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I exclusively measure lengths in corgis myself.

I'd 100% agree with this if the point system was better thought out.

Bellicose XXIX 25 FEB 2023 In a card with no names, Bellicose XXIX still rumbles across the MMA world as being called the "Horton vs Diggs Showdown." Tim Horton has been one of the most vocal fighters on the Bellicose roster and has backed up his claim as "The Great White North" by performing in the cage and locking down the 185 belt. Willie Diggs is another fighter that many know from his days of dominating RISE 185 division after making his name for being a key piece in winning the Alliance World Championship for his team. He's moving up in competition and jumping into a league with much more experienced fighters and he's not been shy about the move. In signing with Bellicose, he wanted a shot at the best right out of the gate, and Tim Horton was only too willing to comply. While the rest of the card pales in comparison to the main event, many of these fighters have a lot on the line and will bring their best. Sykora and Pisswater both have seen highs and lows and are looking to turn things around. Ocampo is fresh off off two strait wins since joining Bellicose, and while he's a new guy, he's already putting his name on the map and a win over Carrillo-Moreno will surely see him move up in the rankings and see him match up against a top 10 fighter. Without going on too long, let's jump into a quick look at a few of these fights. Preliminary Bouts: Mick Madison vs Joseph Mawma Betty Crocker vs Dmitry Boytsov Osmany Pizziconi vs Michael Fochi Ingo Szopa vs Okon Omoh Undercard: Paul Kings vs Hasbulla Magomedov Paul Kings.. Same fighter, new manager. Now 1-0 under new management and not backing down for the chance to make it 2-0. Great boxer, very good at BJJ, not fully developed in the clinch yet but improving daily. He's 10cm taller and 15lbs heavier than Magomedov so this will be a micro David vs Goliath kind of fight. Maybe more like Dwarf vs Gnome? Magomedov has lost some tough fights of late and needs to bounce back here. He doesn't want to stand and bang with Kings due to the range and skill gap there, so look for him to use his size advantage to grapple up and control this fight from clinch or top position on the ground. Great wrestling, very good BJJ, but Magomedov will be a fish out of water so long as this fight stays at range. Full of Hiddens vs Darryl Haze Hiddens ended his career at ENIGMA after a 4 fight losing streak. He spent a single fight at LAFC before the org was folded into Bellicose. Since officially being on a Bellicose roster, Hiddens is 2-0 and gaining momentum. After losing 5 in a row, a 2-0 gap sounds great. But a hungry fighter wants to be great, not just sound great. With elite grappling skills and a very good striking game, Hiddens doesn't really have a weakness to exploit and in this match he has Haze overmatched across the board. This fight will test the heart and resolve of Haze and we'll see if he has that "it" factor to pull off the upset. Kanud Odimabesser vs Benjamin Noeigati Only fitting that Kanud be on the same card as Hiddens, being as they fought a close fight on the last card and Hiddens went on to win. Much like Hiddens, Kanud doesn't have a glaring weakness. He's a great striker and a great grappler, and holds a black belt in BJJ as well. He's a former champion, having won, defended, lost, and reclaimed the 170 title, so no doubt that last loss still has a sour taste in his mouth. Thank god this isn't HFC, or we'd hear CK with plenty of puns about what caused that taste in the mouth while flashing that infamously legendary logo... But Kanud steps into the cage in this one to face an older fighter with a past of his own. Noeigati lost his only title attempt at LAFC and has been up and down since having split his record 2-2-1 since. He is 0-1-1 since joining Bellicose and wants nothing more than to get that win that has evaded him so far. Odimabesser is a challenge, but it's a challenge Noeigati needs to pass to turn his career around. Luciano Ocampo vs Brendon Carrillo-Moreno I had no intention of going over undercard or lower fights, but this fight has some interesting potential and could mean a step up in competition for Ocampo should he win. When Ocampo joined Bellicose waaaaaay back in December of 22, he welcomed himself to the org with a decision win over Paul Kings. While we do prefer the finishes, a win is a win and when it's your debut in a new org, that's a great win. Follow that up with a KO win over one of the divisions top KO artists, and now you've started catching attention. In this, your third fight, while not taking on a top 5 opponent, a chance