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Choke's looking at drumming up some big names to compete in an international tournament pitting Choke middleweight fighters against some of the world's best. This would be a one-off tournament, with absolutely no responsibility to stay with the company if you lose in the tourney OR if you win it. The Choke middleweight champion Dan Stack ( 28 p4p, #4 WC ) will be involved, as will 3 other Choke fighters. Basically I need 4 free agents or orgs willing to send over fighters to compete. I may be wrong, but in my opinion it's a big opportunity, a win over Dan Stack ( or Jaako Teppo, or Harjan Varsi ) would boost your fighter up the ranks. If there's any interest at all, reply here or pm me in-game.

We'll make it work somehow. And seeing as how Renato Gracie and Klaus Von Mueller both won their fights it looks like they'll both be offered spots on Team Choke. If you're not down with it Jus don't worry about it. We can pull out our #6-10 bantamweights and still send MIFC running back home with their tails between their legs.

Early April is most likely perfect.

lol, I would have missed his completely if misfire hadn't told me about it. Yeah, let's do it. I could use something to liven things up. Big money on the line, the two best 135 lb divisions, should make for an exciting card or two ( however we do it. ) Consider the challenge accepted.

Rising Sun - Johnny K - hands down. He's had a bunch of votes of confidence already, so I'm not gonna get into the details. Just ditto to what everybody else said. Dedicated, helpful, organised, just a great example of an org owner and the smoothest org I've ever been involved in. He took Tokyo by storm and is clawing up the rankings steadily ( he was #8 in the world, #1 in Tokyo for 24 hours this weekend ) And despite being my direct competition ( I run Choke ), I can't deny that he's done nothing but good things for Tokyo as a city. Strongest, highest recommendation.

Yep, my feelings are just leave him alone and ignore him. I usually send messages to the orgs in Topkyo that open up and sign his guys, just to give them a fair warning of what they're getting themselves into. Besides that, he doesn't really harm anyone. It sucks that he's getting fights like that, but again, it comes down to the org owners not to offer him those fights.

Re: Nicola vs. Manny ; I wouldn't waste your breath/time guys. That fight's never happening, count on it. I'll gladly release Manny's guy for the fight, but when it comes down to it, the smart thing to do is just ignore...

This is great stuff. I can't believe Nicola is talking smack, but he's clearly got nothing on edwardsfan. Who cares about private gyms, really. There's no cheating there, and if you eally have a problem with it get some cash and build one up yourself.

Looks like I've gotta start ct'ing. My guys are all usually competent aside from strength/cardio.

Thanks nomid, it would be nice to see Koji take an extended beak and start working his way back up through the ranks.

No doubt on both counts. He was the little train that could for the first part of his career. Even back in the early days, those were still pretty bad primaries. Still never been submitted though, his secondaries must have been alright.

