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Bellicose 136 New York 27 AUGUST 2022 Welcome ruthless and aggressive fan base that makes Bellicose what it is. We stand on the cusp of another round of brutal and ruthless aggression to be displayed in the MMC cages of the New York Liberty Dome where Bellicose up and comers will square off to put their skills on display. For the most part of this card tonight, these are the mid divisional guys trying to take the jump up in rankings and continue to develop their game. We have veterans like Sycek, Magee, and Sawamura who have been around for a while and who’s name is known amongst the fans. But many of these fighters are still new to the Bellicose scene, and our headline fight puts one of the newer (Cash) against one of the Bellicose faithful (Sycek). While there may be no titles on the line and no top contenders will likely be anointed tonight, this is the backbone of Bellicose and these guys will come to dance and put on a hell of a show for the fans tonight. Due to time constraints, we will be again focusing on the main card to break down in this preview. Main Event Victor Cash vs Samuel Sycek Name: Victor Cash Nickname: “Lil” Record: 8-3 Country: USA Manager: Kevin Johnson Key Wins: Jim Johnathan, Killian Andrew, Peter Jamie Key Losses: Samuel Syceck, Je Ha Kim, Dedrick Havoc Notes: Cash is a bit of a newcomer to Bellicose and hasn’t yet basked in the glory of victory. He’s lost his first two fights in Bellicose but has a chance to right one of those as he gets an immediate rematch against Sycek. He lost to Sycek via TKO in round one in their last bout, and he’ll need to show us something different in this one if he wants this to end on a different note. Vs Name: Samuel Sycek Record: 6-5 Country: Czech Republic Manager: J Thorgrin Key Wins: Victor Cash, RaeRae Usman, Tom Payne Key Losses: Hjalmar Raak, Buster Glover, Dedrick Havoc Notes: While Sycek won the last meeting between these two fighters, ending his two fight skid, he will need to not be complacent in this one. His opponent is low on morale and that will give Sycek a significant advantage, but if he comes out looking to do the same thing and Cash makes the right adjustments, this fight could end differently than Sycek would like. Sonny Says: Sycek has that nasty nasty nasty GnP. Hd has a tendency to be submitted as his overgrown balls lead him to takedown superior Jits fighters but he has the BJJ advantage in this fight so that won’t be happening tonight. Plus, he changed his clothing regularly which is a step ahead in life versus his opponent Cash. Sycek via KO round 3 Co-Main Event Je Ha Kim vs Jesse James Name: Je Ha Kim Nickname: The Sniper Record: 7-3 Country: North Korea Manager: Galahad .. Key Wins: Victor Cash, Jim Johnathan, Jake Robertson Key Losses: Macka Briggs, Leonidas Dominguez Notes: Kim has been slowly working up his skills in the gym, but things seem to be going a bit slower than he would like. But don’t let that fool you, he’s put together some great work in the cage and was on a 5 fight win streak before getting knocked the fuck out by Macka Briggs at Bellicose 123. Undoubtedly, this will leave a sour taste in Kim’s mouth and he’ll be looking for revenge as he takes on another striker in Jesse James. Vs Name: Jesse James Record: 6-0 Country: Belize Manager: Outlaw Hardman Key Wins: Jim Johnathan, Lucifer Morningstar, Frank WooWoo Key Losses: N/A Notes: James has displayed some nice striking in his young career while reeling off 5 strait TKO finishes. What we don’t yet know is how much KO power he has. Obviously, he can get the finish, but he hasn’t put anyone to sleep yet, but we also don’t know if he’s actually tried. He’ll have a chance to show something tonight as he takes on Kim who recently got KO’d. James may try and get to Kim’s chin and test it himself, or just keep working on efficient and consistent hard strikes to rock his opponents and force the referee to step in. Sonny Says: I love “The Sniper” Kim because he lives up to his nickname with 6 of his 7 wins by KO. But this will be his toughest test yet. James is a MT specialist with a sizeable Advantage in that department and comes into this fight the shorter man. And you know how those shorties can work the clinch game like madmen. So basing this puck solely on chin history I am going with James vis cage grind with the 3rd round KO Main Card Tarik Oren vs Bloodsport Strongman Name: Tarik Oren Record: 7-3 Country: Turkey Manager: Mario Quintan Key Wins: Balthasar Van Thuringen, Pentti Koyri, Krigor Orlov Key Losses: Leonid Zakharov, Arthur Douglas, Keywon Reeves Notes: Once a champion and sitting on top of the world, Oren’s career has drastically changed since losing his belt to Reeves. He lost that and his next fight, against great fighters mind you, before bouncing back against Thuringen. Unfortunately, he then lost his next fight to current top contender Zakharov. So while this looks bad with losing 3 of the last 4, all three losses have been to champions or top contenders. Could this mean that Oren is becoming a gate keeper? Perhaps! But, a win tonight could start a little streak that will put him right back into contention. Vs Name: Bloodsport Strongman Record: 6-2 Country: Afghanistan Manager: Gab Bloodsport Key Wins: All QFC Key Losses: All QFC Notes: Strongman is making his Bellicose debut having been a long time amateur fighter in the QFC ranks. He’s gotten a bit of a fan following but stepping up into Bellicose will be a chance to gain some real fans. If he can pull off his Bellicose debut against a former champ and get the W, his poularity will soar and we may be looking at a future star shooting up the ranks. Sonny Says: A new manager and outlook on life should do Oren justice having been KO’d in 2 of his last 3 fights. Strongman is a BJJ master and holds a huge advantage in that department but as we all know the fight has to hit the mat for that to matter. Oren should come out blazing and tap Stongman’s chin before he gets taken down or he’s losing an arm in this one. Look for Oren to use his wrestling advantage to keep this on the feet and bounce back with a 1st round KO John Brown vs Hao Sawamura Name: John Brown Nickname: Whitey Record: 7-5 Country: USA Manager: Rail Solimar Key Wins: Connor McAtee, David House, RaeRae Usman Key Losses: Kyle Garcia, Raja Khanna, Macka Briggs Notes: While Brown is well balanced, he focuses on his ground game to get the wins. This leads to a clash of styles between he and Hao as Hao is the opposite. He has good ground skills while focusing on striking. This will mean that manager sliders will likely play a key role in who wins this fight. Brown has lost 3 strait after a 3 fight win streak and really needs to turn things around. He’ll need to get Sawamura on the ground and dominate there to win the rounds, or maybe get lucky and tap him out. But standing against Hao is only inviting disaster. Vs Name: Hao Sawamura Record: 6-3 Country: Japan Manager: Luka Fischer Key Wins: Alexander Korolev, Dean Howard, Buster Glover Key Losses: Adam East, Raja Khanna, Tim Horton Notes: Hao looked like an absolute stud early in his career. Having never fought anywhere other than Bellicose, he reeled off 4 strait wins under former management before getting his shot at the belt. He took out the champion Dean Howard to capture the title only to lose it next time out to Tim Horton. He followed that up with a loss to the man who would later win the belt from Horton in Raja Khanna. After back to back losses, he and management split ways. Under new management, he’s now 1-1 and looking to bounce back from the TKO loss to the boxing sensation that is Adam East. Sonny Says: Brown has hit the skids lately being knocked out in each of his last 3 outings. Sawamura should look to use his sizeable reach advantage to make that 4 in a row for Brown. Brown is no slouch though and will be hoping and praying he can get this fight to the mat to utilize his sexy Jits and take the victory via sub. Tough fight to pick but I am going with Sawamura to strike early and fast for the 1st round KO

Bellicose 134 New York 21 AUGUST 2022 Main Card Henry Dustfinger vs Galileo Galilei Name: Henry Dustfinger Nickname: Casper Catcher Record: 9-0 Country: UA Manager: John Daugherty Key Wins: Colton Wilder, Garth Brooks, Muto Ryuuji Key Losses: N/A Notes: Dustfinger is on a roll with now having reeled off 9 strait wins. Nobody has been able to match him in class and he’s at the point of moving on to tougher competition as he’s shown himself to be the cream of the crop at 380k. Galilei stands in his way, and is no slouch himself. A win in this one and we’ll have to look at Henry to start facing some of the older fighters in the division as he starts making his way up the ranks where he belongs. VS Name: Galileo Galilei Record: 10-2 Country: Italy Manager: Monkey !! Key Wins: Kent Fredricks, Roger Penrose, Akil Paschal Key Losses: Roger Penrose, Matt Wills Notes: Galilei was one of the best the island had to offer and now finds himself testing his skills against some of the best 375k+ fighters in the world as he makes his Bellicose debut. Starting off against Dustfinger is trial by fire as he’s coming strait out of the gate against the top 380k p4p fighter in the SHW division. Sonny Says: Galilei had that monstrous 17 cm reach advantage but I think today that usual advantage could be his downfall. With Dustfinger being a clinch specialist and today the shorter man these factors could very well play to his advantage. Both fighters are going far in this org no matter what but today I think Dustfinger will pull the second round TKO from clinch Stanislav Strakapoud vs Hole Reemer Name: Stanislav Strakapoud Country: Czech Republic Manager: J Thorgrin Key Wins: Dmitry Boytsov, Ryan Hall, David Goggins Key Losses: Kimbo Slice, Kurki Potku, Micka Slice Notes: Strakapoud does pretty well when he’s not fighting a fighter named Slice. He’s won 3 of his last 4 fights to bounce back from a 2 fight skid and will be taking on the former champion Hole Reemer to see if he can catapult himself up the rankings. VS Name: Hole Reemer Nickname: Alfred the Country: Djibouti Manager: G Wad Key Wins: Bartholomew Bainbridge, Kai Tokugawa, DeVon Hampton Key Losses: Kurki Potku, Paul Hunt Notes: Reemer was a champion who was seemingly always the underdog. He lost his belt to Potku then was unable to defeat Paul Hunt after, but had a nice bounce back win against the crazy Bainbridge in his last outing. He will no doubt want to string together a few wins to put himself back in the title contention picture, and a win over Strakapoud is merely a stepping stone to where he wants to be again. Sonny Says: Strakapoud is a true BJJ artist and on paper his black belt should be more than adequate to take care of Reemer. BUT Reemer’s purple belt will only be a factor if the fight hits the mat. The former champ Reemer can and should use his sizable wrestling advantage to keep this fight standing and use his proven KO power to monopolize this fight against the cage for another win on his way back to the top. Reemer round 1 KO Mad Hatter vs Kotaro Asakura Name: Mad Hatter Nickname: Madness Returns Country: England Manager: Gut Punch Key Wins: Danylo Belenuik, Bethania Valverde, Michael Sykora Key Losses: Michael Sykora, Pee Wee Sasaki Notes: Hatter is one tough cookie who’s plowed his way through the majority of the 135 division. Aside from his two losses to current champion Pee Wee Sasaki, he’s had a hell of a career and one of the top finishers in the division today. One thing we know about Hatter is that the fight will not go the distance. He’s going to KO or be KO’d. Simple as that. Vs Name: Kotaro Asakura Record: 7-2 Country: Japan Manager: Galahad.. Key Wins: Sonny Barella, Mike Barnes, Benny Abiog Key Losses: Fardoche Fermier, Primo Runduski Notes: After an impressive 2-0 start in Bellicose, Asakura fell back down to earth last time out as he was forced to tap out to Fermier to hand him his first Bellicose loss. Now, sitting at 2-1 he’s looking to bring the madness to the Mad Hatter and bounce back. This is a dangerous fight for Asakura as he tends to let fights to the distance more frequently than many and Mad Hatter isn’t know to allow that to happen. If he doesn’t want to get put to sleep, he’ll need to come out aggressive and try to finish the Hatter before madness is the last thing Asakura see’s before his lights turn off. Sonny Says: Kotaro Asakura has a huge reach advantage in this one versus Mad Hatter. This combined with his reach advantage as well as his more developed boxing skills should illuminate his path to victory. Don’t count the Hatter out though. If he’s going to have an advantage in this fight it will be in the clinch. His big MT and wrestling advantage a may make him take this fight to the dirtiest and best option he has - da clinch baby. If he can avoid adding the fourth KO to his record he can grind out the victory by picking Asakura apart against the cage. This is a real tossup for me to pick but I’m going with Hatter’s manager guy punch to command his man to victory by decision. Toppo Damorning vs Libor Lunak Name: Toppo Damorning Record: 5-4 Country: UK Manager: Stewie Griffin Key Wins: Murfum Orcarm, Emil Henriksen Key Losses: Vedran Mihaljevic, Alexander Rozhkov Notes: This guy was once on top of the world. He finally cought his footing in CDFC having won three strait before merging into Bellicose where’s he’s not managed to find a win yet. Now, having lost 2 in a row and 1 loss from going to .500, he really needs to turn things around in a big way. Toppo and Stewie need to get together and work out a gampeplan or this young fighters career may already be headed towards an early retirement. VS Name: Libor Lunak Country: Czech Republic Manager: J Thorgrin Key Wins: Paddy Murphy, Youta Himura, Big Burtha Key Losses: Frankee Guh Noo, Lewis Clarke Notes: Lunak hasn’t been the most impressive since coming to Bellicose as he’s amassed a mere 2-2 record. His luck should turn around in this one, however, as his opponent comes into this fight with lower morale and a losing streak. Maybe this is the fight Lunak needs to turn things around and start a run of his own. Sonny Says: It would look like Toppo should have an easy victory here with his brown belt going in the cage against Lunak’s blue. Then you see that Damorning smells like shit and his clothes haven’t been changed in weeks. This frivolous disregard by his manager makes me think his game plan will stink to match. People: if you’re lucky enough to get booked on the main card in Bellicose do not take this opportunity lightly! Train right, eat right, and change your damn clothes. Lunak by round 1 KO as he avoids the clinch because he doesn’t want any Damorning’s putrid stench rubbing off on him.

