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i'd go with hunt honestly. hunt didnt train at all for any of those dream fights. he actually took overeem down in that fight, which led to the submission. obviously overeem is still the more well-rounded fighter, but i think hunt's sub defense is much better now. when hunt is well trained...he isnt all that bad on the ground. he has always had good natural instincts on the ground. on the feet...i dont think overeem can survive as long as struve did. struve at a ton of heavy shots...dont think overeem would lost them. hunt would definitely be the underdog, but i would go with him. also...hunts cardio is being way undersold. the guy came off a year long layoff and fought in a high paced fight by heavyweight standards. he had to deal with being mounted a few different times, escaping, and even doing work on top. on top of all that, every shot hunt through was pretty much a power shot. so putting all that into perspective..his cardio wasnt bad for a heavyweight, especially for the layoff. as someone else mentioned...jds has slowed down in similar fashion, but no one blasts him for it. people blast hunt for it because he's a fat guy. i dont wanna say i want overeem or jds get injured...but it would be very interesting if either did and hunt stepped in. not saying hunt would beat either guy for sure, but he matches up very well against both guys.

Here it is, my retirement countdown, after almost 4 years of playing this game. I have 10 days until my VIP runs up and then I'll be releasing almost all my fighters. I will be keeping a few because I can't bear to see what others might do to them. Anyway, I would like to thank a bunch of managers who have helped me throughout the years or have just been friendly. First, of course, is everyone at Boondock Fight Team. Without them I would have never touched this game, the JT WarWagon was an instrumental part in the start of this game for me and many others. Boondock, Rollins, Patti, Skint, F-Man, DIDM, and all the others that were in the alliance. Without all of them this game, and my experience with this game would have been completely changed. Also, I have to thank everyone that I was involved with at Hell's Playground. After BFT split and everyone went their own way they were kind enough to let me join another one of the greatest alliances to ever be in this game. Another alliance that has been great to be in has been Shady Island. Full of trolls, shitty and great, it's be a blast just to be able to talk shit to them for the time I've been involved. I'd like to thank all the old school guys that have been around forever and have kept this game going. That will include pretty much all the guys in Convicted, Broken Halo, and TFP. They've all been top notch alliances for the longest time and all deserve the utmost respect in how they've dominated the game for so long. Last, but not least, is Mike Tycoon. Thank you for putting all your time and effort into this game despite all the bitching over the years. You've always tried your best and did what you thought was the right move and that is very admirable. I definitely feel that all the money I've spent in this game has been worth it and I'm glad that I was convinced to do it those years ago. I'm sure I'll get the itch again in a few months and start it pretty much fresh. I just don't have the will right now to maintain all of my fighters. The last thing I'll be doing is a countdown of my favorite fighters that I have ever created. Honorable Mention: http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/1/1w8.jpg "The Filthy Mauler" Murphy Aindreas (8-7) He was my first fighter I retired with a winning record. He was finished once in the 7 losses, while winning 4 fights by way of (T)KO, and 4 by decision. He never fought for a title. http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/8/8b2.jpg "Touch of Sleep" Brandon Tate (12-6) My first attempt at a MT fighter in the game. He was rage sacked after losing his only title shot in a close fight. He had a low heart hidden, as noticed by his four submission losses in his career. After release he fought well for another manager, even making it into Syn where he posted a 1-2 record. http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/1/1w21.jpg Jacoby "Wildman" Wilcox (18-14-2) He was a slow learner through and through and fought well for the time I had him, then his record was destroyed by another manager after his release. Best known for holding the LHW title in the short lived WCE, and then fighting Logan Sackett to a draw in his next fight only to get bludgeoned badly in the return fight for the title. 10. "The Butcher" Niklas Fleischer (15-9) (Highest Ranked: Unrecorded) http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/1/1w20.jpg Made a career off of knocking people out, but succumbed to being a slow learner and have only a moderate chin and paper thin skin. Was never in a boring fight that I can recall. Never received a title shot. 9. Aleksander "Blood" Ibrahimovic (14-9-1) (1161) http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/22/22w9.jpg He was my first real project. I took months training him without checking his hiddens, because I didn't really care about them. Turned out he had moderate chin and no KO power. His entire career has been a grind working opponents down slowly trying to win a decision. Won a title in the Undisputed Fighting Championship in a close fight with Tanom Jaa, only to lose it in brutal fashion in his next fight to Jon Unbreakable. 8. Abel "Sucker Punch" Khan (11-9) (657) http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/41/41w3.jpg Another brawler that I built, his record is deceiving in the fact that he has Great KO power and a great chin. However he probably has one of the worst cut hiddens I've ever seen. His career highlight was upsetting Ansgar Axellson in the first round of the Empire Million Dollar Tournament, only to bow quickly with losses in the next round and the first fight of his loser bracket. 7. "Silent" Owusu Andoh (11-6) (825) http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/26/26b1.jpg Owusu had a rough start to his career at 3-3, but finally found his stride in the smaller Cage Wars Tokyo org. Winning the WW title in his second fight in the organization, then defending it twice more before the org closed. He has leveled off against the higher competition that is ONI. 6. "The Gangbanger" Gay Bomb (13-7-1) (2510) http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/10/10w20.jpg Formerly known as Pierre Riley, he was renamed in dedication to J-Bomb. Won a title in only his third fight against Morgan Punch in Nemesis Fight Club, only to lose the belt back to Punch in the next fight. Has had a very rocky career against decent competition.

