’m not sure that coming into the fight at only half energy is the right move for that goal, but hey, who am I to judge?!? Oh, yeah, I’m the guy in charge, I’m just the guy to judge!!! His manager, Blade Hunter, has been MIA for the past two days, so that may be contributing to the lack of planning and preparation. Alright Donkey, give it to us… Donkey’s Pick: Chang via TKO (Strikes) This pick will probably catch you by surprise, Hare, as you know I usually pick against the unprepared fighter. And if this fight drags out into the late second round, I suspect my pick is going to be very wrong. But, on the off-chance that Chang can end this quickly, he does have KO ability and has had more success on the ground and feet than Crap, so I’m going to take a chance here with this pick. *********************** Main Card Bout #2: Light Heavyweights Scotty T Bone (11-3-0) v Ricardo Cruz (6-9-0) A first, fast, glance at these two tells me that if it were me, I’d probably be focused on the clinch for T Bone and perhaps the ground game for Cruz. But that’s just based upon Bone’s advantage in Muay Thai and wrestling while Cruz has a brown belt over Bone’s blue in Jiu Jitsu. Gotta look a lot closer than that though! Both men are more or less fully prepped, so let the big boys roll! Cruz has two submissions to his name during his pro MMA run so far, but the last one was back in March. He’s had a bit of a rough go since then, chalking up a 2-5 record mostly at NYF’s. He’s 1-1 so far here at SPPS, with a KO loss to Szabolcs in his debut then a decision over Buryckin midway through last month. Both men were pretty focused on getting to the ground in that fight but it was Cruz’ striking on the feet and GnP on the ground that prevailed. Will he go with a similar approach, with a high percentage of his strikes boxing finding a landing spot again? T Bone is also 1-1 since coming to SPPS, with a KO loss to Hopper in his debut and then a KO win over Kobelikos at Resurrection 04 last month, the same date that Cruz last fought. So both have had the same rest. T Bone has a solid chin, but we’ve only seen that Cruz showed Inexperienced so it would seem that the intangibles edge will go to T Bone tonight. T Bone also has a history of explosive KO finishes, so perhaps the fans get some fireworks to cheer for here? Not if Cruz can get it to the ground! Donkey, give us a winner? Donkey’s Pick: T Bone via TKO (Strikes) Most of T Bone’s wins have involved some sort of nasty striking, and many of Cruz’ recent losses have been finishes that resulted in some smelling salts involved. I have to go with T Bone here, that inexperienced worries me for Cruz. His best bet is to get this to the ground and work for a decision or submission I’d think. But dang, getting it to the ground three times and avoiding the big one is going to be tough if he can’t get a sub. *********************** Main Card Bout #3: Middleweights Omar Raharu (9-2-1) v Rivo Niskanen (3-1-0) Halfway through the Main Card we get a bit of Middleweight action going as Raharu and Niskanen are both set and ready to get at it! Morale, check. Energy, check. Let’s gooooo! Both are pretty close in primaries with Raharu perhaps having a slight edge in boxing and wrestling. I’d think strategy is going to come much more into play here though. And here’s the thing, this fight us UBER important to both of these kids as a Title Fight is the prize for the victory, with my own Abner sitting in the wings waiting for a challenger for the belt. Niskanen came into SPPS and immediately chalked up his first dubya, taking out a struggling Ovaltine Jenkins who’d been on a murderous losing streak that continued with the loss to Niskanen. An early second round KO was what the fans ordered and got served up in that one, which also earned Niskanen ‘KO of the Night’ honors. Niskanen has won his last three fights via KO, with two of them being QFC battles. Seeing him do it against actual org competition was a solid showing, but tonight will be the real test. Were those wins just over a struggling Jenkins and QFC opponents, or does he have what it takes to slip past Raharu and go for the belt?!? Raharu won’t make it easy on Niskanen. He pulled a majority draw against Chai in their first meeting here at SPPS back in August and then outdueled Chai in a rematch last month to grab the decision. The adjustments Raharu and camp made were solid, as he won all three rounds in that rematch. He was uber aggressive in standup and worked the kicks in well to mix things up. He showed a high level of cardio in his first fights, so we don’t know what’s under the hood yet, but tonight we’ll certainly find out if he can hold his own against some power on the opposite side of the cage! He has taken two KO’s previously, five and six fights back while at TOF, so the jury is out! Donkey, what do you think we get from this? Donkey’s Pick: Raharu via Unanimous Decision Very, VERY tough one to pick here. You could make a case either way. I want to go with the itch and tingle on the back of my neck saying to go with Niskanen’s potential power, despite the lack of big opponents to date, but at the same time I know Raharu has been showing big potential to really work a fight. I’m going to go with that instead for now. Show me the truth tonight boys!!! *********************** Co-Main Event: Featured Welterweight Bout Neo Till (2-0-0) v Rhashaun Kinkead (7-7-0) Donkey, we’re getting there! Co-Main Event time and we’ve got some Welterweights set to do battle this evening. Unfortunately, at least Till is slightly unprepared. Not horrifically so, but still not topped off in both morale and energy. Energy might be there by fight time though with some rest tonight. Morale will not. Kinkead will have the edge in Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu this evening. A strange set of advantages over Till who will bring a boxing edge while being about even in wrestling. Things get fun when we look closer at Kinkead, who showed KO Power early in his career but has since taken a road of submissions to get his dubs under multiple managers (he’s on his fourth now!). If he decides to continue that trend, his elite wrestling and brown belt should serve him well. Till started his MMA pro career here at SPPS two months ago and so far has walked along to a nice 2-0 start! Both TKO finishes over Niolau and Ariima. But, things get more interesting and certainly more challenging now as he begins his walk up the ladder! He’s clearly got the hands and power to get the job done. Let’s toss this to the Donkey boy for his take on this fight! Donkey’s Pick: Kinkead via Submission (Armbar) Till has the wrestling to possibly defend himself well on the ground. But, does he have the power to finish against a step up in competition and to fend off a submission with that blue belt if he finds himself on the ground? Lots of things to learn tonight! Most know that I do enjoy a solid ground specialist, so I’m going to throw my hat towards a potential ‘Sub of the Night’ fight here… *********************** Main Event: Featured Featherweight Bout Zane Raven (11-4-0) v Jerry Hammerstein (9-6-0) Here we go Donkey! Our Main Event and the men on the poster! I’m going to hope that Raven is about to rest as we speak because I’d hate to see him come into this one a little low on energy when he’s got the Main Event! Hammerstein has slight advantages in a few of the primaries, actually, everything but Jiu Jitsu where they both have black belts. He dropped his SPPS debut last month in a TKO loss to Chang, and came into SPPS on a two fight losing streak including a loss to Raven in his final fight at RSE. Raven pulled off the armbar submission in that one so you know that may be weighing on Hammerstein’s head a little bit tonight. But, with new management, perhaps he has new perspective, new strategy and a new outlook on this rematch! Early in his career under P J Jones, he was a bit of a submission machine. So he definitely knows his way around the mat. Since then, under Chuck, most of his wins came via decision though. I can’t wait to see what Dagestani Hog Rider and the Lair of Profound…wow, well, um, yeah…what they have him bring to the cage tonight. Despite the fact that Raven won via submission over Hammerstein last time they met, he is coming off a submission loss of his own in his SPPS debut last month. Hooez managed to secure the kimura for the victory, something that rarely happens for Raven as he’s pulled off eight submissions over his career but only had them turned around on him twice so far. I think it’s safe to say he’ll likely try to go the same route as last time for a tap out tonight by Hammerstein. Donkey, tell us what you see in this final fight of the evening? Donkey’s Pick: Raven via Submission (Kimura) It’s difficult to overlook Raven’s track record on the ground or the prior result between these two. I just hope Dagestani brings some nuance to the table and makes this thing interesting tonight!!! I’m ready, are you?!? I think so! *********************** So we’re all set folks! Donkey and I will be heading over to the Hard Knocks Arena shortly and we can’t wait to talk about the Undercard results and any other exciting action that comes up tonight in a post-fight, Cheap Shots review! But, in the meantime, hope all our boys heading to the cage have their heads on a swivel and are ready to protect those dingle-dangles! Let’s goooo! Till then, have fun and don’t forget… Keep it cheap and dirty…Sucker Punch style!

