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

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

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

Here are our top best managers:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Without a doubt a MMA Tycoon and GAMMA legend. 

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Karim Johnson HOF Induction!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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