The Life of a Fighter (WMMA 4)

[EagleFan]

January 2001, MMA fighting is starting to take off internationally and many young fighters with dreams fame and fortune have decided to give MMA a try. We will follow several young fighters as they start out and work their way through the ranks. Will they succeed? Only time will tell.

We will start following only a couple who have begun their career in January but will follow others that start throughout the year. With no idea how this ends, hopefully we are in for a good ride through the ranks...

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Bast Moulke A 22 year old, 6'5" heavyweight that hails from Hamburg, Germany. Moulke is known as a very strong wrestler and has been developing his striking game. Many think that he has a very promising future.

Paul "The Demolisher" Goodfellow A 19 year old, 6'1" middleweight from Nottingham, England. He is a high level kick boxer that has brutal finishing ability. He has just signed a contract with BCF in England.

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Ivan Svoboda A 26 year old, 5'5" lightweight from Croatia. He is a BJJ black belt that is great on the ground but needs to improve his striking. In February of 2001 he has decided to try MMA.

Zachary "Diesel" Dooey A 27 year old, 5'5" featherweight from Fresno, California. He is a NJJ black belt that need work with his striking but has been nationally ranked in Jiu Jitsu.

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Chen Hou A 24 year old, 5'5" featherweight from China that decided to try MMA in March of 2001. Chen is an accomplished boxer and strong striker but needs to work on his ground game.

Cheng Chu A 20 year old, 5'5" featherweight from China. He is a high level kick boxer with strong striking ability.

"Avalanche" Derrick Martinez An 18 year old, 5'3" bantamweight from Arlington, Texas. Not everything is big in Texas but he does have strong boxing and striking skills. A little unknown and a bit of a long shot but a lot of heart.

"Oblivion" Michael Townsend A 24 year old, 5'11" middleweight from Manchester, England. A national champion in kick boxing before turning his sights to MMA. He needs to improve his ground game.

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Agustin "The Boilermaker" Ribeiro A 28 year old, 6'0" heavyweight from Sao Paulo, Brazil. A BJJ black belt that was nationally ranked before he decided to turn to MMA in April of 2001. Strong on the ground but needs improvement with his striking.

"The Supreme" Mitsou Akutagawa A 22 year old, 6'6" super heavyweight from Osaka, Japan. He was a national championship level kick boxer that turned to MMA in April of 2001. He is very powerful but not good on the ground, needs to keep fights standing.

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Arvid "The Last Man Standing" Hamalainen A 24 year old, 5'11" middleweight from Norway. A BJJ black belt that was nationally ranked and is not only strong on the ground but has developed strong striking skills. In May of 2001 he has decided to try MMA.

[EagleFan]

Friday, Week 1, May 2001

Bast Moulke has signed to fight in a small level European local show. The show will be in June of 2001. He has over a month to prepare for his first fight as he is trying to impress some of the bigger companies.

[EagleFan]

Friday, Week 2, May 2001

ALPHA-1 has approached Mitsou Akutagawa and offered him a contract. Negotiations are still ongoing but it would be foolish to let this opportunity get away from him.

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Tuesday, Week 3, May 2001

Mitsou Akutagawa has reached a deal with ALPHA-1 out of Japan. He will get to fight in his home country and his name should be a good draw with his kick boxing success in Japan.

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Thursday, Week 3, May 2001

Michael Townsend has been booked for a local fight. He will fight in a small British show in June of 2001. His first chance at the proving ground.

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Monday, Week 4, May 2001

Chen Hou has been booked to fight. He has booked a small Asian show in June of 2001.

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"The All American" Ryan Beeker A 21 year old, 6'0" welterweight from Atlanta, Georgia. A national wrestling champion in college that has been working on his other skills prior to entering MMA. He rounds out the 12 fighters we will be following.

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Tuesday, Week 1, June 2001

Bast Moulke has his first professional fight in a small European show and looks rather impressive as he wins via knockout at 1:37 of the very first round. He now has a professional record of 1-0 with 1 knockout. The quality of his opponent was poor but the fight rating was good as he gave the crowd something to cheer.

