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T144 LA is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by ~* Trinity *~, in conjunction with Hellbent Clothing and Hoarseplay Writing Productions, on May 27^th, 2016. This showcase attraction will take place at the LA Memorial Colossuseum in Los Angeles, California, USA.

 

 

 

Heavyweight Diego Bustamante versus Nickey Spillane

Middleweight Kalervo Kaunismieli versus Jeffrey Sarpong

Light-heavyweight Happy Forclit versus Remi Highjack

Heavyweight Hector Hernandez versus Derfel Cadarn

Light-heavyweight Don Clones Jr versus Bobby Turner

Lightweight Daniel O'Sullivan versus Mike Hussle

Middleweight Paul Green versus Aaron Newton

Welterweight Gustav Ragnarson versus Julius Henderson

Lightweight John Murray versus Jack Daniels

Lightweight Mauricio Aurelio versus Vasily Kornilov

 

 

 

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(Lightweight bout) Mauricio Aurelio (21-11) versus Vasily Kornilov (4-2)

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Mauricio Aurelio is the eldest brother of a fighting family; his younger brother, Marcelo Aurelio, is a a veteran Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, a Hall of Famer, and also a veteran of the Trinity promotion. Like Marcelo, Mauricio is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a true wizard when it comes to fighting on the ground.

 

Mauricio, much like his brother, began his mixed martial arts career by fighting in the QFC arena, winning via submission on six occasions (albeit against four opponents). His wildly successful QFC bouts attracted the attention of the promotion team over at the Evil Empire promotion, an upstart show based in St Petersburg. In his EE debut, Aurelio would face the first defeat of his career, where he was caught with an unexpected knee in the clinch; Aurelio would return with an early submission victory in his next outing, but would not renew his contract with the Empire.

 

Mauricio Aurelio had entered negotiations with a more established promotion, which had already completed sixty events, and promised that, with them, the young grappler that he would find the level of competition more suited to his abilities. Aurelio made his Silent Fighting Championship debut at SFC 63, but would lose via unanimous decision.

While his brother, Marcelo, was busy defending his Barbarian Fight Club world title, Mauricio struggled to put together victories: he would win two or three, and then lose a big fight. In time, he would approach the championship level, but would struggle when it mattered most.

 

With an SFC record of 6-4, Aurelio opted to leave the promotion in the hopes of revitalizing his otherwise stagnant career. After taking some time off to work on some issues that he was facing, Mauricio next appeared on the MMA scene at Insanity 85, where he choked out Joe Dirt, establishing himself as a legitimate threat in a new division.

 

This single victory seemed to be the beginning of a new era for the black belt from Sao Paolo; he went on a tear through the Insanity MMA lightweight division, besting fellow black belt Kang Xi Jia with a unanimous decision victory. The beauty of the situation was that Xi Jia was considered to be the next contender for the Insanity world lightweight title; with this victory, Aurelio established himself as the next challenger for the crown.

 

At Insanity 95, Mauricio Aurelio stepped into the cage with the absolute best fighter that Insanity had to offer: Antoni Hong. The two warriors would trade rounds, with the Champion claiming the first and the third, and the Challenger claiming the second and the fourth. With everything on the line, the two world class fighters faced off for one final round; both men knew that this round was the one that mattered most. After claiming the opening minutes of the round, Aurelio seemed to shake off whatever was holding him back, and he began to fight like a man possessed; Aurelio practically tackled the Champion, peppering him with ground and pound while working for a submission. With seconds on the clock, Aurelio cranked on the left arm of Hong, attempting to force the tap with a kimura, or break the arm. Hong held on, surviving until the final bell, and both men collapsed when the final round was over. They had both fought their hearts out and left it all in the cage, but it was Mauricio Aurelio that would walk away with a new belt. Mauricio Aurelio, with one victory, had cemented his legacy as a world champion, and had brought a new piece of gold back into the Aurelio household.

 

Mauricio wouldn't get an easy fight for his remaining tenure with Insanity: he faced off against, and defeated, Dickie Dirty and Darren Myles, before losing his new crown to Norman Parke. Despite his attempts to reclaim his lost glory, Aurelio would leave Insanity MMA with one victory preceded by three defeats.

 

Of course, the reason that he left Insanity MMA was because it merged into the Trinity of elite MMA organizations. Within Trinity, Aurelio has only won once in four outings.

 

Vasily Kornilov is a relative newcomer to the sport of mixed martial arts, with only six fights to his credit, but he is considered one of the hottest young prospects to come out of Russia in recent times. Despite getting knocked out in his MMA debut, and changing management teams, Kornilov went on a three fight winning streak within the QFC. This change of fortunes caught the eye of the Trinity fight promotion; they invited him to swim with the great whites, and he happily accepted their challenge.

 

The happiness of Kornilov was quickly replaced with despair as the kickboxer from Khasavyurt became the lone victory of Aurelio's Trinity career. “Vulcan” rebounded by knocking out Charlie Alaniz, and now looks to avenge his prior loss to Mauricio with this rematch.

 

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(Lightweight bout) John Murray (19-7) versus Jack Daniels (16-11-1)

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John Murray started his career in the smaller leagues, securing victories in the QFC and Contention MMA, before signing an exclusive contract with RISE. Murray was an absolutely dominant force, dominating Anthony Pattis and Steven Simms to earn his right to fight for the lightweight title. John Murray beat Koby Hart like he owed him money, crushing him in the second round to become the RISE world lightweight champion.

 

Murray would defend his title two times before losing it to a Jiu-Jitsu brown belt. This defeat shattered the mentality of John Murray, who left RISE to compete in Powers Fighting Championship. In four attempts with PFC, Murray was defeated three times. Murray fought once for the Silent Fighting Championship, but was quickly dispatched in his debut. In his last six fights, John Murray had only one once, with five abysmal performances.

 

As Murray contemplated retirement, he was approached with an offer to fight for Pomplinestine Fighting Championship, which is a hell of an organization name to type out more than once. Although he was fighting a slightly lesser caliber of opponents, Murray's team unanimously agreed that this was an opportunity for Murray to correct the path he had been going down. Murray indeed smashed his way through both of the opponents placed before him. With that behind him, Murray opted not to resign with the smaller league, instead setting his sights on GAMMA: Contenders, as he wanted to work his way back into contention for a world title.

 

Murray fought five times under the GAMMA: Contenders banner, winning each fight via unanimous decision; this was the longest winning streak that Murray had gone on since his early days back in RISE. Following five successful performances, Murray parted ways with his long time management team and, under new management, was signed to fight for Trinity.

 

Aside from two performances, in which he faced killer opposition in William Bonney and Ossilus Chairmanda, John Murray has seemingly returned to his dominant ways. He has defeated big names such as: Jacob Koch, black belt Charlie Alaniz twice, and Elias Haddad. This man has not had an easy night while fighting for Trinity, but he continues to prove himself as a world champion caliber fighter.

 

Jack Daniels is among the true elites, so far as the Trinity strikers go. This delicious sounding individual made an early name for himself back when he fought for the International Team Fighting League, where he competed in the third season. Following his time there, Daniels fired his manager and signed an exclusive contract with Trinity.

 

In his third trinity fight, Daniels fought to a draw with reigning welterweight champion Terrance Thornton; an immediate rematch was booked, with Daniels stopping the formidable champion in the fourth round. Daniels would attempt to defend his new world title, but would lose it in his very first title defense against Gustav Ragnarson. Once again, a rematch was booked, and once again Jack Daniels reigned supreme, stopping Ragnarson with strikes.

 

Jack Daniels once again attempted to defend his belt; this time, he would face Johnny Shamrock. Once again, Daniels would lose out in his first title defense; only this time, Daniels would not receive an immediate rematch. Daniels would attempt to work his way back into title contention in a fight against top contender Dickie Dirty, but would fall into a triangle choke for his troubles.

 

Ultimately, Daniels would leave the promotion on the heels of two consecutive victories, opting to try his luck under the EVOLUTION banner... his results were less than promising; across five fights for EVO, Daniels would win only two times. Jack Daniels promptly returned to Trinity, where he has gone 3-3 in his second run for the title.

 

 

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(Welterweight bout) Gustav Ragnarson (24-14) versus Julius Henderson (13-6)

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Gustav Ragnarson began his career in the QFC 236 Welterweight Tournament, where he advanced into the second round before losing a split decision. Despite the closeness of the scoring, this loss eliminated Ragnarson from the tournament.

 

When he was young, Ragnarson made appearances in a slew of smaller promotions before signing to fight exclusively for Trinity. He fought a single fight in the GAMMA: Kids promotion, knocking out Omar Ostrowski in the opening round, before returning to the QFC to find some quick action. Ragnarson fought three times for the Dissension Fighting Championship, knocking out Vegeta Breigh to win the vacant title there. He would never defend the belt, instead leaving to fight for the Global Fighting Championship, going 3-1 in that span.

Ragnarson next fought three times for the Silent Fighting Championship; after knocking out Shawn McShane in his debut, he was submitted in his bid to defeat the reigning champion Rokki Kukko. Ragnarson would leave the promotion on a win, signing up with Trinity, where he would spend the rest of his MMA career.

Early on, Gustav Ragnarson went on an impressive four fight winning streak, with victories over killers such as: Ivan Wonstom, former Hopkins Athletics Fight Club champion Andy Barclay, and former NBC champion Andokuhle Congo. This winning streak came to a head when Ragnarson attempted to dethrone Carlos Centurion in his third title defense. Unfortunately, the scar tissue over the eyes of Gustav would be his undoing, with the doctor stopping the fight due to the amount of blood he was losing. He wanted to continue, but the doctor determined it to be unsafe to do so.

Gustav Ragnarson was unperturbed by this setback; he continued his dominance with four consecutive victories. This led Gustav into his second Trinity championship fight; this time he would face off against Jack Daniels in his first bid at defending the title. Ragnarson would find his glory on this occasion, knocking out Daniels in the opening round. Ragnarson would then fall to the Jack Daniels curse by getting stopped in his first attempt at defending the belt.

Ragnarson fought Jack Daniels in a rematch of their championship clash, but fell victim to the heavy hands of Daniels in the second round. From there, the career of Gustav Ragnarson has been falling down a slippery slope; he will win a fight, but lose two in a row. He seemed to break this dry spell when he defeated Alexander Schelokov and Ricky Blazer, getting two victories in a row, but then he lost two in a row.

Julius Henderson fought his early fights in the QFC arena, as well as under the banners of Blunt Force Trauma (BFT). With six consecutive victories on his resume, Henderson began fighting for Trinity, where he appeared to be the next hot prospect to make a bid for the welterweight title.

Julius was defeated in his second bout, in a shameless submission to legendary black belt Marcelo Aurelio, but rebounded with three big victories in a row (including a win over a fighter that I have promoted before in Rupert Psmith). Julius would then go on the first losing streak of his career, with three consecutive defeats (including to one Ronald Rousey, former UPF-M champion, also somebody that I have promoted in the past).

 

Julius Henderson was not one to take these defeats and accept his situation; he rebounded with three decision victories, and seemed to be back on track. Unfortunately, he has only won once since then, with defeats to Jay Gatsby and former welterweight champion Jack Daniels.

 

 

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(Middleweight bout) Paul Green (16-5) versus Aaron Newton (15-4)

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Paul Green has fought for several MMA promotions throughout his career: he made his debut in the QFC arena, fought a one-off fight for the Devastation Fighting Championship, and then fought out an exclusive three fight deal with Destinty FC. While riding a five fight winning streak, Green abruptly dumped his management team, fighting once for the Intense Fighting Championship before once again changing management teams on a win. Next, he fought for NY Fight Nights, suffering the first defeat of his career when he submitted to strikes.

 

Under his final management team, he fought ten times for the Insanity MMA promotion, winning seven times before the promotion was folded into Trinity. In his Trinity debut, Green knocked out Josh Fardy in the opening round. Paul Green followed this with victories over Max Cascacci, Silent Bob, and Steve Belliveau. In his most recent bout, he was defeated by unanimous decision by Jeffrey Sarpong.

 

Green utilizes a Muay Thai centered style of fighting, but is very capable of submitting while on the ground.

 

Aaron Newton started training kickboxing at the age of seventeen; before he ever dreamed of competing as a mixed martial artist, he fought for the kickboxing league New Age Cage Fighting, going 1-1 before leaving the promotion in the search of more money.

 

Aaron Newton heard from a training partner that, with his skills, he could make far more money if he competed in mixed martial arts. Newton quickly entered negotiations with Trinity, who wanted him to get some relevant experience in mixed martial arts first. Newton made his MMA debut in a local parking lot show, knocking out Kent Roger in just over a minute with the Trinity brass in attendance. He signed his employment contract while still wearing his fighting shorts and hand wraps.

 

Newton made his Trinity debut at T46, knocking out Ivan Morozov in the opening round. Two fights later, on a four fight winning streak, the contract of Aaron Newton was due to be renewed, but Imperial MMA swept in with a contract promising an early title shot for the young striker, and Newton signed up immediately. After winning his debut impressively, Aaron Newton knocked out Niko Nirvi in the second round to become the Imperial light-heavyweight champion of the world.

 

Aaron Newton would defend his title one time before losing it to Johan Attila. Aaron would attempt to reclaim his championship belt when he challenged Liam McGuinness (who had beaten Attila and defended the belt two times by then), but would ultimately fall short once again.

 

Aaron Newton would go on a three fight winning streak, including a rematch with Rauno Tynkkynen (whom he had defeated in his Imperial debut), before resigning with Trinity.

 

Following two more victories, bringing his winning streak to five, Newton challenged the new light-heavywight champion Happy Forclit, in a bid to steal away his title. After five hard rounds, Forclit would retain his title.

 

Aaron Newton has since won back-to-back fights and is climbing his way back into title contention.

 

 

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(Lightweight bout) Daniel O'Sullivan (20-10-2) versus Mike Hussle (17-9)

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Before he was a world champion mixed martial artist, Daniel O'Sullivan was a quiet boy who just wanted to learn how to defend himself. To accomplish this goal, he sought out the training of world class Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner (and eventual red belt in the sport) Luisao Linhaeres, who happily accepted the young man as a pupil.

The relationship between the two was very tight knit; Linhaeres saw in O'Sullivan the potential to leave a lasting legacy in the grappling world. To help establish the brand of his young student, Linhaeres encouraged Daniel to compete in the sport of mixed martial arts. Daniel O'Sullivan made his MMA debut in the QFC arena, fighting a virtually untrained foe in front of twenty drunken rednecks. To call the bout a mismatch would be the greatest understatement in recent memory; Daniel was already an unstoppable ground fighting machine, but had also began training in the striking arts, making him a universal threat to any foe. Despite his wild advantages, Daniel went the distance with his unrelenting opponent.

Daniel joined the Super Fighting Championship (SFC) shortly after his debut, taking on CM Punk at SFC 6; Daniel made short work of the man, submitting him in under thirty seconds. Daniel would win four consecutive fights after that, bringing his record to an impressive 6-0, before challenging Charlie Lim for the featherweight championship. After dominating the opening round, O'Sullivan would struggle to compete against the more experienced and well rounded Lim, and would ultimately lose via unanimous decision.

 

Some time later, O'Sullivan competed in the ITFL Season 3 Tournament, where he advanced into the finale. Following the tournament, O'Sullivan returned to SFC, joining the lightweight division. He went 4-2 in this new span of time, but never really accomplished his goal of challenging for a world title once again.

 

Next, O'Sullivan found his way under the Trinity banners, going the distance with coco Cobb before going on a four fight win streak with four consecutive submission victories, including a championship victory over Boris Gregorovitsj. Unfortunately, O'Sullivan would never defend his world title; soon after, he began a lengthy three fight losing skid, with shameless losses to championship level fighters including Norman Parke, Hector Camacho, and Brynden Epicity. In his last two fights, he has rebounded with a victory over Volya Nikolaev, and fought to a draw in a rematch with Parke.

 

Born into a dysfunctional family, Mike Hussle was forced to fight to survive from a young age. Due to the poor choices that he made, as a result of his upbringing, Mike Hussle found himself in a young offender's prison, where he was forced to prove his strength time and again against much larger boys. It was in this penitentiary that Hussle began training Muay Thai, which was being offered to give the more aggressive males an outlet for their violent tendencies.

Mike proved very quickly that he had the tenacity, eagerness, and heavy hands to excel in the art of eight limbs, with the potential to be a world champion one day. Once he was released from prison, Hussle was introduced to Aaron ThaiGuy, a combat sports manager that had connections in the fighting world. As Mike described it, “Meeting Aaron was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. He has pulled me from the life of crime and set me on a path that will bring me fame and fortune. I am forever grateful to this man! I owe him everything.”

 

Mike Hussle was quickly signed into the New Age Cage Fighting Kickboxing league, where he made a name for himself due to his incredible stopping power, and his aggression in the ring. After winning back-to-back fights via early knockout, Hussle was signed to fight for EFFA, a rival kickboxing division. Hussle would face three unanimous decision losses in a row there, causing the youngster from Leeds, England to become disenfranchised with the way kickboxing bouts are scored.

 

For the first time, “The Prodigy” set his sights on the world of mixed martial arts. He had been training in the grappling arts for some time, but mostly as a hobbyist, rather than as a competitor. In May of 2015, Mike Hussle made it official with a press release, stating that it was time to make a change; Hussle would retire from kickboxing with a record of 6-5.

 

Mike Hussle made his MMA debut at Imperial 33, taking Thiago Alves the distance in a bout that took place entirely on the feet and in the clinch. Hussle quickly developed a very fan friendly style of kill or be killed, battering Nathan Chambers, only to get knocked out by Juntusen Viljo in his next bout. Hussle's aggression continued to cost him victories while building his fan base, as he fought aggressively against submission experts Warren Peace and Hiroshimo Sakamoto, but fell victim to their wily crafts on the ground.

 

Hussle once again took some time away to improve his wrestling game, returning at Imperial 45 with an improved skill set. Hussle went the distance with Matsui Takamutsu, who was expected to win the fight very easily via submission; Hussle easily negated Takamutsu's skills on the ground, shocking the world.

 

Hussle continued his winning ways, eventually leaving the ranks of Imperial to instead fight for Legacy MMA. Since his submission loss to Sakamoto back in September, Hussle has steadily clawed his way up the world rankings, winning eight fights with one defeat in the middle.

 

In his last fight, which was his Trinity debut, Mike knocked out Robledo Puch early in the second round.

 

 

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[markyosullivan]

Fantastic write up. I love it when orgs have top notch quality guys writing previews / reviews, makes the whole experience that extra bit special. Looking forward to the main card preview

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I need to get a fighter in this org for the write ups great job.

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[Main Card]

 

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(Light-heavyweight bout) Don Clones Jr (10-0-1) versus Bobby Turner (15-3)

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Don Clones Jr is an extremely well rounded American mixed martial artist, known primarily for his extremely high level Muay Thai style of fighting.

 

Don Clones Jr made his MMA debut in a small town QFC show in San Juan, California; he won this fight via unanimous decision and was quickly hired by Los Angeles based Relativity MMA. Clones would fight three times for Relativity, winning two impressive fights, while going to a draw inbetween. After dumping his management team due to “creative differences” (whatever that means), DC Jr moved on to the VICTORY! COMBAT LEAGUE, an MMA promotion based in New York.

 

Under his new promotion, with new management representing him, Don Clones Jr thrived against this higher level of competition; he knocked out Dexter Santaros in his VCL debut, and continued his winning ways for the duration of his three fight contract.

 

When his contract with VCL expired, Don Clones Jr was picked up by the Trinity talent scouts, and he made his debut in late January, on the aptly named The Definition of Insanity fight card. His opponent was Mortimer Munson, a veteran of Insanity MMA who was coming in with a four fight winning streak and only one defeat across seven fights. Munson would dominate the opening round with his wrestling, but would find himself getting out worked in the second round. By the third round, an exhausted Munson wilted under a barrage of strikes from “Darkness”, and soon found himself out cold on the deck.

 

Clones continued his winning ways when he knocked out former UPF-M fighter Ben Breeze with a Superman Punch in the second round of their fight. After beating the hell out of MC Wisk and Flagon Sackett, it's easy to see why pundits and fans alike consider Don Clones Jr to be a legitimate challenger to the light-heavyweight championship of the world. With a victory here, we could see the stars align for Clones.

 

Bobby Turner is an extremely well rounded mixed martial arts fighter that is considered to be one of the few true elite fighters in the world. He is an exceptionally talented striker, but is equally adept at wrestling.

 

Bobby Turner made his MMA debut at IMMA 46, where he beat Joseph Foster into a living death (Ken Shamrock reference, holla). Although he lost his next bout, which took place at T43, he immediately rebounded in the Ring of Violence promotion.

 

Bobby Turner made his Ring of Violence debut at ROV 10, stopping Psycho Ship with a series of horrendous cuts on the man's face. Turner knocked out Fedor Grozdev and Cyrus Kendall before falling before eventual ROV champion Peter Sutcliffe.

 

Turner immediately rebounded with stoppage victories over Matt Black and Ryker Quincy. Then, it happened: at ROV 39, Bobby Turner faced off against reigning super-heavyweight champion Arnie Armstrong. Late in the opening round, Turner caught Armstrong with a hard shot, and followed it up with a barrage that put the champion down and out.

 

As a champion, Bobby Turner reigned undefeated for the entirety of his Ring of Violence career, although he did lose a non-title bout against Derfel Cadarn under the Imperial MMA banner. Turner succesfully defended his crown an incredible six times against former world champions: Guido Gloom and Qasim Barakat.

 

“The Black Beast” made his return to the Trinity cage at T141 with a ton of hype behind him. He was paired up with fellow knockout artist Nathan Summers. Turner would be badly hurt in the opening minutes of the fight, going down but staggering to his feet and surviving the round. In the second round, Turner returned the favor, dropping the New York native with a monstrous uppercut! Turner followed him to the ground and the fight continued. Early in the third and final round, Turner dropped Summers with a big right hand, and this time Summers stayed down for the season.

 

 

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(Heavyweight bout) Hector Hernandez (18-8) versus Derfel Cadarn (13-3)

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Hector Hernandez is a former professional boxer from Hilo, Hawaii, that has adopted a very high level of Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to complete his MMA arsenal. The “Hilo Hailstorm” is a two time world champion, both at heavyweight and super-heavyweight.

 

Hernandez made his MMA debut in the Hilo Fight League cage, stopping Yoel Romero via cut late in the opening round. Hernandez immediately signed with the Hilo Fighting Championship, where he would spend the majority of his early career.

 

With three consecutive HFC victories under his belt, four in total, Hector Hernandez faced off against Chael Heavy for the vacant HFC super-heavyweight championship; he battered the submission grappler with strikes until the referee pulled them apart.

Hernandez successfully defended his crown three times, only once leaving the opening round, and never going the distance. Hernandez jumped ship, taking his belt to Hostility MMA, where he unified his super-heavyweight strap with the heavyweight belt there. Hernandez would attempt to defend his newest belt against the heavy handed Matt Hunt, but would get caught with strikes early in the bout, forcing the referee to step in. Hernandez challenged the stoppage, declaring that he was still in the fight, but the decision was final: Matt Hunt was the new Hostility heavyweight champion of the world. Despite his interest in a rematch, Hernandez would not face Hunt again for two years.

 

Hector Hernandez escaped from the jaws of defeat when he knocked out former Fortitude FC super-heavyweight champ Peter James, and immediately moved to New York to compete in the NYFN promotion. In his NYFN debut, Hernandez was given a shot at defending champion Mike Monday; Monday would knock out Hernandez midway through the opening round.

 

For the next year, Hector Hernandez has struggled to piece together relevant victories; he did put together three in a row back in the TTFC Olympics, but fell in the second round of their tournament there. Hernandez made his Trinity debut at The Definition of Insanity, taking Roosevelt Coleman to the judge's table to win the heavyweight belt, but Hernandez would lose his newest crown in a grueling match against Rocky McColgan.

 

After two years of waiting, Hector Hernandez finally got his rematch with Matt Hunt; this time, Hernandez wasted no time in throwing heavy punches, allowing his foe no time to get comfortable; Hernandez knocked out Hunt with a hard punch in just thirty-eight seconds.

 

In his most recent bout, Hernandez was defeated by Nickey Spillane.

 

Derfel Cadarn began his mixed martial arts career on a loss, in the Built Big $1 Million Tournament, immediately removing him from contention for the remainder of the event. Cadarn decided that, if he couldn't be a tournament champion, he would have to settle for becoming a world title holder instead.

 

Cadarn signed an exclusive contract with Relativity MMA, and vowed to claim a world title there. Indeed he seemed to be on the right track: Cadarn knocked out four consecutive opponents, more than erasing the stain of his defeat in his MMA debut, but was never offered the opportunity to fight for the crown. So, Cadarn moved on to the greener pastures of the Epicity Productions heavyweight division; he knocked out Jim Jenkins in the second round.

 

Following stunnings knockouts over Kreb Barishkov and Shezzo Wicked, Cadarn shocked the world when he obliterated former BYFC heavyweight champion Matt Byrne, becoming only the second man to stop Byrne in MMA. When Epicity Productions merged with Trinity, Cadarn took the opportunity to fight a high profile non-title bout against reigning Ring of Violence super-heavyweight champion Bobby Turner. The showcase attraction took place in the main event of Imperial 51.

 

Cadarn opened the bout with heavy punches and kicks on the feet, opening a cut on the face of Turner. The Black Beast responded with a beautiful counter takedown, but failed to make the top position count, forcing a referee standup. On the feet, Derfel Cadarn fought aggressively, making the ROV champion look like he was standing still. Late in the round, with seconds remaining on the clock, Cadarn went for the kill, pinning Turner against the cage and hammering him with looping punches. An exhausted and hurt Bobby Turner went down on a big uppercut, got to his feet... and with three seconds on the clock, Cadarn clobbered him with another uppercut that shut the lights off and stole the show. Fans applauded the linear ROV champion in Derfel Cadarn, but he wasn't impressed; he had no belt to show for his remarkable achievement.

 

Derfel Cadarn signed to fight for Trinity following his bout with Turner, stopping Conway Pulford in the second round. Finally, for the first time in his career, Derfel Cadarn would fight for a world title.

