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Edition #21

Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Edition #21 of TWW News. With nearly 2 months since our last edition, we have plenty of cover in recent events along with updating you all on the current affairs in the game.

 

Org Round Up

 

Evolution looked like it was going to be out of business on a permanent basis when they sold their roster to CEC which solidified their star power, despite a number of fighters signing elsewhere, but Mega Jug has made a return with the org, which has now installed a 288k ID restriction. People have speculated why this ID restriction would be in place rather than say 285k or 290k, and people have pointed out that Mega Jug’s unsigned fighters begin with 288k. While that isn’t proven to be the reasoning behind it, it will be interesting to see how Evolution progresses under the new direction.

 

Synchronicity continues to be a powerhouse in the Org rankings, holding onto the #1 position for what seems to be a permanent basis now. They have an incredible 24% of the top 100 fighters, and over 70 fighters in the top 1000 P4P, along with 5 of the current top 10, with Pandahammer being in GAMMA for a superfight.

 

GAMMA and CEC have both been slowly making improvements to their orgs, with GAMMA having 19 of the top 100 and CEC having 16 fighters in there. Both orgs are in close contention for the #2 spot in the power rankings this time, but will we see a switch in them this time?

 

Aspire MMA continues to be one of the most exciting brands the game has to offer, with their recent announcement of their initial HOF class and their success at bursting into the PPV scene. They have 5 fighters in the top 100 P4P, and seem to have a lot of potential talent on their roster which should see that number rise further.

 

Underground completed the merging of Ascension’s roster into their existing divisions and it has seen plenty of excitement rise among their fans. The question with the org is whether their roster needs to be running an additional event here and there, or whether they need to downsize with a roster of over 120 and what seems to be a cycle of 4 weeks for fights.

 

Bushido remains the top Non-PPV org in the game and plans to eventually become a PPV org are surely in the pipeline for the Tokyo based promotion. I was recently hired to the org in an effort to help them build up the roster and improve their numbers, and I have to say that Rei has done a phenomenal job with the org in all aspects. With DFC’s inactivity, a number of their biggest fighters have already jumped over to Bushido, with 6 of their 7 champions making the move among others.

 

 

Game Improvements

 

Mike Tycoon made the announcement he was creating a player-run group that would be responsible for deciding on what changes the game would be making. To begin with, he was entrusting them to make aesthetical game changes, and so far there have been improvements to the KT side of the game with P4P trophies being added along with a HOF page.

 

The Pre-Fight introduction has been updated to include the fighter’s current P4P and w/c rankings, something people have been calling to be included for a long time in order to see the rise of fighters throughout their careers.

 

The next improvement to be implemented is a Belt Cabinet for fighters to show off their championship accomplishments throughout their careers, another update people have been looking forward to seeing added to the game.

 

The update to follow that is TBD, but with an average of one update per week, and no real disruption or discord among the group so far, it’s looking like a very positive move forward for the game.

 

 

Guide to Fighter Building

 

This was something I was planning on doing sometime before the end of the year, but thankfully, someone else has done one and it contains pretty much everything I would have written, and even more.

 

Big thanks to King Kendrick (Ovoxo) for making the guide which is a fantastic starting point for people looking to make projects. While he admits it is not the be all and end all of fighter builds, if you have no real idea of how to build top fighters, this is a good starting point before you start having your own ideas of what a top fighter can be.

 

Link to the Fighter Guide can be found HERE

 

 

Half Year Awards

 

Although a bit late to be really considered “Half-Year Awards”, we’ll still be taking a look at some of the upcoming awards and who we think are the frontrunners so far, along with who we would pick to win if it had to be decided today!

 

 

Manager of the Year

 

TWW Nominations – Whymer Van Mastodon, Chris Karter, Grant Brophy, Bradley Burns

 

 

Winner – Whymer Van Mastodon

 

 

I was going to have more nominations, but there were way too many people I felt were close to each other when it came to the 5th spot. All 4 of those above have been #1 during the year, and their records are incredible, with it standing at Whymer - 97-41-5 (67.8% Win Rate), Chris Karter 150-45-5 (75% Win Rate), Grant Brophy 75-12-1 (85.2% Win Rate) and Bradley Burns 149-65-8 (67.1% Win Rate).

 

While Chris Karter has had the best fighter this year in Kajun Puno, Whymer’s success and ability with fighters are different weight classes and sheer stature gives him the edge in my opinion so far. While I feel Burns lost his pace a lot in recent times, his success in the mid-season of the year gives him a place among the best of the year, while I don’t really know what to say for myself, but spending all year so far in the top 10 and slowly getting champions in multiple orgs gives me a case of being up for consideration also. There are a few names who, given a strong end of year, could end up in the voting also so this award is far from decided at this point.

