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Pyotr "The Hammer" comes up huge in his 17th pro victory: kicks, knees, takedowns, brutal GnP, and a suplex for good measure. My boy went deep into the bag of tricks.

Thought I had a nutrition partner -- he flaked out. I am a veteran player with a solid established gym. I can help you develop supps. I've got a little extra coin to contribute to the cause. Hit me up. http://mmatycoon.com/gympublic.php?gmid=549

I'm having a horrible time. Waving $$ in people's faces, hounding them -- no dice. It is very frustrating. I'd be curious to see how many others are in the same boat.

Literally, on day 1, I spend $25,000 in your store. Long-established manager -- not going anywhere. Long-established elite gym. Let's do this, peeps.

My fighters and I will drop $25,000 in your nutrition business, provided you are not peddling lousy supps. If you have good stuff and haven't hooked up yet, look me up.

I run academy of violence in Sydney. We offer three Wrestling sparring sessions per week and have nice, small class sizes for any discipline you are looking to train. Look us up. http://mmatycoon.com/gympublic.php?gmid=549

ACME allied gym in Sydney, looking for a partner. We are an elite gym, and if times are tight, I send my fighters on spending sprees in your shop -- and I do the same. Serious, long-time manager. I'm not going anywhere and I'm easy to deal with. Acedemy of Violence http://www.mmatycoon.com/gympublic.php?gmid=549

Hats off to Paul Dengel. Fantastic concept and fantastic previews. This guy is a machine. Unfortunately, I think Geoff Deal has his work cut out for him. I'm hoping his experience and ability to constantly overcome long odds serves him well here.

I'm not gonna lie, Floyd is a really tough round one competition. But if I had a nickel for every time Klutie was "supposed to lose" and didn't, well ... um, I guess I'd have a quarter. Good luck.

Great night. Klutie is now an MKFC beltholder and the #1 bantamweight in St Pete. Much respect to Seppo Rovenpera, he's an awesome fighter. First time he's ever been knocked out -- and he's still never been subbed. Just don't give me Sing Ali right away.

it's been a real treat to watch Paul build MKFC from nothing -- hustling to sign his initial fighters and promising he wasn't going to flake out -- to an absolute MMATycoon mainstay. He has been ridiculously creative with the events he puts together and has found ways to engage his managers with his great previews and reviews. As far as org owners go, he's world class and I'm glad I was along for the ride. Continued success and good luck, Paul!

C'mon, people. This is a cool thing. Paul is the best org owner I've ever dealt with -- this is the read deal.

Academy of Violence [ACME] in Sydney will happily pay for FOTN. Great idea, Paul!

Nicely done, Louie. Way to stir the pot. Don't sleep on Cleveland Crosby at 185. He is only 8-5, but he has fought a slew of world-class fighters, so that's a hard-fought 8 victories.

This is a good idea. I hear what Zeus is saying [in calm, clear compelling language] and he makes an excellent point. This game obviously caters to people who [unlike myself] actually engage in martial arts. So if you are completely dismissing something that they see as a travesty, you are potentially alienating an entire discipline of real-life fighters who also happen to be a fan of your game. There is only one solution: from now on, black belts should graduate to the coveted sparkly belt.

I wouldn't obsess over it, and work on it at the exclusion of other important things. Other than the prestige of the black belt, he won't be that much better at BJJ and you might be neglecting other things you can shore up much more quickly. Sprinkle some sub training into your normal routine and forget about it -- he'll pop.

Yes, I believe you are right.

Awesome, Paul. I'm happy to sponsor stuff in the future to help defray costs. Congrats. [And I told you Leland Ralph was gonna take care of business in exciting fashion.]

Me too. Congrats, Paul. You deserve it, man. Don't sleep on St Pete's, kids.

Nobody knows Leland Ralph, I know this. You may be thinking, "What is this 1-1 twerp doing on a Super Card?" The kid's got flavor, and he's going to demonstrate it. Make sure your wfie doesn't nag you while you're trying to get out the door. Make sure you "go tinkle" and grab your beers early enough to have your ass in your seat, cuz Leland is going to do some work for you. You'll remember his name next time around. I promise. To my man, Paul: You are a MMA Tycoon pioneer. Good luck with this fight.

Nice write-up. That's the kind of thing I'm hoping to see on a regular basis from my boy Cleveland, but he was a little inconsistent earlier in his career. Looking forward to making him a force in AXF.

No matter what the circumstances, when in doubt just freakin' communicate. It's not that hard to communicate intentions to somebody who is spending time / energy / money on you and your fighter.

I'm quite proud of my gym, "Academy of Violence" in Sydney. It's a public, elite, generalized gym that happens to have a few spots open.

Just to flesh this out a bit, I got Excellent Boxer for a Rem boxer with Rem punches this weekend. Also got "powerful" with a Strength of Rem. This might be too much to manage in just one thread. Perhaps it should be broken down?

I give big guns credit for going through this whole thread and not stooping to anybody's level. Guess what? Plenty of cops are arrogant dickheads with no scruples. Plenty of politicians are arrogant dickheads with no scruples. Plenty of corporate executives are arrogant dickheads with no scruples. Plenty of burger flippers are arrogant dickheads with no scruples. Plenty of accountants are arrogant dickheads with no scruples. Plenty of teachers are arrogant dickheads with no scruples. Plenty of librarians are arrogant dickheads with no scruples. Plenty of health care professionals are arrogant dickheads with no scruples. Plenty of sales people are arrogant dickheads with no scruples. Plenty of priests are arrogant dickheads with no scruples. Plenty of guys who play pretend online MMA games are arrogant dickheads with no scruples. Surely you must realize that citing individual instances when a police officer acted unethically isn't really proof of anything -- other than it happened [or is alleged to have happened] ONCE. It's a shame that many of them become corrupted. It's also a shame that the perception is that the majority of them are corrupted. However you slice it, they put themselves on the line to uphold public safety every day. That's a lot more than most of us can say.