Warriors in the (North) East (WMMA2) - Page 6

PilotMan · 10-11-2010, 11:54 AM

Tonight, Shinya Aoki puts his #1 lightweight ranking on the line in his Cage Warriors debut against cage veteran Joe Daddy Sevenson. Aoki has won his last 6 fights, including his 3 fights in the UFC. He submitted KenFlo, Joe Lauzon, Takenori Gomi, and Joachim Hansen in 4 of his last 5 fights. In contrast, Stevenson is a wily veteran with a great wrestling base, and a well rounded standup game to go with his ground attack. Stevenson is coming off of his own win over Josh Thompson, after leaving the UFC with his back to back losses to Sanchez and Gray Maynard. He was TKOed by both men. Aoki is a slippery customer, but his standup is clearly his weakness. Stevenson should try and keep the fight standing while using his low center of gravity to power Aoki around the cage. For Aoki, he will come in with a plan, and if he can execute it he should win. His ground game is nearly unparalleled, his submissions undefendable.

In the co-main K-1 star and former Strikeforce heavyweight champion, Allistar Overeem makes his Cage Warriors debut against Chris Tuchscherer. Overeem last lost to Roger Gracie just over 2 years ago. Since then he was successful in his two fights in the UFC over Anthony Hardonk and Gabriel Gonzaga. Tuchscherer has a loss to Gonzaga and Brad Imes, but also has wins over Ben Rothwell and Assuerio Silva. Tuchscherer relies on a ground and pound attack but is vulnerable in the standup game. Overeem is a supremely well rounded, international MMA star, this is just his first test here.

Tonight’s card also has the rebirth of Brett Cooper. Cooper held the Purecombat welterweight title for over 4 years, and has won his last 7 fights. But tonight, he meets Nate Diaz. Diaz took out a tough Martin Kampmann in his debut, this is arguably an easier fight. But you never know with guys who just know how to win.

Cage Warriors 47 is ready to begin. It’s time to get the action rolling!

Frank Brook (3-0, Sambo) takes on Tadayuki Asuhara (3-0, Muay Thai) in the lightweight division. Asuhara ran a striking clinc. He caught Brook in a MT clinch in the first and nailed him 3 times, opening up a huge gash that caused problems for Brook. Asuhara wins an easy decision. Decent fight.

Jeffrey Hall (3-0, Kick Boxing) takes on Paul Carvill (3-0, Wrestling) in the featherweight division. Hall and Carvill put on a good show for their first fights in Cage Warriors. Carvill planted Hall with a big slam in round 1, and mouted him in the second. Carvill ran out of gas in the second round, and Hall took the round, but couldn’t take the fight. Carvill win by unanimous decision. Good fight.

Joe Riggs (33-12, Freestyle) takes on Dan Hornbuckle (22-5, Muay Thai/BJJ) in the middleweight division. Joe Riggs was ready for this one. He controlled Hornbuckle early, and used his wrestling to slam Hornbuckle down. And that was the beginning of the end. Hornbuckle tried for a triangle, but Riggs used his skill to escape and move to side control. Riggs worked to mound and finished Hornbuckle with a great ground and pound. Great fight.

Ben Holscher (11-2, Wrestling) takes on Noah Thomas (17-8, Wrestling) in the welterweight division. A short but memorable fight from these two. Holscher has been on a tear lately, and he took over this one right away. Thomas found himself in the air, and Holscher planted him hard. Holscher tried to pass, but never expected Thomas to lock on the guillotine choke that he was forced to tap from. Fantastic fight. Tough break for the rising Holscher.

Dominic Cruz (18-3, Wrestling) takes on Joe Soto (12-2, Wrestling) in the featherweight division. This fight should have been on the main card. Two top notch fighters really going at makes for good TV. Cruz came out wanting to get it to the ground, and he did get it there quick. Soto had good defense from his back and was able to keep Cruz from advancing position and didn’t take any damage, but he was smothered in the first. Soto avoided a takedown early on and then caught Cruz with a big punch. He dove in looking to finish, but Cruz recovered fast, and showed that he was still dangerous. Soto let him back up and they circled again, until Soto dropped him with another big punch. Soto came in fast again, as Cruz was really hurt this time, and this time he finished the fight. Great fight.

Josh Thompson (19-4, Kick Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Brian Cobb (19-7, Wrestling) in the lightweight division. This fight turned from a snooze fest to a nail biter. Cobb tried to jump guard for the whole first two rounds, and Thompson dominated but could not pass Cobb’s guard. Things changed in the last round. Cobb got the takedown, and had Thompson in serious trouble. Cobb mounted Punk, and then took his back as he defended himself. Cobb fervently worked for the rear naked choke, but Thompson defended well. Thompson just looked exhausted, but he still managed to keep his defenses up survive the round. Thompson survives to get the win. Average fight.

Jeremy Horn (85-22-5, Freestyle Jiu-Jitsu) takes on Kendall Grove (13-8, Muay Thai/BJJ) in the middleweight division. Grove has a 5-inch height and 10-inch reach advantage. Grove looked really good in this fight, dominating the smaller Horn for most of the fight. Not too much action in this fight, but what action there was, was controlled by the bigger Grove. Horn just didn’t have it tonight. Average fight.

The main show opens with light heavyweight contenders Antwain Britt (12-2, Wrestling) taking on Damien Stelly (12-4, Wrestling). Britt didn’t show the skills that he showed in his debut fight with us, and Stelly’s wrestling skills were just plain better. Stelly controlled most of the grappling action and scored all the takedowns. Britt had a chance at the end of the third, when he had side control and was applying some damage, but it was too little to late. Decent fight.

Xande Ribeiro (5-2, BJJ) takes on Stanislov Nedkov (13-1, Wrestling/BJJ) in the light heavyweight division. This was a very boring fight in my opinion. Neither fighter wanted to trade blows instead both men spent a lot of time hugging against the cage, and trading positions. Ribeiro scored the only two takedowns, but Nedkov controlled the majority of the action, and ultimately took the fight. Decent fight.

Nick Diaz (22-8, BJJ/Boxing) takes on Brett Cooper (12-4, Wrestling) in the welterweight division. Nick Diaz had too much for Cooper early on in this one. He overwhelmed him with quality wrestling and good dirty boxing. Cooper had no room to do much of anything, although he was a game fight. Cooper was behind by two rounds going into the third. Diaz was clearly tiring and Cooper caught him with a punch that put him down. Cooper let him back up only to put him down again! Diaz was in big trouble as Cooper took side control and looked for the finish. But it was Diaz that looked for the finish slapping a triangle on, but the fight ended too soon. Good fight. Diaz gets the decision win.

Allistar Overeem (33-12, Muay Thai/Wrestling, 265) takes on Chris Tuchscherer (19-3, Wrestling, 285) in the heavyweight division. Overeem has a 5-inch height advantage. Man, I didn’t see this at all. Tuchscherer took the first round by leaning on the cage, and really nothing at all. Tuchscherer manged to get Overeem into a muay thai clinch but didn’t execute at all, leaving himself open to damage, and the third round seemed to be Overeem’s. When the scores were read though, it was Tuchscherer who got the split decision win. Decent fight. I am shocked.

Shinya Aoki (26-4, BJJ/Judo) takes on Joe Stevenson (32-12, Wrestling) in the lightweight division. What a turn of events! Aoki took Stevenson down at will, and tossed him all around the cage, but Stevenson would not be denied, and he found a way out each time. His standup was short lived as Aoki kept putting him on his butt. In the third though, it was a series of blows that hurt Aoki, and a blast that put him out on his feet. Somehow, Joe Daddy Stevenson found a way as he celebrated as the ref stopped the fight. Great fight.

We had 9,520 on hand for the show and another 333k PPV buys. The show was rated as being very poor.

Fight of the Night goes to Joe Soto and Dominck Cruz
Knockout of the Night goes to Joe Stevenson
Submission of the Night goes to nobody.

A couple of fairly big upsets in the main events. I can’t believe that Tuchscherer got the win in a fight that he clearly did not win. It blows my mind. Stevenson had a chance, but I still felt that he was going to lose, but he found a way too. I was secretly hoping that Cooper would beat Diaz, and he almost did. Nothing earth shattering here tonight otherwise, and that show wasn’t the barnburner.

Brian Cobb (19-8), Dan Hornbuckle (22-6), John Hosman (22-8-1), and Darril Schoonover (13-3) are all sent packing from the Cage Warriors roster. Hornbuckle has been with us that longest, and has now lost 4 of his last 5 fights. He just isn’t cut out for our level of competition any longer. In fact, all of them have just had some bad luck lately. Hosman is still employed by KOTC and Dream, while Schoonover is still employed by X-1. Cobb and Hornbuckle will be free agents.

PilotMan · 10-16-2010, 11:33 AM

A battle of former MMA champions will headline the next episode of Cage Warriors: Unchained. The show will be broadcast from Chicago, and will feature hometown boy Miguel Torres. Torres, the former WEC Bantamweight champion looks to pick up his second win in Cage Warriors. His opponent will be the former Cage Force Featherweight champion, Akiyo Nishiura. Both fighters are very exciting and both guys love to bang. Torres clearly has the bigger and better resume, but don’t count Nishiura out just yet. His last two wins have been TKO victories over Din Thomas and Hideo Tokoro.

The co-main event will be a middleweight showdown between Nate Moore and Danillo Villefort. And as they say, this fight will be all about takedowns and take down defense. Moore is a dangerous striker who has a majority of TKO finishes in his history. As for Villefort, he is a submission artist, who stunned his last opponent with a shocking TKO. Moore will be most concerned with his ground game though. Both men are just outside the top contenders, and are looking to keep their momentum going so that they can get some more big fights.

Also scheduled to appear on the card is Tim Kennedy, the former Strikeforce fighter who has only lost 1 time in the last 5 years. He faces the French Judoka, Karl Amoussou who has beaten nearly everyone he has faced. Joe Brammer, the former Cage Warriors Juniors Lightweight champion, moves up to face Chris Horodecki . And Alberto Crane takes on Donald Cerrone in a lightweight battle. Here is the entire card rundown:

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Cage Warriors: Unchained from Chicago, Illinois

Miguel Torres (40-2) (#4 BW) v. Akiyo Nishiura (14-4-1) FW
Nate Moore (12-3) v. Danillo Villefort (14-4) MW
Tim Kennedy (17-3) (#6 MW) v. Karl Amoussou (18-2-1) MW
Joe Brammer (10-0-1) v. Chris Horodecki (17-3) LW
Alberto Crane (17-5) v. Donald Cerrone (13-4) LW

----Prelims----

Josh Hendricks (19-6) (#1 SHW) v. Sergei Kharitonov (19-5) HW
Joe Scarola (7-3-1) v. Gary Wright (12-3) WW
Luciano Azevedo (18-9) v. Shane Roller (10-4) LW
Stipe Bekavac (18-4) v. Hans Stringer (14-6-1) LHW
Din Thomas (28-10) v. Hideo Tokoro (26-19-1) FW
Jason Brilz (19-4-1) v. David Heath (13-8) LHW
Ryan Jensen (18-7) v. Joey Villesenor (28-11) MW

This card also has the graduation if you will of former CW Juniors welterweight champion Joe Scarola. Now Scarola lost his last fight so his leash is probably a lot shorter. He takes on Gary Wright, who at one time was a title contender, but has lost 3 fights in a row, and is essentially fighting for his Cage Warriors career. A couple of other fighters really needs wins too. There are some great fights on the main card. It’s a pretty balanced card, without some of the very biggest names, but still with a lot of quality.

PilotMan · 10-16-2010, 11:36 AM

UFC has stolen the Strikeforce lightweight champion, Duane Ludwig. Ludwig is actually in his second stint in the UFC, having gone 2-0 in his previous fights. Ludwig survived a run of 6 losses in 7 fights, only to go on and knock out Josh Thompson to win the title May of last year. Ludwig has now won 4 of his last 5 fights.

An American has claimed the Heavyweight King of Pancrase. Zak Jensen (10-3) won a unanimous decision over Fabio Scherner (10-9) in a 3 round decision.

PilotMan · 10-16-2010, 11:42 AM

The latest episode of Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV is set to run from our home in New Jersey. FIGHT! Has become truly become an international show as it now airs in the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK, Europe and Asia. So some of our youngest and brightest MMA stars are being showcased on an international scale. Tonight’s main show has 3 title fights, and a 4th if there is time in the broadcast. Headlining the night will be the Juniors Heavyweight showdown between Bobby Lashley and Popek Rak. Ben Askren and Jacob O’Connell are also defending their titles. And last a lightweight battle for the vacant Juniors lightweight title between Christian Uflacker and Charles Diaz.

The first fighters are entering the cage now!

James Caron (4-1, MMA-influenced JJ) takes on Kentaro Hayashida (4-2, BJJ) in the featherweight division. Caron drove for the takedown and used great skill to mount Hayashida and finish him with an armbar in the first round. Fantastic fight.

Brian Barnes (6-1, Muay Thai ) takes on Melvin Bailey (4-1, Hybrid) in the middleweight division. This was an entertaining fight. Barnes used clinical strikes and good takedown defense to control the fight and secure the decision win. Good fight.

David Douglas (7-3, Kick Boxing/BJJ) takes on Bill Boland (7-3, Wrestling) in the lightweight division. This one started with Boland going for the takedown, but it ended with Boland on his back getting destroyed. Douglas used some good groundwork and was able to pass to mount in the second round to finish it. Great fight.

Cameron Dollar (6-4, Wrestling) takes on Sadhu Bott (5-2, BJJ) in the featherweight division. In fairly unexciting fight, Cameron Dollar showed superior skills to take a 3 round decision from Bott, who really couldn’t find a whole lot of positive after the fight. Very Poor fight.

Wes Shivers (2-2, Muay Thai, 290) takes on Orvil Palmer ( 5-2, Wrestling, 266) in the the heavyweight division. Shivers dominated the first and second rounds with some killer shots that dropped Palmer. Palmer showed good heart and hung in there defending well off his back, and then took advantage of the big man as he tired in the third. Palmer couldn’t quite overcome his deficit and Shivers took the fight by decision. Decent fight.

Kevin Casey (7-3, BJJ) takes on Rawdon Lee (4-2, Boxing/Wrestling) in the light heavyweight division. Rawdon Lee showed good takedown defense and good wrestling skills to take the first two rounds, but he tired at the end of the second. Casey took advantage and drug Lee down into his guard. From there Lee was in trouble fast, Casey tried to lock a guillotine in. Lee escaped but Casey swept him and Lee ended up on his back. Casey managed to take Lee’s back and was working to get the rear naked choke in, but the fight came to an end. Lee picks up a nice decision win. Decent fight.

The last of the preliminary fights is the first of the title fights. This fight is for the Cage Warriors Juniors lightweight title fight. Christian Uflacker (6-2, BJJ) takes on Charles Diaz (6-1, BJJ). I was worried about a stalemate in this one, and in the first that exactly what happened. It was Uflacker though who caught Diaz with a great counter, and several clean blows that hurt Diaz, and forced the stoppage. Average fight. Christian Uflacker wins the Juniors Lightweight title.

The first fight of the televised portion of the show is for the Cage Warriors Juniors Middleweight Title. Champion Jacob O’Connell (9-1, BJJ) takes on Guilherme Contreras (4-0, Greco Roman Wrestling). O’Connell made fairly short work of Contreras stopping him by TKO in the second round. Contreras mounted minimal offense, and was on the defensive throughout. Decent fight.

The next title fight is the Cage Warrior Juniors Welterweight title. Champion Ben Askren (6-0, Wrestling/BJJ) defends his title for the first time against Rick Legere (7-1, Vale Tudo). Askren just dominated Legere in the fight, quickly mounting his opponent and pounding him out to defend his title. Fantastic fight.

In the co-main event, Javier Vazquez (19-5, BJJ) takes on Joseph Benavidez (12-5, Wrestling) in the featherweight division. Vazquez never figured on the power of Benevidez at all. On two occasions the smaller man knocked Vazquez down, and used his wrestling skills to control the Jiu-jitsu specialist. Vazquez looked good in the last round, finally getting Benevidez on his back, and doing some damage, but in the end it was Benevidez who took the decision. Decent fight.,

It is time for the main event! This fight is for the Cage Warriors Juniors Heavyweight title! Bobby Lashley (8-2, Wrestling, 285) takes on Popek Rak (7-1, Wrestling, 260) for the vacant title. Lashley stormed in for a fast takedown and got it. Rak didn’t defend well at all, as the bigger man mounted him and while he defended initially, he could not weather the storm. And Bobby Lashley becomes the newest champion, with a first round stoppage. Fantastic fight.

We had 5,890 on hand in New Jersey for our show, and it was rated as being excellent.

Fight of the Night goes to Joseph Benevidez and Javier Vazquez
Knockout of the Night goes to Christian Uflacker
Submission of the Night goes to James Caron

I had really expected Rak to take the fight, and was surprised it was over so quickly. Jacob O’Connell has to be ready for prime time as he defends his title yet again, and Ben Askren looks like he is finally back to his fighting form after his drug suspension. The win by Benevidez is great for him, as Vasquez was clearly on his way to a title fight with another couple of wins. A good night for TV, the show was a success and the fans were happy.

Bill Boland (7-4), Kentaro Hayashida (4-3), Orvil Palmer (5-3), and Sadhu Bott (5-3) have all been terminated following their losses at last night’s show. Boland, has dropped his last 3 fights, Hayashida too. Palmer dropped 3 of 4, with his only win coming against Demico Rogers, who has since moved to light heavyweight. Bott, had mixed results fighting on the juniors circuit, but not enough to keep him around. They are all going to be unemployed.

PilotMan · 10-20-2010, 01:56 PM

MARCH 2012

Money is not a problem at all for us. We continue to post record profits month after month, this month we had profits of over 3.5 million. We did spent the most money on prize money, handing out nearly a million. Given the amount of money that we are bringing in, we could really expand and bring in just about any fighter out there. I don’t think we are going to do that just yet.

As for popularity, we are a bit lower than we were last month, and are just under the popularity that we had last month. Our popularity in the UK and Mexico is very high, with our popularity in the rest of the world just behind that. We are the #2 company in the US, #4 in Japan, #3 in Canada, #1 in Mexico and the UK, and pretty much #2 in the rest of the world.

Strikeforce is still the #3 company in the world. WVR is the #1 Japanese company.

Last month we looked at heavyweights, so this month we return to the featherweight division.

Cage Warriors top 10 Featherweights:

1. Cub Swanson (20-2) CW Featherweight Champion
2. Mike Brown (25-5) Lost to Swanson for title in last fight.
3. Mackens Semerzier (10-1) New signing, only career loss to Brown.
4. Marlon Sandro (22-1) Fighting Evangelista in #1 contender fight.
5. Jorge Evangelista (14-3-1) Fighting Sandro in #1 contender fight.
6. Miguel Torres (40-2) Fighting Akiyo Nishiura in next fight.
7. Joe Soto (13-2) Stays relevant with big win over Dominic Cruz
8. Akitoshi Tamura (16-8-2) Won in debut over Yahir Reyes.
9. Diego Nunes (17-2) Scored a big KO over Alan Omer in last fight.
10. Akiyo Nishiura (14-4-1) 5 fight win streak, won in debut.

Guys like Din Thomas, Javier Vazquez, Joseph Benevidez, Abel Cullum, Issei Tamura, and Dominic Cruz are just outside the top 10.

PilotMan · 10-20-2010, 01:59 PM

In Brazil, Fury FC Middleweight champion Rafael Natal (15-2) defended his title with a hard fought, if not boring, split decision win over Leandro Silva (16-7).

Rich Franklin (26-8) has ended his reign of free agency, deciding not to retire, and instead signs with Dream. His 4-fight deal pays him 50k per fight. Franklin has lost 4 of his last 5 fights and is clearly on the backside of his career. His last fight was a decision loss to Stephen Bonnar.

UFC 131: Nogueria v. Buentello was held last night. 35-year old Big Nog (36-7-1) took on 38-year old Paul Buentello (30-11). Buentello had won his last 5 fights while Nog was coming off of a KO loss to Cain Velazquez (yes his second KO loss to Cain). This one ended midway into the second round when Nog submitted Buentello. The co-main saw Cain push his record to 12-0 with a first round TKO over Big Country, Roy Nelson (13-6). In other action, Gray Maynard (14-1) submitted Melvin Guillard (25-10-2), Demian Maia (15-2) scored a TKO win over Matt Horwich (27-14-1), and Joe Lauzon (19-6) submitted Shane Nelson (14-8). In the opening fight on the card, former Cage Warrior and MMA veteran Yves Edwards (39-18-1) submitted young Matthew Riddle (3-1) in the 3rd round for his first win in his return to the UFC.

PilotMan · 10-20-2010, 02:14 PM

Welcome to Cage Warriors 48! We are coming to you from Hawaii for tonight’s pay per view event. Tonight, the Cage Warriors Middleweight title will be on the line as champion, Tom Watson takes on the challenger, Gerald Harris. Watson’s resume has been called into question before. With his boxers pedigree and limited ground game, many have said that his reign at the top would be short. Tonight, he has a chance to prove them wrong. Watson makes his first defense against a brutish, powerhouse of a wrestler in Harris. Harris took out Nate Moore, another striker by TKO, but also fell victim to Benji Radach’s standup back in his IFL days. Harris has come a long way since then training with Greg Jackson at Arizona Combat Sports he hasn’t had a fight go the distance in 2 years. Watson has finished his last 4 opponents by TKO and is currently unbeaten in his last 8 fights going back nearly 3 ½ years. Awaiting the winner will be a defense against Paulo Filho, who is widely considered one of the toughest men in the world at 185lbs.

In co-main event, we have a battle for the #1 contender spot in the featherweight division. Marlon Sandro has only one defeat in his mixed martial arts career, and is sizing up the champ, Cub Swanson, after Swanson took out Mike Brown to retain his title. In Sandro’s way though, is jiu-jitsu black belt Jorge Evangelista. Evangelista has won his last 6 fights and all of them by submission.

We also have a huge 205lb fight as former champ Raphael Davis takes on the man once feared as the most dangerous fighter in the world. A man trying to rebuild after his release from the UFC, a man with 2 vicious KO wins in Cage Warriors, Shogun Rua. The winner may not be in line for a title fight right away, but certainly will be that much closer it. Davis will want to get close and press the muay thai master, and stay away from those killer knees that Rua has been using.

Richie Whitson and Per Eklund will face off in a #1 contender battle in the lightweight division and will face Karen Darabedyan in his next title defense. Whitson is another striker, like Watson, while Eklund likes to mix it up from short range. Eklund has a good chin and it will be put to the test, Whitson has finished all of his recent fights by KO or TKO.

The first fight of the night is set to begin!

The first fight is a heavyweight battle between Dan Evensen (15-7, Kick Boxing/BJJ, 270) and Gan McGee (15-6, Submission Wrestling, 280). Evensen is giving away 7 inches of height and reach. McGee used his size in round one to control Evensen against the cage, but couldn’t get him off of his feet. Evensen did better in a lackluster round 2, so it came to round 3. Between rounds Evensen was told to stay up at distance, but disregarded that and shot early on. McGee defended well and ended up with good positioning. Evensen tried to scramble away, but McGee caught his leg and locked in a knee bar that finished the fight. Decent fight.

Ryo Choi (17-8-1, Judo) takes on Razak Al-Hassan (10-3, Wrestling) in the light heavyweight division. You’ll remember it was Choi who was knocked out inside a minute against Rua. Looking for redemption here, he shot for the takedown and got it early on, but Hassan quickly caught him in a triangle that Choi couldn’t escape from and he tapped….at 1:12. Almost as embarrassing. Great fight.

Jesse Bongfeldt (21-4, Jeet Kune Do) takes on Yosmany Cabezas (12-5, Judo) in the welterweight division. Cabezas has a 7-inch reach advantage. Bongfeldt used some fast takedowns to control the action, and even though he didn’t inflict much damage his control of the fight was genuine. Cabezas was dangerous on his feet, knocking Bongfeldt down at the end of the second round, but unable to defend the takedowns cost him the fight. Average fight.

Josh Souder (11-3, BJJ) takes on Paul Sass (12-3, Muay Thai/BJJ) in the lightweight division. Sass towers 6 inches above Souder. A pretty boring fight in all honesty. Sass was more aggressive, and even after he tired Souder couldn’t do much beyond press him against the cage. Sass wins the decision, in an average fight.

Former CW Middleweight champion, Fabio Silva (19-6, Muay Thai) takes on Chris Wilson (17-10, Kick Boxing). This looks like a fabulous striking battle on paper. Silva hasn’t fought since dropping the title. Wilson is fighting for his CW career. And it’s over. That fast. An exchange of strikes early on hurt Wilson, and with blood in the water, Silva doesn’t mess around. His flurry finished the fight in a short 78 second. Great fight.

Abel Cullum (21-4, Freestyle) takes on Issei Tamura (9-2, Shooto) in the featherweight division. This is a rematch for these two. Tamura shocked Cullum in their first meeting with a dull but workman performance. A great show for a rematch. Cullum looked much better tonight. He took Tamura down in each round, and had him in trouble in the first and third rounds. Tamura, to his credit, fought well, and mounted a lot of offense, reversing Cullum and controlling part of the second round. Cullum was aggressive and did well to control the fight, taking Tamura’s back as the fight ended. Cullum wins a unanimous decision. Decent fight.

The last prelim fight is between Keith Jardine (16-8-1, Boxing/Wrestling) and Ryan Jimmo (16-3, Karate) in the light heavyweight division. Jardine shot early on but ran right into a punch from Jimmo that put him down. Jimmo finished the job by knocking out Jardine with a quick ground and pound attack. Great fight.

We open the main show with a pair of young welterweights. Jason Norwood (12-3, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Luke Rockhold (10-3, Boxing/Wresling). Rockhold is making his Cage Warriors debut. And a good showing it is. Norwood and Rockhold take turns in a grappling battle against the cage, that neither fighter wins. Rockhold storms in for a takedown as the round ends. Rockhold controls round 2 with a fast takedown, but neither fighter does much. Rockhold tires in round 3 and is knocked down with a big shot, Norwood nearly lands the kill shot, but finishes strong. The close battle sees Norwood get the win in a split decision. Good fight.

Richie Whitson (12-1, Boxing) takes on Per Eklund (21-5-1, Freestyle) in the lightweight division. The winner will be considered the top contender for the title. Short and sweet and wow what a fight. Eklund came right at him and clinched up right away. Both fighters were jockeying for position when Eklund locked a standing guillotine on and took Whitson down with it. Whitson escaped though, and then used another failed submission attempt (armbar) to take side control. As the round wound down, Whitson launched some hugh punches that stunned Eklund. Whitson kept it up, and the ref stopped the fight just prior to the end of the round. Excellent fight.

Former Light Heavyweight Champ Raphael Davis (13-2, Wrestling/BJJ) takes on Mauricio Rua (20-7, BJJ/Muay Thai) in the light heavyweight division. Rua landed some clinical strikes early on, but Davis kept coming. Davis eventually got close enough, and when he failed at a takedown, he picked up Rua instead. Rua was slammed down with authority. Stunned, Davis passed to side control where his ground and pound was too much for the former UFC fighter. Davis wins via TKO, fantastic fight.

Marlon Sandro (22-1, Muay Thai/BJJ) takes on Jorge Evangelista (14-3-1, BJJ) in the featherweight division. The winner of the fight will be set to face Cub Swanson for the title. The build up was there but the execution was off. This turned into a classic JJ battle. Sandro never got the chance to show off his Muay Thai skills because Evangelista was relentless. He powered in for takedown after takedown. Each time the fighters reached a stalemate, but each time Evangelista came back. In the third, he was able to pass to side control, but uninterested in a ground and pound attack, he simply pressed Sandro to keep him from mounting any offense. Evangelista gets the win and the shot at Swanson. Poor fight.

Here is the main event of the evening. This fight is for the Cage Warriors Middleweight Title. Champion Tom Watson (14-3, Boxing) defends his title against challenger, Gerald Harris (17-4, Wrestling). It was as expected. Harris, the bully, pressed Watson and took him down inside the first minute of the fight. Watson defended well, even though he spent almost the whole round on his back. Round 2 went exactly the same as 1 with Watson falling behind and defending off his back. Harris had burned a lot of energy and Watson was finally able to avoid him in the 3rd round, and stunned him with a powerful punch. Harris found his wind in the 4th and executed more accurate strikes than the champ. Behind and needing something big, and with both men tiring fast, Watson landed another big blow that staggered his opponent. Watson charged in with his remaining energy to try and finish the fight. And finish it he did, as the ref had to pull him off. The first defense of his middleweight title is completed, and now he needs to prepare for Paulo Filho, who is arguably in another world compared to Harris. Great fight.

We had a crowd of 8,997 on hand for the show and another 300k PPV buys. The show was rated as being awful.

Fight of the Night goes to Abel Cullum and Issei Tamura
Knockout of the Night goes to Ryan Jimmo
Submission of the Night goes to Razak Al-Hassan

This show was a result of some growing pains that the company continues to go through. There were some really great fights on the card, and fair number of surprises. I had expected Sandro to get the win along with Luke Rockhold. I was secretly hoping that Tamura would upset Cullum again, and excited to see that Silva was able to finish another fight in short order. No question the roster will get a bit thinner after this one, I think that there were a number of guys who were just hanging on there. Whitson and Davis’ wins and Watson’s to a lesser degree are excellent. It’s good to see all the guys we have been pushing hard keep staying near the top. It was also good to see our former champs pick up wins in tough fights.

Chris Wilson (17-11), Dan Evensen (15-8), and Yosmany Cabezas (12-6) are all sent pink slips regarding their employment with Cage Warriors. Wilson had been a fixture, having 8 fights with the organization, and having first fought back in Cage Warriors 2, and being a part of the initial title tournament in the welterweight division. Wilson fought in both the welterweight and middleweight classes and lost to future champs Jason High and Tom Watson, in addition to losing to former Champ Fabio Silva. Wilson was a tough man to face.

Evensen’s best fight was a submission win over Josh Diekman that kept him employed for one fight longer. Cabezas, like Wilson made his debut with us in Cage Warriors 2, losing to a long departed Sidney Silva. He would go on to post wins over Noah Thomas and Mike Swick before losing back to back fights, and seeing the end of his career with us. All 3 fighters will be free agents.

PilotMan · 10-26-2010, 07:46 AM

The next PPV show will take place in one month in Dallas, Texas. Unlike some of our more recent shows this one will do well as it is headlined by one of the most popular fighters in Cage Warriors. That is none other than Daniel Puder, who will put his reputation on the line against highly regarded title contender and former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Andre Arlovski. The pair are considered the top 1 and 2 in the company, and you could certainly argue that the winner should face Dave Herman for a shot at the belt. If Puder can beat Arlovski why not, and if Arlovski win’s than he is at least Herman’s equal. Puder has a nasty ground and pound and is a skilled wrestler, but Arlovski is an all arounder with power, and submissions. It should make for an entertaining card.

The co-main will be for the Cage Warriors Welterweight title as Jason High will take on Tamden McCrory in a rematch from last year. High submitted McCrory in short order then, but McCrory has won 3 in a row, taking out Ryan Ford, Jay Hieron and Chris Lytle. This will be High’s second defense of his title.