Doesn't seem like an overwhelming amount of people are big Chris Karter fans but I just wanted to give props to him and his fighter Don Marciano ( http://mmatycoon.com/fighterprofilepublic.php?FID=70356 ) . Dons a legend and deserves all the praise in the world along with Chris who despite all the drama thats surrounded him over the years, has always been a classy and good guy to me and just wanting to congratulate him on the ass kicking he gave to The Dos Equis Guy. Perhaps we'll have a rematch some day and ill try to avoid having the most interesting body strike gassing, eventually leading to getting KTFO. Again kudos to Marciano, Chris, and to convicted. I know I've knocked a few of your guys out and this revenge probably felt sweet.

See Stu, you are a grade A cbomb. There are millions of people in Africa and all over the world, including babies with this horrid disease and you just say it so in jest. Your an absolute cbomb. You really should think before you type. I know its hard for you but try. C_U_N_T

These are forum regulars. They are the reasons why game looses good managers when forum regulars who are so called good users here are complete assholes

Bit too far on him guys.. should never say anything like that regardless of how annoying he is.

Is it bad that what Jacky said makes perfect sense? Is it worse that his English skills have suddenly become pretty damn good? Is it a sign of the Apocalypse that Jacky isn't talking a bunch of shit about Chris Karter? I am scared.... mommy, hold my hand...

Personally, I don't think a champ should leave with the belt under the current rules. It is far too much of a penalty for the org you are leaving behind. If we would FINALLY introduce the ability to voluntarily give up your title to prevent massive org hype penalties, this wouldn't be an issue.

Who the fuck do you think you are? Did I just hear you refer to the great Colin Hendry as a 'jobber'? I am outraged! Seriously outraged! He took that fight for the chance to fight a legend with every intention of winning! Props to Bubba I guess as he's still the only person to finish Colin in his career. I don't think I've ever been so livid in my entire life! How do you get off on hurling such ridiculous insults at people? Jobber? Fucking Jobber????? How very dare you!!!! How very dare you indeed! I demand an apology immediately otherwise it's going to be pistols at dawn!

I only need to reply to 5 more of your posts then I can put on my CV/resume that I have experience in working with people with special needs.

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Mike!!! CoD Black Ops 2 has started locking my PS3 up when I play multiplayer from time to time. I know it has something to do with tickers you bastard. I'm gonna need you to fix that. Thanks.

http://www.mmatycoon.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=34809&st=20 That brought up a suggestion. Why not have the option for org owners to rate their managers? I mean they can rate the org, so why not the other way round?

I'd vote Virtuouz but he isn't listed.

120k id is not really high, karter fighter probably has everything more than elite, i remember when i was #1 players said it was "normal" to have elite when i only had exceptional+ or sensational-- so imagine two years after. Karter didn't had success before the ticker change, Karter didn't had success when the counter change happend, he didn't had sucess when the tickes change happend, he didn't had any success when he used his "brother" account and set fights between alliance fighters to see how the game engine work, he only had "success" 6 months after when every top manager was bored to check tickers. And he still has a lot of loss, his fighter have almost elite where it need with ko power, so of course he win a lot of fights. He's like gunmetal grey, take a lot of big fight to have a lot of big wins which happens from time to time. Also he trash talk a lot to looks like he made something big. Even joel nicola was more impressive.

As someone else said, that is not really being fair to the org owner. He has his money tied up in the offer while he waits on you. When an org is on a recruiting drive, they might have offers out to 20 or 30 guys at once. That is a lot of money to have frozen. If you are weighing options, he is probably content to keep that money tied up, but if you have no intention of signing, he would rather free up that money so he can offer it to someone else. A simple PM let's the org owner know you have at least viewed it and are thinking, as opposed to the countless asses who have no intention of signing anywhere for six months, but can't be bothered to decline offers.

This made me laugh. But Jacky is nuts, I rarely have issues with tickers and I set my training once a week on Sundays then don't really care. My most skilled guys are 2 120k id fighters who are just over 2600 skill points who don't have any really difficulties with tickers, at most I have to change 1 session a week to stop wrestling tickers. But again, Karter is probably a top 10 manager all time, arguably top 5 (hard for me to pin down as I have a lot of personal ties to some of the all time greats), but Karter is one of the very best.