[EagleFan]

Wednesday, Week 2, June 2001

Michael Townsend makes his professional debut in a small British show. He shows promise with a knockout at just 1:46 of the first round that earned him the knockout of the night.

While his opponent was not highly rated the fight was rated as good and gave the crowd plenty of entertainment (for about two minutes).

[EagleFan]

Saturday, Week 2, June 2001

Chen Hou has his professional debut in a small Asian show. He impresses the crowd in an undercard fight with a knockout at 2:29 of the first round. The fight was rated as great.

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Saturday, Week 3, June 2001

Michael Townsend makes the news as he tests positive for PED's. The failed test has changed his official fight result to a no contest. Not the best start for his career as he now has a dark cloud hovering over his name.

[EagleFan]

Monday, Week 4, June 2001

Cheng Chu has booked with a small market Asian local show for his professional debut. The show will take place in July of 2001.

[EagleFan]

Sunday, Week 4, June 2001

Agustin Ribeiro has booked his professional debut. He will fight in a small South American local show. The show will be in July of 2001. His skills should make him stand out in this show.

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Friday, Week 2, July 2001

Cheng Chu is on the undercard for the local show. He, however, shows that he shouldn't be on a local undercard as he blitzed his opponent to a TKO at 2:00 of the first round. The fight was rated as great by the audience as he was non stop action.

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Friday, Week 3, July 2001

Mitsou Akutagawa has been booked to fight in an ALPHA-1 show in Septamber (ALPHA-1: Lette vs. Shivari). He will be fighting 30 year old Charlie "Lurch" Howerd. Howerd is 3-3 as a pro and is a pit fighter.

Mitsou will be the first of our fighters to get a fight with a big name company.

[EagleFan]

Tuesday, Week 3, July 2001

Agustin "The Boilermaker" Ribeiro is in the main event of a local show in South America. He is fighting a local fighter that looks to be in over his head.

Ribeiro ties up the fighter and takes him to the ground with a nice leg trip early in the first round. He is in half guard after the takedown. Ribeiro passes guard and moves into a full mount. He fires a couple shots but they are deflected.

Ribeiro has a shot blocked but he grabs the fighters arm and cranks it back, looking for an armbar. He sinks it in and gets the tap.

Ribeiro wins by submission from an armbar at 1:44 of the first round.

He wins submission of the night and the fight was fight of the night.

[EagleFan]

Friday, Week 4, July 2001

Ivan Svoboda has been booked to fight. He will fight in a small European show in August of 2001.

[EagleFan]

Saturday, Week 4, July 2001

Arvid Hamalainen has been booked. He will fight in a small local European show in August of 2001.

Ryan Beeker has also been booked. He will fight in a small local American show in August of 2001.

Zachary Dooey has been booked. He has been booked into a small local American show in Augist of 2001.

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Monday, Week 4, August 2001

Arvid "The Last Man Standing" Hamalainen makes his debut in a small local European show and is part of the co-main event. He is fighting an unknown local fighter.

The two fighters feel each other out with a couple strikes, each land one somewhat cleanly but no damage is done. Hamalainen slips a punch and counters with a straight right that lands cleanly and blood is now coming from the other fighter's nose.

The fighters continue to exchange as the blood continues to flow from the nose of the local fighter. Hamalainen lands a cross that staggers the other fighter, who stumbles backwards. Hamalainen grabs the local fighter before he can recover, he works a guillotine and drops to the mat to sink it in. The local fighter is able to get a hand in and pulls free. The local fighter now has the dominant position.

Hamalainen tries to grab an arm but the local fighter pulls away and moves into side control. The local fighter tries to sink in an arm triangle. Hamalainen defends it well and manages to pull guard.

Hamalainen tries to grab the fighters arm from the bottom. The local fighter defends and manages to get back to side control. The local fighter lands shots to the body to try to wear down Hamalainen.

Hamalainen manages to get back to full guard just before the round ends. A hard round to score as Hamalainen was active and did the most damage but also found himself in a bad position several times.

As round two starts the two meet in the middle of the ring, Hamalainen lands a couple of shots as the local fighter tries to counter and misses. Hamalainen continues to land as the local fighter is unable to land anything in return.