 

 

Org of the Year

 

 

TWW Nominations – Synchronicity, CEC, GAMMA, Underground and Aspire MMA

 

 

Winner – Aspire MMA

 

 

Despite Syn being the highest ranked org, I personally have them tied for 2nd in my Org of the Year rankings with GAMMA. While GAMMA haven’t been the #1 ranked org, and while Syn has a better roster, GAMMA does provide more write ups than Syn which is a factor I look forward to in orgs.

 

When I look at an org that is the complete package however, Aspire MMA ticks every box. While I could certainly be called biased, with my admiration for Aspire being abundantly clear and that I see them as a lot like my own former org, they bring everything you could want from an org to the table. Consistent write ups for the entire year since Adam Holland took charge, building up a fantastic roster, an owner that you can talk to about any detail of the org, pushing on to PPV level, cracking the top 4, etc. I could go on for days about what Aspire MMA have done this year, but I will simply say that what they have done from an immersive aspect of the game is far and beyond what any other org has brought.

 

 

 

Best New Manager of the Year

 

 

TWW Nominations – Adam Holland, Brian Behdiez, Tyson Mitchell, Cobb ., Danielle Bee

 

 

Winner – Tyson Mitchell

 

 

This was a pretty tough call between Tyson and Danielle, with both hitting the ground at a breakneck speed in terms of how they are picking up the game and learning from their mentors. Tyson has a winning rate of 80.4% while Danielle has a winning rate of 72.4%. Both of these Aussie rookies have top quality mentors in King Kendrick (Tyson) and Chris Karter (Danielle) who are both instilling their own person views on the game, and you can see from their starting builds on that. What makes Tyson standout is he is fighting significantly higher ranked managers than Danielle, with her last 20 being in the 700’s on average while Tyson’s is in the low 200’s. Add on top of that he has established the best clothing store in the game right now, and Tyson is the frontrunner for the Best New Manager of the Year.

 

 

 

Alliance of the Year

 

 

TWW Nominations – The Six Musketeers, Boyz 2 Champz, Convicted Inc

 

 

Winner – The Six Musketeers

 

 

 

Obviously with The Musketeers being my own alliance, this may come off as biased, but the competition is actually quite fierce this year. 3 alliances have won the Division 1 Pyramid, and they are the 3 nominated alliances. All of these alliances hold some of the best managers in the game today, and house many of the top fighters.

 

The sole thing that I could separate them on really was how many Division 1 wins they had this year. Convicted picked it up twice, capturing the crown in January and July. Elite Punishment Inc won the division in June, changing their name to Boyz 2 Champz in the process, a moniker that was a huge hit with the MMA Tycoon faithful.

 

The Six Musketeers have won the Division 1 title 4 times this year, with a run of wins in February, March, April and May during a period of fierce competition with Boyz 2 Champz, an alliance I once said could have snuck the title from The Musketeers at any point and they subsequently did.

 

We have 4 more months of the year to go however, and The Musketeers and Boyz 2 Champz are engaged fiercely in competition for the Division this month once more. The remaining months could either see one alliance pull ahead of the pack, or perhaps a surprise contender emerge from the chasing pack.

 

 

 

Fighter of the Year

 

 

TWW Nominations – Lukasz Wolek, Kajun Puno, Karim Bashorov, Robbie Luatua

 

 

Winner – Kajun Puno

 

 

This year was pretty much the year of the Pinoy Savage. Undefeated so far in 2017, with his last loss coming on New Years Eve in a loss to Jordi Joestar. Aside from that sole loss, he has been near unstoppable at 265, which he moved up to in Mid 2015, and his record in the division stands at 21-1. He defeated a list of top contenders in 2017, with wins over Slade Traylor, Jean Paul Garcon, Bo Juggernaut and Monte Zuma, along with stopping the huge winning streak of Robbie Luatua and avenging his sole loss in the division to Jordi Joestar.

 

 

Fight of the Year

 

 

Divock Origi vs Menace Defoe I, Michael Murdock vs Buakaw Banchamek, Seifer Almasy vs Alexey Karasev I

 

 

Winner – Divock Origi vs Menace Defoe I

 

 

 

There have been some outstanding fights this year, with the three listed above just among the ones I have noticed for their ferocious back and forth battling. Origi vs Defoe I takes this on account of being the most high profile fight of the bunch, as both fighters looked at times to have taken the other out of it before they battled back into contention

 

 

 

Power Rankings

 

*Note, these are purely initial thoughts based on their recent results, combined with their opposition, average opp rank, and title holders in recent times*

 

Managers –

#1 – Whymer Van Mastodon ^2

#2 – Pablo Spezziale ^Unranked

#3 – Chris Karter v2

#4 – David Brent ^Unranked

#5 – Grant Brophy ^Unranked

 

 

 

Fighters –

#1 – Kajun Puno ^1

#2 – Viktor Tsoi ^Unranked

#3 – Gerbert Bryant ^Unranked

#4 – Kalervo Kaunismieli ^Unranked

#5 – Felix Sturm ^Unranked

 

 

Orgs

#1 – Synchronicity =

#2 – GAMMA =

#3 – Aspire MMA ^2

#4 – CEC v1

#5 – Underground =

 

 

The TWW News Hall of Fame

Class of July 2017

 

Yes it’s been a long time coming, and I was initial going to be doing a much bigger write up on this but time restraints of late mean I will only be able to announce names rather than do a write up for each inductee. Without further ado, let’s get into the inductions..