 

Cadarn would face off against Rocky McColgan at T124, with McColgan dominating the opening three rounds on the feet. Cadarn would rally in the fourth round, going for broke, trying to finish the champion. Cadarn stole the round, but did little to shake the uncrackable champion. In the fifth round, Cadarn seemed to be landing the cleaner shots, but McColgan rocked him with a heavy left hook. The two warriors traded heavy punches, with Cadarn firing back from rubbery legs, but inevitably, the Challenger fell with seconds remaining in the fight.

 

In his next bout, Derfel Cadarn was booked to fight former Olympic wrestler and Jiu-Jitsu brown belt Lexington Snape. Cadarn once again shocked the world by being the aggressor with the takedowns, pulling guard repeatedly to keep the fight on the floor. As Snape postured up to land ground and pound, Cadarn locked in the first submission of his pro career, and forced the tap from the former Trinity heavyweight champion.

 

Cadarn next faced off against reigning CEC super-heavyweight champion Timur Rubin in a bout that would go the distance, with Cadarn stealing a split decision over the man, and adding another reigning champion's head to his mantle.

 

Due to his exploits across two weight divisions, Derfel Cadarn was given the next shot at the Trinity heavyweight title. This time, he would face off against the new heavyweight champion: Diego Bustamante.

 

Known for his extremely heavy hands, Bustamante wasted no time in taking the center of the ring against Cadarn, turning the bout into an early brawl. A big series of punches seemed to stun the Challenger, and badly reopened the cut that Cadarn had received in his fight with Rubin some time prior. Cadarn quickly forced a clinch, but Bustamante's assault continued from there. An exhausted Cadarn was seen holding on, stalling for the end of the round for the first time in his professional career. Bustamante escaped the clinch and dropped Cadarn with a heavy right hand! Cadarn got to his feet, and lunged in with a right hand, running into the punches of the undisputed heavyweight champion for his troubles. Cadarn went down a second time, and once again got to his feet. On rubbery knees, Cadarn put his head down and charged in with punches, and this time went down on an uppercut. A bewildered Diego Bustamante allowed his first Challenger to stagger to his feet one last time and, to the roar of the crowd, hammered him with left and right hooks. Finally, one right hook landed flush on the button and put Cadarn out cold.

 

The two men embraced briefly after the bout, thanking one another for bringing out the best in each other. After the match, Bustamante took to social media to say this about Cadarn: “Derfel Cadarn is a top fighter. Both of us went in there touted as the next big HW star, I am sure that wont be the last time we fight.”

 

 

 

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http://mmatycoon.com/images/belt/20160124135735Trinity_zpsxwietpnc.gif (Light-heavyweight Championship bout) Happy Forclit© (20-11) versus Remi Highjack (16-5)

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Nobody knows what Happy Forclit's original first name was; all we know is that he earned the nickname “Happy” due to his serious and unemotional nature. His father, ever the jokester, renamed him Happy with the utmost sense of irony in his intentions.

Happy was always an intimidating individual; as a child, even the neighborhood cats wouldn't approach him. Happy has never once had a homeless man ask him for change; instead, they cross themselves and hope that this gigantic person passes them by without incident. Happy Forclit was voted, in high school, to be the most likely student to end up in some sort of penitentiary; he even received the majority vote from teachers.

Happy was a part of his school's wrestling team growing up; opponents would argue when tasked with competing against him, although he has always seemed to be all business when involved in sports. During his summer breaks, Happy trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and took boxing classes as well. Due to his large stature, Happy was routinely put in sparring sessions with grown men, and would regularly hammer man handle them in practices.

Despite his rugged exterior, Happy Forclit was never one for street fighting; the opportunity never came up. The moment somebody started trouble with him, they would look into Happy's eyes and immediately apologize for their transgression. As a result, Happy had a bit of a reputation in town as being the local bouncer; any time somebody started trouble, he would intervene and the issue would stop immediately.

What Happy Forclit lacked in street combat experience, he more than made up for in the practice ring; boxing, submission grappling, you name it: if the opportunity to compete arose, Happy was... happy to participate. Infact, his coaches have been quoted as saying that Happy is never truly happy unless he is engaged in training or competing.

When a local QFC MMA show rolled into town, hosting a series of three events across six days, Happy signed up immediately. He fallen in love with the sport of mixed martial arts from watching clips of it on Youtube, and was aching to compete. His father was emotionally against his enrollment in this new sport, but could do little to stop his son from trying. Happy easily submitted three men in three appearances, catching the eye of a talent scout from the TWGC submission grappling tournament. They had a slot open in their super-heavyweight division; Happy would be the smaller man in the room, but he quickly accepted the offer.

Happy competed in the TWGC 1, Division 4 slot of the tournament, submitting Helder Dias and Bobby Mamba, before falling into the armbar of Nick Wall, dropping him from the proceedings. Happy Forclit was devastated; he felt like a loser. This feeling would not last long, as one of the men helping to promote the event worked for an MMA promotion based in The Netherlands.

He said, “Happy, I've seen you fight before, in the QFC. Now, there is no shame in losing a match, but there is a shame in letting a tremendous opportunity pass you by.”

With that, he invited Happy to come to Amsterdam to fight for Ascension MMA, and to train with elite Dutch kick boxers. He assured Happy that kick boxing was a vital facet of mixed martial arts, and that there was no better place to learn it than The Netherlands. Happy signed an exclusive three fight contract with Ascension: Amsterdam, and moved across the world to begin training in kick boxing with the best.

Happy made his Ascension debut at Ascension Amsterdam 1, submitting Kenny Worner in just under two minutes. After submitting Danny Alvarez, Happy challenged Solofa Fatu for the light-heavyweight title. Happy joked in the pre-fight conference that he had already fought much larger men back in the TWGC, and that this was going to be a piece of cake. However, the actual match would be a grueling display of wrestling ability, with both men scoring takedowns, and battling for position. Very few punches would be thrown on the feet, as the two men spent the majority of the time on the floor. In the end, Happy Forclit was declared the undisputed champion. With his contract up, Happy returned Stateside, and was quickly signed by Hilo Fight League.

With a ton of hype behind him, the nonchalant light-heavyweight champion was defeated via unanimous decision by Moses Sithole (misread that one for a second, whoops). In his next bout, Happy was stopped for the first time in his MMA career by Devon Smith.

Happy next fought for the Ultimate Proving Grounds, fighting for the title in his second appearance there; this time, Happy came out on the wrong side of a championship decision, losing out to Yuri Hanzzle according to the judges. Happy Forclit would fight out two exclusive contracts for UPG, but would look very little like the man that had captured the MMA and BJJ worlds by storm early on.

Happy fought three times for Insanity MMA, winning all three bouts with heavy strikes on the feet, showing new wrinkles to his MMA game. Although he would only go 1-2 in Synchronicity, Happy would immediately be signed by Trinity, where he would fight Remy Highjack for the vacant light-heavyweight title, stopping the man in the third round.

Happy defended his title two times, with big wins over former world champions Aaron Newton and Flagon Sackett. In his next bout, Forclit fought a non-title match against Joaquin Fortunado, the reigning Synchronicity light-heavyweight champion. Forclit would ultimately lose via unanimous decision, but would earn the respect of the MMA community in his efforts.

Remi Hijack was born somewhere in Europe to an extremely unstable environment; his mother, a woman from Uruguay, Brazil, had taken a lover from the United Kingdom. Their affair was passionate, although it lacked substance: the day that Remi's mother informed her lover that she was pregnant, he gave her cab fare to get to the nearest major city, and vanished without a trace. All efforts to find the man proved fruitless, as he had given her a pseudonym to call him by.

 

Without a friend in the world, Remi's mother moved to Europe in an effort to find a new semblance of solace. In the end, however, the only affordable place was a small village in Northern Africa. From a young age, Remi was forced to watch his mother sell the only thing she had left in order for them to afford food and shelter. At nine years old, Remi watched his mother's murder; he had lost the only person in the world that had ever truly loved him, but more than that, he had lost any chance of leading a peaceful life.

 

Remi Hijack was forced to rely on his mother's killer in order to survive; he spent his teen years fighting on the streets, obeying the commands of the most vicious man in his world. During a drug deal gone sour, Remi's guardian angel was shot and killed; Remi simply smiled at this.

 

Remi Hijack spent several years selling drugs, using his vile mentor's connections, and using the money to live like a king. At night, every night, Remi trained in Muay Thai and boxing, but eventually began to train in various forms of martial arts, including Jiu-Jitsu and wrestling.

 

One day, Remi met a gentleman through his gym that professed that he could set Remi up with a professional fight, for money that is obtained without violent crime. Remi hesitated but finally accepted, figuring that he could give it one chance and then go back to his day job if things don't work out favorably.

 

Under this temporary management, Remi Hijack faced off against a Jiu-Jitsu specialist in Ivan Grekov, falling victim to a first round submission. This only fueled the fire within Hijack, who quickly found a more suitable management team to help him get fights.

 

What would follow could only be considered a reign of terror; Remi Highjack returned to the MMA scene at CFC 351; Remi had been training with the Canadian wrestling team to improve his overall ground skills, and he saw an opening on a local fight card. Remi demolished the competition placed before him, stopping Gordon Freeman and Alex Rodriguez in smaller shows in Montreal.

 

Next, Remi appeared in Las Vegas, where he made regular appearances, fighting for GAMMA: Contenders. With three GAMMA victories, and a six fight winning streak behind him, Highjack ended the nine fight winning streak of Attila Hun, defeating him in his fifth title defense. Remi Highjack had become the light-heavyweight champion, but it wasn't enough; he had taken a belt in a smaller show, now he wanted to claim championship gold in the big show. That is why, after one title defense, Remi Highjack ended his affiliation with GAMMA: Contenders, and instead signed up with Trinity.

 

After dominating Barry Allen, Remi would face off against eventual longtime rival Flagon Sackett for the undisputed Trinity light-heavyweight championship of the world. Things wouldn't go as the Brazilian slugger had envisioned, as Highjack would get caught with a hard series of shots, and eventually be stopped in the fourth round against Sackett.

Highjack attempted to rebound in a fight against Alfredo Leija, but suffered a similar fate to his fight with Sackett, and fell in the second round. Demanding an immediate rematch, Highjack declared himself the better fighter (than Leija), and was eventually granted the rematch. This time, Remi Highjack battered Leija en route to a first round knockout.

 

Following two more impressive victories, Remi Highjack fought a rematch with reigning champion Flagon Sackett for the world light-heavyweight title; the fight would be stopped in the second round by the ringside doctors, due to the volume of blood lost by Sackett.

After winning a non-title bout in the Legacy! MMA promotion, Highjack attempted to defend his crown against rising star Happy Forclit, and would fall before the silent giant in the second round of their fight.

 

Finally, Highjack once again face Flagon Sackett, to settle the score once and for all. The two fighters traded rounds in the early going, but Sackett landed the show stopping head kick early in the third round, putting an end to the trilogy.

 

Highjack is currently coming off of two consecutive stoppage victories over world class competition, and he believes that he can once again avenge a loss and win back his world title.

 

 

 

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http://mmatycoon.com/images/belt/20160124135735Trinity_zpsxwietpnc.gif(Middleweight Championship bout) Kalervo Kaunismieli© (17-5) versus Jeffrey Sarpong (30-9-2)

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Kalervo Kaunismieli is a self-described man of many faiths; he professes that he practices Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and half a dozen other religions... except for Scientology, because fuck Scientology.

 

Originally, Kaunismieli saw martial arts as an outlet for his emotional energy; it allowed him to harness his internal chi and such... although, after several years, it's believed that he just enjoys fighting the good fight. Kaunismieli started his mixed martial arts career in the Crucible Fights: Amsterdam Middleweight Tournament, where he knocked out two consecutive opponents before falling in the third round to Adolf Hitman.

 

For some time, Kaunismieli bounced from organization to organization, fighting wherever there was an opening to do so; he fought for Xcution Fighting Organization, Crucible Fights: Helsinki, and Hopkins Athletics Fight Club. After losing a unanimous decision to Luis Costa, Kaunismieli parted ways with his management team, and linked up with Billy A., who immediately booked him to fight for NY Fight Nights.

 

Although his appearances were spread out over time, Kaunismieli made three showings in the NYFN cage, knocking out Mike Dean, Steve Staunton, and former world champion Jack Savage. Kaunismieli quickly earned himself a reputation as a brutal knockout artist during this time, and fans couldn't wait to see who he would face next.

Following those three bouts, Kaunismieli was invited to fight in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, under the Montreal Fight Nights banner. First and foremost, the fans wanted to see a rematch between Kaunismieli and Steve Staunton, who had migrated north as well; Kaunismieli won this time via unanimous decision, in a much more lackluster affair than the first time.

As the level of competition grew with the times, Kaunismieli started to see the judge's decision table more and more often; he defeated former world champions Richard Hickock and Luke Rockstar via unanimous decision before coming out on the losing end of a decision when he fought Rockmeteller Todd. Thus concluded Kaunismieli's time in Montreal; he would next set his sights on the globe trotting MMA promotion Trinity.

At T105, Kaunismieli fell face first into the triangle choke of elite Jiu-Jitsu black belt Niten Doraku, seemingly retiring his hype train for good. Kaunismieli rebounded with twin decision victories, including over multi-time world champion Konstantin Mansion; by then, however, the fans had started to move on and forget the early excitement surrounding a Kaunismieli fight. Kaunismieli reminded them of what they were missing when he knocked out famed boxing sensation Robert Mazzuca in the third round of their bout. The fans were sold; Robert Mazzuca had been riding an impressive three fight winning streak of brutal knockouts, and had already challenged for the world title before- they had now become invested in the perpetual underdog in Kaunismieli.

Kaunismieli would face off against ITFL Season 3 and Epicity Productions veteran, former Olympic boxer, multi-time Muay Thai grand champion, and famed knockout artist Ricky Icky; the prize for this endeavor would be the Trinity world middleweight championship. The fight took place at T124; we saw Ricky Icky dominate the opening round of the match, only to begin falling behind on the scorecards as Kaunismieli reliably outboxed him, while threatening with the clinch when Icky would get too close. Icky would begin to take over in the final round, as Kaunismieli began to tire from his relentless effort, but it was too little too late. The judges gave the fight, in unanimous style, to KalervoKaunismieli.

The ride atop the high horse would be a short one for Kaunismieli, who promptly lost his title in his first defense, when Bobby Shamrock snatched it away from him. However, fate would deal a similar hand to Shamrock, who would lose the strap to Octavio Saades. Meanwhile, Kaunismieli was busy making short work of the former NYFN middleweight champion, with a first round TKO over Raoul De Muerta.

This put him Kaunismieli back within range of a title shot, and the hype work began. Pundits wrote that Saades defeated the man that bested Kaunismieli, so why should they believe that the striker from Finland can succeed where Shamrock failed?

The actual fight was a lot closer than anybody could have expected; after squeaking by and possibly taking the first round, Kaunismieli rocked Saades with heavy punches moments into the second round. However, Octavio Saades showed that he is no slouch himself; he came back to steal the third round despite being badly hurt in the round before. The fourth round is a thing of pure controversy: depending on who you ask, Kaunismieli or Saades won the fourth round. Generally speaking, those that argue it one way or the other will tell you that the fourth round was dominated by the side they prefer. It really comes down to a matter of opinion; both men landed shots in this round, but nothing major happened. The fifth round, however, belonged to the champion.

Interestingly enough, the only judge that scored the fight for Saades gave him four rounds to one for the former champion; he gave Saades the first, third, fourth, and fifth, while the other two judges strongly gave Saades the third and fifth.

When the score cards were read, a bewildered audience was torn down the middle, with half cheering for a gutty performance, and half booing because they thought Saades took the fight. Call it whatever you will, but Kalervo Kaunismieli was given the split decision and now proudly once again wears his middleweight championship gold.

Jeffrey Sarpong is your typical meat head jock; in school, he participated in his school's soccer league (or football, if you're not an ignorant American like me), where he was an explosive attacking midfielder. Throughout his teen years, he would frequently hang out where all of the other teens were hanging out, which led to a lot of street fights among the more rowdy boys. When asked about it, Sarpong stated simply that, “fighting is in my blood.”

 

Jeffrey was invited to paritcipate in a QFC tournament in the super-heavyweight division. After besting Renan Baraoo (not to be confused with Renan Barao), Jeffrey found himself outmatched against Jake Sotrokipolis. This transgression is what encouraged Jeffrey Sarpong to begin training in mixed martial arts full time.

 

Using his explosive and muscular legs, Jeffrey blasted Peter Kashpureff into unconsciousness at U.H.F – 9. Despite starting his career as a striker, Sarpong reinvited himself as a submission fighter, defeating three consecutive opponents by way of submission.

 

Next, Sarpong fought for Crucible Fights: Vegas, besting Milan Lucic over the course of three rounds. Although he went the distance against Borden Chantry, Sarpong pounded Kaspars Timma into submission in his very next match.

 

Jeffrey Sarpong moved on to the HONOR Fighting Championship, accumulating a record of 4-2 in that time, and adding more impressive victories to his credit.

 

Jeffrey Sarpong's big break came when he signed to fight for the Super Fighting Championship (sfc) fight promotion. He won his opening three bouts, both by stoppage to strikes, and to submission, earning him the opportunity to challenge four time SFC middleweight champion, Konstantin Mansion, who had six successful title defenses. Although it was considered a bit of a mismatch, in favor of the defending champion, it would be Sarpong that dominated in every aspect of the fight, keeping the champion reeling. Late in the fifth round, Sarpong locked in the fight ending kimura, forcing the submission, and stealing the championship.

 

Jeffrey Sarpong would defend his belt one time before losing it to Kristus Koistinen, falling into a fourth round guillotine choke. Sarpong would once again submit Dorokhov, this time to earn the opportunity to challenge for the title once more. As fate would have it, Konstantin Mansion defeated Kristus Koistinen to reclaim his lost title; Sarpong would once again dominate Mansion en route to a submission victory.

 

Sarpong promptly lost the title to Koistinen in his very first title defense, getting knocked out cold for the first time in his professional career. Sarpong immediately rebounded by out pointing top contender Chad Kind to once again earn the upcoming title shot; this time, Sarpong found revenge when he submitted Kristus Koistinen.

 

Jeffrey Sarpong would defend his title against the only other two people in the division, winning unanimous decisions over Konstantin Mansion and Kristus Koistinen, and then once again lost the title in yet another rematch to Konstantin Mansion. You can probably guess what happened next, but I'm obliged to inform you, anyways: Jeffrey Sarpong smashed a top contender and then rematched Konstantin Mansion to reclaim the title.

 

And then it happened: Sarpong attempted to defend his title against somebody not named Kristus or Konstantin; at sfc Srpong v Schelokov, Jeffrey Sarpong was submitted by Alexander Schelokov. And then smashed a top contender. And then won the title once again, when he defeated the new champion: Angel Toney.

 

And then, blessedly, Jeffrey Sarpong signed with GAMMA, where he accumulated a record of 3-1-1, before signing with Trinity. Sarpong made his debut at T141, narrowly defeating Insanity MMA veteran Paul Green.

 

 

 

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Diego Bustamante, as a kid, was constantly getting into fights with older boys, and frequently coming out on the losing side of the aforementioned squabbles. After watching Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury, Diego was inspired to begin training in Muay Thai. The school that he signed up at was also featuring Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes, and Diego soon began to dabble in a variety of arts; at first, it was due to curiosity, but the knowledge quickly became an addiction.

 

Diego Bustamante was attracted to the sport of mixed martial arts; following in the footsteps of Minotauro Nogueira, Shogun Rua, and Wanderlei Silva, Diego decided to sign up for a local Vale Tudo show. It just so happened to be a heavyweight tournament that spanned over three consecutive days. After obliterating his first opponent, and out pointing his second opponent, Diego was defeated by the heavy handed Sith Hybrid.

 

Diego fought for a slew of promotions, accumulating four lightning quick stoppages, but soon entered a rough patch. During this tough period, Diego won two fights but lost a whopping five fights. Three of those losses came within the Trinity: International Team Fighting League, season IV. Diego Bustamante's overall ITFL record stands at 6-4; following this, he fought once more for NYFN, knocking the hell out of John Paul Wani, but then he officially signed with Trinity.

 

Back in Trinity, Bustamante has gone undefeated, with wins over former world champions Joey Kocur and Roosevelt Coleman- the latter of which earned Bustamante the vacant heavyweight championship. Diego Bustamante successfully defended his title from famed knockout artist Derfel Cadarn.

 

Nickey Spillane is a heavy handed boxer from Ireland, known for his quick jab and his even quicker temper.

 

Nickey fought for several smaller promotions before signing with Insanity MMA; in his eighth professional fight, with no defeats to his credit, Nickey challenged Cyril Makarenko for the heavyweight championship. This bout was to be Makarenko's fourth title defense; Spillane would win the bout via unanimous decision.

 

Nickey Spillane defended his title two times, defeating Jeremy Perosh and Flex Plexico, before losing the belt in a rematch with Cyril Makarenko. Spillane defeated Roosevelt Coleman in order to get back into the title picture, and once again challenged Cyril Makarenko in a championship rubbermatch. Makarenko successfully defend his title from Spillane, winning a close majority decision this time.

 

Nickey Spillane defeated Jeremy Perosh (again), John Paul Wani, and Caster Rollins in order to challenge for the heavyweight title one last time; Insanity was closing up shop soon. The time for final additions to the legacy was drawing near.

 

While Spillane was busy conquering the world of contenders, Flex Plexico was busy defeating the man that defeated Cyril Makarenko in a one-sided unanimous decision. Spillane faced off against Plexico at Insanity 98, knocking him out in the opening round to reclaim the championship once again. Spillane promptly failed to defend his belt from Cyril Makarenko.

 

Nickey Spillane next participated in the International Team Fighting League tournament, winning only one time across three bouts. Spillane immediately became a Trinity regular, defeating former world champions in: Rudy Pu, Lexington Snape, Conway Pulford, and Hector Hernandez, adding only one defeat to his record in that time.

 

Nickey Spillane is coming off a three fight winning streak.

 

 

 

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(Light-heavyweight bout) Don Clones Jr (10-0-1) versus Bobby Turner (15-3)

(Preview)

Don Clones Jr is an extremely well rounded American mixed martial artist, known primarily for his extremely high level Muay Thai style of fighting.

 

Don Clones Jr made his MMA debut in a small town QFC show in San Juan, California; he won this fight via unanimous decision and was quickly hired by Los Angeles based Relativity MMA. Clones would fight three times for Relativity, winning two impressive fights, while going to a draw inbetween. After dumping his management team due to “creative differences” (whatever that means), DC Jr moved on to the VICTORY! COMBAT LEAGUE, an MMA promotion based in New York.

 

Under his new promotion, with new management representing him, Don Clones Jr thrived against this higher level of competition; he knocked out Dexter Santaros in his VCL debut, and continued his winning ways for the duration of his three fight contract.

 

When his contract with VCL expired, Don Clones Jr was picked up by the Trinity talent scouts, and he made his debut in late January, on the aptly named The Definition of Insanity fight card. His opponent was Mortimer Munson, a veteran of Insanity MMA who was coming in with a four fight winning streak and only one defeat across seven fights. Munson would dominate the opening round with his wrestling, but would find himself getting out worked in the second round. By the third round, an exhausted Munson wilted under a barrage of strikes from “Darkness”, and soon found himself out cold on the deck.

 

Clones continued his winning ways when he knocked out former UPF-M fighter Ben Breeze with a Superman Punch in the second round of their fight. After beating the hell out of MC Wisk and Flagon Sackett, it's easy to see why pundits and fans alike consider Don Clones Jr to be a legitimate challenger to the light-heavyweight championship of the world. With a victory here, we could see the stars align for Clones.

 

Bobby Turner is an extremely well rounded mixed martial arts fighter that is considered to be one of the few true elite fighters in the world. He is an exceptionally talented striker, but is equally adept at wrestling.

 

Bobby Turner made his MMA debut at IMMA 46, where he beat Joseph Foster into a living death (Ken Shamrock reference, holla). Although he lost his next bout, which took place at T43, he immediately rebounded in the Ring of Violence promotion.

 

Bobby Turner made his Ring of Violence debut at ROV 10, stopping Psycho Ship with a series of horrendous cuts on the man's face. Turner knocked out Fedor Grozdev and Cyrus Kendall before falling before eventual ROV champion Peter Sutcliffe.

 

Turner immediately rebounded with stoppage victories over Matt Black and Ryker Quincy. Then, it happened: at ROV 39, Bobby Turner faced off against reigning super-heavyweight champion Arnie Armstrong. Late in the opening round, Turner caught Armstrong with a hard shot, and followed it up with a barrage that put the champion down and out.

 

As a champion, Bobby Turner reigned undefeated for the entirety of his Ring of Violence career, although he did lose a non-title bout against Derfel Cadarn under the Imperial MMA banner. Turner succesfully defended his crown an incredible six times against former world champions: Guido Gloom and Qasim Barakat.

 

“The Black Beast” made his return to the Trinity cage at T141 with a ton of hype behind him. He was paired up with fellow knockout artist Nathan Summers. Turner would be badly hurt in the opening minutes of the fight, going down but staggering to his feet and surviving the round. In the second round, Turner returned the favor, dropping the New York native with a monstrous uppercut! Turner followed him to the ground and the fight continued. Early in the third and final round, Turner dropped Summers with a big right hand, and this time Summers stayed down for the season.

 

 

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(Heavyweight bout) Hector Hernandez (18-8) versus Derfel Cadarn (13-3)

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Hector Hernandez is a former professional boxer from Hilo, Hawaii, that has adopted a very high level of Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to complete his MMA arsenal. The “Hilo Hailstorm” is a two time world champion, both at heavyweight and super-heavyweight.

 

Hernandez made his MMA debut in the Hilo Fight League cage, stopping Yoel Romero via cut late in the opening round. Hernandez immediately signed with the Hilo Fighting Championship, where he would spend the majority of his early career.

 

With three consecutive HFC victories under his belt, four in total, Hector Hernandez faced off against Chael Heavy for the vacant HFC super-heavyweight championship; he battered the submission grappler with strikes until the referee pulled them apart.