As Hamalainen continues to land he rocks the local fighter. He is on rubber legs after that last shot. Hamalainen doesn't go for the kill shot but instead grabs him and tries to sink in a guillotine. He drops to the ground trying to sink it in. The local fighter somehow manages to get free and ends up in Hamalainen's guard.

The local fighter throws shots to the body. Hamalainen grabs the fighter's arm and tries for an armbar. He sinks it in and the fighter eventually taps before more damage to the arm can be done.

Hamalainen wins by submission from an arm bar at 4:36 of the second round. He wins the submission of the night.


Ivan Svoboda is in the main event of the same show. He is fighting a local fighter.

The two come together in the middle of the cage. The local fighter fires off a couple strong shots but Svoboda slips them and counters with a right cross that lands squarely and the local fighter drops to the mat. He is out as the ref stops the fight.

Ivan Svoboda wins by knockout at 0:47 of the first round. He wins the knockout of the night.

[EagleFan]

Tuesday, Week 4, August 2001

"The All American" Ryan Beeker is fighting in a prelim in a small American show. He is facing an unknown local fighter.

They come together and begin to try to jockey for position in the clinch. Beeeker gets control of the other fighter in the clinch. He has the underhooks and takes the fighter down. He quickly moves to side control.

He tries to transition to mount and does so easily. Beeker begins to pound away, the local fighter is having trouble defending. The local fighter turns to get away from the shots but gives up his back.

Beeker tries to sink in a rear naked choke but it is defended. Beeker manages to get both hook in as he still has the fighter's back. Beeker fires away with shots from behind that are landing cleanly. The referee jumps in and stops the fight.

"The All American" Ryan Beeker wins by TKO at 3:10 of the first round.


Zachary "Diesel" Dooey is fighting in the main event of the same show. HE is fighting an unknown local fighter.

The local fighter lands some shots but Dooey seemed to be okay with that as he closes the distance looking to clinch. Dooey uses and outside leg trop and takes down the local fighter.

Dooey is quick to take the local fighter's back after taking him down. Dooey sinks in a body triangle to control the fighter. After a few punches are defended Dooey tries to sink in a rear naked choke. HE gets under the chin and sinks it in, the local fighter taps.

Zachary "Diesel" Dooey wins by submission from a rear naked choke at 1:55 of the first round. He wins submission of the night and fight of the night.

[EagleFan]

Saturday, Week 4, August 2001

Derrick Martinez has been booked to fight. He will fight in a small local American show in September of 2001.

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Monday, Week 3, September 2001

"Avalanche" Derrick Martinez gets his pro debut in a small local American show. He will be fighting a local unknown fighter.

The two feel each other out as they try to trade shots. Martinez lands a left cleanly but the other shots were off target. Martinez lands a left jab and a right hook, the local fighter tries to counter but misses.

Martinez lands another left jab / right hook combination. The other fighter backs up, looks like the last shot got his attention. Martinez does not give the fighter time to think as he move forward quickly and fires off a brutal right hand that sends the fighter to the mat, he is out.

"Avalanche" Derrick Martinez wins by knockout at 1:26 of the first round.

[EagleFan]

Wednesday, Week 3, September 2001

Sigma have approached Arvid Hamalainen. He is now under negotiations to sign with the company out of Germany. They are the 3rd largest fighting company in the world, a good opportunity for him.

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Sunday, Week 3, September 2001

Arvid Hamalainen has agreed to terms with SIGMA.

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Friday, Week 4, September 2001

Bast Moulke has been booked for another fight. He will fight a small European show in October of 2001.

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Saturday, Week 4, September 2001

"The Supreme" Mitsou Akutagawa is on the prelim card for ALPHA-1: Lette vs. Shivari. He is fighting 31 year old Charlie "Lurch" Howerd in the Super Heavyweight division.

In the blue corner is a 6'6", 332 pound 23 year old fighter from Osaka, Japan. Fighting in his professional debut with a background in kick boxing.. "The Supreme" Mitsou Akutagawa.

