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My fight org is up for sale to the general public after the potential buyer fell through, it has a fairly decent pool of talent and a good hype (73+ after 9 events), no debts and $20k in the bank which you can have on me. Looking for any reasonable offers so just PM me in here or in the game itself. http://www.mmatycoon.com/orgpublic.php?oid=3696

Welcome to the preview of the second Lighting Fight League show "LFL 2: James vs. Rich" scheduled to take place on Saturday 27th April at Wild Bob's Bar in New York. It's a significant rise in venue from the first show with an extra 350 seats available, the LFL have also lowered their ticket prices to ensure most, if not all of the seats will be filled. Three new champions will be crowned during the event with a title up for grabs in the final three matches of the night. The first fight of the night will be in the Welterweight division between Boby Lee (23-14) and Chris Irvine (0-0). This quite horrendous mis-match came about thanks to a scheduling error, Lee was in fact meant to be facing another high ranking Welterweight but Irvine's name was selected by mistake. Lee has the advantage in every part of MMA so Irvine's chances of winning are slim, however it's thought Irvine is going to be financially compensated for the error. Lee is a former New Age Fighting and Ultimate Proving Grounds Welterweight champion. Irvine is not. Two debutants square off in the Weltweight division when Lloyd Conan (0-0) takes on Jose Torres (0-0). In a stark contrast to the opening bout this fight couldn't be much closer, both fighters have their advantages but they balance each other out well. Conan has the advantage in Boxing and Wrestling, Torres has the advantage in Muay Thai and BJJ, so this fight is pretty much impossible to predict without knowing what gameplans are going to be executed. In the Lightweight division Al Bundy (3-0) will take on Jon Penn (1-1) in a match that could also go either way. Bundy has a very strong wrestling game which will most likely allow him to dictate where the fight takes place, however Penn will likely be the stronger fighter both in striking and on the ground. This might not be the most entertaining of fights if Bundy is able to negate all of Penn's attacks. Penn fought on the first LFL card in a losing effort to Alberto Rodriguez, Bundy formerly fought in Armageddon Fight Promotions where he won his last fight with a first round TKO. In another Lightweight contest Javier Vasquez (0-0) makes his professional debut against Clark Griswold (1-0). I'm told that Griswold is absolutely terrible at striking and much better on the ground so Vazquez's tactic will no doubt be to keep the fight standing at all costs. That said, Vazquez may be better at BJJ so Griswold will need to be careful if he is able to get Vazquez to the ground using his superior wrestling. The only fight either of these two have had belongs to Griswold who won via TKO thanks to ground and pound rather than stand-up striking. Two experienced fighters collide looking to end losing streaks when Bret Hill (18-14) takes on Edilberto Nestuta (9-5) in another Lightweight match. I'm pretty sure the entire LFL Lightweight division is on this card. Hill is a three time champion in various Featherweight divisions so will have a weight disadvantage here, Nestuta is a feared striker with several KO victories, Hill is very strong on the ground and Nestuta is a beast in the clinch. I can't predict the winner here, but both need to win after losing at the first LFL show. In the Light Heavyweight division we have the standard striker vs. grappler contest with Du Frukost (1-2) taking on Lucas Hill (0-0). Frukost is coming off a TKO victory over Arm Bar at the first LFL show so will be riding a wave of confidence, his striking is by far his strongest element so he will want to keep the fight standing. That may be difficult against Hill who is a very good wrestler with decent submission skills to use if he does get the fight to the ground. Once again this fight will come down to which fighter can implement the better gameplan. Hayden Venn (0-1) is being sacrificed to THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR (8-4) in a Heavyweight division clash which may be very similar to Warrior's match against HHH at WrestleMania 12. Warrior holds an advantage over Venn in everything except Muay Thai so it's hard to think how Venn has any chance of winning. We're told that Venn's manager isn't very impressed with him, a stand-up fighter who gets knocked out in his first fight is never a good sign. WARRIOR has fought in several companies, Team Thomas Fight Club, SPFC and LA Combat to name the three of them. The first champion to be crowned in the LFL will be the Middleweight champion when Ben Hutch (9-0) takes on Kova Naama (3-3) for the vacant strap. On paper Hutch looks like the favourite, he's undefeated and has an advantage in several areas, however Hutch has only fought once since November 2011 due to fighting a serious addiction to maple syrup. This addiction caused Hutch to isolate himself from the world only making occasional trips to Canada to get the product he required and his promising MMA career came to a sudden halt. Naama earned this title shot by defeating Dalip Rana in the fight of the night at LFL 1, he's a well-rounded fighter but will have a significant mental advantage going into this fight. The co-main event will crown the first LFL Heavyweight champion when Barriston Selmy (7-3) takes on Dean Walker (7-2). This fight favours Selmy greatly due to him having a very big advantage in striking and also being better at Wrestling and BJJ for good measure. Walker's main chance of victory will be if he can get the fight into the clinch and batter Selmy from there. Selmy has mainly fought in Team Thomas Fight Club and Immortals New York prior to joining the LFL, Walker only fought in Empire QFC before moving up to the big leagues. The Main Event will see two of LFL's top fighters square off for the Welterweight title as Jesse James (13-6) takes on Rick Rich (10-5). Both fighters are very popular in the New York area and are both on winning streaks coming into this fight. Again it's a striker vs. grappler, most of James' wins have come via TKO while most of Rich's wins have come by submission, however both fighters have enough talent to adequately defend themselves if they're in a situation that doesn't suit their styles. James comes to the LFL having spent most of his career in Helsinki for Black Hand Fight Club and in Amsterdam for xXx, Rich has only fought in Los Angeles before this for Epic FC and LA Combat. That's the card so join us at Wild Bob's Bar (seriously, we need people to buy tickets) on April 27th for a night filled of action with titles on the line everywhere. Buy now and receive a complimentary "Wild Bob Onion Cocktail" on the night of the show.

