Dammit, we can’t outbid Gamma and lose Gideon Navarro, that loss hurts us.
Dan Capers suffers a leg injury, but is still good to go against MacGregor Dare at November Reign.
In response to the Gamma raids I sign former Gamma fighters HW Fatuma Roy 22-11 for $1,950 per fight and MW Ashley Ballard (Linfield’s brother) 13-3 for $2,000 a fight, as well as MW prospect Kramer Mayweather 6-0-1 on the local circuits for $1,250 a fight. All good additions to our roster.
We announce the main event for our January show as Isaiah Monroe is scheduled to make his second defense of the middleweight title against #1 contender Esteban Vega in Gamma’s backyard of Las Vegas! It is also rumored that Sly Twinge, who has had no issues calling others out, will be paired with Wilson Franklyn, who called him out after his last win, with a promise to knock the fat off of him.
| | ECW 6: November Reign- November 17th, 2001 - Arizona | |
| | Main Event - ECW Heavyweight Title |
| | HW | Sylvester Collins 8-0 © | vs | Damien Jones 8-0 |
| | This is expected to be a slugfest but the 1st round sees Collins take it to the ground inside a minute and it stays there most of the round with no real danger.The 2nd round features even striking, with Jones tagging Collins late, prompting the latter to take him down again, with the 3rd round following a similar pattern.Collins really asserts himself over the final two rounds and spends most of the final round on Jones back, pounding away.To his credit Jones weathers the storm and even fights off two submission attempts, but Collins easily retains his title | |
| | Sylvester Collins beats Damien Jones by unanimous decision 50-44, 48-47, 50-45 (Decent) |
| | Undercard |
| | MW | Bill Brown 6-0 beats Ed Burridge 7-0 by submission (armbar) in 1:55 or rd 2 (Good) |
| | HW | Sam Hoynes 6-0 beats Guy Broom 6-0 by KO (punch) in 0:22 of rd 3 (Decent) |
| | LH | Dean Capers 3-0 beats MacGregor Dare 5-0 by unanimous decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 (Average) |
| | MW | Hunter Scribbins 6-0 beats Zachary Gilbert 15-9 by unanimous decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 (Poor) |
| | Preliminarys |
| | Deverill Butt beats Brady Crawford, Harvey Loeb beats Collins Lundie, Fisher Kaye beats Timothy McNally |
| | Att: 781 | Gate: $51,546 | Rating: Critical 56, Commercial 46, Popularity +1.1 |
| | Fight of the night - Brown/Burridge, KO of the night - Hoynes, Submission of the night - Brown |
| | Wrap up |
| | Granted action was not stellar tonight, but a drop of 20 points in crtical acclaim from the last show hurts and I am not happy that we suffer an attendance drop for the first time ever.The main event was short on fireworks, but Bill Brown may be one of the slickets submission artists in ECW, his armbar transition win over Burridge was pure art and he will be a star we need to keep.We end up losing $21,291 on this card as the joy over the last shows profit is short lived, as it is clear our home state will not be our best market.Collins Lundie sustains a minor hand injury in his fight, nobody else dinged up beyond the normal wear and tear one gets from being pounded on for 15 to 25 minutes. |