 

 

Managers

 

Lance Templeton

Avon Barksdale

Richard Davenport
Barnabas Sackett

Chris Karter

 

 

Fighters

 

Jeremy Tonal

Smokudju Womba

Otso Jokinen

Jigoro Kane

Scotty Bennet

 

 

Fight

Jeremy Tonal vs Smokudju Womba I

 

 

Event

Syn Supernova IV

 

 

Organisation

Synchronicity

 

 

Alliance

Convicted Inc

 

 

Congratulation to each of these inductees, we will be looking to do this potentially twice a year, with the next one coming in Early 2018. That’s it for this edition of the TWW News, we hope you enjoyed it. If you have any suggestions for a future edition, feel free to PM Grant Brophy (93477).

 

 

 

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So the other top 5 orgs get a nice write up about their progress and roster strength while Underground get a thinly veiled dig about our roster size and time between events........maybe less about Mega Jug and you joining Bushido might allow you to pay us the same respect as the big boys next time.

That being said i fully agree with Aspire taking org of the year

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So the other top 5 orgs get a nice write up about their progress and roster strength while Underground get a thinly veiled dig about our roster size and time between events........maybe less about Mega Jug and you joining Bushido might allow you to pay us the same respect as the big boys next time.

That being said i fully agree with Aspire taking org of the year

Wasn't throwing any digs at Underground. Commenting that your roster is big and could consider running extra events is more a compliment than anything else since it means people are obviously looking to sign to your org.

 

The part about Underground was also the 2nd longest section about any of the Orgs in the Roundup section so I don't see how you think I am giving more respect to other orgs when I would consider Underground very much up there with them considering your recent PPV push.

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Hey Grant, awesome work buddy, in regards to the org of the year could we split that into MMA org and KT org? some of the most fun I'm having right now is over in places like Dynasty K-1, Global Association of Muay Thai and Zambrowski Fight Company and I think they deserve a bit of love also, it's apples and oranges really so it should be its own thing going forward, I think.

In regards to MMA orgs specifically, I'm have a great time in many organisations right now, but hands down my personal favourite is Underground, that's in large part due to the great experience and conversations I have had with Jamie McKenna over the last few months and I encourage you all to check out his fantastic organisation if you are not already part of it!

Other places I'm having a great time at the moment include but are not limited to Aggressive Damage run by Mario Yaj and MMAHelsinki run by Ispa Murhapuro is another favourite of mine and of course Bushido is the best-run org in the game hands down in my view with a very exciting future ahead of it, if Aspire has done anything good this year it's that we took the model Rei made great in Bushido and just tried to emulate it as best we could.

In regards to the New Manager of the Year, I'm flattered to have been mentioned but it's highly undeserved, I think my top rank was 35 or something before I went on a massive losing streak testing fighters and the like, I'm doing a roster rebuild soon so hopefully we can take the lesson's I learned from my 5x Elite gym 16-year-old generation and do something actually productive going forward, but of course my primary focus is Aspire MMA and the Aspire brand in general.

I could not be more proud of TJ right now, this guy is an absolute beast and he's killing the game. Keep an eye on him because one day soon he's going to be in that top 10. Carrying the banner for Aspire, I love you TJ, keep being awesome. Shout out to my boy Tom Bickle who won his first title today, I hope to see you up here soon :)

Lot's of respect for all of the Manager of the Year candidates, my secret man crush pisses excellence but I could really see Whymer securing this one. G Wad, Bwang Jong Sr, Bear Stevenson, Northern Ninja, David Morrison, Anti Kristus, Klatz Matz and Johnny Lee all deserve a mention in my view, top flight lads all of them.

Thank you for keeping this a thing that happens, it's not easy and you go into a level of detail that sets the standard around here, I appreciate it greatly.

Edit: I would also like to see a general round up of how the smaller and developing orgs are doing in the next edition if possible, just so we have a snapshot of what's going on as we look back.

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Dayumm! No KT love i see........

I sent Rocket a message about doing something KT related but with his inactivity I never got a reply and forgot about it. Will definitely be something in the works for either next month, or a standalone edition focusing on the org as a whole and looking at the various tournaments you are putting on.