Taking the easiest road to victory =/= 'fearing' anyone

Here's what I've decided. I renewed my VIP for 3 months, and I'll focus more on building young fighters up while keeping around some of my old fighters to keep my finances afloat. So, technically, I'm not retiring, but my activity level will basically be retired.

It's true that he beat the tickers system and it's the best thing to do as a manager; when I started the game and especially when I was #1 for so long, i planned my sliders and fighters trainings sometimes 2 months before a fight; I knew how much i should train them considering the other fighter skills hiddens, it was about should i give him 10 points in def grap or 10 points in wrestling.... Sometimes I thought about my fighters training during the day but I was not forced to loged in and set the training i could missed one or two punch session and catch them after with one week and 14 punch sessions; obvisouly it's not enough to be good you need to spend time on the game or time to think about it, I did it. Since the tickers appeared it's useless to plan your training all you have to do is on a daily basis look your fighter training and set training to avoid tickers, it need no creativity at all as you have no choice at all: if your fighter has elite boxing and tickers is red in boxing you are forced to train him in boxing because he will lose way more than what he could gain with any other training. When i was #1 training was like "should i give 40submissions sessions to my fighter and submit or 40 clinchwork sessions..." we had a complete choice about training and it was who is the best to choose the best training and put the best sliders. Now it's more about who is willing to spend daily time to set the same training as every other manager do. So yes Karter is good at log in and avoid tickers, plus he's also good to select fighters with good hiddens, but at the end of the day I don't see the interest to do an assembly-line work on a browser game on a daily baisis the whole year. Breaker beat Afro in their first fight and not in the clinch, Breaker also beat Tonal so it's not a fighter you can underestimate. I know tickers have put down a few of my fighter in certain aspect of the fight and it seems Afro was one of them. PS/ And Karter absolutely check tickers and trainings every day of the year,or at least 3/week every week. Tickers can kill your fighters in only a week it happend to me, so at the top level if a fighter don't get training during 2 weeks because you're in holiday... he will be killed. Especially with elite fighters. And it's not only about training now it's about fly after the fight...

thats what he means but yet he is trolling the forum more than anyone else in the game -- if he would spend that time managing his fighters he might not have to fight bums in bum orgs to pad his record -- he could fight top guys like Don and killed his shit pushed in ---

He is 2-0 against my bad fighters. He beat one of my fighter that always was a bum, and he beat Afro after a few months where i check training once per three weeks. Recently Afro got a 3 round victory over J Breaker (who is a good fighter) when he KO him in one round in three differents fights in the past. I agree he's a decent manager but i'm pretty sure the tickers system really helped him. PS/ the guy is a long term multi that alone remove my respect for him.

Thing is though, i mean as a manager i want to fight the Otso's, Afro's, Diggs and Creeds of this game. Eventually my guys will be upto that level. I mean 150k ID guys are swimming pretty close to complete already. When a fighter reaches 24/25. Most of the time there learning days are done. If you learn its in small doses but for the most part its time to fight. I have fights agains Otso, Afro and Diggs/Womba all coming up with guys i picked up from F/A. I'd much rather it be my own guys i have spent time training on and worked them up. Davy i like the fact you are an active org owner but the fact remains. You are strictly a 150k ID org. Why because its nearly 2 years training gap. Orgs are struggling to remain open with no ID limit. eventually the 150k ID pool will dry up and these guys will want to fight bigger and better opponents. You said it yourself, money talks. These big orgs will offer 700k 100k 100k without even as much as a seconds thought to someone in the top 50. ID orgs to me have always just been a stop gap in a fighters career. A place to find fair fights until he could go swim with the sharks. What i am saying must sound pretty shitty to ID org owners. I love fighting my guys in ID orgs they are a great idea. Its just what i think about it. @Nexus i wish you could just drop a belt. I don't take any pleasure in screwing over an org and keeping the belt.

Why deal with someone standing if you have a huge advantage on the mat?

The dumb arse who downvoted that comment of yours is proof of what I just said Stu. He got caught up with the wrong crowd, he didn't mean to rob that petrol station vote you down!

Las Vegas - Malicious Intent (ID 170k) Tokyo - Death By Cage (ID 170k) These orgs closed down.

What would be the point? Bragging rights? "Hey look at my awesome fighter he's the king, check out his hype he raped from an over rated punching bag." All bow to the punching bag rapist. To make more money? I guess if you are selling him super cheap otherwise they are gonna waste money and only get a fraction of it back. There is no satisfaction in buying the illusion of success especially if everyone is aware that it isn't real.