There were so many commentators complaining about the one hole sudden death format but it really does make it more exciting. Last year and this year have had great finishes and with a three/four hole play-off you wouldn't get half the fun.

Looks like it's gonna be an Aussie winner which I'm happy with, always nice to see a non-American win. All that's left to hope for is that Tiger doesn't finish 2 shots off the lead so we don't have to hear about he was "cheated" by having a two shot penalty when anyone else would probably have been disqualified.

Welcome everyone to the preview of the very first Lightning Fight League show, entitled "LFL 1: Venn vs. Brooks", which will be taking place at the Micro Arena in New York on Saturday April 13th. We're going to run through every fight on the card to show you the array of talent that the LFL has managed to get hold of in one way or another. The very first LFL fight will be in the Welterweight division between Tommy Goldman (7-6) and Andrew Trent (7-1). Goldman is one of the most experienced fighters in the organisation after fighting several times in Montreal for ACME, unfortunately his time there wasn't very successful as he amassed a 1-5 record before being released. Thankfully the QFC came to the rescue to give Goldman six wins and make him look better than he actually is. Andrew Trent has a very impressive record and is currently riding a six fight win streak. During that time he won the ECF Welterweight title in New York before the org closed, and has finished his last four fights in Rounds 1 or 2. These two fighters are very evenly matched so I'm expecting a boring decision. In the Light Heavyweight division we will see LJ Warner (3-0) take on Jacob Alexander (7-2). This is another very even battle with the only real advantage going to Warner if the fight goes to the ground due to being better at BJJ. Warner lacks the experience of Alexander but also has a 100% record, two of the wins coming in the QFC and one in his brief stay at TTFC in New York which was a devastating 3 minute KO. Jacob Alexander is a ground and pound specialist, of his 7 wins 3 of them have been by TKO on the ground and 2 times he has forced his opponent to submit due to the power of his ground strikes. If this fight does go to the ground it will be very interesting to see who is able to come out on top. The close battles continue into the Lightweight division when Robbie Hartford (2-1) takes on Edilberto Nestuta (9-4). Both of these fighters have a Muay Thai base and actually spent several years training together before they made their MMA debuts. Hartford has had less fights and didn't look very impressive in them, his victory was a close decision and his two other fights were TKO losses. Nestuta got off to a great start to his career thanks to his vicious knees and killer instinct, but began to suffer losses to fighters who were able to negate his clinch game. I think it's fair to say these two are likely to battle in the clinch for the majority of the fight. Finally we come to a fight between fighters that don't belong to me. In the Lightweight division Alberto Rodriguez (0-0) takes on Jon Penn (1-0) in a match where both fighters are almost polar opposites. Rodriguez will come in with a significant striking and wrestling advantage whilst Penn is better at Muay Thai and BJJ. The only fight either of these two have had gives us a good indication of the strength of Penn's ground game, he was able to submit Valnor Perrea with a heel hook in Round 3. It will be interesting to see where the fight mainly takes place, the winner will depend on who is able to get the fight where they want it. In the third Lightweight fight Bret Hill (18-13) takes on Lance Marcy (0-0) in what looks like a mis-match in experience terms. However Hill is coming out of retirement to take this fight and Marcy is a well-trained striker who will likely dominate if the fight stays on the feet. Hill is the most experienced fighter on the roster with 31 fights and 3 championships to his name in the SFC, ECF and UFF. However they were all at Featherweight and Hill is much lighter than his opponent. Marcy is a well-rounded fighter whose 0-0 record is misleading, significant training has made him a dangerous fighter wherever the fight takes place and as such is a heavy favourite. Next up is another fighter making his professional debut as Edgar van der Houst enters the cage to take on Tank Goldman (0-1). Van der Houst is pretty much your one-dimensional kick boxer who has very ordinary skills in everything except striking. His biggest weakness is in the clinch where he seems to have absolutely no clue but he also isn't great off his back and his wrestling is just about good enough to defend himself if necessary. Tank Goldman may have lost his professional debut but he seems to have some potential, the 20 year old came across a fighter under the tutelage of veteran manager and master tactician Dave F (once a mentor to me before he saw sense) so the defeat could be expected. Goldman should have no problem winning this one. In the Light Heavyweight division Blight Phears (0-1) will take on Lorenzo Fabricio (0-0) in the typical striker vs. grappler battle. Phears will have the advantage on the ground with some decent BJJ skills, however when the fight is standing it is Fabricio who is likely to outshine Phears significantly. In Phears' only fight he was grinded on for three rounds without ever being put in any danger of being finished, Phears did manage to secure three takedowns during the fight but may need to adjust his tactics a bit to be less one-dimensional. Another fight in the 205lb division sees the strangely named Arm Bar (0-0) take on the equally weird Du Frukost (0-2). Again it's going to come down to Boxing vs. Jiu-Jitsu, Frukost has some impressive boxing skills which can also be utilised inside the clinch whereas Arm Bar, as you'd expect with a name like that, is more proficient on the ground and will be hoping to get the fight there as soon as possible. Frukost's losses have come at the hands of the vastly more experienced Bam Boon I and a very skilled ground fighter called Mike Westfield. Finally we move on to the biggest two fights of the night, firstly in the co-main event we will see Kova Naama (2-3) take on Dalip Rana (0-0). On paper it seems that Naama is the more proficient fighter with strengths in boxing, Muay Thai and BJJ, however Rana does have the wrestling edge which could give him the opportunity to dictate where the fight takes place. Naama also struggles with inconsistency, whilst his record from his time in SPNY has two TKO victories it also has three losses, one by KO, one by submission and one decision. Rana definitely has the chance to score an upset here; the important thing for him is to make sure he is tactically astute. Finally the very first LFL main event will be in the Heavyweight division as Hayden Venn (0-0) takes on CM Brooks (0-0) amazingly despite both of these fighters never having competed before their match is the one that has the biggest hype behind it. That may be mainly due to their former lives, Venn who is a former celebrity chef who has traded in his knives for hand-to-hand combat whilst CM Brooks is a local professional wrestler. Venn will have an advantage in both Muay Thai and Wrestling going into the fight but in a pre-match interview he stated he was going to go out there and trade punches despite Brooks having the edge in Boxing. If that's the case I would expect Brooks will be able to come out victorious. That's the card so join us at the Micro Arena on April 13th for the first ever LFL show, it's a bargain price of $150 per ticket (seriously) and I'm sure you'll get your money's worth!