Official Bellicose Announcement: While the design and details are still under construction, Bellicose will be moving forward with a plan to add an additional incentive to managerial competition within Bellicose. In the near future, we will be installing a new trophy system to reward managers for their loyalty and managerial prowess inside the Bellicose ranks. Once the system goes into place, we will reward a trophy to a manager for win milestones within the org. To start things off, the system will be as follows. Colors/design still a work in process... Bronze Trophy - 10 wins Silver Trophy - 25 wins Gold Trophy - 50 wins Green/Gold Trophy - 100 wins Legendary Status - 500 wins? (anything beyond 100 is still a consideration and as we grow older we may continue adding trophies for benchmarks for historical win marks for long term managers. Who knows, will someone get to 1000 wins and become the GOAT?) This will be a lot of work to establish, so it may take a little time to officially launch this system. But we are very excited to see it in action here at Bellicose and hope to share that feeling with the managers that are the backbone of this great org.

Official Bellicose response: Bellicose has been working on negotiating the rematch between Bill Smif and Baby Thibs for months now. This is the first time that things have lined up for them to fight and fighters have both agreed. Assuming upcoming fight results do not effect this, the next title defense for Baby Thibs (if he retains belt) will be against Bill Smif. With that being said, we will work to ensure this fight also happens after. If Baby Thibs loses to Smif, his next opponent will be Kai. If he wins, and Kai wins his next fight, Kai will be given a contender fight or a title fight, depending on how things shape up. So while things may be on hold for 2-3 months at longest, this fight will be offered. This blood feud will be taken to a new level, and ruthless aggression will be put into trial by fire against potential pillow fighting. But the fans have been clamoring for a Smif vs Thibs rematch for some time, and the champ has the right to settle the score from his only loss. After that, the gloves come off and we will have the grudge match of the year booked and hyped up.

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I'm gonna smoke a bowl, sit back, and wait for whatever you two are on to wear off. Then I'll consider what's next. That division is stacked, and I have to look at the top contenders. But Kai needs to win at least 1 fight back here before I can put him up for the belt, at the very least. If I don't have a proper contender yet (or for next month) then I'll see if it's a viable option since you both want it. But not jumping anyone in line for that shot if it's not earned, unless the other managers want to see you two go at it instead.

