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Welcome to the first GAMMA-The Kids of MMA event. The place where the next big things start their careers.
Without further ado, I bring you the preview of this ground-breaking event.
Shezzo “Habagat” Wicked vs. Lucas Bishop (265+)
This will be the very first fight in the orgs sure to be long history. Fighting out of Los Angeles, Wicked is 18 years old and has a record of 1-5, a not so great record considering his skills. He is an exceptional boxer as seen in his most recent fight where he boxed his way to a unanimous decision on the local circuit. Bishop will have a big size advantage in this fight as he outweighs his opponent Wicked by 40 pounds. This will be Bishop’s first MMA fight, but he has competed in grappling competitions (albeit unsuccessfully). He is a brown belt in BJJ and is an exceptional wrestler. I have to think the gameplan for both fighters is fairly obvious, Bishop will want the fight on the ground where he can sub his opponent and Wicked will want to keep the fight on the feet and KO his opponent. This is a classic striker vs grappler matchup and I think the grappler, Bishop, will take this one with a 1st round sub.
Prediction: Bishop via 1st round sub
White Goodman vs. Diego “The Gladiator” Bustamante (265+)
This is a very intriguing matchup as both guys are Muay Thai specialists fighting out of Amsterdam. Goodman will be making his debut here and is a muay thai specialist. Bustamante has a record of 2-1 is a clinch specialist with both of his wins he showed a fantastic clinch game. The weight difference will be barely noticeable as Bustamante weighs only 5lbs more than his opponent. It will be interesting to see if Goodman will oblige Bustamante in the clinch or if he will use kicks to keep his opponent at bay. It is possible Goodman takes the fight to the ground where he will have the advantage with his blue belt over Bustamante’s white belt.
Prediction: Bustamante via decision
Patrick “Hurricane” Hale vs. Brett “The Lil Pimp” Simmons (170)
Hale already has a respectable record of 3-1 with his wrestling and ground game leading him to 2 wins by submission and 1 decision, however his loss showed some lack of defensive wrestling which will be important in this fight. Simmons, lives and dies by his proverbial sword ad he has a 1-1 record, 1 by submission and his loss by submission. So this fight will likely be a grappler’s wet dream as it is a fight sure to take place on the ground.
Prediction: Simmons via 1st round sub
Dave “Brown Dog” Brown vs. “The Scarred” Strong Belwas (265+)
Back to the big boys in this matchup, in what could be a great stand up war. Brown has one fight so far in his young career and it was a loss where he was beaten in the clinch despite being a Muay Thai guy. This could mean he prefers to use his muay thai to keep out of the clinch and kick his opponents or that he was simply beaten by a better clinch fighter. Belwas will be making his debut in this fight, and from the looks of things he may be fairly one dimensional. His boxing is nothing to laugh at but the lack of a well rounded game may spell doom for him in this matchup. I see this fight going one of two ways, either Brown takes this into the clinch and batters Belwas, or the fight stays standing where it will be Muay Thai vs. boxing. If it is the latter this could be FOTN.
Prediction: Brown via 2nd round (T)KO
Avro “The British Bomber” Lancaster vs. Raoul “The Ghost” De Muerta (205)
This fight will be the 6th of Lancaster’s young career where he has built a record of 4-1 on the local circuits. He is a Muay Thai specialist who likes to score from distance and knock guys out as evidenced by his 3 career KO’s. He has a purple belt in BJJ but so far he has shown little evidence that he uses it. De Muerta, another Muay Thai specialist also prefers to stand up and knock guys out as shown by his 2-0 overall MMA record with both wins coming by way of 1st round KO, neither going past two minutes. This fight is a pick em as both guys show great potential. I have a feeling Lancaster may have a bit more in his gas tank and scores a late finish
Prediction: Lancaster 3rd round (T)KO
Jonny “Hi Ha Huh” Bravo vs. BJ Gomez (265+)
Ah, the classic wrestler vs submission match up. With both guys making their debuts here there isn’t much to go on other than Bravo has a brown belt in BJJ but other than that he may not have many tools up his sleeve. Gomez is a wrestler by trade, but with limited skills in other facets of the game. Bravo also holds a slight advantage in boxing but I still expect this to be a ground fight.
Prediction: Bravo via 1st round sub
Ernesto “Che” Guevara vs. Daario Naharis (205)
Guevara already has a 2-0 record with both wins coming by stoppage from his standup striking game. He also showed in his debut a good wrestling game which could be used in this one. Naharis is a boxer, plain and simple. He will be looking to land standing and get a stoppage or get a UD. Again this could go two ways, Guevara has the wrestling advantage but has shown a preference to stand which has resulted in his unbeaten record and Naharis looks like a one trick pony vut if the fight stays standing he could win.
Prediction: Naharis vis decision
Raoul “Paranoia” Duke vs. Smokey “The Bizarre One” Reaper (170)
Duke has a 2-2 record with a well rounded skill set and a blue belt to boot, he doesn’t excel anywhere but he is comfortable anywhere. Reaper has some hype behind him due to is recent interview published in the Tycoon Times and where Duke can go anywhere, Reaper most likely wants to keep the fight standing and land a KO blow. Duke will probably want to avoid the stand up game of Reaper and get him to the floor, whether he can remains to be seen. Im taking the well rounded approach of Duke here
Prediction: Duke via decision
Daniel Tolmer vs. Tuke Hong (170)
On paper this looks like a bit of a mismatch, Tolmer is a good wrestler don’t get me wrong but where Tolmer is good Hong is better. Hong is a better wrestler, boxer, muay thai and bjj practitioner soi believe that wherever Hong wants to win this fight he can. Tolmer’s only hope is to take Hong down and pray not to get subbed as Hong’s purple belt is much better than Tolmer’s white belt. Hong can finish this in whatever round he chooses
Prediction: Hong by 1st round KO
That’s all from me folks, tune in on 3rd May in Las Vegas time to see the stars of tomorrow make their names, until next time,
Michael Brakeley
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