I m Nico (26) and I m from Argentinian Patagonia. I like combat sports since I remeber. In 2003 I saw a KO compilation on the Internet (it was the only way to know this spectacular sport, cause it wasn´t in Argentinian TV till 2010) and I get fasinated about this "ultimate fighting sport". So in 2004 I started to train kickboxing 1on1 with a retired amateur fighter (I live in an small town, and there is no fighting academy or gym here) I train with this guy like 3 months, knowing that my goal was pass from KB to MMA. Then I find an little humble sanda gym in another town 40 miles away from my town (sanda is the combat kung fu sport). There was 2 "sensei" there: father and son. And the son (a guy 2 years older than me) was fasinated too about MMA. And he was at that time starting to train in MMA a 6 or 7 guys team. So I started to travel to those trainings 3 times a week the first months, (I fought my first sambo fight just whit 2 months training and I got my ass kicked), so then I start traveling and training there from monday to friday. That has my first and only sambo fight, I didnt like it cause of the rules: fights is on a "tatami", no ring or cage; standing fight is like kickboxing (no elbows, no knees), and takedowns are alowed but no submission or pounding, takedowns are just for the points. Like a year after start training I went to my first MMA fight (a gym event between my team and another Vale tudo academy from other city) and the 6 fights were victorys for our team. Mine was a submission by the traditional armbar way in the first 2 minutes. My second fight was in an "special MMA fight" that was the extra card in a Kickboxing Event. That time I fought a 40YO karate blackbelt (I was only 19YO there) and I TKO him by dislocating his right shoulder with a fortunely right cross. It was crazy. A few months later I fought my last fight in one of the first argentinian MMA events (this was in 2006, there was not even one oficial Organization or network of this sport yet in here. I thing it was in 2008/09 that MMA was oficializated like sport here with the Real Fights Org). It was a pretty cool event, with a cage and everything (but no PRO, we didnt get any money) and I won that fight too with a GnP TKO (elbows to the face never fails). A few months later I quit training cause I dedicate full time to my work, gf, studys and partying (I start smoking cigarretes and weed) and that way my shape was lost. I still smoke both so it is really really hard to strat training again. So I belive that was my MMA career: an 3-0-0 clean record. Even today I am a huge fan of combat sports, so when I found this game I just get enloved with it. I really enjoy to roll one up, smoke and see statics, numbers, profiles and all that this comunity game can offer. And that was my introduction... Sorry about my horrible spelling, is cause english is not my born language. It takes like half hour to write this down. It was hard but I wanted to share with u people my MMA story. U MMATycoon guys (the only one I know his name is Mike) are genius. This game is almost perfect.

Good luck outside the game Paul, If you ever come back look me up and i'll help you out anyway i can.

DFC 52: Rendziok vs. Jackson Preview Fight 1 - Brown (1-2) vs. Faber (1-2) Last time Brown had a fight he had a lot of trouble making weight and it looks like he could have a problem once again. He's gonna need all the heart he's known for if he is going to survive Faber's clinch. This one might get ugly quick. Prediction: Faber by KO (Knee) Fight 2 - All (0-3) vs. Orez (1-2) We keep hearing that All has KO power but he hasn't shown us so far. His last opponent said he enjoyed baking and dressing dolls and he lost to him too. Orez is coming off his first win and should be able to make it two in a row. Prediction: Orez by TKO (Strikes) Fight 3 - Chief (0-0) vs. Johnson (2-1) Chief makes his debut but with the first name Master he is bound for greatness... right? Well his opponent is known to enjoy gardening so that's a good sign already. Both of these fighters like to stand so hopefully we get a good battle. Prediction: Chief by UD Fight 4 - LightBear (5-3) vs. Revenge (3-4) Both fighters come into the fight with a balance of skills but LightBear seems to have an edge in most. The biggest difference here will be with LightBear's BJJ ability. He is a submission specialist who after coming off two losses in a row will be very determined to get back in the win column. Prediction: LightBear by Submission (Triangle Choke) Fight 5 - Williams (3-0) vs. Burneika (4-4) Williams is undefeated but facing an experienced veteran in Burneika. While both of these fighters are pretty evenly matched skill wise it could be Burneika's ground game that makes the difference. Prediction: Burneika by Submission (Armbar) Fight 6 - Krypton li (7-3) vs. Stark (8-5) "Ironman" Krypton li is well balanced and brings plenty of knockout power. Stark is a pure submission fighter who will look to desperately get this fight to the ground. If Stark does fail to get it there quickly he may need the ref to save him. Prediction: Krypton li by TKO (Punches) Fight 7 - Essex (4-4) vs. Destroyer (7-4) Starting his career a bit up and down Essex is looking to make it two in a row after winning his debut in DFC. He has world class boxing but his BJJ will be put to the test though when he runs into Destroyer who is riding his own two fight win streak. This one will be all about who can dictate where the fight takes place. Destroyer has shown to have a good chin and if the former Abu Dhabi Champ can hang long enough to get it to the ground I think he takes this one. Prediction: Destroyer by Submission (RNC) Fight 8 - Mcgarry (7-5) vs. Storm (4-1) Storm is very skilled on both the feet and the ground and Mcgarry is going to have his hands full anywhere this fight goes. He may have the Jiu-Jitsu skills to survive on the ground but he's going to need a great strategy if he wants to pull off the upset. At the end of the day Mcgarry ends up another stepping stone as Storm climbs his way up the 135lb division. Prediction: Storm by TKO (Strikes) Co-Main Event - Kersikov (9-1) vs. Abedi (6-2) Our co-main event is for the 170lb championship. "The Joker" Vlad Kersikov comes into his first title defense extremely confident. He has one of the strongest chins in DFC and that allows him to always believe he's in a fight and can win it. "Makambo" Abedi is a submission master and will almost certainly look to take this fight to the ground. Both fighters are known for their great cardio so it wouldn't be a surprise if this one went all 5 scheduled rounds. Prediction: Kersikov by UD Main Event - Rendziok (9-2) vs. Jackson (7-1) Former Light Heavyweight champion Arek Rendziok takes on the very tough Apollo Jackson in the main event. Both fighters are looking to get a win here and hopefully a title shot against the current champ "JoJo" Geissen. Both fighters are skilled in all areas of mma but Jackson comes in with a clear edge on the feet. Look for Jackson to use his Muay Thai and Boxing to put Rendziok away. Prediction: Jackson by TKO (Strikes)