Bellicose 131 13 AUGUST 2022 New York Preliminary Bouts Stella Fella vs Adam Burrows Name: Stella Fella Nickname: The Wife Beater Record: 0-3 Country: Belgium Manager: Luke Davies Key Wins: N/A Key Losses: Rupture, Furriel Notes: Fella has been far from stellar. He’s not won a fight in his career and is on a last chance for glory round tonight. He comes into the fight with only about 60% morale and it’s not looking good for the youngster. He really needs to get with his manager and work on his morale and look into some training and/or game plan options. If his manager wishes to contact Bellicose about potential help/advise in this, please reach out to our managerial expertise hotline by contacting Outlaw Hardman via DM. Vs Name: Adam Burrows Nickname: The Sharpshooter Record: 0-5 Country: Wales Manager: Jake Manson Key Wins: N/A Key Losses: Pacheco, SeptHeures, Sixteen Notes: This looks extremely familiar, another youngster who has yet to grind out a win in the professional Bellicose circuit. He’s dropped 3 strait fights since joining Bellicose but he’s at least got the morale up and looking like he’s expecting that win here tonight. Why shouldn’t he? His opponent hasn’t proved any ability in the cage either and he read the body language at the weight ins and saw the low morale Fella had. If Burrows can put together a game plan, he should be walking out of here with a win and a chance to build onto that win to get his career going. Just watch that right hook! Howie Finkelman vs Ieuan Thomas Name: Howie Finkelman Record: 1-4 Country: USA Manager: Johnny Tirado Key Wins: Matt Baldwin Key Losses: John Fisher, Charlie Bravo, Jeryl Christ Note: Finkelman has been around a little while now and after a promising start to his Bellicose career with a TKO win in his debut, he’s since lost 4 in a row and looking at an unprecedented 5 fight losing streak if he can’t change that tonight. He’s got he stand up game to do some damage, but he’s got to also show the ability to not get finished first. Vs Name: Ieuan Thomas Nickname: White Chocolate Record: 0-4 Country: UK Manager: Jake Manson Key Wins: N/A Key Losses: Tenko, Laithwaite Notes: Thomas is another young fighter out of camp Mason that really needs to show some improvement in this fight. These guys, much like our first fight, are going to be going all out to see who can survive in the sport. Finkelman has one win under his belt, at least. Can Thomas get his first? Both fighters are high on morale and energy and ready for this fight, so at least we can hope for a competitive fight. Pavel Sova vs Sanjay Segreti Name: Pavel Sova Record: 3-9 Country: Czech Republic Manager: J Thorgrin Key Wins: Thomas Quessy, Jerome Reece Key Losses: Redman, Quessy, Bogachev Notes: Sova has been spiraling down a dark hole for some time now. His morale is about 90%, but he’s lost 4 strait fights with a NC in between. His skills just haven’t been progressing and he’s another fighter on this card who’s facing a potential career change if he can’t get things together. Fortunately for him, his opponent is in similar boat of Vs Name: Sanjay Segreti Nickname: Savage Record: 0-2 Country: India Manager: Anthony Patt Key Wins: N/A Key Losses: Jensen, Vrjalya Notes: With only 90% morale entering the fight, he’s not in a horrible situation, but would think when going for his first win and against another struggling opponent that he’d be happier about this chance. He’s been tapped out and knocked out, so he’s been finished in the first round of every fight he’s entered and may just be the answer that Sova needs to end his losing streak. Pate Hunt vs Paul Kings Name: Pate Hunt Record: 6-4 Country: Finland Manager: Alexander Biro Key Wins: Dash, Barella, Jacobson Key Losses: Valverde, Pisswater, Sasaki Notes: Hunt started strong with a run that lead him to the title win over Sean Dash. After that, he had a rematch with the only fighter to have defeated him and lost his title to current champ Sasaki. He’s gone on to lose another 2 fights and now is hoping to snap a 3 fight skid from a once proud champion. Vs Name: Paul Kings Record: 2-1 Country: England Manager: Blake White Key Wins: Barnes, Stevenson Jr. Key Losses: Franz Notes: After going 1-1 in Enigma, Kings found his way to Bellicose where he won his debut against Mike Barnes. Hunt is a great fighter, and former champ, and Kings will have his hands full. But he’s got some sensational boxing skills and if he can land the right shot, he can add another win to his resume and his most impressive to date. Undercard Bouts Jimmy Christ vs Okoro Igwe Name: Jimmy Christ Record: 5-2 Country: Finland Manager: Anti Kristus Key Wins: Davis, Sadaval, Finn Key Losses: Stronk, Hunt Notes: Christ has put together some solid wins and a good record, but it should be noted that his only two losses were against excellent fighters. He lost to former champ Pate Hunt back at CDFC and then to Ian Stronk vi KO at his Bellicose debut. He won his last fight against Davis with an exciting 1st round TKO and will be charged up to do the same to his opponent tonight. Vs Name: Okoro Igwe Record: 3-0 Country: Nigeria Manager: James Ike Key Wins: Underwood, Dieng, Williams Key Losses: N/A Notes: Igwe is off to a great start and introduced himself to Bellicose with a first round submission win over Underwood in his debut. Now, he takes on another tough opponent in Christ who has the striking skills to end this fight before it ever gets to the ground. Usually, I’d give the edge to the proven grappler against a pure striker, but with Igwe’s diminishing morale it makes me wonder if something else is going on behind the scenes. Because of this, I think he’ll be fighting an uphill battle against Christ, and an easy loss if he can’t get the fight to the ground. Average Tycoon Player vs Dan Kolov Name: Average Tycoon Player Nickname: The Vitriolic Virgin Record: 3-3 Country: USA Manager: Gut Punch Key Wins: Koromos, News, Leandro Key Losses: Caetano, Gill Notes: Player has found his stride of late, reeling off 3 wins in a row all via KO after starting his career 0-3. He’s got the pop and been putting that Muay Thai to good use and we’ll be tuned in to see if he can do it again against Kolov. Vs Name: Dan Kolov Record: 3-0 Country: Croatia Manager: Domagoj Rakitic Key Wins: Sup, Himura, Hell Key Losses: N/A Notes: Kolov is undefeated and he’s been using his boxing brilliantly to finish off his opponents. Sup lasted into the 2nd round against him, but nobody has escaped the cage with him yet. This should be a striking duel, but with his MT and Wrestling advantage, don’t be surprised to see this fight in the clinch. Main Card Bouts Adam East vs Macka Briggs Name: Adam East Record: 8-3 Country: USA Manager: Scott Bandz Key Wins: Sawamura, Glover, Conforto Key Losses: Horton, Paul Notes: East is one of the best pure strikers in the division. He’s an elite boxer who has used his skills to finish off some tough opponents like Buster Glover and Hao Sawamura. But he did let Horton get to his chin in the title fight and seriously, who the hell loses to Jake Paul? All fun aside, the Beast from the East is always fun to watch in the cage and will no doubt put on a show against Briggs. Vs Name: Macka Briggs Nickname: Diamond Record: 7-5 Country: Jamaica Manager: Jimmy Normal Key Wins: Kim, Brown, Korolev Key Losses: Wilder, Khanna, Hardy Notes: Briggs hasn’t fully hit his stride, but he’s keeping pace with the division in all. His win over Kim was huge for him to bounce back from the Wilder loss after putting together two impressive wins against Brown and Korolev. If he can pull off the win against East, his career path will suddenly turn bright as East is one of the best the division has to offer. Sonny Says: East is a man among boys in the boxing world. He was the first Bellicose fighter to achieve Olympic gold and furthermore he can get as dirty as he wants in the clinch. Briggs had come a long way lately and his record is more than deceiving at 7-5. His manager Jimmy Normal may make some surprised as he pulls this upset KO out of the bag. But I’m not here for surprises today. I’m here for Elite boxers named Adam East to take the victory by decision. Nero Hardy vs Rock Romero Name: Nero Hardy Nickname: The People’s Champ Record: 9-3 Country: Brazil Manager: Bradley Burns Key Wins: Sojka, Chukwudu, Romero Key Losses: Lightspeed, Romero, Horton Notes: Hardy was once on top of the world, having defeated Rock Romero to capture the middleweight title. He then accepted the rematch challenge to Romero and returned the belt. His following fight, he took on a top contender in Lightspeed and was finished via KO in the waning seconds of round 2. Since, he’s found new management and has put together two consecutive wins to get back on track and will be going for a 3rd which will put him back in the talks for title contendership. Vs Name: Rock Romero Record: 10-4 Country: Cuba Manager: Golden Finch Key Wins: Santo Amaro, Odimabesser, Hardy Key Losses: Howlett, Odimabesser, Hardy Notes: Hardy has had a great run in his career, capturing the belt on two occasions. He went through rough patch where he lost his belt, reclaimed it, only to lose it again, then follow that up with a loss to the self-proclaimed king of the ground. But since, he’s reeled off two huge wins against very tough opponents and has proven that he’s ready to be back on top. This fight will be lining up a next top contender fight, or depending on other outcomes, could even be the top contender fight for the light heavyweight division. Sonny says: This is the rubber match between these legendary and often hostile opponents. Given Hardy’s management shift to the current top ranked manager in the world, and his recent addition of some nasty standup skills - combined with Romero’s recent angst with the media about this matchup my choice is clear. Hardy’s going to have his way with Romero and make him suffer for 15 minutes en route to a Decision victory. Co-Main Event Middleweight Title Fight Tim Horton vs Arax Lightspeed Name: Tim Horton Nickname: The Great White North Record: 11-2 Country: Canada Manager: Teyo Ken Key Wins: East, Odimabesser, Sawamura Key Losses: Khanna, Howard Notes: The middleweight champ doubled as the welterweight champ as well for a few fights. The first ever champion to capture and defend two belts from two divisions. He recently lost the 185 belt to Khanna, and is now looking to bounce back from that to defend his middleweight belt. Perhaps it’s best to focus on a single division, but boy, wasn’t it fun to watch? And there’s not reason to think that Horton won’t be back to challenge for the 185 belt again in the future. Vs Name: Arax Lightspeed Record: 7-2 Country: Armenia Manager: Bjorn O’Donnel Key Wins: Man, Hardy, Santo Amaro Key Losses: Bogachev, Matthews Notes: It seems like an eternity since Lightspeed lost to Bogachev back at Bellicose 83, because he’s been on an absolute tear since with three consecutive KO victories. There’s one thing we know about Lightspeed, he will come at you hard and fast and look to end the fight. Under new management, no doubt he’ll be taught the value of never leaving a fight in the hands of a judge. This should be an outstanding fight as the champ will be defending against possibly his toughest opponent yet in Lightspeed. Sonny says: Neither of these guys has the traditional chin strength you would expect to see with fighters of their rank and caliber. So with and that I am looking for a Horton to use his timing and accuracy combined with his legendary power before Lightspeed does the same. I see both these guys having a similar game plan but the champ Horton has shown to execute better over his career. Horton round one TKO Main Event Light Heavyweight Title Fight Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. vs Hunt Mfer Name: Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. Nickname: Baby Thibs Record: 8-1 Country: USA Manager: Dakota Thibodeaux Key Wins: Potku, McCoy, Thrane Key Losses: Smif Notes: The man is on a mission. Since his unsettling and yet unavenged loss to Bill Smif, Baby Thibs as been putting everyone to sleep he faces with an outstanding streak of 7 straight (T)KO wins, including Potku who he took the belt from last fight. He will be now facing his first title defense and is probably chomping at the bits to bask in the spotlight of stardom tonight. Vs Name: Hunt Mfer Record: 10-2 Country: Finland Manager: Ispa Murhapuro Key Wins: Frank, Thrane, Pustik Key Losses: Koyri Notes: Hunt Mfer has been on a winning streak that rivals that of Thibs with a 6-fight streak, all by way of submission. These two fighters are on the top of their game and will be facing the most difficult and biggest fight in their careers. Mfer is looking to follow in the footsteps of his brother Murska Mfer and claim the belt in the SHW division and man, what a fight we have on tap! This is one of my most anticipated fights to date in Bellicose. Sonny says: The striker Thibs and his granite chin better hope to alleviate the air from Mfer’s lungs before a takedown can be attempted. What the champ gives up in wrestling advantage could well be his downfall if he doesn’t move quick and fast to take out Hunt’s legs and/or body. Mfer is a freaking beast on the ground but his chin has always been suspect by the best internet researchers. Pretty much a tossup as far as a pick but in this case I’m going with Baby Thibs to execute a perfect game plan and take the wind out of Mfer’s sails before he gets the second round KO

Bellicose 130 – Prospects 11 12 AUGUST 2022 New York Prelims Paddy Murphy vs Boomer Scarborough James Butler Hickok vs Ford Galaxy Rumble Nunes vs Hercules Simbolon William H Bonney vs Geraint Jones Undercard Charles E Boles vs Khabib Nurmagomedov Nikolai Volkov vs John Koromos Main Card Balthasar Van Thuringen vs Murfum Orcarm Name: Balthasar Van Thuringen Record: 7-3 Country: Germany Manager: Alexander Biro Key Wins: Bowser Bigalow, Prokop Pustik Key Losses: Tarik Oren, Krigor Orlov Notes: Under new management, this will be the first time Van Thuringen will be accompanied to he cage with manager Alexander Biro. We have no idea what his gameplan will be, or if it will even change with new management. He’s had a pretty successful career, but losing his rematch against Tarik Oren caused a rift between him and his former manager and now he gets a new start to his career. He’s got the KO or Sleep style where he’s going to either knock you out or get knocked out trying. I love seeing that here at Bellicose so Orcarm, keep your hands up because you know this man is coming out swinging. Vs Name: Murfum Orcarm Record: 5-3 Country: England Manager: Ben Hornby Key Wins: Rumble Nunes, Roddy Banner Key Losses: Toppo Damorning Notes: One of our CDFC acquisitions, Orcarm has made the most of his time here at Bellicose. He’s 2-0 since joining the Bellicose banner and wanting to make it 3-0 while simultaneously establishing himself as a threat in the heavyweight division. Now, with the closing of heavyweight, I should say super heavyweight division. He’s got the ground game to do some damage, so expect him to work to get this fight on the ground and keep it there as long as possible to avoid the gap in boxing between he and his opponent. Jorge Santa Perez vs Albert Sojka Name: Jorge Santa Perez Record: 7-3 Country: Mexico Manager: Scott Bandz Key Wins: Johnny Matthews, Ivar Kvick, Jeno Christ Key Losses: Caio Carvalho, Ham Burger Notes: Perez has been an outstanding fight who’s just recently hit a speedbump. He lost to a top tier grappler in Carvalho where neither fighter could get the finish, but the judges handed the fight to Caio. This, coming off a loss to a top prospect striker in Burger who’s also setting the prospects division ablaze. It’s time for Perez to snap this streak and get back to what he does best, tapping bitches out. Sojka is no pushover, so Perez will have to be careful in this fight and implement his gameplan. But no doubt a fight he plans on winning to jump back into the spotlight that is the glory of MMA domination. Vs Name: Albert Sojka Record: 7-6 Country: Czech Republic Manager: J Thorgrin Key Wins: Caio Carvalho, Vitaly Anisimov Key Losses: Nero Hardy, Arax Lightspeed Notes: Bit of a journeyman in his career where he’s never been able to string anything together. He’s in the habit of winning 1-2 fights, then losing 1-2 fights. If his patter holds true, he’s due for a win in this one having just lost two in a row. But, patters are no pretense to determine a fight and this fight will be determined in the cage with a top tier and pissed off Perez standing across from him. Co-Main Event Kurki Potku vs Kaarlo Susi Name: Kurki Potku Record: 7-1 Country: Finland Manager: Antti Puustinen Key Wins: Hole Reemer, Jerman Christ, Stanislav Strakapoud Key Losses: Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. Notes: Potku has been a silent assassin in his career. He quietly popped off 6 wins in row, 4 of which were in Bellicose, before being given a title shot. He did not waste that chance as he took the champ the distance and beat Hole Reemer at his own game and won the fight on the judges score cards. That alone, would be accomplishment enough for many fighters. His first title defense, however, didn’t go as planned as he lost to long time top contender Baby Thibs. Potku will be looking to bounce back and prove he’s still one of the most dominate fighters the light heavyweight division has to offer, which is quite a statement being as it’s an extremely stacked division here at Bellicose. He’ll be going against another young up and coming star tonight and this fight should be fireworks. Vs Name: Kaarlo Susi Record: 7-1 Country: Finland Manager: Taina Valkoinen Key Wins: Dmitry Boytsov, Ryan Hall, Dan Koloa Key Losses: N/A (amateur fights don’t count) Notes: What a match up… two outstanding Finnish fighters with identical records. Granted, Potku’s had the more difficult opponents to date, but Susi is changing that tonight with this fight. Susi has walked through everyone placed in front of him and will finally get to challenge himself with a huge test tonight against the former champ. A win here for Susi will establish him as a top contender and put him in line for a chance to earn a title shot. Main Event Hargol Svenkter vs Murska Mfer Name: Hargol Svenkter Record: 5-1-1 Country: Norway Manager: Carlos Castenada Key Wins: Nuufo Seanoa, Alexander Rozhkov, Amri Mbeki Key Losses: Phaz Magool Notes: Once Harold got that loss out of his system against Shaquarze, he really turned the page and started finding his power. Since that fight, he’s changed his tactics and hit the gym hard. It’s also worth mentioning that that loss came on a short notice fight of 2 weeks. Since joining Bellicose, he’s been a man on a mission. I thought maybe that mission was to win a belt, but after looking at his fights I’m starting to think it’s a mission to bring the pain. He’s 4-0 in Bellicose and all by way of KO or TKO. The man packs a punch, just hope it’s not your sphincter that takes it! Vs Name: Murska Mfer Record: 10-1 Country: Finland Manager: Ispa Murhapuro Key Wins: Orestes Prometheus, Tony Viikinki, Dontae Gutierrez Key Losses: Arthur Douglas Notes: Murska has been one of the most successful men in Bellicose. Aside from Rak, he’s right there with a couple of others for most dominating records in Bellicose. He’s 10-1 with his only loss coming to Arthur Douglas back at Bellicose 88 where he lost his belt. He turned that around with two wins over Prometheus and Gutierrez to get a shot at his gold again. We know what he brings to the table, we’ve seen it time and time again. Will that quick 1 minute KO loss to Douglas be a prelude to issues with his chin as his career develops? Or will he prove tonight, by capturing his belt again, that it was a fluke and he’s ready to keep taking on the world?