MMA Hype -3- October 6, 2024 Tonight on MMA Hype, Brett Clarke and Jared Asante are inside the studio talking about MMA Hype 3, which will be held for the first time at The Palmtree in Las Vegas. The first couple events were at Wild Bob’s Bar which was a little too tight. Here’s Brett and Jared. -- -- -- Jared Asante: Good evening ladies and gentlemen! We are currently sitting comfortably inside our studio in Las Vegas and ready to discuss the third event from MMA Hype Promotions. We spent a lot of time the last couple of weeks at Wild Bob’s Bar, but this is now a thing of the past, and we already started working on the next venue, which will now be The Palmtree. Brett Clarke: Almost 3 times bigger than Wild Bob’s, The Palmtree will allow us to sit without cracking our nuts, and this may sound weird, but goes a long way. We already sold over 500 tickets for the next event. Jared: MMA Hype 3, this October 6th, is yet another event of future superstars. 10 exciting fights with at least 1 of each weight class, a recipe for success. If you want to see an all around show, next Sunday at The Palmtree is the place to be. – – – Full card can be viewed here Place your bets online at MMA Hype. For gambling addictions, please contact one of our hotlines. MMA Hype Pick-em held by Bloodbath Clothing every week. 100k to pick all winners. Make your picks now! – – – Brett: We have Roger “Booda” Sack vs Fish Oper on our main card. Sack has been known to be a very well rounded fighter and played it safe in his first amateur fight. He was comfortable in every aspect of the standup game, but has never been tested on the ground, which seems to be, maybe, a weaker side of him. On the other side, Oper has more experience, being his elder of 3 years and already has 5 amateur fights, coming off a 2 fight winning streak. Just like his opponent, Oper seems to favor the standup game, but has been in a lot of ground action in the past. It looks like he’s more defensive on the ground, so I would be surprised to see grappling at all in this matchup. Jared: I always tend to root for the more experienced fighter in these types of matchups. Brett: And how much money have you made from bets lately? Anyways. Next main card fight is between welterweights Izaiah Davis and Aydin Parks. Davis is a recent amateur tournament winner, where he grinded his way towards 4 wins in 4 days. The 23 year old wrestler has been showcasing a lot of boxing during the tournament, so we can expect him to try to outbox his opponent and hopefully get his first pro win. Parks will be at his first ever fight. We’ve seen him train at London MMA, and has a strong wrestling base, just like his opponent. We honestly don’t know much about Parks, but we were told that he could be a threat to the welterweight division. Looking forward to seeing that! Jared: An unknown threat to say the least. Brett: … okay. The main event of MMA Hype 3 is between light heavyweight sluggers Armando Greenlaw and Scott Tolzien. Greenlaw tested the amateur ground with a 3 minute fight against a former gym partner. He got the best out of the fight with a few leg slaps, literally. Some experts said that he’s not a serious fighter and shouldn’t be taken seriously, but I don’t see it that way. I’ve seen Greenlaw train, and he can certainly take over the whole division if he wishes. Scott Tolzien is another untested fighter, but a solid Muay Thai fighter who can surely stand and brawl against any opponent. Tolzien has been working hard at Fat Club in London and we heard that he’s more than ready to test Greenlaw’s chin. I wouldn’t bet on that fight, but I have a feeling it doesn’t go past the second round. Jared: That’s a main card we look forward to. Do you think any of these 3 fights have any potential of a bonus award? Brett: I think the main event between Greenlaw and Tolzien, if it goes to at least the second round, will have great potential of being the fight of the night. There’s other fights in the undercard that could very well be more entertaining though, too many untested fighters to even tell at this point. Jared: Good point, in 2 weeks we will start seeing familiar faces on a regular basis. That’s all we have for you guys, hope you’re ready for MMA Hype 3. Get your tickets now! -- -- -- Tickets are on sale now. Purchase online or at the gate. Get your tickets early before we run out. Drink responsibly. Limited parking space, public transit is strongly recommended.

SUMMIT GRAPPLING PHASE - STANDINGS - AFTER ROUND 2

Sub Zero: I fully intended to finish my opponent and easily secured a good position to perform my fatality move, but man, ripping someones spine out is not easy. That head just wouldn't come off! I have to admit we didn't have a good supply of willing practice partners to test it out in advance. I still believe in the ninja technique, but as all martial arts it may benefit from also spending some time in the gym. I will perfect it eventually, but for my next opponent I have a completely different gameplan in mind that I worked out with Super Macho Man at the Punch-Out gym.