Kon'nichiwa! For the first time ever, SPFT invades Japan. Last week we promised you 'March Madness' would be the hot phrase in these parts over the course of the next few weeks, and while SPFT 98 did not disappoint, SPFT 99 ratchets up the intensity to a whole new level. In front of a likely sold out Tokyo Bowl crowd of 42,000 spectators, twenty men will introduce a whole new level competition to the Japanese culture. When names like Gor Keyman, Willy Stoppers, Leonard Washington, and Peter Parts headline a card, you know SPFT has brought their A game. To kick off the night, we have a bit of an old school striker vs grappler match up. The aging veteran, Gustavo Ribeiro, will be making his third appearance on the big stage against the younger Finn striker, Arvo Pentti. Ribeiro, with 35 career fights, 16 of which have been won by submission, has undoubtedly gained a lot of experience in the cage as a journeyman fighter, even winning two titles in lesser organizations. Ribeiro has struggled since joining SPFT, some pundits argue he may just have put too many miles under his feet before finding his way to the top tier of competition, and should just hang up his hat. I'm not one to write off a skilled grappler this early, but unless he wins his next fight, he may have some serious questions to ask himself. Pentti would love for Ribeiro to have serious questions about his future. The 26 year old has split his fights since joining SPFT, both fights having ended in brutal knockouts. The gameplans will be clear going in to the fight, we shall see if age or beauty will be the winner. Mahandry Andriamboavonjy and his opponent, Gabriel Kiptanui, are no strangers to each other. They have fought twice to split decision endings, spliting the first two fights. In the long awaited rubber match between these two, after their fight of the night performance in Andriamboavonjy's victory back at SPFT 89 in December, both fighters will look to bring back their winning ways. Expect a continuation of the previous two tight battles in this fight. Maybe, for the first time, one of these two men can definitively win a fight in this saga. The 29 year old Pit Bull will be making his first SPFT appearance in Tokyo. The native Australian is known for his high level striking and knockout power. Despite having 20 professional bouts already, and coming in on a win streak, expect Bull to be a bit nervous fighting for the first time under the SPFT banner in front of the 35000 crazy screaming Japanese fans. His opponent, Riley McCollins, on the other hand will not likely have that problem. Veteran of 16 SPFT fights, 4 of which have earned him fight of the night honors, and two knockout of the night honors, McCollins is one of the most exciting 185 pounders in the world. McCollins will enter this fight looking to capitalize on the momentum he gained by knocking out Arvo Pentti back at SPFT 96, and try to make a run up the corporate rankings ladder to hopefully someday fight Nero Aurelius for the championship title. Expect a dogfight. Kenshiro Kasumi hopes a return to fight in his native Japan will change the recent run of luck he has been having. Having been knocked out in his last two bouts, Kasumi needs to make a statement that his 32 year old chin is not softening with age. SPFT 99 seems like it will the perfect opportunity to prove he is still the highly dangerous fighter he as always been, except for one, small issue, his opponent, the ever dangerous, and reportedly very religious, Jensen Saint. Saint, the aggressive ground fighter, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt, has split his first two fights in the SPFT cage, nevertheless, he is a very dangerous and experienced fighter. Only one man has sucessfully submitted Kasumi in his 19 fight career, can Saint make it two? Ever watched The Discovery Channel for anything other than watching two monkeys have sex? Me neither, but I've been told that one of the common acts in the wild is a fight for dominance between a young buck and and old alpha-male. That gives you a very good idea of what you will be watching when the two heavyweights, Jaakko Parantainen, 25, and Silver Boo, 34, lock horns on March 9th. Parantainen, known for his top level grappling skills, will look to move up towards the top of the herd having recently moved back down to fight at Heavyweight. The massive young man stands a good chance to eventually rise up and fight pound for pound great Elroy Kleinschmidt, but Boo is not exactly looking to lie down and die. Boo, the crafty old Dane, undoubtedly has already noted that Parantainen's only losses have come via knockout. An elite level boxer himself, with 19 knockout victories under his belt, underlining his ferocious power will likely do everything in his power to prove that old man strength is not a myth, and that he still deserves the right to be king of the jungle. Since joining SPFT, Kenji Okabe has been nothing but impressive. He came in with that fight of the night performance against Jose Aldo, and has so far won three of his four fights. Since the legendary Eric Cartman just recently lost his title, there is the belief that the Welterweight division is now wide open, and a white hot prospect like Okabe no doubt has his sights on fighting his way to the top. Vladimir Zenin has not had the same warm welcome since joining SPFT, as concerns had been raised about the strength of his chin as he dropped his first two fights via knockout. The tenacious Russian did not allow this to derail his career completely, however, as he came back with an impressive decision victory at SPFT 96. Maybe the first two fights were just the jitters of moving up to the highest level of competition, as this highly dangerous Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt is known to be an excellent fighter. We shall see if he is capable of building off of the last fight an making his own attempt to scrape to the top. Personally, I feel the lighter weight divisions do not get their due credit, the exceptional level of athleticism and technical ability does not get better than with the smaller guys. As proof, I present you with the fight between Jamie Rolland and Justina Vanovcan, fights do not get much better than these two 135 pound fighters throwing down. Rolland, a member of the Hall of Fame in our sister organization, has earned all 15 of his victories via knockout, including the one that introduced us to him at SPFT 96. With the departure of the curent champion, many believe Rolland to be the front runner to take over the division. His next test will come in the form of submission artist, Vanovcan. Vanovcan is new to SPFT, but is no stranger to serious fans in the know. With 14 submission victories under his belt, this creates an interesting challenge to Rolland's well known ground and pound style. One would expect the winner of this fight to stand pretty well in the eyes of the SPFT owners when they determine who deserves the Bantamweight title. When you talk about longevity within the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, few names resonate like Belin Billet. As one of the early founders of our beloved sport, few fighters who were around at the start of Billet's career are still fighting today. You won't see me talking about how Billet's best years are behind him, though. Since joining SPFT, he has won two fights, and fought the highly competitive fight of the night against number one contender, Peter Parts. The 34 year old does not seem to have slown down a single step. Which is good, because he will need all of his skills to beat the younger 29 year old Dantavious McJuckett. McJuckett, the former Light Heavyweight champion, is no stranger to the cage either, with 18 career bouts, 15 of which, at the highest level of competition, SPFT. Since joining SPFT, McJuckett has only lost three times, two of them to champions, and the other to the afformentioned Parts. Considering how competitive the top level of the 205 division is, both fighters really need a win at SPFT 99 to keep hopes alive of having a title fight in the near future. This is especially important in Billet's case, as, while he is definitely not anywhere near retirement at this point, one has to question how much longer he will be able to fight at this level. Speaking of the powerhouse Light Heavyweight division, in the Co-Main Event (yes, Co-Main Event, take note of that), Leonard Washington will defend his title for the first time against Peter Parts. Washington has won 17 of his 18 career victories via knockout. There is no reason to doubt he will seek to win the same way again at SPFT 99. Considering how dominant Washington has been since joining SPFT, there's been some talk that he may be the first champion to have a long reign at the top of the division. Parts does not want that. We're all pretty familiar with Parts, 15 career fights in SPFT, started off strong with a three fight win streak, then fell off for a bit dropping three in a row where he suddenly righted his career and fought his way into title contention only to lose to McJuckett. The biggest question in this fight will be whether Parts learned from his previous title attempt, and will be able to earn himself a championship for the first time in his impressive career, or is Washington the elite champion who will maintain a long reign atop the division? Remember when I told you to take note of the fact that the Light Heavyweight championship fight is only the Co-Main Event? I seriously hope so, it was only a paragraph ago. There was a reason for that. It's not often a title fight takes a back seat to any other fight when it comes to the Main Event billing, but this is one of those situations, and deservedly so. They do not get much bigger than Gor Keyman, both literally and figuratively. Standing at 194 centimeters, and weighing a massive 300 pounds, Keyman is a freak. Fresh off of losing his Super Heavyweight championship to now two division champion, Elroy Kleinschmidt, the Japanese powerhouse is undoubtedly on a rampage to win his title back. So far, only four men have earned the honor of entering the SPFT Hall of Fame. Willy Stoppers is one of them. Having recently moved up to the Super Heavyweight division, Stoppers also lost his title to Kleinschmidt. Who can possibly forget his epic series of fights against Leroy Brown? I only have one fear, which has been a bit of a problem throughout Stopper's career, his chin. Will it be able to stand up to a bigger knockout artist like Keyman? I can't lie, I'm a bit nervous about how this may affect the legacy of one of the most famed fighters in the history of SPFT. Tune in on March 9th to find out the outcome, and as always, remember to check out our partner, STEEL PENN'S 160 OF STEEL $50 Rio.