Bellicose 129 07 AUGUST 2022 New York Main Card Preview Pee Wee Saski vs Frank Dux Name: Pee Wee Saski Record: 10-1 (Champion) Country: Japan Manager: Django Waits Key Wins: Pate Hunt, Mad Hatter, Natalia Pisswater Key Losses: Boris Bors Notes: Pee Wee has come on strong of late. Having been in Bellicose from the beginning, he’s 9-1 in Bellicose history and dominating the 135 division. Dux is no push over, but he’s also not the champion or has he faced anyone of Pee Wee’s caliper. This could be a great fight but leaning on Pee Wee to get an early finish in this one and keep his TKO victory streak in tact. Vs Name: Frank Dux Record: 7-0 Country: Canada Manager: Antonio Maximus Key Wins: Sean Dash, Michal Sykora, Reni Manfield Key Losses: N/A Notes: Dux is 7-0 for good reason. He became the CDFC champion in his last bout in the org before the org was purchased by Bellicose. This “unification” bout has been a long time coming. He’s got a tall order on hand to take on the reigning champion, but if anyone’s got a shot at dethroning the king, it’s Dux. Stanislav Strakapoud vs Dmitry Boytsov Name: Stanislav Strakapoud Record: 6-5 Country: Czech Republic Manager: J Thorgrin Key Wins: Ryan Hall, David Goggins Key Losses: Kimbo Slice, Kurki Potku, David Goggins Notes: Not much to say here, Strakapoud has been up and down his whole career. He’s coming off a win over Hall in his last outing, but lost 3 of 4 before that. He’s been unable to be consistent in the cage and that’s been his Achilles’ heel his entire career. Vs Name: Dmitry Boytsov Record: 4-1 Country: Russia Manager: Mt Dim Key Wins: Ian Stronk, Joey Faolin Key Losses: Kaarlo Susi Notes: Boytsov was looking on top of the world until in his last bout he stepped in the cage against Susi. He wants to get back to his winning ways and has the tools to do exactly that, but if he can’t lock in a submission quick he may have a problem on his hands assuming his opponent is on top of his game in this one. Sorry, this is as far as I got before I started seeing fight results creep in. Long day at work for me and I apologize for not having time to get a full preview in.

Guys, I just got home from work (5 minutes before the fight begins) and don't think I can rush something out in such short notice. But I'll try to do something before the results are in for the main card at least!

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Visit HELLBENT in Amsterdam today, and don’t mind that hint of marijuana smell, it’s common over there. **************************************************************** Prelims **************************************************************** Raining Blood vs Harlin Faliaygo Name: Raining Blood Record: 3-4 Country: Liechtenstein Manager: Sonny Muchacho Key Wins: Noah Smith, Moe Telsiks Key Losses: Mohammed Abul, Keenwah Graines, Zac Davies Notes: Blood was an early on favorite to win the Outlaw creation tournament until things went south when he faced Abul in round 2. After making the move to Bellicose with the rest of the roster, he’s struggled heavily having lost 3 of his last 4. He’s got some power, now just needs to get his confidence back and start raining down hell on his opponents. VS Name: Harlin Faliaygo Record: 0-1 Country: USA Manager: Juice Box Key Wins: N/A Key Losses: N/A (Amateur/QFC losses do not count) Notes: Faliaygo is an unknown. He’s only had his one amateur test fight which he lost but didn’t show us anything to go on. This will be our first chance to get a look at his skills and see what he is capable of. Michael Cudlitz vs Ingo Szopa Name: Michael Cudlitz Record: 5-2 Country: USA Manager: Bad Baby Key Wins: Felix Speer, Casius Laizel, DeAndrew Jackson Key Losses: Scottie Tarantino, Marcus Hansen Notes: Cudlitz was the man before signing on at Bellicose. Just goes to show you there’s another level of competition at Bellicose. He was undefeated until joining Bellicose and has since gone 0-2 and his morale is at an all time low. Manager has not been seen in about a week and the rumor is that his manager ran off with his Cudlitz mom which would give credit to the manager’s MIA status and Cudlitz completely lacking morale. VS Name: Ingo Szopa Record: 1-1 Country: Germany Manager: Bronko Buster Key Wins: Nixon Mesquita Key Losses: Okon Omoh Notes: Still a relative unknown, Szopa capitalized on his last fight to get the decision win over Mesquita. He improved on his quick KO loss to Omoh in his debut, and with Cudlitz’s lack of morale and management, this should be an easy win for Szopa, and should be a first round finish if he’s aggressive. Jeff Cooper vs Roman Reyes Name: Jeff Cooper Record: 3-4 Country: USA Manager: Ursus Horribilis Key Wins: Ian McGregor, Okon Omoh Key Losses: Hoe Logan, Jimmy Snuka, Roman Reyes Notes: This is a big fight for Cooper. He has a chance to go to 4-4 on his record, but more importantly avenge a loss that he suffered early on in his career at the hands of Roman Reyes. If he can win this bout, it’ll show his development and career path moving forward. If he loses to Reyes again, it’ll show that he still has a lot of work to do to get to where he wants to be. So far, he’s not been very impressive in his career never stringing together more than 2 wins before losing two fights back to back. He really needs this win to snap that trend and get some footing in Bellicose. VS Name: Roman Reyes Record: 4-5 Country: USA Manager: Raul Gonzales Key Wins: Kevin Jensen, Vlad Hansen, Jeff Cooper Key Losses: Joseph Mawma, Ant Thrax, Junqueiro Santo Amaro Notes: Reyes is in a very similar position as Cooper. He also has never put together more than 2 wins in row, while always losing fights two in a row. He’s 1 fight under .500 as is Cooper, really the only difference is their first fight where Reyes got a 1st round TKO victory over Cooper. This fight will be to see who can rise from mediocrity and attempt to step into the bright lights of winning in Bellicose. Gerrad Skolz vs Zac Davies Name: Gerrad Skolz Record: 3-1 Country: UK Manager: Juice Box Key Wins: Kevin Jensen, Fedor Vovchanchyn Key Losses: Ike James Notes: Skolz has looked good so far having only lost once in his young career. He did give up that quick submission loss to James, but when a striker and a grappler go head to head early on, it’s either a quick KO or it goes to the ground where it’s the other guys show. A win here will make it 3 in a row and keep Reyes on the fast track to stardom. VS Name: Zac Davies Record: 2-1 Country: Australia Manager: Ado Adovic Key Wins: Raining Blood Key Losses: Thomas Quessy Notes: Similar to his opponent, Davies also has only one loss on record and it was to a submission. The bright spot for this fight, is neither one of these guys wants to make this a grappling match so we should be on hand for a hell of a stand up war. Both guys have promise, but only one will walk away with the win that puts the division on blast. **************************************************************** Undercard **************************************************************** Anokoni Kai vs Kazuya Mishima Name: Anokoni Kai Record: 3-1 Country: USA Manager: Louie DePalma Key Wins: Syngin Colchester, Alexander Korolev, Robert Cap Key Losses: Fook Man Notes: Kai has been on a war path. He lost his sparring match to his partner in another life time, but has been 3-0 since joining Bellicose and has quickly ascended the ranks of his division. He has shown the ability to finish fights but also a willingness to go the distance if need be. His last TKO victory over Colchester earned him the KO of the Night award. Name: Kazuya Mishima Record: 7-5 Country: Japan Manager: Delyo Haidutin Key Wins: Dogo Musago, Pedro Phillips Key Losses: Vitor Almeida, Buster Glover, Alexander Kuznetsov Notes: Mishima has been snake bit since joining Bellicose and is only 1-3 since moving up from EFC. He did pull out a nice decision win over Musago, but he’ll need more than that to get the win over Kai. If he comes out flat like he did against Buster Glover, this fight won’t make it out of the first round either. Orestes Prometheus vs Reinhard Tristan Eugen Name: Orestes Prometheus Record: 5-4 Country: Greece Manager: Alex K. Key Wins: Pentti Koyri, Dave DeMartin, Frankee Guh Noo Key Losses: Douglas Sampson, Murska Mfer Notes: Until his last two losses, Prometheus was on a fast track to stardom and one win away from a title shot. Murska got the TKO win that really upset team Prometheus as they were very confident in their ability to win that fight. Then, to lose back to Douglas Sampson in his very next fight was demoralizing to his team. Now, Prometheus wants nothing more than to get back into the cage and snap this foul tasting losing streak and all at the expense of Heydrich. Name: Reinhard Tristan Eugen “Das blonde Biest” Heydrich Record: 5-1 Country: Germany Manager: Zuc Nibali Key Wins: Chris Tamburello, Vedran Mihaljevic, Steve Baker Key Losses: Bowser Bigalow Notes: While his only loss to date was against Bowser Bigalow, a solid fighter, his wins have come over good, but not great competition. He pulled out decisions over his tougher opponents like Tamburello and Mihaljevic, but hasn’t shown any promising power in some time. This could be due to game planning or just not having the power to get the job done. This will be his biggest test to date as Prometheus has proven he can finish a fight against some tough opponents already. Now, Heydrich will get the chance to prove himself. **************************************************************** Main Card **************************************************************** Hole Reemer vs Bartholomew Bainbridge Name: Hole Reemer Record: 8-3 Country: Djibouti Manager: G Wad Key Wins: DeVon Hampton, Kai Tokugawa, Duannis Frank Key Losses: Paul Hunt, Kurki Potku Notes: Hole Reemer is one hell of a fighter. He’s always over achieved and doing so in the cage is a testament to the hidden talents a fighter has, not just his visible skill. Once on an 8 fight win streak and champion of the world, Reemer was looking like the future of the light heavyweight division. After winning the belt from Hampton, then defending it against Tokugawa, we started to hear the buzz around this young champ. Then, in an unexpected twist of fate, he lost his belt to Potku. Giving the champ a shot to get his gold back, he was next up in a top contender bout against Paul Hunt where he was given a loss by the judges in a highly controversial majority decision. No doubt that Reemer can turn things around, but it will not be easy to do as he stares across the cage at his next opponent, Bainbridge. VS Name: Bartholomew Bainbridge Record: 4-2 Country: England Manager: Hare Rumpler Key Wins: Aleksi Saari, Adam Orel, Michael Nessen Key Losses: Ian Stronk Notes: Bainbridge doesn’t have the experience that Reemer has, but he’s on a three fight win streak and all by TKO finishes. He’s picked up a mean streak since that loss to Stronk and hasn’t looked back since. Becoming increasingly vocal in his interviews and communications, the world has been put on blast that the hard hitting Bartman is on stage and ready to put his bid in as a top contender. What better way to say you’re in line to become the champ then by beating a champion. Jesse James vs Jim Johnathan Name: Jesse James Record: 5-0 Country: Belize Manager: Outlaw Hardman Key Wins: Lucifer Morningstar Key Losses: N/A Notes: Still a baby in the MMA world, his first fight in Bellicose was against a fighter who has since become a side note. Still needing to test himself against a worthy opponent, he finds himself facing off against a veteran fighter in Johnathan. James is a striker, so the grappler Johnathan will be a very tough test. But if he can find a way to keep the fight standing, he’s got the edge. If it goes to the ground, it’s all over. VS Name: Jim Johnathan Record: 7-4 Country: England Manager: Mohamed James-Wang Key Wins: Excalam Black, Gallagher Baginkski, Decantery Jonson Key Losses: Je Ha Kim, Victor Cash, Super Special Notes: Mohammed snapped his 2 fight losing streak with an impressive first round TKO against Black. Now, he looks to build upon that success by welcoming one of the new kids to the Bellicose block. His chin has been tested and gotten to by all four of his losses, so that will likely be a focal point for James. But if he gets the fight on the ground, he loves to dish out some GnP punishment and has overwhelmed the majority of his opponents doing exactly that. His only focus in this fight will be to get James on the ground where he can do his damage while James is helpless. **************************************************************** Co-Main Event **************************************************************** Jerman Christ vs Jake Paul Name: Jerman Christ Record: 5-2 Country: Finland Manager: Anti Kristus Key Wins: Adam Orel, Thorulf Hammar, Joey Faolin Key Losses: Paul Hunt, Kurki Potku Notes: With only losses coming from Paul Hunt and the former champ Potku, it’s safe to say that Christ can hold his head high with his record to date. This man is a live by the punch, die by the punch type of fighter. He’s won all 5 of his fights by KO and lost both by KO as well. I don’t mean TKO, I mean strait up “go to sleep, bitch!” moment KO’s. He’s got to be salivating at the mouth to get to face off against the shit talking Jake Paul who’s chin has been tested and rejected. VS Name: Jake Paul Record: 7-5 Country: USA Manager: Free Agent Key Wins: Adam Orel, Adam East, Paddy Murphy Key Losses: Dakota Thibodeaux Jr., Tim Horton, Dean Howard Notes: Paul has been an up and down fighter. He kept reaching for the stars and sometimes was lucky enough to punch a cloud. He had a very solid career early on where he lost his title shot to Howard then bounced back to win 2 more. The most notable win on his record is against Adam East, but since then he lost to Tim Horton and his morale was never the same. Now, having lost 4 of 5 since that East win, he now finds himself a free agent as somehow his former manager found a way to sack the fighter with a fight already booked. So now Paul has zero morale, zero manager, and zero hopes to win this next fight against Christ. **************************************************************** Main Event **************************************************************** Bill Smiff vs Paul Hunt Name: Bill “Tyrant” Smif Record: 11-3 Country: USA Manager: Scott Bandz Key Wins: Ian Stronk, Cyborg Reyes, Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. Key Losses: Kai Tokugawa, Hayato Sakuraba, Clayton Daniels Notes: Smif has been an exceptional boxer for a long time now. Shown he can beat some of the best strikers in the business. But as age has caught up with him, Bill just isn’t the fighter he once was. He can still hang with the best of them, but the best of them have surpassed him in skill. Bill’s championship hopes may no longer be a goal for him, but he can still show some of these young guys what it’s like to get hit by a Bellicose Mack truck. VS Name: Paul Hunt Record: 5-0 Country: Finland Manager: Ispa Murhapuro Key Wins: Hole Reemer, Jerman Christ, Jimmy Christ Key Losses: N/A Notes: The man has been on a war path. He defeated Hole Reemer recently to give himself a top contender spot but elected to hold off on a title shot for a little longer and will be putting his skill to use against Bill Smif. This fight is one of those fights where if he beats Smif, everyone will look at him as the next contender. If Smif wins, Hunt will be beside himself and having to overcome the first ever defeat which many fighters stumble on. Hunt has all the tools, and especially if he gets this fight on the ground, Smif will be in a bit of a bind.