In the red corner; a 6'7", 289 pound 31 year old from Spokane, Washington. With a professional record of 3-3, he is a pit fighter... Charlie "Lurch" Howerd.

The two meet in the center. Akutagawa lands a right hook as Howerd misses with his counter. Howerd lands a right while Akutagawa lands a crisp kick to the lead leg.

The two continue to exchange with Akutagawa getting the better of the exchange, though nothing strong is landed. They continue to stand and exchange but little lands.

Akutagawa lands a spinning kick while Howerd is unable to connect with his shots. Akutagawa lands another clean leg kick. He lands a roundhouse front kick and a follow up right.

Akutagawa lands a left kick the ribs. As the fighters exchange Akutagawa lands a couple shots while Howerd continues to get stuffed with his. Howerd is looking tired.

Akutagawa throws a head kick that only glances off Howerd. Howerd lands a counter. Akutagawa lands another kick to the body as he continues to take the air out of Howerd. Akutagawa lands a left jab and a right. Akutagawa lands another strong leg kick and Howerd is now limping from the constant damage to his lead leg.

The fighters continue to stand and throw but little gets through. Akutagawa lands another stinging leg kick. He lands another jab and a kick to the thigh. The 10 minute time limit of the first round has come to an end.

Round two begins. Howerd is struggling to limp to the middle of the ring, the damage to his legs is quite obvious. Howerd quickly tries to clinch as he looks injured and exhausted.

Howerd manages to get to an advantageous position in the clinch and he tries to trip Akutagawa to the mat. Akutagawa does a fine job of defending and remains up.

Howerd tries another trip and this one is successful. He gets Akutagawa down and Akutagawa pulls guard. Howerd tried to pass to side control but a scramble ensues. Akutagawa manages to revers and ends up in half guard.

Akutagawa begins to pound on Howerd, landing several clean shots. Akutagawa is in danger of punching himself out and slows his pace. After smothering Howerd Akutagawa raises up and fires off a couple powerful blows that land cleanly on Howerd. He continues to throw, some land cleanly but he is tiring.

Akutagawa lands several more shots, Howerd looks hurt. Akutagawa summons all that he has left and lands several bombs on Howerd but Howerd is still defending. Akutagawa lands body shots.

Howerd tries to sweep Akutagawa but is not able to. The round ends with Akutagawa still in half guard.

The third and final round begins. Howerd limps to the middle of the ring and they begin to exchange. Akutagawa lands a leg kick, Howerd winces as it lands. Akutagawa goes for a head kick but just misses. Howerd loads up with a right counter but just misses.

Howerd clinches as he is very tired. Akutagawa goes for a takedown and gets it while moving to side control. Akutagawa does not feel like he has control and stands up, both fighters are back to their feet.

Akutagawa lands a vicious right hook. Howerd is stunned and stumbles backwards. Akutagawa comes in quickly with another right and Howerd goes down. Akutagawa jumps quickly on Howerd and begins to fire shots. Akutagawa is landing at will and power shots at that. The referee jumps in and stops the fight.

The winner by knock out at 2:31 of the third round is "The Supreme" Mitsou Akutagawa.

[EagleFan]

Sunday, Week 4, September 2001

Agustin Ribeiro has been booked for a fight. He will fight in a small local South American show in October of 2001.

[EagleFan]

Monday, Week 1, October 2001

Paul Goodfellow has been booked. He will fight Augustus Shorrock at BCF: Kane vs. Webb 2 in November of 2001.

Goodfellow is also nearing the end of his one year deal with BCF and has begun renegotiating.

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Wednesday, Week 1, October 2001

Chen Hou has been booked for a fight. He will be on a small Asian local show in October of 2001.

SIGMA has booked Arvid Hamalainen to a show. He will face Thorbjorn Rekdal (a 31 year old kick boxer from Oslo, Norway with a 9-2 professional record) at SIGMA: Lermontov vs. Nouri 2. The show will take place in November of 2001. The fight will be a main card fight.

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Saturday, Week 1, October 2001

Paul Goodfellow has agreed to an extension with BCF.

