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I have done a statistical update to see which managers perfomed the best over the past 9 months. 

This ranks only managers who have won a GAMMA title, it is impossible to rank everyone. 

I did not include any of the super fights, as i update that live when they occur. 

Here are our top best managers:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PUBoZ76tUVYpy_catEueWyYOFJmuzuShj9IpdqmsMX0/edit#gid=109474977

Aleksey Nikulin (48376) was by far the dominant force with a total of 160 total points. Together with his previous performance in GAMMA, he is one of the top contenders to get inducted into the GAMMA hall of fame. Aleksey dominated in almost all statistical categories, besides total title fights, that honor was reserved to #2 ranked GAMMA manager of all time, Laz Staz (82447). 

Marky Mark (22640), Joe River (13987), Runt (108617), Alexander Biro (81823) all had very solid periods of dominance during this period, they rounded up the top 6. 

I also updated the top manager list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PUBoZ76tUVYpy_catEueWyYOFJmuzuShj9IpdqmsMX0/edit#gid=396796386

Bear Stevenson (81194), Aleksey Nikulin (48376), Pablo Spezziale (16996), Lance Templeton (889) are all candidates for HOF induction and should see induction during 2024.

Laz Staz (82447) is getting closer and closer to surpassing Whymer Van Mastodon (40116) as the greatest manager in history. Carlos Castenada (84794) also became the 3rd manager in history to surpass 200 wins, although he is now retired from the game.

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Closet Case Conservative (275388) competed in GAMMA from 2018-04-07 until 2020-02-15 under 2 different managers Grumpy Bastard (102643) and Malikoy Muza (122694), his longer and more successful run being under Grumpy.

Before competing in GAMMA, had runs in Syn, MMMA and BRFC winning regional belts for BRFC. He then had an unbeaten run in the GAMMA Contenders, winning the 265+ lbs belt and held onto the belt for 4 fights before being promoted to the main GAMMA roster. 

Closet had 31 fights with a record of 23-8-0. 23 of those wins came via finishes and he also had 12 Fight of the Night bouts. 

He is a 3 time 265lbs+ world GAMMA champion, with a total of 7 title fights in the organization. This makes him one of the few people who held both the GAMMA and GAMMA Contenders title. 

With 200 total points, this ranks him as #52 all time on the greatest fighter list. He is also a former MMA Tycoon #5 ranked fighter, something he achieved in 2019.

After losing the title, he later moved on from the organization and competed in various orgs and 4 different managers, however he never reached the peak he had in GAMMA.

His biggest GAMMA wins were over Diarmuid Curry, Jason Steele, Hiro Manowaru, Dustin Kruger, Hennan Hoyce, Bubba Gumption among others.

This is Grumpy Bastard (102643) #5 induction into the GAMMA HOF, only 2 other managers have achieved the same feat in our history. 

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The Global Association of MMA is proud to induct legendary MMA Tycoon and GAMMA manager into it's Hall of Fame!

Bear Stevenson (81194) is a veteran Tycoon manager who started playing the game back in 2012-12-15 and has been active for the most part up till February 2024. 

His highest all time record ranking is #4 in the manager standings and has an in game record to date of 1568-990-30. This places him #3 among all managers in KO wins and #6 in the all time wins list. 

In GAMMA his record is 40-29-4, with a total of 73 fights. 13 of those fights were title fights and he also has 1 induction into our GAMMA fighter hall of fame.

Among all managers to compete in GAMMA, he is ranked #37 all time with a total of 349 ranking points when writing this article. 

Without a doubt a MMA Tycoon and GAMMA legend. 

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Karim Johnson HOF Induction!

Karim Johnson (347353) competed in GAMMA from 2021-09-18 until     2024-04-06 under GAMMA Hall of Fame manager Laz Staz.

Before competing in GAMMA, he was a Combate 265lbs and 265+lbs world champion. He even competed against GAMMA back in 2021-06-26 in a super fight against the then champion Hiro Manowaru in a fight that he won. He was already 13-2 when he joined GAMMA, so he obviously joined with lots of hype and promise.