Week 1 Recap First week is in the books! History was made, and it came with a night of upsets, which is exactly what we wanted for a first event. We saw a couple of 18s beat out 25s, which were not something we expected at all. 5 knockouts, 3 submissions and 2 fights went the distance. The MMA Hype crew were standing and yelling for the whole time, and the post event party was quite special. Special thanks to the fighters, but specifically the managers who trusted us with a brand new fight organization. The first event was filled with fighters who signed an early contract, knowing that they could wait a few weeks to get a first fight, and we appreciate that a lot. Click here for the full MMA Hype 1 results. Luis “The Beast” Lopez (145 lbs) First star of the week goes to Luis Lopez, who upsetted a heavily favorite opponent, judging by the bets and predictions, with a win via TKO in the third round. He dominated the first half of the fight, which put a lot of pressure on Volkov, who was looking to step it up and go for the finish. Lopez remained calm and took advantage of Volkov’s change of pace and landed a crazy sequence of punches that forced the referee to call the fight. That win puts Lopez at the top of a packed featherweight division at MMA Hype Promotions. Dante “Diamond” Drayman (205 lbs) The second star of the week goes to Drayman, who went into a fight against a similar skilled boxer in Delluze. There was no way that fight was going to the ground, and you could tell by the stance of both fighters who swung at each other like a blindfolded kid swinging at a piñata. Drayman got the best of the exchange after he rocked Delluze with a nice combo that dropped him on the canvas. He didn’t even follow, he waved him back to his feet and kept his cool until he connected with one last straight punch that knocked his opponent out cold. Well deserved star! Michel “Phistosophical” Delluze (205 lbs) Third star of the week goes hand in hand with the second star. Even though Delluze lost his fight against Drayman, he showed everyone he was a serious boxer. His punches were landing more than his opponent, he just wasn’t landing quite flush with his combinations, which gassed him a little too early in the fight. He was controlling the fight until he got rocked, and managed to regain his senses when he got back up. Unfortunately for him, it was too late chin gave out after a nasty punch connected his jaw cleanly. Can’t wait to see him fight again.

To Confirm the Sole reason, I decided to stop the Fight Previews was simply to not curse anymore matchups. See the two I did as an example. They went perfectly as I predicted.....I Mr. Madness could not be to blame for any more than that my friends. Some may say I just wanted to give you all a tease of my Prediction perfection....that I did and now the show must go on. MILF 122 was a huge success giving our Promotion the biggest rating in the Orgs History. This has cemented us back in the top 5 of all promotions but we all know MILF is #1 in the hearts of the Vigilante's just like myself! Some Organizations over the last month where celebrating Mexican heritage we on the other hand let are Canadian flags fly with a colossal Main Event that featured two familiar foes hailing from the great white north. The main event was the fourth chapter between Vancouver's Eric Frost and Mississauga's Luke Ridley. Frost has been on a phenomenal run of 15-1 in his last 16 fights. That 1 loss of course being at the hands of Ridley in the Season 15 Island Lightweight tournament. Ridley would go on to avenge that loss though in electrifying fashion at MILF 103 Enter the Mainland as he would force Ridley to tap out in the very first round. This would not stop Luke though as he would go on to finish the likes of Danny Vargas and Faarooq Rahim with quick Submission victories of his own. "The Riddler" would then go on to dominate the once 16 and 0 top dog of the Island in Jardani Jovonovich in route to a Unanimous Decision verdict paving the way for this showdown for Canadians everywhere. Frost on the other hand has had quite the run indeed defending his titles a record 9 straight times. The fight itself may not have lived up to expectations to the eyes of those crazy brits at Wombley arena but it was a great game of chess as the fight went back and forth through the 5-round decision. At the end of the fight both fighters new they just had one hell of a war as the judge's verdicts came in. All three judges scored it 47-48 for the new MILF Welterweight champion of the world...........LUKE Ridley! The aftermath of these was quickly thought out and owner Tycon Judas felt that the former Dominant champ deserved an immediate rematch. The details of this are not finalized yet but it is looking like October 20th live and on PPV at MILF 126 and where else would we have the possible final chapter in this epic war but none other than Montreal's Matt Mac Memorial Arena! In the evenings Co-Main event we saw yet another title change hands as the SHW belt seems to be hoping around like a dodgy kangaroo on PCP. "Triple D" Domingo Don Dominguez was coming off a violent title grabbing performance against then champion Semi Veainu who he belted with a massive right hand to punch his ticket to the MILF Champions corner. Unfortunately, it did not last long as #1 contender Uche Igwe whom has been 0-2 in title fights so far was out for blood and let Triple D know as soon as the bell rang. It took just 51 seconds for Igwe to seal the deal with a brutal uppercut. Uche will now look to defend the belt against the former two-time champ and by far the most Dominant in the division in Semi Veainu next. Speaking of Semi, he too was on this action-packed event collecting his 16th finish this by KO in just 44 seconds over the tough and Powerful puncher in his own right Janne Virtanen. Marques Roy earned himself another performance bonus with his efforts against former Light Heavyweight champ Jerome Browning. This was another one that was back and forth but just three rounds unlike the Main Event. Browning has now dropped his last 3 fights after losing his belt too rival Erik Bjornsson. As for Roy he will be the next in line for Mr Bjornsson. Faarooq Rahim landed his 6th and final Takedown Attempt against the Hometown favorite Danny Vargas who continues to struggle against these dirty wrestling bastards. Props to Rahim though for Finishing this fight though with a late TKO win due to Ground and Pound strikes. Jayden Marsh rebounds with a first-round stoppage of Pitter Patter. Jaydens Clinch game was on point as he went on to pick up his 15th (T)KO victory. Newcomer Giang Hao looked quite impressive in his MIFL debut. The SHW division may have a new contender on its hands with the Vietnamese Big man. Mexican born Rico Suarez stayed unbeaten with his 2nd MILF fight now in the books. "Chico" has yet to get out of the first round in his pro career so his Gas tank may still be a question, regardless we will take first round Rico ftw! Timmy Cosmo came into this one with his head down and low on morale but didn't fucking matter as he locked in a slick Armbar to force a huffing and puffing Ungga Brunga to tape in less than two minutes. Giovanny Winters kicked the showoff in style with a devastating KO of Andre Smith who may have been out pub crawling with Ungga Brunnga the night before. Where professionals here gents get some god damned rest and let's see the real beast inside, ya alright fellas!!! Upcoming shows to watch out for The Milf League Series is in FULL Swing next two weeks! MILF WW Week 2 MILF SHW Week 3 MILF FW Week 2 MILF LHW Week 3 Finally Live and on PPV from the Bushido Ace Arena>>> Ryan Montana looks to defend his newly won 145-pound belt against 17-2 Angus Young! MIlF 123 Montana VS Young

