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Coordinator
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The scorched Desert
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| | ECW 13: Invasion- August 24th, 2002 - Canada | | | | Main Event - ECW Light Heavyweight Title | | | LH | Rupert Dreck 11-0 © | vs | Joshua Hope 9-0 | | | 6 of 7 Blurcat analysts pick Hope to lift the title on his home soil and he starts strong, winning the standup in round 1 and scoring a takedown as the round expires.This is a pattern that will repeat itself for the next 4 rounds as Hope is successful on 5 of 6 takdown attempts and gets one in every round, where once on the ground the fighters are evenly matched, but Dreck can not do anything to assume control.The standup striking is even, with Hope landing the harder shots and completely outstriking Dreck on the ground, which leads to a new champion being crowned. | | | | Joshua Hope beats Rupert Dreck by unanimous decision 50-45, 50-44, 50-44 (Average) wins Title | | | Undercard | | | HW | Sylvester Collins 9-1 beats John Fitzwallace 10-5 by unanimous decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 (Poor) | | | Collins was physically superior in every phase, but neither fighter did much to push the pace, a 3 round grind | | | WW | Randy Carsley 7-1 beats Zachary Gilbert 15-10 by submission (arm triangle) in 3:20 of rd 1 (Good) | | | An impressive ECW debut for Carsley who is able to control the veteran local with ease on the ground | | | HW | Taye Burnett 7-1 beats Collins Lundie 12-7 by TKO (strikes) in 3:04 of rd 1 (Great) | | | Burnett takes Lundie down early and after the latter defends an arm bar, Burnett pounds him out with strikes | | | MW | Esteban Vega 8-1 beats Bart Diggs 9-6 by KO (punch) in 0:37 of rd 1 (Good) | | | People are not even settled when Vega dispatches Diggs with a wicked overhand right, knocking him cold | | | Preliminarys | | | Ryan Beeker beats Fisher Kaye, Bernard Blue beats French Dancer, Wink Deschanel beats Jethro Munter | | | Att: 36 | Gate: $2,978 | Rating: Critical 68, Commercial 59, Popularity +1.8/+1.1 | | | Fight of the night - Burnett/Lundie, KO of the night - Vega, Submission of the night - Blue | | | Wrap up | | | As expected we take a beating at the gate, but broadcast revenue allows us to absorb the poor attendance numbers and still make a profit of $119,756 as we rake in a record $208,200 in ads\subs and more importantly have a footprint in Canada, while increasing our popularity in America as well.The main event gives Canada a new hometown hero as Hope proved surprisingly superior to Dreck in the wrestling department.Taye Burnett got back on the winning track with a demolition of Lundie and Ryan Beeker showed great promise in destroying the veteran Kaye.As long as we have TV we can afford to do things like this twice a year, Bernard Blue suffers a moderate hand injury in his win |
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