Karim had 41 fights with a record of 27-14-0. 26 of those wins came via finishes (which is 5th all time) and he also had 27 Fight of the Night bouts (which is 6th all time). 

He is a 5 time 265lbs+ world GAMMA champion! This could be an all time record, at least for the division but that is very hard to know without going through the whole list. Either way, winning then losing and then regaining the title 5 times, is obviously rediculous, especially at this level.

Karim has a total of 24 title fights, which ranks as 5th all time. He also had a crazy amount of super fights, in total 9, which is a modern era record and 4th highest in GAMMA history. His combined Super + Title fights is 33 which ranks 4th all time.

He is a GAMMA and MMA Tycoon Hall of fame fighter at the same time, he joined the game HOF back in 2022-03-13 becoming the #1 ranked fighter. 

Back in 2022 he won the GAMMA fighter of the year and in 2023 he came 2nd. This is only the 8th time in history a fighter was ranked in the top 3 fighters of GAMMA for the year. In 2021 and 2022 he was ranked #1 among all fighters for the 265+ division in the whole game. Only 2 other fighters in GAMMA history have achieved the same feat.

He also competed in the latest (and probably last), MMA Tycoon Olympics back in 2022-04-07.  

He had many memorable wins over former GAMMA champs, top 100 ranked fighters or GAMMA HOF fighters, including Leonardo Da Vincible, Viktor Babinski, Hiro Manowaru, LaTroy Johnson, Bento Barboza, Yago Nascimento, Billy Bob Brown, Hero Shima, Zahbit Lovanov, Beau Canada, Herbert Kreischer, William Riker, but his biggest win has to be over Kilo Maluga in probably the most hyped fight in modern MMA history. 

He has a total of 556 ranking points which places him 4th in the all time list, just 1 win below Jeremy Tonal (31632) who is in 3rd place. He is also the fighter with the fewest fights among the top 12, meaning he achived more due to the quality of fights, not the quantity.

This is Laz Staz #5 induction into the GAMMA HOF, only 1 other manager has more and only 2 others have the same amount. This also pushed Laz to just 69 points away from surpassing Whymer Van Mastodon (40116) for the #1 all time GAMMA manager position, something he should achieve in 2024.
 

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Aleksey Nikulin (48376) has been inducted into the GAMMA Hall of Fame, congratulations to him!

Aleksey is a Tycoon long time veteran player, who has been in this game since 2011-10-01. He currently is not in any alliance and his historical highest ranking in the game is #2. 

In GAMMA he has had a legendary run, currently ranked #38 among all managers who have competed in GAMMA. Among active managers, still competing in the game, he is ranked #12 in total points accumulated. 

As of the latest update, his all time GAMMA record stands at 58-41-3, with a winning percentage, just under 57%. His 102 total fights ranks #32 all time. He also has 17 title fights to his name.

To see Aleksey's total stats, you can look up his rankings here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PUBoZ76tUVYpy_catEueWyYOFJmuzuShj9IpdqmsMX0/edit#gid=396796386

In the latest update in total accumulated points for the period of May 2023 until March 2024 Aleksey accumulated the most total points in GAMMA, so with the game currently at it's "later" stages, I expect to see Aleksey among the top managers in the near future.

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GAMMA is proud to announce that legendary GAMMA and MMA Tycoon manager, Pablo Spezziale (16996) has now been inducted into the GAMMA Hall of Fame!

After the latest update, Pablo is at 99 total fights inside the GAMMA cage, with a total record standing at 51-46-2. His total of 99 is ranked 32 in GAMMA history.

He has a total of 20 title fights, which is 25th all time. 

His all time highest in game ranking is #2, which left him just short of being inducted to both the GAMMA and Tycoon Hall of fame. 

With this induction, we now have a total of 47 managers in our Hall of Fame and Pablo is ranked 42nd among all managers with a total of 334 points.