Here is the entire card:

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Cage Warriors 49: Puder v. Arlovski 

Daniel Puder (12-1)(#3 HW) v. Andre Arlovski (20-6)(#4 HW) HW

Cage Warriors Welterweight Title Fight
Jason High (16-2)(#2 WW) v. Tamden McCrory (18-4)(#3 WW) WW

Roger Huerta (24-4-1) v. Ed Ratcliff (11-2) LW
Takeya Mizugaki (16-6-2) v. Richrad Crunkilton (20-5) LW
Brock Larson (33-4) v. Delson Heleno (17-6) WW

----Prelims----

Yves Jabouin (18-7) v. Mike Easton (10-3) FW
Jorge Masvidal (24-6) v. Toby Imada (27-16) LW
Benji Radach (22-9) v. Jared Hess (12-3-1) MW
Vinicius Magalhaes (8-4) v. Pat Barry (9-3) LHW
Givanildo Santana (14-1) v. Rousimar Palhares (12-4) MW
Joe Warren (8-4) v. Ivan Lopez (13-4) FW
TJ Grant (15-5) v. David Loiseau (20-14) MW

In addition to the former heavyweight champ headlining the card, and the welterweight title fight, we have the former middleweight champion, Hess fighting in the prelims. Joe Warren makes his debut in the US, returning home after fighting in Japan for the last few years. And the most interesting fight of all, Jorge Masvidal gets his rematch with Toby Imada. If you will remember it was Imada who locked the standing reverse triangle onto Masividal that put him out in the initial Bellator lightweight tournament. Since that fight, Masvidal has fought for WVR, Strikeforce and Bellator and has won his last 4 fights in a row. As for Imada, he has served as a gatekeeper fighter, winning some and losing some, and putting on some great fights. He fought 5 times last year going 3-2.

PilotMan · 10-26-2010, 07:50 AM

Ralek Gracie (6-3) fought up in Canada for Maximum’s latest card. He picked up a 3rd round decision in a win. Gracie signed an exclusive deal with us now, so it was his last fight outside the organization, unless he loses his next fight. Then he is probably out. Bryan Baker (12-5) wasn’t so lucky as he was beaten by former UFC fighter Jake Rosholt (9-3).

At DEEP 70, former IFL fighter, Savant Young (12-11) won a 5-round decision over Zach Makovsky (10-5) to win the vacant featherweight title. It was Young’s first fight with the organization having come over from Shooto.

Brett Rogers (14-2) is finally the Strikeforce heavyweight champion. He won in the main event of last night’s show when he TKOed Shane Del Rosario (11-2) midway through the first round. Other winners on the card were Gilbert Melendez (22-3), Chase Beebe (18-6), Mark Hominick (19-13), and Hiromasa Ogikubo (10-2-1).

In Bellator’s latest show, featherweight champion Sami Aziz (9-3-1) retained his title with a second round TKO over challenger Tenkei Oda (10-9-2).

At WEC 62: Faber v. Grispi II, it was all Uriah Faber (29-2) to make the first defense of the title since he reclaimed it 4 months ago. He stopped Grispi in the 3rd round via TKO. Other winners were Raphael Assuncao (18-3), Brian Bowles (13-1), Manny Tapia (13-6-1), and Frankie Edgar (10-5). Cage Warrior, Koetsu Okazaki (10-3-1) won in his debut with the WEC in a prelim fight.

And finally, UFC 132 was held on the same night. GSP (24-3) was set to make his 9th defense of his welterweight title against Anthony Johnson (9-2). GSP was heavily favored to win the fight, especially since Johnson hadn’t fought since October of 2009. In what will go down as one of the biggest upsets in UFC history. Johnson catches GSP and knocks him completely out in the second round. It was GSP’s first loss in almost 5 years. Also on the card, Wanderlei Silva (37-12-1) won his 4th out of 5 in a row. Ed Herman (18-8) has come out of nowhere now to win 3 in a row against the likes of Michael Bisping, Wanderlei and Minowaman. He stopped Minowa in just 41 seconds. Forest Griffin (19-8) and Karo Parisyan (19-7) were also winners. 43-year old Oleg Taktarov (17-7-2) was knocked out in the 3rd round in the opening fight of the night.

In other news, Michael Bisping (17-6), who is in a big slump having lost 6 in a row, has signed with Strikeforce.

PilotMan · 10-26-2010, 07:59 AM

Tonight is the live broadcast of Cage Warriors: Unchained, to be broadcast on HDNet all across the US and Canada. Unchained is our premier television show, as it showcases our some of our best fighters for free on television. Tonight, our show is live from Chicago.

In our main event tonight, Miguel Torres, one of the most dynamic fighters of his generation takes on Akiyo Nishiura, the former Cage Force featherweight champion. Nishiura’s biggest win of his career was over Din Thomas, the former Cage Warriors featherweight champion. The two of them are bound to make this a very exciting fight from start to finish. Nishiura is a wild striker, Torres biggest weakness is his chin, anything can happen.

The co-main is a middleweight battle between Nate Moore, and Danillo Villefort. Both men have a strong grappling base, but Moore is clearly the more accomplished striker. Moore hasn’t had a fight go the distance in over 3 years. Tim Kennedy and Karl Amoussou could be fantastic, and the former Juniors Lightweight champ cuts his teeth on Chris Horodecki. The first fight is ready to start.

Ryan Jensen (18-7, BJJ/Kick Boxing) takes on Joey Villesenor (28-11, Boxing) in the middleweight division. Villesenor’s great takedown defense was all that kept this close. He stalled Jensen out, causing him to burn all of his energy early on. By the time Jensen got Villesenor to the ground, he was too gassed to make anything happen. Villesenor takes the decision win. Decent fight.

Next up is Jason Brilz (19-4-1, Wrestling) taking on David Heath (13-8, Wrestling) in the light heavyweight division. Brilz wrestling is too much as he dominates Heath, taking him down, and mounting him before pounding him out. Fantastic fight.

Din Thomas (28-10, BJJ/Boxing) takes on Hideo Tokoro (26-19-1, Boxing/Wrestling) in the featherweight division. Thomas was expected to use this fight to take himself back on the path to the top, and he did that early on. Thomas owned the first round, and generally controlled the second. Heading into the third with a two round advantage Tokoro found his range. Thomas started to tire and was knocked down with a head kick, Tokoro dove in, but Thomas was ready for him. Tokoro stood back up waving Thomas back as well. Thomas was knocked down twice more in the round, and ended the fight hurt, but he still survived. The judges saw the fight one for Tokoro, one for Thomas and one was a draw. So we end in a draw. Decent fight.

Stipe Bekavac (18-4, Kick Boxing) takes on Hans Stringer (14-6-1, BJJ/Muay Thai) in the light heavyweight division. Bekavac struggled early on as Stringer stormed in and took him down. Bekavac was nearly helpless on his back as he gave up his back, and Stringer pounded him out for the win. Fantastic fight.

Luciano Azevedo (18-9, Luta Livre) takes on Shane Roller (10-4, Wrestling) in the lightweight division. Roller didn’t look so good coming into this fight. Azevedo scored a couple of takedowns, the latter of which he used to take Roller’s back. Roller defended for a while, but eventually he had to succumb to the choke. Good fight.

Joe Scarola (7-3-1, BJJ) takes on Gary Wright (12-3, Wrestling) in the welterweight division. Gary Wright figured that he wanted to keep Scarola close and keep him against the cage but he didn’t want him on the ground. That worked for a while, but Scaola managed to drag him into guard, which is the only place Scarola wanted to be. Scarola went for a triangle, while Wright tried to escape, Scarola locked a guillotine on that Wright couldn’t escape from and the former Junior’s champion finished the fight. Good fight.

Josh Hendricks (19-6, Wrestling, 285) takes on Sergei Kharitonov (19-5, Sambo, 245) in the heavyweight division. Not a very good fight at all. Hendricks size was a big issue for the Russian, who found himself smothered against the ground, cage, Hendricks belly, you name it. Kharitonov didn’t really muster any offense until the last round when Hendricks wore himself out. It was a poor fight, and Hendricks comes out on top in the decision.

The televised portion of the show is about to begin.

Alberto Crane (17-5, BJJ) takes on Donald Cerrone (13-4, Wrestling/BJJ) in the lightweight division. A great fight to start the night off with. Both men traded standing, and on the ground. Cerrone wanted to make use of his better standup and he was able to, but Crane was also successful at defending takedowns won a round by controlling Cerrone after taking him down. Crane started to tire in the third and started to get a little wild. He had just missed a big flurry when Cerrone hurt him with a combination of punches. Cerrone landed a few more fierce blows and that ended the fight. Great fight.

Former Juniors Lightweight Champion, Joe Brammer (10-0-1, Muay Thai/Wrestling) takes on Chris Horodecki (17-3, Kick Boxing). This will be a big test for the undefeated champion. If you could light and launch fireworks inside it still wouldn’t match this fight. Brammer was nailed with a massive kick that knocked him down. Horodecki dove in side control and threw more bombs. Brammer defended himself, and didn’t give up and managed to get the fight back to the feet before the end of the round. As round 2 started Brammer ducked a series of blows and landed a massive hook right to the jaw that knocked Horodecki out. Fantastic fight.

Tim Kennedy (17-3, Wrestling) takes on Karl Amoussou (18-2-1, Judo/Savate) in the middleweight division. Kennedy looked great in round one, pressing and trying to get the Frenchman off his feet. Amoussou wouldn’t budge though. In round 2, Kennedy nearly nailed Amoussou with the fight ending blows, but was nailed with a counterattack that found himself lifeless against the cage. The ref stopped the fight, perhaps a bit too hastily, in my opinion. Amoussou scores a big TKO win. Fantastic fight.

In the co-main event, Nate Moore (12-3, Wrestling) takes on Danillo Villefort (14-4, BJJ) in the middleweight division. Another fantastic fight. Moore put Villefort down with a solid blow but wouldn’t follow him to the ground. His superior striking won the round for him. Villefort managed a takedown in the second round, and while Moore defended well, Villefort was able to advance, and lock an Americana on Moore that forced him to tap. Excellent fight.

The main event of the night has Miguel Torres (40-2, BJJ/Boxing) taking on Akiyo Nishiura (14-4-1, Shooto) in the featherweight division. Another fight of the night contestant. Torres secured a takedown early on but Nishiura defended very well, getting back to his feet a couple of times, before Torres planted him on his butt. Nishiura came back in the second round, landing a big head kick that sent Torres to the ground. Instead of following him in, he let Torres get back up, but still won the round. Torres charged in fast to start he 3rd and controlled Nishiura on the ground. The ref stood them back up at the end of the round, and Nishiura had one last flurry but it wasn’t enough as Torres took the fight via decision. Great fight.

We had 5,466 people on hand for the show. The show was rated as being excellent.

Fight of the Night was Joe Brammer and Chris Horodecki
Knockout of the Night goes to Joe Brammer
Submission of the Night goes to Danillo Villefort

Villefort getting the win was a bit unexpected, as was Brammer pulling off the TKO of Horodecki. I had expected to be bidding a fond farewell to Joey Villesenor but it looks like he hangs around for at least on more fight. Nishiura put up a great fight, but Torres got a well deserved win. Amoussou still looks hard to beat and we had a good showing by both former Juniors Champs. That was probably the best series of 5 fights for a card that we have ever put together for a show. I am happy with how it went down.

David Heath (13-9), Gary Wright (12-4), Ryan Jensen (18-8) are shown the door after tonight’s fights.

PilotMan · 11-03-2010, 09:50 PM

Booking is completed for Cage Warriors 50. The show will be in Los Angeles and headlining the show will be Dave Herman taking on Brenden Schaub for the Cage Warriors Heavyweight title. Schaub will get this title fight, but the winner of the Puder/Arlovski fight will get the next crack at the winner. Herman is a big puncher, and Schaub has a suspect chin, but on the flip side Schaub’s best bet will be to get the fight to the ground and use submissions on the champ. Herman has won 7 fights in a row, and 6 of them have been by KO or TKO.

The co-main event is a light heavyweight showdown between Ricardo Arona and former light heavyweight champion Jimi Manuwa. Arona was hoping that his win over Machida would get him a title shot but it looks like Davis will defend against Jon Jones first. Arona and Manuwa are in line with Raphael Davis and Ryan Bader, and Machida. The winner of this fight isn’t guaranteed a title shot but they will be very, very close. Both Arona and Manuwa are BJJ fighters, but Manuwa’s standup is a bit cleaner. Arona might have the advantage on the ground but it could go either way.

The third big fight of the night is a big lightweight battle between JZ and Jim Miller. This fight is going to be all over the place. Both men have 7 combined defeats in 47 total fights. Miller probably would have had a title shot by now, but he is still trying to overcome that loss to Per Eklund. The winner would be close to a shot after Richie Whitson and Darabedyan go at it, but that is at least 6 months away.

Here is the rundown of the entire show.

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Cage Warriors 50: Herman v. Schaub

Cage Warriors Heavyweight Title Fight
Dave Herman (23-3) v. Brenden Schaub (10-1)(#9 HW) HW

Ricardo Arona (19-6)(#3 LHW) v. Jimi Manuwa (9-1)(#9 LHW) LHW
JZ Calvancante (19-4-1)(#8 LW) v. Jim Miller (20-3) LW
Tim Smith (12-3) v. Jacob O’Connell (10-1) MW
Akitoshi Tamura (16-8-2) v. Diego Nunes (17-2) FW

----Prelims----

Ben Rothwell (32-10) v. Kirill Sidelnikov (8-5) HW
Marcus Hicks (14-4) v. Jacob Volkmann (11-1) WW
Marcus Sursa (10-6) v. Glover Teixiera (12-4) LHW
Jeff Curran (33-14-1) v. Ran Weathers (18-6) LW
Jon Fitch (19-7) v. Ryan Stonitsch (11-4) WW
Yahir Reyes (19-8) v. Diego Saraiva (16-11-1) FW
Doug Marshall (13-5) v. Andrew Buckland (13-8) MW

Former champ, Jeff Curran’s back is against the wall in a fight against Ran Weathers. Weathers is coming off of a loss where his opponent was suspended so he gets a free pass on that one. Marcus Hicks is still trying to get some respect in the welterweight division. His fight against Volkmann will get him closer, but he is still a long way away from a title shot. Jacob O’Connell gives up his Juniors title and takes his first step against new fighter Tim Smith.

PilotMan · 11-03-2010, 09:51 PM

We receive word that yet another fighter has been suspended, this time it’s Hans Stringer. Stringer destroyed Stipe Bekavac, and now he is out for a year. Good thing that he is young, he will still have time have a good MMA career.

Jose Aldo (17-5) won in his first fight out of Cage Warriors. He was headlining a Shooto show and knocked out Emmanuel Fernandez (12-8-1).

Kyle Bracey (9-2) has retained his Shark Fights Light Heavyweight Title with a 5th round submission of Sean O’Connell (9-7). It was Bracey’s first defense of his title. In the co-main William Borden (7-0) scored unanimous decision win over Kelvin Fitial (3-4) to win the Heavyweight Title.

In Japan, Ikuo Usuda (10-3) defended his WVR Lightweight Title with a decision win over Naoyuki Kotani (22-9-6). It was Usuda’s first defense of the title.

PilotMan · 11-03-2010, 09:54 PM

The next episode of Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV is going to be scheduled for the last week of April, 2012. And will be held at our home showcase in New Jersey. This card is going to be quite a show, as the main event has been moved from the PPV the week earlier and moved back to be the headliner on our developmental show. On top of that, 5 Junior’s titles are on the line, with only 3 of them actually televised. Like I said, a big show.

JZ and Jim Miller become the showcase fight for the television show, and Ben Rothwell and Kirill Sidlnikov have been moved to the main show from the prelims. A Juniors heavyweight battle will fill out the show in the prelims. Let’s take a look at some of these title fights.

First off, welterweight champion, Ben Askren will defend his title against newcomer Djamal Kurbanov. Kurbanov is a Sambo fighter from Russia, who trains with French Top Team, and has been fighting in Japan the last couple of years. Kurbanov is a solid ground fighter and striker. Askren as you know is a two-time Division I wrestling champion who has won 3 of his last 4 fights by TKO.

Next, featherweight champion, Jussier da Silva puts his title on the line against Henry Martinez in a rematch from 18 months ago. Back then, Martinez stopped da Silva in the first round. Both fighters are well rounded workhorses, so this fight could be quite a show for 5 rounds.

The last televised title fight is for the vacant middleweight title. Jacob O’Connell vacated the title and now will leave it to a battle between Cristobal Verissimo and Brian Barnes. These two have met once before with Verissimo stopping him in the first round. This is Muay Thai versus Kick Boxing, but we also know that Verissimo is a skilled ground fighter too.

Here is the entire card for Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV from New Jersey

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JZ Calvancante (19-4-1) v. Jim Miller (20-3) LW

Cage Warriors Juniors Welterweight Title Fight
Ben Askren (7-0) v. Djamal Kurbanov (6-1-1) WW

Cage Warriors Juniors Featherweight Title Fight
Jussier da Silva (6-2) v. Henry Martinez (7-2) FW

Cage Warriors Juniors Middleweight Title Fight
Cristobal Verissimo (8-1) v. Brian Barnes (7-1) MW

----Prelims----

Cage Warriors Heavyweight Title Fight
Raymond London (7-1) v. Gustavo Fabiano (8-1) HW

Cage Warriors Light Heavyweight Title Fight
Jamie Hern (8-1) v. Demico Rogers (7-3) LHW

Thomas Longacre (8-2) v. Brian McLaughlin (8-2) LW
Peter Dominguez (4-4) v. Jeffery Hall (3-1) FW
Wesley Johnson (7-3) v. Charles Diaz (6-2) LW
Benjamin Rude (7-1) v. Guilherme Contreras (4-1) MW
John Hathaway (10-0) v. Jerry Hayes (6-1) WW
Fidel More (5-0) v. Louis Alessio (5-0) LHW

PilotMan · 11-26-2010, 02:18 PM

APRIL 2012

The company profited 1.6 mil this month. Our PPV income is strong and we now are sitting on 20 mil in the bank. We had a lot of contract negotiations this month, and we expect to see out costs start to climb as a result. Our income is still strong and I think we will stay in the black.

Our popularity fell just a bit this month, but we are still at the high national level, with a national popularity in both Mexico and the UK. Popularity is lowest in Asia, but we are still at the high regional level there. Bobby Lashley and Phil Davis are out most popular fighters. Davis is our highest paid.

In the US, the order of popularity is still UFC, CW, Strikeforce, WEC, and Bellator. Bellator has made good gaines on the WEC. In Japan, the order is WVR, Dream, and Shooto. Pancrase is falling behind.

Leaving the featherweights we return to one of the deepest weight classes in Cage Warriors, the lightweights. Here are the top 10 in Cage Warriors.

Cage Warriors Top 10 Lightweights

1. Joe Brammer (11-0-1) His big TV wins have risen his stock dramatically.
2. Karen Darabedyan (14-1) Champion, will defend against Whitson in next fight.
3. Richie Whitson (13-1) Finally get’s his title shot this year.
4. Shinya Aoki (26-5) Shocking loss didn’t set him back that far.
5. JZ Calvancante (19-4-1) Facing Jim Miller next.
6. Joe Stevenson (33-12) Big win over Aoki puts him in title contention.
7. Jim Miller (20-3) Facing JZ next.
8. Takeya Mizugaki (16-6-2) Dominant run halted by Darabedyan in title fight.
9. Luciano Azevedo (19-9)
10. Mizuto Hirota (18-4-1) Former WVR champ has yet to debut.

On the outside looking in: Gilbert Melendez, Rich Clementi, Roger Huerta and Per Eklund.

I see Stevenson needing one more win for a title fight. Brammer will need to face some top level competition. Although his KO of Horodecki stepped him up. He’ll need more though. Mizugaki and Aoki is a likely matchup since they are both coming off of losses.

PilotMan · 11-26-2010, 02:19 PM

I had said that Rich Franklin had joined Dream, and has now stepped right into the title picture as he will be fighting for the light heavyweight title.

Many of our fighters that we have let go are starting to get work with other companies.

Purecombat awarded their vacant welterweight title to Tiki Ghosn (15-8) as he submitted Stephen Haigh (6-5) in the second round. Ghosn is a former UFC, WEC and Strikeforce fighter who has been bouncing around in the regionals for a while now. He has now won 6 of his last 7 fights.

PilotMan · 11-26-2010, 02:26 PM

I’ve been in Texas all week getting ready for this PPV. It’s time to get ready for the show! This is Cage Warriors 49: Puder v. Arlovski! The winner should be standing tall as the next logical choice for a title fight. Additionally these are two of our most popular fighters and this should do very well .

In the main event tonight, Daniel Puder, the former Interim Heavyweight Champion, has been beaten exactly one time. That was by current champ, Dave Herman. Since that loss he has rattled off a knockout win and a win here against a reborn Andre Arlovski would cement him as the cream of the heavyweight crop. It would ensure his rematch that he wants. Puder has been known as primarily a grappler and ground and pound fighter, but his kick boxing has greatly improved and he is just about as dangerous with his strikes now. Arlovski bounced around MMA circles after his exile from the UFC, fighting for Affliction, Strikeforce, UC UK and MFC. Now he is coming back to the top and a win against Puder would get him there. Only one man would stand in the way of his return to greatness. This fight is going to happen all over the cage. Arlovski hasn’t had a submission win since 2005, don’t look for one here.

The co-main of tonight’s show is a battle for the welterweight title between champion, Jason High, and his challenger Tamden McCrory. High has been untouchable in Cage Warriors, with wins over Pat Miletich, Lyman Good, Brock Larson, and yes Tamden McCrory. He is making his second defense of the title. As for McCrory, who was submitted in the first round, he has answered with 3 wins in a row. More than enough to get the shot. He is one of the best in his weight class right now. McCrory has become the real deal lately, as he continues to develop into a very well rounded fighter, who is dangerous in all areas of his martial arts. High is still a deadly submission artist, and that is what caught McCrory the first time.

Roger Huerta, Takeya Mizugaki and Brock Larson all fight on the rest of the PPV card. We are ready for action now, in Cage Warriors Fighting Championships 49!

TJ Grant (15-5, BJJ) takes on David Loiseau (20-14, Vale Tudo) in the middleweight division. TJ Grant didn’t hide his ambitions about getting this to the ground. Grant had Loiseau on the ground in the first, but couldn’t make up his mind what he wanted to do with him. After some talk in the corner, he came out for the second and put Loiseau on the ground again, and worked to an arm triangle submission for the win. Good fight.

Joe Warren (8-4, Greco-Roman Wrestling) takes on Ivan Lopez ( 13-4, Kick Boxing/Tae Kwon Do) in the featherweight division. Lopez strikes were doing their part early on keep Warren off, but all it took was one. Warren got it, and advanced to side control with ease. He softened Lopez up with a couple of knees, and took Lopez’s back. A few more blows and that was it. Fantastic fight.

Givanildo Santana (14-1, BJJ) takes on Rousimar Palhares (12-4, BJJ) in the middleweight division. Palhares mangaed to get Santana to tap from a rear naked choke. It was a very good BJJ fight. Great fight.

Vincinius Magalhaes (8-4, BJJ) takes on Pat Barry (9-3, Kick Boxing) in the light heavyweight division. Barry got off exactly 0 offense as Magalhaes took him down early , and finished the fight with an arm triangle. Good fight.

Benji Radach (22-9, Facesmashing Fu) takes on Jared Hess (12-3-1, Freestyle) in the middleweight division. Hess is a former champion. Hess took Radach down early on in round 1, but didn’t do much. Radach defended well and the fight got back to standing. In the second round, Hess tried to stand with Radach, but tasted the power of the veteran as he was knocked out with a brutal shot to the head. Great fight.

This is one that the fans have been waiting for! Jorge Masvidal (24-6, BJJ/Boxing) takes on Toby Imada (27-16, Judo) in the lightweight division. Imada worked like hell to get this fight to the ground. It didn’t work and the fight started slipping away. Masvidal surprised just about everyone when he took Imada down though. He had Imada in an awkward position on the cage, and took advantage by gaining a good position. Venomous strikes finished this one for Gamebred. Good fight. Masvidal gets his revenge.

Yves Jabouin (18-7, Kick Boxing) takes on Mike Easton (10-3, Wrestling/Muay Thai) in the featherweight division. Easton didn’t want to mix it up with Jabouin, so he played defense and got his takedowns at critical moments. Easton worked to mount as round 1 ended. He was nearly knocked out in round 2, but survived to see round 3, and waited out the fight by pinning Jabouin to the ground. He was lucky the ref chose not to stand them up. Easton gets the decision win. Decent fight.

The main show begins with Brock Larson (33-4, Submission Wrestling) taking on Delson Heleno (17-6, BJJ) in the welterweight division. Heleno scores a decision win here. A bit of a surprise for the man who had torn through the division before losing to Jason High. Larson was far more the aggressor in the fight, and controlled much of the action, but the key was when Heleno was on top, Larson was nearly defenseless. And the fact that he had just given his back to the Jiu-Jitsu black belt as the fight ended didn’t help his cause much. Decent fight.

Takeya Mizugaki (16-6-2, Shooto) takes on Richard Crunkilton (20-5, Wrestling) in the lightweight division. This fast. Mizugaki shoots, reversed by Crunkilton. Mizugaki sweeps, takes Crunkilton’s back, pounds him out for the finish. I guess Mizugaki won’t go away anytime soon. Great fight.

Roger Huerta (24-4-1, Wrestling) takes on Ed Ratcliff (11-2, Karate) in the lightweight division. Roger Huerta takes the fight by decision. In a fairly boring and workmanlike showing, Huerta pressed Ratcliff and didn’t let him have much air. Ratcliff defended well, and avoided taking much damage, but the sum of the whole fight didn’t go so well for him.

Jason High (16-2, Wrestling) takes on Tamden McCrory (18-4, Muay Thai/Wrestling) in the welterweight division. This fight is for the Cage Warriors Welterweight title, and a rematch of a fight that High won by submission. McCrory has a 6 inch height and reach advantage. Sometimes champions have that thing. That thing that you just can’t put your finger on. That thing that makes them champions. Jason High has that thing. High dominated round one with an early takedown, and although he had McCrory in trouble during the round, he couldn’t finish the fight. Even though it ended with McCrory stuck in a guillotine choke. Round 2 started with McCrory missing a spinning backfist, then landing a spinning back kick that knocked High down. High managed to recover, but was clearly dazed. McCrory couldn’t take advantage and was swept with another guillotine. High, dangerous as always, went for an arm triangle, an armbar, and another head and arm triangle before McCrory finally succumbed to him. Excellent fight.

Daniel Puder (12-1, Wrestling, 255) takes on Andre Arlovski (20-6, Sambo/Kick Boxing, 260) in the heavyweight division. Puder took the Belarus fighter down fast in round 1, but couldn’t mount much offense, and the ref stood them back up. Arlovski finished the round with his own takedown, but Puder wasn’t in trouble. Arlovski was very aggressive in round 2, shooting for takedown after takedown, but Puder defended them all. With his hands lowered protecting against the takedown, Puder was hit with a clean straight punch that knocked him out. Arlovski wins via TKO. Good fight.

We had 11,236 on hand for the show and 440k PPV buys around the world. The show was rated as being decent.

Fight of the Night goes to Jason High and Tamden McCrory
Knockout of the Night goes to Andre Arlovski
Submission of the Night goes to Jason High

I really though that High was going to lose. McCrory has gotten so good, that it’s hard to find a weakness. High just did it. Arlovski mows yet another fighter down, and now hasn’t lost since his loss to Brett Rogers. I was disappointed that Jared Hess lost. I really liked him. I guess it’s going to be a long road for him. Joe Warren had a good debut with Cage Warriors. That was a pretty easy win. I am again happy with the show. I thought that a lot of the fights went down really well. So now Arlovski will get the winner of the Herman/Schaub fight in two weeks.

David Loiseau (20-15), Ivan Lopez (13-5) were the only fighters cut from Cage Warriors after this week’s fights. Loiseau lasted a lot longer than I expected, and Lopez not nearly as long as I thought he would.

PilotMan · 11-26-2010, 02:31 PM

And that is it ladies and gentleman.

I took a hiatus from this over a month ago, and I went back to play it yesterday and when I loaded up the saved game it showed November of 2010 not April of 2012.

It sucks, but also brings to end my best dynasty so far. Even though there was little feedback I know that there were quite a few readers. Thanks to everyone.

This might be a blessing in disguise as the new version is due out next week, and it will get me going on that game that much faster.

End---

Not so fast. I got it back up and running at the right date. I recently had made some changes to the UAC and once I allowed it to make changes it found my save right away, so I can be back up and running. Yippee!

PilotMan · 12-15-2010, 07:47 AM

We have sort of reached another milestone here in Cage Warriors. That is, our first international show is scheduled to take place next month in London. Cage Warriors 51 won’t really be a massive PPV that our fans want but it will showcase some of our favorite fighters and the debut’s of a couple more.

The main event will be a battle of giants. The big name here will be the former UFC and MFC Heavyweight champion making his debut in Cage Warriors. That is Tim Sylvia. Sylvia isn’t someone that I am dying to showcase, but I can’t deny his 5-fight win streak that he has built up over the last couple of years. On top of that he is still an intriguing fighter who could contend here. He takes on one of the other big men in the division, Brad Imes. Imes, a name that only we have really made famous, won all 4 of his fights last year, and 3 of those wins were against top 10 opponents in the heavyweight division. While he still hasn’t come up for a title shot, facing a guy like Sylvia isn’t going to hurt him. Imes probably doesn’t have the standup to stay with Sylvia but if this fight gets to the ground it might as well be over. Imes has submitted his last two opponents.

The co-main has former UFC light heavyweight prospect Rodney Wallace take on Jake O’Brien. Wallace only has one loss on his record and that was to Rashad Evans, the former champ. O’Brien is going to tower over the smaller man, but both men are grapplers so if it goes to the ground it may not matter that much. Both men like to ground and pound, so whoever ends up on their back may find it hard to get away.

Other fighters scheduled to appear on the London show are title hopeful Thomasz Drwal, Ben Henderson and former welterweight champion, Lyman Good.

Here is the fight card in it’s entirety.

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Cage Warriors 51: Imes v. Sylvia

London, England

Brad Imes (18-7) v. Tim Sylvia (30-7) HW
Jake O’Brien (17-5) v. Rodney Wallace (12-1) LHW
Ryan McGivern (18-7) v. Thomasz Drwal (21-3) MW
Ben Henderson (14-3) v. Dave Jansen (16-3) LW
Lyman Good (14-2) v. Dustin Hazelett (14-6) WW

----Prelims----

Kuniyoshi Hironaka (21-8) v. Joe Duarte (9-2) LW
Taiki Tsuchiya (9-3) v. Henrique Bilcalho (14-5) FW
Norman Paraisy (8-4) v. Alexander Trevino (10-5) WW
Josh Barnett (26-8) v. Blagoi Ivanov (6-4) HW
Alan Omer (17-4) v. Manny Gamburyan (10-8) FW
Young Choi (17-9-1) v. Feijao Calvancante (10-5) LHW
Justin Davis (12-9) v. Dan Miller (11-6) MW

There are a few guys here who are in danger of losing their jobs. On the upside most of the main card fights are either going to establish newcomers or launch guys back into the midst of title contention. Looking at our roster there is a lot of areas where we could cut some chaff, I will be taking a closer look at that as we look to be a leaner more star populated organization.

PilotMan · 12-15-2010, 07:52 AM

Hong Man Choi (7-2) defended his KOTC Super Heavyweight title with a 3rd round KO over Alexandru Lungu (2-2).

David Espinosa (11-3-1) won the X-1 bantamweight title with a 3rd round submission of champion Maurice Eazel (9-12).

In Japan, the Cage Force Bantamweight title changed hands as the former champ Takeshi Numajiri (3-4) was submitted by Yuichiro Yajima (14-11-1).

Former Cage Warrior, and current UC UK light heavyweight champion Reese Andy (12-7) defended his title with a 3rd round submission over Mychal Clark (10-8).