to make it 3 in a row to start your career in Bellicose at 3-0, you will start being weighted down with expectations. A win here, and those expectations will be passed as you find yourself moving up into the top 10 and looking forward to a top 5 fight to see just how badass you are. Speaking of badass, don't forget you have to win this fight first. The veteran Brendon will be more than happy to prevent you from getting that weight added to your shoulders. While his last loss was to Paul Kings, he's shown stretches of dominance thought his career at LAFC and is working on doing the same at Bellicose. Will Ocampo dispatch Carrillo-Moreno just like he did to the man that just beat him? Or will Carrillo-Moreno bounce back and derail Ocampo's early career success train? Brendon has the better wrestling, but lacks everywhere else. He's got the experience and age advantage. This likely will turn out to be one of those wrestler vs BJJ artist, but Neither's got a clear advantage on the ground. Perhaps Ocampo tries to use his slight striking advantage? I guess you'll just have to tune in to find out as this fight can really go either way and really be finished in a number of ways. Damn, MMA's fucking great, isn't it? Co-Main Event: Michal Sykora vs Natalia Pisswater Sometimes, a fighter's hype doesn't always add up to their popularity. This is one of those situations where these fighters find themselves as the co-main event tonight, and their popularity is expected to bring in the fans. Both of these guys have been in slumps of late, Sykora losing 3 of his last 4 until bouncing back at Bellicose XXII with a KO over Tadageru. I'm sure he had some pent up frustration taking on a grappler after all 3 of his last 3 losses came via submission. This may be a "trial by fire" kind of a thing where he's forced to improve his ground game to survive. But when you give a KO artist a ground game, they usually thrive. In a similar boat is Pisswater. She just snapped a 2 fight skid with a bounce back submission win over Asakura at Bellicose XXI and may be looking to duplicate that exact result against a striker who's shown he's vulnerable to submissions. He'll need to do something as he's overmatched by Pisswater on paper, but a win would be a huge boon to his career. Main Event Tim Horton vs Willie Diggs Tim "The Great White North" Horton (16-3) Age: 25 Height: 187 cm Weight: 184lbs (-1) Country: Canada (duh) Manager: Teyo Ken Tim has been a mainstay in the spotlight for most of his Bellicose career. With an impressive 16-3 record, and a short lived reign as a two division champion, Horton is stepping up into one of the biggest fights of his career. Hell, by the time this night is over, it could even end up being the biggest fight of his career. He's faced champions before, rather at 185 or 170, and he's beat most of them. This time around, he has the advantage of experience, but no by much. He's the favorite to win based on experience and age alone, but these guys are very evenly matched. He's never squared off against a prodigy before, and there's no other way to better describe his opponent, Willie Diggs, and I'm not willing to say that either of these guys is the favorite to win. "Playoff" Willie Diggs (13-3) Age: 23 Height: 184 cm Weight: 187lbs Country: USA Manager: Chris Karter Willie has had a very interesting career. His start came when he joined the Alliance World Championship tournament after being recruited by Chris Karter to represent him on the team. Willie was raw, fresh off the streets when Karter found him, and it showed in the cage. He stumbled a bit early on, though there's rumors out of camp Karter that the poor fighting was all by design and to his own agenda. Well, rather it's true or Diggs just really developed well, it worked. Diggs went on a winning streak and some would say even carried his team to victory in that tournament. He stayed on with the org and became a member of their extremely talented roster where he never looked back. Three fights in, he was the champion. The following three fights, he defended his belt. Looking to move on to bigger and better things, Diggs decided to give Bellicose a stop on his way to stardom to test himself against the best. And, here we go. First fight in a Bellicose cage and it will be for all the glory. Not only would a win here be an upset due to skill and age difference, it would solidify Diggs as a prodigy and it will only be a matter of time before we see him in the top 5 P4P rankings calling out his shot at the champ. But, let's not get ahead of ourselves. Diggs is a beast, but he's fighting a machine. This could be the fight of the year, and you can see it live in New York or tune in to our PPV and watch it on the big screen.