Patch List - 28/08/2024 A list of all updates released between the dates of 10/08/2024 and 28/08/2024 Fixed login bug on VIP expiring. Updated spoiler page to dynamically display updates as they're added. Updated spoiler archive to dynamically display the historic announcements progromatically. Added 'Grappling' filter to Org Fighter List+. Updated Renegotiate contract to display current contract terms in parallel to the new. Org Fighter List V2 public beta - https://www.mmatycoon.com/orgfighterlistv2.php If you have any suggestions for improvements or find any errors - https://forums.mmatycoon.com/index.php?/forum/7-suggestions-improvements/ https://forums.mmatycoon.com/index.php?/forum/6-error-reporting/ The feature is available via the org fighter list full. Toggle-able columns Extended details Skill Estimates calculation has been updated to be more strict to give a more accurate representation of the fighters total skills. Developer Focus Vlad Gyms Rebuild Mike Fight Engine Events Engine Tycoon Wiki Major Projects in Progress - Laravel Port: 5% completed - Estimated delivery April 2025. [PAUSED] - PHP 8 Upgrade - 50% completed - Estimated delivery November 2025. This developer focus list highlights our main priorities. It doesn't include minor tasks, routine bug fixes, or all ongoing work. Unlisted projects may be on hold, in progress as non-priorities, or completed and pending testing/release. any updates : just keep waiting

Quick mid week update making the forums more active by releasing bots has proved a hit . More traffic is attracting more views so expect more . National hug day was the most viewed with 18 so get hugging people

Bot or not this thing is showing some initiative and willingness to communicate, I'm sure it would be able to post updates every other week. How do we hand it the keys to the server?

And so the show goes on!

We’ll get you sorted. Main thing is we have you on board now.

So, Cibuka Stilera has finally secured his victory in the tournament. It's worth noting that this triumph is well-deserved, as Cibuka has been leading almost from the start. The main prize, of course, goes to Unkwalker, the manager of Cibuka Stilera. The second-place prize also goes to Unkwalker. Third place is shared equally by Mac Little, Alfred Winterbottom, and Da Jumba. Additionally, the prize for activity in the tournament thread goes to Bob Slay. I would like to congratulate all the participants and thank everyone for taking part in the tournament.

never doubt the mighty Smedt Van Kampen ever again. TOTAL domination 30:26 WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

It is a tale as old as time with managers leaving due to the thought of having to create a new roster. If you had an exit interview with everyone who left the game over the past 16 or so years - every single person would have on that checklist having to create a new roster. It doesn't just churn through VIP days but also is just a time consuming slog to get decent fighters and even once you have them you are waiting around a 6 months to a year until they are useful and at a decent fighting level. The community was pretty much leaving out the door when I left the first time. Some new faces have appeared but more just decided it was time to leave. Since i've been back it has just gotten worse over time. I mean even the change log hasn't seen an update in over a month. Yeah the game has had a slight facelift and some quality of life changes but the major problems that plague the game still exist and will continue to exist until the playerbase dwindles to the point that the game is running at a loss and eventually dies because despite a majority support into speeding up the time your fighter is created until he gets into fighting shape and many different good ideas on how to do it - it was just hit with a blanket no.