Dude, you hadn't even defeated your last opponent before that title fight was made. I can't just go back and cancel the card to make you happy. Also, you were given the respect by booking you on the same card as the champ so that you could have your rematch against him (assuming you both win) on the next month's card and both be coming into the fight with exactly the same time to train/recover/etc. To be disrespectful would have been booked you for 4 weeks out instead of 2 and then asked you to turn around and fight Tim on short notice for the belt, or to give Tim another title defense since your guy just fought. The contract is not the same, the bonus and salary have improved to match some of the top contracts in the org. The only thing that stayed the same was the win bonus. And you have the contract you were given as the champ, and I even improved on that. So no, it's not the same. it's a champions contract even though you're a contender. If you wish to be blinded by your own greed and self pity, then I won't stop you. I'm not responding here anymore. We want you to keep fighting here, but not going to keep this up with you. If you want your title shot, win your next fight, resign, and it will happen. Otherwise, best of luck to you, I'm sure you'll find a home you actually enjoy.

You do realize that Horton is booked in a title fight against Lightspeed the very same night you're booked vs Nero, right? The same card? It's pretty obvious that the winner of your fight would be fighting the winner of Horton vs Lightspeed the following month. We don't like having our guys wait 2 months for a fight, but Lightspeed vs Horton was booked before your last fight took place, so I get that you want your shot, but I'm flabbergasted that you expect us to cancel a card and remove the top contender from a previously booked fight to insert you for a rematch. And if that's not the case here, then you want me to let you sit and train for 2 months to be next in line against Tim. If you had approached us about that, perhaps it could have been worked out. But to be pissed off because you were booked a top contender fight is just insane to me. As for the contract negotiations, I just took back over that role after we had to let go of our contracts guy. That part is on me as I've been mostly MIA this last month with the visitation of my son for the first time since Christmas. I neglected the game, and the org. The contract has nothing to do with us not wanting Rock or trying to slight you in any way.

Slow down, princess! Firstly, I do apologize for any misconception that you may have on behalf of ownership, or our match maker, or whoever it is that has been breaking promises and whatever else has offended you. But I have to ask, when did ownership promise you the next fight would be vs Tim Horton for the belt? I want that fight, and yes, I expected it. But I never put that out there as being the next fight. If I did, then I do not recall that and didn't tell our new match maker to account accordingly. Secondly, I haven't even looked at the matches that just went out yet. I do not ask my match maker to wait for my approval of his choices for fights, either. So I am a bit puzzled on how "Looks like ownership didn't hold up it's side." is what I'm reading here and why ownership is getting bashed by someone who didn't seem to like the fight offer an employee sent them? And thirdly, I'm easily reachable on our discord server if anyone has an issue with something and needs to chat. Putting someone on blast on the forums is your choice, but please make sure it's at the least a factual based statement.

Hey guys, it's been a while since I reached out to the org as a whole. There have been a few changes happen and something in the works for over a month now that we finally will start implementing, so this message is to keep you guys informed of the changes that have happened or are happening soon. Match MakerFirstly, some of you may have noticed, but we have hired a new match maker to take over fight booking going forward. This mainly is to free up more time for Sonny and I to do the things we are best at and help to continually bring you new content for your enjoyment. Moving forward, please direct any match making requests to Black Dana. Move over Dana White, because once you go Black Dana, you never go back to.. nevermind... TournamentsA few fighters carried over from Outlaw MMA to fight the final round of their tournament here from the 145 division. One fighter dominated the show the entire way having lost no fights. He won the original bracket and sat and waited for a challenger to rise from the loser bracket. The finals of the loser bracket pitted two fighters that he had already dispatched, so his confidence was very high. Well, this past weekend, the finale took place where Chumani Adofo (4-0) had his rematch against Edwin Hubble who he had defeated in the final round of the original bracket. While Hubble had to fight another to gain his chance at the rematch and tournament finale, Adofo sat and trained and waited for his prey. Under the bright lights of New York, the fight finally took place and much to the dismay of Adofo, Hubble got his revenge and won the fight taking home the tournament championship and is awaiting his VIP prize as well as the cash prize that was pledged by another manager affiliate. Congratulations to Hubble!There were also a few fighters at the 265 division participating in a tournament, but several of those managers and/or fighters have since backed out leaving the tournament in a very bleak situation. I have sent contracts to each of the fighters involved, but not sure we have enough to continue the round robin. Maybe we can put on a finale fight between the top 2 fighters if both sign and are willing. Otherwise, this project will simply have to be scrapped. Division MergerAnd now on to possibly the biggest (literally) news of this message. I have for months been trying to find a way to get the 265+ division to increase it's numbers. The difficulty is that there just simply aren't enough 265+ fighters to participate. If you look at the last couple of champions, all have been 265lb fighters, not 265+. The last pure SHW fighter we've had was Murska Mfer who lost to the 265 #1 contender months ago. There is a logic behind this. If a fighter goes below 230lbs, they get a speed advantage, but the real problem lies in that the larger fighters gas out quickly. So many do not want to take on the risk of fighting a guy who can wear them down. Simply survive the first round and you have the advantage in stamina. So instead of asking the big guys to all lose weight (and there are only a few of them) we will be taking a page out of the GAMMA division setup and moving the 265 fighters up to the 265+ division. What does this mean? This means new contracts for all 265 lb fighters. The minimum weight limit for this division is 230lbs, but you can be as heavy as you like. The fighters in the 265+ division are able to cut weight if they want, but the 265 fighters can stay at weight and compete as is. There will even be an advantage for those smaller fighters who are able to gas out the big guys so there is no reason to reject the move up. This will also give us an in house super fight as we throw together a unification bout to unify the 265 and 265+ title into one. I will start sending out contracts over the next week. Fighters who do not have a fight booked at 265 will be sent contracts and as you conclude currently booked fights, renewals will be sent out. All contracts will be a fresh 5 fight deal with a fresh signing bonus, considering the signing bonus of your current deal a pay off for your move up. No new fights will be offered at 265 division. Future of the 265 divisionI have no clue. This does give us some flexibility to do a few things such as random creation tournaments or a random tournament for open ID fighters. Because the division is 265 it still will allow us to set the weight limit parameters of the division if we were to say.. ok, we're going to make a tournament for 205. All fighters signing up must be of weight 205-215lbs to participate. Or we can do any weight 265 or lower. We could even do open weight with a weight cap. But for now, we will be simply closing the division down to focus on building the super division of 265+.