UFC 133 went to Hawaii for the defense of the heavyweight title. Todd Duffee (9-1), who had won the title over Gabriel Gonzaga after Lesnar was stripped for drugs, defended his title when the big man came back. Here though he took on Frank Mir (17-4), who was coming off of straight submission wins of Stefan Struve and Shane Carwin. In the end it was Mir in the 4th round getting another submission win and regaining the title that he lost over 7 years ago. In the co-main, it was the former champ, Brock Lesnar (6-3) getting a decision loss to another big man, Stefan Struve (21-5). Other winners on the card were Paulo Thiago (16-1), Josh Koscheck (17-6) with a TKO win over Matt Hughes (44-10), and Jae Suk Lim (18-8).

Running opposite the UFC show was Strikeforce’s latest taking place right in our own back yard. In the main event it was Fedor (35-3) returning to the cage to get a first round TKO in his rematch with Jae Young Kim (13-12). Obviously, Strikeforce has no desire to challenge Fedor. The co-main had Jacare Souza (15-4) pick up a win over Nissen Osterneck (10-4). Other winners on the card were Sokoudjou (10-8), 2010 Female Fighter of the Year Sara Kaufman (16-0), and Tyron Woodley (10-2).

Steve Bruno (18-8) who spent some time at CW, has won the Bellator Welterweight title with a second round submission of Nate Loughran (11-3). The title was vacated by Norman Parisay when he signed an exclusive deal with Cage Warriors.

MFC was in Edmonton for their latest show. Those fans saw the lightweight change hands again as Blake Fredrickson (19-5-1) took a 5 round decision over Simon Marini (10-5). Marini had only won the title 6 months previous.

PilotMan · 12-15-2010, 08:04 AM

The Cage Warriors Heavyweight title is on the line tonight as Dave Herman takes on challenger Brendan Schaub. This is Cage Warriors 50!

A milestone to be sure and hopefully tonight we will see a show worthy of the event. Dave Herman hasn’t fought in Cage Warriors in 6 months. But he hasn’t lost a fight in over 2 years now, has won his last 7 fights and his last 5 by KO or TKO stoppage. He has turned into a fearsome striker with his most impressive win the TKO of Daniel Puder when he unified the heavyweight title. He knows that if he picks up the win tonight that Andre Arlovski waits in the wings to face him. Schaub has won his last 4 fights with his TKO over Josh Barnett the most impressive. This fight could stay on the feet or go to the ground. But you can bet, there is a very good chance that it won’t go to a decision.

In the co-main event tonight, top light heavyweight contenders in the light heavyweight division go at it. Tonight, Ricardo Arona will meet fellow BJJ blackbelt and Cage Warrior pioneer, the former CW LHW champion, Jimi Manuwa. Arona is coming off of his brutal first round TKO over Machida, while Manuwa knocked out Andre Gusmao. Arona is vastly experienced having been the former Dream LH champion. If the fight stays up Manuwa may have the edge, but if it goes to the ground, look for Arona to finish.

Former Cage Warriors Juniors Middleweight Champion, Jacob O’Connell makes his big time debut. Ben Rothwell fights, and featherweights Akitoshi Tamura and Diego Nunes start it off. Let’s get right to the action in sunny California!

Neil Joslin (7-2, Freestyle Wrestling, 273) takes on Chase Gormley (6-1, Wrestling, 245) in the heavyweight division. This is a Cage Warriors Juniors fight. Even though he was the underdog, Gormley hung in there and tired the big man out. He took advantage of a mistake in the 3rd and ended up with mount and pounded out a win over the younger fighter. Decent fight.

Doug Marshall (13-5, Striker) takes on Andrew Buckland (13-8, Boxing/Wrestling) in the middleweight division. This was a back and forth affair. Both men did their best work on the ground, but it was the better wrestling skills of Buckland that would be the difference as he pulls out the decision win. Good fight.

Yahir Reyes (19-8, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Diego Saravia (16-11-1, BJJ) in the featherweight division. Reyes has a 6-inch height advantage over Saraiva. Diego Saraiva’s drop to 145 looks like it was a good move. He did just enough to get this fight to the ground, even though he ate some big shots along the way. He takes the decision win. Good fight.

Jon Fitch (19-7, Kick Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Ryan Stonitsch (11-4, Muay Thai) in the welterweight division. Jon Fitch controlled almost all the action in this one. He was aggressive and worked tirelessly to get it to the ground. The bad part was that he couldn’t get Stonitsch off his feet. Stonitsch managed to get Fitch into a Muay Thai clinch and just blasted him not once, not twice, not three times, but four solid knees to the head, the last of which knocked the former UFC title contender out cold, and possibly right out of Cage Warriors. Great fight.

Jeff Curran (33-14-1, BJJ) takes on Ran Weathers (18-6, Boxing/Wrestling) in the lightweight division. Curran knew that his best shot in this one was on the ground, and he got it there twice. He had a terrible time with Weathers though as he was able to sweep the BJJ fighter twice. Weathers ultimately timed a takedown shot and knocked Curran out with a straight cross. Great fight.

Marcus Sursa (10-6, Wrestling) takes on Glover Teixeira (12-4, BJJ/Kempo) in the light heavyweight division. Teixeira worked hard and pressed the action from bell to bell. But he was not good enough as Sursa put him on the ground with solid punches twice and controlled the action after when Teixeira was on the defensive. Sursa gets the decision win. Decent fight.

Marcus Hicks (14-4, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Jacob Volkmann (11-1, Wrestling) in the welterweight division. A wild and wooly battle where Volkmann demonstrated his superiority eventually getting mount and pounding out Hicks. Hicks had been working for a rear naked, but Volkmann reversed and mounted him. Good fight.

The first fight on the main show is a featherweight battle between Akitoshi Tamura (16-8-2, Wajyutsu) and Diego Nunes (17-2, Muay Thai/Boxing). Another fight that goes the distance. The highlight of the fight was in the second round where Nunes knocked Tamura down, let him up, knocked him down again, let him up again, then knocked him down a third time. Tamura hung on and nearly stole the fight in the 3rd, but Nunes hung on for the win. Decent fight.

Ben Rothwell (32-10, Boxing/Wrestling, 290) takes on Kirill Sidelnikov (8-5, Sambo, 242) in the heavyweight division. Rothwell has 6 inches and nearly 50 pounds on the Russian fighter. Rothwell used his size to his every advantage. Eventually getting side conrol then mount, and pounding out the young fighter. Great fight.

Tim Smith (12-3, Wrestling) takes on Jacob O’Connell (10-1, BJJ) in the middleweight division. This is O’Connell’s first fight since leaving the Juniors’ circuit. Not really what I had in mind, but I guess it will have to do. Smith won a sort of boring grapple fest with the JJ specialist. O’Connell had been very dominant but that didn’t correlate here tonight. Average fight.

Ricardo Arona (19-6, BJJ) takes on Jimi Manuwa (9-1, BJJ) in the light heavyweight division. This is the co-main event. Ricardo Arona made short work of the former champ. Getting a takedown almost right away, Arona showed his considerable BJJ skills to take his back. From there he pounded out Manuwa to get the first round win. Fantastic fight.

In the main event, Dave Herman (23-3, Wrestling, 265) defends his Cage Warriors heavyweight title against Brendan Schaub (10-1, Boxing/BJJ, 260). Despite only having a one inch height advantage, Herman has an 8-inch reach advantage. And despite being vastly more experienced, Herman is 2 years younger than his challenger. Both men came out swinging with Schaub the first one to throw. His punches missed but Herman’s didn’t as Schaub was hurt right away. Herman jumped in with more clean shots and the ref stopped it just over a minute into the contest. Great fight.

We had 9,509 fans on hand for the show, with another 305k PPV buys and it was rated as being awful.

Fight of the Night goes to Dave Herman and Brendan Schaub
Submission of the Night goes to nobody
Knockout of the Night goes to Ryan Stonitsch

Another critically good show that doesn’t play well to the masses. Dave Herman gets another big TKO over a top contender and now has his work cut out for him against Arlovski. Arona makes a strong case for the winner of the Davis/Jones fight. And Ben Rothwell gets back to his winning ways with an overpowering win over a young fighter.

Following the show we send pink slips to Doug Marshall (13-6), Glover Teixiera (12-5), Jon Fitch (19-8), and Neil Joslin (7-3). The only one that I have any issues with here right now is Joslin. He is a talented fighter, but just didn’t make a big enough impact to warrant the next step. I think he is going to be very successful somewhere else. I hate to see Fitch go as he is one of my favorite fighters, and the rest of them just didn’t get it done. They needed to make room for some newer blood anyway.

JonInMiddleGA · 12-15-2010, 06:50 PM

Glad you jumpstarted this & were able to recover. Inspired me to at least d'load a couple of the WMMA2 mods that I've never messed with at all. MW7 and ARAIG (although how having Mike Tyson as a MMA'er qualifies as "real as it gets" escapes me a bit

)

PilotMan · 12-16-2010, 10:18 AM

Thanks Jon, I just needed to get a little bit of a buffer after I posted all that I had written. I am glad that you are enjoying the read. I am still biding my time for 3. I want to get it but I think I need to wait until after the holidays.

PilotMan · 12-20-2010, 09:26 PM

Cage Warriors: Unchained is coming back to New Jersey next month. I love to run the big television show in front of the home fans. I think it just makes things that much better. So this show is going to blow the doors off that PPV I just announced. So I think when the fans tire of Sylvia and Imes they are going to be ready for the treat that I drop on their doorstep for free later in the month.

Our main event is a tough as nails light heavyweight war between two former UFC light heavyweight champions. Ryan Bader, coming off of his loss to Phil Davis, gets a rematch with Lyoto Machida, who is coming off of a beat down at the hands of Ricardo Arona. Both men are still considered viable title contenders, so a win here will be very important. In fact, it was Bader who took the UFC title from Machida about 18 months ago. Bader wore down Machida and them submitted him in the 5th round of that fight. This one is only going to be 3 rounds.

To co-main event of the night has Cage Warriors veteran Rich Clementi taking on rising star Shannon Gugerty. Clementi has won 3 in a row and 6 of his last 7, although he has only finished 2 guys in that span. For Gugerty, he has won 4 in a row and 5 of his last 6, with 2 submission wins in that span. Clementi is 36 years old and this is going to be his 56 professional MMA fight. You know that experience counts, but when will his age start to catch up to him. Gugerty hasn’t fought anyone of Clementi’s pedigree to his point, although he does hold a win over current featherweight champion Cub Swanson from 2004, nearly 8 years ago, when Gugerty was just 22.

Former middleweight champion, Fabio Silva is also on the card. And so is former Pride and UFC fighter, former DEEP Welterweight champion, Ryo Chonan. Chonan is on a 3 fight win streak and fighting Martin Kampmann. Here is the entire card.

Cage Warriors: Unchained

Code:


From New Jersey

Ryan Bader (13-1) (#5) v. Lyoto Machida (17-2)(#7) LHW
Rich Clementi (38-16-1) v. Shannon Gugerty (15-3) LW
Martin Kampann (17-4) v. Ryo Chonan (21-12) WW
Fabio Silva (20-6) v. Siyar Bahadurzada (21-5-1) MW
Ryan Jimmo (17-3) v. Razak Al Hassan (11-3) LHW

---Prelims----

Bigfoot Silva (17-4) v. Chris Tuchscherer  (20-3)(#5 SHW) HW
JJ Ambrose (14-4) v. Dong Hyun Kim (13-3-1) WW
Ricardo Tirlone (12-4) v. Scott McAfee (10-3) LW
Jon Madsen (6-2) v. George Bush (10-4) HW
Ben Holscher (11-3) v. Rory MacDonald (10-3) WW
Thiago Tavares (15-5) v. Bobby Stack (10-4) LW
Chris Price (18-4) v. Jesse Forbes (14-6) MW

A big heavyweight battle on the prelim card. I am excited to see how Silva matches up in his debut with Tuchscherer. We have the return of George Bush! He takes on Jon Madsen in what could be a make or break fight for them. Former juniors champion Ben Holscher needs to get something going, but he has a tough youngster in Rory Macdonald. Holscher’s nickname is “The teacher”, will he take the 22-year old Macdonald to school? Ryan Jimmo is still looking for respect in the light heavyweight division. Even with only 3 losses he is finding it hard to climb to the next level. Silva and Bahadurzada is going to be a stand up war.

PilotMan · 12-20-2010, 09:28 PM

Former Cage Warrior, Andy Kappas (7-4) won the CFC welterweight championship with a decision win over Matt Cain (10-4-1). Cain had held the title since June of last year.

Dream Lightweight champion Takenori Gomi (34-7) defended his title with a first round TKO over Artur Oumakhanov (13-5). On the same card, Rich Franklin (26-9) made his debut in Japan, fighting for the light heavyweight title against Mario Miranda (15-1). Miranda scored a TKO win in the first round over the MMA vet to win his first title. Also on this action packed card, Cage Warrior fighter, Noah Thomas (19-8) massively upset Japanese legend Kid Yamamoto (22-5). It was the first time that Yamamoto had been submitted. He has now lost 3 of the his last 4 fights.

PilotMan · 12-20-2010, 09:37 PM

The fights are back in town! I have a short trip tonight to see a huge night of mixed martial arts action. Our show is in our home venue just across the river from New York, and our show is beamed all over the world. This is Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV.

The main event tonight is a major lightweight showdown between top contenders JZ Calvan and Jim Miller. This fight was originally slated for the #3 slot in the PPV that just ran, but got moved up to top billing on the network show. This is going to be a war. 39 career wins. 4 career losses between them. Both men have dominant stand up and incredible submissions. Both men are considered one of the best in their weight class in the world. JZ recently got back to his winning ways after his super fight loss to Takeshi Inoue. Miller had his title plans derailed early last year when he was submitted in the first round by Per Eklund. Now he has put 3 wins together, most recently against Ben Henderson, and is back on the move.

In addition to that huge fight, we have 5 title fights in the Juniors division. Ben Askren defends his welterweight title in the co-main event. We head right to cage side for tonight’s action.

Fidel More (5-0, Ground and Pound) takes on Louis Alessio (5-0, Hybrid) in the light heavyweight division. These guys looked rough in the cage as the fight went the distance. The fight wasn’t that exciting, but More did enough to get the win. Decent fight.

John Hathaway (10-0, Freestyle) takes on Jerry Hayes (6-1, Karate) in the welterweight division. Hathaway dominated the fight after a slow first round. He looked good knocking Hayes down and then pounding him out for the win. Good fight.

Benjamin Rude (7-1, Muay Thai) takes on Guilherme Contreras (4-1, Greco-Roman Wrestling) in the middleweight division. Contreras has an 8-inch reach advantage. Contreras aggressively pressed the action, and worked hard to get Rude off his feet. He failed terribly until the last round. In the meantime he was peppered by Rude’s strikes. The fight went the distance, but Rude held on for the win. Decent fight

Wesley Johnson (7-3, Freestyle) takes on Charles Diaz (6-2, BJJ) in the lightweight division. Johnson would not be denied as he took Diaz down over and over again. Diaz should have been happy to be on his back, and he did manage some subimssion attempts but he could not control Johnson well enough. Johnson had Diaz in trouble in the third round, and he took the decision. Average fight.

Peter Dominguez (4-4, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Jeffrey Hall (3-1, Kick Boxing) in the featherweight division. The former Juniors featherweight champion made quick work of Hall knocking him down almost immediately from a big hook. Hall defended himself fairly well but Dominguez was too good and finished the fight a little over 90 seconds into round 1. Great fight.

Thomas Longacre (8-2, Kick Boxing/Muay Thai) takes on hometown favorite Brian McLaughlin (8-2, BJJ) in the lightweight division. The hometown boy was brutally knocked out by Longacre. He wanted to come in, but ate some really big shots, then was knocked out in the ensuing G & P. Fantastic fight.

The first of the Juniors Title fights is set to begin. Jamie Hern (8-1, Boxing) is the current light heavyweight champion. He takes on Demico Rogers (7-3, BJJ) Rogers has done well since moving down to light heavyweight. Rogers has been very good recently but he looked like a JV fighter in there. Hern knocked him on his butt, and then controlled the BJJ fighter from the top position. By round 3, Hern was getting the better of Rogers and finally put his ground and pound to it’s best effort and forced the stoppage. Good fight.

Raymond London (7-1, Sambo, 290) takes on Gustavo Fabiano (8-1, Brawling, 230) in the heavyweight division. This fight is for the vacant Juniors heavyweight title. Can Fabiano overcome a 60 pound weight disadvantage? These two put on a really good show for heavyweights going 5 rounds. Fabiano had London really hurt in the second round, and nearly finished the fight. Actually, the fight was dead even after 4 rounds, with the 5th the decider. Both men were gassed, but all 3 judges saw it for London. Good fight.

Cristobal Verissimo (8-1, Kick Boxing) takes on Brian Barnes (7-1, Muay Thai) for the Juniors Middlweight title. Verissimo won the first fight with Barnes with a 1st round submission. Barnes came right out and knocked Verissimo down early. He had him in serious trouble but could not put him away. Verissimo recovered and quickly swept Barnes. From the top position he moved to mount. Barnes gave up his back, but was victimized by the rear naked choke that ended the fight. Fantastic fight.

Jussier da Silva (6-2, BJJ ) takes on Henry Martinez ( 7-2, Boxing/Wrestling) for the Juniors featherweight title. Martinez has an 11-inch reach advantage. Martinez bullied da Silva around the cage, and used his strength advantage. Martinez tired out and gave Jussier the opening that he needed. Da Silva ended up in mount with a guillotine locked on but the round ended. The next two rounds belonged to Martinez, who ended up taking a convincing 5 round decision. Decent fight.

Ben Askren (7-0, Wrestling/BJJ) takes on Djmal Kurbanov (6-1-1, Sambo) for the Juniors welterweight title. A close but boring fight. Not a whole lot of action here. The stand up is bad, the ground work was a stalemate. Askren wins in a decision, but it was a very poor fight.

JZ (19-4-1, BJJ/Kick Boxing) takes on Jim Miller (20-3, Wrestling) in the lightweight division. This is the main event. Yep, this was just what I was expecting between these two guys. JZ pressed the action right off the bat getting a takedown early on, but had to escape from serious danger and Miller had him locked in a guillotine. Miller eventually swept JZ and took control of the round. It went to the second and JZ again pressed the action. He locked up and leaned on Miller against the cage, but another mistake was all it took. Miller locked another guillotine on and dropped to the ground to tighten up the hole. This time JZ wasn’t able to get free and Miller took the fight. Fantastic fight.

We had a crowd of 5,145 on hand for our show. It was rated as being excellent.

Fight of the Night goes to JZ and Miller
Knockout of the Night goes to Thomas Longacre
Submission of the Night goes to Jim Miller

No surprises, the favorites all held on and picked up the wins that they were looking for. We have a full roster of title holders now, and I don’t think that any of them have to vacate at this time. Jim Miller looks to be the obvious choice for a title shot after the Darabedyan/Whitson fight. Cristobal Verissimo could be setting the stage for something much bigger with the way that he is piling up wins. Askren too. With Dominguez getting a fast win, he might be in line to challenge Martinez, the newly crowned featherweight champ.

It might not be fair to give a guy a title shot and then cut him, but that is exactly what we have done. Demico Rogers, who challenged Jaime Hern for the LHW Juniors title, was let go. Rogers had lost 3 in a row at heavyweight, dropped weight, then went on a winning streak, but he just isn’t worth keeping on the roster.

PilotMan · 12-28-2010, 10:16 PM

MAY 2012

Our meeting this month was fairly short and sweet. The promotion had a rough month but was still wildly profitable. The biggest concern is that our foreign PPV carriers are not happy with the product and are threatening to drop coverage unless we get our act together. It looks like that might be a short term issue. However, expenses are still low enough that turning a profit won’t be an issue.

The popularity of Cage Warriors is still great. We are the solid #2 promotion in MMA, and the UFC is sliding backwards to meet us. We are number 2 in the US, #1 in Mexico and the UK, #3 in Canada, #5 in Japan and #2 in most of the rest of the world.

We have some fantastic fights coming up over the next couple of months. I am not worried about this little dry spell we are going through.

This month we look at the top 10 welterweights in Cage Warriors. Welterweight is one of the weaker divisions in Cage Warriors, not because of weak fighters but we don’t have the big names here that we have in other weight classes.

Cage Warriors Top 10 Welterweights

1. Jason High (17-2) Undefeated in CW, current Champion, defends against Nick Diaz next.
2. Tamden McCrory (18-5) Beaten by High again, taking some time off.
3. Nick Diaz (23-8) Gets next title shot.
4. Jacob Volkmann (12-1) Two wins in a row, taking some time off.
5. Ben Askren (8-0) Juniors Champion
6. Martin Kampmann (17-4) Responded with win over Jon Fitch after loss to Diaz, faces Chonan.
7. Ryo Chonan (21-12) Faces Kampmann in debut.
8. Jason Norwood (13-3) Keeps working to get to the top, losses to Brock Larson and Lyman Good
9. Lyman Good (14-2) Back to Back losses now fights Dustin Hazlett in London.
10. Jim Wallhead (22-6) Former UC UK Welterweight champion, yet to debut.

Best of the rest: Delson Heleno (18-6), Drew Fickett (41-14), Jesse Bongfeldt (22-4), Ray Steinbeiss (18-5), Shamar Bailey (16-2), Simeon Thoresen (17-2-1), Tyson Griffin (16-4).

PilotMan · 12-28-2010, 10:17 PM

Rikuhei Fujii (11-4) is the new Middleweight King of Pancrase with a split decision win over former champion Akira Shoji (18-17-5).

TJ Waldburger (16-6) regained his Shark Fights welterweight title with a controversial split decision win over Jason Pierce (12-3).

In Poland at KSW 37, Nobatatsu Suzuki (9-0-2) made his 3rd defense of the KSW Middleweight title. He won a decision over Maro Parak (14-4-1)

PilotMan · 12-28-2010, 10:24 PM

This is a big step for our little company. We are live in London for the first international show for Cage Warriors. Tonight, we have the debut of Tim Sylvia as he takes on Brad Imes in the main event. This is a classic striker/grappler matchup where the small guy is 6’7” and 285 lbs.

A win isn’t going to make either man, a loss won’t derail either one. The combined age of the two of them is 71. This is all about the freak factor, and if Imes can submit yet another quality opponent.

The co-main is Jake O’Brien and Rodney Wallace. Both men are wrestlers with O’Brien being much bigger. But Wallace has only been beaten once. Just once, and by Rashad Evans. He could be a real up and comer at 205.

Lyman Good, Ben Henderson, and Ryan McGivern are also on the main show for tonight. Let’s give these Englishman a show!

Justin Davis (12-9, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Dan Miller (11-6, Freestyle) in the middleweight division. Throw away fight. Davis finishes Miller with strikes in the third round. Decent fight.

Young Choi (17-9-1, Judo) takes on Feijao Cavalcante (10-5, Muay Thai/BJJ) in a battle of embarrassing fighters. This is a light heavyweight fight. Well, there were no expectations for this fight going in but turned out to be quite possibly the best fight of the night. Choi lost the first round when Feijao controlled top position. Choi changed positions in the second and took that round. Setting up the third. Feijao was tired, and Choi took advantage putting him on his back. Feijao caught him in a guillotine but Choi power bombed out of it. A mad scramble ensued and Choi locked an armbar in that finished the fight. Fantastic fight.

Alan Omer (17-4, Submission Wrestling) takes on Manny Gamburyan (10-8, Judo) in the featherweight division. Omer comes in the favorite and shoots for the takedown, but Gamburyan locked the guillotine on and he couldn’t get away. Shock win for Gamburyan in 90 seconds. Great fight.

Josh Barnett (26-8, Catch Wrestling, 270) takes on Blagoi Ivanov (6-4, Sambo, 265) in the heavyweight division. Barnett has a 10-inch reach advantage. Barnett won the first two rounds with good grappling and ground position. Ivanov wasn’t taking damage, but wasn’t doing much of anything at all. Barnett wore out, and Ivanov got him on his back and worked to mount. From the mount, Ivanov landed some killer shots and put Barnett away. Good fight.

Norman Paraisy (8-4, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Alexander Trevino (10-5, Boxing/Wrestling) in the welterweight division. A tight first round and then Paraisy took over with some big shots that hurt Trevino out in the second round. Good fight.

Taiki Tsuchiya (9-3, Shoot) takes on Henrique Bilcalho (14-5, BJJ/Muay Thai) in the featherweight division. Bilcalho has been known as a tough opponent. He is tough, not great, but tough. He took the first round with great and effective aggressiveness. Taiki took over in the second round getting a takedown, and moving to side control before unleashing a series of knees that had me cringing. The third saw more brutal knees from Taiki. Bilcalho may have some really sore ribs tomorrow. Tsuchiya gets the decision win. Decent fight.

The last of the prelim fights had Kuniyoshi Hironaka (21-8, BJJ) taking on Joe Duarte (9-2, Muay Thai) in the lightweight division. Hironaka put Duarte on his back, where you would think he would want to be, but Duarte showed good skill and fighter development by subbing the BJJ fighter with a guillotine choke in the first round. Great fight.

We start the main show with Lyman Good (14-2, Kick Boxing) taking on Dustin Hazelett (14-6, BJJ) in the welterweight division. Boy, why doesn’t Hazelett try and take fights to the ground? Good peppered him with clinical strikes in the first, keeping the BJJ fighter on the outside. In the second round Good knocked Hazelett down with a clean punch, let him back up, and then knocked him out cold with a big head kick. Welcome to Cage Warriors, that was the former champion! Fantastic fight.

Ben Henderson (14-3, Wrestling/Tae Kwon Do) takes on Dave Jansen (16-3, Wrestling) in the lightweight division. A technical battle. Neither fighter took much damage, and both men looked good at times. Neither figher really imposed his will but the judges saw it for Jansen by split decision. That is going to be tough for Henderson to take. Average fight.

Ryan McGivern (18-7, Wrestling) takes on Tomaz Drwal (21-3, Boxing/Wrestling) in the middleweight division. McGivern has a 7-inch reach advantage. Tomasz Drwal would not be manhandled, he would not be contained, he would not be controlled. McGivern was totally outclassed in his debut. Drwal took him the distance, but looks like he might have the pedigree of a champion. Good fight.

We are up to the co-main event. Jake O’Brien (17-5, Wrestling) takes on Rodney Wallace (12-1, Wrestling) in the light heavyweight division. O’Brien couldn’t stop the takedowns of Wallace who just overpowered the bigger man on the ground. In the second round, Wallace put him on his back again, managed to work to side control where he attacked with some bombs and forced the stoppage. Decent fight.

The main event is next. Brad Imes (18-7, Wrestling, 285) takes on Tim Sylvia (30-7, Brawler, 285) in the heavyweight division. Imes wanted to get it to the ground as soon as possible. He was stuffed and stuffed and stuffed again until Sylvia caught him with a clean punch when Imes got careless and knocked him out. Good fight.

We had 3,077 on hand for our London show, and 139k PPV buys. The show was rated as being Awful.

Fight of the Night goes to Choi and Feijao
Knockout of the Night goes to Lyman Good
Submission of the Night goes to Manny Gamburyan.

A pretty crappy card. A stinker. But, we get a win for Sylvia in his debut, even at the expense of a guy like Imes. Drwal really does look great. Tough loss for Ben Henderson. Lyman Good back after back to back losses with a killer KO.

Alan Omer (17-5), Dan Miller (11-7), Henrique Bilcalho (14-6), Kuniyoshi Hironaka (21-9), Feijao Cavalcante (10-6) are among the list if the latest fighters cut from Cage Warriors. Bilcalho had 7 fights with us and won 3, but his time is over now. Omer and Feijao were pretty big disappointments with only 1 win between them, and a pretty big hype for both of them. Dan Miller and Hironaka never got a foothold of momentum and they will take a step down the MMA road.

PilotMan · 01-03-2011, 10:00 PM

All of that leads me to an exciting announcement. The booking has been completed for Cage Warriors 52, and without a doubt, it is the biggest, best, and most anticipated card that we have ever had. The only place for a card this big, is a city that has seen big show after big show, Las Vegas. We are going to run a massive card, in the hometown of the UFC. We want to show that we can put on a tour de force of MMA action.

Headlining our card is the fight that we have been talking about for months. Phil Davis puts the CW Light Heavyweight title on the line against Jon Jones. Davis is the most popular fighter in Cage Warriors, and both men are undefeated. Davis, who came from the UFC, has put him mark in the MMA world with his wins in Cage Warriors. He won the title from Rapahel Davis, and then defeated Ryan Bader, who had been the UFC Champion. By and large, he has to be considered the top fighter at 205. However, Jon Jones had momentum in the UFC and build an impressive resume with wins over Andre Gusmao, Jake O’Brien, Matt Hamill, and Rich Franklin. His last win was a win in a terrible fight over Marcus Sursa, a man with a wrestling background, like Davis, who is a contender, but not considered in the class of Davis. So how will this fight play out?

With both men being wrestlers you might think that this might be a bit of a bore fest. Possibly, but check this out. Davis has won his last 4 fights by TKO. He packs a power punch but his standup might be his weak point. Jones will be at his best if he can stay on the outside, and use strikes to or get close enough to use knees and elbows on the champ. Who will score the takedowns? Both men look for them, but who will get them, and what offense will they mount if they get them. Davis’ biggest advantage is his conditioning. He has a non stop motor, and gets stronger as the fight goes on. Will Jones last if this fight goes the distance?

We don’t stop there. The co-main event is another title fight. Lightweight champion Karen Darabedyan puts his title on the line against Richie Whitson. The champions last 2 fights, and in fact all 3 of his CW fights, have ended by KO or TKO and his most recent win over Mizugaki was his most impressive. Darabedyan won the title from Jeff Curran about a year ago an this is his second defense. For Whitson, he is a striking machine who has shown good enough takedown defense. His only loss was to Ben Henderson, when Henderson pinned him and never let him get off some of those clinical strikes. Whitson has won his other 7 fights, and all of them ended with a KO or TKO win. At this point, this fight could go either way. With they way that both men hit it is all down to who get’s off first, and with more power.

Other fighters that will be on the main show are former heavyweight and juniors heavyweight champion, Brandon Cash. He meets Shane Carwin in what could be argued is way to high profile a fight for #3. Joseph Benevidez and Shamar Bailey are also on the card. Here is the card in it’s entirety.

Code:

Cage Warriors 52: Davis v. Jones 

From Las Vegas, Nevada

Cage Warriors Light Heavyweight Title Fight
(CH) Phil Davis (10-0)(#1 LHW #1 PFP) v. Jon Jones (13-0)(#2 LHW, #2 PFP) LHW

Cage Warriors Lightweight Title Fight
(CH) Karen Darabedyan (14-1)(#4) v. Richie Whitson (13-1)(#5) LW

Brandon Cash (10-2) v. Shane Carwin (14-2) HW
Mackens Semerzier (10-1)(#4) v. Joseph Benavidez (13-5) FW
Shamar Bailey (16-2) v. Simeon Thoresen (17-2-1) WW

----Prelims----

Chris Leben (19-8) v. Dragan Tesanovic (9-2) MW
Stipe Bekavac (18-5) v. Andre Gusmao (11-2) LHW
Marcin Held (8-3) v. Cole Miller (15-4) LW
Scott Lighty (11-2) v. Neil Wain (8-3) HW
Charles Bennett (23-17-2) v. Ville Manninen (8-3) LW
Rory Markham (19-6) v. Bryan Baker (12-5) MW
Buck Bisbey (11-3) v. Mark Oshiro (13-6)  FW

The main card looks great. Carwin gets a former champion, or should I say a former champion gets Carwin? Bailey/Thoresen is a fight between two guys working to break into the top 10. Looking at the undercard, nothing especially important stands out. Cole Miller and Scott Lighty debut. Mark Oshiro moves to featherweight. Crazy Horse on the card. It’s a big card, no two ways about it.