POST EVENT CHEAP SHOTS Sucker Punch Pro Series Resurrection 07 Big shout out to all our rabid fans down undah and around the world after a fantastic Resurrection 07! We had a sold out Hard Knocks Arena in Sydney last weekend, which is fantastic. Once again, Donkey and I weren’t able to sit down and discuss everything in detail before the event, having to choose how to spend our time wisely while running the org, so we did a preview for the Main Card last time. But, now this is our chance to give those fighters that brought it for us on the Undercard some love! We’ll take a look back at those fights and discuss what some of them meant in the bigger picture! Donkey and I will probably also touch on a couple of the fights from the Main Card that were featured or got ‘of the Night’ awards as well! So, as always, I’m Hare Rumpler and I’ll be joined by my colleague here, Donkey “Dan”. The Undercard at Resurrection 07 grabbed both the ‘KO of the Night’ and ‘Fight of the Night’ awards, which is kinda awesome to have hungry fighters down there bringing it for the fans! ‘Sub of the Night’ went to Rhashaun Kinkead on the Main Card from the Co-Main Event, so we’ll touch on that one as well. Now, let’s jump to a word about our sponsor and merchandise partner and get to looking at each fight’s result in a little more detail! Shadow Warrior Nutrition will was on hand at the event and I cannot say enough about how much we appreciate having them as our merchandise partner and sponsor here at Sucker Punch! Do yourself a favor…better yet, do your fighters who you spend so much time developing and preparing a favor…and stop by our sponsor’s stands at the next event or visit their store to grab some of their Marvelous Marvin Hagler Energy Injections! It is literally the best energy loss reduction supplement money can buy and will keep your fighter in the gym training rather than sitting days out resting! Stop on over there and get a sample as they currently have stock in for a change…you will NOT be disappointed! Now, let's get to it! *********************** Undercard Bout #1: Sparring Bout Jay Picote Defeats Lothar Brackmathus via Decision (Unanimous) Our first fight of the night was a short, one round, three minute affair between two of Laz Staz’ kids. This was nothing more than a small sparring match to see what these kids have hidden in the tank, so we won’t go into extensive detail here. Picote came out and showed off his moonwalking skills for the crowd. While the fans seemed to love this fun little start to the event I have the distinct feeling that this is NOT what Laz was hoping to see out of his young future prospect. The fact that he’s still on his roster with his camp is shocking to me and I’m willing to bet my last dollar that his time is definitely limited until Laz can set him free for…well, free. Brackmathus didn’t show much more, having a bit of self confidence but again, I’m pretty darn sure this isn’t what his manager wanted to see. So, he’ll probably be following in Picote’s footsteps on his way out the door to the free agent heap shortly as well. He did show some decent morale even in taking a loss, so there’s a chance that some other manager may take a flier on this guy, giving Brackmathus hope for a future home and career in MMA perhaps. Anything else there Donkey? Donkey’s Takeaways: Nothing from me, you know I don’t get into the sparring bouts, Bunny-Boy! *********************** Undercard Bout #2: Middleweights Cornbread Pealike Defeats Jimmy Uso via KO (Punch) It didn’t take long for us to get some great action going despite starting out the evening with a sparring bout! Cornbread Pealike (damn, do his parents hate him or something?!?) brought the spark to the cage as he managed to grab the ‘KO of the Night’ honors in only the second bout of the evening. Nice. This fight was in and done! Just over 90 seconds and honestly, if a KO hadn’t happened, I have the distinct feeling a doctor stoppage was imminent regardless! This was a brutal bloodletting that started from the very first strike thrown! The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Pealike shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Uso eats them both and turns towards Pealike to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo. It looks like Jimmy Uso has been cut. And it didn’t stop there! Pealike used and abused that poor cut, aggravating it at least two more times in this short contest, before finally turning off the lights. Jimmy Uso didn’t seem to really know what happened, where he was, or that he was supposed to be in a fight. He tried one clinch, didn’t get it…so Pealike obliged and took it up close and personal. From there, Uso was unable to land anything, perhaps being blinded by the blood getting in his eyes, and missed all six strike attempts to the head. Pealike…well, didn’t really miss. Ten head shots…ten landed. One body shot…yep, you guessed it, one landed. Hell, even five elbows and a couple knees to the body…yep, they all found homes! And then this… Pealike gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Oh Uso is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Pealike creates a bit of distance and unloads a huge uppercut that knocks Uso out cold! The ref dives in to break up the two fighters! The fight is over! Donkey, thoughts on this one? Donkey’s Takeaways: Normally you see a dominating performance like this and you think, wow, this guy is going to be getting his shot sooner than later! And, you can’t take a thing away from Pealike here, he got into the cage and did what was supposed to get done. So good on him! We’ll be keeping a close eye on him as he faces higher quality competition, and his chance at that comes up in November at Resurrection 10 against Bogdan Volkov. For Uso, he is far behind where he should be for his age/MMAT ID. He’s a 1.5* skill estimate at this point and there are guys in the division with a similar or even newer ID/age that are 1 to 3* ahead of him. Part of the issue is that he got into MMA as a 25 year old, so his potential long term is limited. Add to that that his original manager, Antonio Maximus, clearly created him as a “use and abuse in QFC” fighter to snag a few cheap wins before discarding him…which also limited his long term training…and it’s easy to see that Jimmy’s future may lie more in grocery store shelf stocking and less in the cage. *********************** Undercard Bout #3: Welterweights Alexander Igor Defeats Joao Gabriel via TKO (Strikes) Donkey, this next one seemed like a marathon compared to the fight we just discussed! And it only made it about halfway through the second of three rounds! Gabriel is another of those fighters who is trailing behind fairly significantly in his training efforts relative to his peers. He did start training at 18 years old, so that’s not the issue, it may just be that perhaps he’s not picking up on the skills his camp and coaches are trying to teach him very well. He showed he was intelligent early in his career, but clearly book smarts and instincts for MMA are two very different things. Either way, surprisingly he held his own fairly well to begin this fight, getting it to the ground and, according the play by play announcers, winning the first round with the judges! Nicely done there. Igor clearly had a strategy coming into this fight and I think he and his camp saw the same thing that Donkey and I saw when we looked at the history for Gabriel. And that was a proclivity to fall to the KO. There’s clearly a question of chin or heart there, and Igor managed to survive on the ground long enough to send this fight to a second bell. With Gabriel’s energy fading, Gabriel was unable to get the fight back to the ground, despite several attempts, and Igor had his way on the feet, first cutting him, as sort of a nod to the first fight we had that decorated the mat nicely for all future fights…and then, about halfway into the second… That's two minutes gone in the round. Igor lands with a short shot to the head. Gabriel is rocked! Igor pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Gabriel! Igor unloads with more strikes and Gabriel sinks to his knees! This one is all over! Donkey, got anything for us? Donkey’s Takeaways: Igor snags his first win in three fights with SPPS here and that’s going to do wonders for him and his camp in terms of momentum and morale! Next month at Resurrection 10 he’ll get a chance to welcome newcomer Brody MacDonald to the org and with it he’ll have a chance to put together back to back wins that could start the snowball effect. But don’t think for a moment that a guy like MacDonald, who has seen his fair share of fights over his young career so far, is going to just hand that dub over! For Gabriel, we’re looking to see if we can get somebody in with skills closer to his to provide a nice matchup. We’ll be looking at that very closely this coming week and even perhaps offering a cross-promotion fight to get something fun going for him and his camp. *********************** Undercard Bout #4: Middleweights Savaje Bebe Chai Defeats Ovaltine Jenkins via Decision (Unanimous) Our first true contest of the evening to go the distance and the fans were into this one, giving it a good enough rating overall to help it snag the ‘Fight of the Night’ honors! Way to go gentlemen, well earned! This fight stayed on the feet for three rounds, which I think helped keep the fans interested rather than giving them some lay and pray action. Donkey loves the strategy to the ground game, but it’s not everybody’s cup of tea at times when there are two solid defenders down there. Chai may have won all three rounds in this contest, staying very active on the feet and landing a solid percentage of his shots, but Jenkins was plenty active as well. Jenkins attempted a high number of body shots, along with decent activity for head shots and leg kicks, but he just wasn’t able to get through Chai’s defenses often enough to turn this into a tough one to call for the judges. Shortly into the start of the second round, even the play by play dudes knew that something drastic needed to change for Jenkins to have a shot, as we got this from their calls… Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Jenkins might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Chai has got the better of the exchanges. I, like the fans, enjoyed the fight…only thing I would have liked to have seen was a finish…or maybe a good shot to the dingle-dangles along the way! Nothing says, “hello!” like a nice shot to your opponent’s boys! Donkey, what do you have for us here? Donkey’s Takeaways: With this win, Chai has covered the gamut of results so far here at SPPS…a draw in his debut with Raharu, a loss in the rematch and now this win. So 1-1-1 to start things off. But, if you’re going to get a single win out of three trips to the cage, having it be the last one is the way to get thing rolling! Hare has been discussing some options for Chai next…and I know he’d love to see him face Alieva if Alieva wins his fight with Hobert Nye. That’d be a great test for Chai against a 3-0 opponent (here at SPPS) and also a great step up test for Alieva to see if maybe he’s Top Contender ready. For Jenkins, it’s not a stretch to say he needs a win. With two losses in a row so far, he and his camp will want to turn this thing around. Granted, those two losses have come against quality competition, so there’s no shame, but at some point a dub needs to come into play. We’re thinking perhaps the loser of Raharu/Makhno, but that’s a bit far out still. The extra training time for Ovaltine may be worthwhile though as he’s taken a lot of fights over a short career so far. *********************** Undercard Bout #5: Featherweights Gordon Garcia Defeats Anderson Do Souza via KO (Punches) Our last fight of the Undercard gave us another great finish that, if not for the KO by Pealike in the second match of the night, would have likely snagged ‘KO of the Night’ honors for Garcia! So well done to Gordon, you definitely brought it my man! And that’s always fun when it involves Feather or Lightweights! I think what was super impressive about this KO was that it came against Do Souza, who has a granite chin according to reports. That said, there are a couple issues coming into play for Do Souza that I can see. The first…he’s taken an ungodly number of fights so far over his career. But the majority of those have been QFC battles that do very little to really get quality experience and learn about your fighter. The second issue…he’s still wearing his tighty-whities…so we know his morale is never that great. Would yours be if you knew damned well that you smell to high heavens every day? And last but not least…despite that granite chin, he’s taken quite a few TKO and KO’s over his career already. Some of that could be from the morale issues or perhaps a lack of confidence, but the danger is that the more of those you take, the more likely that a solid or granite chin becomes “cracked” eventually and no longer is what it should be. The finish to this one, as we said, was spectacular though for Garcia, who put up a highlight reel finish to add to his resume! Garcia is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. Garcia scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Do Souza is rocked! Garcia throws an overhand right that has Do Souza reeling! Garcia follows up with more punches and Do Souza is out cold! This one is all over! And, that was all she wrote folks! Donkey, chime in here? Donkey’s Takeaways: For Do Souza, Hare said it all. Manager Andy Rescaglio is going to want to get him some clean clothes, multiple sets, and change them out every time their quality drops to 140 or below. With that, his morale will rise, and there will be a chance to see if his struggles have been from morale issues or if they lie deeper. Until then, we’ll never know what potential Do Souza truly has. With back to back wins to start out at SPPS, Garcia is set to take on a tougher competitor in Myuki Yoshida next month at Resurrection 10…and a win there could propel him up the ladder towards eventual Top Contender considerations! He’s on a roll and now it’s about maintaining that focus and momentum. We just have to hope that he’s worked on his submission defense and escapes before he eventually runs up against another ground specialist, as three submission losses in a row at HFC last year clearly indicate that’s an area that opponents may focus on. *********************** Before we sign off, let’s take a quick moment to have a look at the fight that resulted in ‘Sub of the Night’! Rhashaun Kinkead defeated Neo Till via Submission (RNC) in the Co-Main Event in a contest where the bell could not save Till…with just five seconds remaining in the second round, the end of the round and a chance to get back to the feet in sight…but it was not to be! Till tries to improve his position but Kinkead has taken his back! Kinkead has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Till tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Kinkead pushes Till away and gets up to celebrate with his corner! Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rhashaun Kinkead! Kinkead was cut early in that contest, and it looked like Till was going to have a chance. But at the two minute mark of the first, Kinkead got his first takedown and from there this fight spent the majority of the remainder on the mat, a bad spot for Till. It was Till’s first loss in his professional MMA career, with two wins prior both here at SPPS as well. Clearly he and his camp know what to work on now though. He’ll get a chance to face off with another Forlan Theseus managed kid next month with Pykka Kalla, who has shown some skills on the ground in the past but also is very susceptible to the KO. That should be a great battle to see who prevails! We’re anticipating having Kinkead face off with Joe Diddy next…but Diddy is awaiting the TWGC at the moment and if that takes too long we may need to pivot to another matchup. A win there would put Kinkead on the doorstep of a potential Top Contender opportunity! So there we have it Sucker Punch fans! A great time out at the Hard Knocks Arena – Sydney last week for Resurrection 07 and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Next up, Resurrection 08 TONIGHT right back at Hard Knocks again! We’ll be getting ready for that this evening and probably bringing you some Main Card preview action as well, so stay tuned… Till then, have fun and don’t forget… Keep it cheap and dirty…Sucker Punch Pro Series style!