Guys, I just got home from work and don't have time to get a preview done. I'm sorry. Sonny is under the weather so we'll have to miss this one tonight. Just wanted to apologize and say good luck to all the fighters participating tonight.

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In an attempt to not burn myself out while trying to maximize time spent with my son who's visiting for the month, I'll be focusing on the main card only. This is no slight to the rest of the fighters, just a temporary thing. But, the fights that I do break down and discuss will be full length previews and not just quick snips. With that said, let's go ahead and jump into the action! Main Event VS Dmitry Boytsov (4-0) vs Kaarlo Susi (6-1) Now how the hell this fight has enough hype/pop to jump into the main event over the title fight, I've got no idea. But we find ourselves with young blood up and coming undefeated Boytsov putting his 4-0 record on the line against the 6 fight win streak of Susi. In Susi's defense, the loss was a glorified sparring match in the QFC and was probably a designed loss, so for all rights and purposes, Susi is 6-0. Boytsov is a younger fighter at 21 years of age who's used his ground game to submit every opponent he's faced to date. He's a respectable striker who's working on his wrestling game, but make no mistake about it, this man can grapple with the Gracies. He's a black belt in BJJ and it shows in the cage. To date, only one opponent has even made it out of the first round against him and that was a wrestler. He's fully primed and ready to showcase his skills against what should be his toughest opponent to date. Across from him, that opponent is none other than Kaarlo Susi. While Boytsov's manager is quite accomplished, Susi's manager has quite a reputation and well known around the MMA world, being ranked #2 in the world at one point. What she's done with Suse is a testimate to her managerial prowess. Susi is a much more accomplished striker than Boytsov with strong boxing and exceptional Muay Thai. But interestingly enough, Susi has not thrown a single kick in his professional career. I'm sure the skills are there, and we'll see them at some point. But for now, facing a grappler, I'm sure he'll keep his legs in check and continue to use his punches to his advantage on the feet. While Susi is actually a better wrestler, his only lacking area in this fight is the BJJ gap. But when you have all the other skills, there's not a huge difference between Susi's brown belt and Boytsov's black belt. If Susi can avoid the clinch and stay at range, he'll likely not be taken down and will no doubt get the win. If Boystov can get into clinch and pull guard, then he has a shot. With Susi's brown belt and better wrestling skills, that shot is more of a long shot. This is an uphill battle for Boytsov all the way, but he's never backed down and a win here would go a long way to establishing his future in Bellicose. Perhaps even giving him a claim to challenge the self proclaimed "king of the ground" himself. Co-Main Event (265+ Title Fight) VS Nuufo "Soul Breaker" Seanoa (6-2) vs Hargol Svenkter (4-1-1) What can be said about Nuufo that hasn't already been said? The man was on a mission and he was very vocal about it. He announced himself to the world and then backed it up by not only claiming the Super Heavyweight belt, but by doing so while avenging his only Bellicose loss to Arthur Douglas. The man is an animal. He's a sensational striker and backs it up with wonderful wrestling and holding a brown belt. For a man of his size, he moves very well and still packs a hell of a punch. Backed by well known and beloved manager Hare Rumpler, Seanoa is competing against his own teammates to make his bid for a top 10 P4P fighter. This fight will be his first title defense and he's going against another excellent fighter. A win here will solidify him as the champion and quiet any doubters that may still be remaining. His opponent is one Hargol Svenkter. Another fighter backed by an excellent manager, Svenkter matches up well against Seanoa. He's now on a 3 fight win streak against very good competition and solidified his title shot after a 20 second TKO over Rozhkov. He's also a sensational striker, though he tends to be more of a boxer as Nuufo is a bit more of a Muay Thia guy. Not sure if this will make any difference in the cage for this fight, however. One difference that stands otu is that Svenkter is the superior wrestler, but has a very weak BJJ game. I do not see this fight being taken to the ground, but as it's a very even contest on the feet, don't sleep on Seanoa taking advantage of the ground game. He could shock the world by looking for a submission win. And that's something we've seen before from Hare's stable of tricks. The one thing that concerns me going into this fight, however, is that Svenkter has dropped about 15% morale. From a veteran manager (and fellow YABAI teammate of Hare) I'm not sure if this was an intentional move the he was trying to handicap himself, or simply an oversight. There's also still enough time to get that corrected so perhaps it's just a mind game. The one thing I know about this fight is that I expect to see some fireworks and can't wait to see the results. Will we have a new champion? Or will Nuufo tell the world "Told you bitches, who want's next? Come get some!" VS Je Ha "The Sniper" Kim (7-2) vs Macka Briggs (6-5) Kim has quietly been putting together a nice little win streak. He's now won 5 strait and finds himself on a main card looking to show the world what he's got. He's that guy whos' going to stand and bang and wants nothing to do with the ground. 6 of his 7 wins have come from TKO/KO with only one being left to the judges. Simply put; he likes to finish. His last fight was the exception where he took Victor Cash the distance and left the fight in the hands of the judges. He's an exceptional boxer and that's been his bread and butter his whole career. Against Briggs, he'll be looking to finish another fight but that might be a tall order being as Briggs has only been finished once via TKO and once from submission.. both times via the ground. Briggs would look like a very average fighter if you simply went off his record. He's 6-5 coming off a loss to Wilder, but a deeper look will show you that there are some impressive aspects of his game. For starters, almost all of his losses have come from decision. Either the judges really hate this dude, or he's just not aggressive enough in the cage. But with that said, he's stood in front of some great strikers and stayed standing. He doesn't get KO'd which is a testimant to his chin and heart. Also, all 6 of his wins have come from KO/TKO which shows that he's got a little power behind those strikes too. All in all, what I gather from this fight is that we will have a stand up war between two guys who are going to try to knock each other the fuck out. I would be amazed if this fight goes the distance and is left in the judges hands, but you never know. Someone may try to switch up the high accuracy strategy to push this fight in that direction. VS Jeno Christ (5-2) vs Okon Omoh (2-1) The last card I'll be covering today is Christ taking Omoh. Chris is on a 2 fight win streak and opened up some eyes with his KO win over Keenwah Graines at Bellicose 111. He's not yet developed into a top tier fighter, but don't tell him that. He's been able to put his wonderful Muay Thai to use and pull off 5 KO/TKO victories to date. He's only lost two fights to fighters with three names, so he should be good to go in this one. He did get TKO'd by Santo Amaro, so we'll be keeping an eye on that chin, but his only other loss against Santa Perez was a submission, and let's face it... at this stage, most good strikers are vulnerable to a submission specialist. Across the cage we have his opponent in another newcomer Omoh. Omoh is a boxer but as a striker overall is very evenly matched with Christ. He's also a bit better of a wrestler, but not a grappler in general and will usually use that wrestling to keep a fight standing or control the action when clinched up. In this fight, I don't think we'll see much of that and will be in for a treat of two solid strikers looking to play dentist and remove each other's grill. This fight can go either way, but just as the experience leans in Christ's favor, so does the manager experience. That may be the difference in the outcome of this fight.