Hernandez successfully defended his crown three times, only once leaving the opening round, and never going the distance. Hernandez jumped ship, taking his belt to Hostility MMA, where he unified his super-heavyweight strap with the heavyweight belt there. Hernandez would attempt to defend his newest belt against the heavy handed Matt Hunt, but would get caught with strikes early in the bout, forcing the referee to step in. Hernandez challenged the stoppage, declaring that he was still in the fight, but the decision was final: Matt Hunt was the new Hostility heavyweight champion of the world. Despite his interest in a rematch, Hernandez would not face Hunt again for two years.

 

Hector Hernandez escaped from the jaws of defeat when he knocked out former Fortitude FC super-heavyweight champ Peter James, and immediately moved to New York to compete in the NYFN promotion. In his NYFN debut, Hernandez was given a shot at defending champion Mike Monday; Monday would knock out Hernandez midway through the opening round.

 

For the next year, Hector Hernandez has struggled to piece together relevant victories; he did put together three in a row back in the TTFC Olympics, but fell in the second round of their tournament there. Hernandez made his Trinity debut at The Definition of Insanity, taking Roosevelt Coleman to the judge's table to win the heavyweight belt, but Hernandez would lose his newest crown in a grueling match against Rocky McColgan.

 

After two years of waiting, Hector Hernandez finally got his rematch with Matt Hunt; this time, Hernandez wasted no time in throwing heavy punches, allowing his foe no time to get comfortable; Hernandez knocked out Hunt with a hard punch in just thirty-eight seconds.

 

In his most recent bout, Hernandez was defeated by Nickey Spillane.

 

Derfel Cadarn began his mixed martial arts career on a loss, in the Built Big $1 Million Tournament, immediately removing him from contention for the remainder of the event. Cadarn decided that, if he couldn't be a tournament champion, he would have to settle for becoming a world title holder instead.

 

Cadarn signed an exclusive contract with Relativity MMA, and vowed to claim a world title there. Indeed he seemed to be on the right track: Cadarn knocked out four consecutive opponents, more than erasing the stain of his defeat in his MMA debut, but was never offered the opportunity to fight for the crown. So, Cadarn moved on to the greener pastures of the Epicity Productions heavyweight division; he knocked out Jim Jenkins in the second round.

 

Following stunnings knockouts over Kreb Barishkov and Shezzo Wicked, Cadarn shocked the world when he obliterated former BYFC heavyweight champion Matt Byrne, becoming only the second man to stop Byrne in MMA. When Epicity Productions merged with Trinity, Cadarn took the opportunity to fight a high profile non-title bout against reigning Ring of Violence super-heavyweight champion Bobby Turner. The showcase attraction took place in the main event of Imperial 51.

 

Cadarn opened the bout with heavy punches and kicks on the feet, opening a cut on the face of Turner. The Black Beast responded with a beautiful counter takedown, but failed to make the top position count, forcing a referee standup. On the feet, Derfel Cadarn fought aggressively, making the ROV champion look like he was standing still. Late in the round, with seconds remaining on the clock, Cadarn went for the kill, pinning Turner against the cage and hammering him with looping punches. An exhausted and hurt Bobby Turner went down on a big uppercut, got to his feet... and with three seconds on the clock, Cadarn clobbered him with another uppercut that shut the lights off and stole the show. Fans applauded the linear ROV champion in Derfel Cadarn, but he wasn't impressed; he had no belt to show for his remarkable achievement.

 

Derfel Cadarn signed to fight for Trinity following his bout with Turner, stopping Conway Pulford in the second round. Finally, for the first time in his career, Derfel Cadarn would fight for a world title.

 

Cadarn would face off against Rocky McColgan at T124, with McColgan dominating the opening three rounds on the feet. Cadarn would rally in the fourth round, going for broke, trying to finish the champion. Cadarn stole the round, but did little to shake the uncrackable champion. In the fifth round, Cadarn seemed to be landing the cleaner shots, but McColgan rocked him with a heavy left hook. The two warriors traded heavy punches, with Cadarn firing back from rubbery legs, but inevitably, the Challenger fell with seconds remaining in the fight.

 

In his next bout, Derfel Cadarn was booked to fight former Olympic wrestler and Jiu-Jitsu brown belt Lexington Snape. Cadarn once again shocked the world by being the aggressor with the takedowns, pulling guard repeatedly to keep the fight on the floor. As Snape postured up to land ground and pound, Cadarn locked in the first submission of his pro career, and forced the tap from the former Trinity heavyweight champion.

 

Cadarn next faced off against reigning CEC super-heavyweight champion Timur Rubin in a bout that would go the distance, with Cadarn stealing a split decision over the man, and adding another reigning champion's head to his mantle.

 

Due to his exploits across two weight divisions, Derfel Cadarn was given the next shot at the Trinity heavyweight title. This time, he would face off against the new heavyweight champion: Diego Bustamante.

 

Known for his extremely heavy hands, Bustamante wasted no time in taking the center of the ring against Cadarn, turning the bout into an early brawl. A big series of punches seemed to stun the Challenger, and badly reopened the cut that Cadarn had received in his fight with Rubin some time prior. Cadarn quickly forced a clinch, but Bustamante's assault continued from there. An exhausted Cadarn was seen holding on, stalling for the end of the round for the first time in his professional career. Bustamante escaped the clinch and dropped Cadarn with a heavy right hand! Cadarn got to his feet, and lunged in with a right hand, running into the punches of the undisputed heavyweight champion for his troubles. Cadarn went down a second time, and once again got to his feet. On rubbery knees, Cadarn put his head down and charged in with punches, and this time went down on an uppercut. A bewildered Diego Bustamante allowed his first Challenger to stagger to his feet one last time and, to the roar of the crowd, hammered him with left and right hooks. Finally, one right hook landed flush on the button and put Cadarn out cold.

 

The two men embraced briefly after the bout, thanking one another for bringing out the best in each other. After the match, Bustamante took to social media to say this about Cadarn: “Derfel Cadarn is a top fighter. Both of us went in there touted as the next big HW star, I am sure that wont be the last time we fight.”

 

 

 

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http://mmatycoon.com/images/belt/20160124135735Trinity_zpsxwietpnc.gif (Light-heavyweight Championship bout) Happy Forclit© (20-11) versus Remi Highjack (16-5)

(Preview)

Nobody knows what Happy Forclit's original first name was; all we know is that he earned the nickname “Happy” due to his serious and unemotional nature. His father, ever the jokester, renamed him Happy with the utmost sense of irony in his intentions.

 

Happy was always an intimidating individual; as a child, even the neighborhood cats wouldn't approach him. Happy has never once had a homeless man ask him for change; instead, they cross themselves and hope that this gigantic person passes them by without incident. Happy Forclit was voted, in high school, to be the most likely student to end up in some sort of penitentiary; he even received the majority vote from teachers.

 

Happy was a part of his school's wrestling team growing up; opponents would argue when tasked with competing against him, although he has always seemed to be all business when involved in sports. During his summer breaks, Happy trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and took boxing classes as well. Due to his large stature, Happy was routinely put in sparring sessions with grown men, and would regularly hammer man handle them in practices.

 

Despite his rugged exterior, Happy Forclit was never one for street fighting; the opportunity never came up. The moment somebody started trouble with him, they would look into Happy's eyes and immediately apologize for their transgression. As a result, Happy had a bit of a reputation in town as being the local bouncer; any time somebody started trouble, he would intervene and the issue would stop immediately.

 

What Happy Forclit lacked in street combat experience, he more than made up for in the practice ring; boxing, submission grappling, you name it: if the opportunity to compete arose, Happy was... happy to participate. Infact, his coaches have been quoted as saying that Happy is never truly happy unless he is engaged in training or competing.

 

When a local QFC MMA show rolled into town, hosting a series of three events across six days, Happy signed up immediately. He fallen in love with the sport of mixed martial arts from watching clips of it on Youtube, and was aching to compete. His father was emotionally against his enrollment in this new sport, but could do little to stop his son from trying. Happy easily submitted three men in three appearances, catching the eye of a talent scout from the TWGC submission grappling tournament. They had a slot open in their super-heavyweight division; Happy would be the smaller man in the room, but he quickly accepted the offer.

 

Happy competed in the TWGC 1, Division 4 slot of the tournament, submitting Helder Dias and Bobby Mamba, before falling into the armbar of Nick Wall, dropping him from the proceedings. Happy Forclit was devastated; he felt like a loser. This feeling would not last long, as one of the men helping to promote the event worked for an MMA promotion based in The Netherlands.

 

He said, “Happy, I've seen you fight before, in the QFC. Now, there is no shame in losing a match, but there is a shame in letting a tremendous opportunity pass you by.”

 

With that, he invited Happy to come to Amsterdam to fight for Ascension MMA, and to train with elite Dutch kick boxers. He assured Happy that kick boxing was a vital facet of mixed martial arts, and that there was no better place to learn it than The Netherlands. Happy signed an exclusive three fight contract with Ascension: Amsterdam, and moved across the world to begin training in kick boxing with the best.

 

Happy made his Ascension debut at Ascension Amsterdam 1, submitting Kenny Worner in just under two minutes. After submitting Danny Alvarez, Happy challenged Solofa Fatu for the light-heavyweight title. Happy joked in the pre-fight conference that he had already fought much larger men back in the TWGC, and that this was going to be a piece of cake. However, the actual match would be a grueling display of wrestling ability, with both men scoring takedowns, and battling for position. Very few punches would be thrown on the feet, as the two men spent the majority of the time on the floor. In the end, Happy Forclit was declared the undisputed champion. With his contract up, Happy returned Stateside, and was quickly signed by Hilo Fight League.

 

With a ton of hype behind him, the nonchalant light-heavyweight champion was defeated via unanimous decision by Moses Sithole (misread that one for a second, whoops). In his next bout, Happy was stopped for the first time in his MMA career by Devon Smith.

 

Happy next fought for the Ultimate Proving Grounds, fighting for the title in his second appearance there; this time, Happy came out on the wrong side of a championship decision, losing out to Yuri Hanzzle according to the judges. Happy Forclit would fight out two exclusive contracts for UPG, but would look very little like the man that had captured the MMA and BJJ worlds by storm early on.

 

Happy fought three times for Insanity MMA, winning all three bouts with heavy strikes on the feet, showing new wrinkles to his MMA game. Although he would only go 1-2 in Synchronicity, Happy would immediately be signed by Trinity, where he would fight Remy Highjack for the vacant light-heavyweight title, stopping the man in the third round.

 

Happy defended his title two times, with big wins over former world champions Aaron Newton and Flagon Sackett. In his next bout, Forclit fought a non-title match against Joaquin Fortunado, the reigning Synchronicity light-heavyweight champion. Forclit would ultimately lose via unanimous decision, but would earn the respect of the MMA community in his efforts.

 

Remi Hijack was born somewhere in Europe to an extremely unstable environment; his mother, a woman from Uruguay, Brazil, had taken a lover from the United Kingdom. Their affair was passionate, although it lacked substance: the day that Remi's mother informed her lover that she was pregnant, he gave her cab fare to get to the nearest major city, and vanished without a trace. All efforts to find the man proved fruitless, as he had given her a pseudonym to call him by.

 

Without a friend in the world, Remi's mother moved to Europe in an effort to find a new semblance of solace. In the end, however, the only affordable place was a small village in Northern Africa. From a young age, Remi was forced to watch his mother sell the only thing she had left in order for them to afford food and shelter. At nine years old, Remi watched his mother's murder; he had lost the only person in the world that had ever truly loved him, but more than that, he had lost any chance of leading a peaceful life.

 

Remi Hijack was forced to rely on his mother's killer in order to survive; he spent his teen years fighting on the streets, obeying the commands of the most vicious man in his world. During a drug deal gone sour, Remi's guardian angel was shot and killed; Remi simply smiled at this.

 

Remi Hijack spent several years selling drugs, using his vile mentor's connections, and using the money to live like a king. At night, every night, Remi trained in Muay Thai and boxing, but eventually began to train in various forms of martial arts, including Jiu-Jitsu and wrestling.

 

One day, Remi met a gentleman through his gym that professed that he could set Remi up with a professional fight, for money that is obtained without violent crime. Remi hesitated but finally accepted, figuring that he could give it one chance and then go back to his day job if things don't work out favorably.

 

Under this temporary management, Remi Hijack faced off against a Jiu-Jitsu specialist in Ivan Grekov, falling victim to a first round submission. This only fueled the fire within Hijack, who quickly found a more suitable management team to help him get fights.

 

What would follow could only be considered a reign of terror; Remi Highjack returned to the MMA scene at CFC 351; Remi had been training with the Canadian wrestling team to improve his overall ground skills, and he saw an opening on a local fight card. Remi demolished the competition placed before him, stopping Gordon Freeman and Alex Rodriguez in smaller shows in Montreal.

 

Next, Remi appeared in Las Vegas, where he made regular appearances, fighting for GAMMA: Contenders. With three GAMMA victories, and a six fight winning streak behind him, Highjack ended the nine fight winning streak of Attila Hun, defeating him in his fifth title defense. Remi Highjack had become the light-heavyweight champion, but it wasn't enough; he had taken a belt in a smaller show, now he wanted to claim championship gold in the big show. That is why, after one title defense, Remi Highjack ended his affiliation with GAMMA: Contenders, and instead signed up with Trinity.

 

After dominating Barry Allen, Remi would face off against eventual longtime rival Flagon Sackett for the undisputed Trinity light-heavyweight championship of the world. Things wouldn't go as the Brazilian slugger had envisioned, as Highjack would get caught with a hard series of shots, and eventually be stopped in the fourth round against Sackett.

 

Highjack attempted to rebound in a fight against Alfredo Leija, but suffered a similar fate to his fight with Sackett, and fell in the second round. Demanding an immediate rematch, Highjack declared himself the better fighter (than Leija), and was eventually granted the rematch. This time, Remi Highjack battered Leija en route to a first round knockout.

 

Following two more impressive victories, Remi Highjack fought a rematch with reigning champion Flagon Sackett for the world light-heavyweight title; the fight would be stopped in the second round by the ringside doctors, due to the volume of blood lost by Sackett.

After winning a non-title bout in the Legacy! MMA promotion, Highjack attempted to defend his crown against rising star Happy Forclit, and would fall before the silent giant in the second round of their fight.

 

Finally, Highjack once again face Flagon Sackett, to settle the score once and for all. The two fighters traded rounds in the early going, but Sackett landed the show stopping head kick early in the third round, putting an end to the trilogy.

 

Highjack is currently coming off of two consecutive stoppage victories over world class competition, and he believes that he can once again avenge a loss and win back his world title.

 

 

 

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http://mmatycoon.com/images/belt/20160124135735Trinity_zpsxwietpnc.gif(Middleweight Championship bout) Kalervo Kaunismieli© (17-5) versus Jeffrey Sarpong (30-9-2)

(Preview)

Kalervo Kaunismieli is a self-described man of many faiths; he professes that he practices Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and half a dozen other religions... except for Scientology, because fuck Scientology.

 

Originally, Kaunismieli saw martial arts as an outlet for his emotional energy; it allowed him to harness his internal chi and such... although, after several years, it's believed that he just enjoys fighting the good fight. Kaunismieli started his mixed martial arts career in the Crucible Fights: Amsterdam Middleweight Tournament, where he knocked out two consecutive opponents before falling in the third round to Adolf Hitman.

 

For some time, Kaunismieli bounced from organization to organization, fighting wherever there was an opening to do so; he fought for Xcution Fighting Organization, Crucible Fights: Helsinki, and Hopkins Athletics Fight Club. After losing a unanimous decision to Luis Costa, Kaunismieli parted ways with his management team, and linked up with Billy A., who immediately booked him to fight for NY Fight Nights.

 

Although his appearances were spread out over time, Kaunismieli made three showings in the NYFN cage, knocking out Mike Dean, Steve Staunton, and former world champion Jack Savage. Kaunismieli quickly earned himself a reputation as a brutal knockout artist during this time, and fans couldn't wait to see who he would face next.

 

Following those three bouts, Kaunismieli was invited to fight in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, under the Montreal Fight Nights banner. First and foremost, the fans wanted to see a rematch between Kaunismieli and Steve Staunton, who had migrated north as well; Kaunismieli won this time via unanimous decision, in a much more lackluster affair than the first time.

 

As the level of competition grew with the times, Kaunismieli started to see the judge's decision table more and more often; he defeated former world champions Richard Hickock and Luke Rockstar via unanimous decision before coming out on the losing end of a decision when he fought Rockmeteller Todd. Thus concluded Kaunismieli's time in Montreal; he would next set his sights on the globe trotting MMA promotion Trinity.

 

At T105, Kaunismieli fell face first into the triangle choke of elite Jiu-Jitsu black belt Niten Doraku, seemingly retiring his hype train for good. Kaunismieli rebounded with twin decision victories, including over multi-time world champion Konstantin Mansion; by then, however, the fans had started to move on and forget the early excitement surrounding a Kaunismieli fight. Kaunismieli reminded them of what they were missing when he knocked out famed boxing sensation Robert Mazzuca in the third round of their bout. The fans were sold; Robert Mazzuca had been riding an impressive three fight winning streak of brutal knockouts, and had already challenged for the world title before- they had now become invested in the perpetual underdog in Kaunismieli.

 

Kaunismieli would face off against ITFL Season 3 and Epicity Productions veteran, former Olympic boxer, multi-time Muay Thai grand champion, and famed knockout artist Ricky Icky; the prize for this endeavor would be the Trinity world middleweight championship. The fight took place at T124; we saw Ricky Icky dominate the opening round of the match, only to begin falling behind on the scorecards as Kaunismieli reliably outboxed him, while threatening with the clinch when Icky would get too close. Icky would begin to take over in the final round, as Kaunismieli began to tire from his relentless effort, but it was too little too late. The judges gave the fight, in unanimous style, to KalervoKaunismieli.

 

The ride atop the high horse would be a short one for Kaunismieli, who promptly lost his title in his first defense, when Bobby Shamrock snatched it away from him. However, fate would deal a similar hand to Shamrock, who would lose the strap to Octavio Saades. Meanwhile, Kaunismieli was busy making short work of the former NYFN middleweight champion, with a first round TKO over Raoul De Muerta.

 

This put him Kaunismieli back within range of a title shot, and the hype work began. Pundits wrote that Saades defeated the man that bested Kaunismieli, so why should they believe that the striker from Finland can succeed where Shamrock failed?

 

The actual fight was a lot closer than anybody could have expected; after squeaking by and possibly taking the first round, Kaunismieli rocked Saades with heavy punches moments into the second round. However, Octavio Saades showed that he is no slouch himself; he came back to steal the third round despite being badly hurt in the round before. The fourth round is a thing of pure controversy: depending on who you ask, Kaunismieli or Saades won the fourth round. Generally speaking, those that argue it one way or the other will tell you that the fourth round was dominated by the side they prefer. It really comes down to a matter of opinion; both men landed shots in this round, but nothing major happened. The fifth round, however, belonged to the champion.

 

Interestingly enough, the only judge that scored the fight for Saades gave him four rounds to one for the former champion; he gave Saades the first, third, fourth, and fifth, while the other two judges strongly gave Saades the third and fifth.

 

When the score cards were read, a bewildered audience was torn down the middle, with half cheering for a gutty performance, and half booing because they thought Saades took the fight. Call it whatever you will, but Kalervo Kaunismieli was given the split decision and now proudly once again wears his middleweight championship gold.

 

Jeffrey Sarpong is your typical meat head jock; in school, he participated in his school's soccer league (or football, if you're not an ignorant American like me), where he was an explosive attacking midfielder. Throughout his teen years, he would frequently hang out where all of the other teens were hanging out, which led to a lot of street fights among the more rowdy boys. When asked about it, Sarpong stated simply that, “fighting is in my blood.”

 

Jeffrey was invited to paritcipate in a QFC tournament in the super-heavyweight division. After besting Renan Baraoo (not to be confused with Renan Barao), Jeffrey found himself outmatched against Jake Sotrokipolis. This transgression is what encouraged Jeffrey Sarpong to begin training in mixed martial arts full time.

 

Using his explosive and muscular legs, Jeffrey blasted Peter Kashpureff into unconsciousness at U.H.F – 9. Despite starting his career as a striker, Sarpong reinvited himself as a submission fighter, defeating three consecutive opponents by way of submission.

 

Next, Sarpong fought for Crucible Fights: Vegas, besting Milan Lucic over the course of three rounds. Although he went the distance against Borden Chantry, Sarpong pounded Kaspars Timma into submission in his very next match.

 

Jeffrey Sarpong moved on to the HONOR Fighting Championship, accumulating a record of 4-2 in that time, and adding more impressive victories to his credit.

 

Jeffrey Sarpong's big break came when he signed to fight for the Super Fighting Championship (sfc) fight promotion. He won his opening three bouts, both by stoppage to strikes, and to submission, earning him the opportunity to challenge four time SFC middleweight champion, Konstantin Mansion, who had six successful title defenses. Although it was considered a bit of a mismatch, in favor of the defending champion, it would be Sarpong that dominated in every aspect of the fight, keeping the champion reeling. Late in the fifth round, Sarpong locked in the fight ending kimura, forcing the submission, and stealing the championship.

 

Jeffrey Sarpong would defend his belt one time before losing it to Kristus Koistinen, falling into a fourth round guillotine choke. Sarpong would once again submit Dorokhov, this time to earn the opportunity to challenge for the title once more. As fate would have it, Konstantin Mansion defeated Kristus Koistinen to reclaim his lost title; Sarpong would once again dominate Mansion en route to a submission victory.

 

Sarpong promptly lost the title to Koistinen in his very first title defense, getting knocked out cold for the first time in his professional career. Sarpong immediately rebounded by out pointing top contender Chad Kind to once again earn the upcoming title shot; this time, Sarpong found revenge when he submitted Kristus Koistinen.

 

Jeffrey Sarpong would defend his title against the only other two people in the division, winning unanimous decisions over Konstantin Mansion and Kristus Koistinen, and then once again lost the title in yet another rematch to Konstantin Mansion. You can probably guess what happened next, but I'm obliged to inform you, anyways: Jeffrey Sarpong smashed a top contender and then rematched Konstantin Mansion to reclaim the title.

 

And then it happened: Sarpong attempted to defend his title against somebody not named Kristus or Konstantin; at sfc Srpong v Schelokov, Jeffrey Sarpong was submitted by Alexander Schelokov. And then smashed a top contender. And then won the title once again, when he defeated the new champion: Angel Toney.

 

And then, blessedly, Jeffrey Sarpong signed with GAMMA, where he accumulated a record of 3-1-1, before signing with Trinity. Sarpong made his debut at T141, narrowly defeating Insanity MMA veteran Paul Green.

 

 

 

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http://mmatycoon.com/images/belt/20160124135735Trinity_zpsxwietpnc.gif(Heavyweight Championship bout) Diego Bustamante© (19-7) versus Nickey Spillane (21-6)

(Preview)

Diego Bustamante, as a kid, was constantly getting into fights with older boys, and frequently coming out on the losing side of the aforementioned squabbles. After watching Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury, Diego was inspired to begin training in Muay Thai. The school that he signed up at was also featuring Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes, and Diego soon began to dabble in a variety of arts; at first, it was due to curiosity, but the knowledge quickly became an addiction.

 

Diego Bustamante was attracted to the sport of mixed martial arts; following in the footsteps of Minotauro Nogueira, Shogun Rua, and Wanderlei Silva, Diego decided to sign up for a local Vale Tudo show. It just so happened to be a heavyweight tournament that spanned over three consecutive days. After obliterating his first opponent, and out pointing his second opponent, Diego was defeated by the heavy handed Sith Hybrid.

 

Diego fought for a slew of promotions, accumulating four lightning quick stoppages, but soon entered a rough patch. During this tough period, Diego won two fights but lost a whopping five fights. Three of those losses came within the Trinity: International Team Fighting League, season IV. Diego Bustamante's overall ITFL record stands at 6-4; following this, he fought once more for NYFN, knocking the hell out of John Paul Wani, but then he officially signed with Trinity.

 

Back in Trinity, Bustamante has gone undefeated, with wins over former world champions Joey Kocur and Roosevelt Coleman- the latter of which earned Bustamante the vacant heavyweight championship. Diego Bustamante successfully defended his title from famed knockout artist Derfel Cadarn.

 

Nickey Spillane is a heavy handed boxer from Ireland, known for his quick jab and his even quicker temper.

 

Nickey fought for several smaller promotions before signing with Insanity MMA; in his eighth professional fight, with no defeats to his credit, Nickey challenged Cyril Makarenko for the heavyweight championship. This bout was to be Makarenko's fourth title defense; Spillane would win the bout via unanimous decision.

 

Nickey Spillane defended his title two times, defeating Jeremy Perosh and Flex Plexico, before losing the belt in a rematch with Cyril Makarenko. Spillane defeated Roosevelt Coleman in order to get back into the title picture, and once again challenged Cyril Makarenko in a championship rubbermatch. Makarenko successfully defend his title from Spillane, winning a close majority decision this time.

 

Nickey Spillane defeated Jeremy Perosh (again), John Paul Wani, and Caster Rollins in order to challenge for the heavyweight title one last time; Insanity was closing up shop soon. The time for final additions to the legacy was drawing near.

 

While Spillane was busy conquering the world of contenders, Flex Plexico was busy defeating the man that defeated Cyril Makarenko in a one-sided unanimous decision. Spillane faced off against Plexico at Insanity 98, knocking him out in the opening round to reclaim the championship once again. Spillane promptly failed to defend his belt from Cyril Makarenko.

 

Nickey Spillane next participated in the International Team Fighting League tournament, winning only one time across three bouts. Spillane immediately became a Trinity regular, defeating former world champions in: Rudy Pu, Lexington Snape, Conway Pulford, and Hector Hernandez, adding only one defeat to his record in that time.

 

Nickey Spillane is coming off a three fight winning streak.

 

 

 

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T145 London is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by ~* Trinity *~, in conjunction with Hellbent Clothing and Hoarseplay Writing Productions, on June 3rd, 2016. This showcase attraction will take place in the Wombley Arena in London, England.