sorry to see you go amigo. Have enjoyed my time playing with you as an alliance mate Gut punch and always liked your positive presence in MMAT. All the best mate

Sub Zero: Spagnolo was a tougher nut to crack than I had thought. I was going for the kill and not looking at the score but they say he was even in the lead briefly. I feel deeply ashamed that I have not yet succeeded with a fatality move but my manager tells me that is probably for the best because of something legal and that I'm still doing fine in the tournament. I will keep preparing for the final boss. The guys at the Punch Out gym have strange training practices. Macho Man just want me to watch his fights from the first season over and over again rather than study the fights of my upcoming opponents. Great Tiger sits around meditating and eating nacho chips with cheese to prepare for an upcoming title fight.

Well, I was planning on calling it a day, but that was a surprise performance if ever there was one, I said I was planning on still being dangerous and I was, I may still be struggling but quitting after a great knockout is hard, being a fight game junkie is bad for your health but it's fun while the going is good. If the tourament is continuing and I am still a part of it I'm good for another, a fast win with no damage can make a huge difference, I am no idiot & I know my chances are slim to none and I've had some rotten luck getting cut up badly, even coming into this last fight with cuts barely held together, but I'll be properly healed up for the next one which will help a ton.

Jake Everett "Wow... I got caught sleeping on the first move for a takedown and right at the end. Borges is a grappling beast. I got cocky after my 2 first easy fights, this was interesting. I'll brace myself for the next fight. Looks like Pereira will be a similar opponent. Bring it on!"