Not sure I buy all of the logic being used here but frankly I'm not interested in siting around arguing like a bunch of school girls. I personally think it's more fun to compete each month as an alliance for a measurable achievement like the top division pyramid and think it means something.

There are other awards for all the things you mentioned. If it's a popularity contest / subjective so be it but I can quantify alliance wins in the pyramid. YABAI doesn't win those months without having top managers and Sucker Punch is the best org in the game IMO.

Alliance of the year shouldn't even be voted on. It should go to the alliance with the most monthly top division wins. I have kept records of this for the last few years. Yes YABAI has won this for the last few but we are definitely underdogs in 2023. I'm a fan of The Stepdads but they generally don't perform very well in this. 2022 Monthly Winners Tally: Jan-Convicted, Feb-YABAI, Mar-YABAI, Apr-YABAI, May-YABAI, June-YABAI, July-One Man Wolf Pack, Aug-Just Five Guys Fighting, Sept-Just Five Guys Fighting, Oct-Just Five Guys Fighting, Nov-Convicted, Dec-Just Five Guys Fighting (Yearly Totals: YABAI-5 Five Guys-4 Convicted-2 One Man Wolf Pack-1)

Does any other recruiter get flak for trying to recruit? I always check the "looking for contract" box and yet in the past month have gotten several annoyed "i dont want a contract leave me alone".... So if you have fighters that you want to just have QFC'ing or whatever don't leave the "looking for contract" box checked - which it is by default then bloody moan when you get offers. Grumbling finished. I should add a few managers get it and said sorry for leaving it checked so grumble not aimed at them.

It's either us or YABAI tbh, everybody else trash. The Stepmoms can get individual awards, Convicted damn near dead, Next Gen are bums led by a bum, Smesh Hoes never even won the alliance pyramid. Stop all the cap

dont stress without you guys pushing orgs and contracts there is no game Keep it up mate Only takes us a second to reject and send a note for the occassional contract offer

DeShaun Holton Jr 19-1-0 98 p4p I never really had you on my radar as I just fight whoever they put in front of me, but as time went on and I slaughtered victim after victim, I saw a young big-balled lion roaring load. That is when I realised that that I should stop drugs and focus on fighting. Lets do this.

Reposted on this page to be seen easily. Bellicose Welterweight Champion Jack Adlehyde (370328) & Enigma Middleweight Champion DeShaun Holton Jr (370436) have both signed the dotted line and will meet March 18th. A massive Superfight between two iconic knockout artists. A FEW FIGHT FACTS Jack Adlehyde has a 16-2 Record, with 15 KO’s. Deshaun Holton Jr has a 19-1 Record, with 15 KO’s. Under current management of Bradley Burns, Adlehyde is 12-1. Under current management of Bjorn O’Donnel, Holton Jr is 5-0. Jack Adlehyde is 11-2 in Title Fights. Deshaun Holton Jr is 14-1 in Title Fights. Jack Adlehyde has 11 First Round KO’s. Deshaun Holton Jr has 6 First Round KO’s. Jack Adlehyde has Defended his Bellicose Title 3 straight Times. Deshaun Holton Jr has Defended his Enigma Title 12 straight Times. Adlehyde TOTAL FIGHT TIME OF LAST 3 FIGHTS - 2 Minutes, 46 Seconds. Holton Jr TOTAL FIGHT TIME OF LAST 3 FIGHTS - 38 Minutes, 28 Seconds. ADLEHYDE is from Auckland, New Zealand. He fights out of Montreal, Canada. HOLTON JR is from Detroit, USA. He fights out of Belgium and Las Vegas. MORE TO COME SHORTLY, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH ORG OWNERS AND THE FIGHTERS/MANAGERS. Bellicose WW Champion - Jack Adlehyde VS. Enigma MW Champion - DeShaun Holton Jr

I get the same thing with sponsorship offers..... My advice would be just ignore them and move on. If someone is going to get butt hurt over a contract offer they probably arent worth your time anyways.