 

 

 

Welterweight Rustam Kersikov versus Chief Toppenahomma

Welterweight Carlos Centurion versus Shinyo Jintao

Heavyweight Cyril Makarenko versus Roosevelt Coleman

Light-heavyweight Nathan Summers versus MC Wisk

Welterweight Jay Gatsby versus Bobby Shamrock

Heavyweight Mitar Miric versus Conway Pulford

Welterweight Malcolm Mitchell versus Chet Lamare

Middleweight Konstantin Manison versus Chryst Halo

Lightweight Ossilus Chiarmanda versus Norman Parke

Featherweight Jack Judo versus Jack Olin

 

 

 

[Preliminary Fights]

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(Featherweight bout) Jack Judo (37-17-1) versus Jack Olin (18-9)

(Preview)

Jack Judo, aka the “Grand Master of Shaolin”, is a long time veteran of the sport of mixed martial arts, with over fifty professional bouts to his credit. Judo started out fighting under the New Generation Fighters banner, where he started out strong, but suffered through a lengthy dry spell of win-one, lose-one, which haunted him throughout his late NGF career.

 

After putting together back-to-back wins for the first time in a year, Jack Judo parted ways with his management; he also opted not to re-sign with NGF, opting instead to find greener pastures to reinvent himself.

Judo next appeared in the Forbidden Violence promotion, where he fought for the bantamweight championship in his second fight with the promotion (although, he was on a three fight winning streak at that point). After submitting Pierre Silverhielm to claim the title, Judo was defeated twice by Kesuke Miyagi, finishing out his FV career.

 

Judo once again changed management, and signed an exclusive contract with the WWF promotion. Judo would go on a six fight winning streak, submitting all six WWF opponents in the opening round, before signing with the Iron Fighting Championship (IFC).

 

In his second IFC bout, Judo submitted Bojan Vladislav to become the featherweight champion; a title that he would defend one time before losing it in a rematch with Cilian Lynch.

 

Judo signed with NBC next; after defeating a top contender in the premiere event, Judo defeated Keijo Kerjalainen to claim the NBC featherweight championship. He would defend this title two times, ultimately losing it to Paul Smith (including an immediate rematch, which he also lost).

 

Judo finished out his NBC career on a five fight winning streak, two of which were victories over Paul Smith; Judo regained and defended the NBC featherweight belt before leaving the promotion.

 

Judo next faced Paul Smith in the new M-1 Challenge promotion; Judo defeated Smith via TKO to claim the M-1 featherweight title, which he would never defend.

 

After changing management, Jack Judo is on a four fight losing streak, with the most recent coming at T139 against Bill Bronson.

 

Jack Ollin is a former Olympic wrestling hopeful; he holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu but is known for his brutal ground and pound, rather than his submission prowess. Jack Ollin has fought exclusively for Trinity throughout his entire MMA career.

Ollin made his Trinity debut at T11, beating the hell out of Bo Beng with a first round TKO stoppage. On a four fight winning streak, Ollin defeated Elijah Hart to claim the Trinity featherweight title; he was defeated in his very first defense attempt, at the hands of Junior Borg.

 

Despite his obviously elite skills, Ollin struggles to piece together consecutive victories, instead finding success two or three times, pock marked by a devastating defeat along the way. Ollin has challenged for the Trinity featherweight title two times, with failed attempts against Tuomari Hurmio and Boreste Bardanos along the way.

 

Most recently, Jack Ollin stopped Baki Hanma with four seconds remaining in the opening round.

 

 

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(Lightweight bout) Ossilus Chiarmanda (17-11) versus Norman Parke (19-8-1)

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Ossilus Chiarmanda is an extremely high level kick boxing world champion that has recently made the switch into professional mixed martial arts.

 

He started fighting in MMA first and foremost, getting submitted in a small time QFC bout. This prompted him to return to his roots; he signed with the New Age Cage Fighting kick boxing league. He may have been a failed mixed martial artist, but he found great success in kick boxing; he won nine consecutive bouts, scoring knockouts in all but one bout, and claiming the NACF welterweight championship, along with the World Combat Sports Association lightweight title.

 

Near the end of his kick boxing career, Chiarmanda won one out of five bouts in the EFFA promotion, prompting him to return to mixed martial arts on a trial basis.

 

Back in MMA, Chiarmanda struggled to string together wins, as he started fighting for Trinity almost immediately. Recently, he has put together some big wins, defeating the likes of John Murray, Jeffrey Miller, Larry Balls, and William Bonney. He challenged Brynden Epicity for the lightweight title, but was defeated via unanimous decision.

 

Norman Parke is a hall of fame mixed martial arts fighter; this former boxing and MMA world champion has held mixed martial arts titles in Insanity MMA, as well as Trinity in more recent times.

 

Norman Took his first crack at championship gold at Insanity 39, losing a unanimous decision against Joe Dirt. After stringing together some big victories, Parke was given a second chance against Dirt. The bout took place at Insanity 64; this time, Parke came out on the proper side of the judge's decision. Parke successfully defended the belt two times before losing it to Jingle Jingle. After stringing together a pair of victories, Parke defeated Joe Dirt in a non-title rematch to see who would go on to challenge for the title.

 

On a four fight winning streak, Parke challenged the legendary Mauricio Aurelio for the Insanity lightweight championship; he defeated Aurelio via unanimous decision, and successfully defended the belt three times, including wins over William Bonney, Chet Lamare, and Andrew Morgan, before losing it all to Ozzy McKane.

 

Since then, Parke has struggled to put together victories; he defeated Daniel O'Sullivan, but has been defeated in back-to-back bouts, and most recently fought to a draw in a rematch with O'Sullivan.

 

 

 

[undercard Fights]

 

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(Middleweight bout) Konstantin Manison (27-16) versus Chryst Halo (17-5-1)

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Konstantin Manison started out in the Red Square Fight League, where he knocked out Rodney Armack to claim the middleweight championship. After defending the belt one time, Manison would lose it when he was submitted by Wladimir Zaitzev late in the fourth round.

 

Manison reclaimed his lost gold on the RSF New Years card, knocking out Mihail Dmitriev in the opening round. Manison would fight a non-title bout with RSFL, knocking out Petia Chetkiy in a non-title rematch of their first meeting; this would be the last time that Manison appeared in the RSF promotion.

 

Konstantin Manison next signed with the Super Fighting Championship (SFC), where he is a former five time middleweight champion. He successfully defended the SFC belt four times, bringing his SFC championship record to 9-7.

 

Following his Super Fighting Championship career, Manison signed with Trinity; after losing his first three trinity bouts, Manison rebounded with victories over The Beast and former Epicity Productions champion Dominick De Struicao.

 

In his most recent bout, Manison was out pointed by Steve Belliveau. Manison is a member of the SFC hall of fame.

 

Chryst Halo is a mildly blasphemous mixed martial arts fighter that fought his early fights in Barbarian FC, accumulating a record of 5-1-1 in that time. Next, he fought for Honor FC and the Royal Fighting Championship before signing an exclusive contract with the UNFC Tokyo promotion.

 

In UNFC, Halo won four consecutive bouts, with wins over multiple former world champions in that span. He fought twice for Insanity MMA, winning once against JT Redman before signing with Trinity.

 

In his Trinity debut, Halo narrowly defeated Machine Gun before knocking out Redman once again.

 

In his most recent fight, Halo was knocked out by Flavius Odoacer.

 

 

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(Welterweight bout) Malcolm Mitchell (22-12) versus Chet Lamare (22-11-1)

(Preview)

Malcolm Mitchell competed on Season 2 of The Island; after going 4-1 in the Legendary Fighters Championship, he competed in the Finale Tournament. After fighting his way into the finals, Mitchell was defeated by Jason Wayne via unanimous decision.

 

Malcolm fought for UNFC Tokyo straight out of The Island, struggling to piece together wins after his disappointing tournament loss; he went 3-2 in his next five fights. Much later in his UNFC career, Malcolm challenged Hector Camacho for the welterweight championship, but was defeated late in the fight when he was hurt by a series of strikes, and inevitably stopped.

 

Malcolm tried two more times to wrest the title from the gasp of Camacho, but he lost in both attempts via judge's decision.

 

Following his unsuccessful UNFC career, Mitchell fought four times for Insanity MMA, winning three of those matches, including a bout against former world champ Lotus Suzinuki. When Insanity merged into Trinity, Malcolm Mitchell followed suit; he knocked out Demetri Puleveski in his Trinity debut.

 

In recent times, he was defeated in a top contender match with Carlos Centurion, but has since rebounded with victories over Alexander Schelokov and Jack Daniels.

 

Chet Lamare began fighting in Warzone MMA, going on a five fight winning streak; he suffered his first non-QFC defeat at the hands of Jacob Koch. After winning two bouts, seemingly getting back on track, Lamare dropped three consecutive fights in a row, ultimately losing five out of his next seven bouts.

 

Things didn't get back on track for Lamare until he signed with Epicity Productions; although he was defeated by Dickie Dirty, Chet Lamare would right his ship within the promotion. With an EP record of 2-1-1, including one draw, Chet Lamare next fought for Insanity MMA, continuing his unbeaten streak to six fights, including a decision over Mauricio Aurelio.

 

Chet Lamare challenged Norman Parke for the Insanity lightweight title, losing via extremely narrow majority decision. After winning two fights within Insanity, Lamare was defeated by Ricky Blazer; soon after, Insanity merged into Trinity.

Chet Lamare made his Trinity debut at T127, defeating former world champ Victor Loosa. With wins over former world champions Jack Daniels and Gustav Ragnarson, Chet Lamare was recently stopped by Chief Toppenahomma at T142.

 

 

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(Heavyweight bout) Mitar Miric (20-3) versus Conway Pulford (16-6)

(Preview)

Mitar Miric fought his earliest fights for Death Squad MMA, where he won nine consecutive fights via lightning fast stoppage, as well as two bouts in Vegas Fight Nights. With his contract expired, Miric was offered a lucrative contract with Rio Fighting Championship, where he was given an immediate title shot to sweeten the pot.

 

Miric knocked out Derek Lynch to claim the inaugural RioFC heavyweight championship; a title that he would never lose, with four consecutive title defenses to his credit. Miric fought once for the Backyard Fight Club, besting John Jackson via unanimous decision, bringing his winning streak to an amazing sixteen consecutive victories.

 

Next, Mitar fought for the Honor Fighting Championship, stopping Tomasz Adamek to win the top contender slot in order to challenge for the title. In his very next bout, Mitar Miric knocked Lord Viceroy out cold to become the HFC heavyweight champion; he defended his belt against Keith Young before parting ways with his management team.

 

After a lengthy period of inactivity, the two time world champ would lose his winning streak, facing defeat in two fights with two different mangement teams representing him. Finally, under his most recent management, Miric knocked out Pablo Escobar in the opening round at T139.

 

Conway Pulford is a man known for his early fighting career in the Immortals New York promotion; he won the super-heavyweight championship in his third fight with the promotion, bringing his record to 4-0. Pulford defended his title one time, but lost it against The RocknRolla; he would attempt to reclaim the INY title, but would come up short when he faced Scott Parker.

 

Conway fought for the Legendary Fighters Championship, going on a three fight winning streak that brought him face-to-face with reigning LFC champion Terrell Grant; Conway would best him in a judge's decision to claim the title. Just like that, Conway Pulford added a heavyweight championship to his already impressive mantle.

 

Conway Pulford defended his newest title two times, knocking out Yuba Boulwiha and Leonel Gatti before losing it via doctor stoppage against Ken Halo. Pulford knocked out Wayne Wade to earn a rematch against Halo, but was defeated via unanimous decision.

 

After changing management teams, Conway signed with Trinity, knocking out Halo Olah with a first round head kick. After losing to Derfel Cadarn, Conway knocked out Mitar Miric and Itse Perkele, bringing him within range of a title fight; he just had to get through Nickey Spillane to get there.

 

The fight took place at T138, with Pulford once again being stopped due to the bleeding scar tissue that extends across his face.

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[Main Card]

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(Welterweight bout) Jay Gatsby (18-11) versus Bobby Shamrock (26-10)
(Preview)

Jay Gatsby is a veteran of the Insanity MMA promotion, where he challenged Norman Parke for the lightweight championship, falling in the opening round via TKO, snapping an active five fight winning streak in the process.

 

Following his tenure with Insanity, and coming off back-to-back wins, Gatsby competed in the Trinity edition of the ITFL tournament, accumulating six victories and four defeats in that time. Gatsby became a Trinity regular following the tournament; he knocked out Johnny Luca and Timothy Robison in his next two bouts, but went on a three fight losing streak immediately after.

 

Most recently, he has defeated Julius Henderson and Gustav Ragnarson in back-to-back wins.

 

The Man, The Myth, The Legend: Bobby Shamrock is a true elite martial artist that has fought a plethora of high level competition. He holds victories over world champions that I have personally helped promote in Ronald Rousey and the legendary “Comeback Kid”, whom this writer had the pleasure of nicknaming: Lotus Suzinuki.

Bobby Shamrock started out in GAMMA: Contenders, submitting Ian Gill with his special blend of catch wrestling. Despite having a submission wrestling resume that would make any man turn his head in respect, Shamrock would never use his ground abilities to submit another foe, opting instead to pound them unconscious.

Bobby Shamrock fought four times in The Kids of MMA promotion, winning three of those bouts. Next, he appeared in the Honor FC show, beating the living hell out of former NWO welterweight champion Murkus Vinicious. Soon after, Shamrock would challenge an active champion for his welterweight title, when he faced off against Rock Lee; Shamrock would face defeat for the second time in his career, falling victim to a late TKO from the champion. After losing his next two bouts, Shamrock doubled down on his efforts in the gym, vowing to become a world champion, even if it was only for one night.

Bobby Shamrock won three of his final four Honor FC bouts before signing with Hilo Fight League, where he continued his winning streak into five consecutive victories, including over the aforementioned Ronald Rousey.

Next, Shamrock smashed his way through reigning champion Sergey Panikov to claim the Hilo Fight League light-heavyweight championship; a title which he would only defend one time before losing to Viktor Krum.

Bobby Shamrock fought once more for Hilo Fight League, knocking out Nelly Haynes in just under two minutes. Following this impressive performance, Shamrock signed with Epicity Productions, defeating “The Comeback Kid” Lotus Suzinuki via unanimous decision. This time, Shamrock would the perfect balance, as he successfully defended the Epicity welterweight belt three consecutive times, including in a rematch with Suzinuki.

Feeling as though he had already conquered the best that Epicity had to offer, Shamrock signed with Insanity MMA, beating Octavio Saades into submission to claim the Insanity middleweight title; a belt that he would defend two times before the promotion folded, along with Epicity, into the Trinity promotion.

In his Trinity debut, Bobby Shamrock defeated Kalervo Kaunismieli via unanimous decision to claim the middleweight championship of the world. This time, he would lose his title in his very first defense attempt, when he was out pointed in a rematch with Octavio Saades.

Following his defeat at the hands of Saades, Shamrock dropped back down to his natural weight class of 170 lbs. In his most recent fights, he has been defeated in back-to-back decisions to Chief Toppenahomma and Shinyo Jintao.

 

 

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(Light-heavyweight bout) Nathan Summers (13-2) versus MC Wisk (24-14)

(Preview)

Nathan Summers is an elite multi-sport world champion striker; he holds world titles in American kick boxing, various Muay Thai tournaments, and he even briefly held the WBC Cruiserweight Championship in boxing.

 

His MMA career started with a bang; he went on an eleven fight winning streak, with not one fight making it out of the second round. He has fought for numerous organizations, including Notorious Fights NY, Barbarian FC, and UNFC Tokyo. This globe trotter has fought in America, Japan, and Brazil- and that's just including his MMA career.

 

His winning streak was snapped in his twelfth professional MMA bout, where he was knocked out for the first time in his fighting career against Martti Molski at Insanity 119. Summers quickly rebounded, taking out his anguish on Darren Lockyer and Flavius Odoacer.

In his most recent bout, Nathan Summers was once again knocked out; this time by Bobby Turner at T141.

 

MC Wisk is a former Golden Gloves amateur boxing champion that, while training for a professional career in boxing, fell in love with Muay Thai fighting as well. This led him to trying out various other arts, bringing him into an MMA gym, where he was exposed to grappling for the first time in his career. Although he admits that he would prefer to stand and trade punches and kicks, Wisk is more than capable of defending himself on the ground. Wisk currently holds a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

 

MC Wisk started out his MMA career in the Holmgang promotion in Helsinki, Finland. After stopping Igor Slapov in his debut, Wisk was signed by Dominance MMA, where he accumulated a moderate record of 3-3. Following his time with Dominance, Wisk fought a one-off bout for Colosseum, defeating Dan Quinn in just over a minute.

 

MC Wisk next fought for Umbrella Corporation, where he continued his winning streak; with four consecutive wins behind him, Wisk challenged and defeated Donnito Mustacho for the light-heavyweight championship. He would only defend his title one time before losing it in the same manner, and to the same man, as he won it: he was defeated via split decision by Donnito Mustacho.

 

You would think that this would be the dawn of a long lasting rivalry, but the two would never meet again in the cage. Wisk would fight once more for Umbrella Corp., dropping a unanimous decision against Funky Punch.

 

Next, Wisk signed with the Powers FC promotion, and was promptly defeated via unanimous decision by George Pierre Hennard, a fighter that I have experience with during his Fortitude FC days. Wisk rebounded with two straight wins, but was defeated in a bid to claim the light-heavyweight title from Ernst Young.

 

Wisk would go 1-1 in his final two WFC bouts, and would sign with Destiny MMA, rebounding in his promotional debut against Jimmy Dias Jimenez. In his next bout, his impressive resume would earn him a crack at reigning light-heavyweight title holder Davide Dileo, who desperately needed a fresh contender to face; things wouldn't go the champion's way, as Wisk would overwhelm him and steal the belt from around his waist in a dominant unanimous decision.

 

MC Wisk would defend his newest prize a whopping five times, with one non-title bout outside of the promotion inbetween, before losing it via submission to the aptly named Jiu Jitsu. Wisk would fight once more for Destiny, defeating Rastaphan Dominatrix. Wisk would fight one more single fight for EVOLUTION MMA, knocking out Brad May; he would drop a split decision to Manolo Fu in Ascension MMA.

 

Next, Wisk signed a three fight deal with Claymore Elite Combat, winning just one of those fights. Most recently, MC Wisk has fought twice for Trinity- defeating Flavius Odoacer, and getting stopped by Don Clones Jr.

 

 

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(Heavyweight bout) Cyril Makarenko (23-9) versus Roosevelt Coleman (19-10-1)

(Preview)

Cyril Makarenko is a truly elite specimen in the world of boxing and muay Thai. He utilizes a flawless arsenal of boxing fundamentals, but is keen to display a higher level of pugilistic comprehension on the fly. In addition to this, he is one of the very best in the world at mixing up punches, kicks, and clinchwork. Cyril held and defended the Insanity MMA heavyweight championship on two separate occasions, and briefly held the Trinity heavyweight crown as well.

 

Cyril started his MMA career in the QFC, winning four out of five fights before getting picked up by Insanity MMA. The upstart promotion booked him to fight in their twelfth event; he knocked out Kevin MacOwan in the opening round, and bowed before the Irish slugger before an applauding crowd.

Cyril's unpredictable striking made him a terror for opponents; he would mix in straight punches with leg kicks, only to flip a switch in his head and start throwing spinning punches and turning kicks. After stopping four opponents, Cyril was given the opportunity to face Jeremy Perosh, a man that he had already beaten; except, this time it would be for the heavyweight title. Cyril quickly accepted the opportunity, knocking Perosh out in the opening round once again.

 

Cyril Makarenko defended his title three times before losing it in a controversial decision against Nickey Spillane. In his haste to earn a rematch, Makarenko made the number one mistake in combat sports: he overlooked his opponent. In his lustful desire to earn revenge against Spillane, Makarenko didn't prepare adequately for his current opponent: William King, who was known for his heavy hands. You did NOT want to ignore the punching power of King, as Makarenko quickly learned.

 

Cyril Makarenko defeated Roosevelt Coleman, a heavy handed striker and former Warzone MMA heavyweight title holder. This victory earned Makarenko the rematch that he so desired; he faced off against Nicky Spillane at Insanity 76, winning the rematch via unanimous decision. Except, this time Spillane was unhappy with the judge's call, and wanted a rematch of his own.

 

While Spillane worked his way back up the roster, Makarenko defended his title against William King, knocking him out in the third round. At Insanity 85, the rubber match to end all rubber matches took place: Makarenko versus Spillane III for the heavyweight championship of the world. This time, the outcome would be evne more controversial than before, with one judge claiming that Spillane won rounds two, three, and four; one judge gave all but round three to Makarenko, and the third judge gave rounds one, four, and five to Makarenko. The MMA Underground was a warzone, with trolls on both sides calling each other every unsavory name in the book... but, that's kind of par for the course for the Underground.

 

With his rivalry behind him, Cyril Makarenko lost his title to Niko Alzate, whom he had defeated three times before. Makarenko would win two contender bouts, stopping Hector Hernandez and Jeremy Perosh before once again facing Nickey Spillane for the heavyweight title... and once again, fighting to an unsavory, and controversial majority decision. Makarenko would win this bout as well, making his overall record against Spillane 3-1.

 

Makarenko defended his title against Jose Alvaro before fighting in a non-title bout in the Ultimate Proving Ground, getting knocked out by Rocky McColgan for his troubles. Makarenko returned to Insanity two more times, losing both fights via first round knockout.

 

Makarenko made his Trinity debut at T127, knocking out Artur Levchenko early in the opening round. After dropping a unanimous decision to Timur Rubin, Makarenko defeated both Lexington Snape and, most recently, Matt Hunt.

 

Roosevelt Coleman is a veteran collegiate wrestler, having competed as an amateur at Montana State. This All-American had his sights set on the Olympic gold, but he always found himself taking on the role of alternate, rather than competitor. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride, as they're like to say. With his Olympic dreams crushed, Coleman found a new outlet for his aggression: the world of mixed martial arts.

 

Roosevelt Coleman started his MMA career with a pair of inauspicious defeats; once in the QFC, and once in Umbrella Corporation. Unperturbed by these setbacks, Roosevelt continued his MMA training and pressed forward with his career.

 

He returned at Warzone 68, brutally knocking out Jimmy Barnett with a first round head kick. After stopping Benjamin Webster with a big punch, Roosevelt fought to a draw against well rounded slugger Jozef Rakic.

 

Roosevelt followed this draw with four consecutive knockouts, three of which came in the opening round. Next, Roosevelt defeated Tyrone Slade to claim the Warzone heavyweight championship, which he defended three times before losing it in a unanimous decision defeat against Mellow Mood.

 

Following the devastating loss of his title, Roosevelt Coleman signed with Insanity MMA, setting him down the path that would lead him to his next world title... and one of the biggest rivalries in the history of the heavyweight division.

 

In his Insanity debut, Roosevelt faced off against his eventual nemesis in Cyril Makarenko, losing the bout via unanimous decision. While Cyril would go on to fight for, and win the heavyweight crown, Roosevelt would struggle to put together victories, going 3-3; one of those defeats came at the hands of Niko Alzate, when Roosevelt challenged him for the heavyweight title.

 

Following his defeats to Niko Alzate for the title, and Hector Hernandez in a contender match, Roosvelt Coleman finished out his Insanity tenure on a four fight winning streak, including defeating Cyril Makarenko for the heavyweight belt. Unfortunately, his final Insanity fight saw him lose his belt in a rematch with Hector Hernandez.

 

In his Trinity debut, Roosevelt faced Lexington Snape, the former Trinity heavyweight champion, who had recently had his winning streak broken by Rocky McColgan. It was here that Coleman secured the only submission victory of his MMA career, when he caught Snape with a far side kimura to force the tap.

 

After defeating heavy handed Matt Hunt in a top contender match, Roosevelt Coleman found himself challenging yet another world title holder in Diego Bustamante; it just wasn't in the cards for Coleman, who found himself stopped by the reigning champion midway through the third round.

 

In his most recent bout, Coleman was out pointed by Timur Rubin.

 

 

 

[Co-Main Event]

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(Welterweight Division) Carlos Centurion (25-6-1) versus Shinyo Jintao (20-6)

(Preview)

Carlos Centurion is a former kick boxing middleweight world champion, a former four time Trinity welterweight world champion, and a long time veteran of the Trinity promotion. Affectionately known as the “Decision Centurion” on the MMA Underground forums, Carlos is a proud member of the Trinity hall of fame.

 

Carlos started his mixed martial arts career in the Bodies Engaged In Extreme Fighting, aka the laughably named BEEF promotion, where he accumulated a record of four wins with no losses and one draw. With his contract up, and no title shot offers on the horizon, Carlos signed with Trinity MMA, declaring his championship intentions early on.

 

Although he won in impressive fashion in his Trinity debut, Carlos was defeated for the first time in his career when he was submitted by future TWGC submission grappling world champion Michael Blake. The two would meet when Blake was on a nine fight winning streak, and was the reigning Hopkins Athletics Fight Club champion. Carlos accepted the loss and vowed vengeance on Blake.

 

Carlos Centurion won his next three fights in dominant fashion and was asked in his post-fight interview, “who do you want to fight next?” Fans expected Carlos to call out the champion, but instead he shocked those in attendance when he demanded a rematch with Michael Blake first. As it so happened, Blake had won and lost the Trinity welterweight championship while Centurion was smashing a row of contenders.

 

The bout was promoted as being the fight that would decide who would climb the mountain to challenge for the title. This time, Carlos would survive the ground assault, turning the match into a standing clinch battle; this allowed him to dominate the majority of the first round. Carlos continued his winning ways in the second round, hammering Blake against the cage. The fighters separated and a badly bleeding Blake was seen shooting for powerful, albeit fruitless takedowns. With one minute left on the round, both fighters stood back and Centurion caught him on the long end of a left hook. The referee saw a pause in the action and called in the doctor, who promptly stopped the fight due to the blood loss of Michael Blake.