PilotMan · 01-03-2011, 10:04 PM

We do draw attention. Opposite our show in London, the UFC and WEC both ran major shows. The WEC was in Hawaii, and the UFC was in Florida. They blew us away, but I am guessing that since we were in London, our show aired first, and so fans got to watch both, without missing too much. We killed the WEC’s numbers.

At the WEC show, Matt Serra (13-8) returned to the big time, submitting lightweight champion, Jamie Varner (19-3) in the second round. Varner had been the champ for over 4 years, and had made 5 successful defenses of the title. In fact, when Varner won the title, Serra was the welterweight champion in the UFC. Wow!

At UFC 134, Anderson Silva (29-5) won again in a strange and boring 3 round fight. He defeated CB Dalloway (14-5) who had been on a 3 fight win streak. Silva has won 4 fights since losing his title to Denis Kang. The UFC crowned a new light heavyweight champion after the defection of Ryan Bader. Thiago Silva (18-2) took out Rashad Evans (18-2-1) by KO in the 4th round. Stephen Bonnar (13-6) won over Renato Sorbal (37-12) Other winners on the card were, Yushin Okami (26-6) and George Sotiropoulos (12-3).

At a DEEP show in Japan, former MMA joke, and former professional wrestler, Katsuyori Shibata (11-8-1) defended his DEEP Middleweight title with a 3rd round submission of Ryuichi Murata (10-8-1). Shibata has now won 9 of his last 11 fights.

X-1 crowned a new light heavyweight champion last night, when James Te Huna (16-7) submitted champion Chuck Grigsby (19-6) in the 5th round to win the title.

Rampage (35-9) headlined Strikeforce’s latest card. He sure is getting tested there! His main event win was a first round KO over the highly vaunted Keith Berry (7-8). In the co-main, Michael Bisping (17-8) made his debut but he was submitted in the first round by Kazuo Misaki (26-11-2). Bisbing has now lost 7 straight fights.

King of the Cage Light Heavyweight champion, Brad Morris (13-4) won his title last year and yesterday made his second defense of the title. He scored a TKO over Wojtek Kaszlowski (3-9) in the second round to retain. Kaszlowski had won all three of his fights over the last year, albeit fighting in local shows.

At Bellator’s latest card, Wilson Reis (15-4) scored a TKO over Jens Pulver (23-18-1) just over a minute into the fight. Pulver is now 37 and has only 1 win in the last 4 ½ years. Needless to say, Bellator isn’t bringing him back. Anthony Pettis (9-5) won in the co-main event.

PilotMan · 01-03-2011, 10:10 PM

Tonight on HDNet, Cage Warriors: Unchained! The big question tonight will be whether or not, Lyoto Machida can get revenge for his loss to Ryan Bader. Both men are coming off of losses, and both men are still in the hunt for the light heavyweight title. A big win for either man could put his name back into the title contention hat.

Look for Bader to keep Machida close and try and get him to the ground. Machida is a finisher and he is dangerous all over, but can he avoid being controlled by Bader for 3 rounds? We will find out in just a few short hours.

The co-main tonight is the lightweight battle between Rich Clementi and Shannon Gugerty. Clementi is a well rounded, wily veteran and he is on a roll, but still outside the upper echelon of the lightweight division. Gugerty is experienced, with only 3 career losses is also well rounded. His win over Dave Jansen put his name on the short list of fighters who are coming up toward the top. Other fighters on the card tonight are Martin Kampmann, Fabio Silva and Razak Al-Hassan. It’s time for the big show on HDNet!

Chris Price (18-4, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Jesse Forbes (14-6, Wrestling) in the middleweight division. Forbes took Price out of his standup game and kept the pressure on throughout. His grappling was superior and his ground work was great. Forbes wins a poor fight in a decision.

Thiago Tavares (15-5, BJJ) takes on Bobby Stack (10-4, Wrestling/Muay Thai) in the lightweight division. The fight was all about grappling early on, but Stack did well, and avoided being put into a bad position. Stack used good strikes and scored a takedown in the final frame. Tavares tired out and Stack stole the show late working to mount and getting the decision win. Decent fight.

Ben Holscher (11-3, Wrestling) takes on Rory MacDonald (10-3, Muay Thai/BJJ) in the welterweight division. The teacher was trying to lay it to the student here, but it was MacDonald who took the fight early on. Macdonald hurt Holscher twice, but was put on his back eventually. In the second, Holscher got it to the ground early on. From there, he took MacDonald’s back putting the RNC on for the finish. Great fight.

Jon Madsen (6-2, Wrestling, 260) takes on George Bush (10-4, Wrestling, 255) in the heavyweight division. Madsen, with expectations high, wanted to get this to the ground. Bush shocked him by storming in with a fast takedown and then pinning Madsen there for most of the round, easily taking it. Madsen came out in the second and shot fast. Bush timed him perfectly and knocked him out with a brutal blow to the head. Bush keeps on rollin’ with the big KO! Decent fight.

Ricardo Tirlone (12-4, BJJ) takes on Scott McAfee (10-3, BJJ) in the lightweight division. Tirlone has a noticeable size difference. This was a tight contest with a lot of action. The fighters split the first two rounds and it came down to the third. McAfee got caught with a takedown, but fought it off, forced the stand up and went to town but it wasn’t enough as Tirlone took the decision. Average fight.

JJ Ambrose (14-4, BJJ) takes on the Stun Gun, Dong Hyun Kim (13-3, Judo) in the welterweight division. Yep, if you have paid attention at all, you had an idea how this fight was going to turn out. Ambrose tried to put Kim on his back, but it was Kim who scored the takedown. Almost as soon as he tried to mount any offense at all, Ambrose locked a beautiful triangle on from the bottom and Kim was helpless to do anything but tap out. Fantastic fight.

The last prelim fight is about to take place. Bigfoot Silva (17-4, BJJ/Muay Thai, 290) takes on Chris Tuchscherer (20-3, Wrestling, 285) in the heavyweight division. Silva was a big favorite coming into the fight. But the pressure was on to show what he could do. Silva dominated the first round, but in the second round, it was Tuchscherer who jumped guard, and put Silva on the defensive. Silva defended a triangle and then was swept on a guillotine attempt. Tuchscherer was in side control and used his elbows to pound out Silva for a convincing win. Fantastic fight.

Ryan Jimmo (17-3, Karate) takes on Razak Al-Hassan (11-3, Wrestling) in the light heavyweight division. This is the first televised fight on the card. Both fighters came out aggressively and the fight worked it’s way to the ground after Jimmo defended a takedown. Al-Hassan would not stop though, and his submissions were strong. Jimmo has been susceptible to that in the past and this one came fast. Al-Hassan locked a guillotine in and that was that. Great fight.

Fabio Silva (20-6, Muay Thai) takes on Siyar Bahadurzada ( 21-5-1, Muay Thai) in the light heavyweight division. Bahadurzada has a significant size advantage. How will that play out in a stand up war? Turns out it didn’t matter that much. This was a see-saw affair, where cage control was important. Silva scored a big knockdown in the second round, but could not finish. Bahadurzada held on and fought a close third round. Silva ended up taking 2 of 3 judges scorecards to get the win. Great fight.

Martin Kampmann (17-4, Thai Boxing) takes on Ryo Chonan (21-12, Kyokoshin Karate) in the welterweight division. Kampmann is much bigger than Chonan. What a great fight. Kampmann tirelessly worked for a takedown in the first round, and got it, but Chonan defended well. Chonan scored a big knockdown early in the second, but Kampmann withstood the blast, and dodged the diving punch that followed. So with it at one a piece they went to the third. The judges didn’t need to score it though. Kampmann caught the MMA legend with a great counterpunch and knocked him out cold. Fantastic fight.

Rich Clementi (38-16-1, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Shannon Gugerty (15-3, BJJ/Muay Thai) in the lightweight division. This is the co-main event. Our main show is turning out to be phenomenal. Clementi had Gugerty in full mount and was dropping elbows all over the place, and just destroying Gugerty in the first round. The ref would not stop the fight, and it took the wind right out of Clementi. Gugerty survived, took the second with great strikes. Going to the third, more clinical strikes as Clementi got wild, then was victimized by a killer counter attack that hurt him. The ref stopped the fight, awarding the TKO to Gugerty. Clementi is pissed. Fantastic fight.

The main event is next. Ryan Bader (13-1, Wrestling) takes on Lyoto Machida (17-2, Karate) in the light heavyweight division. No fireworks here. Machida’s offense was countered as Bader put him on the ground over and over and over. Bader’s top control was nearly perfect as he worked to mount at one point. The rest of the time he dished out copious amounts of damage to secure the unanimous win. Decent fight.

4,667 fans were on hand for the show and it was rated as being average.

Fight of the Night goes to Shannon Gugerty and Rich Clementi
Knockout of the Night goes to George Bush
Submission of the Night goes to JJ Amrbose

Bader keeps his name in the hat, and now Machida goes back to the drawing board. No doubt he will be back, but not in the title picture. Shannon Gugerty gets lucky. Fabio Silva could be back in the title picture, but he will need to get at least one more win. Antonio Silva’s loss sets him back. Tuchscherer wasn’t a top contender so a loss to him really hurts. JJ Ambrose looked sweet. My boy Bush get’s a big win and Ben Holscher gets a win, but can’t find the dominance that got him the juniors title. Otherwise the show was alright. I was expecting it to be better, but I’ll take it.

Following the show we cut ties with Jon Madsen (6-3), Rory MacDonald (10-4), and Thiago Tavares (15-6). Madsen came over from Strikeforce with an undefeated record, and a reputation. Three losses later and he leaves with his tail between his legs. MacDonald is still only 22, so his career has a long way to go. He managed 1 win, and Tavares we beaten 3 times in a row as well.

PilotMan · 01-09-2011, 09:12 PM

Cage Warriors 53 will be in Denver, Colorado, and will be headlined by a light heavyweight title contender showdown between former champion, Raphael Davis and Stanislov Nedkov. Davis is priming himself for a return to a title fight, but he will probably need at least one more win in order to earn that spot. 205 is a cramped division, and these guys are going to be ready to put on a show. Nedkov stuggled and was upset in his fight with Antwain Brit, but rebounded with a good win over Xande Riberio. Davis will represent the toughest challenge that Nedkov has had in Cage Warriors. Nedkov brings a powerful punch, great Muay Thai, and stong grappling skills. He will need them against Davis, the former champ, NCAA All-American wrestler, and Olympic hopeful. Davis hits hard, and has submission skills to match his ground and pound. His only career loss was when he dropped the title to the other Davis.

The co-main of the night is between LC Davis and one of the biggest names to make their debut in USA. This man is undefeated in 18 professional fights, and held the Shooto bantamweight title for over 4 years, making 5 title defenses along the way. Now, he steps up in weight class, steps up in talent class, and makes his way to the US to make his name here. Rumor has it that he was rewarded with one of the richest MMA contracts in history. Masakatsu Ueda is now 34, and is reasonably well know in the US. He is a world class grappler with good submissions.

Former Cage Force, and Sengoku lightweight champion Mizuto Hirota takes on Takeya Mizugaki in a great lightweight battle. Other fighters on the card are Shogun Rua takes on the Dean of Mean, and Heath Herring makes his debut against Neil Cooke.

Code:

Cage Warriors 53: Davis v. Nedkov

Raphael Davis (14-2)(#6) v. Stanislov Nedkov (14-1) LHW
Masakatsu Ueda (16-0-2)(#1 BW) v. LC Davis (17-4) FW
Takeya Mizugaki (17-6-2) v. Mizuto Hirota (18-4-1) LW
Shogun Rua (20-8) v. Keith Jardine (16-9-1) LHW
Heath Herring (32-16) v. Neil Cooke (10-2) (#3 SHW) HW

----Prelims----

Jim Wallhead (22-6) v. Drew Fickett (41-14) WW
Kendall Grove (14-8) v. Mike Swick (14-7) MW
Ricardo Almeida (12-6) v. Jake Rosholt (9-3) MW
Cameron Dollar (7-4) v. Manny Gamburyan (11-8) FW
Justin Wren (12-2)(#5 SHW) v. Mario Rinaldi (13-3) HW
Per Eklund (21-6-1) v. Hidenori Nishino (6-7-2) LW
Jeremy Horn (85-23-5) v. Jesse Juarez (15-9) WW

Herring bounced around Europe and the US, winning the KSW Heavyweight title along the way, and finally comes back to a big company. He hasn’t lost in almost 2 years. Jim Wallhead should have been on the main show, but there was just no room for him there. For those unfamiliar he is the former UK UC welterweight champion. He is one of the best MMA fighters yet to make his way to the US. Justin Wren makes his return from his drug suspension, and he takes on the former KOTC heavyweight champion, in Rinaldi. So there are some compelling fights, even if there is no real big headlining fight.

PilotMan · 01-09-2011, 09:14 PM

MFC’s latest card was headlined by Mirko Cro-Cop (26-12-2) taking on British heavyweight Stav Economou (12-3). It was short, it was explosive and a new MFC heavyweight champion was crowned. Twenty seven seconds into the first round, Economou knocked out the MMA legend. That is 5 losses in a row now for Cro-Cop, who can’t have much left in the tank. Thales Leites (19-3) has rebounded from his UFC cutting, won the MFC middleweight title and now made his first defense of the title with a TKO over Jason Day (22-10).

Meanwhile, Shooto wasted now time in filling the vacant bantamweight title as Harou Ochi (5-3) grabbed the belt with a decision win over Marcus Galvao (11-6-1).

PilotMan · 01-09-2011, 09:22 PM

The booking is finished for Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV. The show will be at the end of June, and will be fought at our home arena in New Jersey. There aren’t as many title fights on this card as on cards past, but I think it will still sell well.

The main event of the night is going to be the Takeya Mizugaki/Mizuto Hirota fight as it gets dropped a week from the PPV show to main event the TV show. In it’s place on the PPV is Jim Wallhead taking on Drew Fickett. A juniors fight was added to the undercard to round out the show.

There are two title fights on tap for our televised show with our lightweight champion, Christian Uflacker defending his title and our heavyweight champion, Raymond London defending his.

Taking a closer look at our main event, we have Mizugaki, coming off of a TKO of Rich Crunkilton, following his loss to Champion Karen Darabedyan. Mizugaki is a deadly striker with strong ground skills. We haven’t seen Hirota in the US, but looking at what got him to the title in the first place is good striking with fantastic cardio. Look for these two to box for the bulk of the fight with a devastating knockout a distinct possibility.

Christian Uflacker makes his first defense of the Juniors title against 22 year old, Korean jiu-jitsu fighter, Ye Won Nam. Nam is making his first fight in the US, but has a great record.

Raymond London fights Daniel Cormier for the Juniors heavyweight title. London has a big challenge for his first title defense. Cormier is 2-1 in Cage Warriors, but still qualifies under the Juniors rules. He get’s the shot here, like Lashley got the shot earlier.

Former Juniors featherweight champion Peter Dominguez rounds out the show. Here is the rundown of the entire fight card.

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Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV 

From New Jersey

Takeya Mizugaki (17-6-2) v. Mizuto Hirota (18-4-1) LW
Cage Warriors Juniors Lightweight Title Fight
Christian Uflacker (7-2) v. Ye Won Nam (8-1) LW

Cage Warriors Juniors Heavyweight Title Fight
Raymond London (8-1) v. Daniel Cormier (6-2) HW
Syd Barnier (6-3) v. Peter Dominguez (5-4) FW

----Prelims----

Spencer Herns (5-2) v. Brian Barnes (7-2) MW
Jin Kyu Lee (5-2) v. Michael Bowen (5-0) WW
Popek Rak (7-2) v. Martin Mikhailov (6-1) HW
Rawdon Lee (5-2) v. Joaquin Rocha (7-1) LHW
Dylan Clay (7-3) v. Rick Legere (7-2) WW
Danny Valimaki (7-3) v. Louis Alessio (5-1) LHW
Nariaki Fukazawa (7-1) v. James Caron (5-1) FW
Teriuihi Akita (7-2) v. Melvin Bailey (4-2) MW

Nothing overly important on the undercard. Valimaki makes his return to the cage after losing his Juniors title. Otherwise, we just wait and see what the night will bring.

PilotMan · 01-20-2011, 09:06 PM

JUNE 2012

We had a drastic drop in revenue as our international PPV contracts expired and were not renewed. Our popularity has hit a ceiling for the moment. We turned a profit, but it was only a fraction of what we have been doing in the previous months. Our profit was a whopping 360k. Better than a loss. We are going to be exploring some new streams of revenue after our current PPV contact expires this month. As far as TV deals go, we still have good coverage, and I am hopeful to rebuild our international growth.

Popularity hasn’t changed much, we are still #2 in the world, and our popularity in Mexico and the UK are really strong. Asia and Japan are flagging big time.

With the welterweights being taken care of last month we now head to 185lbs to look at the top middleweights in Cage Warriors. Here are the current rankings this month.

Cage Warriors top 10 Middleweights

1. Tom Watson (15-3) Current Champ, defends against Paulo Filho in July.
2. Paulo Filho (24-1) Win over Mousasi set up title shot.
3. Karl Amoussou (19-2-1) Has rapidly made a name for himself since he came to the US.
4. Thomasz Drwal (22-3) Needs a step up in class to get in line for a title shot.
5. Fabio Silva (21-6) Former champ, keeps on winning, title shot getting closer.
6. Tim Kennedy (17-4) Lost to Amoussou in debut.
7. Tim Smith (13-3) Beat former Juniors champion O’Connell in debut
8. Gegard Mousasi (30-4-1) Loss to Filho in debut.
9. Danillo Villefort (15-4) On a three fight win streak.
10. Rouismar Palhares (13-4) Won in debut.

The Best of the Rest: Ryan McGovern (18-8), Rory Markham (19-6), Siyar Bahadurzada (21-6-1), Gerald Harris (17-5), and Joe Riggs (34-12)

After Filho look for some combination of Amossou/Drwal/Silva to decide who will get the next shot.

PilotMan · 01-20-2011, 09:10 PM

UFC 135: Kang v. Yundt was run last night. There has been some speculation that the UFC has been protecting Dennis Kang after his upset of The Spider. Yundt’s big wins were over Aaron Simpson and CB Dalloway. Kang had defended against Dan Henderson and Riki Fukuda. Time was up last night. Unheralded Rob Yundt (10-3) became the new UFC Middleweight champion when he submitted Kang (36-12-1) in the 4th round. The co-main event saw Rolles Gracie (8-1) hand Cain Velasquez (12-1) his first career loss. The fight must have turned into a boring ground fight. Gracie’s best shot to win. Dean Lister (15-7), Jim York (13-4) and Carlos Condit (25-7) were the other winners on the card. Big losers were Vitor (21-12), Kimbo (6-7) and Shonie Carter (51-27-7).

Pancrase crowned a new heavyweight king yesterday. Mu Bai Choi (10-9) lost his title on his first defense when he was submitted with one second remaining in the first round by former Pride fighter, Edson Draggo (12-5).

Christian M’Pumbu (17-5-1), two fights removed from being cut from Cage Warriors, won the KSW Light Heavyweight championship. The French fighter had been fighting for KSW before coming to America, things didn’t work out well in the US, so back to Europe he ran. It paid off as he submitted the champion Jakob Lovstad (14-6) in the first round. His 4th straight win in KSW.

American Ryan Healy (14-8-1) won the Fury FC Lightweight title with a decision win over Luiz Firmino (14-8)

PilotMan · 01-20-2011, 09:23 PM

I made the long flight out to Las Vegas, but I didn’t get much rest. Our owner, the Donald, came out on his private jet too. He isn’t that big of an MMA fan, but the prospect of this being the biggest MMA show that Cage Warriors has put on, and right in the UFC’s back yard was too much to resist. Anytime there is money to be made you know Donald is going to show up. I didn’t get much work done. I was looking at the various match ups and I really like the way that this show is put together. Two title fights, the former Heavyweight and Juniors Heavyweight champion taking on Shane Carwin. I was pleased at the weigh in’s. We got a lot of good publicity and our top star, Phil Davis looked good.

So here we are. Cage Warriors 52! From Las Vegas, Nevada! The Light Heavyweight and Lightweight title’s are on the line tonight in a super main event to showcase our biggest show ever. Phil Davis comes in at almost even odds against Jon Jones. Jones would be the favorite but he looked bad in his last fight, where he was almost beaten by Marcus Sursa. Look for Jones to come out fast and try and put Davis on the ground. If Davis can survive the early rush and take the fight to the later rounds Jones could be in trouble.

In the lightweight fight two strikers, Champion Karen Darabedyan, and challenger Ritchie Whitson who finish fights. This is going to test the chins of both fighters in a true last man standing contest.

The prelims are just getting started, it’s going to be long day of fights, but I am ready.

Buck Bisbey (11-3, Hybrid Fighting) takes on Mark Oshiro (13-6, Freestyle) in the featherweight division. Bisbey has 4 inches on Oshiro. A throwaway fight, with Bisbey taking an unconvincing 30-27 decision win. Poor fight.

Rory Markham (19-6, Wrestling) takes on Bryan Baker (12-5, Judo/Wrestling) in the middleweight division. Markham used skilled wrestling and one big head kick to take the decision win over Baker. Average fight.

Krazy Horse (23-17-2) takes on Ville Manninen (8-3, Grappler) in the lightweight division. It was clear the Krazy Horse had the striking advantage in this one. He is known as a fearless brawler. He had nothing to fear in Manninen who didn’t even get the chance to put him on his butt. Bennett caught Manninen with some big shots and finished him in the first round. Great fight.

Scott Lighty (11-2, Kick Boxing, 246) takes on Neil Wain (8-3, Brawler, 285) in the heavyweight division. Wain has the big weight advantage here, but will his size and power overcome the skill and technique of the more technical fighter in Lighty? Not as exciting as I was hoping for. Wain was a good opponent, but it was Lighty that picked up the 29-28 win. Average fight.

Marcin Held (8-3, BJJ) takes on Cole Miller (15-4, Boxing/BJJ) in the lightweight division. Miller dominated early on controlling Held on the ground and slipping out of a submission attempt early on. That would be the name of the game for the fight. Held getting taken down, trying to throw up the triangle and Miller slipping out. Twice he was caught deep, and he power bombed out of it. Held hung on and as the time was winding down in the third round Held caught him again, and this time Miller wasn’t able to get away. Held picked up the come from behind submission win. Good fight.

Stipe Bekavac (18-5, Kick Boxing) takes on Andre Gusmao (11-2, BJJ) in the light heavyweight division. Many thought that Gusmao was be too much for Bekavac. The BJJ fighter is 6-1 in Cage Warriors and put some good wins under his belt. The first two rounds were all Gusmao but he really tired out at the end of the second round. Bekavac saw it and nailed him with a solid punch, Gusmao was exhausted and he couldn’t take it anymore. Good fight.

Chris Leben (19-8, Freestyle) takes on Dragan Tesanovic (9-2, Submission Wrestling) in the middleweight division. Chris Leben, known for packing a big punch, did just that by scoring the, first round TKO win over Tesanovic. Great fight.

The main show for the PPV is starting right now. Let’s get to these big fights!

Shamar Bailey (16-2, Wrestling) takes on Simeon Thoresen (17-2-1, Submission Wrestling) in the welterweight division. Wow. Not the way that we wanted to start the show. Given the records of two fighters I would have expected better stuff here, but that was not the case. Bailey controlled the fight for the most part. Lots of grappling, no striking, so sub attempts just two sweaty guys rolling around. Bailey wins a very poor fight.

Mackens Semerzier (10-1, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Joseph Benavidez (13-5, Wrestling) in the featherweight division. Semerzier took Benevidez down in the first and second and just looked too skilled for the smaller fighter. He turned the fight into a grind and locked a guillotine on Benevidez in the second that he could not get away from. Good fight.

Brandon Cash (10-2, Boxing/Wrestling, 265) takes on Shane Carwin (14-2, Wrestling, 290). Carwin is huge as he gets in the cage. Cash is taller but Carwin is huge. Carwin wasted no time shooting in for the takedown. Carwin postured up and started dropping bombs on Cash. Cash started to really get hurt, but Carwin didn’t let up. It only took 69 seconds to end the fight. Great fight.

It’s time for the first of our two title fights tonight. Champion Karen Darabedyan (14-1, Boxing/Judo) takes on #1 contender Richie Whitson (13-1, Boxing) for the Cage Warriors Lightweight title. This is a 5 round fight. Whitson came in with a different gameplan than you would have expected. He shot for the takedown from the opening bell, and didn’t let up with the pressure. Yes, there was plenty of boxing early on, but Whitson got the better of round 1. In round 2, Whitson got the fight to the ground where Darabedyan defended well, but ended up giving up his back and survived. Whitson powered in early into round 3 with a huge takedown. He mounted Darabedyan but looked to be tiring our very fast. As the round neared it’s end he got Darabedyan’s back once again, and after a struggle managed to lock in the RNC. Good fight. Richie Whitson takes the CW Lightweight Title.

We head to the big, bad main event between two of the top fighters in MMA. Light Heavyweight Champion Phil Davis (10-0, Wrestling) takes on Bones Jones (13-0, Wrestling). Both men are hotter than hot. 5 full rounds of MMA action. Phil Davis stormed out in round 1 with 2 powerful takedowns and maintained control through the round. Round 2 belonged to Jones who retuned the favor with good takedowns. Round 3 saw Jones continue with the takedowns and stave off some submission attempts. Round 4 once again saw Jones get top control and look very strong as the round wore down. Round 5 was very close. Both men started to look tired, and Davis started to look a little more desperate. Davis locked a guillotine on and took it to the ground to go for the finish. He was tired though and he just couldn’t hold it, and allowed Jones to slip out. A triangle was also a failure and both men finished the fight and it went to the cards. The final scores were all 49-46 all for Jon Jones, our new Light Heavyweight champion! Decent fight.

We had 14,680 on hand for the show. Easily a new Cage Warriors Record, and in the ball park of what the UFC brings to an arena. We also had 437k PPV buys, also a new CW record. The show was rated as being Excellent.

Fight of the Night goes to Jon Jones and Phil Davis
Knockout of the Night goes to Shane Carwin
Submission of the Night goes to Marcin Held

What a great show! Phil Davis will rise again, and I have a feeling that that is just the first of many times that these two are going to go at it. Richie Whitson getting the W was a bit of a surprise. He has really developed with his time here in Cage Warriors, and risen to the top of a very difficult division. Things are not going to get any easier for him. Shane Carwin’s win was huge. He should firmly be planted in the top 10 and not far from a title fight. Not all of the early fights were great, cuts are coming up next.

Bryan Baker (12-6) and Mark Oshiro (13-7) were the latest fighters to be given the boot from Cage Warriors.

PilotMan · 01-31-2011, 06:23 PM

Booking is completed for our first show in Kentucky. Lexington will be the place for our next PPV show, Cage Warriors 54. Headlining the card is a lightweight fight between the man who knocked off Shinya Aoki, Joe Daddy Stevenson, and the former WEC and Strikeforce lightweight champion, Gilbert Melendez. Melendez is making his debut in Cage Warriors, and this fight promises to be entertaining. Both men are exceptionally well rounded and evenly matched. Stevenson has a great deal many fights under his belt, but Melendez has only tasted defeat 3 times, and 2 of them are against the same man, Josh Thompson, who incidentally, is also fighting on this card. Melendez has won his last 6 fights, but still finds himself outside the top 10 in Cage Warriors. He could make a large sum of money while he is here. We do pay our fighters well.

In the co-main event of the night, popular heavyweight fighter, and former Juniors champion, Bobby Lashley takes on Tim Hague. Both are big men with wrestling backgrounds, this fight also could go either way. Lashley has won 3 in a row, all by TKO, fighting on our developmental show. This will be his first taste of our PPV show. Tim Hague has also won his last 3 in a row in Cage Warriors, with his best win being a TKO finish over Kirill Sidelnikov. Other fighters on the card are: Mike Brown, Abel Cullum, and Josh Thompson. Here is the card, in it’s entirety.

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Cage Warriors 54: Stevenson v. Melendez

From Lexington, Kentucky

Joe Stevenson (33-12)(#10) v. Gilbert Melendez (22-3) LW
Bobby Lashley (9-2)(#8 SHW) v. Tim Hague (12-2) HW
Mike Brown (25-5)(#4) v. Hideo Tokoro (26-19-2) FW
Abel Cullum (22-4) v. Noah Thomas (19-8) FW
Josh Thompson (20-4) v. Thomas Longacre (9-2) LW

----Prelims----

Donald Cerrone (14-4) v. Nate Diaz (14-7) LW
Rousimar Palhares (13-4) v. Benji Radach (23-9) MW
Jamal Patterson (12-2) v. Pezao Magalhaes (9-4) LHW
Shane Primm (9-3) v. Damien Stelley (13-4) LHW
John Hathaway (11-0) v. Ray Steinbeiss (18-5) WW
TJ Grant (16-5) v. Jason Lambert (25-12) MW
Gan McGee (16-6) v. Zak Jensen (10-3) HW

Zak Jensen was the reigning Heavyweight King of Pancrase prior to coming back to the US. He draws the “Giant” Gan McGee for his debut fight. Ray Steinbeiss is a former Shark Fights fighter who is on a 6 fight win streak. John Hathaway is undefeated and a marvelous test for him. Or should I say Steinbeiss is a test for Hathaway? Jamal Patterson, a former IFL and WEC fighter also makes his debut. Cerrone and Diaz could have been on the main card, but it just didn’t have the room for it. I could have gone with Melendez v. Thompson III as well, but since Thompson is 2-0 against his friend, and since Stevenson is coming off of a win over Thompson and a win over Aoki pitting him against Melendez, a fighter who has won 6 in a row, seemed to be a better fit. Brown taking on the always entertaining Tokoro should be an exciting fight.

PilotMan · 01-31-2011, 06:33 PM

Thierry Quenneville (19-10) won the UC UK featherweight title with a second round submission of Robbie Oliver (19-9-1). Oliver had been the title holder for 28 months and had made 2 defenses.

DEEP had a couple of American fighters who made big impacts by winning titles yesterday. Scott Jorgensen (11-5) won hs 4th fight in Japan and beat Justin Robbins (10-13-1) via a 5th round KO to get the title. The other was former Cage Warriors, Ross Pearson (14-6) who knocked out Yuki Inoue (12-4-4) in the 4th, in his debut, to win the vacant title. It was Pearson’s first fight since leaving our roster.

Strikeforce was in Colorado for it’s latest card. They had 6,200 on hand to see Fabricio Werdum (20-4-1) get a 3rd round submission win over Brett Rogers (14-3) to win the Strikeforce heavyweight title. Fedor (36-3) was on the co-main and picked up a win against former champion Shane Del Rosario (11-3) with a second round TKO. Fedor lost two in a row to Bigfoot Silva and Brett Rogers. Since then he has won 5 in a row, all by TKO, and has primed himself once again, as a title contender.

Chad Mendes (7-2) a WEC castoff, scored a TKO win over Emerson Azuma (10-4-1) to win the Cage Force featherweight title. Mendes is now 3-0 in Cage Force.

Another champion has been unseated. X-1 middleweight champion Richard Montoya (10-6) lost a split decision to Kenny Ento (15-6). Ento has won 5 in a row.

Melvin Manhoef (26-9-1) is the new Dream middleweight champion after he won a 3 round decision over Yuki Kondo (52-28-6).