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Wednesday, Week 3, October 2001

Bast Moulke, with a record of 1-0 as a professional, will face a local fighter in a small European local show as part of the prelims.

The two meet in the middle and begin wrestling with few strikes thrown. Moulke is able to muscle the local fighter up against the cage. He tries a little dirty boxing and then takes down the fighter.

Moulke is in half guard as he took the fighter down. Moulke quickly transitions to a full mount. He begins firing away with bombs. The ref will end this soon if the fighter doesn't try to defend.

In a desperate attempt to avoid the strikes the fighter tries to turn and gives up his back. Moulke quickly flattens the fighter out and gets his arm under the chin as he sinks in a rear naked choke. The fighter taps.

Bast Moulke wins via submission from a rear naked choke at 3:26 of the first round. He improves to 2-0 as a professional. Moulke is awarded the submission of the night.

[EagleFan]

Sunday, Week 3, October 2001

Zachery Dooey has been approached by Xtreme Cage Combat (XCC). HE is in negotiations with the company. They are a regional company out of California that is ranked 8th among all current MMA companies.


Chen Hou is in a prelim match against a local fighter in a small Asian show. He brings his 1-0 professional record with him as he looks for two wins in a row.

They exchange blows in the middle of the ring and Hou lands a good jab and then a big right hand. He follows that with another jab and a right cross, both land solidly.

As they continue to exchange the local fighter lands a clean left. Hou lands the jab again and then follows with a big right. The local fighter staggers backwards.

Hou steps into a big right hook and the local fighter drops to the canvas. Hou follows him down and begins to pound away. The local fighter stops defending and falls limp, he is out cold. The ref stops the fight.

Chen Hou wins by knockout at 2:17 of the 1st round to improve to 2-0 as a professional fighter.

[EagleFan]

Monday, Week 4, October 2001

Cheng Chu has been booked. He will fight in a small local Asian show in November of 2001.

[EagleFan]

Friday, Week 4, October 2001

Zachary Dooey has agreed to a contract with Xtreme Cage Combat.


Agustin "The Boilermaker" Ribeiro is fighting in the main event of a small South American local show. He looks to improve on his 1-0 record as a pro as he faces a local fighter.

Ribeiro grabs the fighter and easily gets him against the ropes. Ribeiro trips the fighter to the ground with a beautiful outside leg trip and he gains side control. HE transitions to mount, quite easily. Wasting no time he looks to apply an arm triangle, he sinks it in and the fighter taps.

Agustin "The Boilermaker" Ribeiro wins by submission due to an arm triangle at 2:27 of the first round. He improves to 2-0 as a pro. HE wins submission of the night and the fight is fight of the night.

[EagleFan]

Tuesday, Week 1, November 2001

Agustin Ribeiro has been approached by Fight League Brazil. They are a company out of Brazil that is rated as the 7th biggest MMA company worldwide. They are negotiating.

[EagleFan]

Thursday, Week 1, November 2001

Zachary Dooey has been booked to fight Lamont Banner at XCC Unforgiving 1: Banner vs. Dooey in December of 2001. They will be the main event on a televised show.

The fight will be a test for Dooey as Banner is a 24 year old from Columbus, Ohio that uses MMA influenced boxing as his style and is currently 6-0 as a professional.

[EagleFan]

Saturday, Week 1, November 2001

Agustin Rebeiro has signed with Fight League Brazil.


Paul "The Demolisher" Goodfellow makes his long awaited professional debut. He in fighting in a prelim for BCF: Kane vs. Webb 2 and is fighting Augustus Sherrock, a 27 year old from Ireland who is a ground and pound specialist with a professional record of 7-2.

Shorrock absorbs a few punches from Goodfellow but closes for the clinch. Shorrock looks for a trip takedown and it is successful. Shorrock seizes side control. Goodfellow is in trouble in his first fight quite early.

Goodfellow blocks any punches and tries to pull guard but Shorrock blocks the attempt. Shorrock throws a couple body punches. Goodfellow again tries to pull guard but is unable to. Shorrock tries to throw a few ounches but nothing lands cleanly.