 

At T51, Centurion defeated Alvarez via unanimous decision to become the undisputed Trinity welterweight champion of the world. Carlos Centurion was given a murderer's row of title challengers to work his way through. For his first defense, Centurion defeated former Barbarian FC welterweight champ and legendary Jiu-Jitsu practitioner Marcelo Aurelio. Next, Centurion faced the former Dissension FC welterweight title holder in Gustav Ragnarson. In his third title defense, Centurion faced Jiu-Jitsu black belt and former amateur and pro boxing champion Terrence Thornton. Thornton managed to outwork the champion on the feet, and score takedowns to dominate from the top position as well, securing the decision win. Just like that, in his third title defense, Carlos Centurion was no longer a world title holder.

 

Carlos Centurion defeated a strong top contender in Alternio Sanchez to earn a rematch with Thornton; unfortunately, the outcome was the same as their first meeting. To earn the top contender slot once again, and to convince the fans that he was deserving, Carlos defeated three former or future world champions in Adolf Hitman, Jonathan Segal, and Billy Vandam.

 

While Carlos Centurion was fighting his way back up the later, Thornton lost his title to Jack Daniels, a solid slugger from the ITFL tournament. Daniels, in turn, lost his title to Gustav Ragnarson, a skilled submission fighter from Sweden. Despite his abilities in past fights, fans were unwilling to invest emotionally in the one dimensional Ragnarson; and appropriately so, as Carlos beat him so badly that the doctor stopped the fight late in the second round.

 

While Carlos Centurion was fighting his way back up the latter, Thornton lost his title to Jack Daniels, a solid slugger from the ITFL tournament. Daniels, un turn, lost the title to Gustav Ragnarson, a past opponent of Centurion. The rematch between Ragnarson and Centurion was slated to take place T94; fans and pundits alike were seemingly unwilling to forgive Ragnarson for his poor performance when he last faced Centurion at T: Winter Olympics; and rightfully so, as Centurion once again beat him so bloody that the doctors stopped the fight.

Carlos promptly lost his title in a rematch with Adolf Hitman, in a shocking upset; Centurion was stopped due to strikes for the first time in his lengthy MMA career. Two victories later, Centurion was back in title contention. As it turned out, Hitman had defended his title two times and temporarily retired with it, getting released by Trinity, only to sign with GAMMA under new management.

 

At T116, Carlos Centurion faced off against Chief Toppenahamma for the vacant Trinity welterweight championship of the world. Despite the extremely high touted skill level of the Native American mixed martial artist, Centurion would go on to dominate all five rounds en route to a unanimous decision victory; Carlos Centurion was the three time welterweight champion of the world.

 

Carlos managed to defend his title at T119 against Omar Boulami; a feat that he had not accomplished since he defeated Marcelo Aurelio back at T56. However, Carlos Centurion lost his coveted belt in his very next rematch, which would come against Shinyo Jintao; the fight would be stopped due to a bad cut over the champion's right eye. Somewhere, at some sports bar in the world, Gustav Ragnarson was smiling that his old nemesis lost via the only method that he had lost to Centurion in the past.

 

Centurion would go on a three fight winning streak, winning back the welterweight title in a fight with fresh faced champion Ozzy McKane, but would lose the title via Majority Decision against Rustam Kersikov.

 

Shinyo Jintao is a multi-time Muay Thai world champion that has fought in Karate tournaments, kick boxing bouts, and Thai boxing matches. He holds a steady reputation with the hardcore fan base for his eagerness to compete in all forms of unarmed combat. Shinyo is a former Trinity welterweight world champion, having TKO'd Carlos Centurion in order to claim the belt.

 

Jintao started his mixed martial arts career in the WarZone MMA promotion, winning seven out of night fights, and challenging for the WarZone middleweight championship. He would lose the title match, and would fight once for the Ultimate Proving Grounds promotion in Amsterdam, knocking out Leon Lance to rebound from his prior defeat.

 

Jintao next signed with Trinity, besting Alternio Sanchez in his promotional debut. Following a close decision victory over Julius Henderson, Jintao competed in the Trinity ITFL tournament, obtaining a tournament record of five wins and only two losses.

 

Based on the merit of his impressive performances and his steady rate of success, Shinyo Jintao took a big step up in competition to take on former Dissension FC and Trinity welterweight champion Gustav Ragnarson. The bout took place at T119; Ragnarson dominated several moments of the fight with his strong wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu, but would ultimately succumb to a third round knock out.

 

With a big win under his belt, Shinyo challenged Carlos Centurion for the welterweight championship of the world, who was on a big winning streak at the time. Little attention was paid to Jintao in the pre-fight hype, as most assumed that Centurion would dominate him to a decision. In the opening round, Centurion would dominate on the feet, although the beginning of the end happened early in the round, with Centurion receiving a bad cut on his forehead. Shinyo would begin to take control in the second round, and would actually drop Centurion with an overhand right from hell, followed by a big left hook. Centurion survived, got to his feet, but was in all sorts of trouble... by then, the body kicks of Jintao had Centurion covering his midsection instead of protecting the cut, blood was pouring into his face, and he had a look of wild desperation in his eyes. When the fighters separated temporarily, the referee paused the bout to let the doctor check on Centurion... they asked him some questions, looked into his cut, and determined that he was not fit to continue the match. In a huge upset win, Shinyo Jintao had won the Trinity welterweight championship of the world.

 

Jintao defended his title against Ozzy McKane, forcing the man to submit due to strikes. Next, Jintao fought a non-title bout in the Montreal Fight Nights promotion, and suffered the first knockout loss of his career, when he was stopped by Bjorn Helgi late in the opening round. A visibly less confident Jintao returned to defend his Trinity championship in a rematch with Ozzy McKane; fans gave him the benefit of the doubt, and figured that this would be a good fight to regain his confidence; McKane would shock the world when he stopped Jintao in the second round to become the welterweight champion.

 

A devastated Shinyo Jintao contemplated an early retirement. As his bill collectors started calling him, his management parted ways with him, and the entire world seemed to have walked away and forgotten about the former champion. Jintao took some time away from the cage, opting to compete in some smokers in the gym to see if he could still have that old fire burning within him.

The answer would become obvious at T139, when he dominated Ricky Blazer to a decision. He followed this performance by scraping by former Hilo Fight League, Epicity Productions, and Trinity world champion Bobby Shamrock. The match was as close as it they come, but Jintao proved that he is still an elite competitor when he came out on top.

 

This rematch is a long time coming; Carlos Centurion needs to prove that he still belongs at the top of the food chain. Meanwhile, Shinyo Jintao needs to prove, maybe to himself, that he is still a championship caliber fighter.

 

 

[Main Event]

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http://mmatycoon.com/images/belt/20160124135735Trinity_zpsxwietpnc.gif(Welterweight Championship bout) Rustam Kersikov© (28-11) versus Chief Tappenahomma (16-4-2)

(Preview)

Rustam Kersikov is one of the very few true elites in the world of mixed martial arts; he started out as an amateur wrestler that was simply looking for an extracurricular method of training to stay in shape between Olympic trials. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu became a natural fit for the lifelong collegiate wrestler, and it didn't take long for Kersikov to begin training in boxing as well. It was quickly found that Kersikov, a consumate athlete, was an absolute natural in striking; his sense of timing and distance had training partners accusing him of having a background in boxing.

With two years remaining until the next Olympic games, Rustam decided that he may as well try his hand at professional mixed martial arts; what could it hurt, right? What was supposed to be a temporary hobby turned into an addiction for Rustam Kersikov, and he soon found himself looking to compete on the world stage in a new art.

Rustam made his MMA debut in a QFC bout, where he defeated Davy Arnaund via unanimous decision. He immediately joined the Ring of Fire promotion, with no real intention of going further than a few fights on the undercard. Always looking to expand his abilities, Rustam put a special stamp on his ROF debut when he knocked out Jackson Rivera with a head kick just forty-eight seconds into the first round.

Due to his wealth of prior experience in other sports, Rustam was given a very high profile, albeit declining veteran in Tim Story. Tim was a former college wrestler that had obtained a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu; to call his ground game elite would be a tremendous understatement. Story dominated the fight with tricky takedowns before submitting Kersikov with a second round triangle choke. Rustam Kersikov vowed to never submit to another man as long as he lived, dedicating a great deal of his free time to Jiu-Jitsu practice.

Rustam went on a three fight winning streak, putting his ever improving striking skills on display with brutal stoppages; his explosive wrestling base provided more than adequate power for smashing opponents into the ground, and gave him an extra push to his attacks as well.

At ROF 24, Rustam was given the rematch that he so sorely desired: he would face Tim Story once again, but this time the bantamweight title would be on the line.

After surviving an early takedown from Story, Kersikov pushed him against the cage when back on the feet, hammering the former college wrestler with short punches, hurting him badly in the process. Tim Story survived the round on shaky knees and came back to dominate the second round via an early takedown. In the third round, Kersikov began to take over the match, battering Story on the feet. In the final round, an exhausted and concussed Tim Story succumbed to a constant barrage of strikes against the cage, covering up as he fell to his butt, forcing the referee to step in to protect him. With this win, Rustam Kersikov solidified himself as the ROF bantamweight champion.

Rustam wouldn't renew his contract with Ring of Fire, instead leaving the promotion in search of a greater challenge in the sport of MMA. He fought in the Eternal Rivals promotion, winning one of three bouts in that time. He cited the tremendous cut to bantamweight as the primary antagonist in his awful training camps.

After firing his shoddy management, whom had pushed the cuts on him, he signed with a new team. After attempting a series of trial weight cuts, Rustam decided to fight at his natural weight of 170 lbs; he knew that he wouldn't have such a size advantage, but he felt that he was strong enough to dominate the welterweight landscape.

Under his newest management team, Rustam felt on top of the world; he fought twice for The Evil Empire, going 1-1 with two unanimous decisions, and then fought three times for Cornell Cage Fighting, winning one of three bouts. Following a disagreement with his new management, Rustam Kersikov once again changed teams to a more like minded management group, whom he would remain with for the rest of his career.

After going undefeated across three fights in the Honor FC promotion, Rustam was ready to dive back into the deep waters; he signed to fight for Ascension, and after a rocky start, went on a four fight winning streak, tearing through the welterweight division.

Rustam challenged reigning Ascension welterweight champion Shinichi Onizuka for the right to sit on the throne. The fight took place at Ascension 334, and Onizuka would dominate virtually every facet of the fight, with Kersikov only winning one of five rounds.

Despite the devastation of losing in his bid to claim a champion's gold, Rustam was not dismayed; he knew that the opportunity would come around again. He finished out his contract with Ascension and signed up with EVOLUTION, a promotion which was considered a rival to Ascension.

Although he went through an awkward phase of winning two and losing two, going 2-4 in that window, he remained unfazed as he continued to hone his skills and perfect his craft. He ended his run with EVOLUTION on a three fight winning streak, including victories over former world champions in Bobby Digital and Igor Yakovchenko.

Next, Rustam Kersikov signed with Trinity, besting Omar Boulami in his promotional debut. Due to his five fight winning streak and championship history, Rustam was given the next shot at four time Trinity welterweight champion of the world Carlos Centurion.

The opening round was essentially a kick boxing match, with Kersikov edging the reigning champion very slightly on points. Centurion absolutely dominated the second round, in which he turned up the aggression, looking to finish. The third and fourth rounds were both very slow and calculated, with the two fighters each claiming one round a piece. The final round slightly went towards the challenger, who won the fight via majority decision to become the new welterweight champion of the world.

The fight between Kersikov and Centurion was so close that two judges scored different rounds as being draw rounds, making it a very confusing fight for the fans at home to score. Depending on who you preferred, you might have declared one man the winner over the other. One thing is certain: a rematch between these two men will be a fight for the ages.

While Kersikov was fighting in the lower weightclasses, Chief Tappenahomma has fought almost exclusively at welterweight, and has even fought at middleweight for special occasions. (On an unrelated note, it's REALLY hard for me to put on my serious face and write an MMA preview when I have to keep looking at Chief's dopey fucking face. This is going to be a test of my willpower.)

Chief Tappenahomma started with a Muay Thai base; while his peers were busy screaming out a simple “Aish!” when practicing Muay Thai kicks, or expelling air loudly, Tappenhomma would quickly scream “KillWhitey!” with strike. Some say that this is because he believes that he is a Native American from the late 1800s, others say that he is simply playing up a charade, not unlike a Cowboy Cerrone type. Regardless, Tappenhomma is among the most elite of the strikers in the Trinity welterweight division.

Chief T. started his mixed martial arts career in Los Angeles, California, where he took a kick boxing bout on short notice against Leopold Stotch, losing via unanimous decision. Immediately afterwards, the long time wrestling enthusiast Toppenahomma made his debut in professional mixed martial arts.

The Chief started fighting in MMA at Insanity 48, stopping Blake Blazing with an early barrage of strikes, a la young Vitor Belfort. After besting Charles Grace, Toppa made short work of Johnny Charco. For whatever reason, a rematch with Charco was booked, and Charco pulled out a first round guillotine choke.

Following another atrocity from the White Man, Chief T. decided that the immediate rematch was reason enough to leave Insanity and begin fighting for Imperial MMA; he made his Imperial debut at Imperial 15.

In his Imperial debut, Chief Toppawawa knocked out Kangi Ojoos, giving him the opportunity to face yet another fighter with a name that I don't want to type more than once in Okkuke Jiizu Okunaba, aka OJO. Okunaba, an elite level wrestler, had just won the Imperial welterweight title; Toppanagga knocked him out late in the second round to become the newest champion; unlike his predecessor, Chief Tummyknocka defended his belt, stopping Ceaser Gracie and Pernell Karl with ease.

Chief T-Rex fought a non-title match, taking on reigning middleweight champion Brock Rumlow. Rumlow would fight to a draw in the opening round, according to one judge, but it was unanimously agreed that Chief Trapperkeeper soundly defeated the bigger, stronger champion in this non-title match.

Chief Toppenahomma returned to the welterweight division, stopping Dre Still with a second round TKO. After going to a majority draw against Justin Cider, Chief T. knocked out Chiku Maneno to defend his title once again.

Chief Toppenahomma fought a non-title about, in the middleweight division, under the LEGACY banners, stopping Patrick Brody late in the third round.

In his final fight for Imperial MMA, Chief Toppenahomma fought to a hard draw against George Pedro; Toppenahomma signed with Trinity immediately after. In his debut Trinity fight, Toppenahomma faced Carlos Centurion in a bid to claim the welterweight championship of the world, and to unify his former belt with that of Trinity.

Although two judges said that Toppenahomma had won the final round, all three judges agreed that Centurion had dominated every other moment of the hotly contested match; Centurion retained his world title, and Toppenahomma would return to life as a hungry contender.

Chief Toppenahomma took out his newfound aggression on the face and the body of Alexander Schelokov, hurting him with punches before knocking him unconscious late in the opening round. Although he would his next about via unanimous decision, Toppenahomma would win two consecutive fights with brutal stoppages, bringing him back into range of a title shot.

At T135, Toppenahomma faced a recently dethroned Carlos Centurion, who would dominate the opening two rounds of the match. Toppenahomma badly rocked Centurion with seconds to go in the fight, and put on the pressure in an attempt to finish, but it would be too little too late for the former Imperial MMA welterweight champion, who would have to accept a moral victory this time around.

Most recently, Toppenahomma has stopped Chet Lamare, and won a big, big match against the legendary Bobby Shamrock.

[A closer look]

(Rustam Kersikov)

Nickname: “Mother Russia”

Age: 37

Started Fighting At: 19

Record: 28-11

Knockouts: 13

Submissions: 0

Trinity* Record: 2-0

Rank (Division): 1

Rank (Organization): 2

Style: Muay Thai, Wrestling

Accolades or accomplishments:

-Reigning Trinity Welterweight Champion (x1, No Defenses)

-Former Ring of Fire Bantamweight Champion (x1, No Defenses)

-Fight of the Night (x9)

-Knockout of the Night (x1)

(Chief Tappenahomma)

Nickname: “”

Age: 27

Started Fighting At: 20

Record: 16-5-2

Knockouts: 13

Submissions: 0

Trinity* Record: 8-4

Rank (Division): 2

Rank (Organization): 4

Style: Muay Thai, Wrestling

Accolades or accomplishments:

-Former Imperial FC Welterweight Champion (x1, 4 Defenses, 1 Draw)

-Former Trinity Welterweight Title Challenger (x1)

-Fight of the Night (x5)

-Knockout of the Night (x1)

*A fighter's "Trinity Record" henceforth will include fights that took place in Troid, Insanity, and Epicity Productions.

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T145 London is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by ~* Trinity *~, in conjunction with Hellbent Clothing and Hoarseplay Writing Productions, on June 10th, 2016. This showcase attraction will take place in the LA Memorial Colossuseum in London, England.

 

 

Heavyweight Nickey Spillane versus Ashley Harrington

Heavywieght Cody Zeller versus Timur Rubin

Lightweight Brynden Epicity versus Boris Gregorovitsj

Featherweight Martin Saint Louis versus Daniel Larusso

Middleweight Aaron Newton versus Raoul De Muerta

Middleweight Dominick De Struicao versus The Beast

Lightweight Eugeniy Akulenko versus Daniel O'Sullivan

Middleweight Paul Green versus Vic Thory

Light-heavyweight Machine Gun versus Carson Battistoni

 

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(Light-heavyweight Division) Machine Gun (17-12-1) versus Carson Battistoni (12-10)

(Preview)

Machine Gun has claimed that he is a former drug kingpin back in his early days in Russia. Machine Gun fought his earliest fights in Hopkins Athletics Fight Club, going on a four fight winning streak that culminated in a knockout loss against reigning light-heavyweight champion Clinton Hessler. Although he would rebound with a unanimous decision over Balance Neut, Machine Gun was dumped by his management team.

 

Under new management, Machine Gun signed with Insanity MMA, where he fought for the bulk of his lengthy career. He has fought three times within Trinity... and was defeated in all three appearances.

 

Carson Battistoni started his career in the regional QFC shows; after narrowly defeating King Peter in his debut, he was narrowly defeated by Freddy Gaan in his next bout. Carson signed an exclusive contract with Umbrella Corporation, where he initially struggled across three defeats, but rebounded with four wins.

Following his stint with Umbrella, Carson fought for Insanity MMA. Although he won some big matches in this time, Carson Battistoni struggled to put together top contender matches, although he did win multiple “of the night” bonuses along the way.

 

His most recent three matches have come within Trinity; he holds a big knockout win over Machine Gun, but has been defeated by Zoey Malone Jr and Martti Molski.

 

 

 

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(Middleweight Division) Paul Green (16-6) versus Vic Thory (34-15-1)

(Preview)

Paul Green is a truly elite ground fighter that has proven that he is capable of knocking you out on the feet, stopping you with ground and pound, or submitting you if the situation arises. Although he has fought for several managers through his career, as well as a wide selection of fight organizations.

 

With fights in Destiny FC, Intense FC, and NY Fight Nights, Paul Green established himself as a hot prospect with the hardcore fans.

 

Much later in his career, Paul signed with Insanity, where he truly established himself as a chief contender on the global stage; he won seven of his ten fights there before signing with Trinity. Continuing his winning ways, Paul won his first three fights within Trinity but has recently lost back-to-back fights against Jeffrey Sarpong and Aaron Newton.

 

Vic Thory is a veteran mixed martial artist and former Canadian Olympic boxing hopeful. With fifty MMA fights under his belt, Vic Thory is one of the most experienced fighter to compete for Trinity to this day.

 

Vic fought twenty four times for Steel Penn – ICON, challenging for the middleweight title once along the way before signing with Montreal Fight Nights.

At MFN 116, Vic submitted Roberto Kim to secure his first middleweight world title. After defending his title against Jaska Jalovaara, Vic was defeated via unanimous decision by Nir Sosa, losing his coveted belt.

Vic Thory rematched Nir Sosa two events later, besting him in a five round fight to reclaim the title. After knocking out Outfuh Blood to defend his title, Vic took a non-title fight in the Team Thomas Fight Club, where he was defeated via unanimous decision. Vic Thory lost his middleweight title for the second time when he was TKO'd by Esquiva Falcao. Vic attempted to reclaim the middleweight title several fights later, when he faced the new champion: Johnny Reach, but would ultimately lose via unanimous decision.

Vic Thory fought five times for Death Squad MMA, going on a three fight winning streak before falling into an armbar submission against Kostas Mytilinaios.

In his most recent two appearances, he has fought for Trinity; he was defeated via split decision against Aaron Newton, and would rebound against Ricky Icky.

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(Lightweight Division) Eugeniy Akulenko (26-17) versus Daniel O'Sullivan (20-11-2)

(Preview)

Eugeniy Akulenko is a longtime veteran of the Super Fighting Championship, where he fought thirty-six times over the course of several years, accumulating a career record of 22-14 before signing with Trinity.

 

Eugeniy has big wins over Mauricio Aurelio, Sam Urai, and Robledo Puch. He narrowly defeated Norman Parke to become the undisputed lightweight champion of the world; a title which he lost in a defense against Brynden Epicity.

 

Most recently, he is on a three fight losing streak.

 

Daniel O'Sullivan is a world class Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, that has won eleven of his twenty victories via lightning quick submission.

 

In his early career, he fought for the Super Fighting Championship, with big wins over Nikolai Kolpakov and Marcellas Wallace, who indeed does not look like a bitch. In his final SFC appearance, he was defeated via unanimous decision in his championship clash with Charlie Lim.

 

O'Sullivan made several appearances in the ITFL Season 3 Tournament, accumulating four fight winning streak before losing back-to-back fights to drop him from the running. After these two defeats, he returned to SFC for six bouts, winning four times during that span.

 

Daniel fought once in Epicity Productions, going to a draw against Coco Cobb.

 

Next, Daniel O'Sullivan signed with Trinity, submitting Sinbad Sailor to earn a crack at the lightweight championship. At T111, O'Sullivan submitted Boris Gregorovitsj to become the undisputed lightweight champion of the world; a title that he wouldn't attempt to defend for four fights.

 

After submitting Ido Crazy and Robledo Puch, Daniel faced Norman Parke in a bid to defend his title. Daniel would lose the bout via unanimous decision, and would go through a lengthy losing streak. His only recent win was three fights ago, when he defeated Volya Nikolaev via unanimous decision.

 

In his most recent appearance, Daniel was defeated by Mike Hussle, who you shouldn't knock.

 

 

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(Middleweight Division) Dominick De Struicao (13-5) versus The Beast (13-8)

(Preview)

Dominick De Struicao is a man that I have written about extensively; I have covered his career during his championship reign with Epicity Productions, and it is a privilege to get the opportunity to do so once again.

Dominick fought his earliest fights within the WarZone promotion, winning five of six fights, and sending more men to the hospital than liquid courage. While on a three fight winning streak, Dominick signed with Epicity Productions, defeating the technically sound Ho Chi Min in his EP debut.

 

The heavy handed Dominick De Struicao knocked out world class boxer AG Pennypacker in his second fight within Epicity; this earned him the middleweight championship of the world. Dominick defended his new title against the crafty slugger Dale McCann, but was defeated in his second defense attempt against Wilder Wein.

 

Dominick would rebound with three consecutive wins, with the fourth coming inside of Insanity MMA. Dominick fought four times for Insanity before following the company through the merger into Trinity.

 

Most recently, Dominick has defeated Lance Legstrong, but has been knocked out by Konstantin Manison.

 

The Beast is one of the very few men in the world to accomplish the coveted Red Belt status within the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu community.

 

The Beast took a lot of time between his earliest fights, as his first love was the grappling arts. As a regular contender on the regional circuit, The Beast experienced a moment that I have to bring up: as a black belt, he became overly confident in his grappling ability, and paid for it with his consciousness when he was choked to sleep by Jiu-Jitsu purple belt Viktor Gragula. Sorry, Beasty, I had to bring it up. Writing is an art, and art is born from pain.

 

The Beast moved on from this defeat, and was never submitted in professional MMA gain. While Viktor moved on to Death Squad MMA, The Beast signed with Insanity, quickly establishing himself as one of the top prospects in the middleweight division.

 

Following his tenure with Insanity, The Beast has fought exclusively for Trinity; in his most recent appearance, he submitted Castor Rollins.

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[Main Card]

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(Middleweight Division) Aaron Newton (16-4) versus Raoul De Muerta (15-7)

(Preview)

In a world of fighters with 25+ fights, Aaron Newton is a relative newcomer to the sport by way of comparison. However, the Muay Thai style and aggressive of Aaron has made him a quick rising fan favorite in the sport of mixed martial arts.

 

After making his debut as a kick boxer, a big TKO loss stamped out the sparking career of Newton, who made the transition to mixed martial arts.

 

Aaron Newton signed with Trinity in his second professional fight, knocking out Ivan Morozov in his promotional debut. After going 3-0 with the promotion, he signed with Imperial MMA instead, knocking out Rauno Tynkkynen to earn a shot at the light-heavyweight championship.

 

Aaron defeated Niko Nirvi at Imperial 23 to become the undisputed light-heavyweight champion; he defended his new title in a rematch with Tynkkynen. In his second attempt at defending his title, Aaron was defeated by Johan Attila via unanimous decision. Aaron attempted to reclaim his title in his very next fight, challenging the new champion: Liam McGuiness, but would get stopped due to strikes for the first time in his MMA career.

 

Aaron ended his Imperial career on a three fight winning streak, returning to Trinity and expanding his winning streak to five consecutive fights. At T132, Aaron Newton challenged Happy Forclit for the undisputed championship, but was once again defeated via TKO.

 

Following his most recent defeat, Aaron made a huge career announcement: he was dropping down to middleweight, with the intention of making a run at the 185 lb world championship. He is currently on a three fight winning streak, having defeated JT Redman, Vic Theory, and Paul Green.

 

Raoul De Muerta is a Haitian Muay Thai striker and former NY Fight Nights middleweight champion and eleven time “of the night” award winner.

Raoul fought for a plethora of smaller shows before signing with NY Fight Nights, knocking out Jarik Belson with a head kick in his promotional debut. In his second NYFN appearance, Raoul challenged Sebasti De Souza for the middleweight championship, and stopped him with strikes in the fourth round. Raoul De Muerta successfully defended his title against Parker Phoenix, but was defeated in his second defense attempt against Rockmeteller Todd.