PilotMan · 01-31-2011, 06:44 PM

We are in Colorado Springs, Colorado for tonights Cage Warriors show. Former Light Heavyweight champion Raphael Davis looks to continue his climb back to the top of the division, and he hopes that a win can propel him back into the title discussions in a very deep division. He takes on Stanislov Nedkov, a man whose skill nearly mirror his own. Both men come from wrestling backgrounds and both men are highly trained BJJ fighters.

In the co-main event tonight, we have the US debut of one of the greatest bantamweight fighters of all time, Masakatsu Ueda. Ueda has never tasted defeat, but tonight he takes on a very game LC Davis. Not only that, but he steps up in weight class and those 10 pounds could be very challenging. Davis is a powerhouse wrestler whose last fight was a second round submission over John Hosman. Davis has won both of his fights in Cage Warriors and finds himself just outside the top 10 in the division. A win over Ueda could springboard him to higher levels.

Other fighters on tonight’s card are former Pride Middleweight champion, Shogun Rua, former KSW Heavyweight champion, Heath Herring fighting former KOTC Super Heavyweight champion, Neil Cooke, and former UC UK Welterweight champion, Jim Wallhead. We truly bring out the best for Cage Warriors.

This is Cage Warriors 53: Davis v. Nedkov!

The opening fight of the night is a Juniors fight that was a substitute for the fight that was moved to next week’s television show. Dale Hartt (6-1, Boxing) takes on Willem Van Der Poel (4-0, Freestyle Wrestling) in the feat herweight division. Hartt is 10 years the senior to Van Der Poel. The first round didn’t produce anything worth mentioning but the second did. Hartt caught Van Der Poel with a number of shots, one landed cleanly on the chin knocking him out. Great fight.

Jeremy Horn (85-23-5, Freestyle Jiu Jitsu) takes on Jesse Juarez (15-9, Boxing/Wrestling) in the welterweight division. Jesse Juarez hasn’t done anything in Cage Warriors, but he put on a great show here. Horn has been a gate keeper of sorts, picking up wins and losses. Horn was dying to get this to the ground, but he kept eating huge shots. Juarez eventually got him to the cage and tagged him with an uppercut that knocked Horn down, then finished him with a Kimura. Great fight.

Per Eklund (21-6-1, Freestyle) takes on Hidenori Nishino (6-7-2, Shooto) in the lightweight division. This was more of a set up fight, and a chance for Eklund to try and get back to his winning ways. Nishino proved to be a handful though, and didn’t take any undue damage, but didn’t mount much of an attack either. In short, Nishino took the decision loss, but also make Eklund look really bad in doing so. Poor fight.

Justin Wren (12-2, Wrestling, 285) takes on Mario Rinladi (13-3, Jiu-Jitsu, 280) in the heavyweight division. As I have said before, this is Wren’s first fight back from his year long suspension for drugs. Wren powered a number of takedowns in this fight but his ground game was nullified by the Jiu-Jitsu of Rinladi. Rinaldi did go for a number of subs, but Wren was able to defend them all. Wren grabs his first win in over a year. Average fight.

Cameron Dollar (7-4, Wrestling) takes on Manny Gamburyan (11-8, Judo) in the featherweight division. Dollar is 7 inches taller and 6-inch reach advantage. A very boring fight that finished with a flurry. Dollar got Manny to the ground at the end of the second round, and was dropping bombs on him, but he survived the round. The third round Manny on his butt again, and this time, Dollar slipped to side control and dropped massive elbows on Manny until he could no longer continue. Good fight.

Ricardo Almeida (12-6, Jiu-Jitsu) takes on Jake Rosholt (9-3, Wrestling) in the middleweight division. Jake Rosholt scored a fast takedown, mounted the BJJ fighter, then used strikes to finish it. In 81 seconds, Rosholt wins his Cage Warriors debut. Great fight.

Kendall Grove (14-8, Muay Thai/BJJ) takes on Mike Swick (14-7, Kick Boxing) in the middleweight division. Grove has a 10-inch reach advantage. I don’t really know what to say. A back and forth battle, evenly matched, with little to no offense. Decent fight. Swick pulls off the win.

We open the main part of the PPV with Jim Wallhead (22-6, Judo ) taking on Drew Fickett (41-14, Wrestling) in the welterweight division. Jim Wallhead wins his debut with a 30-27 decision, but it was much harder than that. He was nearly caught in subs twice, and was in real trouble in the first. For the most part, the standing game was even, but neither fighter did much damage. Poor fight.

Heath Herring (32-16, BJJ, 265) takes on Neil Cooke (10-2, Boxing/Wrestling, 290) in the heavyweight division. Cooke pressed Herring against the cage for the first half of the fight, with neither fighter taking any damage. When they were separated Herring stormed in with a takedown and got Cooke on the ground, against the cage. Herring wasted no time in setting up a guillotine choke that forced the tap from Cooke. Good fight.

Shogun Rua (20-8, BJJ/Muay Thai) takes on Keith Jardine (16-9-1, Boxing/Wrestling) in the light heavyweight division. The fight started as a straight striking contest until Jardine pushed Rua against he cage. Rua took control, and put Jardine into a Muay Thai clinch. It took one well placed knee, and Jardine was knocked out. Good fight.

Masakatsu Ueda (16-0-2, Wrestling/Shooto) takes on LC Davis (17-4, Wrestling) in the featherweight division. This is the co-main event. Ueda proved that he had no trouble in getting takedowns, and Davis was nearly helpless to stop them. Little damage was done from guard though. The ref had to break them up a bunch. In the third, Davis knocked Ueda down but did not follow him for the finish. Ueda didn’t appear to be seriously hurt though. Ueda survived the round, getting another takedown at the end of the fight. Ueda gets the win but it was a poor fight.

The main event is next with Raphael Davis (14-2, Wrestling/BJJ) taking on Stanislov Nedkov (14-1, Wrestling/BJJ) in the light heavyweight division. There was an idea coming in that maybe this wouldn’t be that great of a fight. Both men prefer to grind out wins, and each tried to do that here. The biggest difference was that Davis was able to get Nedkov to the ground multiple times, but failed to really advance or do any damage. Nedkov was nearly equal in all areas but just fell a bit short by losing rounds 2 and 3. Decent fight.

We had 9.728 in attendance and 277k in PPV buys. The show was rated as being awful.

Fight of the Night goes to Jesse Juarez and Jeremy Horn
Knockout of the Night goes to Shogun Rua
Submission of the Night goes to Heath Herring

I am a bit disappointed with the show. Many of the fights were duds, or just simply not exciting, except for Shogun. I am glad that Raphael and Ueda got wins, it keeps them relevant in the top of the division, and that should go a way to getting them exposure. Otherwise, there just isn’t that much here.

Jeremy Horn (85-24-5), Keith Jardine (16-10-1), and Manny Gamburyan (11-9) were all sent packing from Cage Warriors. Jardine and Gamburyan were horrible flops losing 6 of 7 fights. Jeremy Horn was let go after he started losing more than winning, as our roster started to pass him by. He is still a decent fighter, but he just isn’t going to be a worthwhile keeper.

PilotMan · 02-13-2011, 09:44 AM

back home it was time to get the next episode of Cage Warriors: Unchained booked. Our flagship television show still is broadcast on HDNet and still runs in the evening. We typically avoid using our title fights on this show, but we usually put a really good, near PPV quality show. This show is going to be no exception.

The main event for Unchained is a lightweight battle between the former juniors champion, Joe Brammer, who is hot, hot, hot, right now and contender Luciano Azevedo. Azevedo was stopped by Per Eklund in his debut, but submitted Shane Roller in his most recent fight. Brammer is coming off of a knockout of Chris Horodecki in his first fight after his juniors title reign. Brammer is a good striker with good kicks, and good top control. Azevedo is a grappler who uses submissions to get wins, and has a questionable chin. Brammer might never be hotter than he is right now.

In the co-main event we have former Strikeforce fighters, Tim Kennedy taking on Gegard Mousasi. Kennedy and Mousasi are both coming off of losses but they are big name fighters and title contenders in the middleweight division. The line is long for the middleweight title.

Other fighters on the card are Alistar Overeem, Joe Soto, and Karl Amoussou. Here is the entire fight card for Unchained.

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Cage Warriors: Unchained from Trenton, New Jersey.

Joe Brammer (11-0-1) v. Luciano Azevedo (19-9) LW
Tim Kennedy (17-4) v. Gegard Mousasi (30-4-1) MW
Brendan Schaub (10-2) v. Allistar Overeem (33-13) HW
Joe Soto (13-2) v. Mike Easton (11-3) FW
Karl Amoussou (19-2-1) v. Joe Riggs (34-12) MW

----Prelims----

Tyson Griffin (16-4) v. Jesse Bongfeldt (22-4) WW
Joe Warren (9-4) v. Diego Saraiva (17-11-1) FW
Razak Al Hassan (12-3) v. Jason Brilz (20-4-1) LHW
Paul Sass (13-3) v. Krazy Horse Bennett (24-17-2) LW
Kevin Casey (7-4) v. Antwain Britt (12-3) LHW
Greg Lutter (4-0) v. Jessie Dale (3-0) WW
Joe Aroma (6-1) v. Jerry Hayes (6-2) WW

PilotMan · 02-13-2011, 09:46 AM

Kings of the Cage crowned a new lightweight champion as Victor Valenzuela (12-4-2) scored a second round TKO to win the title. Welterweight champion Aaron Weatherspoon (13-4) retained his title on the same card with a first round TKO.

In Japan, Shooto crowned a new flyweight champion as Fumihiro Kitahara (6-0) completed his quick rise to success with a second round submission of Rambaa Somdet (9-4). Somdet held the title for 2 full years. He was the oldest champion in MMA at age 40.

When Mizuto Hirota came to Cage Warriors he abandon the WVR lightweight title. Sengoku wasted no time in putting the belt up for grabs as Bart Palaszewski (33-16) submitted Leonardo Santos (12-4) with 1 second remaining in the 4th round of their title fight.

PilotMan · 02-13-2011, 09:58 AM

Our quick week comes to an end as we finish the month with our semi-monthly house show known as FIGHT! TV. Our show still airs all over the world, but according so some sources, we are going to lose our coverage in some of those areas unless we can get our viewership up. It doesn’t matter tonight though as we have former Sengoku champion, Mizuto Hirota making his US debut against Takeya Mizugaki. Mizugaki is still smarting after he was beaten by Karen Darabedyan for the title, and he feels that he only needs one more win to get that rematch he wants. Personally, I don’t know. There are a lot of contenders in the lightweight division.

The Juniors Lightweight title is on the line as well as Christian Uflacker takes on Ye Won Nam. Also, Heavyweight champion, Raymond London takes on Daniel Cormier for the Juniors title. The former juniors featherweight champ rounds out the show. We head right to the cage for tonight’s world-wide fighting action!

Teriuihi Akita (7-2, MMA-influenced BJJ) takes on Melvin Bailey (4-2, Hybrid) in the middleweight division to open the fighting. Bailey used a superior ground attack to take out Akita. He finished the fight with a first round RNC. Great fight.

Nariaki Fukazawa (7-1, Greco-Roman Wrestling) takes on James Caron (5-1, MMA-influenced BJJ) in the featherweight division. Caron was able to put Fukazawa on the ground and quickly mounted him. Then instead of going for the sub, he pounded out the win. Fantastic fight.

Danny Valimaki (7-3, Wrestling) takes on Louis Alessio (5-1, Hybrid) in the light heavyweight division. Valimaki is the former juniors champion, but he had his hands full here. Alessio pinned him for over half the fight against the cage, and the fans were getting restless. Round 3 was a show though, as Alessio tired out but still put Valimaki on the ground. Valimaki managed to sweep, worked to mount as the fight wore down, and locked an armbar on to finish the fight when he was clearly losing the fight. Good fight.

Dylan Clay (7-3, BJJ) takes on Rick Legere (7-2, Vale Tudo) in the welterweight division. Not much to see here. Legere didn’t look to be capable of putting any offense together, while Clay scored a couple of takedowns and used more crisp striking to take the decision win. Average fight.

Rawdon Lee (5-2, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Joaquin Rocha (7-1, MMA-Oriented Wrestling) in the light heavyweight division. Rocha took Lee down at will, over and over and maintained good control throughout the fight. Lee had a couple of strikes but his inability to keep from being put on his ass cost him the fight. Very Poor fight.

Popek Rak (7-2, Wrestling, 260) takes on Martin Mikhailov (6-1, MMA-Striking, 255) in the heavyweight division. Sometimes there are fights where the standard 10-9 scoring doesn’t do the fight justice. Rak was the aggressor for the majority of the fight, and wanted to put Mikhailov on the ground, but that didn’t happen. Mikhailov just didn’t win the first two, but he didn’t lose them by much. In the third, Rak simply tired out and got his ass kicked and nearly knocked out by the end of the fight. He hung on, and the fight was won by Rak 29-28. Decent fight.

Jin-Kyu Lee (5-2, Striker) takes on Michael Bowen (5-0, Traditional JJ) in the welterweight division. Bowen went out right away to get the fight to the ground. He worked well on the ground, but could not get the submission. Lee took round 2 by keeping the fight standing, and it came down to round 3. Lee nearly knocked Bowen out, but let him get back up, and proceeded to give up control of the fight. As the scores were read, it was all for Lee, but the crowd was divided. Decent fight.

Spencer Herns (5-2, Wrestling) takes on Brian Barnes (7-2, Muay Thai) in the middleweight division. These two had a good fight. Both men gave it their all. Barnes won the fight on the feet, but Herns won the battle on the ground. In the third round, Barnes came out swinging and Herns got a fast takedown. He secured the mount after some work and pounded his way to a stoppage. Good fight.

We open the televised portion of our show tonight with the former juniors featherweight champion, Peter Dominguez (5-4, Boxing/Wrestling) as he takes on Syd Barnier (6-3, Wrestling). Dominguez won this close fight in a war of attrition. Dominguez imposed his style better, had better stand up and controlled the ground game. He couldn’t get the finish, and not particularly crowd pleasing either. Poor fight.

Juniors Heavyweight champion, Raymond London (8-1, Sambo, 290) comes down to the cage to defend his belt against Dan Cormier (6-2, Wrestling, 265). London is making his first title defense. London knew he didn’t want anything to do with the world class grappling skills of Cormier. He tried in vain to make space, and used his big bulk to control the short sessions. Eventually he would succumb to the skills of his opponent, and Cormier would get the takedown. From there, he was able to get to side control and do some heavy damage. The ref tried to let it go as long as he could but Cormier would not be denied. Cormier takes the gold, as he is the new Juniors champion. Decent fight.

Juniors Lightweight champion, Christian Uflacker (7-2, BJJ) is set to defend his title against Ye Won Nam (8-1, BJJ). A mildly entertaining fight for our show. You never know with 2 grapplers like this. Uflacker took Nam down over and over, and neither fighter did much other than that. Until the 4th round. It had been all Uflacker up to that point, and it began to look like a rope a dope strategy might be in play. Nam tried to take control of round, pushing the champion against the cage, but that was all it took for Uflacker to get his head, lock in the front guillotine, take him to the ground in guard, and force the tap from the inexperienced Korean fighter. Average fight. Uflacker makes the defense.

We head to the main event of the night. Takeya Mizugaki (17-6-2, Muay Thai/Shooto) takes on Mizuto Hirota (18-4-1, Boxing/Judo) in the lightweight division. It was going to be a stand up war, it was going to be excellent, it was going to be exciting. It was all of these things. The first round was Mizugaki taking charge, stunning Hirota a couple of times, and knocking him down late, but the round ended before he could do much more damage. Both fighters came together early on in the second round, and it was Hirota who landed the big shot. Mizugaki looked shocked as he hit the mat. Hirota followed up fast, and didn’t let up. The ref stopped the fight to save Mizugaki from getting hurt. Excellent fight.

We had a rabid fan base of 5,466 on hand and our show is rated as being excellent.

Fight of the Night goes to Takeya Mizugaki and Mizuto Hirota
Knockout of the Night goes to Mizuto Hirota
Submission of the Night goes to Danny Valimaki

I thought that Mizugaki was going to eat Hirota for lunch, but it was quite the change. Dan Cormier has the chance to defend his title for a couple of fights, and Peter Dominguez might get another shot at the Juniors featherweight title. Uflacker is being made into a name with his title run, that is a good thing. Surprising win for Valimaki as he pulls out the submission when he is getting his butt kicked. A good show for our international audience.

Brian Barnes (7-3) and Teriuhui Akita (7-3) are let go after our show. Barnes fought for the juniors title one time, and he had some good moments, but nothing that will make him a star. Akita is on a 3-fight losing streak.

PilotMan · 02-19-2011, 01:47 PM

JULY 2012

Alright, so at this point, it really doesn’t matter how much money I make. We are past that tipping point right now, unless I go on a crazy spending spree, but that isn’t likely to happen.

We are teetering on the brink of international popularity, but our roster isn’t there yet. So we are going to play bridesmaid internationally to the UFC for a few more months.

So we move on to the top 10 light heavyweights in Cage Warriors. We have some of the very best fighters at 205 right now, and a long line for the title.

Cage Warriors Top 10 Light Heavyweights

1. Jon Jones (14-0) Current Champion, will defend against Arona in the fall.
2. Ricardo Arona (20-6) Gets the next shot at the title.
3. Ryan Bader (14-1) Needs a win or two for another title shot.
4. Phil Davis (10-1) Off until the end of the year.
5. Raphael Davis (15-2) Making a strong case for another shot at the title.
6. Lyoto Machida (17-3) Lost 2 in a row, and needs a big, big win.
7. Rodney Wallace (13-1) On the rise, but still a couple wins gets him right in the mix.
8. Marcus Sursa (11-6) Up and down, but his last loss was to Jones, so that gets him a break.
9. Shogun Rua (21-8) His last 3 wins were by KO, but a loss to Arona cost him.
10. Razak Al-Hassan (12-3) A close split decision loss to a guy no longer here away from a 7 fight win streak.

The best of the rest: Jimi Manuwa (9-2), Xande Ribeiro (5-3), Jake O’Brien (17-6), Stanislov Nedkov (14-2), Jamal Patterson (12-2), and Stipe Bekavac (19-5).

We have plenty of options here, but our top fighters like to take time off.

PilotMan · 02-19-2011, 01:49 PM

Joe Pearson (35-14-1) submitted Brandon Melendez (23-15) to win the Shark Fights featherweight title.

Maximo Blanco (11-2-1) scored a second round TKO of Koji Oishi (20-10-5) to win the Lightweight King of Pancrase title.

Way down on the undercard of a WEC show, former reigning Purecombat bantamweight champion, Chris Culley (9-6) won the WEC Bantamweight title with a first round TKO of Ox Wheeler (13-3). That was Culley’s WEC debut. Too bad it wasn’t on the main card.

PilotMan · 02-19-2011, 01:53 PM

We are moving on to the greatly shortened fight results portion of the dynasty.

Our next show is Cage Warriors 54: Stevenson v. Melendez.

We are in Kentucky for the first time, we need a good show.

Zak Jensen (10-3, Wrestling/Boxing) scores a first round TKO over Gan McGee (16-6, Submission Wrestling) in his debut in Cage Warriors. Fantastic fight.

TJ Grant (16-5, BJJ) submits Jason Lamert in the 3rd round (25-12, Wrestling) after dominating for the whole fight. Good fight.

Ray Steinbeiss (18-5, BJJ) gets a TKO win over John Hathaway (11-0, Freestyle). Steinbeiss took no damage in getting the win. Great fight.

Shane Primm (9-3, Boxing/BJJ) gets a second round TKO win over Damien Stelly (13-4, Wrestling) after Stelly took round 1. Fantastic fight.

Pezao Magalhaes (9-4, BJJ) submits Jamal Patterson (12-2, Submission Fighting) via triangle choke in the first round. Great fight.

Benji Radach (23-9, Facesmashing Fu) gets a tight, split decision win over Rousimar Palhares (13-4, BJJ). Average fight.

Nate Diaz (14-7, Boxing/BJJ) submits Donald Cerrone (14-4, Wrestling/Kick Boxing) with an armbar after he knocked him with a strong punch. Good fight.

Josh Thompson (20-4, Wrestling) scores a unanimous decision win over Thomas Longacre (9-2, Kick Boxing/Muay Thai) after Thompson dominated the first two rounds, and lost the third, but it was too little, too late. Decent fight.

Abel Cullum (22-4, Freestyle) win a unanimous decision over Noah Thomas (19-8, Wrestling) with a solid ground game, and good takedowns, and submission defense. Average fight.

Hideo Tokoro (26-19-2, Boxing/Wrestling) knocks Mike Brown (25-5, Freestyle) out cold with a brilliant strike. Huge upset for Tokoro. Good fight.

Bobby Lashley (9-2, Wrestling) forces an early first round stoppage due to strikes over Tim Hague (12-2, Wrestlling). Fantastic fight.

Joe Stevenson (33-12, Wrestling) utterly dominates Gilbert Melendez (22-3, Boxing/Wrestling) and finishes the fight with a first round stoppage due to strikes. Stevenson makes his case for a title shot. And it’s a strong one. Great fight.

We had 8.838 on hand for the show, and another 308k PPV buys. The show was rated as being poor.

Fight of the Night goes to Joe Stevenson and Gilbert Melendez
Submission of the Night goes to Nate Diaz
Knockout of the Night goes to Hideo Tokoro

Lashley continues his upward march in the heavyweight division. He will be getting some tougher fights now. Tokoro proves that you just cannot overlook him as a fighter, and Mike Brown proves what happens when you do. The other fights went pretty much according to plan, and you can expect to see some cuts after the show.

Jason Lambert is the only fighter cut after tonight’s fights. Lambert had been up and down, but finally we get the chance to get rid of him.

PilotMan · 03-16-2011, 09:28 AM

Our next PPV takes place in California, and will feature a title defense for the featherweight championship. But that is only the co-main. Cub Swanson puts his title on the line against Jorge Evangelista, a man with a thousand deadly submissions. Evangelista has held the Palace Fighting Championships and Kings of the Cage featherweight titles, and now looks to add the Cage Warriors title to his belt collection.

In the main event, heavyweights square off in a battle of title contenders. Shane Carwin takes on Josh Hendricks.

Here is the entire card for Cage Warriors 55.

Code:

Cage Warriors 55: Carwin v. Hendricks
From California

Shane Carwin (15-2)(#1 SHW) v. Josh Hendricks (20-6)(#2 SHW) HW

Cage Warriors Featherweight Title Fight
Cub Swanson (20-2)(#3) v. Jorge Evangelista (15-3-1)(#4) FW
Shinya Aoki (26-5)(#9) v. Chris Horodecki (17-4) LW
Jason Miller (26-9)(#10) v. Andrew Buckland (14-8) MW
Nate Moore (12-4) v. Givanildo Santana (14-2) MW

----Prelims----

Tamdan McCrory (18-5) v. Brett Cooper (12-5) WW
Jorge Masvidal (25-6) v. Joe Duarte (10-2) LW
Jimi Manuwa (9-2) v. Ryan Jimmo (17-4) LHW
Akiyo Nishiura (14-5-1) v. Javier Vazquez (19-6) FW
Kirill Sidelnikov (8-6) v. Pat Berry (9-4) LHW
Delson Heleno (18-6) v. Tarec Saffiedine (14-3) WW
Jake Rosholt (10-3) v. Justin Davis (13-9) MW

I think that if you look at the main card that there are some good fights there. Jason Miller makes his debut with our group and takes on a gamer in Buckland. Aoki takes on a proven striker in Horodecki, but if it goes to the ground the submission ace should finish it. And Nate Moore, popular and rising takes on Santana, another fighter that if it goes to the ground will finish in a heartbeat. Looking at the prelims, McCrory and Cooper should be fast, and both Masvidal and Duarte are trying to claw into the top 10 in the packed lightweight division. The former Light Heavyweight champ, and original Cage Warrior Jimi Manuwa takes on Ryan Jimmo. The rest are guys trying to get something started.

PilotMan · 03-16-2011, 09:35 AM

38-year old Pedro Rizzo (21-11) won his first title with a first round submission over Anthony Hesketh (9-2) for the vacant UC UK Heavyweight title.

UFC 136 was last night, with the main event being the return of GSP after his shocking loss to Anthony Johnson. GSP (25-3) returned to his dominating ways with a first round TKO over Thiago Alves (19-7). In the co-main event Akiyama (18-3) came out fast and knocked out Wanderlei Silva (37-13-1) in just over 70 seconds. Other winners on the card were Steve Lopez (13-3) over Little Nog (17-8) and Gray Maynard (15-1) over Duane Ludwig (22-11) and Mark Munoz (7-1) over Minowaman (46-34-8). In a side note, this night saw the last fight for UFC legend Oleg Taktarov (17-8-2) when he was submitted in the second round. Oleg was 44 when he retired.

Rampage Jackson (36-9) continued his run in Strikeforce with a first round, 26 second TKO over Alex Schoenauer (16-13) in the main event of last night’s show. You have to figure that a title shot has to be coming soon. Robbie Lawler (23-6) picked up a win in the co-main with a TKO over Alavtudin Gadzhiyev (16-6). Gadzhivev is the former Middleweight King of Pancrase. Other winners in the show were Damacio Page (12-9), Cyborg Santos (10-3) and Marloes Coenen (23-5).

Brandon Visher (10-4) won the X-1 Featherweight Title with a win over Yaotzin Meza (16-9) in a 5 round decision.

Jung Hwan Cha (10-5-1) submitted Luis Ramos (17-6) in the 5th round to retain his Cage Force Welterweight Title. It was the second defense of the title for Cha. In the co-main event, Danny Martinez (16-5) won the Bantamweight Title with a first round TKO over Isao Terada (8-10-4). Terada held the title for almost a year and a half.

PilotMan · 03-16-2011, 09:39 AM

Cage Warriors: Unchained, our flagship television show, broadcast all over the US and Canada is ready to be broadcast. The crowds are here in New Jersey and our fighters are all weighted in and ready to fight. The main event has former Juniors Lightweight champion Joe Brammer put his undefeated record on the line against seasoned lightweight Luciano Azevedo.

The co-main has Tim Kennedy taking on Gegard Mousasi.

Let’s head right into the action.

Jerry Hayes (6-2, Karate) wins a unanimous decision over Joe Aroma (6-1, MMA- Influenced Wrestling) using good striking and surviving a takedown and mount in the second round. Good fight.

Greg Lutter (4-0, Kick Boxing) totally dominated Jessie Dale (3-0, BJJ) knocking him down 3 times with punches and kicks. He wins the unanimous decision in a good fight.

Antwain Britt (12-3, Wrestling) fought off an early challenge then took advantage of a tiring Kevin Casey (7-4, BJJ). He got him into a Muay Thai clinch and blasted him twice to the body and once to the head knocking Casey out. Great fight.

Krazy Horse (24-17-2) was looking for another KO win, but he would not get it. Paul Sass (13-3, Muay Thai/BJJ) got him to the ground and submitted him with an Americana in the first round. Great fight.

An unrelenting attack saw Razak Al-Hassan (12-3, Wrestling) submit Jason Brilz (20-4-1, Wrestling) via RNC in the third round. Brilz was outgunned as Hassan took advantage and every exchange. Great fight.

Diego Saraiva (17-11-1, BJJ) scores a unanimous decision win in a really boring grapple fest with Joe Warren (9-4, Greco-Roman Wrestling) Decent fight.

Tyson Griffin (16-4, Wrestling) dominated the fight with Jesse Bongfeldt (22-4, Jeet Kune Do) but could not inflict much damage and was unable to finish the fight. He takes the decision, Poor fight.

First fight on the main, televised portion of the show is ready .

Karl Amoussou (19-2-1) was surprised early on against Joe Riggs (34-12, Freestyle) but managed to hang on, then recover, and take the fight, pounding out Riggs in the third round of this tightly contested affair. Riggs had a good showing, but was overwhelmed by Amoussou late. Decent fight.

Joe Soto (13-2, Wrestling) turns in a workman like performance as he picks up the win over Mike Easton (11-3, Muay Thai/Wrestling). Easton fought hard, but could not overcome his deficiencies. Average fight.

Man, what a boring fight. These two looked like sad boxers in there. Nobody wanted to engage, and neither looks exciting enough to make a title run. Allistar Overeem (33-13, Muay Thai/Grappling) picks up a decision win over Brendan Schaub (10-2, Boxing/BJJ) in a battle of title hopefuls. Average fight.

Tim Kennedy (17-4) was expected to really push Gegard Mousasi (30-4-1, Judo/Kick Boxing) but nobody expected him to take Mousasi down so easy, then mount him and finish the fight in the first round, like he did. Dominating win for Kennedy. Great fight.

Hot runs can’t always continue, and Joe Brammer (11-0-1, Muay Thai/Wrestling) knew he had to keep this fight standing to have a chance. Instead Luciano Azevedo (19-9, Luta Livre) put Brammer on the ground in round one and again early in round 2. Then he took the fighters back and submitted him with a RNC. Brammer suffers his first loss. Decent fight.

5,311 fans were on hand for our television show. The show was rated as being excellent.

Fight of the Night goes to Karl Amoussou and Joe Riggs
Knockout of the Night goes to Antwain Britt
Submission of the Night goes to Luciano Azevedo

Good show, big names just to run on the television, but we need some of these guys to really pop. Mousasi losing again is a big blow for him, and could cost him a job if he keeps it up. Overeem looks bad, but as long as he keeps winning I guess it’s ok. Soto and Amoussou didn’t disappoint, and both kept moving toward the top as a title shot looks to be closer for both of them.

Kevin Casey and Mike Easton were both let go after the show. Easton has showed some promise but he is now 2-3 in his tenure here and his time is up. Casey went 3-4 in Cage Warriors, and just never showed much promise at all, but some wins along the way kept him here. I won’t miss him that much.

