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I'm not sure if the UFC is going one division at a time in it's search for new talent (it probably isn't) but another couple of middleweights have been added to the roster and will be making their debut on UFC Fight Night London: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa. The UFC announced via it's official UK Twitter account that Mats Nilsson will face off against Luke Barnatt and Claudio Henrique da Silva will fight Bradley Scott. The 30 year old Mats Nilsson is a Rumble Sports product fighting out of Denmark, where he trains alongside a decent welterweight in Nicolas Dalby. The Swede is 11-2-1 in his five year mma career with wins over Denniston Sutherland, Tom Speer, and current UFC fighter Magnus Cedenblad. His only career losses have come to decent competition in Tor Troeng and Timo Suhenen. He has five victories by way of submission, with only two coming by form of knockout. Watching Nilsson fight, everything that he is on the ground he more or less isn't on his feet. He's a crushing grappler, both in the clinch and on the mat and one of the few European grapplers I've seen who appears to have a strong sense of how to generate solid takedowns. His long Judo background means he's very good at slamming opponents from the clinch and tends to not only time his shots well, but to change direction as he shoots in order to stop opponents from sprawling out on him. Once on the ground he's very very aggressive in his striking and grappling and moves fluidly into mount. He also stands out of full guard and looks for opportunities to dive back in with strikes and create openings, rather than staying static on top of opponents. All told he's one of the stronger European grapplers I've seen. Of course, as I foreshadowed, it appears that his striking has been somewhat left behind in all this. He stays active, and is light on his feet, but his footwork is often pretty bad and most of his strikes are either feints or merely a light throwing of hands toward an opponent to create the clinch. It's something he'll need to work on a lot at the higher levels and it could put him in a lot of trouble against a rangy fighter like Barnatt who is also exceptionally strong in the clinch. Training with John Hathaway and Zelg Galesic at the London Shootfighters Gym, the 31 year old Claudio Henrique da Silva has carved out a nice little run for himself over the last three years. After going 3-3 from 2006 to 2008, da Silva spent two years away from pro competition to return in early 2010. He's gone on a nine fight win streak since coming back with six of those wins coming by way of submission, to run his record to 12-3. Like Nilsson he has a win over Denniston Sutherland (in the final fight of an 8-man, one-night tourney) as well as long time journeyman Xavier Foupa-Pokam. His only loss was via disqualifiaction. Much like Nilsson, da Silva's striking is terri-bad. Really, watching his fights, it's worse. He tends to loop ugly punches with his head up and back. His kicking game, like all other parts of his striking arsenal appear to be a desperation tactic to get parts of his body connected to his opponent before he gets clipped too hard. His footwork is terrible, his defense is worse, but once he gets a hold of his opponent he's a grade-A clinger. He's much more aggressive in searching for submissions on top than Nilsson is, and his BJJ is obviously very strong, but with the gaping holes he presents I wouldn't be surprised if his UFC run is much shorter, even coming in against a fighter like Scott.

http://i.imgur.com/DZfS0en.jpg WORLD DOMINANCE TOURNAMENT SMACK TALK/INFO: I am glad to inform you that all the teams are filled and we are ready to get things started. From now on this thread will be the official Smack talk thread for the World Dominance Tournament taking Place in Wolf Palace RIO! Any further updates/rankings/anything to do with World Dominance Tournament will take place in this thread so those of you who are taking part in the tournament keep a close eye on this thread throughout the tournament. Everything you have to know as a manager is below. I will also be doing a top ten rankings list in this original post to monitor which fighter is doing the best individually in the tournament; first place will be the fighter with the best record and and the least amount of time in the cage. EG whoever has the individual best record and finishes their fights the quickest by the end of the tourny gets 40K. Creation Fighter must: - Make weight at 135lbs. - Be 18 years old. Training: - Allowed in gym of choice. Contracts: - 1500/1500/1500 Prize Money: - Winning team splits the prize money between the 5 of them. There will be a minimum of 60K each to be won depending on the size of the pot; the amount will be determined after all the managers have sent their 10K minimum entry fee. - Top Manager of winning team gets 3 months VIP. - Best Sub/KO/fight of the tournament gets 25K each. - The winning overall fighter regardless of his team will get 30K. - Grudge Match Prize (winning 3 teams get 25K): 8]o USA vs Canada 8]o UK vs Australia 8]o Finland vs Poland Fight Picks: - Individual matchups are picked at random for the 1st event. - Before each of the remaining 4 events the fighters who won their previous fights get to pick who they want to fight in their next event in order of who finished their fight the quickest. Schedule: WPR: WD1 (sat/sun) WPR: WD2 (sat/sun) WPR: WD3 (sat/sun) - USA vs AUS (sat) - UK vs USA (sat) - CAN vs UK (sat) - UK vs POL (sat) - FIN vs AUS (sat) - FIN vs USA (sat) - FIN vs CAN (sun) - CAN vs POL(sun) - POL vs AUS (sun) WPR: WD4 (sat/sun) WPR: WD5 (sat/sun) - POL vs USA (sat) - USA vs CAN (sat) - AUS vs CAN (sat) - FIN vs POL (sat) - UK vs FIN (sun) - UK vs AUS (sun) Dates for events: 1ST EVENTS - WPR: WD1 SAT (20/04/13) - WPR: WD1 SUN (21/04/13) 2ND EVENTS - WPR: WD2 SAT (11/05/13) - WPR: WD2 SUN (12/05/13) 3RD EVENTS -WPR: WD3 SAT (01/06/13) - WPR: WD3 SUN (02/06/13) 4TH EVENTS –WPR: WD4 SAT (22/06/13) - WPR: WD4 SUN (23/06/13) 5TH EVENTS –WPR: WD 5 SAT (13/07/13) - WPR: WD4 SUN (14/07/13) ***IMPORTANT*** 1. Everyone start sending your 10K minimum entry fee to me now for the prize pot, Make sure you let me know when you have sent it by sending me a PM. If you want you can put in more than 10K to increase the pot size!How to find me in game: Rory Daly (64907). 