Another attempt to pull guard by Goodfellow is blocked. Again Shorrocks punches do no damage and he looks like he is tiring. Another attempt by Goodfellow to pull guard is blocked. They seem to be going nowhere.

Shorrock tries to go for mount but Goodfellow scrambles. Goodfellow manages to reverse and Shorrock pulls half guard. Shorrock transactions to full guard.

Goodfellow tries to unload on Shorrock but little is getting through. Goodfellow tries to pass guard but is unable to. The round ends with Goodfellow in guard. The crowd is not happy with the opening round and some boos are heard.

Goodfellow tries to keep Shorrock away and lands a jab and then a kick to the leg to start the second round. Goodfellow lands a couple of jabs and then a roundhouse kick to the body. The crowd is liking this better than the first round so far.

Shorrock tries to grapple but eats a jab from Goodfellow. He follows with another jab and a big right hand. Goodfellow clearly needs to keep this fight standing. Shorrock fires a couple of jabs that land weakly.

Goodfellow lands a straight right. Shorroack tries to close for the grapple but another jab keeps him back. Goodfellow lands a high kick to the head. Shorrock backs off and looks dazed by the kick. Goodfellow comes forward with a strong right, down goes Shorrock. Goodfellow follows him down and lands several hard shots. Surprisingly the ref does not stop the fight.

Soon Goodfellow seems to be tiring and he stands back up to get the fight back to standing. Not sure how Shorrock survived that onslaught or if he is still all there.

Shorrock closes and clinches. Trying to buy time to get his senses back and maybe take the fight back to the ground. The two wrestle looking to gain control of the clinch.

Shorrock pushes Goodfellow up against the cage. Goodfellow tries to get out of the clinch but can't. Shorrock uses dirty boxing to land several shots. The round ends with Goodfellow against the cage.

Shorrock comes forward to start the third round but Goodfellow backs him off with a left jab and a strong right. Another right and Shorrock stumbles to the canvas. Goodfellow kneels beside him and starts landing hammer fists. Shorrosk stops defending and the ref steps in to stop the fight.

The winner by knockout at 0:31 of the third round is Paul "The Demolisher" Goodfellow. He wins his professional debut. The fight got much better after the first round.

[EagleFan]

Saturday, Week 2, November 2001

At SIGMA: Lermontov vs. Nouri 2 taking place in Germany, Arvid Hamalainen will be part of the main card for the show.

In the blue corner with a professional record of 1-0, fighting our of Norway, Arvid "Last Man Standing" Hamalainen. He will face, in the red corner out of Oslp, Norway with a professional record of 9-2 "Brickhouse" Thorbjorn Rekdal.

As the first round starts Rekdal lands a couple of lefts and then a leg kick. Hamalainen tries to close the gap to grapple but Rekdal keeps him at distance. Rekdal lands a jab and a straight right. Rekdal flinched after landing the right, he may have broken his hand.

Rekdal doesn't stop, he lands a left jab and another right. He lands another jab but Hemalainen avoids the right. Hamalainen fires a tentative jab. Rekdal lands a jab and then a high kick to the head.

Rekdal again blocks Hamalainen's attempt to close and grapple. Rekdal lands a jab and then a strong leg kick. Another jab and leg kick combination, this is going to take a lot out of Hamalainen's attempts to get the fight to the ground.

Rekdal keeps landing jabs but misses with his stronger rights. Rekdal lands more jabs, now a kick to the front leg that lands with a thud. In the final minute Rekdal starts to open up, jabs followed by rights. Hamalainen is taking them well but he is taking a lot of punishment. The round ends, a round clearly dominated by Rekdal.

As round two begins Rekdal lands a jab and a strong right. Looks like the round has started where the last round left off. Two more jabs, another leg kick. Hamalainen tries to close but is again kept at distance.

Rekdal lands a jab and then a roundhouse kick to the body. Follows by a jab and a straight right. Hamalainen is being schooled out there.

Another jab, another right. Rekdal is landing at will. A left hand and then another body kick. Hamalainen tries to counter with a tentative looking jab. Rekdal lands a right to Hamalainen's ribs.