5. Connor "Danger" Kelly (25-10-1) (106) http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/17/17w16.jpg My most successful fighter of the modern era. Danger had a moderate start to his career losing in the finals of the Lil Heathens tournament in Rising Sun to Sammy Sweet. He remained in Rising Sun for the first half of his career, losing his only title shot he earned in the org. He didn't his stride until he moved to Gold Standard Fighting in Montreal. Starting with a 6-0-1 record in his first seven fights he earned a title shot against Nuriel Leonard winning a Majority Decision. He defended the belt against Jake LaMotta in a comfortable decision win before dropping the title back to Leonard is a close decision. 4. "The Head Honcho" Poncho Villa (23-22-2) (674) http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/20/20w8.jpg Poncho started his career off extremely hot winning a SHW tournament to earn a title shot in the Dungeon Fighting Championship losing his eventual title shot to Andrew Trill by KO. Fought well in Synchronicity and Pit Fighting League only to end his career with a disastrous run in the European Premier League Season 4 with a record of 3-8-2 during the time. 3. "C-4" Carlos Rivera (28-14-1) (394) http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/14/14b19.jpg Carlos also started his career hot at 7-0 before losing to Jayne Cobb at the BFT/Steel Penn fight off. Moved onto Syn after that and went 2-1 before entering the Millionaires Tournament and upsetting Horst Linkke in the first round to fight Phantom Menace in the second. Their fight ended in a surprising draw. Carlos would advance after they had a one round fight off to determine who would move to the next round. He would be thoroughly smashed in the sweet sixteen round against Hans Schwanz. Meddled in the PFL, ONI, Vicious, and Eminence before stopping in at Ascension. He lost his title shots in ONI and Vicious. 2. Paul "Canzilla" Bruens (28-20-1) (477) http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/1/1w8.jpg 1. "The LOLOCAUST" Lucifer Jones (30-11) (111) http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/32/32b5.jpg I will finish the bios for Canzilla and Lucifer tomorrow.