I can see an outsider winning it this year, I don't think Woods will and I certainly don't think McIlroy is in a winning frame of mind right now. I always like an underdog story so someone like Immelman or Schwartzel shocking the world again would be nice, just preferably Brisih and not South African

Here's the place to cut any promos on other fighters or to hype your own fighters up in the Lightning Fight League, don't forget to follow the rules of the Smack Talk forum! http://www.mmatycoon.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=859 I will always take any challenges made in this thread into account when booking matches so give it a go

Check out the article about the Lightning Fight League in the Tycoon Times here: http://www.mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=1506 The first card has been booked and a preview will be made soon, we're still actively seeking new fighters so feel free to get in touch

The Lightning Fight League is a new fight organisation looking to bring in rookie fighters to give them the chance to shine. Whilst our long term plan is to develop into a larger company for the time being we just want to make this a fun place to have your fighters with regular shows to keep the money rolling in! Weight divisions are being kept between 155 and 265 for the time being, although if there's a lack of fighters that may drop and if I can get a solid number of Bantamweights and Featherweights then I'm happy to open those divisions up. I have had experience running a Fight Org before, I ran a company called Stampede Fighting Championship in Montreal which ran over 100 shows. I'm hoping to do even better this time and I need all the support I can get! If you're interested in joining please feel free to send me a message on the forums or in-game, I'm also looking for someone to do a logo/banner for some in-game money .

Blitzkrieg were back on Saturday 30th April for their latest show Blitz 153: Saints and Sinners. Despite the fact that some other company were running some two-bit show in Toronto on the same night there was one of the biggest attendances in recent history, over 9,000 people turned up to watch the action. The highlight of the show was destined to be a Light Heavyweight title contest between the champion Ryan Larkin and challenger Jonas Justice. First up on the card was a fight in the Welterweight division that saw Barich Fendsor (12-4) take on Seth Vandrel (12-5). This was not the most exciting of fights, and by that I mean it was pretty terrible. Fendsor scored a takedown early in the first round, and the fight remained on the ground for the next four and a half minutes. Fendsor got through to mount but at no point actively looked to finish the fight. Fendsor just controlled the action on top until Vandrel managed to get back to half guard, but that just made for even less excitement. The referee apparently decided that enough was happening to warrant leaving them there, but the crowd's reaction suggested that they didn't feel the same way. Round 2 was almost identical, Fendsor scored a takedown even quicker in the round and again went to work by advancing to the mount. This time Fendsor opted to take the back of Vandrel, but despite getting the hooks in he didn't go for a rear naked choke. Eventually Vandrel was able to get out of the position and got into Fendsor's guard, which at least prompted Fendsor to half-heartedly try a triangle, but Vandrel avoided it. Round 3 was a combination of the worst of the first rwo rounds, Fendsor got another takedown and spent four minutes trying to get the back of Vandrel and failing miserably, eventually Vandrel swept him and took the top position but he too did little to excite the crowd. Despite the fight spending over 13 out of 15 minutes on the ground, not one ground strike connected from either fighter. Yikes. Fendsor ended up taking the win 30-27 on the judges' scorecards, and we shall now never speak of this fight again. The second fight of the night was a Lightweight division match with Ted Mosby (8-4) taking on Tyrone Eastman (10-4). The first round was very similar to the previous fight, Eastman got a takedown within the first sixty seconds and used his wrestling skills to get through to the mount. Thankfully Eastman actually tried to land some punches from the mount so we weren't treated to the same tedious display that Fendsor had offered up. Eastman maintained control for the remainder of the first round, but never really looked like doing a lot of damage with his strikes and Mosby was never in any real trouble. The second round was an all standing affair which seemed to give the advantage to Mosby. Eastman was shooting in for takedowns at every possible moment, but Mosby showed some impressive balance to keep the fight standing, and it allowed him to put his boxing skills to good use. Mosby dominated the round with his striking, landing far more shots than Eastman who struggled to keep up with the number of punches that were coming his way. Round 3 began with Eastman getting another takedown, and once again he was able to advance into mount. An attempt at an arm triangle that didn't quite work allowed Mosby the opportunity to get back into half guard, and he was able to control Eastman for a couple of minutes before the referee stood the fighters back up. Mosby was able to keep the fight standing for a bit despite Eastman's constant efforts to get another takedown. Again Mosby was by far the better striker of the two, but right at the end of the fight Eastman was able to secure that takedown he had been desperate for. It was the third takedown that Eastman was successful with, but he had attempted 17 throughout the fight. Would that last minute takedown be the difference in the fight? Apparently so, as the scores came in 29-28, 29-28 and 28-28, giving Eastman a majority decision win. That 28-28 was due to one judge scoring the second round 10-8 to Mosby. The third contest of the night was a battle between Luther Pope (15-6) and Hans Titties (11-3). The whole fight was on its feet allowing both fighters the opportuntiy to show off their stand-up skills, in the first round it was Pope who got the better of the two by throwing a good variety of strikes including high kicks, hard punches and on two occasions he landed a flying knee. Titties was looking to counter a lot but