10-11-2010, 11:54 AM	#251
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Tonight, Shinya Aoki puts his #1 lightweight ranking on the line in his Cage Warriors debut against cage veteran Joe Daddy Sevenson. Aoki has won his last 6 fights, including his 3 fights in the UFC. He submitted KenFlo, Joe Lauzon, Takenori Gomi, and Joachim Hansen in 4 of his last 5 fights. In contrast, Stevenson is a wily veteran with a great wrestling base, and a well rounded standup game to go with his ground attack. Stevenson is coming off of his own win over Josh Thompson, after leaving the UFC with his back to back losses to Sanchez and Gray Maynard. He was TKOed by both men. Aoki is a slippery customer, but his standup is clearly his weakness. Stevenson should try and keep the fight standing while using his low center of gravity to power Aoki around the cage. For Aoki, he will come in with a plan, and if he can execute it he should win. His ground game is nearly unparalleled, his submissions undefendable. In the co-main K-1 star and former Strikeforce heavyweight champion, Allistar Overeem makes his Cage Warriors debut against Chris Tuchscherer. Overeem last lost to Roger Gracie just over 2 years ago. Since then he was successful in his two fights in the UFC over Anthony Hardonk and Gabriel Gonzaga. Tuchscherer has a loss to Gonzaga and Brad Imes, but also has wins over Ben Rothwell and Assuerio Silva. Tuchscherer relies on a ground and pound attack but is vulnerable in the standup game. Overeem is a supremely well rounded, international MMA star, this is just his first test here. Tonight’s card also has the rebirth of Brett Cooper. Cooper held the Purecombat welterweight title for over 4 years, and has won his last 7 fights. But tonight, he meets Nate Diaz. Diaz took out a tough Martin Kampmann in his debut, this is arguably an easier fight. But you never know with guys who just know how to win. Cage Warriors 47 is ready to begin. It’s time to get the action rolling! Frank Brook (3-0, Sambo) takes on Tadayuki Asuhara (3-0, Muay Thai) in the lightweight division. Asuhara ran a striking clinc. He caught Brook in a MT clinch in the first and nailed him 3 times, opening up a huge gash that caused problems for Brook. Asuhara wins an easy decision. Decent fight. Jeffrey Hall (3-0, Kick Boxing) takes on Paul Carvill (3-0, Wrestling) in the featherweight division. Hall and Carvill put on a good show for their first fights in Cage Warriors. Carvill planted Hall with a big slam in round 1, and mouted him in the second. Carvill ran out of gas in the second round, and Hall took the round, but couldn’t take the fight. Carvill win by unanimous decision. Good fight. Joe Riggs (33-12, Freestyle) takes on Dan Hornbuckle (22-5, Muay Thai/BJJ) in the middleweight division. Joe Riggs was ready for this one. He controlled Hornbuckle early, and used his wrestling to slam Hornbuckle down. And that was the beginning of the end. Hornbuckle tried for a triangle, but Riggs used his skill to escape and move to side control. Riggs worked to mound and finished Hornbuckle with a great ground and pound. Great fight. Ben Holscher (11-2, Wrestling) takes on Noah Thomas (17-8, Wrestling) in the welterweight division. A short but memorable fight from these two. Holscher has been on a tear lately, and he took over this one right away. Thomas found himself in the air, and Holscher planted him hard. Holscher tried to pass, but never expected Thomas to lock on the guillotine choke that he was forced to tap from. Fantastic fight. Tough break for the rising Holscher. Dominic Cruz (18-3, Wrestling) takes on Joe Soto (12-2, Wrestling) in the featherweight division. This fight should have been on the main card. Two top notch fighters really going at makes for good TV. Cruz came out wanting to get it to the ground, and he did get it there quick. Soto had good defense from his back and was able to keep Cruz from advancing position and didn’t take any damage, but he was smothered in the first. Soto avoided a takedown early on and then caught Cruz with a big punch. He dove in looking to finish, but Cruz recovered fast, and showed that he was still dangerous. Soto let him back up and they circled again, until Soto dropped him with another big punch. Soto came in fast again, as Cruz was really hurt this time, and this time he finished the fight. Great fight. Josh Thompson (19-4, Kick Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Brian Cobb (19-7, Wrestling) in the lightweight division. This fight turned from a snooze fest to a nail biter. Cobb tried to jump guard for the whole first two rounds, and Thompson dominated but could not pass Cobb’s guard. Things changed in the last round. Cobb got the takedown, and had Thompson in serious trouble. Cobb mounted Punk, and then took his back as he defended himself. Cobb fervently worked for the rear naked choke, but Thompson defended well. Thompson just looked exhausted, but he still managed to keep his defenses up survive the round. Thompson survives to get the win. Average fight. Jeremy Horn (85-22-5, Freestyle Jiu-Jitsu) takes on Kendall Grove (13-8, Muay Thai/BJJ) in the middleweight division. Grove has a 5-inch height and 10-inch reach advantage. Grove looked really good in this fight, dominating the smaller Horn for most of the fight. Not too much action in this fight, but what action there was, was controlled by the bigger Grove. Horn just didn’t have it tonight. Average fight. The main show opens with light heavyweight contenders Antwain Britt (12-2, Wrestling) taking on Damien Stelly (12-4, Wrestling). Britt didn’t show the skills that he showed in his debut fight with us, and Stelly’s wrestling skills were just plain better. Stelly controlled most of the grappling action and scored all the takedowns. Britt had a chance at the end of the third, when he had side control and was applying some damage, but it was too little to late. Decent fight. Xande Ribeiro (5-2, BJJ) takes on Stanislov Nedkov (13-1, Wrestling/BJJ) in the light heavyweight division. This was a very boring fight in my opinion. Neither fighter wanted to trade blows instead both men spent a lot of time hugging against the cage, and trading positions. Ribeiro scored the only two takedowns, but Nedkov controlled the majority of the action, and ultimately took the fight. Decent fight. Nick Diaz (22-8, BJJ/Boxing) takes on Brett Cooper (12-4, Wrestling) in the welterweight division. Nick Diaz had too much for Cooper early on in this one. He overwhelmed him with quality wrestling and good dirty boxing. Cooper had no room to do much of anything, although he was a game fight. Cooper was behind by two rounds going into the third. Diaz was clearly tiring and Cooper caught him with a punch that put him down. Cooper let him back up only to put him down again! Diaz was in big trouble as Cooper took side control and looked for the finish. But it was Diaz that looked for the finish slapping a triangle on, but the fight ended too soon. Good fight. Diaz gets the decision win. Allistar Overeem (33-12, Muay Thai/Wrestling, 265) takes on Chris Tuchscherer (19-3, Wrestling, 285) in the heavyweight division. Overeem has a 5-inch height advantage. Man, I didn’t see this at all. Tuchscherer took the first round by leaning on the cage, and really nothing at all. Tuchscherer manged to get Overeem into a muay thai clinch but didn’t execute at all, leaving himself open to damage, and the third round seemed to be Overeem’s. When the scores were read though, it was Tuchscherer who got the split decision win. Decent fight. I am shocked. Shinya Aoki (26-4, BJJ/Judo) takes on Joe Stevenson (32-12, Wrestling) in the lightweight division. What a turn of events! Aoki took Stevenson down at will, and tossed him all around the cage, but Stevenson would not be denied, and he found a way out each time. His standup was short lived as Aoki kept putting him on his butt. In the third though, it was a series of blows that hurt Aoki, and a blast that put him out on his feet. Somehow, Joe Daddy Stevenson found a way as he celebrated as the ref stopped the fight. Great fight. We had 9,520 on hand for the show and another 333k PPV buys. The show was rated as being very poor. Fight of the Night goes to Joe Soto and Dominck Cruz Knockout of the Night goes to Joe Stevenson Submission of the Night goes to nobody. A couple of fairly big upsets in the main events. I can’t believe that Tuchscherer got the win in a fight that he clearly did not win. It blows my mind. Stevenson had a chance, but I still felt that he was going to lose, but he found a way too. I was secretly hoping that Cooper would beat Diaz, and he almost did. Nothing earth shattering here tonight otherwise, and that show wasn’t the barnburner. Brian Cobb (19-8), Dan Hornbuckle (22-6), John Hosman (22-8-1), and Darril Schoonover (13-3) are all sent packing from the Cage Warriors roster. Hornbuckle has been with us that longest, and has now lost 4 of his last 5 fights. He just isn’t cut out for our level of competition any longer. In fact, all of them have just had some bad luck lately. Hosman is still employed by KOTC and Dream, while Schoonover is still employed by X-1. Cobb and Hornbuckle will be free agents. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

10-16-2010, 11:33 AM	#252
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	A battle of former MMA champions will headline the next episode of Cage Warriors: Unchained. The show will be broadcast from Chicago, and will feature hometown boy Miguel Torres. Torres, the former WEC Bantamweight champion looks to pick up his second win in Cage Warriors. His opponent will be the former Cage Force Featherweight champion, Akiyo Nishiura. Both fighters are very exciting and both guys love to bang. Torres clearly has the bigger and better resume, but don’t count Nishiura out just yet. His last two wins have been TKO victories over Din Thomas and Hideo Tokoro. The co-main event will be a middleweight showdown between Nate Moore and Danillo Villefort. And as they say, this fight will be all about takedowns and take down defense. Moore is a dangerous striker who has a majority of TKO finishes in his history. As for Villefort, he is a submission artist, who stunned his last opponent with a shocking TKO. Moore will be most concerned with his ground game though. Both men are just outside the top contenders, and are looking to keep their momentum going so that they can get some more big fights. Also scheduled to appear on the card is Tim Kennedy, the former Strikeforce fighter who has only lost 1 time in the last 5 years. He faces the French Judoka, Karl Amoussou who has beaten nearly everyone he has faced. Joe Brammer, the former Cage Warriors Juniors Lightweight champion, moves up to face Chris Horodecki . And Alberto Crane takes on Donald Cerrone in a lightweight battle. Here is the entire card rundown: Code: Cage Warriors: Unchained from Chicago, Illinois Miguel Torres (40-2) (#4 BW) v. Akiyo Nishiura (14-4-1) FW Nate Moore (12-3) v. Danillo Villefort (14-4) MW Tim Kennedy (17-3) (#6 MW) v. Karl Amoussou (18-2-1) MW Joe Brammer (10-0-1) v. Chris Horodecki (17-3) LW Alberto Crane (17-5) v. Donald Cerrone (13-4) LW ----Prelims---- Josh Hendricks (19-6) (#1 SHW) v. Sergei Kharitonov (19-5) HW Joe Scarola (7-3-1) v. Gary Wright (12-3) WW Luciano Azevedo (18-9) v. Shane Roller (10-4) LW Stipe Bekavac (18-4) v. Hans Stringer (14-6-1) LHW Din Thomas (28-10) v. Hideo Tokoro (26-19-1) FW Jason Brilz (19-4-1) v. David Heath (13-8) LHW Ryan Jensen (18-7) v. Joey Villesenor (28-11) MW This card also has the graduation if you will of former CW Juniors welterweight champion Joe Scarola. Now Scarola lost his last fight so his leash is probably a lot shorter. He takes on Gary Wright, who at one time was a title contender, but has lost 3 fights in a row, and is essentially fighting for his Cage Warriors career. A couple of other fighters really needs wins too. There are some great fights on the main card. It’s a pretty balanced card, without some of the very biggest names, but still with a lot of quality. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

10-16-2010, 11:36 AM	#253
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	UFC has stolen the Strikeforce lightweight champion, Duane Ludwig. Ludwig is actually in his second stint in the UFC, having gone 2-0 in his previous fights. Ludwig survived a run of 6 losses in 7 fights, only to go on and knock out Josh Thompson to win the title May of last year. Ludwig has now won 4 of his last 5 fights. An American has claimed the Heavyweight King of Pancrase. Zak Jensen (10-3) won a unanimous decision over Fabio Scherner (10-9) in a 3 round decision. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

10-16-2010, 11:42 AM	#254
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	The latest episode of Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV is set to run from our home in New Jersey. FIGHT! Has become truly become an international show as it now airs in the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK, Europe and Asia. So some of our youngest and brightest MMA stars are being showcased on an international scale. Tonight’s main show has 3 title fights, and a 4th if there is time in the broadcast. Headlining the night will be the Juniors Heavyweight showdown between Bobby Lashley and Popek Rak. Ben Askren and Jacob O’Connell are also defending their titles. And last a lightweight battle for the vacant Juniors lightweight title between Christian Uflacker and Charles Diaz. The first fighters are entering the cage now! James Caron (4-1, MMA-influenced JJ) takes on Kentaro Hayashida (4-2, BJJ) in the featherweight division. Caron drove for the takedown and used great skill to mount Hayashida and finish him with an armbar in the first round. Fantastic fight. Brian Barnes (6-1, Muay Thai ) takes on Melvin Bailey (4-1, Hybrid) in the middleweight division. This was an entertaining fight. Barnes used clinical strikes and good takedown defense to control the fight and secure the decision win. Good fight. David Douglas (7-3, Kick Boxing/BJJ) takes on Bill Boland (7-3, Wrestling) in the lightweight division. This one started with Boland going for the takedown, but it ended with Boland on his back getting destroyed. Douglas used some good groundwork and was able to pass to mount in the second round to finish it. Great fight. Cameron Dollar (6-4, Wrestling) takes on Sadhu Bott (5-2, BJJ) in the featherweight division. In fairly unexciting fight, Cameron Dollar showed superior skills to take a 3 round decision from Bott, who really couldn’t find a whole lot of positive after the fight. Very Poor fight. Wes Shivers (2-2, Muay Thai, 290) takes on Orvil Palmer ( 5-2, Wrestling, 266) in the the heavyweight division. Shivers dominated the first and second rounds with some killer shots that dropped Palmer. Palmer showed good heart and hung in there defending well off his back, and then took advantage of the big man as he tired in the third. Palmer couldn’t quite overcome his deficit and Shivers took the fight by decision. Decent fight. Kevin Casey (7-3, BJJ) takes on Rawdon Lee (4-2, Boxing/Wrestling) in the light heavyweight division. Rawdon Lee showed good takedown defense and good wrestling skills to take the first two rounds, but he tired at the end of the second. Casey took advantage and drug Lee down into his guard. From there Lee was in trouble fast, Casey tried to lock a guillotine in. Lee escaped but Casey swept him and Lee ended up on his back. Casey managed to take Lee’s back and was working to get the rear naked choke in, but the fight came to an end. Lee picks up a nice decision win. Decent fight. The last of the preliminary fights is the first of the title fights. This fight is for the Cage Warriors Juniors lightweight title fight. Christian Uflacker (6-2, BJJ) takes on Charles Diaz (6-1, BJJ). I was worried about a stalemate in this one, and in the first that exactly what happened. It was Uflacker though who caught Diaz with a great counter, and several clean blows that hurt Diaz, and forced the stoppage. Average fight. Christian Uflacker wins the Juniors Lightweight title. The first fight of the televised portion of the show is for the Cage Warriors Juniors Middleweight Title. Champion Jacob O’Connell (9-1, BJJ) takes on Guilherme Contreras (4-0, Greco Roman Wrestling). O’Connell made fairly short work of Contreras stopping him by TKO in the second round. Contreras mounted minimal offense, and was on the defensive throughout. Decent fight. The next title fight is the Cage Warrior Juniors Welterweight title. Champion Ben Askren (6-0, Wrestling/BJJ) defends his title for the first time against Rick Legere (7-1, Vale Tudo). Askren just dominated Legere in the fight, quickly mounting his opponent and pounding him out to defend his title. Fantastic fight. In the co-main event, Javier Vazquez (19-5, BJJ) takes on Joseph Benavidez (12-5, Wrestling) in the featherweight division. Vazquez never figured on the power of Benevidez at all. On two occasions the smaller man knocked Vazquez down, and used his wrestling skills to control the Jiu-jitsu specialist. Vazquez looked good in the last round, finally getting Benevidez on his back, and doing some damage, but in the end it was Benevidez who took the decision. Decent fight., It is time for the main event! This fight is for the Cage Warriors Juniors Heavyweight title! Bobby Lashley (8-2, Wrestling, 285) takes on Popek Rak (7-1, Wrestling, 260) for the vacant title. Lashley stormed in for a fast takedown and got it. Rak didn’t defend well at all, as the bigger man mounted him and while he defended initially, he could not weather the storm. And Bobby Lashley becomes the newest champion, with a first round stoppage. Fantastic fight. We had 5,890 on hand in New Jersey for our show, and it was rated as being excellent. Fight of the Night goes to Joseph Benevidez and Javier Vazquez Knockout of the Night goes to Christian Uflacker Submission of the Night goes to James Caron I had really expected Rak to take the fight, and was surprised it was over so quickly. Jacob O’Connell has to be ready for prime time as he defends his title yet again, and Ben Askren looks like he is finally back to his fighting form after his drug suspension. The win by Benevidez is great for him, as Vasquez was clearly on his way to a title fight with another couple of wins. A good night for TV, the show was a success and the fans were happy. Bill Boland (7-4), Kentaro Hayashida (4-3), Orvil Palmer (5-3), and Sadhu Bott (5-3) have all been terminated following their losses at last night’s show. Boland, has dropped his last 3 fights, Hayashida too. Palmer dropped 3 of 4, with his only win coming against Demico Rogers, who has since moved to light heavyweight. Bott, had mixed results fighting on the juniors circuit, but not enough to keep him around. They are all going to be unemployed. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

10-20-2010, 01:56 PM	#255
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	MARCH 2012 Money is not a problem at all for us. We continue to post record profits month after month, this month we had profits of over 3.5 million. We did spent the most money on prize money, handing out nearly a million. Given the amount of money that we are bringing in, we could really expand and bring in just about any fighter out there. I don’t think we are going to do that just yet. As for popularity, we are a bit lower than we were last month, and are just under the popularity that we had last month. Our popularity in the UK and Mexico is very high, with our popularity in the rest of the world just behind that. We are the #2 company in the US, #4 in Japan, #3 in Canada, #1 in Mexico and the UK, and pretty much #2 in the rest of the world. Strikeforce is still the #3 company in the world. WVR is the #1 Japanese company. Last month we looked at heavyweights, so this month we return to the featherweight division. Cage Warriors top 10 Featherweights: 1. Cub Swanson (20-2) CW Featherweight Champion 2. Mike Brown (25-5) Lost to Swanson for title in last fight. 3. Mackens Semerzier (10-1) New signing, only career loss to Brown. 4. Marlon Sandro (22-1) Fighting Evangelista in #1 contender fight. 5. Jorge Evangelista (14-3-1) Fighting Sandro in #1 contender fight. 6. Miguel Torres (40-2) Fighting Akiyo Nishiura in next fight. 7. Joe Soto (13-2) Stays relevant with big win over Dominic Cruz 8. Akitoshi Tamura (16-8-2) Won in debut over Yahir Reyes. 9. Diego Nunes (17-2) Scored a big KO over Alan Omer in last fight. 10. Akiyo Nishiura (14-4-1) 5 fight win streak, won in debut. Guys like Din Thomas, Javier Vazquez, Joseph Benevidez, Abel Cullum, Issei Tamura, and Dominic Cruz are just outside the top 10. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

10-20-2010, 01:59 PM	#256
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	In Brazil, Fury FC Middleweight champion Rafael Natal (15-2) defended his title with a hard fought, if not boring, split decision win over Leandro Silva (16-7). Rich Franklin (26-8) has ended his reign of free agency, deciding not to retire, and instead signs with Dream. His 4-fight deal pays him 50k per fight. Franklin has lost 4 of his last 5 fights and is clearly on the backside of his career. His last fight was a decision loss to Stephen Bonnar. UFC 131: Nogueria v. Buentello was held last night. 35-year old Big Nog (36-7-1) took on 38-year old Paul Buentello (30-11). Buentello had won his last 5 fights while Nog was coming off of a KO loss to Cain Velazquez (yes his second KO loss to Cain). This one ended midway into the second round when Nog submitted Buentello. The co-main saw Cain push his record to 12-0 with a first round TKO over Big Country, Roy Nelson (13-6). In other action, Gray Maynard (14-1) submitted Melvin Guillard (25-10-2), Demian Maia (15-2) scored a TKO win over Matt Horwich (27-14-1), and Joe Lauzon (19-6) submitted Shane Nelson (14-8). In the opening fight on the card, former Cage Warrior and MMA veteran Yves Edwards (39-18-1) submitted young Matthew Riddle (3-1) in the 3rd round for his first win in his return to the UFC. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

10-20-2010, 02:14 PM	#257
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Welcome to Cage Warriors 48! We are coming to you from Hawaii for tonight’s pay per view event. Tonight, the Cage Warriors Middleweight title will be on the line as champion, Tom Watson takes on the challenger, Gerald Harris. Watson’s resume has been called into question before. With his boxers pedigree and limited ground game, many have said that his reign at the top would be short. Tonight, he has a chance to prove them wrong. Watson makes his first defense against a brutish, powerhouse of a wrestler in Harris. Harris took out Nate Moore, another striker by TKO, but also fell victim to Benji Radach’s standup back in his IFL days. Harris has come a long way since then training with Greg Jackson at Arizona Combat Sports he hasn’t had a fight go the distance in 2 years. Watson has finished his last 4 opponents by TKO and is currently unbeaten in his last 8 fights going back nearly 3 ½ years. Awaiting the winner will be a defense against Paulo Filho, who is widely considered one of the toughest men in the world at 185lbs. In co-main event, we have a battle for the #1 contender spot in the featherweight division. Marlon Sandro has only one defeat in his mixed martial arts career, and is sizing up the champ, Cub Swanson, after Swanson took out Mike Brown to retain his title. In Sandro’s way though, is jiu-jitsu black belt Jorge Evangelista. Evangelista has won his last 6 fights and all of them by submission. We also have a huge 205lb fight as former champ Raphael Davis takes on the man once feared as the most dangerous fighter in the world. A man trying to rebuild after his release from the UFC, a man with 2 vicious KO wins in Cage Warriors, Shogun Rua. The winner may not be in line for a title fight right away, but certainly will be that much closer it. Davis will want to get close and press the muay thai master, and stay away from those killer knees that Rua has been using. Richie Whitson and Per Eklund will face off in a #1 contender battle in the lightweight division and will face Karen Darabedyan in his next title defense. Whitson is another striker, like Watson, while Eklund likes to mix it up from short range. Eklund has a good chin and it will be put to the test, Whitson has finished all of his recent fights by KO or TKO. The first fight of the night is set to begin! The first fight is a heavyweight battle between Dan Evensen (15-7, Kick Boxing/BJJ, 270) and Gan McGee (15-6, Submission Wrestling, 280). Evensen is giving away 7 inches of height and reach. McGee used his size in round one to control Evensen against the cage, but couldn’t get him off of his feet. Evensen did better in a lackluster round 2, so it came to round 3. Between rounds Evensen was told to stay up at distance, but disregarded that and shot early on. McGee defended well and ended up with good positioning. Evensen tried to scramble away, but McGee caught his leg and locked in a knee bar that finished the fight. Decent fight. Ryo Choi (17-8-1, Judo) takes on Razak Al-Hassan (10-3, Wrestling) in the light heavyweight division. You’ll remember it was Choi who was knocked out inside a minute against Rua. Looking for redemption here, he shot for the takedown and got it early on, but Hassan quickly caught him in a triangle that Choi couldn’t escape from and he tapped….at 1:12. Almost as embarrassing. Great fight. Jesse Bongfeldt (21-4, Jeet Kune Do) takes on Yosmany Cabezas (12-5, Judo) in the welterweight division. Cabezas has a 7-inch reach advantage. Bongfeldt used some fast takedowns to control the action, and even though he didn’t inflict much damage his control of the fight was genuine. Cabezas was dangerous on his feet, knocking Bongfeldt down at the end of the second round, but unable to defend the takedowns cost him the fight. Average fight. Josh Souder (11-3, BJJ) takes on Paul Sass (12-3, Muay Thai/BJJ) in the lightweight division. Sass towers 6 inches above Souder. A pretty boring fight in all honesty. Sass was more aggressive, and even after he tired Souder couldn’t do much beyond press him against the cage. Sass wins the decision, in an average fight. Former CW Middleweight champion, Fabio Silva (19-6, Muay Thai) takes on Chris Wilson (17-10, Kick Boxing). This looks like a fabulous striking battle on paper. Silva hasn’t fought since dropping the title. Wilson is fighting for his CW career. And it’s over. That fast. An exchange of strikes early on hurt Wilson, and with blood in the water, Silva doesn’t mess around. His flurry finished the fight in a short 78 second. Great fight. Abel Cullum (21-4, Freestyle) takes on Issei Tamura (9-2, Shooto) in the featherweight division. This is a rematch for these two. Tamura shocked Cullum in their first meeting with a dull but workman performance. A great show for a rematch. Cullum looked much better tonight. He took Tamura down in each round, and had him in trouble in the first and third rounds. Tamura, to his credit, fought well, and mounted a lot of offense, reversing Cullum and controlling part of the second round. Cullum was aggressive and did well to control the fight, taking Tamura’s back as the fight ended. Cullum wins a unanimous decision. Decent fight. The last prelim fight is between Keith Jardine (16-8-1, Boxing/Wrestling) and Ryan Jimmo (16-3, Karate) in the light heavyweight division. Jardine shot early on but ran right into a punch from Jimmo that put him down. Jimmo finished the job by knocking out Jardine with a quick ground and pound attack. Great fight. We open the main show with a pair of young welterweights. Jason Norwood (12-3, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Luke Rockhold (10-3, Boxing/Wresling). Rockhold is making his Cage Warriors debut. And a good showing it is. Norwood and Rockhold take turns in a grappling battle against the cage, that neither fighter wins. Rockhold storms in for a takedown as the round ends. Rockhold controls round 2 with a fast takedown, but neither fighter does much. Rockhold tires in round 3 and is knocked down with a big shot, Norwood nearly lands the kill shot, but finishes strong. The close battle sees Norwood get the win in a split decision. Good fight. Richie Whitson (12-1, Boxing) takes on Per Eklund (21-5-1, Freestyle) in the lightweight division. The winner will be considered the top contender for the title. Short and sweet and wow what a fight. Eklund came right at him and clinched up right away. Both fighters were jockeying for position when Eklund locked a standing guillotine on and took Whitson down with it. Whitson escaped though, and then used another failed submission attempt (armbar) to take side control. As the round wound down, Whitson launched some hugh punches that stunned Eklund. Whitson kept it up, and the ref stopped the fight just prior to the end of the round. Excellent fight. Former Light Heavyweight Champ Raphael Davis (13-2, Wrestling/BJJ) takes on Mauricio Rua (20-7, BJJ/Muay Thai) in the light heavyweight division. Rua landed some clinical strikes early on, but Davis kept coming. Davis eventually got close enough, and when he failed at a takedown, he picked up Rua instead. Rua was slammed down with authority. Stunned, Davis passed to side control where his ground and pound was too much for the former UFC fighter. Davis wins via TKO, fantastic fight. Marlon Sandro (22-1, Muay Thai/BJJ) takes on Jorge Evangelista (14-3-1, BJJ) in the featherweight division. The winner of the fight will be set to face Cub Swanson for the title. The build up was there but the execution was off. This turned into a classic JJ battle. Sandro never got the chance to show off his Muay Thai skills because Evangelista was relentless. He powered in for takedown after takedown. Each time the fighters reached a stalemate, but each time Evangelista came back. In the third, he was able to pass to side control, but uninterested in a ground and pound attack, he simply pressed Sandro to keep him from mounting any offense. Evangelista gets the win and the shot at Swanson. Poor fight. Here is the main event of the evening. This fight is for the Cage Warriors Middleweight Title. Champion Tom Watson (14-3, Boxing) defends his title against challenger, Gerald Harris (17-4, Wrestling). It was as expected. Harris, the bully, pressed Watson and took him down inside the first minute of the fight. Watson defended well, even though he spent almost the whole round on his back. Round 2 went exactly the same as 1 with Watson falling behind and defending off his back. Harris had burned a lot of energy and Watson was finally able to avoid him in the 3rd round, and stunned him with a powerful punch. Harris found his wind in the 4th and executed more accurate strikes than the champ. Behind and needing something big, and with both men tiring fast, Watson landed another big blow that staggered his opponent. Watson charged in with his remaining energy to try and finish the fight. And finish it he did, as the ref had to pull him off. The first defense of his middleweight title is completed, and now he needs to prepare for Paulo Filho, who is arguably in another world compared to Harris. Great fight. We had a crowd of 8,997 on hand for the show and another 300k PPV buys. The show was rated as being awful. Fight of the Night goes to Abel Cullum and Issei Tamura Knockout of the Night goes to Ryan Jimmo Submission of the Night goes to Razak Al-Hassan This show was a result of some growing pains that the company continues to go through. There were some really great fights on the card, and fair number of surprises. I had expected Sandro to get the win along with Luke Rockhold. I was secretly hoping that Tamura would upset Cullum again, and excited to see that Silva was able to finish another fight in short order. No question the roster will get a bit thinner after this one, I think that there were a number of guys who were just hanging on there. Whitson and Davis’ wins and Watson’s to a lesser degree are excellent. It’s good to see all the guys we have been pushing hard keep staying near the top. It was also good to see our former champs pick up wins in tough fights. Chris Wilson (17-11), Dan Evensen (15-8), and Yosmany Cabezas (12-6) are all sent pink slips regarding their employment with Cage Warriors. Wilson had been a fixture, having 8 fights with the organization, and having first fought back in Cage Warriors 2, and being a part of the initial title tournament in the welterweight division. Wilson fought in both the welterweight and middleweight classes and lost to future champs Jason High and Tom Watson, in addition to losing to former Champ Fabio Silva. Wilson was a tough man to face. Evensen’s best fight was a submission win over Josh Diekman that kept him employed for one fight longer. Cabezas, like Wilson made his debut with us in Cage Warriors 2, losing to a long departed Sidney Silva. He would go on to post wins over Noah Thomas and Mike Swick before losing back to back fights, and seeing the end of his career with us. All 3 fighters will be free agents. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

10-26-2010, 07:46 AM	#258
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	The next PPV show will take place in one month in Dallas, Texas. Unlike some of our more recent shows this one will do well as it is headlined by one of the most popular fighters in Cage Warriors. That is none other than Daniel Puder, who will put his reputation on the line against highly regarded title contender and former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Andre Arlovski. The pair are considered the top 1 and 2 in the company, and you could certainly argue that the winner should face Dave Herman for a shot at the belt. If Puder can beat Arlovski why not, and if Arlovski win’s than he is at least Herman’s equal. Puder has a nasty ground and pound and is a skilled wrestler, but Arlovski is an all arounder with power, and submissions. It should make for an entertaining card. The co-main will be for the Cage Warriors Welterweight title as Jason High will take on Tamden McCrory in a rematch from last year. High submitted McCrory in short order then, but McCrory has won 3 in a row, taking out Ryan Ford, Jay Hieron and Chris Lytle. This will be High’s second defense of his title. Here is the entire card: Code: Cage Warriors 49: Puder v. Arlovski Daniel Puder (12-1)(#3 HW) v. Andre Arlovski (20-6)(#4 HW) HW Cage Warriors Welterweight Title Fight Jason High (16-2)(#2 WW) v. Tamden McCrory (18-4)(#3 WW) WW Roger Huerta (24-4-1) v. Ed Ratcliff (11-2) LW Takeya Mizugaki (16-6-2) v. Richrad Crunkilton (20-5) LW Brock Larson (33-4) v. Delson Heleno (17-6) WW ----Prelims---- Yves Jabouin (18-7) v. Mike Easton (10-3) FW Jorge Masvidal (24-6) v. Toby Imada (27-16) LW Benji Radach (22-9) v. Jared Hess (12-3-1) MW Vinicius Magalhaes (8-4) v. Pat Barry (9-3) LHW Givanildo Santana (14-1) v. Rousimar Palhares (12-4) MW Joe Warren (8-4) v. Ivan Lopez (13-4) FW TJ Grant (15-5) v. David Loiseau (20-14) MW In addition to the former heavyweight champ headlining the card, and the welterweight title fight, we have the former middleweight champion, Hess fighting in the prelims. Joe Warren makes his debut in the US, returning home after fighting in Japan for the last few years. And the most interesting fight of all, Jorge Masvidal gets his rematch with Toby Imada. If you will remember it was Imada who locked the standing reverse triangle onto Masividal that put him out in the initial Bellator lightweight tournament. Since that fight, Masvidal has fought for WVR, Strikeforce and Bellator and has won his last 4 fights in a row. As for Imada, he has served as a gatekeeper fighter, winning some and losing some, and putting on some great fights. He fought 5 times last year going 3-2. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