Rekdal lands another jab and then follows it with a strong roundhouse kick to the body. He is chopping Hamalainen down. Hamalainen is limping quite noticeably, Another left jab and a right to the body. All Hamalainen can do is a weak jab.

Rekdal lands another jab, another right, another jab and then a high kick to the head. Rekdal closes in, looking to go for the kill it would appear. HE misses with a jab but lands a right. He lands a leg kick.

We enter the final minute of the round, how much more can Hamalainen take? Rekdal lands a jab, then a right cross. Another jab, another right. Rekdal blocks Hamalainen's attempt to close with a jab and then lands a leg kick as the round ends.

Hamalainen needs to find a way to finish if he wants to win this fight. As the bell sounds Hamalainen limps badly. Rekdal closes but Hamalainen lands two jabs that do little, if anything, to Rekdal. Rekdal tries another roundhouse but misses.

Rekdal lands a jab and another kick to the leg. Hamalainen is having trouble walking. Rekdal lands a jab and flows it with a right cross. Two more lefts and another leg kick. He is just punishing Hamalainen now.

Rekdal lands a jab and a roundhouse kick to the body. The crows has no idea how Hamalainen is still standing. Another jab and a roundhouse kick to the ribs. Hamalainen tries a weak jab.

Rekdal lands another jab and another leg kick. He follows with a jab and a kick to the head. Rekdal tries to close and end the fight but he is throwing wildly and misses.

A lot of wild misses by Rekdal and weak jabs by Hamalainen as we reach the final minute of the round. Rekdal is swinging wildly but looks quite winded. Hamalainen is of no threat. Time expires and we wait for the decision, which should be obvious.

The judges score it 30-27, 30-26 and 30-26 for the winner by unanimous decision "Brickhouse" Thorbjorn Rekdal.

The first loss for one of our fighters as Hamalainen drops to 1-1 as a pro.

[EagleFan]

Friday, Week 3, November 2001

Mitsou Akutagawa has been booked for an event for ALPHA-1. He will face Seiji Nakano, a kick boxer from Tokyo, Japan with a 1-0 professional record.

The show will be ALPHA-1: Silva vs. Chua on Saturday, Week 1 of February 2002. They will fight as part of the main card.

Akutagawa is now ranked 15th in the Super Heavyweight division. Nakano is ranked 12th.


Cheng Chu is fighting a local fighter in a small Asian show taking place in Southeast Asia. Chu is 1-0 as a professional. The show is part of the prelims.

The first round begins. Chu lands a jab and a right cross. The local fighter counters but Chu avoids the strikes. Chu lands another right. The two tie each other up and try to throw a few strikes but nothing serious connects. They continue to throw tentative strikes but nothing lands.

Chu steps back to regroup and attacks with a left jab and then a strong leg kick. Chu lands another jab and then a right. They exchange tentative strikes but nothing worthwhile lands. Chu fires a right cross, it looks like that hurt the local fighter, his legs look rubbery. Chu loads up with a right that drops the local fighter to the mat, out cold. It's a knockout.

Cheng Chu wins via knockout at 3:47 of the first round as he improves to 2-0.

[EagleFan]

Friday, Week 4, November 2001

Ivan Svoboda has been booked to fight. He will fight in a small local European show in December of 2001.

[EagleFan]

Friday, Week 1, December 2001

XCC Unforgiving 1: Banner vs. Dooey taking place in California.

The main event of the evening... In the blue corner, from Columbus, Ohio; an MMA influenced boxer with a professional record of 6-0... "Lightning" Lamont Banner.

Fighting out of the red corner, from Fresno, California with a professional record of 1-0... Zachary "Diesel" Dooey. He is the hometown favorite.

The two meet in the middle of the cage and exchange a few glancing blows. Banner lands a jab and a right hand combination that scores. The two continue to throw but nothing seems to be getting through.

Banner lands a jab and a right. Banner lands a strong right hook, Dooey felt that. Banner lands two jabs and then a vicious right cross. That knocks Dooey down.

Banner kneels next to Dooey and begins landing shots. Dooey starts deflecting the shots. Banner seems to be punching himself out as he is slowing as Dooey continues to block the punches.

