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http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/17/17w25.jpg Glass Joe: Thank you for a good fight Dieselnoi Por Pramuk, you are a tough fighter and a good sportsman. This was a great win for me, as usual being the underdog according to all the "experts". I had a great time in the octagon and hope to be back there again soon.

http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/34/34w2.jpg Balder Bull You been waiting for someone worthy of a title fight? I'm here now, just introduced myself at BFF 15 so nothing further to add.

There is a QFC tournament in London about to fill up, 5 spots left, get some more fighters in there.

Avatar accepted and money sent, nice work Skenoj

URL adresse? - You missed to put in the link. Rough translation: he created a small MMA Tycoon forum in french.

As the game is linked with the BetMMA site and likely sharing server + some other resources there might be some technical issues around a sale. Could potentially take some development work just to separate it into a separate thing first. But just guessing here.

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First too many tournaments at the same time, now no tournaments starting. I'm interested unless the rules are something too weird.

True gentlemen pm a screenshot of their sliders before a fight. This is nothing but next-level sportsmanship.

Just be aware you still don't have enough to afford a gym, I would recommend waiting before you open one.

If you didn't get it by now message Mike ingame to let him know.

Yes makes sense. Should be a simple change and worth it I think if it makes just one more new player stay around.

I might be interested to give it a try. I had some training on clothes design while running my own company Knockdown Clothes for a while. I just don't have the time for it right now, but I'll get back to you later if you haven't found someone else by then.

That's a good point Don. There are probably people on the mentor page who are not as active as they used to be but still shown there. Sounds like a good idea not display mentors there unless they have been logged in the last week or so.

Now I start to not feel completely lost in the org world any more, but having this list up to date would have been great when I was new here.

If you are talking about Ahed Tamimi (333036) he did not move base. You see base and location separately on his profile. Just book him a flight back to Helsinki, visit is fine no need to move base to get back there.

Could be that early picks influenced later ones.

You don't get the full autoflight cost refunded so your fighter will lose a little bit of money. Had one of mine kicked out of a gym because of that. No big deal cancelling them, but while locations are off it would make sense to turn auto-flights off as well. Always some managers missing to cancel.

Promising young fighter: http://mmatycoon.com/fighterprofilemanager.php?FID=329686

Been a bumpy ride for this org, what are the plans now?

http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/17/17w25.jpg Glass Joe, MMA record 4-1 Following his recent win at SyFi 42 the Sydney MMA website sherkangaroo did an interview with Glass Joe talking about his entry into MMA and the early days of the SFC organization. You came into MMA relatively late at 25, what was your background before then? I was doing boxing in the Nintendo WVBA, yes don't even start, I know most people wouldn't even call that real fighting. And I wasn't exactly doing well there, not at all actually.. was never motivated for it and hardly threw a punch in most of my fights. Wasted years of my life going nowhere. I can understand you wanted to leave that, but how did the switch to MMA come about? After I quit boxing I moved to Helsinki in Finland. Purely for economical reasons, didn't have a lot of money and that was the cheapest place to live. There I met Mac, a guy I know well from my boxing days. He was completely on fire about MMA, wanted to invest the money from his boxing career - which was better than mine - into becoming a manager. Said he read some stuff on a web forum and he now knew exactly how to train and how to succeed in MMA.. not sure he really knew what he was talking about back then, but he convinced me to join as his first ever fighter. You then got a professional contract in.. Sydney, why all the way down here? I didn't have any say in it to be honest. The way Mac tells it is some guy called Bob just called him in the middle of the night (because of the timezone difference). He had somehow found out about me doing MMA and offered a contract. Almost a bit creepy, like he was stalking me via some registry of newly licensed MMA fighters or something. Claimed the distance to Sydney would not be an issue at all and that everything would work out great. Mac accepted to go down and see him without even asking me and the next day told me to pack my gloves, we are going to Sydney. That was in the early days when the SFC had just started, how was it joining such a young organization? There wasn't much money involved. When me and Mac first came down to sign the contract we slept on the floor in Bobs living room, didn't have money for a hotel. Bob wasn't exactly doing that well himself back then, but he turned out to be a really nice guy who tried to help his fighters out any way he could. For example I remember he gave me $200 once to help with my training fees. Doesn't sound like much today, but back then every little bit helped. I've heard you say earlier training wasn't as good back then as today Yes certainly true, crowded sessions in small gyms. Sometimes with horrible instructors. One of the guys I went to do BJJ with later turned out to be a fake blackbelt. There were gyms closing, always right after you paid gym fee for the next week. When Mac convinced more of our old boxing friends to come join us in MMA they went to Sydney, the main reason was better availability of public gyms there - and of course being closer to the SFC events. So how was fighting in MMA compared to boxing? In my opinion much more strategic. There are so many more options for how to go about a fight and the gameplan you go in with plays a huge part. I love it, I instantly felt like a completely new man when I entered the octagon and let loose my boxing skills in a way I never did before. You had a very successful start of your career, some have called it a Cinderella story. No one ever believed in me for any of my first fights, cannot say I blame them considering my background before MMA. When I was put up for the title fight against Barbosa the odds were something huge in his favour. That was the first 5 rounder in SFC history to go the distance, an epic striker vs grappler struggle Yes, the fight of my life so far, one I will be telling the grandkids about for sure. I was working a lot of takedown defense before that one. The gameplan worked out perfectly for the first 3 rounds. In the 4th I was starting to tire, my concentration lapsed for a moment and he pulled me down. I was in a bad spot there by the end of the round when he swept me and got on top. I was silently cursing that fake BJJ instructor when the bell rang and saved me. Thinking of him though gave me new energy for the last round and in the end the decision was unanimous. Now as an ex-champion coming off a fresh victory, what are your plans for the future? Will you make another bid for the title? I wish I could say yes, I love this sport, I love fighting. I will be doing it for as long as I can. But to compete with guys who are both younger and had quality training in this sport before I even started in my first Cozad gym.. that's just not realistic in the long run. I'm proud to have held the belt of course but right now I'm just here to have fun, punch guys in the face and get paid for it on top, what else could you wish for? Thank you for your time Glass Joe, given your record of "of the night" awards we can surely look forward to many entertaining fights to come.

http://mmatycoon.com/gallery/17/17w25.jpg Glass Joe: It feels great to be back here in Sydney again, back in the octagon and back to winning. Everything happened exactly according to the gameplan I did with my coach for this fight. I'll stay in Sydney to watch the next event tomorrow. My money is on Kishimoto defending the title.

That will be a tough weigh-in for both of them