Pope didn't give him many loose punches to work with, and Pope himself also countered well if Titties missed with a strike. Pope tried to instigate a clinch on several occasions but Titties was able to keep the fight at a distance, that is until the final moments of the first round, Pope got the clinch but didn't have time to do anything with the position. Round 2 saw Titties seemingly get a bit tired, whilst he was more aggressive with his strikes he was far less accurate and was handing Pope the opportunity to use counter punches to good effect. Titties did manage to land a couple of decent head kicks, but his leg kicks were being easily telegraphed by Pope, who frequently responded with good punches to the head and body. Titties also tried to take the fight to the ground on a few occasions, but Pope kept it standing and continued to dominate the striking game. Eventually Pope connected witha head kick that left Tittie rocked, Pope then followed up with a straight right hand and a left hook that dropped Titties to the canvas. Pope followed him down and landed some hard shots from the mount until the referee intervened and called a halt to the fight, giving Pope the TKO victory. Next up was a fight in the Light Heavyweight division between Ola Afolabi (9-1) and Yang Leiden (15-4). To try and save me some time with all these decision fights I'm going to skip to just the statistics on this one. Leiden was fairly dominant throughout, he landed the higher number of strikes during the fight (50) and had the higher level of accuracy as well (67%). Leiden threw a lot of counter punches, including some good combinations that left Afolabi stunned. He had these opportunities to fire back when Afolabi missed because Afolabi stuggled to find his range throughout the fight, ending up landing just 26 strikes with a very poor accuracy of 32%. His striking mainly consisted of looking to land punches, a tactic that Leiden quickly picked up on. During the fight Leiden was also able to secure two takedowns out of three attempts, one in the first round and one in the final round. Both times when Leiden got the fight to the ground there wasn't a lot of time for him to work, to the extent that he only tried one submission attempt and didn't even throw a solitary strike despite being in the mount for a bit of that time. Leiden's accurate and sustained striking allowed him to get a distinct advantage in each of the three rounds in the eyes of the judges, but those takedowns also helped to cement his place as the winner of the fight. All three judges ended up scoring the fight 30-27 to give Yang Leiden the unanimous decision victory. The fifth fight of the night was a contest in the Super Heavyweight division between Musashimaru Koyo (15-2-2) and the peculiarly named Gus The Bus (10-1). This was one of those ridiculously one-sided fights that's basically impossible for me to commentate on, so I'll just go to the statistics again. Bus landed 84 strikes during the fight, all of them punches with 35 connecting to the head and 43 landing to the body with three combinations, and he finished the fight with an astonishing accuracy of 93%. Obviously these punches didn't have a whole lot of power behind them, but the constant accuracy and speed in which they landed caused Koyo all sorts of problems. Koyo had very little answer for the barrage of punches he was being caught with, he landed just 6 strikes during the fight with an appalling accuracy of just 10%. He attempted 7 takedowns during the fight, but Bus was able to keep it standing and repelled the first 6, before Koyo was finally successful in getting the fight to the ground with just 60 seconds remaining, leaving him little time to do anything that would finish the fight. The dominance of Bus was evidenced in the scores from the judges, each one giving the first two rounds to Bus as 10-8s, with only that late takedown from Koyo doing enough for him to drag the third round to a closer 10-9. Either way it was incredibly one-sided, and Bus took a deserved victory with 30-25 scores from all three judges. Kicking off the second half of the show was a fight between former Welterweight champion Magnum PI (19-4) and Tommy Boyce (18-10). Magnum got a takedown almost straight away and spent some time landing some decent elbows, before attempting an armbar that lost him the top position. Magnum was by far the more active fighter on the ground as Boyce was more interested in stalling than looking to finish, whilst Magnum was going for guillotines and triangles whenever the opportunity arose. Despite Boyce being on top for four minutes it was easily Magnum's round thanks to Boyce's decision to just lay and pray. Magnum spent the early minutes of Round 2 countering with some hard shots whenever Boyce missed a punch or a combination, but Boyce was able to land a good right hand that opened up a cut under Magnum's left eye. Halfway through the round Magnum was able to secure another takedown, and this time he was able to stay on top for the remaidner of the round. Magnum managed to land some decent ground and pound despite having his options restricted by being in Boyce's guard. Round 3 was very similar in that again Magnum spent the first two minutes landing some decent counter strikes, before eventually getting the takedown into guard. Magnum was successful with all three of his attempted takedowns during the fight, making you wonder why he didn't try for the takedowns earlier in the round. After a minute of landing some strikes on the ground Boyce was able to sweep and take the top position. Boyce was again very reluctant to try anything from the top and ended up paying for it, Magnum threw his legs up for a triangle from the bottom and manage to get it locked in, leaving Boyce with no option but to tap out with just two seconds of the fight remaining. Would Magnum have won if he had not got the submission? We'll never know... The next fight was scheduled to be a bout between Mauri Pekkarinen and Vim Fweigo, however Pekkarinen didn't get to Hilo in time for the fight so it was declared a no contest. How foolish. So instead the next fight was another Welterweight division contest with Kasper Kessler (17-3) taking on Sunny Supernova (14-1). We had another action-packed fight, too action-packed for my humble writing skills through. After a couple of minutes of striking