Dooey pulls guard. Banner tries to throw a few shots but none get through and then Dooey grabs his arm and tries for an arm bar but Banner defends and ends up with side control.

Dooey transitions to half guard as Banner is unable to land anything of consequence. Dooey completes the transition to full guard. Banner fires a few punches as the first round comes to an end.

The two come out for round two and Banner lands a jab and a hard right cross. Banner lands a straight right. Dooey looks dazed. Banner loads up with a right hook that lands cleanly, Dooey is out before he hits the ground.

The winner by knockout at 1:00 of the second round is "Lightning" Lamont Banner. Dooey drops to 1-1 as a professional. The fight won fight of the night.

[EagleFan]

Tuesday, Week 4, December 2001

Ivan Svoboda is fighting a local fighter in a small European show in the main event. Svoboda is looking for his second professional victory.

The local fighter throws a flurry of punches but Svoboda ignores them and gets in close for the clinch. He sweeps the leg of the local fighter and takes him down and moves right to side control.

HE quickly grabs and arm and cranks an armbar that is in tight. The fighter taps. IT is over quickly.

The winner is Ivan Svoboda by submission from an arm bat at 1:00 of the first round.

[EagleFan]

Friday, Week 4, December 2001

Bast Moulke is booked for a fight. He will fight in a small market European show in January of 2002.

[EagleFan]

2001 Fighter Summary

Agustin Ribeiro
2-0 (0 KO, 2 Sub)
Signed with Fight League Brazil
Only local show fights so far, waiting for his first FLB fight in 2002.
2 Submissions of the Night
2 Fights of the Night
Career Earnings - $6,375

Arvid Hamalainen
1-1 (0 KO, 1 Sub)
Signed with SIGMA.
Lost his only SIGMA fight by decision.
1 Submission of the Night award.
Career Earnings - $3,584

Bast Moulke
2-0 ( 1 KO, 1 Sub)
Not yet signed with a major company.
1 Submission of the Night.
Career Earnings - $1,500

Chen Hou
2-0 (2 KO, 0 Sub)
Not yet signed with a major company.
Career Earnings - $2,400

Cheng Chu
2-0 (2 KO, 0 Sub)
Not yet signed with a major company.
Career Earnings - $2,400

Derrick Martinez
1-0 (1 KO, 0 Sub)
Not signed with a major company yet.
Career Earnings - $1,200

Ivan Svoboda
2-0 (1 KO, 1 Sub)
Not signed with a major company yet.
1 Knockout of the Night Award.
Career Earnings - $6,375

Michael Townsend
0-0 1 NC
Not signed with a major company.
Won his only local fight but was stripped of the victory when he tested positive for PED's. Has five and a half months left on his suspension.
1 Knockout of the Night Award.
Career Earnings - $2,100

Mitsou Akutagawa
1-0 (1 KO, 0 Sub)
Signed with ALPHA-1 and won his first fight with the company.
Career Earnings - $3,600

Paul Goodfellow
1-0 (1 KO, 0 Sub)
Signed with British Cage Fighting. Won his only fight with the BCF.
Career Earnings - $200

Ryan Beeker
1-0 (1 KO, 0 Sub)
Not signed with a major company yet.
Career Earnings - $300

Zachary Dooey
1-1 (0 KO, 1 Sub)
Signed with Xtreme Cage Combat. Lost his only fight wwith XCC.
1 Submission of the Night Award.
2 Fight of the Night Awards.
Career Earnings - $4,168

[EagleFan]

2001 Awards

Fighter of the Year
"The Big Bad" Hassan Fezzik; 36 year old heavyweight out of Istanbul, Turkey that fights for ALPHA-1. Pro record of 29-1. Current ALPHA-1 Heavyweight Champion.

Company of the Year
Women's Extreme Fighting Federation (WEFF); provides some of the highest rated shows of the year while being the #5 company in the world. Popularity in Canada has increased dramatically.

Female Fighter of the Year
"The Arizona Animal" Sarah Vaughn; a bantamweight out of Phoenix, Arizona. Has a pro record of 14-1. Fights for the WEFF. Current WEFF bantamweight champion.