 

Also, we will be looking to do a TWW Special soon, but I don't wanna give away the details just yet. Got a bunch of ideas in the pipeline in regards to orgs, the improvements going on, maybe a couple of drama bits but honestly I've enjoyed just writing about the goings on in MMA Tycoon rather than the drama and scandal stuff so I'd say I'll only be putting stuff like that in from now on if it's a big deal. I'm looking to secure some interviews with various MMA Tycoon fighters, from the big names to the big prospects and so on in addition.

 

Just to clear the air on something since someone hinted at it in the last edition. There is no bias or discrimination towards any orgs for the record in these writings. I know someone felt they were perhaps overlooked in something because of an org they worked for, but just to clear up I don't really care all that much for org reputations anymore.

 

So whether you are with Syn, CEC, GAMMA, Evolution, Aspire, Underground or any other org in the game, I'll be writing a combination of facts and my opinions. In the past 3 months I got to enjoy signing fighters to pretty much every org in the top 10. Some orgs I wouldnt have considered signing with previously, but at this point the game needs every org they can get and I'm seeing a positive side to each one which means I am happy to have a fighter with them. To refuse to sign with an org for non-personal reasons is only detrimental to the game's environment so I am happy to sign fighters to any org that I can in order to help them going forward.

 

 

Bit of a ramble on there, but TL;DR - Exciting shit coming in the future for TWW News and it's readers.

 

 

I'm also gonna be doing a Mailing List, so when a TWW News is published, a PM will be sent to a selection of managers (Think I got like 50+ names on it right now) so just a clarification, I'll be doing it for the next edition, if you don't want to receive the PM, just say so and I'll take your name off the list instantly. Likewise, if you see this and don't want to receive it (whether name on list or not) lemme know and I'll make sure to not send you the PM.

 

 

Glad to see a great reception for TWW, and I'm looking forward to bringing you another one soon!

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I was going to have more nominations, but there were way too many people I felt were close to each other when it came to the 5th spot. All 4 of those above have been #1 during the year, and their records are incredible, with it standing at Whymer - 97-41-5 (67.8% Win Rate), Chris Karter 150-45-5 (75% Win Rate), Grant Brophy 75-12-1 (85.2% Win Rate) and Bradley Burns 149-65-8 (67.1% Win Rate).

 

 

 

How'd you add it up?

 

 

155 - 47 - 5 (up to date to 9/1/2017)

 

 

that's what I have for this 2017. I could be off though tbh, but I started keeping track of it earlier this year.

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How'd you add it up?

 

 

155 - 47 - 5 (up to date to 9/1/2017)

 

 

that's what I have for this 2017. I could be off though tbh, but I started keeping track of it earlier this year.

I dunno about the additional 2 losses, since only 45 show on your record so far this year in MMA and KT fights. Your Draws this year has gone up to 6 from the result today though.

 

I used a spreadsheet and a formula where I literally just paste in all of your results from the Fight History screen to the spreadsheet, then in a separate cell have it search the "Result" column and tell me how many times W displayed, L displayed and D displayed, and I did that for each person and those were the numbers that came up for each person. The numbers I had for you counted from the 24th, so the results after that date wouldn't have been included.

 

Just rechecked and your record for 2017 in MMA and KT combined is 156-45-6

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ive been in the top5 for the most part of the year with opp avg of 175

I haven't seen you in the top 5 apart from your recent rise in the rankings in the past month or two so I don't really see how that counts as most of the year. I believe there was an instance of you earlier this year hitting #4 in the rankings, but other than that and the previously indicated last couple of months, not at all really.

 

Overall though, I just feel that the managers mentioned for the Half Year award have had better years overall than almost every other manager, including yourself. There of course could be a few managers who I missed that could be in contention, such as David Brent who very well could be a contender for the full Manager of the Year award when you look at the year he has had so far combined with the caliber of fights he has coming up in the future.

 

But along with that, I also haven't heard great things from a couple of org owners about their dealings with you this year, such as ignoring fight offers, or else accepting them when it's only a couple of days from, and in one instance the day of, the fights that have been offered. So when I include that into it, it drops you considerably down the picking selection.

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Which part?

He is just trolling.

 

I might not be GBK his biggest fan, but his writing is brilliant at times and his contribution to the game very clear.

CK and him are two important pilars for the game currently.

I'm confident that a lot of people hope that TWW can be a regular thing, something to look forward to.

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He is just trolling.

 

I might not be GBK his biggest fan, but his writing is brilliant at times and his contribution to the game very clear.

CK and him are two important pilars for the game currently.

I'm confident that a lot of people hope that TWW can be a regular thing, something to look forward to.

 

You should be you got 2 year awards because he changed the rules of awards after awards actually happened just so you can keep them.

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