2. Creation date (the date which you create your fighter obvs): 27th of MARCH at 2pm GMT! 3. Creation up until first events (sat/sun) - *Fighter creation date.* - Week 1: Train and option to sack and replace fighter. - Week 2: Train and cannot sack fighter. - Week 3: Train and cannot sack fighter. - Week 4: Train and cannot sack fighter. - *WPR: WD1 SAT/SUN* Teams (those who have paid will be in blue font): UK: - Rory Daly...............................Fighter: Danny Hastings - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211607 - Timmy !!!.................................Fighter: Warren Sadler - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211642 - Craig Gardner.......................Fighter: David Brent - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211696 - Scott Davies..........................Fighter: Mighty Mushroom - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211638 - Chris Funkyama.....................Fighter: Chris Funkyama - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211991 USA: - Joshua Donovan...................Fighter: Tyrone Garland - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211672 - Team of Purpose...................Fighter: Errol Jitani - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211612 - TJ Heisman............................Fighter: Bob Parker - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211628 - TJ Heisman 2..........................Fighter: Jimmy Smith - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211627 - Chuck W94..............................Fighter: Renex Garcia - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211723 Canada: - Jesse Bowes.........................Fighter: Brandon Gallagher - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211676 - Gunz McKenzie.....................Fighter: Lan Strip - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211616 - King Justus............................Fighter: Django Foxx - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211681 - Davy Jones............................Fighter: Peter North - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211678 - Dylan Peterson......................Fighter: Mark Hill - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211777 Australia: - Chris K....................................Fighter: Brian Fantana - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211610 - K Rad......................................Fighter: Trent Punchy- http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211715 - Sean Mitchell........................Fighter: Michael Jones - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211578 - Cus Damato...........................Fighter: Jimmy Carruthers - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211684 - Neil Rooke..............................Fighter: Kevin Stevens - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211622 Finland: - Dee Early.................................Fighter: Samoilija Holovaara - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211618 - Ville Coleman..........................Fighter: Aslak Aas - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211626 - Frank Abbott............................Fighter: Chris Ostrowski - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211602 - Mr Gutz....................................Fighter: Jari Litmanen - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211623 - Opa Jokinen............................Fighter: Markku IIkka Naalinkieli - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211634 Poland: - SanOK out Promotions.........Fighter: Patrycy Sczcerbiec - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211611 - Sir Artur...................................Fighter: Adam Miauczynski - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211619 - Michal Wysoki.........................Fighter: Bogdan Petrycki - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211915 - Bragi Ragnarson.....................Fighter: Piotr Bukowski - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211609 - Chris Garcia.............................Fighter: Christian Evansen - http://www.mmatycoon....php?FID=211625 Current Total Pot size: 510K (102K each)

Hey guys, I was watching the six nations rugby last night and I thought it could hopefully be a good idea to make a tournament similar to this, kind of.. I know the countries tagged in this topic are not those of the six Nations but I figured there are more people playing the game from the countries that I have tagged so I chose them. Anyway, I know this is a big ask to get the numbers that I have requested but hey its worth a shot; no shame in trying! Here are the details of what I would like to do as long as there is a decent amount of interest: Six nations: UK, USA, Canada, Brazil, Russia, Australia. REQUIREMENTS/RULES: Team/fighter: - 5 in each team (total 30). - 135lbs division. - 18y/o and creation date will be decided when/if teams are filled. - Each manager from each team puts in 10K into the pot pre-tournament. This means that each manager would send the 10K to me so that no one can back out and not pay if their team does not win, then at the end of the Championship I will reward the sum of money to the managers of the winning team. I SWEAR I WILL NOT JUST KEEP IT. Events: - Fight every 3 weeks. - In Wolf Palace RIO (rio de janeiro). - All countries will face each other at some point. - Fought in a cage. - 3x5 min rounds. - 4 of the teams will fight on the Saturdays and the other 2 on the Sundays. Training: - Training allowed in gym of choice. Contracts: - 1500/1500/1500 Prizes: - 300k pot split between the 5 managers of the winning team = 60K each - Top fighter of the winning team gets 3 month VIP paid for by yours truly. - And most importantly the right to brag about how awesome your country is! ‘Grudge matches’: - The’ Grudge matches’ will be the final match-ups of the tournament between the 2 countries I pick to have a grudge against each other (even if they actually don’t in real life). Anyway, when it gets to the grudge matches I will give each of the winning teams 15K to split between the members of the team. The Grudge matches will be between: § USA vs Canada § UK vs Australia § Russia vs BrazilSix nations: UK, USA, Canada, Brazil, Russia, Australia.