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GAMMA, 15 years old!

I started GAMMA 15 years ago, this month! The exact date of the first event, was the 6th of June 2009, which is funny, because that is my daughter's birthday, she was 5 years old then. Since then, hundreads of orgs have opened and closed, the only org that has a continual history going back to 2009 is Syn and they have changed ownership on average about 1 time every year since then. 

Since our foundation, we have over 4 billion paid in expenses and that does not include all the direct manager transfers. The one thing that will be difficult to take away from GAMMA, is the consistency we have had over that 15 year period. It took us a while to get to PPV level, but since then, we have pretty much been top 3 among orgs and that is going back over 10 years now, since around 2013.

The funny thing is that, i still enjoy running the org. I am a bit sick of the fight part of the game, i mostly just fill up any empty spaces on the card, but in terms of running the org, it is still fun enough to keep it going. I always was a grinder, so the historical part of the game and comparing managers and fighters of the past and present is what keeps the thing rolling.
In terms of who to recognize and who to give a shout out, it is almost impossible to focus on a few people, because the contributions over the years from so manager managers, has been immense. It will also be unfair to some people if I get started. So instead I will give the link to our historical archive, which lists all the achievements of our fighters and managers over the years: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18u4iZ7ssA5uWSlD8KAUcXBdMsML0TbBU19V0J0VYkf0/edit

I would also like to thank all our rivals as well, I mean, it would be really boring if we had no competition over the years. Our all time standing in super fights stands at 195-118-4, with our most memorable rival being of course Syn, who we have a 24-27-2 record against.

Either way, once again I would like to thank everyone, lets have another memorable run!

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Dougal HOF Induction

Dougal McCraken (320702) is a retired MMA fighter who competed in GAMMA from 2020-03-28 until 2024-06-29 under 2 different managers, Christian Johansson and Carlos Castenada (84794), with his longest and most successful run being under Carlos. His run of over 4 years has to be up there as being one of the longest, although he did have a period from June 2023 until November 2023 of inactivity.

His overall record in GAMMA was 33-21, a total of 54 fights, which is ranks #10 all time. He is also #7 in the all time title fights list, with 20 in total. He also has 7 Fight of the nigh awards. He is a 4 time 155lbs champ and a 2 time 170lbs champ, making him one of the very few fighters to be a 2 division champ AND also a multiple champ in both divisions. 

Some of his most significant wins were over legends such as Grey Ape, Roland Weudke, Hans Hermann Hoppe, Edward Conan, William Spud, Mario Benedetti, Julio Regueiro, Joy Rones, Tyler Wrexham, Afeef Isa Baba and these are just the former champs and top 10 ranking fighters. 

His total of 300 points, puts him joint 24th in the all time fighter list.

This induction is the 5th for Carlos Castenada (84794), which is significant, as it puts him above Gale Hawthorne (22636) as the 3rd greatest GAMMA manager of all time.
 

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GAMMA and it's community is proud to honor one of it's greats Aurelius Augustus (357859) into it's hall of fame!

Aurelius joined GAMMA at an early age and competed in GAMMA from 2022-01-29 until 2023-08-26. He was managed by legendary and future HOF manager Bael Basileos for the whole of his GAMMA career.

His overall record in the organization was 18-5-2. 15 of his 25 fights were FON Awards and 17 of them were either title fights or super fights. He even had a 9 fight winning streak at one time and during this period he managed to achieve #5 world wide ranking and he is a 4x 185lbs champion. 

His most significant wins were over Milo Andrianakis, Orlando Sanguinetti x3, Wilfred Ainsworth x3, Huwan Bagwis, Shane Raffington and Joe Exotic. 

His rivalry with Jack Spratt (which ended 3-2-1), has to go down as arguably the second best and closest in GAMMA history.

He probably could of achieved even greater heights, but his manager decided to retire back in late 2023. 

His 224 total points, rank him as the 47th greatest GAMMA fighter of all time.