My personal belief on the TMA's when you look past all the conmen is this. I believe all the styles have something to offer to someone. But i believe some of the styles have very little but have something none the less. But at the same time it takes someone with a good fight mind to see it. Much like Bruce Lee was. For example TKD has some kicks that are useful in some situation for some people. But it isnt for everyone. I dont think any kicking art is for shorter or stock people. Like Helio did. People need to get experienced in real fighting and see what works and most importantly why it works. Being a big guy, if i train nothing but bottom game BJJ because Royce made it look cool. Then im just wasting my time. Im not built to be a bottom guy. Learning some defense there is wise. But thinking im going to pull off triangles and armbars from there at a high level is unrealisitc. I do agree karate is a useful art and has much more to offer than TKD for example. BUt i also believe that Muay Thai has all those things to offer and more. Which is why i dont believe karate to be the more practical art unless its your only option. Like you said what most people dont want to admit is the Man is more important that the art. If you are not a tough guy or physically gifted. You are not going to be a bad ass with all the training in the world. I also believe all the katas in the world are not going to help you be a badass. If you are not training at close to live speed in simulated realisitc combat you are wasting your time. If you avoid contact because you are scared to get hit then you are wasting your time. Sadly even in a art whose roots come from fighting and form the base for MMA, BJJ. You walk into most BJJ schools and tell them you are boxing sparring the next day. That class will empty out. More than 90% of people who train to fight are actually scared to death of a real fight. They want the piece of mind and false sense of security they get from having a belt or going to class. This is why the conman of the arts making money hand over fist. They offer exactly what these types of people are subconsiously asking for. I wondered the same thing myself until i walked into a TMA school by accident. Long story as short as i can make it. Saw Jui Jitsu school in the local paper. Was already doing BJJ and thought it was another BJJ school. Didnt register on me it didnt say Brazilian lol. Me and a friend go there. The first class was kids. Or what i call babysitting. They let them tist a guys arm and he flops like a fish and this makes the kids laugh. Then the adult class comes in. Litterally the least athletic bunch of people i have ever seen. Felt like they were shooting "Comic book Men" at the school. But before we come over we called an dasked if they trained BJJ because we were interested in MMA training. The guy says "I can teach you BJJ, muay Thai, wrestling, boxing, karate, anything you want." So we are there and there isnt even mats on the floor. Just some packing material that felt like sand paper. Cleanry these people didnt do any ground work. I asked a student if they do any sparring. He said "No but when the weather is warm we get to go outside and train weapons". So i roll my eyes. Class starts and it consists of catching a punch, turning it into a standing key lock, trip them to the ground and finishing them with the key loock. Apparently they believe they can do this to anyone and everyone and there is no need to spar or have a back up plan and every fight is over in 3 seconds. After class he went on to tell me and my friends how the UFC isnt realisitc because you cant break fingers and point people in the eye. Then said he ban pressure points (which is a lie). Needless to say we never went back. Its funny how "pressure points" become some mythical easy button. All it is is a sensitive area on a person. Its not going to cripple you or be very effective in a fight outside of cheap shots like groin strikes. Of course most of these require no real technique. Martial arts takes medical facts and over exaggerates them into mythical weapons and folklore. Like the death punch. People can get hit in the chest and die from heart arythmia or whatever its called. But you can not control it or do it at will. A few people die each year by these kind of accidents like getting hit in the chest with a baseball. But these con men claim to be able to harness this "power" and do it at will. Like Chael talks about the Pitfalls of human thinking. People see it is a real condition and they automatically think the Conman can do it. When 1 has nothing to do with the other. And 1 doesnt automatically mean the other but people tend to link them without having any proof of the other.