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Prelims Horacio Sandaval (1-4) vs Tom Cullen (3-6) Cullen comes in at ½ morale and ill prepared. Sadaval is prepared and ready to go. Skills lead Cullen to be the favorite but I’ll pull for the fighter who’s actually prepared to fight. Outlaw’s Pick – Sandaval wins via who gives a shit, just win! Limu Emu (2-2) vs Chetnik Borg Eleven (3-1) Eleven is a capable striker but mostly on the defensive side. He loves to use his sensational wrestling to get fights to the ground and control the pace while waiting to work in his brown belt BJJ skills. That’s a lie, but it’s what it looks like. This fighter typically controls the action and plays it safe mostly using his wrestling to keep the dominant positioning and score well with the judges. His last fight, he flipped the script and used some nasty GnP to finish off his hapless opponent. This time around, his opponent is also a brown belt and a wonderful wrestler who should be able to hang pretty well with Eleven on the ground while having a slight edge in striking. This will be a very tough contest for Eleven, but he’s another fighter who likes to take the fight the distance so we may be on hand for a long fight and a judges score card. Outlaw’s Pick – Eleven wins via TKO (GnP) Bohnomme SeptHeures (6-1) vs Age Sixteen (2-3) When looking at records, this seems like a mismatch. Sept has been a dominant fighter to this point in his career and Sixteen is looking to break even on his record. But Sixteen started his MMA career at a very early age and is still in prime developmental stage. To this point, he hasn’t really honed in on any one area of his game but seems to be a decent Muay Thai striker with some clinch ability and capable wrestling. Beyond that, we just don’t know yet until he steps back into the cage. SeptHeures has been on fire in his early career having only lost to Ringo via TKO back at Outlaw 20 before moving up to Bellicose. In Bellicose, he’s 2-0 and looking like a star. But, when you break down his training and film study on him, he’s very similarly built to Sixteen and even possibly has some weaknesses that Sixteen can expose in boxing and BJJ. I don’t expect this fight to go to the ground, but look for Sixteen to work in his striking and copy the blueprint that Ringo laid out and get to Sept’s chin early to try and end this fight. Outlaw’s Pick – Sixteen wins via TKO Lord Forklift (6-2) vs Ade Yusuf (1-1) Forklift is a little low on morale, but not much. Possibly just because he’s coming into tonight’s match a little worn out from training and not 100% fully rested. That could be problematic for him if this fight goes the distance, or his opponent works some extra body shots into his gameplan. Other than that, this fight is very evenly matched with Forklift having a slight edge in wrestling and a near mirror clone in every other aspect. Outlaw’s Pick – Forklift wins via TKO Patrick Matthew (3-1) vs Suriyan Sitsongrit (1-2) Sitsongrit finally made his awaited Bellicose debut with a win over Kamir back at Bellicose 110. Not only his first Bellicose win, but his first career win. Knowing the bloodline this man comes from, nobody is surprised to see him in the win column and I’m sure many will be watching this fight with anticipation to see if he develops into the legendary Sitsongrit Muay Thai artist that his name signifies. He will use his Muay Thai in this one having a 4 point edge in that area, but will need to be on guard with is striking and Matthew is an accomplished boxer with sensational striking and 3 finishes to his name. This will be a fun fight to watch and one that can make a name for either of these two fighters with a win. Outlaw’s Pick – Sitsongrit wins via decision. Petr Vrabec (6-6) vs Thiago Lourenco (4-2) Thiago is a very well-rounded fighter but is a standout on the ground with his brown belt in BJJ. He’s won from striking, he’s won from submission and he’s won over the judges more than once. He knows how to win with his skillset which not many can do at this level of competition without a little more focus into specific areas. The one knock he has is that his two losses were both by way of (T)KO and his chin is suspect. But, fortunately for him, that probably won’t be an area of concern in this fight as his opponent is not known as a prolific striker. However, he tried to prove everyone wrong last outing as he won a KotN award for a beauty of a head kick KO win over Perez. These guys should be pretty evenly matched until this thing goes to the ground where Thiago will have a sizeable advantage. Outlaw’s Pick – Lourenco wins via submission. Main Card VS Jorgen Thrane (7-2) vs Stryder Yuri (3-1) On to our main card and the first of our badasses to take the cage. Thrane is stepping into the cage looking to bounce back from a disappointing loss to Hunt Mfer in his last bout, the first under new management. He’s a striker and was out of his element on the ground against Mfer. This could be a similar situation for him, but make no mistake that Yuri is not the grappler that Mfer is, and Thrane will come out looking to turn Yuri’s light switch off quickly. Yuri gives up the edge in striking and really only has an advantage with his brown belt BJJ so expect Thrane to avoid the takedown and land some massive shots to try to get the KO and hand Yuri his 2nd ever defeat. This is the biggest test of Yuri’s young career, and a win here would establish him as a true threat to the division, so both fighters have a lot on the line in this one. Outlaw’s Pick – Thrane wins via KO VS Pate Mfer (5-0) vs Titus Wilder (6-3-1) Wilder is a sensational Muay Thai striker with a strong rounded out rest of his game. But he is still one dimensional in that he will win by the fist or lose trying. Mfer is a similar build but more focused on boxing and has a better overall stand up game and better wrestling. I don’t thing either guy wants to go to the ground so this fight will be based purely on striking. I don’t see this fight spending much time in the clinch either as Mfer has the wrestling edge but Wilder has the Muay Thai edge, so neither one will really be able to try and control the action there. Wilder may try, but Mfer will most likely keep at range and look to land his shots and add to his perfect 5 fight 100% finish rate. Outlaw’s Pick – Mfer wins via TKO Co-Main Event VS Tarik Oren (7-2) vs Leonid Zakharov (5-2) The muscle-bound Zakharov has quietly continued to move up the ranks and been noticed by fans. He’s now in the spotlight sharing the stage with Oren under the bright lights of the co-main event. He did lose 2 in a row but both were to eventual champions. So no knock for a guy to take on a future champ and come up short at that early point in his career. What’s spectacular about Zakharov is his power. He’s finished or been finished by way of KO/TKO in every single one of his fights. Now, perhaps his chin has been exposed a bit, but he’s lost those two against hard hitting strikers. What he’s definitely established Is his lead filled fists. No wonder he’s so big, having to throw those things around all day! Not only his he an accomplished striker, he’s now a brown belt on the ground and will be a tough fighter to finish from any position in the fight now. Truly he will be a handful for his opponent, Tarik Oren. Oren, much like Zakharov, is a striker with a ton of hard-hitting finishes under his belt. Also, much like Zakharov, he’s been finished twice himself and had his chin tested. He’s not got the skill of Zakharov on the ground, but he’s a more polished striker and if this fight stays standing this will be an absolute war that he may have the upper hand in. If Zakharov wants to shock the world and look to take this fight to the ground, Oren could be in trouble. This is probably the toughest fight to pick on this entire card, but since I haven’t seen anything out of camp Zakharov showing his willingness to take a fight to the ground……. Outlaw’s Pick – Oren wins via TKO Main Event Duannis Frank (3-2) vs Hunt Mfer (9-2) When you look at this fight, the first thing that jumps out is the record. “What the actual fuck is a 3-2 fighter doing going up against a 9-2 fighter of Mfer’s caliper??? Well, a deeper dive into the fighter profiles will show you that despite that record, Frank is actually the more experienced fighter as he’s also got a 9-2 KT record to go along with his 3-2 MMA record, making his overall record 12-4. He was robbed of a shot to add to that record last time he stepped into the cage as his opponent ate too much cajun food and couldn’t make weight. So, once again Frank will have a chance to bounce back from his last loss to Hampton that you know he wants to have a shot to revenge at some point. What better way to make a statement than to take on a top contender in Hunt Mfer and his 9-2 record? These guys have slightly different skill sets but are very evenly matched at the same time. Frank is an amazing wrestler which will help him defend against Mfer’s ability to win fights on the ground with his brown belt. Frank also gives up the edge in striking, so Mfer may want to stay standing and look to pick his opponent apart and perhaps get that KO shot in. Mfer has the overall advantage in this fight, from range and on the ground, but you can’t ever count out a good wrestler as Frank could control the action in the clinch or be able to maintain dominant position on the ground to help defend against any submission attempts from Mfer. This has the potential to be the FotN and go the distance just as easily as it has the ability to be the KotN with a quick finish, or SotN and a quick tap out. This fight could literally go in any direction and will be fun to watch no matter what direction that is. Outlaw’s Pick – Mfer wins via Submission

I know it's been a while, and since it's been a while the rankings are much different looking than what they were the last time I did them. So a few changes have happened from results and I also did a default reset based on in game P4P rankings and WC rankings and just made a few slight changes from that. But, this will be my base moving forward and results will change these rankings. Some of you may find yourself a little lower or higher than what you would have been if I had been keeping up with them on a weekly basis, so for that I apologize. But, I should have more time to keep up with them going forward as I think we've found ourselves a match maker. We will find out in the next day or two on that end. Here are the rankings posted in text format. I will try to convert them (and edit out this post with them) later tonight into the graphic version you know and love. 135 C - Pee Wee Sasaki (10-1) 276/13 1 - Frank Dux (6-0) 660/40 2 - Natalia Pisswater (6-3) 939/48 3 - Joao Dos Santos (4-2) 1134/61 4 - Mad Hatter (7-3) 1176/65 5 - Fardoche Fermier (5-0) 1219/67 6 - Bethania Valverde (6-4) 114663 7 - Michal Sykora (7-4) 1526/84 8 - Pate Hunt (6-4) 1949/110 9 - Sean Dash (9-5) 2037/114 145 C - Lewis Pendragon (8-3) 347/41 1 - Reinaldo Gracie (8-2) 609/66 2 - Miyata San (8-1) 1019/109 3 - Boris Bors (6-2) 1289/202 4 - Clin Cartwright (5-2) 1934/197 5 - John Fisher (5-1-1) 1966/200 6 - Sammy Jam (7-4) 2117/216 7 - Nakachi Tadegeru (4-1) 2567/260 8 - Petr Vrabec (6-6) 250 9 - Chumani Adofo (4-0) 2269/228 155 C - Rak Boonliang (10-0) 149/23 1 - Shingen Takeda (11-3) 580/86 2 - James Howlett (7-2) 686/98 3 - Sammy Nyla (8-5) 829/120 4 - Davante Dunbar (7-3) 1058/146 5 - Marcos Furriel (5-0) 1373/183 6 - Jacques Bollomard (3-0) 1825/232 7 - Khabib Nurmagomedov (4-3) 1855/238 8 - Charles E Boles (5-1) 1929/248 9 - James Carter (7-4) 1939/249 170 C - Tim Horton (11-1) 198/25 1 - Arax Lightspeed (7-2) 424/64 2 - Rock Romero (9-4) 541/80 3 - Ham Burger (7-1) 752/105 4 - Kanud Odimabesser (9-3) 890/126 5 - Samuel Sumers (6-2) 1050/147 6 - Caio Carvalho (7-1) 1109/155 7 - Jorge Santa Perez (7-2) 1121/158 8 - Fedor Vovchanchyn (3-1) 1060/149 9 - Butch Cassidy (5-2) 1185/163 10 - Nero Hardy (8-3) 1335/185 185 C - Tim Horton (11-1) 198/25 1 - Raja Khanna (9-4) 595/88 2 - Je Ha Kim (7-2) 920/139 3 - Alexander Kuznetsov (7-2) 934/144 4 - Pate Mfer (5-0) 1351/191 5 - Hao Sawamura (6-2) 1104/172 6 - Adam East (7-3) 1402/204 7 - Titus Wilder (6-3-1) 1149/174 8 - Vitor Almeida (6-2) 1444/212 9 - Anakoni Kai (3-1) 1422/210 205 C - Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. (11-1) 287/44 1 - Hunt Mfer (9-2) 435/60 2 - Kurki Potku (7-1) 588/86 3 - Paul Hunt (5-0) 682/100 4 - Kaarlo Susi (6-1) 763/107 5 - Bill Smif (11-3) 856/115 6 - Dmitry Boytsov (4-0) 1064/147 7 - Hole Reemer (8-3) 1081/150 8 - Jorgen Thrane (7-2) 1439/196 9 - Betty Crocker (4-0) 1614/217 10 - Duannis Frank (1743/238 265 C - Keywon Reeves (8-1) 254/44 1 - Nuufo Seanoa (6-2) 344/6 2 - Arthur Douglas (7-3) 598/15 3 –Cajun Creole (15-6) 300/50 4 - Tarik Oren (7-2) 730/110 5 - Douglas Sampson (7-3) 775/119 6 – Tony Viikinki (6-2) 917/141 7 – Prokop Pustik (7-4) 1285/185 8 –Bowser Bigalow (5-2) 1445/202 9 – Balthasaar Van Thuringen (7-3) 1410/199 265+ C – Nuufo Seanoa (6-2) 344/6 1 – Murska Mfer (10-1) 470/14 2 – Hargol Svenkter (4-1-1) 1155/34 3 – Arthur Douglas (7-3) 598/15 4 – Nikolai Volkov (4-0) 1717/56 5 – Alexander Rozhkov (3-1) 1801/60 6 – Average Tycoon Player (4-4) 1298/33 7 – John Koromos (4-2) 1935/69 8 –Amri Mbeki (5-3) 2836/104 9 – Vedran Mihaljevic (7-5) 2005/73 With these posted, it's becoming more and more apparent that the 265+ division is not going to survive much longer. We are losing talent at the top and only have a few fighters with the top tier group while the rest are newer/younger fighters. This is the smallest division in the org and I keep having to dip into the 265 division to find challengers for the 265 belt. So, after this next title fight I will offer one last title fight at 265+ between the champ and #1 contender Mfer. After that, the division will be merged into the 265 division. Those fighters who cannot make weight will be given ample time to cut weight to get down to the correct weight to compete. After that, the 265+ division will become either one of two things: 1) An unrestricted open weight division or 2) A future tournament division for an (at this time) unspecified ruleset. If we keep it unrestricted and open weight, the fighters who want will be allowed to stay there. But I highly recommend you start to make preparations to move down to 265 so we can keep you with the best and closest competition possible. I will start sending contracts for the move starting today for those who do not currently have fights booked. I love the 265+ division, but it's a dying breed in the game and due to the fighters gassing out early just not a healthy division amongst the entire game. I'm sorry for those big guys who will have to go on weight watchers. Anyone who wants/needs will receive free weight loss supplements from New Standard Nutrition. Just PM me in game.