Rankings 10/5/24 135 LBS 1. James Leary (8-0) Champ 2. Blake Souza (6-2) 3. Rammy Bunktunous (2-0) 145 LBS 1. Bee Milliz (6-1) Champ 2. Kree P Krawlee (3-0) 3. Yuichiro Nagashima (4-1) 155 LBS 1. Sargis Petrosyan (7-1) Champ 2. Motum Vakama (6-1) 3. Pinarus Inventius (6-1) 170 LBS 1. Nacho Cheese (6-2) Champ 2. Great Tiger (5-1) 3. Rice Puto (3-1) 185 LBS 1. Marek Siuta (6-0) Champ 2. Charles Lee Ray (2-0) 3. Shirley Crabtree (3-1) 205 LBS 1. Summit Panda (3-0) Champ 2. Jacek Siuta (2-1) 3. Emerald Dream (5-1) 265 LBS 1. Beckwitz Jugges (6-2) Champ 2. Jorge Wegner (5-3) 3. John Knox (3-2) 265+ LBS 1. Bulk Bogan (5-0) Champ 2. Maddox Hurst (2-1) 3. Kelvin Santos (2-1) ENIGMA STARS James Leary 8-1 135 LB Reigning Champion Bee Millz 6-1 145 LB Reigning Champion Sargis Petrosyan 7-1 155 LB Reigning Champion Nacho Cheese 6-2 170 LB Champion Marek Siuta 6-0 185 LB Reigning Champion Summit Panda 3-0 205 LB Champion Beckwitz Jugges 6-2 Heavyweight Champion Bulk Bogan 5-0 Super Heavyweight Champion Top Fighters Recognized John "Homicide" Knox (400513) Emerald Dream (400578) Ilya "Chobotok" Muromets (400103) Rice "Sticky" Puto (400576) Great Tiger (400046) Pinarus Inventius (400080) Motum Vakana (402434) Kree P Krawlee (400289) Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima (402610) Blake Souza (400819) Jian "Uzi" Zi-Hao (400963)

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Really good posts, guys. I'm glad I managed to jump on this early at its inception.

Have you thought about submitting these to the Tycoon Times?

SUMMIT SERIES 2: ROUND 2 RECAP 2A Card FOTN: Jake Everett vs Yakami Sansho Yakami Sansho was flying high after his round 1 finish; so high in fact, he should have both his head and blood checked for illicit substances. Jake Everett walked in on the night and absolutely dominated Sansho. It was like watching a pitbull in heat rogering it’s favourite stuffed animal. The only thing stopping Everett from SOTN was Andy Ettish and his performance. SOTN: Andy Ettish Ettish replaces last weeks SOTN winner with a furious win over Jack Manion. This fight was over so quickly, I thought somebody missed weight and the fight was scrapped. Ettish with a 36 second Triangle victory! HONOURABLE MENTIONS: New Birdwhistle, same old finish. Bob Slay produces another slickster to pick up from where Lysander left off previously…losing to Mac Little’s man. Garry Hobbs follows up his round 1 finish with a round 2 finish. Clearly Summit rookie, Sidty Nine came to play…or ain’t playing…one or the other. 2B Card FOTN: Tommy Carter vs Barry Chikorita Chikorita finds himself in another FOTN against Tommy Carter. Unfortunately for Barry, it ended the exact same way as Carter ends his night with another Guillotine. Don’t forget to protect ya neck out there fellas! SOTN: Massiel Tomas The spotlight is back on the Purpose Camp but this time for good reason. Tomas makes quick work of Dan Dinker and puts some shine back on his reputation. HONOURABLE MENTIONS: Adebayo Saleng cues up a bit of redemption in a bounce-back win as SOTN contender. The ol” Wang needs a bit of Viagara - time to stand at attention and put some wins on his record. If Cope T suddenly turned into a grappling afficianaro, we could all be in trouble.

Hello everyone, I'm looking to gauge interest in a heavyweight 265lb 25yod new creation tournament inspired by an old Highland tournament I saw in the Forums. I'd like to start it around Halloween at the end of October with the "Freakshow" theme giving out bonuses for crazy characters and custom avatars. Currently I'm trying to work out a way to get all entrants credits for custom avatars. The plan is to make it World Cup Style with a group round robin followed by knockout stages. There would be no training before or between fights, new creation stats only and I would plan to run fights every week to 10 days. If you're interesting in joining, sponsoring prizes or helping out organizing please let me know either below in the forum or DM me in-game. After the tournament, I'll release any fighters that would rather not continue in the Just Fights org. Thanks

IT HAPPENED!!! Mr. Pickle has won 4 in a row for the first time ever... I'm not sure any fighter in the history of MMATYCOON can claim such a insane win streak!!!

My experience is once you click prediction that’s it, you need to fill in your predictions you can’t make it inactive again

The plan Increasing manager rank and earning money. The end goal of fighting 25 year olds should be to be able to start creating your own 18 year old fighters (who have a shot at become elite) As stated earlier, it isn’t recommended to make 18 year olds until you have your own private gym, or access to a really good gym. The reason being that if your fighter doesn’t get elite training he will never reach potential. Having your own gym is very expensive. Can cost up to 40-65k a week. There are ways to get the cost down, by opening it up to some public but it’s tricky. Just focus on having enough money to open your own private gym. Note: often there are free agents available who have a lot of money in their bank accounts, picking these guys up (and laundering their money) is a good way to increase your bank balance. These free agents are also helpful once you do have your own gym to use as spar bots. There are other ways to make money but are probably more time consuming. Note: You do have the easy option of buying Tycoon$ by swapping it for VIP with other managers, but some people don’t have real life funds to do this. Whats the best way to increase manager ranking? The quickest way is to beat up 18 year olds and spreader builds in QFC fights. 25 year olds have a big advantage over 18 year old creations initially. If you’re matched against one in a QFC fight you should feast. A proven strategy is to rack up 4 easy wins in QFC, release your fighter, and create another one and do it again. The reason I’m saying 4 wins is because once you reach that limit (4wins) your fighter won’t be able to fight in level 1 of QFC anymore, and instead will need to make the huge leap to QFC level 2 - don’t do this! Important note - when training up your fighter, ensure they do not go over 1000 total skill points if you want to fight in QFC level 1. Once they go over the 1000 point limit they will be ineligible for level 1. You don’t need to release your fighter after 4 QFC wins if you don’t want to. If you think you have a decent fighter and want to keep fighting, by all means do so. Just look for a suitable org. Usually we look for a restricted ID org close to your fighters ID - eg if your fighter is a 408k creation, look for a 408k+ org, or something close to that.