in the first round Kessler managed to get a takedown, but they were only on the ground momentarily as Kessler fell victim to the MMA Tycoon Leglock Reversal System and gave up the top position, Supernova was quick to convince the referee to stand them up. Kessler was able to get a second takedown late in the round, but he was left with nowhere near enough time to get close to an advantageous position. Kessler tried another ten more takedowns in the next two rounds but Supernova was able to keep it standing, a situation that suited him perfectly as he began to dominate the fight with his striking. Supernova landed 84 strikes during the fight, 51 on the outside and 33 in the clinch, and showed decent accuracy throughout particularly in his clinch striking, his total accuracy being 68%. Supernova's fists did most of the talking, he landed 63 punches to the head and body in total. Kessler struggled to keep up with the pace that Supernova brought to the fight, Kessler landed only 20 strikes during the fight out of the 48 that he threw for an accuracy of 41%. Kessler's constant takedown attempts likely tired him out quite quickly as well, leaving him as pretty much a sitting duck for the final few minutes of the fight, allowing Supernova to connect almost at will. It cost him in the end as Supernova landed a left/right combination that dropped Kessler to the mat, Supernova was quick to follow up and began landing some hard ground strikes until the referee took pity on Kessler and called the fight off, giving Supernova the TKO victory. The co-Main Event of the evening saw another former Welterweight champion in action as Arthur Meighen (16-2) took on Hulohot Yokohama (19-6). The first four minutes of the first round took place on the feet, with Meighen looking to take the advantage with his striking game. He landed a lot of good shots but was also pretty careless with his accuracy, allowing Yokohama to retaliate with good counter strikes on several occasions. Yokohama was actively looking for takedowns but couldn't get it to the ground until just one minute remained in the round, and even then the referee stood them up after just thirty seconds. Early in the second round Yokohama got another takedown, but once again there was not a lot of action and the referee stood them up. Yokohama then used a spinning back fist to help set up another takedown, but his attempt at a leglock saw him fall victim to the MMA Tycoon Leglock Reversal System. With Yokohama now on his back he was going for submissions from all sides, Meighen was very careful not to get caught with Yokohama's legs flailing all over the place as he looked for any possible chance of locking in a triangle. Meighen was able to survive the round, but with Yokohama being so active it was enough for him to win the round. A very dull third round began with another takedown by Yokohama, but in his attempts to take the back of Meighen resulted in him giving up the top position. Meighen stayed on top for almost the remainder of the round but his lack of action on the ground had the crowd booing him loudly and angrily. Eventually after a brief scramble he was able to get into the mount, but from there he opted to just stand up. A strange decision. Speaking of decisions we ended up going to the judges once again, one scored it as a 29-29 draw but the other two scored it 29-28 in favour of Arthur Meighen. Perhaps a bit of a controversial decision there, but that's why you can't leave it in the judges' hands... Finally we came to our main event of the evening, five rounds of action for the Light Heavyweight championship as Ryan Larkin (15-4) defended his title against Jonas Justice (10-1). This was another one of those all stand-up, one-sided fights that I'm sure a better writer would go through punch by punch, kick by kick. But I am not that writer, so I'll look at the statistics. Larkin absolutely pummelled Justice for the full five rounds, which is something I certainly wouldn't have predicted going into the fight. His striking was just too aggressive and consistent for Justice to do anything about. Overall he landed 103 punches and 51 kicks for a total of 154 strikes, and his accuracy was only at 58%. Throwing 262 strikes during the fight didn't seem to leave Larkin tired, and he was relentless in his moving forward to land as many strikes as possible. It's a tactic that has suited Justice before in his ten victories, but in this instance he was just unable to keep up with the champion. Justice landed just 21 strikes during the five rounds, and only had the opportunity to throw 79 in retaliation to what Larkin was sending his way, giving him an accuracy of just 26%. Neither fighter wanted to take the fight to the ground or to the clinch, nobody attempted a takedown and nobody tried to initiate a clinch at any point. It simply came down to two fighters slugging it out, and in this instance it was one fighter who took the initiative to just keep throwing strikes until the fight ended. Larkin ended up taking a unanimous decision victory with some very high scores in his favour, two judges scoring it 50-43 and the other going with 50-42. The third and fifth rounds were considered as being 10-8s by all three judges, with that one judge scoring the first round as a 10-8 as well. Larkin put in a superb performance here against somebody that many people considered a strong competitor for his title. As it turned out it was Larkin walking away with his belt after a dominant display. --------------------------- Statistics Event Rating: 199.12 Attendance: 9,710 Fight of the Night: Ryan Larkin vs. Jonas Justice KO of the Night: Luther Pope Submission of the Night: Magnum PI ---------------------------

Ben Hutch is looking for an org anywhere in the world, although the further away it is might require a bigger signing bonus to cover travel.

Looks absolutely phenomenal as far as I'm concerned, had my pre-order down after I saw the first trailer, and every trailer since has gotten me more excited.

It's his mother who's started all this (Diana Smith for anyone who remembers her from 1996 WWF), she's been saying on Twitter that Harry would be able to compete in the UFC with his wrestling skills. She also said he'd do well in PRIDE, bless her. He'd be a Lashley though, lacking the wide range of skills needed for top level competition. Or Chad Griggs.