*** I know he just recently FA'd, but nobody will likely pick him up ( except the guy who does it to empty his bank account ** http://www.mmatycoon.com/fighterprofilepublic.php?FID=3892 Koji Kenjahara, at one point the brightest native star fighting in his hometown of Tokyo, Japan, has officially announced his retirement from Choke Pankration. It was a career that spanned 14 fights, 13 of which were in Choke, 6 of which were title bouts. Here we will take a look back at one of the best fighters to come out in the early days of Japan's mmatycoon. He's participated on every Choke tour and has been one of the most active fighters in the Tokyo-based promotion. Koji Kenjahara ( 1-0 ) vs. Orion Sapporo ( 1-0 ) In his Choke debut, Kenjahara made short work of Sapporo, quickly scoring a takedown and locking on an armbar for the submission. Sapporo would go on to amass a record of 4-4 before retiring post-multigate. Koji Kenjahara ( 2-0 ) vs. Masato Takaya ( 2-1 ) In a good back and forth fight, Kenjahara and Takaya showed early how competitive the 135 lb scene was in Japan's early days. Takaya dominated the action for the most part, landing strikes on the outside and takedowns from the clinch. Midway through the third, Kenjahara looked to lock on a triangle, but instead switched to an armbar ending the fight. Takaya is still competing, and just recently fought for the Icon World Title. His record stands at 9-6. Koji Kenjahara ( 3-0 ) vs. Shiro Nakamura ( 2-0 ) Nakamura came into this fight as the major favourite, being an undefeated brown belt in the early days of Tokyo's mma scene. This meant little to Kenjahara, as he immediately took him down and rattled of every submission attempt he possibly could. Nakamura was able to survive, but lost by a 30-27 unanimous decision. He retired shortly afterwards at 2-2. Koji Kenjahara ( 4-0 ) vs. Peeing Inbutts ( 3-0 ) For the Choke Bantamweight Title Kenjahara made this one look easy. He was taken down early but quickly transitioned to a kimura to get the sub less than a minute in. Kenjahara became the first ever Choke 135 lb champion. Koji Kenjahara ( 5-0 ) vs. Shinjo Tepenake ( 4-0 ) for the Choke Bantamweight Title Once again, Koji was able to get the fight to the ground where he's most comfortable and elicit the submission. Tapanake was game though,a dn tried his own fair share of submission attempts. The world's best blue belt shruged them all of however, and was able to catch him in a deep kimura. Koji Kenjahara ( 6-0 ) vs. Senshi Nagasaki ( 4-0 ) for the Choke Bantamweight Title Kenjahara faces another brown belt, and once again makes things look easy. In less than 90 seconds, Koji had his opponent on the ground and tapping as a result of an armbar. Nagasaki has continued competing and is currently 6-3. Koji Kenjahara ( 7-0 ) vs. Klaus Von Mueller ( 4-1 ) for the Choke Bantamweight Title After running through 4 straight opponents in Choke, the Killer Kraut got his shot at the title. For once, Kenjahara was facing someone with dangerous stand-up ability. After absorbing some shots, Koji pulled guard but Klaus quickly backed off. Koji got to his feet and quickly charged the German fighter, getting the fight to the ground and effectively sealing the deal. Koji locked on an americana to go 8-0. Klaus has continued to be a pivotal part of Choke's 135 lb scene, amassing a record of 9-4 and is currently ranked 18th in the world. Koji Kenjahara ( 8-0 ) vs. Shinji Ikari ( 5-1 ) for the Choke Bantamweight Title In a bjj war, Kenjahara proved yet again that belt colours don't matter. Here, his blue belt trumps the purple belt of celebrated bjj player Shinji Ikari. Kenjahara controlled from the opening bell, finally sealing the deal with his patented armbar. At 9-0, and ranked #3 in the entire world, this was truly Kenjahara's highest moment. He'd taken the Japanese scene by storm, fight any and all competitors oftentimes with only 2 weeks between fights. This may have been his undoing as well, as without the proper time to train, his opponents continued to get better while Koji stayed relatively the same. Ikari is currently 8-3 and has recently joined Icon's Rising Sun promotion. Koji Kenjahara ( 9-0 ) vs. Eiki Daikaura ( 6-0 ) for the Choke Featherweight Title It was, and still is, one of the biggest fights in Choke's history. At Shine Tour vol. 4, in front of 7000 fans, Kenjahara stepped up in weight to fight the 145 lb champion. There was a ton of hype going into the fight, but no one knew exactly how it was going to play out. Koji had been incredibly consistent with his takedowns, but Daikaura's about as dangerous of a muay-thai practitioner as the world's ever seen. It was a fight that was billed as being an epic champ vs,. champ showdown. It was anti-climactic to say the least. After some ill-advised training pre-fight, Koji came in exhausted already, and after a couple failed takedowns attempts basically wilted to Daiakura's striking. It was the beginning of the end of the 135 lb champion. He came back later on to defend his title vs. Sonny Jawo and was met with an equally brutal beatdown. He's subsequently struggled in his last three fights against quality opposition and has since decided to call it a career. And what a career it was. We ( wait, me ) at Choke Pankration would like to wish Koji the best in his future, as well as that of his previous managers. It's been a blast to have you onboard!!

You lost me for a awhile but there was a valid point in there, albeit a bit hard to find. Mike shouldn't have to deal with this kind of crap and should be free to just work on kick-ass features that we all enjoy. That said, I still think a banning's in order. This wasn't a dude who happened to have second account, he had his own entire network going on. Harsher punishments = good in my opinion. As it is Mike's got to deal with it in a way anyway...

My problem with this, is that I thought the whole amnesty thing was a one-shot deal. I'm not going to bother to look up the manager's in question profile to see how long he's been involved in mmtycoon, but I'm pretty sure it'll date back to before the multi-gate scandal. So why should he be given any leniency, whether he was busted or not?

Bullshit That is all...