Sound awesome, feel free to do so

By the way, has any thought been given to sponsorships for the tournament fighters? I'm happy to chuck in sponsorships for the duration of the tournament or longer if folks like, have both clothing & nutrition companies.

I was in two minds about just spamming them contract offers after they got shirty so they would know how pissed off feels

Same

Look at it as voting for your whatever political party you support. Everyone has their different reasons for voting for it - no ones reason is incorrect nor is it correct. You can tell people your reasoning behind it but at the end of the day it is different for a lot of people.

Here comes the Slug! Gerald "Banana Slug" Sligotheroux (394029)

If all that were true, no opinion poll would be required, just a measurement of the material facts. No offense.

Ronald 'Mac' McDonald (394013) Martial arts expert, security professional and all-round Philly Badass. Not gay.

Damn, I didn't even know my boy was nominated for this.

10th of July he won it - he carried it until the 14th of October - 3 months. Leif won it on the 8th of May and lost it on the 26th of June - about a month and a half. There were about a month Karim was #1. Did Dick win it at the start of the year and carry it for a month or did he get it during Leif's reign. Either way there were about 6 months where Kilo wasn't on top so I thought I'd add in Winston to say vast majority. He still wins fighter of the year - it was a hellova impressive year and he is winning in a landslide.

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Fixed it for you. Kilo, Karim, Dick, Leif, Winston, Road, all reached #1 P4P this year. Kilo held it for the vast majority of the year. Everybody else borrowed it for a very short period of time in comparison. I'd wager that Leif held #1 p4p as long as Winston held #1 p4p. The Illuminati will not tolerate your anti-Convicted propaganda any longer.

I love the managers In Step Dads, all good dudes. Nothing against them. What my thought is, is there is clearly 2-3 alliances that competed hard for the Alliance Pyramid and I thought it would be between TWO or THREE alliances who clearly did well competing for the Pyramid trophy. I figured it was between 5 Guys and YABAI and/or Convicted this year but clearly I’m misinformed on what people think qualifies for “Alliance of the Year” and I’m fine with that, I’ll know better for next year.

Actually, I believe you'll find that Convicted is #1.

UFC Fight Night: Muniz vs. Allen (Camp ArtieBanks) André Muniz vs. Brendan Allen Augusto Sakai vs. Don'Tale Mayes (Camp MasterLeader) Tatiana Suarez vs. Montana De La Rosa Mike Malott vs. Yohan Lainesse Erick Gonzalez vs. Trevor Peek Gabriella Fernandes vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius Jordan Leavitt vs. Victor Martinez Ode Osbourne vs. Charles Johnson (Camp MasterLeader) Joe Solecki vs. Carl Deaton III (Camp ArtieBanks) Nurullo Aliev vs. Rafael Alves Camp ArtieBanks: - André Muniz [#11] - 3k - Nurullo Aliev - 2k Camp MasterLeader: - Tatiana Suarez - 2k - Charles Johnson - 2k

CK's pen underrated

Jack Adlehyde ”Yes, the fight is signed, sealed and done. Much respect to Holton Jr for stepping up to my challenge. It will be a great fight for the fans if he can make it out of round One.”

Went with Syn, had a dominant year.

I've recently had a bunch of draws in my org too, including two guys who have drawn against each other TWICE IN A ROW! Hopefully that's not what happens here haha. (fyi, I, of course, scheduled that match again for a 3rd time... someone must eventually win!)

Restricted org and Restricted fighter awards should be removed imo, but since they're not, hard not to go with the Gingy Bear.