Blitzkrieg were back on Saturday 16th April for their only show of this week, Blitz 150: Hybrid Theory. Despite the celebrations and hype given to the 100th Blitzkrieg show, Blitz 150 wasn't given as much attention by the company. The Main Event of the show saw former Blitz Middleweight champion Harsan Varsi return to action against Fedor Belfort, whilst the Featherweight Title was on the line in the co-Main Event, Rolando Garcia defending the title against Grimlock Jones. The first fight of the evening was a contest in the Middleweight division, Pierre Tran Duc (10-5) taking on Kalib Koscheck (7-4). It was Duc who scored the first takedown of the round, countering a missed uppercut from Koscheck to get a takedown into half guard. Koscheck quickly reversed the positions when Duc got a bit over-excited in an attempt to move to mount. Koscheck remained on top for the next four minutes, landing some good ground and pound from half guard, whilst Duc struggled to control him and only attempted one submission from his back. Round 2 began with another takedown from Duc, and although he was able to stay on top for a bit for a little bit Koscheck eventually kicked him away and the fighters went back to standing. Duc got the better of the striking game for the most part, at one point landing a nice combination to the head of Koscheck that opened up a cut under Koscheck's right eye. Both men tried to score a takedown throughout the second round but good takedown defence from their opponents meant that the fight remained standing. Duck scored with a couple more combinations during the round to give him the second round in the eyes of the judges. Round 3 was standing for the first four minutes, however the striking accuracy of both fighters seemed to be lacking. A lot of strikes were thrown during the round but very few of them actually connected, and only occasionally did somebody respond by landing a counter punch. Both men were again looking for takedowns throughout the round, and it was Tran Duc again that proved to be the only one who could get the fight to the ground. Koscheck again managed to sweep Duc, but there wasn't enough time left in the round to do anything with the top position. The judges ended up scoring the fight unanimously 29-28 to Duc, those takedowns perhaps proving the difference between the two fighters. In the second fight of the night we saw two Lightweights collide, with Joe Hughs (13-2) taking on Jukka Purjo (16-8-2). This was the first all-standing, all punching and kicking fight of the night, but it wasn't particularly spectacular. During the fight Hughs managed to land 27 strikes out of the 74 he threw, an accuracy of 36%, and 20 of those strikes were kicks. Purjo actually managed to outstrike Hughs, landing 31 strikes in total, and had a much higher accuracy of 62%. However Purjo tried to clinch on so many occasions that I expect the judges began to take points way from him for such a one-dimensional tactic that didn't work very often at all. Only twice during the fight did Purjo manage to get the clinch he was constantly looking for, and both times Hughs was able to get away quite quickly. The other times that Purjo went for a clinch and failed he was met by a hard counter kick from Hughs, and he mixed them up by landing head kicks, body kicks and leg kicks. The missed clinch/counter kick pattern was replayed over and over for almost the entire fight, and it ended up costing Purjo the match. Despite Purjo landing the more strikes with a higher accuracy the judges decided that Hughs had done enough to warrant winning all three rounds, giving him a unanimous 30-27 decision victory. Up next was a Heavyweight division contest that saw Ryan Evans (10-3-1) go up against Mana Oregan (13-5). This was another all stand-up fight, but much different from the previous bout as it was a far more brutal and entertaining affair. It was a fairly one-sided fight too, Evans dominating the final two rounds particularly in the clinch, after Oregan had showed good control of the fight during the first round. As far as the statistics go, Evans landed 89 strikes out of the 132 he threw for an accuracy of 67%. Evans landed 46 strikes outside of the clinch, almost exclusively punches to the head and body, and 43 strikes inside the clinch, again all punches. In comparison Oregan looked rather sluggish, he only landed 27 strikes during the 15 minute fight, and threw 82 of them giving him an accuracy of just 32%. During that first round Oregan was able to control the action from the clinch, and he threw a lot of strikes when they were tied up, however very few of the elbows and knees he threw from that position actually connected. Whilst he was able to win the round based mainly on controlling the action, but all those missed strikes meant the damage he was able to do wasn't nearly enough to cause Evans any problems. On the flip side, when Evans had the dominant position in the clinch he used accurate and powerful dirty boxing to simply beat Oregan up, particularly in the second round where he was successful both on the inside and striking on the outside. Two of the judges ended up giving the second round as a 10-8, and combined with winning the third round too it ended up that Evans received scores of 29-27, 29-27 and 29-28 to give him the unanimous decision victory. The fourth contest of the evening was between two debuting fighters in the Middleweight division, Rolf Jackson (19-2) taking on Peter Lynch (10-1). Jackson scored a takedown inside the first thirty seconds of the fight, but didn't do a whole lot of damage on the ground as Lynch did a good job of avoiding the attempted ground and pound from Jackson. Lynch eventually managed to sweep Jackson to the top position, and then stood back up to bring the fight back to more conventional striking. Jackson immediately secured another takedown, and this time did a lot more damage with his ground and pound as he was able to get through into side control. Lynch once again managed to sweep, but it was too late in the round to mean much. Round 2 gave Lynch more of an opportunity to inflict his strong striking game on Jackson, and Lynch proved his abilities by dominating the fight when it was on the feet. Jackson wasn't throwing many strikes, but when he did he missed them and allowed Lynch to counter. Lynch himself threw a variety of different strikes, and continuously landed them to keep Jackson in trouble. Jackson tried for more takedowns but Lynch was wise to them this time, he sprawled well to keep the fight standing and maintained his control. Eventually Lynch landed a head kick that left Jackson rocked, and knowing this was his opportunity he moved in for the kill. A straight right