Doooo iiitttt However, Takeda is in a title fight match at this moment..

Bellicose is looking to hire a match maker. This position will be for 30 days with a permanent spot available if you choose and do a good job. Pay will depend on experience. If you decide to perform other duties on top of match making, pay will be increased. (Contract renewals, booking new events, etc..) Also looking to take on a writer full time for at least one of our two events per weekend. Sonny and I can do one and we tend to burn ourselves out a bit, especially with our current workload outside of game. So if you are interested in becoming a writer, we will structure a pay based on your talent level and how many write ups per week you wish to take on. I will check on this thread but you can also PM me directly in game to discuss further.

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Prelims “Onizaru” Toyotomi Ieyasu (2-3) vs “Pirate of the Baltic Sea” Klaus Von Alkum (2-3) Our opening fight features Ieyasu against a fucking pirate. I guess we’ll see how dirty the pirates can fight in the MMA cage. While both of these guys have mirror records, their skills are not at all the same. Ieyasu is a capable striker with a focus in boxing but his real focus is on the ground where he holds a black belt in BJJ. Von Alkum, on the other hand, is more focused on striking and is a better striker than Ieyasu, but his only real ground game is his wrestling which he uses more to defend against the takedown and control from clinch. I tend to give a grapple the edge early on, but with Ieyasu having lost 3 in a row and his chin being tested, it’s hard not to figure that’ll be what Alkum homes in on. But, Alkum has also lost 2 in a row. Outlaw’s Pick – This one is really hard to pick. But I’ll have to go with Von Alkum to win via TKO. “Buffalo” Bob Bronte (1-0) vs Sean “Massly” McCarthy (3-0) Bronte will be making his Bellicose debut after an impressive KO win in his QFC fight. He’s a Muay Thai striker who’s just starting his career off and hopes to be the next big thing. He’ll be welcomed to Bellicose by his opponent Sean McCarthy who’s coming off his Bellicose debut with a last second of round 1 submission win over Markus Baker. With McCarthy’s ground game leading him to 3 submission wins, he’s the early favorite to win this fight. At these young stages, a good ground game can win a lot of fights against superior strikers. But to steal a line from Lee Corso, “Not so fast, my friend!” Bronte may be the new kid on the block, but he’s got near identical ground skills to McCarthy which should be enough to ward off anything McCarthy can send his way. Key word… should. This will be a slider game at that point. But while standing, Bronte holds a significant advantage with his Muay Thai and his better reach. Outlaw’s Pick – Bronte wins via TKO Sammy Jam (7-3) vs Reinaldo Gracie (7-2) How the hell does this fight fall so far down this list? I mean, we have two top contenders going head to head and they only made a preliminary fight? Sammy had a bit of time off after his last win against Tadageru but now finds himself back in the cage and ready to make up for lost time. He’s won his last two and is knocking on the door of a top contendership spot to challenge for the belt. This fight could be huge for him should he pull off the win. Which brings me back to my first though… how the hell is this not a main event fight? I guess some of the fans put these guys down as after thoughts and they just don’t hold the hype they deserve. Perhaps after this fight, one of them will be on the fans radar as the next potential threat to the belt and that will all change. Jam won’t have an easy go of it though as he comes in facing Gracie who just bounced back with a decision win over Cartwright after losing his title shot to Pendragon back at Bellicose 95. If Gracie can win this fight, he’ll have positioned himself in line for a rematch for the belt. So again… this is a fight to establish the top contender and next challenger for the belt.. how the hell is this not a main card fight? Outlaw’s Pick – This is not an easy pick as Jam frequently surprises me when I don’t think he gets the win. And I picked Gracie to win the belt from Pendragon and he lost. So I almost feel like whatever pick I make, the opposite will happen. But, I have to make a pick, so I’ll pick Gracie to win via submission. Dan Kolov (2-0) vs Karel Sup (6-6) Kolov is coming off his Bellicose debut where he scored a 1st round TKO finish over Himura at Bellicose 105. He’s now 2-0 and though he hasn’t had a ton of cage experience, he’s a gym rat and his boxing Is next level. He’ll need to put these skills to the test as he takes on the veteran Sup tonight. Sup has had a back and forth career leading to a 6-6 record. Coming off a loss to Tamburello in his last bout, he’ll be looking to bounce back and not fall in another slump. The biggest concern I see from Sups corner is his chin. With 4 of his losses being from KO and the other 2 being from TKO, he hasn’t managed to go the distance with anyone. He’s shown some power in his wins, so he can finish a fight too, but his chin has been tested repeatedly and found wanting. No doubt in my mind that Kolov is aware of this fact and will be looking for a 1st round KO. Outlaw’s Pick – Kolov via TKO Wilbur Ratt (4-1) vs Razor Ramano (6-6) Wilbur Rat… What a name. I could think of so many fun nick names, but which one could be better than simply calling him Ratt? He’s a hell of a striker with a great arsenal from both punches and kicks. He can take a fight into the clinch, and holds a brown belt in BJJ. He’s a well rounded machine who has only one loss on his record and has no desire of adding a second tonight. Ramano, on the other hand, is another 6-6 fighter who’s had a rocky career. This actually is very surprising to me considering his skill set is every bit as good as Ratt’s. He’s got a great mix of strikes, a strong clinch game, and holds a brown belt. These guys are almost identical in skills. But, Ratt has shown the ability to use his skill set to a far more effective degree in the cage and it’s hard to not think he’ll continue to do the same against Ramano. Outlaw’s Pick – Ratt wins via decision. Main Card VS Vitor Almeida (5-2) vs Kazuya “Tekken” Mishima (7-4) Almeida is the first fighter on this card to disappoint me. He comes in at about 70% morale which I had hoped we had gotten away from. His manager has been around for a long time so this is a very surprising move. Putting Almeida at a disadvantage for this fight is not something we come to expect out of Hq’s camp. His opponent said he will make up for it with his full morale and energy and he’s ready to go. He’s built like a clinch fighter with a brown belt on top of that and has used his unique skill set to muster up a 7-4 record. His chin has been tested a few times, most recently by Buster Glover at Bellicose 88. But that won’t stop Mishima from taking the fight to Almeida and being aggressive to try to capitalize on Almeida’s weakened state of mind. Almeida is the better striker, but his morale will hinder that and give the slight edge to Mishima I think. Outlaw’s Pick – Mishima wins via TKO VS Bowser Bigalow (4-2) vs Booger Magee (6-10) Booger Magee just keeps going… He’s like the energizer booger. We make puns, give him shit, and he keeps finding himself on these main cars win or lose. He’s a fan favorite and you have to love that! Tonight, he’ll be fighting Bigalow who looks to bounce back from a disappointing loss last outing against Van Thuringen at Bellicose 99. He’s had some time to prepare will look to knock the rust off his boxing and knock the boogers out of Magee’s nose with some hard shots. Toe to toe, these two are very even on the boxing side of things, but Magee will have a significant edge on the ground with his brown belt but Bigalow’s wrestling should allow him to control the fight enough to prevent the easy submission win. Outlaw’s Pick – Bigalow wins via TKO Co-Main Event VS James Carter (7-3) vs Sammy Nyla (7-5) Carter is coming off a disappointing loss to Dunbar in his last fight and will be looking to get that frustration out of his system by beating the hell out of Sammy Nyla. Carter is a Muay Thai sensation and is well versed at keeping the fight where he wants it. And where he wants it is usually anywhere but on the ground. From range, he’ll pick you apart with an assortment of strikes, in the clinch he’ll aggressively pump out the blows until you’re trying to break clinch or drag him down. But on the ground, he wants no part and will do everything he can to get the fight stood back up. Sammy is more of a wrestler, but his mixed skill set doesn’t appear to match up well in this fight. He’s not nearly the striker that Carter is, and his wrestling is not that much greater than Carter’s, which will make it extremely difficult for him to get this fight on the ground and even more difficult for him to keep it there. If he can manage to get the fight to the ground and stay on top, possibly even mount up, he’ll have a good shot at getting another GnP TKO victory. But my friends, that’s a long shot. His best chance at winning will probably be by controlling the fight, keeping it on the ground, and letting the judges give him the win. Outlaw’s Pick – Carter wins via TKO Main Event 135 Title Fight Pee Wee Sasaki (9-1) vs Natalia Pisswater (6-2) And on to our main event! The undisputed Bellicose Bantamweight champion of the world, Pee Wee Sasaki will defend his belt against rising star, Natalia Pisswater! This is going to be a great fight, ladies and gentlemen! Pee Wee has dominated the 135 division from the start. His only loss in the division was to Boris Bors who now finds himself as Sasaki’s teammate and in the 145 division so their paths don’t’ cross. Since that loss, he’s wreaked havoc on the rest of the division and stormed to the top where he claimed his belt from Pate Hunt, subsequently sending Hunt down a spiral of despair that has lead his career to a very dark low spot. He recently defended against the hard-hitting Mad Hatter where he dispatched the Hatter in the first round sending him back through the looking glass to be patched up by Alice with some magic pills. Now, he will face another tough test as he squares off against one of the most feared women in the entire MMA world, Natalia Pisswater. Pisswater has well earned this title shot. She’s dispatched everyone we’ve put in front of her at Bellicose and even taken out the former champ and a top contender along the way. Going back to her early days at HFC, she’s on a 6-fight win streak and made some of the men at Bellicose look like bitches. If you go to the smack talk forums, you can even hear how they sound like bitches after losing to a woman! Normally, I’d say girl there, but I’d like to see you call Natalie a girl instead of a woman. I’m no fighter and I like my teeth! (and my nuts!) I can’t help but wonder how much of her tenacity in the cage is a result of sparing with Nuufo Seanoa every week! The champ Is the champ for a reason. Sasaki is the epitome of the 135 division. But Pisswatter is no joke and she’s a shark in the water who is looking to claim that title for herself. This fight is sure to be a contest of skill, will, and ruthless aggression that will leave fans around the world thrilled, shocked, and wanting more!

I will send Menace a 1 fight deal... $1 signing bonus, $1 fight base, and $50k win bonus to face out champ. Put your money where your mouth is. All or nothing.

Think the org closed? Every fighter in this tournament will need to send me a message in game so I can ensure they get signed up and I can continue the tournament in Bellicose for you guys.

Things seem to be pointing in this direction...