10-26-2010, 07:50 AM	#259
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Ralek Gracie (6-3) fought up in Canada for Maximum’s latest card. He picked up a 3rd round decision in a win. Gracie signed an exclusive deal with us now, so it was his last fight outside the organization, unless he loses his next fight. Then he is probably out. Bryan Baker (12-5) wasn’t so lucky as he was beaten by former UFC fighter Jake Rosholt (9-3). At DEEP 70, former IFL fighter, Savant Young (12-11) won a 5-round decision over Zach Makovsky (10-5) to win the vacant featherweight title. It was Young’s first fight with the organization having come over from Shooto. Brett Rogers (14-2) is finally the Strikeforce heavyweight champion. He won in the main event of last night’s show when he TKOed Shane Del Rosario (11-2) midway through the first round. Other winners on the card were Gilbert Melendez (22-3), Chase Beebe (18-6), Mark Hominick (19-13), and Hiromasa Ogikubo (10-2-1). In Bellator’s latest show, featherweight champion Sami Aziz (9-3-1) retained his title with a second round TKO over challenger Tenkei Oda (10-9-2). At WEC 62: Faber v. Grispi II, it was all Uriah Faber (29-2) to make the first defense of the title since he reclaimed it 4 months ago. He stopped Grispi in the 3rd round via TKO. Other winners were Raphael Assuncao (18-3), Brian Bowles (13-1), Manny Tapia (13-6-1), and Frankie Edgar (10-5). Cage Warrior, Koetsu Okazaki (10-3-1) won in his debut with the WEC in a prelim fight. And finally, UFC 132 was held on the same night. GSP (24-3) was set to make his 9th defense of his welterweight title against Anthony Johnson (9-2). GSP was heavily favored to win the fight, especially since Johnson hadn’t fought since October of 2009. In what will go down as one of the biggest upsets in UFC history. Johnson catches GSP and knocks him completely out in the second round. It was GSP’s first loss in almost 5 years. Also on the card, Wanderlei Silva (37-12-1) won his 4th out of 5 in a row. Ed Herman (18-8) has come out of nowhere now to win 3 in a row against the likes of Michael Bisping, Wanderlei and Minowaman. He stopped Minowa in just 41 seconds. Forest Griffin (19-8) and Karo Parisyan (19-7) were also winners. 43-year old Oleg Taktarov (17-7-2) was knocked out in the 3rd round in the opening fight of the night. In other news, Michael Bisping (17-6), who is in a big slump having lost 6 in a row, has signed with Strikeforce. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

10-26-2010, 07:59 AM	#260
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Tonight is the live broadcast of Cage Warriors: Unchained, to be broadcast on HDNet all across the US and Canada. Unchained is our premier television show, as it showcases our some of our best fighters for free on television. Tonight, our show is live from Chicago. In our main event tonight, Miguel Torres, one of the most dynamic fighters of his generation takes on Akiyo Nishiura, the former Cage Force featherweight champion. Nishiura’s biggest win of his career was over Din Thomas, the former Cage Warriors featherweight champion. The two of them are bound to make this a very exciting fight from start to finish. Nishiura is a wild striker, Torres biggest weakness is his chin, anything can happen. The co-main is a middleweight battle between Nate Moore, and Danillo Villefort. Both men have a strong grappling base, but Moore is clearly the more accomplished striker. Moore hasn’t had a fight go the distance in over 3 years. Tim Kennedy and Karl Amoussou could be fantastic, and the former Juniors Lightweight champ cuts his teeth on Chris Horodecki. The first fight is ready to start. Ryan Jensen (18-7, BJJ/Kick Boxing) takes on Joey Villesenor (28-11, Boxing) in the middleweight division. Villesenor’s great takedown defense was all that kept this close. He stalled Jensen out, causing him to burn all of his energy early on. By the time Jensen got Villesenor to the ground, he was too gassed to make anything happen. Villesenor takes the decision win. Decent fight. Next up is Jason Brilz (19-4-1, Wrestling) taking on David Heath (13-8, Wrestling) in the light heavyweight division. Brilz wrestling is too much as he dominates Heath, taking him down, and mounting him before pounding him out. Fantastic fight. Din Thomas (28-10, BJJ/Boxing) takes on Hideo Tokoro (26-19-1, Boxing/Wrestling) in the featherweight division. Thomas was expected to use this fight to take himself back on the path to the top, and he did that early on. Thomas owned the first round, and generally controlled the second. Heading into the third with a two round advantage Tokoro found his range. Thomas started to tire and was knocked down with a head kick, Tokoro dove in, but Thomas was ready for him. Tokoro stood back up waving Thomas back as well. Thomas was knocked down twice more in the round, and ended the fight hurt, but he still survived. The judges saw the fight one for Tokoro, one for Thomas and one was a draw. So we end in a draw. Decent fight. Stipe Bekavac (18-4, Kick Boxing) takes on Hans Stringer (14-6-1, BJJ/Muay Thai) in the light heavyweight division. Bekavac struggled early on as Stringer stormed in and took him down. Bekavac was nearly helpless on his back as he gave up his back, and Stringer pounded him out for the win. Fantastic fight. Luciano Azevedo (18-9, Luta Livre) takes on Shane Roller (10-4, Wrestling) in the lightweight division. Roller didn’t look so good coming into this fight. Azevedo scored a couple of takedowns, the latter of which he used to take Roller’s back. Roller defended for a while, but eventually he had to succumb to the choke. Good fight. Joe Scarola (7-3-1, BJJ) takes on Gary Wright (12-3, Wrestling) in the welterweight division. Gary Wright figured that he wanted to keep Scarola close and keep him against the cage but he didn’t want him on the ground. That worked for a while, but Scaola managed to drag him into guard, which is the only place Scarola wanted to be. Scarola went for a triangle, while Wright tried to escape, Scarola locked a guillotine on that Wright couldn’t escape from and the former Junior’s champion finished the fight. Good fight. Josh Hendricks (19-6, Wrestling, 285) takes on Sergei Kharitonov (19-5, Sambo, 245) in the heavyweight division. Not a very good fight at all. Hendricks size was a big issue for the Russian, who found himself smothered against the ground, cage, Hendricks belly, you name it. Kharitonov didn’t really muster any offense until the last round when Hendricks wore himself out. It was a poor fight, and Hendricks comes out on top in the decision. The televised portion of the show is about to begin. Alberto Crane (17-5, BJJ) takes on Donald Cerrone (13-4, Wrestling/BJJ) in the lightweight division. A great fight to start the night off with. Both men traded standing, and on the ground. Cerrone wanted to make use of his better standup and he was able to, but Crane was also successful at defending takedowns won a round by controlling Cerrone after taking him down. Crane started to tire in the third and started to get a little wild. He had just missed a big flurry when Cerrone hurt him with a combination of punches. Cerrone landed a few more fierce blows and that ended the fight. Great fight. Former Juniors Lightweight Champion, Joe Brammer (10-0-1, Muay Thai/Wrestling) takes on Chris Horodecki (17-3, Kick Boxing). This will be a big test for the undefeated champion. If you could light and launch fireworks inside it still wouldn’t match this fight. Brammer was nailed with a massive kick that knocked him down. Horodecki dove in side control and threw more bombs. Brammer defended himself, and didn’t give up and managed to get the fight back to the feet before the end of the round. As round 2 started Brammer ducked a series of blows and landed a massive hook right to the jaw that knocked Horodecki out. Fantastic fight. Tim Kennedy (17-3, Wrestling) takes on Karl Amoussou (18-2-1, Judo/Savate) in the middleweight division. Kennedy looked great in round one, pressing and trying to get the Frenchman off his feet. Amoussou wouldn’t budge though. In round 2, Kennedy nearly nailed Amoussou with the fight ending blows, but was nailed with a counterattack that found himself lifeless against the cage. The ref stopped the fight, perhaps a bit too hastily, in my opinion. Amoussou scores a big TKO win. Fantastic fight. In the co-main event, Nate Moore (12-3, Wrestling) takes on Danillo Villefort (14-4, BJJ) in the middleweight division. Another fantastic fight. Moore put Villefort down with a solid blow but wouldn’t follow him to the ground. His superior striking won the round for him. Villefort managed a takedown in the second round, and while Moore defended well, Villefort was able to advance, and lock an Americana on Moore that forced him to tap. Excellent fight. The main event of the night has Miguel Torres (40-2, BJJ/Boxing) taking on Akiyo Nishiura (14-4-1, Shooto) in the featherweight division. Another fight of the night contestant. Torres secured a takedown early on but Nishiura defended very well, getting back to his feet a couple of times, before Torres planted him on his butt. Nishiura came back in the second round, landing a big head kick that sent Torres to the ground. Instead of following him in, he let Torres get back up, but still won the round. Torres charged in fast to start he 3rd and controlled Nishiura on the ground. The ref stood them back up at the end of the round, and Nishiura had one last flurry but it wasn’t enough as Torres took the fight via decision. Great fight. We had 5,466 people on hand for the show. The show was rated as being excellent. Fight of the Night was Joe Brammer and Chris Horodecki Knockout of the Night goes to Joe Brammer Submission of the Night goes to Danillo Villefort Villefort getting the win was a bit unexpected, as was Brammer pulling off the TKO of Horodecki. I had expected to be bidding a fond farewell to Joey Villesenor but it looks like he hangs around for at least on more fight. Nishiura put up a great fight, but Torres got a well deserved win. Amoussou still looks hard to beat and we had a good showing by both former Juniors Champs. That was probably the best series of 5 fights for a card that we have ever put together for a show. I am happy with how it went down. David Heath (13-9), Gary Wright (12-4), Ryan Jensen (18-8) are shown the door after tonight’s fights. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

11-03-2010, 09:50 PM	#261
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Booking is completed for Cage Warriors 50. The show will be in Los Angeles and headlining the show will be Dave Herman taking on Brenden Schaub for the Cage Warriors Heavyweight title. Schaub will get this title fight, but the winner of the Puder/Arlovski fight will get the next crack at the winner. Herman is a big puncher, and Schaub has a suspect chin, but on the flip side Schaub’s best bet will be to get the fight to the ground and use submissions on the champ. Herman has won 7 fights in a row, and 6 of them have been by KO or TKO. The co-main event is a light heavyweight showdown between Ricardo Arona and former light heavyweight champion Jimi Manuwa. Arona was hoping that his win over Machida would get him a title shot but it looks like Davis will defend against Jon Jones first. Arona and Manuwa are in line with Raphael Davis and Ryan Bader, and Machida. The winner of this fight isn’t guaranteed a title shot but they will be very, very close. Both Arona and Manuwa are BJJ fighters, but Manuwa’s standup is a bit cleaner. Arona might have the advantage on the ground but it could go either way. The third big fight of the night is a big lightweight battle between JZ and Jim Miller. This fight is going to be all over the place. Both men have 7 combined defeats in 47 total fights. Miller probably would have had a title shot by now, but he is still trying to overcome that loss to Per Eklund. The winner would be close to a shot after Richie Whitson and Darabedyan go at it, but that is at least 6 months away. Here is the rundown of the entire show. Code: Cage Warriors 50: Herman v. Schaub Cage Warriors Heavyweight Title Fight Dave Herman (23-3) v. Brenden Schaub (10-1)(#9 HW) HW Ricardo Arona (19-6)(#3 LHW) v. Jimi Manuwa (9-1)(#9 LHW) LHW JZ Calvancante (19-4-1)(#8 LW) v. Jim Miller (20-3) LW Tim Smith (12-3) v. Jacob O’Connell (10-1) MW Akitoshi Tamura (16-8-2) v. Diego Nunes (17-2) FW ----Prelims---- Ben Rothwell (32-10) v. Kirill Sidelnikov (8-5) HW Marcus Hicks (14-4) v. Jacob Volkmann (11-1) WW Marcus Sursa (10-6) v. Glover Teixiera (12-4) LHW Jeff Curran (33-14-1) v. Ran Weathers (18-6) LW Jon Fitch (19-7) v. Ryan Stonitsch (11-4) WW Yahir Reyes (19-8) v. Diego Saraiva (16-11-1) FW Doug Marshall (13-5) v. Andrew Buckland (13-8) MW Former champ, Jeff Curran’s back is against the wall in a fight against Ran Weathers. Weathers is coming off of a loss where his opponent was suspended so he gets a free pass on that one. Marcus Hicks is still trying to get some respect in the welterweight division. His fight against Volkmann will get him closer, but he is still a long way away from a title shot. Jacob O’Connell gives up his Juniors title and takes his first step against new fighter Tim Smith. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

11-03-2010, 09:51 PM	#262
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	We receive word that yet another fighter has been suspended, this time it’s Hans Stringer. Stringer destroyed Stipe Bekavac, and now he is out for a year. Good thing that he is young, he will still have time have a good MMA career. Jose Aldo (17-5) won in his first fight out of Cage Warriors. He was headlining a Shooto show and knocked out Emmanuel Fernandez (12-8-1). Kyle Bracey (9-2) has retained his Shark Fights Light Heavyweight Title with a 5th round submission of Sean O’Connell (9-7). It was Bracey’s first defense of his title. In the co-main William Borden (7-0) scored unanimous decision win over Kelvin Fitial (3-4) to win the Heavyweight Title. In Japan, Ikuo Usuda (10-3) defended his WVR Lightweight Title with a decision win over Naoyuki Kotani (22-9-6). It was Usuda’s first defense of the title. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

11-03-2010, 09:54 PM	#263
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	The next episode of Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV is going to be scheduled for the last week of April, 2012. And will be held at our home showcase in New Jersey. This card is going to be quite a show, as the main event has been moved from the PPV the week earlier and moved back to be the headliner on our developmental show. On top of that, 5 Junior’s titles are on the line, with only 3 of them actually televised. Like I said, a big show. JZ and Jim Miller become the showcase fight for the television show, and Ben Rothwell and Kirill Sidlnikov have been moved to the main show from the prelims. A Juniors heavyweight battle will fill out the show in the prelims. Let’s take a look at some of these title fights. First off, welterweight champion, Ben Askren will defend his title against newcomer Djamal Kurbanov. Kurbanov is a Sambo fighter from Russia, who trains with French Top Team, and has been fighting in Japan the last couple of years. Kurbanov is a solid ground fighter and striker. Askren as you know is a two-time Division I wrestling champion who has won 3 of his last 4 fights by TKO. Next, featherweight champion, Jussier da Silva puts his title on the line against Henry Martinez in a rematch from 18 months ago. Back then, Martinez stopped da Silva in the first round. Both fighters are well rounded workhorses, so this fight could be quite a show for 5 rounds. The last televised title fight is for the vacant middleweight title. Jacob O’Connell vacated the title and now will leave it to a battle between Cristobal Verissimo and Brian Barnes. These two have met once before with Verissimo stopping him in the first round. This is Muay Thai versus Kick Boxing, but we also know that Verissimo is a skilled ground fighter too. Here is the entire card for Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV from New Jersey Code: JZ Calvancante (19-4-1) v. Jim Miller (20-3) LW Cage Warriors Juniors Welterweight Title Fight Ben Askren (7-0) v. Djamal Kurbanov (6-1-1) WW Cage Warriors Juniors Featherweight Title Fight Jussier da Silva (6-2) v. Henry Martinez (7-2) FW Cage Warriors Juniors Middleweight Title Fight Cristobal Verissimo (8-1) v. Brian Barnes (7-1) MW ----Prelims---- Cage Warriors Heavyweight Title Fight Raymond London (7-1) v. Gustavo Fabiano (8-1) HW Cage Warriors Light Heavyweight Title Fight Jamie Hern (8-1) v. Demico Rogers (7-3) LHW Thomas Longacre (8-2) v. Brian McLaughlin (8-2) LW Peter Dominguez (4-4) v. Jeffery Hall (3-1) FW Wesley Johnson (7-3) v. Charles Diaz (6-2) LW Benjamin Rude (7-1) v. Guilherme Contreras (4-1) MW John Hathaway (10-0) v. Jerry Hayes (6-1) WW Fidel More (5-0) v. Louis Alessio (5-0) LHW __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

11-26-2010, 02:18 PM	#264
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	APRIL 2012 The company profited 1.6 mil this month. Our PPV income is strong and we now are sitting on 20 mil in the bank. We had a lot of contract negotiations this month, and we expect to see out costs start to climb as a result. Our income is still strong and I think we will stay in the black. Our popularity fell just a bit this month, but we are still at the high national level, with a national popularity in both Mexico and the UK. Popularity is lowest in Asia, but we are still at the high regional level there. Bobby Lashley and Phil Davis are out most popular fighters. Davis is our highest paid. In the US, the order of popularity is still UFC, CW, Strikeforce, WEC, and Bellator. Bellator has made good gaines on the WEC. In Japan, the order is WVR, Dream, and Shooto. Pancrase is falling behind. Leaving the featherweights we return to one of the deepest weight classes in Cage Warriors, the lightweights. Here are the top 10 in Cage Warriors. Cage Warriors Top 10 Lightweights 1. Joe Brammer (11-0-1) His big TV wins have risen his stock dramatically. 2. Karen Darabedyan (14-1) Champion, will defend against Whitson in next fight. 3. Richie Whitson (13-1) Finally get’s his title shot this year. 4. Shinya Aoki (26-5) Shocking loss didn’t set him back that far. 5. JZ Calvancante (19-4-1) Facing Jim Miller next. 6. Joe Stevenson (33-12) Big win over Aoki puts him in title contention. 7. Jim Miller (20-3) Facing JZ next. 8. Takeya Mizugaki (16-6-2) Dominant run halted by Darabedyan in title fight. 9. Luciano Azevedo (19-9) 10. Mizuto Hirota (18-4-1) Former WVR champ has yet to debut. On the outside looking in: Gilbert Melendez, Rich Clementi, Roger Huerta and Per Eklund. I see Stevenson needing one more win for a title fight. Brammer will need to face some top level competition. Although his KO of Horodecki stepped him up. He’ll need more though. Mizugaki and Aoki is a likely matchup since they are both coming off of losses. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

11-26-2010, 02:19 PM	#265
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	I had said that Rich Franklin had joined Dream, and has now stepped right into the title picture as he will be fighting for the light heavyweight title. Many of our fighters that we have let go are starting to get work with other companies. Purecombat awarded their vacant welterweight title to Tiki Ghosn (15-8) as he submitted Stephen Haigh (6-5) in the second round. Ghosn is a former UFC, WEC and Strikeforce fighter who has been bouncing around in the regionals for a while now. He has now won 6 of his last 7 fights. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

11-26-2010, 02:26 PM	#266
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	I’ve been in Texas all week getting ready for this PPV. It’s time to get ready for the show! This is Cage Warriors 49: Puder v. Arlovski! The winner should be standing tall as the next logical choice for a title fight. Additionally these are two of our most popular fighters and this should do very well . In the main event tonight, Daniel Puder, the former Interim Heavyweight Champion, has been beaten exactly one time. That was by current champ, Dave Herman. Since that loss he has rattled off a knockout win and a win here against a reborn Andre Arlovski would cement him as the cream of the heavyweight crop. It would ensure his rematch that he wants. Puder has been known as primarily a grappler and ground and pound fighter, but his kick boxing has greatly improved and he is just about as dangerous with his strikes now. Arlovski bounced around MMA circles after his exile from the UFC, fighting for Affliction, Strikeforce, UC UK and MFC. Now he is coming back to the top and a win against Puder would get him there. Only one man would stand in the way of his return to greatness. This fight is going to happen all over the cage. Arlovski hasn’t had a submission win since 2005, don’t look for one here. The co-main of tonight’s show is a battle for the welterweight title between champion, Jason High, and his challenger Tamden McCrory. High has been untouchable in Cage Warriors, with wins over Pat Miletich, Lyman Good, Brock Larson, and yes Tamden McCrory. He is making his second defense of the title. As for McCrory, who was submitted in the first round, he has answered with 3 wins in a row. More than enough to get the shot. He is one of the best in his weight class right now. McCrory has become the real deal lately, as he continues to develop into a very well rounded fighter, who is dangerous in all areas of his martial arts. High is still a deadly submission artist, and that is what caught McCrory the first time. Roger Huerta, Takeya Mizugaki and Brock Larson all fight on the rest of the PPV card. We are ready for action now, in Cage Warriors Fighting Championships 49! TJ Grant (15-5, BJJ) takes on David Loiseau (20-14, Vale Tudo) in the middleweight division. TJ Grant didn’t hide his ambitions about getting this to the ground. Grant had Loiseau on the ground in the first, but couldn’t make up his mind what he wanted to do with him. After some talk in the corner, he came out for the second and put Loiseau on the ground again, and worked to an arm triangle submission for the win. Good fight. Joe Warren (8-4, Greco-Roman Wrestling) takes on Ivan Lopez ( 13-4, Kick Boxing/Tae Kwon Do) in the featherweight division. Lopez strikes were doing their part early on keep Warren off, but all it took was one. Warren got it, and advanced to side control with ease. He softened Lopez up with a couple of knees, and took Lopez’s back. A few more blows and that was it. Fantastic fight. Givanildo Santana (14-1, BJJ) takes on Rousimar Palhares (12-4, BJJ) in the middleweight division. Palhares mangaed to get Santana to tap from a rear naked choke. It was a very good BJJ fight. Great fight. Vincinius Magalhaes (8-4, BJJ) takes on Pat Barry (9-3, Kick Boxing) in the light heavyweight division. Barry got off exactly 0 offense as Magalhaes took him down early , and finished the fight with an arm triangle. Good fight. Benji Radach (22-9, Facesmashing Fu) takes on Jared Hess (12-3-1, Freestyle) in the middleweight division. Hess is a former champion. Hess took Radach down early on in round 1, but didn’t do much. Radach defended well and the fight got back to standing. In the second round, Hess tried to stand with Radach, but tasted the power of the veteran as he was knocked out with a brutal shot to the head. Great fight. This is one that the fans have been waiting for! Jorge Masvidal (24-6, BJJ/Boxing) takes on Toby Imada (27-16, Judo) in the lightweight division. Imada worked like hell to get this fight to the ground. It didn’t work and the fight started slipping away. Masvidal surprised just about everyone when he took Imada down though. He had Imada in an awkward position on the cage, and took advantage by gaining a good position. Venomous strikes finished this one for Gamebred. Good fight. Masvidal gets his revenge. Yves Jabouin (18-7, Kick Boxing) takes on Mike Easton (10-3, Wrestling/Muay Thai) in the featherweight division. Easton didn’t want to mix it up with Jabouin, so he played defense and got his takedowns at critical moments. Easton worked to mount as round 1 ended. He was nearly knocked out in round 2, but survived to see round 3, and waited out the fight by pinning Jabouin to the ground. He was lucky the ref chose not to stand them up. Easton gets the decision win. Decent fight. The main show begins with Brock Larson (33-4, Submission Wrestling) taking on Delson Heleno (17-6, BJJ) in the welterweight division. Heleno scores a decision win here. A bit of a surprise for the man who had torn through the division before losing to Jason High. Larson was far more the aggressor in the fight, and controlled much of the action, but the key was when Heleno was on top, Larson was nearly defenseless. And the fact that he had just given his back to the Jiu-Jitsu black belt as the fight ended didn’t help his cause much. Decent fight. Takeya Mizugaki (16-6-2, Shooto) takes on Richard Crunkilton (20-5, Wrestling) in the lightweight division. This fast. Mizugaki shoots, reversed by Crunkilton. Mizugaki sweeps, takes Crunkilton’s back, pounds him out for the finish. I guess Mizugaki won’t go away anytime soon. Great fight. Roger Huerta (24-4-1, Wrestling) takes on Ed Ratcliff (11-2, Karate) in the lightweight division. Roger Huerta takes the fight by decision. In a fairly boring and workmanlike showing, Huerta pressed Ratcliff and didn’t let him have much air. Ratcliff defended well, and avoided taking much damage, but the sum of the whole fight didn’t go so well for him. Jason High (16-2, Wrestling) takes on Tamden McCrory (18-4, Muay Thai/Wrestling) in the welterweight division. This fight is for the Cage Warriors Welterweight title, and a rematch of a fight that High won by submission. McCrory has a 6 inch height and reach advantage. Sometimes champions have that thing. That thing that you just can’t put your finger on. That thing that makes them champions. Jason High has that thing. High dominated round one with an early takedown, and although he had McCrory in trouble during the round, he couldn’t finish the fight. Even though it ended with McCrory stuck in a guillotine choke. Round 2 started with McCrory missing a spinning backfist, then landing a spinning back kick that knocked High down. High managed to recover, but was clearly dazed. McCrory couldn’t take advantage and was swept with another guillotine. High, dangerous as always, went for an arm triangle, an armbar, and another head and arm triangle before McCrory finally succumbed to him. Excellent fight. Daniel Puder (12-1, Wrestling, 255) takes on Andre Arlovski (20-6, Sambo/Kick Boxing, 260) in the heavyweight division. Puder took the Belarus fighter down fast in round 1, but couldn’t mount much offense, and the ref stood them back up. Arlovski finished the round with his own takedown, but Puder wasn’t in trouble. Arlovski was very aggressive in round 2, shooting for takedown after takedown, but Puder defended them all. With his hands lowered protecting against the takedown, Puder was hit with a clean straight punch that knocked him out. Arlovski wins via TKO. Good fight. We had 11,236 on hand for the show and 440k PPV buys around the world. The show was rated as being decent. Fight of the Night goes to Jason High and Tamden McCrory Knockout of the Night goes to Andre Arlovski Submission of the Night goes to Jason High I really though that High was going to lose. McCrory has gotten so good, that it’s hard to find a weakness. High just did it. Arlovski mows yet another fighter down, and now hasn’t lost since his loss to Brett Rogers. I was disappointed that Jared Hess lost. I really liked him. I guess it’s going to be a long road for him. Joe Warren had a good debut with Cage Warriors. That was a pretty easy win. I am again happy with the show. I thought that a lot of the fights went down really well. So now Arlovski will get the winner of the Herman/Schaub fight in two weeks. David Loiseau (20-15), Ivan Lopez (13-5) were the only fighters cut from Cage Warriors after this week’s fights. Loiseau lasted a lot longer than I expected, and Lopez not nearly as long as I thought he would. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

11-26-2010, 02:31 PM	#267
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	And that is it ladies and gentleman. I took a hiatus from this over a month ago, and I went back to play it yesterday and when I loaded up the saved game it showed November of 2010 not April of 2012. It sucks, but also brings to end my best dynasty so far. Even though there was little feedback I know that there were quite a few readers. Thanks to everyone. This might be a blessing in disguise as the new version is due out next week, and it will get me going on that game that much faster. End--- Not so fast. I got it back up and running at the right date. I recently had made some changes to the UAC and once I allowed it to make changes it found my save right away, so I can be back up and running. Yippee! __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam Last edited by PilotMan : 11-26-2010 at 03:20 PM.

12-15-2010, 07:47 AM	#268
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	We have sort of reached another milestone here in Cage Warriors. That is, our first international show is scheduled to take place next month in London. Cage Warriors 51 won’t really be a massive PPV that our fans want but it will showcase some of our favorite fighters and the debut’s of a couple more. The main event will be a battle of giants. The big name here will be the former UFC and MFC Heavyweight champion making his debut in Cage Warriors. That is Tim Sylvia. Sylvia isn’t someone that I am dying to showcase, but I can’t deny his 5-fight win streak that he has built up over the last couple of years. On top of that he is still an intriguing fighter who could contend here. He takes on one of the other big men in the division, Brad Imes. Imes, a name that only we have really made famous, won all 4 of his fights last year, and 3 of those wins were against top 10 opponents in the heavyweight division. While he still hasn’t come up for a title shot, facing a guy like Sylvia isn’t going to hurt him. Imes probably doesn’t have the standup to stay with Sylvia but if this fight gets to the ground it might as well be over. Imes has submitted his last two opponents. The co-main has former UFC light heavyweight prospect Rodney Wallace take on Jake O’Brien. Wallace only has one loss on his record and that was to Rashad Evans, the former champ. O’Brien is going to tower over the smaller man, but both men are grapplers so if it goes to the ground it may not matter that much. Both men like to ground and pound, so whoever ends up on their back may find it hard to get away. Other fighters scheduled to appear on the London show are title hopeful Thomasz Drwal, Ben Henderson and former welterweight champion, Lyman Good. Here is the fight card in it’s entirety. Code: Cage Warriors 51: Imes v. Sylvia London, England Brad Imes (18-7) v. Tim Sylvia (30-7) HW Jake O’Brien (17-5) v. Rodney Wallace (12-1) LHW Ryan McGivern (18-7) v. Thomasz Drwal (21-3) MW Ben Henderson (14-3) v. Dave Jansen (16-3) LW Lyman Good (14-2) v. Dustin Hazelett (14-6) WW ----Prelims---- Kuniyoshi Hironaka (21-8) v. Joe Duarte (9-2) LW Taiki Tsuchiya (9-3) v. Henrique Bilcalho (14-5) FW Norman Paraisy (8-4) v. Alexander Trevino (10-5) WW Josh Barnett (26-8) v. Blagoi Ivanov (6-4) HW Alan Omer (17-4) v. Manny Gamburyan (10-8) FW Young Choi (17-9-1) v. Feijao Calvancante (10-5) LHW Justin Davis (12-9) v. Dan Miller (11-6) MW There are a few guys here who are in danger of losing their jobs. On the upside most of the main card fights are either going to establish newcomers or launch guys back into the midst of title contention. Looking at our roster there is a lot of areas where we could cut some chaff, I will be taking a closer look at that as we look to be a leaner more star populated organization. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

12-15-2010, 07:52 AM	#269
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Hong Man Choi (7-2) defended his KOTC Super Heavyweight title with a 3rd round KO over Alexandru Lungu (2-2). David Espinosa (11-3-1) won the X-1 bantamweight title with a 3rd round submission of champion Maurice Eazel (9-12). In Japan, the Cage Force Bantamweight title changed hands as the former champ Takeshi Numajiri (3-4) was submitted by Yuichiro Yajima (14-11-1). Former Cage Warrior, and current UC UK light heavyweight champion Reese Andy (12-7) defended his title with a 3rd round submission over Mychal Clark (10-8). UFC 133 went to Hawaii for the defense of the heavyweight title. Todd Duffee (9-1), who had won the title over Gabriel Gonzaga after Lesnar was stripped for drugs, defended his title when the big man came back. Here though he took on Frank Mir (17-4), who was coming off of straight submission wins of Stefan Struve and Shane Carwin. In the end it was Mir in the 4th round getting another submission win and regaining the title that he lost over 7 years ago. In the co-main, it was the former champ, Brock Lesnar (6-3) getting a decision loss to another big man, Stefan Struve (21-5). Other winners on the card were Paulo Thiago (16-1), Josh Koscheck (17-6) with a TKO win over Matt Hughes (44-10), and Jae Suk Lim (18-8). Running opposite the UFC show was Strikeforce’s latest taking place right in our own back yard. In the main event it was Fedor (35-3) returning to the cage to get a first round TKO in his rematch with Jae Young Kim (13-12). Obviously, Strikeforce has no desire to challenge Fedor. The co-main had Jacare Souza (15-4) pick up a win over Nissen Osterneck (10-4). Other winners on the card were Sokoudjou (10-8), 2010 Female Fighter of the Year Sara Kaufman (16-0), and Tyron Woodley (10-2). Steve Bruno (18-8) who spent some time at CW, has won the Bellator Welterweight title with a second round submission of Nate Loughran (11-3). The title was vacated by Norman Parisay when he signed an exclusive deal with Cage Warriors. MFC was in Edmonton for their latest show. Those fans saw the lightweight change hands again as Blake Fredrickson (19-5-1) took a 5 round decision over Simon Marini (10-5). Marini had only won the title 6 months previous. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

