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 Whilst we just fell short of selling out the Underground GKNY did set some records last weekend. Org records were set in 3 out of the 4 areas with it being set as having the highest fighter pay of all times at $146500 disclosed fighter pay (No wonder i'm not making a profit!). The highest ticket revenue at $147642 but most importantly our highest event rating to date at 107.81.
The card showcased 10 fights 8 of which ended by KO / TKO, 1 by submission and only 1 by decision.
Our fight of the night was between Alexy Innokenti and Charles Batzcastelmore, where we saw Alexy become the new champ. Both fighters got cut in the fight which lasted 3 of the scheduled 5 rounds and the ex-champ showed he had the heart of a lion after getting back to his feet twice from knockdowns before our new champ finally managed to turn off his lights. The KO came just in time as it looked like the referee was about to call the doctor in to check out Charles' cut, hopefully he will be back in training and ready to fight again soon. Given a bit of time, this could be 1 hell of a rematch.
KO of the Night went to Mike Tyson for his first round KO against Alex Rodriguez in under 3 mins and is putting him back in title contention if he can win his next fight. Tyson had cut Rodriguez early in the round as he dominated him in the clinch before dropping him. Rodriguez got back to his feet and Tyson carried on laying a beat down on him before muttering in his ear and then bouncing him off the cage and back into his fist to end the fight.
Sub of the Night was a no brainer and went to our only submission of the night which was El Matador's 2nd round kimura against Jimmy Snuka in the featherweight division. Snuka managed to land an amazing 21 out of 24 punches in the fight and comfortably won the first round. But it wasn't enough to stop him from being taken to the ground 4 out of 6 times over the 2 rounds and getting tapped out via a tight Kimura on El Matador's 12 submission attempt. A brilliant start for the Tokyo based fighter GKNY debut.
In other general news in the org, GKNY have just purchased a luxury jet that will run at nil profit moving fighter between locations when required. It will only operate between NY, Montreal and Amsterdam though, so if your fighters are based in 1 of those cities and are asked to fight in another 1 they are guaranteed top quality flights at budget prices and will get a jet invite along with the fight request.
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