hand connected to the jaw of Jackson and left him out cold, falling to the floor like a tree being chopped to the ground. Lynch celebrated his victory, whilst Jackson... well he celebrated being able to stand up. The fifth fight of the night was a bout in the Welterweight division, Viktor Kowalczyk (10-2) who I believe was signed just to make my writing more difficult, took on the much better named Cormac McCarthy (17-7-1). The two fighters came out looking to strike early on, although the lack of technique on offer meant that few of the strikes actually landed. Kowalczyk did manage to land some good leg kicks, as well as some kicks to the body. McCarthy was swinging wildly looking to connect with bombs, but they all missed. Kowalczyk eventually scored a takedown and got into side control, however McCarthy showed some good defensive grappling skills to not only get back to full guard, but then managed to sweep Kowalcyzk and take the top position. McCarthy didn't do a lot on top and ended up falling victim to a sweep from Kowalcyzk, who managed to get straight into full mount. Kowalcyzk wasn't wasting any time, with a minute to go in the round he began unleashing as much ground and pound as he could, landing shots to the head and body of McCarthy as often as possible. Eventually he landed a hard shot that rocked McCarthy, before another series of rights and lefts from Kowalcyzk connected, and McCarthy began tapping out! He submitted to the strikes of Kowalcyzk with four seconds left in the round. A strange finish to the fight, but Kowalcyzk walks away as the winner. The second half of the show began with two very experienced fighters squaring off, Dane Hoy (19-1) taking on Damian Roshan (17-8-1) in the Middleweight division. Roshan was almost looking for takedowns during the ring introductions, and after two attempts in the opening fifteen seconds he got Hoy to the ground. There was very little action on the ground though, and the referee stood them up after less than a minute. Roshan was back looking for takedowns straight away, and even Hoy tried a couple now and then, but it was Roshan who got the fight to the ground and landed in side control before moving to mount. After landing some elbows Roshan opted for an arm triangle, but Hoy was able to defend it. Hoy got back to half guard and Roshan was content to stay there until the end of the round. It was Hoy that got the takedown early in Round 2, but Roshan was able to reverse the positions briefly, before going for an ankle lock and falling victim to the MMA Tycoon Leglock Reversal System. Hoy took the top position back and then fell victim to the MMATLRS himself, before the referee opted to stand the fighters up. Roshan then scored another takedown and once again got the mount, landing a significant amount of ground and pound in the final 90 seconds of the round. Hoy was able to hold on, although the round-ending buzzer must have been the best sound he heard all night. Roshan immediately took the fight to the ground again at the start of Round 3, getting into half guard and looking to be active, whilst Hoy looked to just control him. Roshan went for another leglock but thought better of it, so ended up retaining the top position. Halfway through the round Hoy was able to get a switch and take the top position in the mount, giving him the opportunity he needed to finish the fight. Hoy began landing some hard ground and pound before attempting a kimura, but Roshan was able to wriggle out of trouble. With thirty seconds remaining Roshan was able to get his leg under and get back to half guard, allowing him to see out the remainder of the fight with relative ease. The judges handed in their scores, and all three gave the fight to Damian Roshan with scores of 29-28 across the board. The seventh fight of the evening was a Heavyweight division contest between Vinnie Barbarino (12-2-1) and Leon Kaiser (11-2). Things didn't start too well for Barbarino, not only did Kaiser stuff an early takedown attempt but he caught Barbarino with a hook that opened a cut under his left eye. Barbarino landed a hard combination to set up a takedown, and he moved nicely into side control. Kaiser quickly got back to guard, and Barbarino couldn't do anything from there so they were stood up. Barbarino attempted three more takedowns in the space of a minute, the first two failed but the third got Kaiser back to the ground. In between takedown attempts Kaiser was landing hard kicks, but on the ground again Barbarino struggled to land any meaningful shots. Kaiser began to step up his game in Round 2, landing some hard kicks and repelling Barbarino's takedown attempts. However a missed hook allowed Barbarino to get another takedown, but after 2 minutes of very little action they were stood back up again. This allowed Kaiser to go back to landing good punches and kicks, spending the last sixty seconds of the round connecting with decent strikes, although Barbarino did land his fair share of strikes in response. A jab from Kaiser early in Round 3 made the cut under Barbarino's eye slightly worse, and the damage perhaps allowed Kaiser to worry less about what Barbarino could do. Kaiser began to really dominate proceedings, he stuffed four takedowns from Barbarino in the first 90 seconds of the round and landed several hard punches and good leg kicks. Barbarino did get another takedown, but again he did so little on the ground that it was no surprise to see the referee stand the fighters back up again after a minute. Kaiser went back to his striking and made Barbarino's cut even worse with a head kick that almost landed right in the wound, and Kaiser spent the final sixty seconds of the fight peppering Barbarino with strikes, as well as stopping some more takedowns. The fight came to an end and Kaiser ran out a comfortable winner, getting scores of 30-27, 30-27 and 30-26, the final round being scored as a 10-8. The eighth contest of the evening was a Middleweight division fight between Boba Fett (9-0) and Sunny Disposition (17-6). Fett came into the fight on the back of some entertaining interviews, however the time for talking had come to an end. A sloppy opening two minutes saw a lot of strikes thrown by both fighters, but a lot of them also missed their targets. Disposition found his range first and landed some good kicks to the head, body and legs of Fett, whilst Fett continued to struggle with his accuracy. Fett did manage to land a few punches but it was a head kick from Disposition that did the most damage, opening a cut under Fett's right eye. Disposition continued to look for kicks but Fett was able to catch one of them, before dragging Disposition down to the mat. However there was very little action