 

After going on a lengthy dry spell, winning three of eight fights, including four fights within Epicity Productions, Raoul put together three unanimous decision victories within Trinity.

 

After changing management teams, Raoul has won back-to-back fights, putting him in a strong position within the middleweight division.

 

 

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http://mmatycoon.com/images/belt/20160124135735Trinity_zpsxwietpnc.gif(Featherweight Division, Championship bout) Martin Saint Louis© (28-6) versus Daniel Larusso (20-9)

(Preview)

Martin Saint Louis is a three time world champion mixed martial artist. Martin utilizes a very well rounded style of fighting to thwart opponents; he is a very accomplished striker, as well as a world class wrestler.

 

Martin fought his early fights in the Dissension Fighting Championship; while riding the coattails of a two fight winning streak, Martin challenged and defeated Lil Hate to become the bantamweight champion. Martin would defend this championship two times before leaving the promotion; he was never defeated, instead opting to retire the belt.

 

Martin fought off-and-on for Devastation FC and BEEF before signing with Insanity; in his Insanity debut, Martin was narrowly defeated by Abraham Donowitz for the world featherweight championship. Fans and media alike declared that they felt Martin had won the bout, and thus called for a rematch. However, the two wouldn't meet again until Martin had defeated two top contenders in consecutive matches. At Insanity 64, Martin Saint Louis dominated Donowitz to become the Insanity featherweight champion of the world.

 

Martin fought three times for Trinity in its early days, winning all three bouts before returning to Insanity to defend his world title. Martin successfully defended his championship belt six consecutive times, winning multiple “of the night” bonuses along the way. During his reign, Martin defeated former champion Abraham Donowitz two times, and he eventually retired yet another world title.

 

After taking there fights with EVOLUTION, winning once, Martin returned to Trinity, who had since absorbed Insanity. After challenging Boreste Bardanos for the Trinity featherweight championship, Martin went on a three fight winning streak.

 

Most recently, Martin submitted Boreste Bardanos to become the new featherweight champion of the world.

 

Daniel Larusso, also known as “The Karate Kid”, is a world class Karateka; he declared in his early career that his goal is to bring Karate back into the forefront of mixed martial arts, and he has certainly accomplished this goal in spades.

 

Daniel quickly transitioned from the regional shows to Hostility MMA, where he went on a sizable winning streak, and captured the bantamweight championship along the way. After successfully defending his title against AnthonEy Pettis, he was submitted by Joe Gregory, losing his precious title.

 

Although he would challenge once again for the Hostility championship, such a thing wasn't in the cards for the technician, and he would move on from the promotion.

 

Daniel competed within the confines of the Silent Fighting Championship, and UNFC Tokyo, but wouldn't put together any victories that turned heads along the way. Next, Daniel signed with Trinity, and made his promotional debut at T113, besting Jack Olin via unanimous decision. After beating Joaquim Rapture, Daniel would lose a unanimous decision in his title challenge against Boreste Bardanos.

Although he has won four of his last five fights, the less than fan friendly style of Daniel Larusso is one of the biggest hindrances to his career popularity.

 

 

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(Lightweight Division) Brynden Epicity (19-8) versus Boris Gregorovitsj (35-22-2)

(Preview)

Brynden Epicity is the former Trinity lightweight champion of the world; he has one successful title defense to his credit. This bastard of Hardwood and Epicity is a world class Muay Thai striker that favors slugging it out on the feet and throwing devastating leg kicks on the feet.

 

Brynden fought in the smaller shows in his early career, making appearances in the QFC, BEEF, and NY Fight Nights promotions, battering opponents with his heavy punches and kicks. On a three fight winning streak, he fought a one-off fight with Epicity Productions at the tail end of the company's existence, pre-merger. To complete his tour, Brynden made an appearance in Insanity as well.

 

Following these bouts, Brynden followed Insanity and Epicity into the larger fight pool of Trinity; in his promotional debut, he knocked out Toktogulovich Bakiyev (who has a name that is an event writer's nightmare... but not the worst I've seen. I wrote for a guy who had the name AAAA sixteen times for his first name, sixteen more for his last name. To hell with that guy.)

 

After struggling against Kasper Koltun, Brynden put together six consecutive victories, including big wins over former world champions in: Jim Kim, Robledo Puch, Sinbad Sailor, and Hilton Teimosia.

 

After falling to Ozzy McKane, Epicity bested Daniel O'Sullivan en route to a shot at a world title. The biggest victory of Brynden's career came at T137 – Seed of Hate; Brynden Epicity took on Eugeniy Akulenko, knocking him out early in the second round to become the undisputed lightweight champion of the world. Brynden successfully defended his title against Ossilus Chiarmanda, but was submitted in a rematch against Ozzy McKane.

 

“The Pink Panther” of Russia, Boris Gregorovitsj, is a very experienced Muay Thai stylist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt. With twenty-two of his thirty-eight victories coming by way of knockout, along with two wins coming by way of submission, it's easy to see why Boris is considered among the very best fighters on the planet.

 

After fighting nearly half a dozen times in the smaller regional shows, Boris signed an exclusive contract with Invictus, where he put together a lengthy winning streak. After leaving Invictus, Boris signed with Sisu Fights; despite winning his first match, he was bested by unanimous decision in back-to-back appearances. After getting dropped from the promotion, Boris was released by his management team.

 

Overlooked and underappreciated, Boris G. retired from professional mixed martial arts, instead signing with the K-1 league EFFA. His kickboxing career would really fail to carry the luster that his MMA career had enjoyed; after losing in his title shot against Tom Kite, and changing management teams twice, Boris once again considered retirement from the unarmed combat.

 

After getting picked up by a more established management team, Boris signed with EVOLUTION; although he was submitted in his promotional debut, Boris began putting together effective performances, besting multiple opponents in a row. However, he once again declined into his old habits, and went through a rough patch that extended through his tenure with NY Fight Nights, and Montreal Fight Nights.

Boris returned to EVOLUTION, once again putting together a three fight winning streak that culminated in a shot at the lightweight championship; at EVO 197, Boris was stopped by Daken Akihiro. Shortly after, Boris would once again part ways with EVOLUTION in search of a new home.

Boris fought three times for Trinity, winning only once in a closely contested bout with Sinbad Sailor. Boris G became a regular participant in the APEX Cage Fighting promotion; at long last, the faith that his fans had put in him became well earned, as Boris started stringing together vital wins. He has won seven of his last ten fights, leading him into his return to the Trinity cage.

 

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(Heavyweight Division) Cody Zeller (22-11) versus Timur Rubin (23-10)

(Preview)

Hulking Cody Zeller, also known as “The Big Handsome”, is a former college basketball player. After college, when he wasn't able to turn pro, he instead opted to make the transition into professional mixed martial arts.

 

In his MMA debut, Cody Zeller faced off against Isaak Chekhov at Holmgang Challengers 22. Although he proved that his training was coming along nicely, Zeller also proved that he wasn't quite prepared to face the higher echelon of mixed martial artist; he was defeated via unanimous decision. The positive that he took away from this encounter, however, was that he had landed nearly every attempted strike on the feet. Still, he would need to work diligently to improve his ground game.

 

Zeller became a familiar face in the Umbrella Corporation fight org; in his UC debut, he proved that his Jiu-Jitsu was improving when he submitted Eryk Kafok; he followed this by stopping Alex Lucky with strikes. Although he would win some big fights with Umbrella, Zeller failed to put together enough credible wins to earn himself a shot at a championship belt.

 

So it was, on a two fight winning streak, Cody Zeller signed with Ultimate Proving Grounds of Amsterdam. In his UPG debut, Zeller saw his short winning streak snapped in a clash against Cameron Chaos via narrow majority decision. Cody rebounded with four consecutive victories, however, and seemed to be well on his way to a world title shot. Although he was stopped by Tevin Mangrove Jr, Cody won his next two bouts, bringing him into title contention.

 

His long awaited shot at a world title would come against the most recent man to defeat him: Tevin Mangrove Jr. This time, Zeller would cleanly out strike Mangrove on the feet, hammering him with crisp counter-strkes inbetween sharp jabs to the face. One second shy of the first minute of the first round, Zeller smacked Mangrove right on the button with a head kick that sent him tumbling to the canvas! Zeller rushed forward, preparing to finish his wounded foe, but stopped just short of landing the first strike: he saw that Mangrove was out cold, and opted not to add injury to... injury.

 

With a fresh heavyweight title to his name, The Big Handsome set out to defend his championship against one of the men that he had crushed to reach this position of respect: Matti Meikalainen. This time, the fight would take on a different complexion, as Matti caught him with a heavy punch early in the round, and knocked the new champion out cold midway through the opening round.

 

Cody would struggle to piece together critical wins, and would instead go through a lengthy period of win-one, lose-one, that would extend across five fights, and would take him well into the next year. However, something changed within Cody; he took some time away from the cage, stating that he needed to make a change to his fighting style, or else find something else to do with his life. When he returned, he looked like an absolute savage.

 

In his first fight back from hiatus, he caught Ichabod Crane with a head kick that knocked the man out cold in the opening round. The news broke immediately after: Crane was the top contender at the time of the fight. He was next in line for a shot at the world title, which meant that now Cody Zeller was next in line.

 

Cody Zeller faced off against reigning heavyweight champion Sammy Sammich at UPG: Midweek Madness 2. In the early goings of the round, we saw a takedown from Zeller that didn't amount to much, but then Cody Zeller started to put it on the reigning heavyweight champion, hitting him with looping punches and slicing kicks- a head kick landed and put Sammich on the chopping block. The champion attempted to recover but Zeller is finisher; he pushed forward, hitting Sammy from all different angles, eventually forcing a stoppage with two minutes to go in the round.

Zeller would once again attempt to defend his title, this time against Arthur Minasian; both fighters would receive bad cuts early on, as the two men slugged it out in a phone booth's worth of space, but Zeller would punctuate his dominance with a late takedown to steal the round. Early in the second round, however, Zeller would land a big punching combination that dropped Minasian; Zeller dove into his half guard, hammering him with shots that knocked the challenger out cold. This would be the final UPG fight for Cody Zeller, who would retire the belt and move on to find some new looks.

 

Cody took a non-title fight within the Montreal Fight Nights promotion; his three fight winning streak was snapped when he was knocked out by Sellus Gravius in the first round.

 

Timur Rubin is considered the silent assassin among the MMA fan base due to his quiet demeanor, his passive fighting style, and his absolutely unrelenting killer instinct in the cage. Although he comes across as humble and polite, there is an aura of tension when he is in public. Talking with him, you can't help but feel as though Timur is like a loaded spring, ready to snap at any moment. Like a coiled snake.

 

Russia's own Timur Rubin is the reigning two-time CEC title holder, where he fought as a super-heavyweight; during his days of defending the belt from hungry contenders, Timur was ranked at #3 in the world at super-heavyweight.

 

Timur Rubin started fighting in the Notorious Fights NY promotion, where he quickly dispatched Benjamin Grimm with strike, stopping the man in the first round. He would quickly amass a five fight winning streak, stopping all but one opponent during that span; this winning streak culminated in Rubin moving from heavyweight to super-heavyweight, and challenging reigning champion Ragnar Danneskjold for the title; Rubin would fall victim to an armbar late in the third round. Timur returned to the title picture within two fights, knocking out Ido Crazy to become the super-heavyweight champion.

 

Timur was defeated in his first title defense, when he was out pointed by Rung Thrym; Timur struggled to put together critical victories for his next few fights, winning three of five bouts before once again facing Thrym for the title. This time, Timur came out on top in the judge's scorecards.

 

Timur Rubin fought a non-title bout at heavyweight, knocking out Miami Vice in the third round. In his final fight with CEC, Timur Rubin successfully defended his title in a high profile fight against Ottis Toole.

 

From there, Timur signed with Trinity; he participated in the series of ITFL events, struggling to put together wins; near the end of the tournament, Timur went on a lengthy winning streak, defeating six out of seven opponents. Timur Rubin holds victories over high profile opponents such as: Cyril Makarenko, Nicke Spillane, Bruce Wayne, and most recently Roosevelt Coleman.

 

 

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http://mmatycoon.com/images/belt/20160124135735Trinity_zpsxwietpnc.gif(Heavyweight Division, Championship bout) Ashley Harrington (29-14) versus Nickey Spillane© (22-6)

(Preview)

To call say that Ashley Harrington is a credible threat to the championship reign of Nickey Spillane would be a monumental understatement; Ashley Harrington is among the very best in the world at both striking on the feet, and grappling on the ground. In addition to a world class striking game, Ashley is an accomplished Jiu-Jitsu black belt with multiple grappling tournament victories to his credit.

 

Ashley Harrington actually started out as a super-heavyweight, fighting for Forbidden Violence. After going on a four fight winning streak, he hit a rough patch in his career; during this time, he only won two of five bouts, with his victories often coming by way of unanimous decision. This dry spell was interrupted by a remarkable five fight winning streak, punctuated by a KO of the night bonus against Vladislav Munchkin and a big win over Tio Malone. The good times didn't last, however, and Ashley quickly found himself back where he started: winning two of five consecutive bouts.

 

After parting ways with his long time management team, Ashley Harrington signed a lengthy contract with EVOLUTION; he still struggled to piece together victories, however, and soon found himself back on the free agency market, looking for a new home to fight in. This new home would come in the form of Ascension, a London based MMA organization.

 

During his tenure in Ascension MMA, Ashley Harrington also did a little moonlighting in the world of EFFA K-1 kick boxing, where he won two of his three matches on the side. After a rocky start with Ascension, Harrington went on a sizable winning streak, knocking out former world champions in: Kyle Carlton, Edward McLauglin, Bobby Newmark, and Gymer Alexandersson.

 

At the end of his Ascension contract, with six consecutive wins behind him, Harrington took a one-off fight with Grigori Rasputin, a man he had been defeated by prior; this time, the fight would take place at Syn 440. Much like their first meeting, Harrington would be defeated within the opening round of this ill fated match-up.

 

As a regular in the smaller shows, Irish Nickey Spillane earned a steady reputation both for his insurmountable aggression in the ring, and for his extremely heavy hands.

 

After making several appearances in the smaller shows, Nickey signed with Insanity MMA, knocking out Diego Strecha in the opening round of their meeting. Next, Nickey faced off against the technical striking prowess of Steve Stricker, who would surprise Nickey with his wrestling ability. In the end, Nickey would take home the victory with a narrow split decision.

 

In his third Insanity fight, Nickey Spillane faced off against three time defending heavyweight champion Cyril Makarenko to claim the undisputed title. Spillane would spend the majority of the fight searching for takedowns, and finding many of them; he landed nine of his twenty three attempted takedowns en route to a unanimous decision victory.

 

With the belt around his waist, Nickey had a gigantic target on his back; in his first title defense, he faced former Insanity heavyweight champion Jeremy Perosh. After a back-and-forth opening round, Nickey hurt Perosh with punches in the second round, and finished him just two minutes in. After besting Flex Plexico via unanimous decision, Nickey was defeated in a rematch with Cyril Makarenko. After defeating Roosevelt Coleman, Nickey re-matched Makarenko, but was defeated via majority decision in this third meeting. Cyril Makarenko retained his heavyweight crown, and Nickey Spillane went back to the drawing board.

 

Clearly out of the title picture for the time being, Nickey Spillane fell in line among a pack of hungry contenders; he felt not unlike a prison guard that found himself standing as one of the prisoners in an ironic twist of fate. There were a lot of hungry fighters that wanted to make a name for themselves off of the back of a fallen former champion.

 

The first in line to seek his vengeance was Jeremy Perosh, who had been petitioning for a rematch since their meeting at Insanity 64. Their second fight took place at Insanity 89, with Spillane dropping Perosh with a looping right hand. Still on rubbery legs, Perosh went to defend the punches, so Spillane grabbed his waist and hoisted him over his own head, slamming him to the canvas and knocking Perosh out cold.

After knocking out John Paul Wani, Nickey knocked out former two time Insanity world champion Castor Rollins. This fight earned the “Mad Man” the opportunity to challenge the new heavyweight champion for the title. The new champion was Flex Plexico, who had gone on to win the title from the man who had bested Cyril Makarenko recently. Plexico was rightfully considered a sizable underdog in this championship clash, and Spillane was happy to prove why that was: Spillane put the pressure on Plexico early, scoring a takedown into half guard on top. Plexico did throw up a triangle choke that had Spillane briefly in trouble, but from there it was only a matter of time. With more than a minute to go in the opening round, Spillane piled on the pressure, hurting Plexico and forcing the stoppage.

 

Nickey Spillane faced Cyril Makarenko in his first title defense attempt, and was once again defeated via unanimous decision. This would be the final Insanity fight for Spillane, who signed with Trinity next. After fighting in three ITFL Trinity events, Spillane made a steady career fighting within the organization.

 

With three consecutive victories behind him, Nickey Spillane challenged Diego Bustamante for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world at T144: Battle Lines. With all of the marbles on the line, the question became: could Spillane hang on the feet with the heavy handed Bustamante? Would the wrestling of Spillane be enough of a problem to keep him in this fight?

 

As a matter of fact, Nickey Spillane dominated the opening round; both on the feet and on the ground, Spillane proved to be much too much for the reigning champion. In the second round, Spillane dropped Bustamante with a big right hand, and followed him down to work him over with ground and pound for the remainder of the round. In the third round, Spillane caught him with a big overhand right, once again diving in guard to finish. On top, Spillane swarmed the undisputed champion with strikes, pushing the pace on him! With thirty seconds left in the round, the referee jumped in when Bustamante covered up on his side, cowering below the onslaught of the soon-to-be, once again world champion: Nickey Spillane.

 

 

 

[A closer look]

(Ashley Harrington)

Age: 35

Started Fighting At: 25

Record: 29-14

Knockouts: 23

Submissions: 3

Trinity Record: 0-0

Total Opponent Record: 1247-733-17

Rank (Division): 1

Rank (Organization): 6

Style: Kick Boxing, Jiu-Jitsu

Accolades or Accomplishments:

-Former #1 Ranked Super-heavyweight Fighter in the World

-Former Death Squad MMA Super-heavyweight Champion

-Knockout of the Night (x2)

(Nickey Spillane)

Age: 29

Started Fighting At:

Record: 22-6

Knockouts: 13

Submissions: 0

Trinity Record: 17-6

Total Opponent Record: 458-265-5

Rank (Division): 2

Rank (Organization): 1

Style: Kick Boxing, Wrestling

Accolades or Accomplishments:

-Reigning Trinity Heavyweight Champion of the World ( No Defenses)

-Former Two Time Insanity Heavyweight Champion (Two Defenses)

-Fight of the Night (x4)

-Four Fight Winning Streak

[KingEpicity]

 

[Main Card]

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(Middleweight Division) Aaron Newton (16-4) versus Raoul De Muerta (15-7)

(Preview)

In a world of fighters with 25+ fights, Aaron Newton is a relative newcomer to the sport by way of comparison. However, the Muay Thai style and aggressive of Aaron has made him a quick rising fan favorite in the sport of mixed martial arts.

 

After making his debut as a kick boxer, a big TKO loss stamped out the sparking career of Newton, who made the transition to mixed martial arts.

 

Aaron Newton signed with Trinity in his second professional fight, knocking out Ivan Morozov in his promotional debut. After going 3-0 with the promotion, he signed with Imperial MMA instead, knocking out Rauno Tynkkynen to earn a shot at the light-heavyweight championship.

 

Aaron defeated Niko Nirvi at Imperial 23 to become the undisputed light-heavyweight champion; he defended his new title in a rematch with Tynkkynen. In his second attempt at defending his title, Aaron was defeated by Johan Attila via unanimous decision. Aaron attempted to reclaim his title in his very next fight, challenging the new champion: Liam McGuiness, but would get stopped due to strikes for the first time in his MMA career.

 

Aaron ended his Imperial career on a three fight winning streak, returning to Trinity and expanding his winning streak to five consecutive fights. At T132, Aaron Newton challenged Happy Forclit for the undisputed championship, but was once again defeated via TKO.

 

Following his most recent defeat, Aaron made a huge career announcement: he was dropping down to middleweight, with the intention of making a run at the 185 lb world championship. He is currently on a three fight winning streak, having defeated JT Redman, Vic Theory, and Paul Green.

 

Raoul De Muerta is a Haitian Muay Thai striker and former NY Fight Nights middleweight champion and eleven time “of the night” award winner.

Raoul fought for a plethora of smaller shows before signing with NY Fight Nights, knocking out Jarik Belson with a head kick in his promotional debut. In his second NYFN appearance, Raoul challenged Sebasti De Souza for the middleweight championship, and stopped him with strikes in the fourth round. Raoul De Muerta successfully defended his title against Parker Phoenix, but was defeated in his second defense attempt against Rockmeteller Todd.

 

After going on a lengthy dry spell, winning three of eight fights, including four fights within Epicity Productions, Raoul put together three unanimous decision victories within Trinity.

 

After changing management teams, Raoul has won back-to-back fights, putting him in a strong position within the middleweight division.

 

 

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http://mmatycoon.com/images/belt/20160124135735Trinity_zpsxwietpnc.gif(Featherweight Division, Championship bout) Martin Saint Louis© (28-6) versus Daniel Larusso (20-9)

(Preview)

Martin Saint Louis is a three time world champion mixed martial artist. Martin utilizes a very well rounded style of fighting to thwart opponents; he is a very accomplished striker, as well as a world class wrestler.

 

Martin fought his early fights in the Dissension Fighting Championship; while riding the coattails of a two fight winning streak, Martin challenged and defeated Lil Hate to become the bantamweight champion. Martin would defend this championship two times before leaving the promotion; he was never defeated, instead opting to retire the belt.

 

Martin fought off-and-on for Devastation FC and BEEF before signing with Insanity; in his Insanity debut, Martin was narrowly defeated by Abraham Donowitz for the world featherweight championship. Fans and media alike declared that they felt Martin had won the bout, and thus called for a rematch. However, the two wouldn't meet again until Martin had defeated two top contenders in consecutive matches. At Insanity 64, Martin Saint Louis dominated Donowitz to become the Insanity featherweight champion of the world.

 

Martin fought three times for Trinity in its early days, winning all three bouts before returning to Insanity to defend his world title. Martin successfully defended his championship belt six consecutive times, winning multiple “of the night” bonuses along the way. During his reign, Martin defeated former champion Abraham Donowitz two times, and he eventually retired yet another world title.

 

After taking there fights with EVOLUTION, winning once, Martin returned to Trinity, who had since absorbed Insanity. After challenging Boreste Bardanos for the Trinity featherweight championship, Martin went on a three fight winning streak.

 

Most recently, Martin submitted Boreste Bardanos to become the new featherweight champion of the world.

 

Daniel Larusso, also known as “The Karate Kid”, is a world class Karateka; he declared in his early career that his goal is to bring Karate back into the forefront of mixed martial arts, and he has certainly accomplished this goal in spades.

 

Daniel quickly transitioned from the regional shows to Hostility MMA, where he went on a sizable winning streak, and captured the bantamweight championship along the way. After successfully defending his title against AnthonEy Pettis, he was submitted by Joe Gregory, losing his precious title.

 

Although he would challenge once again for the Hostility championship, such a thing wasn't in the cards for the technician, and he would move on from the promotion.

 

Daniel competed within the confines of the Silent Fighting Championship, and UNFC Tokyo, but wouldn't put together any victories that turned heads along the way. Next, Daniel signed with Trinity, and made his promotional debut at T113, besting Jack Olin via unanimous decision. After beating Joaquim Rapture, Daniel would lose a unanimous decision in his title challenge against Boreste Bardanos.

Although he has won four of his last five fights, the less than fan friendly style of Daniel Larusso is one of the biggest hindrances to his career popularity.

 

 

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(Lightweight Division) Brynden Epicity (19-8) versus Boris Gregorovitsj (35-22-2)

(Preview)

Brynden Epicity is the former Trinity lightweight champion of the world; he has one successful title defense to his credit. This bastard of Hardwood and Epicity is a world class Muay Thai striker that favors slugging it out on the feet and throwing devastating leg kicks on the feet.

 

Brynden fought in the smaller shows in his early career, making appearances in the QFC, BEEF, and NY Fight Nights promotions, battering opponents with his heavy punches and kicks. On a three fight winning streak, he fought a one-off fight with Epicity Productions at the tail end of the company's existence, pre-merger. To complete his tour, Brynden made an appearance in Insanity as well.

 

Following these bouts, Brynden followed Insanity and Epicity into the larger fight pool of Trinity; in his promotional debut, he knocked out Toktogulovich Bakiyev (who has a name that is an event writer's nightmare... but not the worst I've seen. I wrote for a guy who had the name AAAA sixteen times for his first name, sixteen more for his last name. To hell with that guy.)

 

After struggling against Kasper Koltun, Brynden put together six consecutive victories, including big wins over former world champions in: Jim Kim, Robledo Puch, Sinbad Sailor, and Hilton Teimosia.

 

After falling to Ozzy McKane, Epicity bested Daniel O'Sullivan en route to a shot at a world title. The biggest victory of Brynden's career came at T137 – Seed of Hate; Brynden Epicity took on Eugeniy Akulenko, knocking him out early in the second round to become the undisputed lightweight champion of the world. Brynden successfully defended his title against Ossilus Chiarmanda, but was submitted in a rematch against Ozzy McKane.

 

“The Pink Panther” of Russia, Boris Gregorovitsj, is a very experienced Muay Thai stylist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt. With twenty-two of his thirty-eight victories coming by way of knockout, along with two wins coming by way of submission, it's easy to see why Boris is considered among the very best fighters on the planet.

 

After fighting nearly half a dozen times in the smaller regional shows, Boris signed an exclusive contract with Invictus, where he put together a lengthy winning streak. After leaving Invictus, Boris signed with Sisu Fights; despite winning his first match, he was bested by unanimous decision in back-to-back appearances. After getting dropped from the promotion, Boris was released by his management team.