Creating a Fighter You’ll be itching to get fighting no doubt so let’s get into it. My biggest recommendation here is to only create 25 year old fighters at first. You want to start fighting straight away and learn the ropes, to do that you need the strongest possible fighter, so there is no point creating a younger less skilled fighter - trust me. Once you’ve grasped how to set sliders, train fighters etc. then we can start thinking about creating 18 year olds (still not recommended until you have your own private gym, more on that later) Fighter base Your fighter will need a base. Search for a city with decent public gyms. At first your fighter will start off in the Cozad (generic Tycoon gym) but once he’s trained his physicals he’ll need to upgrade to a better gym. What makes a good gym? Look for higher skilled coaches, and a good fighter to coach ratio (less fighters to coaches the better). The less fighters in a session the more your fighter will learn/improve. Unfortunately there is a shortage of good public gyms at the moment, but there are some out there - do your research! Fighters used to have to catch flights when fighting in cities outside of their base - that is no longer a thing. Doesn’t matter what city he is fighting in, it can be any city, doesn’t need to be in his base. He will magically teleport there and waste no energy. Building your fighter First you need to decide if you want a striker or a grappler. You can’t build both as a 25year old creation. Pick one style and max out their points in those skills. Don’t build spreaders! Most new people will spread out their points to build an all round fighter, but that isn’t effective in this game. You need to focus on either striking or grappling. Note: Wrestling primary helps clinch work, so it is advised for strikers to have good wrestling skills to prevent getting smashed in the clinch. Unfortunately this game over emphasises the effectiveness of clinchwork. If your fighter has no clinch skills and comes against a good clincher, he will be stuck in clinch and most likely knocked out pretty quickly. Let’s go through some different build variations. Strikers There at two main variations to building a good 25 year old striker. The first will max out wrestling primary (12) to be lethal in the clinch (and stop takedowns), and have the rest of the points in either Boxing or MT - pick one, don’t spread between the two! Boxing will obviously be better with punches (defending and throwing), while MT will be better at kicks/clinchwork - you decide which way you want to go. The other way is to either max out Boxing or MT (remember just pick 1, don’t spread) and the rest of the points in wrestling. Yes your striker build will be a useless white belt at BJJ but you have to pick your poison. Even if you were to have some BJJ when facing a grappler build you will still be no match for them. The idea here is to try your best to prevent getting to the ground. Secondary skills You want to again not spread here. Max out your skills that complement the primaries. Standard recommendation is 12 punches, 12 clinch, 12 Stike D and 12 TakedownD (to hopefully prevent being taken down by grapplers) I wouldn’t stray too much from these tbh. Grappler build There are a few variations to building a grappler. You could make an expert clincher who pulls guard, or a takedown guy, or a combination of both. My preference is to go for takedowns. When building this I would recommend maxing out wrestling, or close to it. And the rest in BJJ. If you want a guard puller I’d do it vice versa - heavy BJJ, rest in wrestling. For the takedown guy obviously max out TD’s. I actually spread a little with grapplers. Most people will recommend doing 12 clinch but I have found this isn’t necessary with 25 year old grapplers if you don’t plan on keeping them too long. You can win majority of your fights aggressively hunting TD’s against strikers and even against grapplers as they won’t have TDD skills at all. This is a very effective strategy early on but the more fighters train up their skills the less effective this becomes. I would only use this if not planning on keeping your fighter for a super long career. The rest of the skills gets interesting and I have found you can play around a little here. Usually I’ll go 12 GNP, high in subs subs, high in trans, high in def grap. You want a little bit of Striking D, maybe 6, and no clinch if not planning on pulling guard. People will argue for more Striking D but I have found it unneccesary when doing the aggressive Takedown strategy. Physicals I recommend maxing out cardio. This will allow you to train most often straight away. Go heavy agility for strikers, with speed also, balance is also helpful in clinch and preventing takedowns. Start with minimum strength as this is easily trained after creation with muscle supps. For grapplers, go with heavy Speed (good for takedowns) and have a splattering of the other stuff. Same as with the striker, max our cardio, minimum strength. Don’t fall in love with your 25 year old build, we won’t be keeping them long term. We are only using them to learn how to fight in this game, and also to win fights and increase your manger rank. Increasing your manager rank is important as it will help you pick up decent free agents. The higher your rank the higher chance you have of nabbing free agents (the highest rank manager wins the bid for free agents) Once fighter is built they will train at the Cozad until we build up their strength. Buy some muscle supplements and train weights to improve strength quickly. You can also buy stamina supplements increasing cardio quicker, and also weigh gain and loss supplements too. The most important one will be the recovery supps. These will help fighters recover faster after training, allowing them to keep energy levels higher and thus able to train more effectively. I’d recommend getting your fighter up to at least 9 in strength, if not more, prior to their first fight. Keep an eye on his overall skill points. We need to keep these under 1000 to be able to fight in QFC level 1 - more on that in next post.

Seems they wouldn't really need to exist anymore. Though considering how botched the org situation was for two of the last Island seasons that's also not necessarily a bad thing on a surface level (or we could just get active people to run orgs who won't quit out and leave people on the hook for weeks)

lmao I did awful. Congrats on your first event : )

Luke "The Riddler" Ridley " Turns out 3rd time is the charm, finally got the bel belt. Nothing changes I'll still fight anybody!"

My first ever grappling win came at the right time!

I’d love to be able to run a network of public gyms, even if it required additional usage of my paid VIP Membership, like managing other businesses simultaneously. The barrier to entry in the game is definitely too high, and the lack of proper training conditions is one of the reasons. It’s time to finally do something about it...

I like the idea of being able to make a second gym so you can have a private and a public. I think a lot of the bigger managers and just people with enough money to make one would make some for the newer managers.

I understand that the game speed is something that has been debated to nauseum, and it seems like Vlad and Mike want it to remain the way it is. Fair enough. But the fact of the matter is, the 2 real life year wait to bring your fighters from creation to the GAMMA's and SYN's of the game has been driving new players away for years. We already have a skill cap, no need to adjust that- what if we just give more creation points for 18 year olds, to minimize the gap between "cooking" your fighters, and being able to actually play the game? If people could get their fighters into orgs faster they would be more engaged, AND you wouldn't have to change learning speed at all. Even the people who love the speed of the game don't love having to wait 8 months-a year to fight.