on the ground, and the referee quickly stood them up for thirty seconds of circling, and the round ended. Round 2 saw the striking exchanges go at a less frenetic pace, which meant more of the strikes were actually landing. For three minutes both fighters connected with hard shots, Disposition still looking to kick away at Fett, whilst Fett was landing good right and left hands to the head of Disposition. Disposition initiated a clinch and got Fett back against the cage, and he scored with some decent shots on the inside as Fett looked to defend. Fett fought back though, landing some good punches of his own before breaking free of the clinch. If the two fighters were tired they didn't show it in the final round, again they both came out looking to strike, although Fett did attempt a couple of takedowns as well. Disposition's constant kicks to the body and legs had left Fett with some bruising and a limp, but Fett kept coming forward and tried to land some kicks of his own. Fett began looking to finish but his wilder strikes missed and allowed Disposition to respond with some counter strikes. Fett scored a takedown with a minute left in the fight, but could do nothing of note and couldn't get the finish he needed. The judges handed in their scores, and it was 30-28 from all three of them, giving the victory to Sunny Disposition. The co-Main Event of the evening was a Blitzkrieg Featherweight Title contest, the champion Rolando Garcia (18-3-1) putting the belt up for grabs in a match against Grimlock Jones (19-5). A flurry of punches at the beginning of the fight saw both men land some shots, but it was a head kick from Jones that did the most damage, opening a cut under Garcia's right eye. Garcia was looking to take the fight to the ground, but his first three attempts were comfortably stuffed by Jones, and the fight remained standing. Jones was probably the more aggressive fighter, but it was fairly even in terms of strikes connecting. Garcia finally got his takedown with 90 seconds remaining, and got through to full mount quickly. Garcia landed some nice elbows to the head of Jones, but Jones executed a perfect sweep and ended up in a full mount of his own. Jones landed some ground and pound whilst Garcia looked for a kimura from the bottom, but the round ended before either man could get a finish. Garcia scored another takedown early in Round 2, but once again Jones swept him and took the top position. For the remainder of the round there were submission attempts at every possible juncture, Garcia constantly looked to secure a triangle from the bottom, whilst Jones tried for an arm triangle from the top. Towards the end of the round the crowd were booing as these half-hearted submission attempts were the only action they were seeing, Garcia tried to get a kimura from the bottom on two occasions but he was always unlikely to get the hold locked in from that position. Round 3 began with about 45 seconds of striking, both men able to connect with some decent shots, before Jones scored a takedown into half guard. The ground and pound began before Jones went for a kimura, Garcia defended it well, but Jones used the opportunity to get through into full mount. The ground and pound began raining down on Garcia, landing punches, elbows and hammerfists to the head of Garcia who desperately tried to improve his position to get out of harms way. The strikes kept landing though, and eventually Garcia was left rocked by a hard punch to the jaw. Jones kept on pounding, landing a hard elbow to the skull and some more punches before the referee decided that he'd seen enough and called the fight off! We have a NEW Blitzkrieg Featherweight champion, and he got his victory with some devastating ground and pound. The Main Event of the evening saw the return of former Middleweight champion Harjan Varsi (20-7) to the BlitzCage, as he took on Fedor Belfort (18-4) in the Middleweight division. Belfort started out quickly, landing some good right hands before scoring a takedown into half guard. Unfortunately Belfort opted not to throw any strikes whilst on the ground, and as a result we just had some laying and praying until the referee stood them back up. When they were back on the feet Varsi was in control, landing good punches and stopping Belfort from taking him back down to the ground. Belfort did manage to get one more takedown right at the end of the round, but the five attempts that failed during a three minute period will probably count against him, and after this one worked he had no time to work on the ground before the round ended. Round 2 began with another Belfort takedown, despite Varsi tagging Belfort with a right hand beforehand, but again Belfort's lack of action and unwillingness to strike saw the fight get stood up. Belfort almost immediately got another takedown, and this time he was able to get into side control. Thankfully he was a bit more aggressive and landed some good ground and pound, this seemed to give him a boost of confidence as even when Varsi got back to full guard, Belfort was still active and continued to land punches to the head and body. Belfort remained on top of Varsi for the remainder of the round, meaning that the score was 29-29 at the end of the second round. It came down to the final five minutes and Varsi got off to a strong start by stopping Belfort from taking the fight to the ground. This allowed Varsi to take control of the fight standing up, landing some decent punches until Belfort shot in and got another takedown, his fifth of the fight. The scary thing is that Belfort attempted SIXTEEN takedowns throughout the fight. Belfort actively looked for submissions with sixty seconds left in the fight, a kimura couldn't get secured as he was only in half guard, and Varsi managed to defend an arm triangle. Varsi seemed happy to just stay on the bottom controlling Belfort and stopping him from getting out of half guard. The fight came to an end and the result was in the hands of the judges, who were unanimous in their scoring. All three judges gave the fight 29-28 to Harsan Varsi. -------------------------------------- Statistics Event Rating: 216.68 Attendance: 6,500 Fight of the Night: Ryan Evans vs. Mana Oregan KO of the Night: Grimlock Jones Submission of the Night: N/A --------------------------------------

This is the smallest issue in the history of this forum... I'm guessing that something's been changed in the game to prevent all capitalised fighter names, which I am all for. However two of my fighters are named CJ and LJ, meaning that this has changed their names to Cj and Lj, which isn't really what I'm after. Any chance the programming can be changed to allow two letter names to remain in caps?