 

Overlooked and underappreciated, Boris G. retired from professional mixed martial arts, instead signing with the K-1 league EFFA. His kickboxing career would really fail to carry the luster that his MMA career had enjoyed; after losing in his title shot against Tom Kite, and changing management teams twice, Boris once again considered retirement from the unarmed combat.

 

After getting picked up by a more established management team, Boris signed with EVOLUTION; although he was submitted in his promotional debut, Boris began putting together effective performances, besting multiple opponents in a row. However, he once again declined into his old habits, and went through a rough patch that extended through his tenure with NY Fight Nights, and Montreal Fight Nights.

 

Boris returned to EVOLUTION, once again putting together a three fight winning streak that culminated in a shot at the lightweight championship; at EVO 197, Boris was stopped by Daken Akihiro. Shortly after, Boris would once again part ways with EVOLUTION in search of a new home.

 

Boris fought three times for Trinity, winning only once in a closely contested bout with Sinbad Sailor. Boris G became a regular participant in the APEX Cage Fighting promotion; at long last, the faith that his fans had put in him became well earned, as Boris started stringing together vital wins. He has won seven of his last ten fights, leading him into his return to the Trinity cage.

 

 

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(Heavyweight Division) Cody Zeller (22-11) versus Timur Rubin (23-10)

(Preview)

Hulking Cody Zeller, also known as “The Big Handsome”, is a former college basketball player. After college, when he wasn't able to turn pro, he instead opted to make the transition into professional mixed martial arts.

 

In his MMA debut, Cody Zeller faced off against Isaak Chekhov at Holmgang Challengers 22. Although he proved that his training was coming along nicely, Zeller also proved that he wasn't quite prepared to face the higher echelon of mixed martial artist; he was defeated via unanimous decision. The positive that he took away from this encounter, however, was that he had landed nearly every attempted strike on the feet. Still, he would need to work diligently to improve his ground game.

 

Zeller became a familiar face in the Umbrella Corporation fight org; in his UC debut, he proved that his Jiu-Jitsu was improving when he submitted Eryk Kafok; he followed this by stopping Alex Lucky with strikes. Although he would win some big fights with Umbrella, Zeller failed to put together enough credible wins to earn himself a shot at a championship belt.

 

So it was, on a two fight winning streak, Cody Zeller signed with Ultimate Proving Grounds of Amsterdam. In his UPG debut, Zeller saw his short winning streak snapped in a clash against Cameron Chaos via narrow majority decision. Cody rebounded with four consecutive victories, however, and seemed to be well on his way to a world title shot. Although he was stopped by Tevin Mangrove Jr, Cody won his next two bouts, bringing him into title contention.

 

His long awaited shot at a world title would come against the most recent man to defeat him: Tevin Mangrove Jr. This time, Zeller would cleanly out strike Mangrove on the feet, hammering him with crisp counter-strkes inbetween sharp jabs to the face. One second shy of the first minute of the first round, Zeller smacked Mangrove right on the button with a head kick that sent him tumbling to the canvas! Zeller rushed forward, preparing to finish his wounded foe, but stopped just short of landing the first strike: he saw that Mangrove was out cold, and opted not to add injury to... injury.

 

With a fresh heavyweight title to his name, The Big Handsome set out to defend his championship against one of the men that he had crushed to reach this position of respect: Matti Meikalainen. This time, the fight would take on a different complexion, as Matti caught him with a heavy punch early in the round, and knocked the new champion out cold midway through the opening round.

 

Cody would struggle to piece together critical wins, and would instead go through a lengthy period of win-one, lose-one, that would extend across five fights, and would take him well into the next year. However, something changed within Cody; he took some time away from the cage, stating that he needed to make a change to his fighting style, or else find something else to do with his life. When he returned, he looked like an absolute savage.

 

In his first fight back from hiatus, he caught Ichabod Crane with a head kick that knocked the man out cold in the opening round. The news broke immediately after: Crane was the top contender at the time of the fight. He was next in line for a shot at the world title, which meant that now Cody Zeller was next in line.

 

Cody Zeller faced off against reigning heavyweight champion Sammy Sammich at UPG: Midweek Madness 2. In the early goings of the round, we saw a takedown from Zeller that didn't amount to much, but then Cody Zeller started to put it on the reigning heavyweight champion, hitting him with looping punches and slicing kicks- a head kick landed and put Sammich on the chopping block. The champion attempted to recover but Zeller is finisher; he pushed forward, hitting Sammy from all different angles, eventually forcing a stoppage with two minutes to go in the round.

Zeller would once again attempt to defend his title, this time against Arthur Minasian; both fighters would receive bad cuts early on, as the two men slugged it out in a phone booth's worth of space, but Zeller would punctuate his dominance with a late takedown to steal the round. Early in the second round, however, Zeller would land a big punching combination that dropped Minasian; Zeller dove into his half guard, hammering him with shots that knocked the challenger out cold. This would be the final UPG fight for Cody Zeller, who would retire the belt and move on to find some new looks.

 

Cody took a non-title fight within the Montreal Fight Nights promotion; his three fight winning streak was snapped when he was knocked out by Sellus Gravius in the first round.

 

Timur Rubin is considered the silent assassin among the MMA fan base due to his quiet demeanor, his passive fighting style, and his absolutely unrelenting killer instinct in the cage. Although he comes across as humble and polite, there is an aura of tension when he is in public. Talking with him, you can't help but feel as though Timur is like a loaded spring, ready to snap at any moment. Like a coiled snake.

 

Russia's own Timur Rubin is the reigning two-time CEC title holder, where he fought as a super-heavyweight; during his days of defending the belt from hungry contenders, Timur was ranked at #3 in the world at super-heavyweight.

 

Timur Rubin started fighting in the Notorious Fights NY promotion, where he quickly dispatched Benjamin Grimm with strike, stopping the man in the first round. He would quickly amass a five fight winning streak, stopping all but one opponent during that span; this winning streak culminated in Rubin moving from heavyweight to super-heavyweight, and challenging reigning champion Ragnar Danneskjold for the title; Rubin would fall victim to an armbar late in the third round. Timur returned to the title picture within two fights, knocking out Ido Crazy to become the super-heavyweight champion.

 

Timur was defeated in his first title defense, when he was out pointed by Rung Thrym; Timur struggled to put together critical victories for his next few fights, winning three of five bouts before once again facing Thrym for the title. This time, Timur came out on top in the judge's scorecards.

 

Timur Rubin fought a non-title bout at heavyweight, knocking out Miami Vice in the third round. In his final fight with CEC, Timur Rubin successfully defended his title in a high profile fight against Ottis Toole.

 

From there, Timur signed with Trinity; he participated in the series of ITFL events, struggling to put together wins; near the end of the tournament, Timur went on a lengthy winning streak, defeating six out of seven opponents. Timur Rubin holds victories over high profile opponents such as: Cyril Makarenko, Nicke Spillane, Bruce Wayne, and most recently Roosevelt Coleman.

 

 

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http://mmatycoon.com/images/belt/20160124135735Trinity_zpsxwietpnc.gif(Heavyweight Division, Championship bout) Ashley Harrington (29-14) versus Nickey Spillane© (22-6)

(Preview)

To call say that Ashley Harrington is a credible threat to the championship reign of Nickey Spillane would be a monumental understatement; Ashley Harrington is among the very best in the world at both striking on the feet, and grappling on the ground. In addition to a world class striking game, Ashley is an accomplished Jiu-Jitsu black belt with multiple grappling tournament victories to his credit.

 

Ashley Harrington actually started out as a super-heavyweight, fighting for Forbidden Violence. After going on a four fight winning streak, he hit a rough patch in his career; during this time, he only won two of five bouts, with his victories often coming by way of unanimous decision. This dry spell was interrupted by a remarkable five fight winning streak, punctuated by a KO of the night bonus against Vladislav Munchkin and a big win over Tio Malone. The good times didn't last, however, and Ashley quickly found himself back where he started: winning two of five consecutive bouts.

 

After parting ways with his long time management team, Ashley Harrington signed a lengthy contract with EVOLUTION; he still struggled to piece together victories, however, and soon found himself back on the free agency market, looking for a new home to fight in. This new home would come in the form of Ascension, a London based MMA organization.

 

During his tenure in Ascension MMA, Ashley Harrington also did a little moonlighting in the world of EFFA K-1 kick boxing, where he won two of his three matches on the side. After a rocky start with Ascension, Harrington went on a sizable winning streak, knocking out former world champions in: Kyle Carlton, Edward McLauglin, Bobby Newmark, and Gymer Alexandersson.

 

At the end of his Ascension contract, with six consecutive wins behind him, Harrington took a one-off fight with Grigori Rasputin, a man he had been defeated by prior; this time, the fight would take place at Syn 440. Much like their first meeting, Harrington would be defeated within the opening round of this ill fated match-up.

 

As a regular in the smaller shows, Irish Nickey Spillane earned a steady reputation both for his insurmountable aggression in the ring, and for his extremely heavy hands.

 

After making several appearances in the smaller shows, Nickey signed with Insanity MMA, knocking out Diego Strecha in the opening round of their meeting. Next, Nickey faced off against the technical striking prowess of Steve Stricker, who would surprise Nickey with his wrestling ability. In the end, Nickey would take home the victory with a narrow split decision.

 

In his third Insanity fight, Nickey Spillane faced off against three time defending heavyweight champion Cyril Makarenko to claim the undisputed title. Spillane would spend the majority of the fight searching for takedowns, and finding many of them; he landed nine of his twenty three attempted takedowns en route to a unanimous decision victory.

 

With the belt around his waist, Nickey had a gigantic target on his back; in his first title defense, he faced former Insanity heavyweight champion Jeremy Perosh. After a back-and-forth opening round, Nickey hurt Perosh with punches in the second round, and finished him just two minutes in. After besting Flex Plexico via unanimous decision, Nickey was defeated in a rematch with Cyril Makarenko. After defeating Roosevelt Coleman, Nickey re-matched Makarenko, but was defeated via majority decision in this third meeting. Cyril Makarenko retained his heavyweight crown, and Nickey Spillane went back to the drawing board.

 

Clearly out of the title picture for the time being, Nickey Spillane fell in line among a pack of hungry contenders; he felt not unlike a prison guard that found himself standing as one of the prisoners in an ironic twist of fate. There were a lot of hungry fighters that wanted to make a name for themselves off of the back of a fallen former champion.

 

The first in line to seek his vengeance was Jeremy Perosh, who had been petitioning for a rematch since their meeting at Insanity 64. Their second fight took place at Insanity 89, with Spillane dropping Perosh with a looping right hand. Still on rubbery legs, Perosh went to defend the punches, so Spillane grabbed his waist and hoisted him over his own head, slamming him to the canvas and knocking Perosh out cold.

After knocking out John Paul Wani, Nickey knocked out former two time Insanity world champion Castor Rollins. This fight earned the “Mad Man” the opportunity to challenge the new heavyweight champion for the title. The new champion was Flex Plexico, who had gone on to win the title from the man who had bested Cyril Makarenko recently. Plexico was rightfully considered a sizable underdog in this championship clash, and Spillane was happy to prove why that was: Spillane put the pressure on Plexico early, scoring a takedown into half guard on top. Plexico did throw up a triangle choke that had Spillane briefly in trouble, but from there it was only a matter of time. With more than a minute to go in the opening round, Spillane piled on the pressure, hurting Plexico and forcing the stoppage.

 

Nickey Spillane faced Cyril Makarenko in his first title defense attempt, and was once again defeated via unanimous decision. This would be the final Insanity fight for Spillane, who signed with Trinity next. After fighting in three ITFL Trinity events, Spillane made a steady career fighting within the organization.

 

With three consecutive victories behind him, Nickey Spillane challenged Diego Bustamante for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world at T144: Battle Lines. With all of the marbles on the line, the question became: could Spillane hang on the feet with the heavy handed Bustamante? Would the wrestling of Spillane be enough of a problem to keep him in this fight?

 

As a matter of fact, Nickey Spillane dominated the opening round; both on the feet and on the ground, Spillane proved to be much too much for the reigning champion. In the second round, Spillane dropped Bustamante with a big right hand, and followed him down to work him over with ground and pound for the remainder of the round. In the third round, Spillane caught him with a big overhand right, once again diving in guard to finish. On top, Spillane swarmed the undisputed champion with strikes, pushing the pace on him! With thirty seconds left in the round, the referee jumped in when Bustamante covered up on his side, cowering below the onslaught of the soon-to-be, once again world champion: Nickey Spillane.

 

 

 

[A closer look]

(Ashley Harrington)

Age: 35

Started Fighting At: 25

Record: 29-14

Knockouts: 23

Submissions: 3

Trinity Record: 0-0

Total Opponent Record: 1247-733-17

Rank (Division): 1

Rank (Organization): 6

Style: Kick Boxing, Jiu-Jitsu

Accolades or Accomplishments:

-Former #1 Ranked Super-heavyweight Fighter in the World

-Former Death Squad MMA Super-heavyweight Champion

-Knockout of the Night (x2)

 

(Nickey Spillane)

Age: 29

Started Fighting At:

Record: 22-6

Knockouts: 13

Submissions: 0

Trinity Record: 17-6

Total Opponent Record: 458-265-5

Rank (Division): 2

Rank (Organization): 1

Style: Kick Boxing, Wrestling

Accolades or Accomplishments:

-Reigning Trinity Heavyweight Champion of the World ( No Defenses)

-Former Two Time Insanity Heavyweight Champion (Two Defenses)

-Fight of the Night (x4)

-Four Fight Winning Streak

I am really in awe every time you post a new write up. Tbe quality, quantity, attention to detail and energy put into this is out of this world. If this is butt kissing then I must say your ass looks great from back here.

[aylib]

What a great write up! I would have like to see predictions, but an awesome piece of work, regardless!

[Guest]

What a great write up! I would have like to see predictions, but an awesome piece of work, regardless!

 

I usually feel bad making predictions, like I'm picking one over the other.

[Guest]

I am really in awe every time you post a new write up. Tbe quality, quantity, attention to detail and energy put into this is out of this world. If this is butt kissing then I must say your ass looks great from back here.

 

Thanks man A little trick for any would be writers out there... whenever you know your quality is starting to dip, start mixing exposition with hyperbole until your vernacular begins to permeate.

[Guest]

Not to continue spamming this thread to death, but the main event preview has made it to the Tycoon Times that was issued, along with one of my other main event previews from this week.

 

http://www.mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=4899

[KingEpicity]

Awesome win, any win over Shortfuse is a good win tho. Being 2-0 vs him makes me excited. Now to start facing his good fighters.

[shortfuse122829]

I don't really have any good fighters atm Ryan. Most of the older guys on my roster are deteriorated, or I recently picked up a lot of junky FA's just bc I'm too lazy to do a rebuild especially with a potential physical cap on the horizon I'm playing the wait & watch game & just staying active with what I have. Most of my prospects besides 2 or 3 are either pillow fisted or 0 confidence fighters I also can't be bothered to cut atm.

The only skilled fighter I have w/ life left in him is Fortunado & he's been a victim of my going through the motions due to disinterest in my current roster. I'm planning a massive overhaul & cutting about 8 guys in the next 2 months though after the changes are implemented & I can decide how new fighters should be built

[KingEpicity]

 

I don't really have any good fighters atm Ryan. Most of the older guys on my roster are deteriorated, or I recently picked up a lot of junky FA's just bc I'm too lazy to do a rebuild especially with a potential physical cap on the horizon I'm playing the wait & watch game & just staying active with what I have. Most of my prospects besides 2 or 3 are either pillow fisted or 0 confidence fighters I also can't be bothered to cut atm.

The only skilled fighter I have w/ life left in him is Fortunado & he's been a victim of my going through the motions due to disinterest in my current roster. I'm planning a massive overhaul & cutting about 8 guys in the next 2 months though after the changes are implemented & I can decide how new fighters should be built

 

 

Yeah I gotcha, was hoping I could build a rivalry with you and help spark your interest. Highjack vs Fortunado is a must.

[shortfuse122829]

 

Yeah I gotcha, was hoping I could build a rivalry with you and help spark your interest. Highjack vs Fortunado is a must.

 

I'll be back man, I always go through these ups and downs it comes w/ having played over 6 years. Also because I have little to no interest in fights outside of the elite orgs unless it's ITFL or EPL. I think I have close to 700 fights in the EVO's/Syn's, or Empire's and Ascensions of the world. So when my roster is in a phase of not having a dozen or so competitive fighters in those kinda orgs I'm generally going through the motions when it comes to fighting. I'm not overly obsessed w/ my overall record so I just make due w/ what I have and am content to enjoy running Syn in the meantime. The bottom half of my roster will make that jump probably before the end of the year & by then I plan to have built another generation already

[shortfuse122829]

Oh and Fortunado v. Highjack is a must I agree. Maybe after our next fights we can set that up. If Pandahammer doesn't murder me first

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~* Trinity *~

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T147 - Highjack versus Turner is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by ~* Trinity *~, in conjunction with Hellbent Clothing and Hoarseplay Writing Productions, on June 17th, 2016. This showcase attraction will take place at the Wombley Arena in London, England.

 

 

 

Light-heavyweight Remi Hijack versus Bobby Turner

Heavyweight Derfel Cadarn versus Diego Bustamante

Lightweight Timothy Robinson versus Robledo Puch

Heavyweight Giacomo Benvenuti versus Hector Hernandez

Lightweight Mike Hussle versus Xavier Bishop

Middleweight Jeffrey Sarpong versus Octavio Saades

Light-heavyweight Happy Forclit versus Don Clones Jr

Featherweight Boreste Bardanos versus Turd Ferguson

Lightweight Volya Nikolaev versus Jack Daniels

Lightweight Vasily Kornilov versus Borin Chim

 

 

 

[undercard Bouts]

 

 

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(Lightweight Division) Vasily Kornilov (5-2) versus Borin Chim (30-16-3)

Vasily Kornilov is a former world champion in Muay Thai kick boxing. With only seven fights in mixed martial arts, he is considered, by some, to be relatively green when compared to his peers within Trinity. However, dont let his lack of experience fool you: Vasily Kornilov is a finisher who, in five victories, has knocked four men unconscious.

 

Although he was defeated in his MMA debut, Vasily rebounded with three consecutive stoppage victories in the regional circuit. In his promotional debut at T136, Vasily was defeated against world champion Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Mauricio Aurelio. The bout would go three rounds, with Aurelio dominating two of the three rounds with his grappling; in the end, Aurelio took away the decision victory.

 

Kornilov knocked out Charlie Alaniz in his second bout with Trinity, putting away the Super Fighting League veteran in the second round. In his most recent appearance, Vasily Kornilov received the rematch that he so desired, when he faced Mauricio Aurelio at T144. This time, Kornilov would dominate all three rounds, eventually defeating Aurelio via unanimous decision.

 

Borin Chim is a veteran of professional mixed martial arts, with nearly fifty fights on his resume, with a dozen “of the night” bonuses to his credit. Borin is an extremely well rounded martial arts fighter, capable of using a well rounded style that blends kick boxing, clinch fighting, and wrestling in his bouts. He is also an underrated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt, although he rarely utilizes it.

 

Borin Chim has been fighting since 2012, when he made an early name for himself in the Malicious Intent fighting promotion. After going on a four fight winning streak, which was snapped in a submission loss against Una Kemeaneahu (the second time he had been defeated, with both losses coming via submission), Borin ended his run with Malicious Intent on a knockout win over Kevin James.

 

Next, Chim fought for Ryze: New York, going on an incredible eight fight unbeaten streak, with one draw in the middle. This winning streak culminated in Chim claiming the lightweight championship in a unanimous decision victory over David Caballero for the vacant title. Chim would go on to lose the title in his very first defense attempt, which would come against Warwick Davis.

 

Chim would go 4-2 in his remaining Ryze fights; although he would fail to capture the title (against Crabby Iron), he would avenge his prior loss to Warwick in a non-title bout.

 

Borin Chim next signed with Montreal Fight Nights, where he would briefly hold his second lightweight championship, having scored his lone submission victory when he defeated Raijin Kage. History would repeat itself, as Chim would promptly lose the title in his first defense attempt. Also as before, Chim would eventually attempt to reclaim the title against a new champion, but would fail to do so.

 

Borin Chim fought for Synchronicity, but failed to reach the level of success that he had seen in his earlier career. Losing five of his last six fights, Chim would temporarily retire from professional mixed martial arts.

 

Under new management, Chim made an appearance in the TWGC 10 submission grappling tournament, stating that he still had some fire inside. Sounding a bit like a Rocky Balboa soundbite, Chim referenced the “stuff in the basement” as his reason for competing in submission grappling. Although Chim would dominate his first opponent in the Los Angeles Qualifiers, he would submit to an arm triangle in his next appearance, disqualifying him from the tournament as a whole. It seemed to be a microcosm of his entire MMA career: appear on a new stage, talking the talk, dominate the early competition, and then be defeated when it mattered the most.

 

Undeterred from his defeat in the TWGC, Borin Chim returned to active MMA training in April of this year. After receiving an outpouring of support from fans and training partners, Chim signed with Trinity, where he fought to a draw against former Crucible Fights, Montreal Fight Nights, and EVOLUTION lightweight champion Anabolinen Steroidi Jr.

 

An immediate rematch was booked for T143, where Chim defeated Steroidi Jr via unanimous decision.

 

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(Lightweight Division) Volya Nikolaev (24-17) versus Jack Daniels (17-11-1)

Volya Nikolaev is a longtime veteran of the Super Fighting Championship, with nearly forty fights with the promotion. Using a combination of boxing, Greco Roman Wrestling, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Nikolaev fought for the lightweight championship seven times with the company. Although he was defeated in his first two attempts, losing a pair of unanimous decisions against Antonio Santana, he would eventually defeat Norbert Schwager Ii, who had won the belt in his last appearance. Nikolaev would lose the title in his first defense attept, when he was challenged by Clay Matthews- who had previously held the title.

 

Volya Nikolaev would fail to reclaim his lost title three times before submitting Marcus Chandler over one year after he lost the title before. In his first defense attempt, Nikolaev was once again defeated via submission- this time against SFC legend and multi-time world champion Robledo Puch, whom Nikolaev had faced in the past.

 

Unfortunately, with his career peak seemingly behind him, Nikolaev finished out his SFC career by winning two of his next five fights. Although his two wins were over solid competition, fans focused more on the very many defeats that were incurred along the way.

 

The losing streak was halted when Volya Nikolaev signed with Trinity, vowing to reinvent himself as a world champion; he won two in a row, defeating Elias Haddad and Sinbad Sailor, both by submission. Next, Nikolaev was knocked out by Timothy Robison, and out pointed in a rematch against Daniel O'Sullivan, who he had defeated in SFC.

 

Most recently, Nikolaev holds back-to-back unanimous decision victories over former world champions Mauricio Aurelio and William Henry Bonney.

 

Jack Daniels is a heavy handed former amateur boxer that started his career in the International Team Fighting League, where he competed in the third season. Midway through the season, Daniels abruptly changed management teams; shortly after, he signed with Troid.

 

Jack challenged Terrance Thornton for the undisputed welterweight championship of the world. The two men would fight evenly, with each man claiming two rounds; the fourth round would be scored a perfect 10-10 draw, meaning there would be no definitive winner at the end of this match. An immediate rematch was booked; this time, Daniels would leave nothing to the judges, as he hurt Thornton from inside the clinch, and finished him with a devastating barrage of punches against the cage.

 

Daniels attempted to defend his new world title against Gustav Ragnarson, but would ultimately lose via first round knockout. An immediate non-title rematch was booked, and this time Daniels would come out on top, scoring a brutal second round TKO over Ragnarson. Despite the pleas of the fan base, the two would never meet again.

 

Shortly after his stoppage of Ragnarson, Jack Daniels would sign a four fight contract with Insanity MMA, and would finish out his time there with a record of 2-2. Next, Daniels fought for EVOLUTION, where he found much less success- he won only two of five fights during his stint there, before returning to Troid, now known as Trinity following the big merger.

 

On his current Trinity contract, he has won four of seven bouts, with big wins over former world champions John Murray and Johnny Shamrock.

 

 

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(Featherweight Division) Boreste Bardanos (13-5) versus Turd Ferguson (12-6)

Boreste Bardanos is one of the very best fighters in the world; the common belief on the MMA Underground is that Bardanos is perhaps one of the very best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners currently fighting in the sport of mixed martial arts.

 

Boreste has fought inside the Trinity family for the majority of his MMA career; he began his career in the regional shows of Western Europe before signing with Epicity Productions. After stopping Homero Lopez via TKO at EP 12, Boreste took a major step up in competition when he faced Zlatko Zahovic at EP 15. In the fight, Bardanos struggled to keep up with the explosiveness and technique of Zahovic, who always seemed to be one step ahead. In the second round, when Baradnos rolled to guard on top, Zahovic immediately locked in a fight ending triangle choke, forcing submission.

Boreste would finish his Epicity career on a four fight winning streak, including big wins over William Henry Bonney and Joaquim Rapture before following the merger into Trinity. In his promotional debut with the new company, Boreste submitted Tuomari Hurmio at T101 to become the undisputed featherweight champion of the world.

Boreste Bardanos successfully defended his featherweight championship against Joaquim Rapture and Jack Onlin before being defeated via split decision in a non-title bout against Zoran Markovic. This defeat ended the seven fight winning streak of Bardanos, but did little to hurt his championship career. Bardanos continued his winning ways, defending his title against Daniel Larusso, Martin Saint Louis, and Bill Bronson.

At T137, Boreste was defeated by Pablo Alvado in a non-title match. However, for his next title defense, he faced Saint Louis in a rematch of their T123 meeting. This time, Saint Louis came out on top, catching the reigning champion with an armbar to claim the gold.

Most recently, at T143, Boreste Bardanos was defeated by Daniel Larusso via split decision. Bardanos is on a three fight losing streak.

Turd Ferguson is an extremely heavy handed former Olympic boxing hopeful. Turd started his career in the regional shows, where he showed the promise of greatness early in his career. His flashiness in the cage, along with his incredible stopping power, brought the attention of the now defunct United States Fighting Championship (USFC).