I believe there is a section for asking for contracts isn't there?

The guy can do almost anything he wants. HE is a great coach. But he is also the best tv personality to work on MMA. FOX is supposed to be chomping at the bit to get him when he retires. He is a natural in the studio covering the events and breaking down the fights and hyping the fights. I think he is better at that than coaching. He is more of a motivational speaker on TUF because there isnt time to really teach them anything. But he is pretty good at game planning and fight match ups. But there is more to coaching than that. But im sure he is good at though.

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I always respond to my fight offers, I might not find some fight offers fair but I'll state that when I reject the fight offer.

Do you have fat fingers or what? Most of your posts make no sense with all the typos.

"___" just got his hat stolen. Oh no, that's the 2nd time tonight. Someone needs to get that guy "___" looks excited/pumped/serious/determined/out of shape/worried...let's see how that affects his performance. "___"'s opponent has been talking a lot of trash! Let's see if it has gotten under his skin. "___" was running so fast he almost forgot to do his pre-fight checkup! What a character! We need more character in these fighters. This is a great way to start. There are lots of these we can do. I'd do more but I have work soon.

To be fair Herman IS in a way more shallow division. I thought he got cut after Nog armbarred him though?

Much appreciated Chris Partridge. DEG is a very tough opponent who has earned (taken/demanded) the respect of the whole Convicted alliance. If he loses some of those tires around the waist, he'll be back on top in no time. Not a fan of the HW division because it's a battle of gassing the majority of the time. Had to dedicate the win to the Convicted affiliated fighters that DEG beat on his way to the top. Up until recently I rarely paid attention to tickers at all, and unless something is in the red I can't tell if it needs to be trained or not. The green on orange blends in together so it's too much of a pain to try and identify, I might be partially color blind (even asked Mike Tycoon to make a colorblind mode). I just set training like any other user does, made sure not to train the same thing twice a week (except circuits) and I rarely had an issue. It doesn't demand constant attention or time consumption to suppress tickers. Common sense does wonders. Fighting as frequently and often as possible helps with that a lot too. Tickers helped kill all the training whores out there who have plagued the game with their bullshit excuses of "need 1 month or 2 months training time for this fight". Good riddance. Of course idiots like quacky get overwelmed by them, because he's an idiot. Incapable of adaptation. Couldn't adapt when 100% counter was nerfed, couldn't adapt to diversifying training when tickers were implemented. 2-0 vs quacky. With a dominant one sided beating against your highest ranked fighter ever. My most talented fighters total skill point wise are the two FA's I picked up from Ztarken. 138K and 139K ID's. So the nonsense about the tickers preventing fighters from getting as skilled isn't accurate, or Mike wouldn't need to change the system - again.

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Alister would kill him by taking him down, and probably subbing him. If he tries to bang, alister probably gets smoked on the feet.

A mma fighter after the great Colin Hendry. LMFAO. His hair was awesome. Shame he gambled all his money away, and lost his wife. A good player in his day. Don't get many like him these days.

Bubba vs Hendry... fun fact Hendry won the first round of that fight. I actually thought he was gonna beat Bubba.

Both gas? So JDS gassed once in his career vs a guy with amazing cardio who kept pressure on him with 300 take downs and constant in his face action and still came back to put up somewhat of a decent fight, and now everyone thinks he has shit cardio? Hunt would gas way before jds, jds wouldn't stand there and let hunt hit him like struve was doing either. JDS via murder... It wont ever happen though, Hunt is a can

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At least I can have kids you cbomb.

You cbomb