 

After winning his first three promotional bouts with the USFC, Ferguson challenged the five time defending world featherweight champion for his crown- an unfavorable quest to partake in. Reigning featherweight title holder Neymar Junior was already considered to be one of the legends of the sport when he faced Turd. The actual fight was about as one sided as they come- Neymar Junior controlled the pace and tempo of the fight early, rocking Ferguson in the second round before forcing a stoppage.

 

Ferguson rebounded with an incredible five fight winning streak before once again challenging Neymar for the title- this time it was stopped in the first round. Ferguson closed out his time with the promotion winning two of his four remaining bouts, with his most recent being a submission loss to The Hound.

 

 

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(Light-heavyweight Division) Happy Forclit (20-12) versus Don Clones Jr (10-1-1)

Happy Forclit, known by friends and family as “Happy”, as an ironic moniker, meant to highlight his unemotional stature. Not much is known about his true original name, but much like the late Kimbo, this man is simply “Happy.”

 

Happy is an experienced Muay Thai stylist and truly elite submission grappler. With a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and world class wrestling to support him, Happy Forclit is the last man on Earth that you want to face without a solid ground game.

 

Happy competed in the regional MMA shows, mostly due to his extreme love of fighting; he admitted much later on that he hadn't even dreamed of being a martial arts world champion during those early days. Against the wishes of his family, Happy competed in low level, dirt floor mixed martial arts competition, submitting three men in short order.

 

Next, Happy tried his hand in the world of elite submission grappling, looking to expand his horizons; he appeared in the TWGC 1, open weight qualifiers. After submitting two opponents, he was caught in an armbar against Nick Wall, knocking him from the tournament.

 

Happy returned to mixed martial arts to fight for Ascension, where he remained undefeated across three bouts- in his third and final bout with the promotion, Happy defeated Solofa Fatu for the light-heavyweight championship.

 

After competing briefly in the Hilo Fight League, Happy signed with the Ultimate Proving Grounds of Amsterdam. Although he would challenge Yuri Hanzzle for the title in his promotional debut, Happy failed to put together victories for the entirety of his tenure with the company. Including his failed championship bid, Happy was defeated in six of nine appearances, prompting him to part ways with his management team.

 

Under new management, Happy fought for a plethora of promotions, trying to find a home that suited him- he fought thrice for Insanity MMA, knocking out Castor Rollins at I-108 to claim the light-heavyweight title, before fighting three times in Synchronicity. Next, Happy Forclit signed with Trinity, where he knocked out reigning light-heavyweight champion of the world Remi Highjack to claim the title. Happy successfully defended his world title two times, stopping Aaron Newton and Flagon Sackett to retain the belt. At T139, Happy was defeated in a non-title bout against Joaquin Fortunado of Syn.

 

Most recently, Forclit stopped being so happy all the time when he had his title taken from him in a doctor stoppage loss against Remi Highjack, who once again wears the crown.

 

Don Clones Jr is a well rounded American mixed martial artist, known originally for his Muay Thai background.

 

“Darkness” Don cut his teeth in the smaller regional shows around California, gathering a hardcore following of fans in the area. This level of interest is what brought the attention of Relativity MMA of Los Angeles, who quickly signed Clones Jr to an exclusive contract. Clones would fight three times for Relativity, winning two fights dominantly, and fighting to a draw in his third fight. After changing management teams, Don signed with the uppity sounding VICTORY! COMBAT LEAGUE, or VCL, of New York.

 

In his new promotion, Don Clones Jr thrived against a much higher level of competition, knocking out Dexter Santaros, Maximillian Xezeron, and Fritz Haarmann before fighting in a one-off fight with Insanity, where he knocked out Mortimer Munson.

 

Next, Don signed with Trinity, where he immediately went on a three fight winning streak. Don holds big victories over Ben Breeze, MC Wisk, and Flagon Sackett. Most recently, Don Clones Jr was defeated by Bobby Turner at T144.

 

 

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(Middleweight Division) Jeffrey Sarpong (30-10-2) versus Octavio Saades (19-7)

Jeffrey Sarpong is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt that has fought over forty times in professional MMA. Jeffrey is a member of the SFC hall of fame.

 

Jeffrey was invited to paritcipate in a QFC tournament in the super-heavyweight division. After besting Renan Baraoo (not to be confused with Renan Barao), Jeffrey found himself outmatched against Jake Sotrokipolis. This transgression is what encouraged Jeffrey Sarpong to begin training in mixed martial arts full time.

 

Next, Jeffrey knocked out Peter Kashpureff at UHF 9, which would be the beginning of a length unbeaten streak. Over the year, Sarpong would fight in a series of smaller shows, including HONOR FC and Crucible Fights: Vegas, before signing with the Super Fight League.

After winning his first SFC bouts, Jeffrey Sarpong submitted Konstantin Manison to become the undisputed middleweight champion of the world. Sarpong defended his title one time, choking out Sergey Dorokhov, before losing his new title against Kristus Koistinen. Soon after, Sarpong would once again win the title, losing it in his first title defense once again.

Not long after, Sarpong would rematch Koistinen for the title that he had lost to the man twice thus far- this time, he submitted Koistinen to reclaim the title, before defending the belt two times. This time, Sarpong lost the title to Manison. Sarpong would go on to win the title two more times, defeating Manison and Angel Toney, but would never defend the title again.

Sarpong fought five bouts under the GAMMA banners, winning the latter three bouts, and also going to a draw. He has fought twice in Trinity, outing Paul Green via split decision before falling victim to a second round submission against Kalervo Kaunismieli.

Octavio Saades is a former Muay Thai world champion, as well as an accomplished submission grappler. In mixed martial arts, Octavio is a two time world middleweight title holder and multi-time 'of the night' award winner.

Octavio Saades started his career in the regional circuit, where he won in fight consecutive appearances before signing with Insanity MMA. After going 6-1 in his early Insanity career, Octavio Saades competed in the Mad Cash Tournament, where he was defeated in the finale against Nolan Sackett in a split decision loss.

 

At Insanity 100, Octavio Saades re-matched Sackett in a bid to claim the middleweight championship- late in the opening round, Saades caught Sackett in a tight armbar, forcing the tap. Saades would lose the title in his first defense attempt, when he was pounded out by eventual rival Bobby Shamrock.

 

After struggling to piece together victories in Insanity, Saades followed into the merger, signing with Trinity. Despite being narrowly defeated by Rockmeteller Todd at T130, Saades rematched Bobby Shamrock to claim the middleweight championship of Trinity. This time, Octavio defeated Shamrock via unanimous decision to become the middleweight champion of the world.

 

Most recently, Octavio was defeated by Kalervo Kaunismieli via split decision, stripping him of his championship title. He was then stopped by Steve Belliveau at T143.

[KingEpicity]

Sorry guys about no posters the past couple weeks. I have been extremely busy in real life, feeling like I am being pulled apart from 5 different directions. I will get the next few posters done in the next few days when I have a little time to do it.

 

I am super hyped for Hoarse's next preview tho and with my own fighter headlining I can't wait to read it. Vendetta on Vendetta crime is never pretty tho and I know Aaron has a beast of a fighter in Turner. 32 KOs between them and only 2 decisions in all their fights combined. Yeah someone gonna get knocked out. It's kind of a win/win situation for me because even if Remi loses again, I am okay with being Aaron's stepping stone in the top 10 and the blossoming of another top manager in our glorious alliance of hypesauce. If not, well tough luck suckah 'cause Remi gonna come in there and put you to sleep.

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[Main Card]

 

 

 

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(Lightweight Division) Mike Hussle (18-9) versus Xavier Bishop (11-3)

Born into a dysfunctional family, Mike Hussle was forced to fight to survive from a young age. Due to the poor choices that he made, as a result of his upbringing, Mike Hussle found himself in a young offender's prison, where he was forced to prove his strength time and again against much larger boys. It was in this penitentiary that Hussle began training Muay Thai, which was being offered to give the more aggressive males an outlet for their violent tendencies.

Mike proved very quickly that he had the tenacity, eagerness, and heavy hands to excel in the art of eight limbs, with the potential to be a world champion one day. Once he was released from prison, Hussle was introduced to Aaron ThaiGuy, a combat sports manager that had connections in the fighting world. As Mike described it, “Meeting Aaron was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. He has pulled me from the life of crime and set me on a path that will bring me fame and fortune. I am forever grateful to this man! I owe him everything.”

 

Mike Hussle was quickly signed into the New Age Cage Fighting Kickboxing league, where he made a name for himself due to his incredible stopping power, and his aggression in the ring. After winning back-to-back fights via early knockout, Hussle was signed to fight for EFFA, a rival kickboxing division. Hussle would face three unanimous decision losses in a row there, causing the youngster from Leeds, England to become disenfranchised with the way kickboxing bouts are scored.

 

For the first time, “The Prodigy” set his sights on the world of mixed martial arts. He had been training in the grappling arts for some time, but mostly as a hobbyist, rather than as a competitor. In May of 2015, Mike Hussle made it official with a press release, stating that it was time to make a change; Hussle would retire from kickboxing with a record of 6-5.

 

Mike Hussle made his MMA debut at Imperial 33, taking Thiago Alves the distance in a bout that took place entirely on the feet and in the clinch. Hussle quickly developed a very fan friendly style of kill or be killed, battering Nathan Chambers, only to get knocked out by Juntusen Viljo in his next bout. Hussle's aggression continued to cost him victories while building his fan base, as he fought aggressively against submission experts Warren Peace and Hiroshimo Sakamoto, but fell victim to their wily crafts on the ground.

 

Hussle once again took some time away to improve his wrestling game, returning at Imperial 45 with an improved skill set. Hussle went the distance with Matsui Takamutsu, who was expected to win the fight very easily via submission; Hussle easily negated Takamutsu's skills on the ground, shocking the world.

 

Hussle continued his winning ways, eventually leaving the ranks of Imperial to instead fight for Legacy MMA. Since his submission loss to Sakamoto back in September, Hussle has steadily clawed his way up the world rankings, winning eight fights with one defeat in the middle.

 

In his last fight, which was his Trinity debut, Mike knocked out Robledo Puch early in the second round.

Xavier Bishop was originally intended to be the prince of an almost non-existant tribe, located in Bangem, Cameroon. His tribesmen believe Xavier to be possessed by a great warrior spirit, giving him bith his intensity and his fighting ability.

 

Xavier started his career in the regional shows of MMA, knocking out Kenji Smith with a second round TKO. After fighting twice in Hostility, with mixed results, Xavier fought three times in the New York Fight Night promotion. After making a trio of appearances in the Steel Penn – ICON promotion, Xavier signed with the Ultimate Proving Ground. In UPG, Xavier Bishop knocked out Rickon Stark in his promotional debut.

 

Xavier went on a lengthy winning streak in the Ultimate Proving ground, defeating five consecutive opponents.

 

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(Heavyweight Division) Giacomo Benvenuti (18-4) versus Hector Hernandez (18-9)

Giacomo Benvenuti is a heavy handed world class boxer, who made his way into the MMA cage off of a successful career as a boxing coach for other fighters.

 

This Italian slugger actually started his career as a super-heavyweight kick boxer, fighting for the New Age Cage Fighting promotion. Undefeated across three bouts, Benvenuti knocked out Codin Viperescu to become super-heavyweight champion- a title that he would never lose. After taking a non-title bout against Tommy Asikainen at the Easter Monday Brawl, Giacomo Benvenuti defended his belt for the first of six times, knocking out Reynir Arn in under a minute.

 

After competing eleven times as a professional kick boxer, and having defended his title six times, Giacomo Benvenuti shocked the world when he announced his retirement. Parting ways with his management, Giacomo settled into a life of non-violence in his family home.

 

Unfortunately, it's virtually impossible for a professional athlete to retire on top, and Giacomo soon found the urge to fight rising in him again. In his retirement, the accomplished slugger had taken to the grappling arts, and had become a truly elite wrestler in his own right.

 

With his sights set on the world of mixed martial arts, Giacomo Benvenuti announced that he was coming out of retirement to compete in the MMA cage. After pairing up with the elite management team owned by Dean Sutherland, Giacomo fought in the small shows, testing his abilities against a lower caliber of opponent. After two brutal first round knockout victories, Giacomo signed a single fight deal with the New York Fight Night, where he knocked out Eddie Killer.

 

Giacomo next fought for Death Squad MMA, winning two of three matches, and failing in a bid to claim the super-heavyweight championship. Next, he signed with Trinity, where he took part in the ITFL tournament, accumulating a seven fight winning streak.

 

Next, Giacomo Benvenuti signed with the Steel Penn – Icon promotion, where he stopped Titus Pullo to claim the heavyweight title. In his very first title defense, Giacomo was stopped by Paul Mctanned. In his most recent three showings, Giacomo fought for the Legacy! MMA promotion, knocking out Mike Monday and Wei Pei, and getting stopped by Mookie Blaylock in between.

 

Hector Hernandez is a world class Muay Thai striker. Although he possesses a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, he seldom uses his abilities offensively, opting instead to stand and trade strikes on the feet.

 

Hector made his professional debut in the Hilo Fighting Championship, stopping Yoel Romero in the opening round. After four professional bouts, Hector Hernandez defeated Chael Heavy for the undisputed super-heavyweight championship- a title which he defended four times before losing it to Matt Hunt.

 

Hector next signed with New York Fight Nights, where he challenged Mike Monday for the super-heavyweight title; however, Monday would go on to defeat Benvenuti via knockout in the opening round.

 

Hector Hernandez fought for Insanity MMA, where he fought such big names as Roosevelt Coleman, Cyril Makarenko, and Flex Plexico; he ended his tenure with Insanity on back-to-back victories before signing with the Team Thomas Fight Club. With the TTFC, he competed in the TTFC Olympics, winning one of three matches. Following his tenure there, Hector returned to Insanity for one last appearance, before the promotion folded into Trinity. At “The Definition of Insanity”, Hernandez defeated Roosevelt Coleman to become the heavyweight champion of the world- a title that he would attempt to unify with that of reigning heavyweight title holder Rocky McColgan, at T127. McColgan would win the fight via fifth round TKO to unify the belts.

 

Hector Hernandez has since gone 1-2, with a big knockout win over Matt Hunt, but losses to Nickey Spillane and Derfel Cadarn.

 

 

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(Light-heavyweight Division) Timothy Robinson (19-10-2) versus Robledo Puch (30-13-2)

Timothy Robison is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu red belt and world class wrestler. Starting out as one of the youngest students to train at the Gorilla Warfare MMA private training center, a lot of expectations were placed on Robison from the getgo.

 

Timothy fought the bulk of his earliest bouts in regional shows, submitting half a dozen foes before moving up to Impact MMA. In this new promotion, Timothy won two of four bouts, never leaving the second round in this span.

 

All of his early success attracted the attention of Troid, who signed him to an exclusive contract. Timothy submitted Theodore Ruxpin and Lane Brooks to earn a shot at Sam Urai for the lightweight title. After four rounds of action, Timothy caught Urai in a triangle choke, forcing the tap.

For his first title defense, Timothy faced Sam Urai in a rematch- this time they fought to a draw, with Robison retaining the championship. In his second title defense, Timothy Robison was defeated by Hilton Teimosia via unanimous decision.

 

Timothy Robison competed in the TWGC season 6 tournament- first competing as a featherweight, but then moving up to welterweight after being submitted by Pete Wentz. As a welterweight, Timothy advanced into the finals before being outed by Ray Lennox via decision. Tim made an attempt to return for the TWGC 7, and much later TWGC 11 tournaments, but found little success in either appearance.

 

Fast forward... Timothy Robison signed with Trinity. Following back-to-back losses, he rebounded with three consecutive victories, including wins over Mauricio Aurelio, and William Henrey Bonney.

 

Robledo Puch is a former Olympic wrestling hopeful and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion, holding a black belt in the art. Robledo has also found great success as a boxer, although his mainstay is certainly his grappling.

Robledo Puch may have went undefeated in the regional circuit, but he became a legend for his fights in the Super Fighting Championship. At sfc punch versus Nikolaev, Robledo Puch submitted Volya Nikolaev to become the undisputed lightweight champion. After fighting to a draw in his first title defense, against Charlie Lim, he was defeated by Lim in his next bout.

 

Puch would go on to reclaim his lost title in a rematch with Nikolaev some time later; this time, he would go on to defend the title three times. After losing the belt once more, this time against Eka Tahuna, he reclaimed the title when he submitted Marcus Chandler.

 

Puch would finish out his time with SFC on two successful title defenses, defeating Eka Tahuna and Alexandr Kuznetsov in back-to-back wins. Robledo Puch next signed with Trinity, where he struggled to score wins early in his tenure. After winning one of five bouts, Puch fired his long time management team.

 

Robledo Puch is currently 2-1 under his currently management team, with a big submission win over Norman Parke.

 

 

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(Heavyweight Division) Derfel Cadarn (14-3) versus Diego Bustamante (19-8)

Derfel Cadarn is a Muay Thai stylist and former kick boxing world champion. Derfel started his career in the Built Big $1 MILLION Tournament, where he was defeated in his very first bout. Despite this disappointing loss, Derfel signed with Relativity MMA, where he knocked out four consecutive opponents, with none escaping the opening round.

 

Derfel next signed with Epicity Productions, bringing his winning streak into heights. With big wins over Matt Byrne, Cameron Sloan, and Shezzo Wicked, Derfel Cardarn advanced into a ten fight winning streak. When Epicity folded into Trinity, Derfel Cadarn was signed to an exclusive fight contract in the big show.

 

Derfel Cadarn made his promotional debut at T118, where he stopped Conway Pulford in the second round. Next, Cadarn challenged Rocky McColgan, in a bid to claim the heavyweight championship of the world. After losing the first three rounds of the fight, Cadarn took over in the fourth, dominating the champion on the scorecards. Knowing that he had to finish the champion to claim the title, Derfel Cadarn pushed the pace in the final round, and got caught with heavy punches late in the round. With Cadarn hurt, McColgan pushed the pace, hammering away at Cadarn until the referee stopped the fight.

 

Cadarn won two big fights, including winning his first fight via submission when he armbar'd Lexington Snape.

Derfel Cadarn next challenged Diego Bustamante for the heavyweight championship of the world. In this bid for a world title, Cadarn wouldn't escape the opening round, although his grit would be on full display as he repeatedly gone up when hurt with punches, refusing to stay down until he was out.

 

In his most recent appearance, Derfel Cadarn knocked out Hector Hernandez in just twenty-five seconds.

 

Diego Bustamante started training Muay Thai as a kid, mostly as a way to defend himself against larger bullies. As a natural competitor, Diego was drawn to mixed martial arts as an outlet for his aggression.

 

Following in the footsteps of his longtime idols in Wanderlei Silva, Shogun Rua, and Minotauro Nogueira, Diego started fighting in small time Vale Tudo shows. His earliest MMA appearance saw him competing in the QFC 323 Tournament; after defeating two opponents in the early goings, Bustamante was stopped by Sith Hybrid, disqualifying him from the tournament.

 

Diego fought for a slew of promotions, accumulating four lightning quick stoppages, but soon entered a rough patch. During this tough period, Diego won two fights but lost a whopping five fights. Three of those losses came within the Trinity: International Team Fighting League, season IV. Diego Bustamante's overall ITFL record stands at 6-4; following this, he fought once more for NYFN, knocking the hell out of John Paul Wani, but then he officially signed with Trinity.

 

Back in Trinity, Bustamante has gone undefeated, with wins over former world champions Joey Kocur and Roosevelt Coleman- the latter of which earned Bustamante the vacant heavyweight championship. Diego Bustamante successfully defended his title from famed knockout artist Derfel Cadarn.

 

In his most recent appearance, Diego Bustamante was knocked out by Nickey Spillane, who became the new heavyweight champion of the world.

 

This fight is a rematch of their first meeting at T140, where Diego Bustamante knocked Derfel Cadarn out cold in the opening round.

 

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http://mmatycoon.com/images/belt/20160124135735Trinity_zpsxwietpnc.gif(Light-heavyweight Division, Championship bout) Remi Highjack© (17-5) versus Bobby Turner (16-3)

The story of Remi Highjack is far from being your typical heroic tale of redemption. If you came here looking to read about how Remi was born in a bad environment but found a way to become a positive member of society through his love of martial arts, then you've come to the wrong place. In his own words, Remi Highjack has stated that he's “not a good person”.

Born in a small village somewhere in Southern Europe, Remi Highjack grew up with the understanding that his mother, who was desperately attempting to assuage the suffering in her otherwise disconsolate life by searching for the only man she had truly loved. They say that it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all, but for Ms. Highjack, this was just not palpable. As it so happened, the man that she had loved had not been real; he had used a fake name, had given her all false information about himself, and had been keeping her as an extra comfort, to be used when he was in country, and forgotten when he left. When he learned of Remi's conception, he ended the charade and returned to his real life, never to be heard from again.

With his mother finally selling in Northern Africa, Remi was forced to watch his mother sell the only thing that she had in the world, just for them to pay for basic sustenance. After watching his mother's brutal murder, Remi found himself working for the killer, fighting and selling drugs. This all ended when his employer and surrogate father was murdered during a drug deal gone bad. To Remi, this was evidence that even God could be killed.

 

As Remi grew into a young adult, he led twin lives that paralleled each other, yet seemed to be going in completely different directions. In one life, Remi was an upstanding member of his neighborhood; wealthy for his age, people suspected that he was more than he claimed. He was a regular at a local gym, where he trained in Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In the gym, Remi was respected for his unstoppable attitude and incredible knockout power.

However, when Remi was looking at you, there was a second man seeing you through his eyes: Remi Highjack was an esteemed drug dealer and trafficker; using the connections of his late mentor, he had quite the side show keeping him living in the lap of luxury. Depending on what part of the day you were talking to Remi, you could be talking to one version of him, or the other.

One of Remi's connections through his gym wanted to get Remi out of the lifestyle that he suspected the young man was living. He promised that he could mold Remi into a superstar in the sport of mixed martial arts.

“Give me one chance,” the fighter manager pleaded, “and I can make you wealthy- legally wealthy. There is no risk of dying in what I'm trying to sell.”

Remi reluctantly accepted the man's offer, making his MMA debut in a regional QFC show. Unfortunately, he was submitted by Ivan Grekov in the opening round. Remi laughed, like he knew this was the inevitable outcome, and ditched his management. However, something gnawed at Remi's heartstrings; he had never accepted being the second best at anything before, so why would he accept such a fate now?

Remi signed with a new management team, and established himself in a variety of smaller promotions, knocking out every man that stepped into the cage with him. Remi's big break came when he was signed to the GAMMA Contenders promotion, where he strengthened his winning streak, knocking out four contenders before smashing his way through Atilla Hun. This latter victory made Remi the undisputed light-heavyweight champion of the world.

Remi Highjack defended his title one time, knocking out Lefteris Papaioanou, before leaving the promotion for good. Remi next signed with Troid, dominating arrey Allen before challenging Flagon Sackett for the undisputed light-heavyweight championship. Remi would eat some hard shots in this fight, eventually succumbing to the punishment in the fourth round.

Highjack attempted to rebound in a fight against Alfredo Leija, but suffered a similar fate to his fight with Sackett, and fell in the second round. Demanding an immediate rematch, Highjack declared himself the better fighter (than Leija), and was eventually granted the rematch. This time, Remi Highjack battered Leija en route to a first round knockout.

Following two more impressive victories, Remi Highjack fought a rematch with reigning champion Flagon Sackett for the world light-heavyweight title; the fight would be stopped in the second round by the ringside doctors, due to the volume of blood lost by Sackett.

After winning a non-title bout in the Legacy! MMA promotion, Highjack attempted to defend his crown against rising star Happy Forclit, and would fall before the silent giant in the second round of their fight.

Finally, Highjack once again face Flagon Sackett, to settle the score once and for all. The two fighters traded rounds in the early going, but Sackett landed the show stopping head kick early in the third round, putting an end to the trilogy.

In his most recent bout, Highjack defeated Happy Forclit via doctor stoppage due to a cut. Although this victory made Highjack the undisputed light-heavyweight champion of the world, the fans want a more definitive ending, and thus we will see it again.

 

Bobby Turner is an extremely well rounded mixed martial arts fighter that is considered to be one of the few true elite fighters in the world. He is an exceptionally talented striker, but is equally adept at wrestling.

Bobby Turner made his MMA debut at IMMA 46, where he beat Joseph Foster via first round TKO. Next, The Black Beast was out pointed by Liam McGuinness in a one-off fight with Troid. Despite this loss, Bobby was signed to the Ring of Violence promotion, where he won six of seven fights, earning him a shot at the super-heavyweight championship.

At ROV 39, Bobby Turner knocked out Arnie Armstrong to become the undisputed super-heavyweight champion- a title that Bobby successfully defended six times. Although he was defeated in a non-title bout against Derfel Cadarn at Imperial 51 in between, Bobby Turner was never beaten in a ROV title defense.

On the heels of a four fight winning streak, Bobby Turner knocked out Nathan Summers and Don Clones Jr within Trinity, setting him up for this next world title shot.

 

[A closer look]

(Remi Hijack)

Age: 27

Started Fighting At: 19

Record: 17-5

Knockouts: 16

Submissions: 0

Trinity Record: 9-4

Total Opponent Record: 351-193-5

Style: Muay Thai

Accolades or Accomplishments:

-Reigning Two-Time Trinity Light-heavyweight Champion (No Defenses)

-Former GAMMA: Contenders Light-heavyweight Champion (One Defense)

-Fight of the Night (x3)

-Knockout of the Night (x1)

-Three Fight Winning Streak

 

(Bobby Turner)

Age: 25

Started Fighting At: 18

Record: 16-3

Knockouts: 16

Submissions: 0

Trinity Record: 2-0

Total Opponent Record: 180-88-2

Style: Kick Boxing, Wrestling

Accolades or Accomplishments:

-Former Ring of Violence Super-heavyweight Champion (Six Defenses)

-Linear Ring of Violence Super-heavyweight Champion (Never lost title)

-Six Fight Winning Streak

-Knockout of the Night (x6)

-Fight of the Night (x2)

 

 

 

Tune in tomorrow for the updated ~* Trinity *~ Records!

[Guest]

Great write up. Daniels ready to push for the title