12-15-2010, 08:04 AM	#270
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	The Cage Warriors Heavyweight title is on the line tonight as Dave Herman takes on challenger Brendan Schaub. This is Cage Warriors 50! A milestone to be sure and hopefully tonight we will see a show worthy of the event. Dave Herman hasn’t fought in Cage Warriors in 6 months. But he hasn’t lost a fight in over 2 years now, has won his last 7 fights and his last 5 by KO or TKO stoppage. He has turned into a fearsome striker with his most impressive win the TKO of Daniel Puder when he unified the heavyweight title. He knows that if he picks up the win tonight that Andre Arlovski waits in the wings to face him. Schaub has won his last 4 fights with his TKO over Josh Barnett the most impressive. This fight could stay on the feet or go to the ground. But you can bet, there is a very good chance that it won’t go to a decision. In the co-main event tonight, top light heavyweight contenders in the light heavyweight division go at it. Tonight, Ricardo Arona will meet fellow BJJ blackbelt and Cage Warrior pioneer, the former CW LHW champion, Jimi Manuwa. Arona is coming off of his brutal first round TKO over Machida, while Manuwa knocked out Andre Gusmao. Arona is vastly experienced having been the former Dream LH champion. If the fight stays up Manuwa may have the edge, but if it goes to the ground, look for Arona to finish. Former Cage Warriors Juniors Middleweight Champion, Jacob O’Connell makes his big time debut. Ben Rothwell fights, and featherweights Akitoshi Tamura and Diego Nunes start it off. Let’s get right to the action in sunny California! Neil Joslin (7-2, Freestyle Wrestling, 273) takes on Chase Gormley (6-1, Wrestling, 245) in the heavyweight division. This is a Cage Warriors Juniors fight. Even though he was the underdog, Gormley hung in there and tired the big man out. He took advantage of a mistake in the 3rd and ended up with mount and pounded out a win over the younger fighter. Decent fight. Doug Marshall (13-5, Striker) takes on Andrew Buckland (13-8, Boxing/Wrestling) in the middleweight division. This was a back and forth affair. Both men did their best work on the ground, but it was the better wrestling skills of Buckland that would be the difference as he pulls out the decision win. Good fight. Yahir Reyes (19-8, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Diego Saravia (16-11-1, BJJ) in the featherweight division. Reyes has a 6-inch height advantage over Saraiva. Diego Saraiva’s drop to 145 looks like it was a good move. He did just enough to get this fight to the ground, even though he ate some big shots along the way. He takes the decision win. Good fight. Jon Fitch (19-7, Kick Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Ryan Stonitsch (11-4, Muay Thai) in the welterweight division. Jon Fitch controlled almost all the action in this one. He was aggressive and worked tirelessly to get it to the ground. The bad part was that he couldn’t get Stonitsch off his feet. Stonitsch managed to get Fitch into a Muay Thai clinch and just blasted him not once, not twice, not three times, but four solid knees to the head, the last of which knocked the former UFC title contender out cold, and possibly right out of Cage Warriors. Great fight. Jeff Curran (33-14-1, BJJ) takes on Ran Weathers (18-6, Boxing/Wrestling) in the lightweight division. Curran knew that his best shot in this one was on the ground, and he got it there twice. He had a terrible time with Weathers though as he was able to sweep the BJJ fighter twice. Weathers ultimately timed a takedown shot and knocked Curran out with a straight cross. Great fight. Marcus Sursa (10-6, Wrestling) takes on Glover Teixeira (12-4, BJJ/Kempo) in the light heavyweight division. Teixeira worked hard and pressed the action from bell to bell. But he was not good enough as Sursa put him on the ground with solid punches twice and controlled the action after when Teixeira was on the defensive. Sursa gets the decision win. Decent fight. Marcus Hicks (14-4, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Jacob Volkmann (11-1, Wrestling) in the welterweight division. A wild and wooly battle where Volkmann demonstrated his superiority eventually getting mount and pounding out Hicks. Hicks had been working for a rear naked, but Volkmann reversed and mounted him. Good fight. The first fight on the main show is a featherweight battle between Akitoshi Tamura (16-8-2, Wajyutsu) and Diego Nunes (17-2, Muay Thai/Boxing). Another fight that goes the distance. The highlight of the fight was in the second round where Nunes knocked Tamura down, let him up, knocked him down again, let him up again, then knocked him down a third time. Tamura hung on and nearly stole the fight in the 3rd, but Nunes hung on for the win. Decent fight. Ben Rothwell (32-10, Boxing/Wrestling, 290) takes on Kirill Sidelnikov (8-5, Sambo, 242) in the heavyweight division. Rothwell has 6 inches and nearly 50 pounds on the Russian fighter. Rothwell used his size to his every advantage. Eventually getting side conrol then mount, and pounding out the young fighter. Great fight. Tim Smith (12-3, Wrestling) takes on Jacob O’Connell (10-1, BJJ) in the middleweight division. This is O’Connell’s first fight since leaving the Juniors’ circuit. Not really what I had in mind, but I guess it will have to do. Smith won a sort of boring grapple fest with the JJ specialist. O’Connell had been very dominant but that didn’t correlate here tonight. Average fight. Ricardo Arona (19-6, BJJ) takes on Jimi Manuwa (9-1, BJJ) in the light heavyweight division. This is the co-main event. Ricardo Arona made short work of the former champ. Getting a takedown almost right away, Arona showed his considerable BJJ skills to take his back. From there he pounded out Manuwa to get the first round win. Fantastic fight. In the main event, Dave Herman (23-3, Wrestling, 265) defends his Cage Warriors heavyweight title against Brendan Schaub (10-1, Boxing/BJJ, 260). Despite only having a one inch height advantage, Herman has an 8-inch reach advantage. And despite being vastly more experienced, Herman is 2 years younger than his challenger. Both men came out swinging with Schaub the first one to throw. His punches missed but Herman’s didn’t as Schaub was hurt right away. Herman jumped in with more clean shots and the ref stopped it just over a minute into the contest. Great fight. We had 9,509 fans on hand for the show, with another 305k PPV buys and it was rated as being awful. Fight of the Night goes to Dave Herman and Brendan Schaub Submission of the Night goes to nobody Knockout of the Night goes to Ryan Stonitsch Another critically good show that doesn’t play well to the masses. Dave Herman gets another big TKO over a top contender and now has his work cut out for him against Arlovski. Arona makes a strong case for the winner of the Davis/Jones fight. And Ben Rothwell gets back to his winning ways with an overpowering win over a young fighter. Following the show we send pink slips to Doug Marshall (13-6), Glover Teixiera (12-5), Jon Fitch (19-8), and Neil Joslin (7-3). The only one that I have any issues with here right now is Joslin. He is a talented fighter, but just didn’t make a big enough impact to warrant the next step. I think he is going to be very successful somewhere else. I hate to see Fitch go as he is one of my favorite fighters, and the rest of them just didn’t get it done. They needed to make room for some newer blood anyway. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? 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12-15-2010, 06:50 PM	#271
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Glad you jumpstarted this & were able to recover. Inspired me to at least d'load a couple of the WMMA2 mods that I've never messed with at all. MW7 and ARAIG (although how having Mike Tyson as a MMA'er qualifies as "real as it gets" escapes me a bit ) __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

12-16-2010, 10:18 AM	#272
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Thanks Jon, I just needed to get a little bit of a buffer after I posted all that I had written. I am glad that you are enjoying the read. I am still biding my time for 3. I want to get it but I think I need to wait until after the holidays. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

12-20-2010, 09:26 PM	#273
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Cage Warriors: Unchained is coming back to New Jersey next month. I love to run the big television show in front of the home fans. I think it just makes things that much better. So this show is going to blow the doors off that PPV I just announced. So I think when the fans tire of Sylvia and Imes they are going to be ready for the treat that I drop on their doorstep for free later in the month. Our main event is a tough as nails light heavyweight war between two former UFC light heavyweight champions. Ryan Bader, coming off of his loss to Phil Davis, gets a rematch with Lyoto Machida, who is coming off of a beat down at the hands of Ricardo Arona. Both men are still considered viable title contenders, so a win here will be very important. In fact, it was Bader who took the UFC title from Machida about 18 months ago. Bader wore down Machida and them submitted him in the 5th round of that fight. This one is only going to be 3 rounds. To co-main event of the night has Cage Warriors veteran Rich Clementi taking on rising star Shannon Gugerty. Clementi has won 3 in a row and 6 of his last 7, although he has only finished 2 guys in that span. For Gugerty, he has won 4 in a row and 5 of his last 6, with 2 submission wins in that span. Clementi is 36 years old and this is going to be his 56 professional MMA fight. You know that experience counts, but when will his age start to catch up to him. Gugerty hasn’t fought anyone of Clementi’s pedigree to his point, although he does hold a win over current featherweight champion Cub Swanson from 2004, nearly 8 years ago, when Gugerty was just 22. Former middleweight champion, Fabio Silva is also on the card. And so is former Pride and UFC fighter, former DEEP Welterweight champion, Ryo Chonan. Chonan is on a 3 fight win streak and fighting Martin Kampmann. Here is the entire card. Cage Warriors: Unchained Code: From New Jersey Ryan Bader (13-1) (#5) v. Lyoto Machida (17-2)(#7) LHW Rich Clementi (38-16-1) v. Shannon Gugerty (15-3) LW Martin Kampann (17-4) v. Ryo Chonan (21-12) WW Fabio Silva (20-6) v. Siyar Bahadurzada (21-5-1) MW Ryan Jimmo (17-3) v. Razak Al Hassan (11-3) LHW ---Prelims---- Bigfoot Silva (17-4) v. Chris Tuchscherer (20-3)(#5 SHW) HW JJ Ambrose (14-4) v. Dong Hyun Kim (13-3-1) WW Ricardo Tirlone (12-4) v. Scott McAfee (10-3) LW Jon Madsen (6-2) v. George Bush (10-4) HW Ben Holscher (11-3) v. Rory MacDonald (10-3) WW Thiago Tavares (15-5) v. Bobby Stack (10-4) LW Chris Price (18-4) v. Jesse Forbes (14-6) MW A big heavyweight battle on the prelim card. I am excited to see how Silva matches up in his debut with Tuchscherer. We have the return of George Bush! He takes on Jon Madsen in what could be a make or break fight for them. Former juniors champion Ben Holscher needs to get something going, but he has a tough youngster in Rory Macdonald. Holscher’s nickname is “The teacher”, will he take the 22-year old Macdonald to school? Ryan Jimmo is still looking for respect in the light heavyweight division. Even with only 3 losses he is finding it hard to climb to the next level. Silva and Bahadurzada is going to be a stand up war. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

12-20-2010, 09:28 PM	#274
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Former Cage Warrior, Andy Kappas (7-4) won the CFC welterweight championship with a decision win over Matt Cain (10-4-1). Cain had held the title since June of last year. Dream Lightweight champion Takenori Gomi (34-7) defended his title with a first round TKO over Artur Oumakhanov (13-5). On the same card, Rich Franklin (26-9) made his debut in Japan, fighting for the light heavyweight title against Mario Miranda (15-1). Miranda scored a TKO win in the first round over the MMA vet to win his first title. Also on this action packed card, Cage Warrior fighter, Noah Thomas (19-8) massively upset Japanese legend Kid Yamamoto (22-5). It was the first time that Yamamoto had been submitted. He has now lost 3 of the his last 4 fights. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

12-20-2010, 09:37 PM	#275
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	The fights are back in town! I have a short trip tonight to see a huge night of mixed martial arts action. Our show is in our home venue just across the river from New York, and our show is beamed all over the world. This is Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV. The main event tonight is a major lightweight showdown between top contenders JZ Calvan and Jim Miller. This fight was originally slated for the #3 slot in the PPV that just ran, but got moved up to top billing on the network show. This is going to be a war. 39 career wins. 4 career losses between them. Both men have dominant stand up and incredible submissions. Both men are considered one of the best in their weight class in the world. JZ recently got back to his winning ways after his super fight loss to Takeshi Inoue. Miller had his title plans derailed early last year when he was submitted in the first round by Per Eklund. Now he has put 3 wins together, most recently against Ben Henderson, and is back on the move. In addition to that huge fight, we have 5 title fights in the Juniors division. Ben Askren defends his welterweight title in the co-main event. We head right to cage side for tonight’s action. Fidel More (5-0, Ground and Pound) takes on Louis Alessio (5-0, Hybrid) in the light heavyweight division. These guys looked rough in the cage as the fight went the distance. The fight wasn’t that exciting, but More did enough to get the win. Decent fight. John Hathaway (10-0, Freestyle) takes on Jerry Hayes (6-1, Karate) in the welterweight division. Hathaway dominated the fight after a slow first round. He looked good knocking Hayes down and then pounding him out for the win. Good fight. Benjamin Rude (7-1, Muay Thai) takes on Guilherme Contreras (4-1, Greco-Roman Wrestling) in the middleweight division. Contreras has an 8-inch reach advantage. Contreras aggressively pressed the action, and worked hard to get Rude off his feet. He failed terribly until the last round. In the meantime he was peppered by Rude’s strikes. The fight went the distance, but Rude held on for the win. Decent fight Wesley Johnson (7-3, Freestyle) takes on Charles Diaz (6-2, BJJ) in the lightweight division. Johnson would not be denied as he took Diaz down over and over again. Diaz should have been happy to be on his back, and he did manage some subimssion attempts but he could not control Johnson well enough. Johnson had Diaz in trouble in the third round, and he took the decision. Average fight. Peter Dominguez (4-4, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Jeffrey Hall (3-1, Kick Boxing) in the featherweight division. The former Juniors featherweight champion made quick work of Hall knocking him down almost immediately from a big hook. Hall defended himself fairly well but Dominguez was too good and finished the fight a little over 90 seconds into round 1. Great fight. Thomas Longacre (8-2, Kick Boxing/Muay Thai) takes on hometown favorite Brian McLaughlin (8-2, BJJ) in the lightweight division. The hometown boy was brutally knocked out by Longacre. He wanted to come in, but ate some really big shots, then was knocked out in the ensuing G & P. Fantastic fight. The first of the Juniors Title fights is set to begin. Jamie Hern (8-1, Boxing) is the current light heavyweight champion. He takes on Demico Rogers (7-3, BJJ) Rogers has done well since moving down to light heavyweight. Rogers has been very good recently but he looked like a JV fighter in there. Hern knocked him on his butt, and then controlled the BJJ fighter from the top position. By round 3, Hern was getting the better of Rogers and finally put his ground and pound to it’s best effort and forced the stoppage. Good fight. Raymond London (7-1, Sambo, 290) takes on Gustavo Fabiano (8-1, Brawling, 230) in the heavyweight division. This fight is for the vacant Juniors heavyweight title. Can Fabiano overcome a 60 pound weight disadvantage? These two put on a really good show for heavyweights going 5 rounds. Fabiano had London really hurt in the second round, and nearly finished the fight. Actually, the fight was dead even after 4 rounds, with the 5th the decider. Both men were gassed, but all 3 judges saw it for London. Good fight. Cristobal Verissimo (8-1, Kick Boxing) takes on Brian Barnes (7-1, Muay Thai) for the Juniors Middlweight title. Verissimo won the first fight with Barnes with a 1st round submission. Barnes came right out and knocked Verissimo down early. He had him in serious trouble but could not put him away. Verissimo recovered and quickly swept Barnes. From the top position he moved to mount. Barnes gave up his back, but was victimized by the rear naked choke that ended the fight. Fantastic fight. Jussier da Silva (6-2, BJJ ) takes on Henry Martinez ( 7-2, Boxing/Wrestling) for the Juniors featherweight title. Martinez has an 11-inch reach advantage. Martinez bullied da Silva around the cage, and used his strength advantage. Martinez tired out and gave Jussier the opening that he needed. Da Silva ended up in mount with a guillotine locked on but the round ended. The next two rounds belonged to Martinez, who ended up taking a convincing 5 round decision. Decent fight. Ben Askren (7-0, Wrestling/BJJ) takes on Djmal Kurbanov (6-1-1, Sambo) for the Juniors welterweight title. A close but boring fight. Not a whole lot of action here. The stand up is bad, the ground work was a stalemate. Askren wins in a decision, but it was a very poor fight. JZ (19-4-1, BJJ/Kick Boxing) takes on Jim Miller (20-3, Wrestling) in the lightweight division. This is the main event. Yep, this was just what I was expecting between these two guys. JZ pressed the action right off the bat getting a takedown early on, but had to escape from serious danger and Miller had him locked in a guillotine. Miller eventually swept JZ and took control of the round. It went to the second and JZ again pressed the action. He locked up and leaned on Miller against the cage, but another mistake was all it took. Miller locked another guillotine on and dropped to the ground to tighten up the hole. This time JZ wasn’t able to get free and Miller took the fight. Fantastic fight. We had a crowd of 5,145 on hand for our show. It was rated as being excellent. Fight of the Night goes to JZ and Miller Knockout of the Night goes to Thomas Longacre Submission of the Night goes to Jim Miller No surprises, the favorites all held on and picked up the wins that they were looking for. We have a full roster of title holders now, and I don’t think that any of them have to vacate at this time. Jim Miller looks to be the obvious choice for a title shot after the Darabedyan/Whitson fight. Cristobal Verissimo could be setting the stage for something much bigger with the way that he is piling up wins. Askren too. With Dominguez getting a fast win, he might be in line to challenge Martinez, the newly crowned featherweight champ. It might not be fair to give a guy a title shot and then cut him, but that is exactly what we have done. Demico Rogers, who challenged Jaime Hern for the LHW Juniors title, was let go. Rogers had lost 3 in a row at heavyweight, dropped weight, then went on a winning streak, but he just isn’t worth keeping on the roster. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

12-28-2010, 10:16 PM	#276
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	MAY 2012 Our meeting this month was fairly short and sweet. The promotion had a rough month but was still wildly profitable. The biggest concern is that our foreign PPV carriers are not happy with the product and are threatening to drop coverage unless we get our act together. It looks like that might be a short term issue. However, expenses are still low enough that turning a profit won’t be an issue. The popularity of Cage Warriors is still great. We are the solid #2 promotion in MMA, and the UFC is sliding backwards to meet us. We are number 2 in the US, #1 in Mexico and the UK, #3 in Canada, #5 in Japan and #2 in most of the rest of the world. We have some fantastic fights coming up over the next couple of months. I am not worried about this little dry spell we are going through. This month we look at the top 10 welterweights in Cage Warriors. Welterweight is one of the weaker divisions in Cage Warriors, not because of weak fighters but we don’t have the big names here that we have in other weight classes. *Cage Warriors Top 10 Welterweights* 1. Jason High (17-2) Undefeated in CW, current Champion, defends against Nick Diaz next. 2. Tamden McCrory (18-5) Beaten by High again, taking some time off. 3. Nick Diaz (23-8) Gets next title shot. 4. Jacob Volkmann (12-1) Two wins in a row, taking some time off. 5. Ben Askren (8-0) Juniors Champion 6. Martin Kampmann (17-4) Responded with win over Jon Fitch after loss to Diaz, faces Chonan. 7. Ryo Chonan (21-12) Faces Kampmann in debut. 8. Jason Norwood (13-3) Keeps working to get to the top, losses to Brock Larson and Lyman Good 9. Lyman Good (14-2) Back to Back losses now fights Dustin Hazlett in London. 10. Jim Wallhead (22-6) Former UC UK Welterweight champion, yet to debut. Best of the rest: Delson Heleno (18-6), Drew Fickett (41-14), Jesse Bongfeldt (22-4), Ray Steinbeiss (18-5), Shamar Bailey (16-2), Simeon Thoresen (17-2-1), Tyson Griffin (16-4). __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

12-28-2010, 10:17 PM	#277
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Rikuhei Fujii (11-4) is the new Middleweight King of Pancrase with a split decision win over former champion Akira Shoji (18-17-5). TJ Waldburger (16-6) regained his Shark Fights welterweight title with a controversial split decision win over Jason Pierce (12-3). In Poland at KSW 37, Nobatatsu Suzuki (9-0-2) made his 3rd defense of the KSW Middleweight title. He won a decision over Maro Parak (14-4-1) __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

12-28-2010, 10:24 PM	#278
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	This is a big step for our little company. We are live in London for the first international show for Cage Warriors. Tonight, we have the debut of Tim Sylvia as he takes on Brad Imes in the main event. This is a classic striker/grappler matchup where the small guy is 6’7” and 285 lbs. A win isn’t going to make either man, a loss won’t derail either one. The combined age of the two of them is 71. This is all about the freak factor, and if Imes can submit yet another quality opponent. The co-main is Jake O’Brien and Rodney Wallace. Both men are wrestlers with O’Brien being much bigger. But Wallace has only been beaten once. Just once, and by Rashad Evans. He could be a real up and comer at 205. Lyman Good, Ben Henderson, and Ryan McGivern are also on the main show for tonight. Let’s give these Englishman a show! Justin Davis (12-9, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Dan Miller (11-6, Freestyle) in the middleweight division. Throw away fight. Davis finishes Miller with strikes in the third round. Decent fight. Young Choi (17-9-1, Judo) takes on Feijao Cavalcante (10-5, Muay Thai/BJJ) in a battle of embarrassing fighters. This is a light heavyweight fight. Well, there were no expectations for this fight going in but turned out to be quite possibly the best fight of the night. Choi lost the first round when Feijao controlled top position. Choi changed positions in the second and took that round. Setting up the third. Feijao was tired, and Choi took advantage putting him on his back. Feijao caught him in a guillotine but Choi power bombed out of it. A mad scramble ensued and Choi locked an armbar in that finished the fight. Fantastic fight. Alan Omer (17-4, Submission Wrestling) takes on Manny Gamburyan (10-8, Judo) in the featherweight division. Omer comes in the favorite and shoots for the takedown, but Gamburyan locked the guillotine on and he couldn’t get away. Shock win for Gamburyan in 90 seconds. Great fight. Josh Barnett (26-8, Catch Wrestling, 270) takes on Blagoi Ivanov (6-4, Sambo, 265) in the heavyweight division. Barnett has a 10-inch reach advantage. Barnett won the first two rounds with good grappling and ground position. Ivanov wasn’t taking damage, but wasn’t doing much of anything at all. Barnett wore out, and Ivanov got him on his back and worked to mount. From the mount, Ivanov landed some killer shots and put Barnett away. Good fight. Norman Paraisy (8-4, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Alexander Trevino (10-5, Boxing/Wrestling) in the welterweight division. A tight first round and then Paraisy took over with some big shots that hurt Trevino out in the second round. Good fight. Taiki Tsuchiya (9-3, Shoot) takes on Henrique Bilcalho (14-5, BJJ/Muay Thai) in the featherweight division. Bilcalho has been known as a tough opponent. He is tough, not great, but tough. He took the first round with great and effective aggressiveness. Taiki took over in the second round getting a takedown, and moving to side control before unleashing a series of knees that had me cringing. The third saw more brutal knees from Taiki. Bilcalho may have some really sore ribs tomorrow. Tsuchiya gets the decision win. Decent fight. The last of the prelim fights had Kuniyoshi Hironaka (21-8, BJJ) taking on Joe Duarte (9-2, Muay Thai) in the lightweight division. Hironaka put Duarte on his back, where you would think he would want to be, but Duarte showed good skill and fighter development by subbing the BJJ fighter with a guillotine choke in the first round. Great fight. We start the main show with Lyman Good (14-2, Kick Boxing) taking on Dustin Hazelett (14-6, BJJ) in the welterweight division. Boy, why doesn’t Hazelett try and take fights to the ground? Good peppered him with clinical strikes in the first, keeping the BJJ fighter on the outside. In the second round Good knocked Hazelett down with a clean punch, let him back up, and then knocked him out cold with a big head kick. Welcome to Cage Warriors, that was the former champion! Fantastic fight. Ben Henderson (14-3, Wrestling/Tae Kwon Do) takes on Dave Jansen (16-3, Wrestling) in the lightweight division. A technical battle. Neither fighter took much damage, and both men looked good at times. Neither figher really imposed his will but the judges saw it for Jansen by split decision. That is going to be tough for Henderson to take. Average fight. Ryan McGivern (18-7, Wrestling) takes on Tomaz Drwal (21-3, Boxing/Wrestling) in the middleweight division. McGivern has a 7-inch reach advantage. Tomasz Drwal would not be manhandled, he would not be contained, he would not be controlled. McGivern was totally outclassed in his debut. Drwal took him the distance, but looks like he might have the pedigree of a champion. Good fight. We are up to the co-main event. Jake O’Brien (17-5, Wrestling) takes on Rodney Wallace (12-1, Wrestling) in the light heavyweight division. O’Brien couldn’t stop the takedowns of Wallace who just overpowered the bigger man on the ground. In the second round, Wallace put him on his back again, managed to work to side control where he attacked with some bombs and forced the stoppage. Decent fight. The main event is next. Brad Imes (18-7, Wrestling, 285) takes on Tim Sylvia (30-7, Brawler, 285) in the heavyweight division. Imes wanted to get it to the ground as soon as possible. He was stuffed and stuffed and stuffed again until Sylvia caught him with a clean punch when Imes got careless and knocked him out. Good fight. We had 3,077 on hand for our London show, and 139k PPV buys. The show was rated as being Awful. Fight of the Night goes to Choi and Feijao Knockout of the Night goes to Lyman Good Submission of the Night goes to Manny Gamburyan. A pretty crappy card. A stinker. But, we get a win for Sylvia in his debut, even at the expense of a guy like Imes. Drwal really does look great. Tough loss for Ben Henderson. Lyman Good back after back to back losses with a killer KO. Alan Omer (17-5), Dan Miller (11-7), Henrique Bilcalho (14-6), Kuniyoshi Hironaka (21-9), Feijao Cavalcante (10-6) are among the list if the latest fighters cut from Cage Warriors. Bilcalho had 7 fights with us and won 3, but his time is over now. Omer and Feijao were pretty big disappointments with only 1 win between them, and a pretty big hype for both of them. Dan Miller and Hironaka never got a foothold of momentum and they will take a step down the MMA road. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

01-03-2011, 10:00 PM	#279
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	All of that leads me to an exciting announcement. The booking has been completed for Cage Warriors 52, and without a doubt, it is the biggest, best, and most anticipated card that we have ever had. The only place for a card this big, is a city that has seen big show after big show, Las Vegas. We are going to run a massive card, in the hometown of the UFC. We want to show that we can put on a tour de force of MMA action. Headlining our card is the fight that we have been talking about for months. Phil Davis puts the CW Light Heavyweight title on the line against Jon Jones. Davis is the most popular fighter in Cage Warriors, and both men are undefeated. Davis, who came from the UFC, has put him mark in the MMA world with his wins in Cage Warriors. He won the title from Rapahel Davis, and then defeated Ryan Bader, who had been the UFC Champion. By and large, he has to be considered the top fighter at 205. However, Jon Jones had momentum in the UFC and build an impressive resume with wins over Andre Gusmao, Jake O’Brien, Matt Hamill, and Rich Franklin. His last win was a win in a terrible fight over Marcus Sursa, a man with a wrestling background, like Davis, who is a contender, but not considered in the class of Davis. So how will this fight play out? With both men being wrestlers you might think that this might be a bit of a bore fest. Possibly, but check this out. Davis has won his last 4 fights by TKO. He packs a power punch but his standup might be his weak point. Jones will be at his best if he can stay on the outside, and use strikes to or get close enough to use knees and elbows on the champ. Who will score the takedowns? Both men look for them, but who will get them, and what offense will they mount if they get them. Davis’ biggest advantage is his conditioning. He has a non stop motor, and gets stronger as the fight goes on. Will Jones last if this fight goes the distance? We don’t stop there. The co-main event is another title fight. Lightweight champion Karen Darabedyan puts his title on the line against Richie Whitson. The champions last 2 fights, and in fact all 3 of his CW fights, have ended by KO or TKO and his most recent win over Mizugaki was his most impressive. Darabedyan won the title from Jeff Curran about a year ago an this is his second defense. For Whitson, he is a striking machine who has shown good enough takedown defense. His only loss was to Ben Henderson, when Henderson pinned him and never let him get off some of those clinical strikes. Whitson has won his other 7 fights, and all of them ended with a KO or TKO win. At this point, this fight could go either way. With they way that both men hit it is all down to who get’s off first, and with more power. Other fighters that will be on the main show are former heavyweight and juniors heavyweight champion, Brandon Cash. He meets Shane Carwin in what could be argued is way to high profile a fight for #3. Joseph Benevidez and Shamar Bailey are also on the card. Here is the card in it’s entirety. Code: Cage Warriors 52: Davis v. Jones From Las Vegas, Nevada Cage Warriors Light Heavyweight Title Fight (CH) Phil Davis (10-0)(#1 LHW #1 PFP) v. Jon Jones (13-0)(#2 LHW, #2 PFP) LHW Cage Warriors Lightweight Title Fight (CH) Karen Darabedyan (14-1)(#4) v. Richie Whitson (13-1)(#5) LW Brandon Cash (10-2) v. Shane Carwin (14-2) HW Mackens Semerzier (10-1)(#4) v. Joseph Benavidez (13-5) FW Shamar Bailey (16-2) v. Simeon Thoresen (17-2-1) WW ----Prelims---- Chris Leben (19-8) v. Dragan Tesanovic (9-2) MW Stipe Bekavac (18-5) v. Andre Gusmao (11-2) LHW Marcin Held (8-3) v. Cole Miller (15-4) LW Scott Lighty (11-2) v. Neil Wain (8-3) HW Charles Bennett (23-17-2) v. Ville Manninen (8-3) LW Rory Markham (19-6) v. Bryan Baker (12-5) MW Buck Bisbey (11-3) v. Mark Oshiro (13-6) FW The main card looks great. Carwin gets a former champion, or should I say a former champion gets Carwin? Bailey/Thoresen is a fight between two guys working to break into the top 10. Looking at the undercard, nothing especially important stands out. Cole Miller and Scott Lighty debut. Mark Oshiro moves to featherweight. Crazy Horse on the card. It’s a big card, no two ways about it. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

01-03-2011, 10:04 PM	#280
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	We do draw attention. Opposite our show in London, the UFC and WEC both ran major shows. The WEC was in Hawaii, and the UFC was in Florida. They blew us away, but I am guessing that since we were in London, our show aired first, and so fans got to watch both, without missing too much. We killed the WEC’s numbers. At the WEC show, Matt Serra (13-8) returned to the big time, submitting lightweight champion, Jamie Varner (19-3) in the second round. Varner had been the champ for over 4 years, and had made 5 successful defenses of the title. In fact, when Varner won the title, Serra was the welterweight champion in the UFC. Wow! At UFC 134, Anderson Silva (29-5) won again in a strange and boring 3 round fight. He defeated CB Dalloway (14-5) who had been on a 3 fight win streak. Silva has won 4 fights since losing his title to Denis Kang. The UFC crowned a new light heavyweight champion after the defection of Ryan Bader. Thiago Silva (18-2) took out Rashad Evans (18-2-1) by KO in the 4th round. Stephen Bonnar (13-6) won over Renato Sorbal (37-12) Other winners on the card were, Yushin Okami (26-6) and George Sotiropoulos (12-3). At a DEEP show in Japan, former MMA joke, and former professional wrestler, Katsuyori Shibata (11-8-1) defended his DEEP Middleweight title with a 3rd round submission of Ryuichi Murata (10-8-1). Shibata has now won 9 of his last 11 fights. X-1 crowned a new light heavyweight champion last night, when James Te Huna (16-7) submitted champion Chuck Grigsby (19-6) in the 5th round to win the title. Rampage (35-9) headlined Strikeforce’s latest card. He sure is getting tested there! His main event win was a first round KO over the highly vaunted Keith Berry (7-8). In the co-main, Michael Bisping (17-8) made his debut but he was submitted in the first round by Kazuo Misaki (26-11-2). Bisbing has now lost 7 straight fights. King of the Cage Light Heavyweight champion, Brad Morris (13-4) won his title last year and yesterday made his second defense of the title. He scored a TKO over Wojtek Kaszlowski (3-9) in the second round to retain. Kaszlowski had won all three of his fights over the last year, albeit fighting in local shows. At Bellator’s latest card, Wilson Reis (15-4) scored a TKO over Jens Pulver (23-18-1) just over a minute into the fight. Pulver is now 37 and has only 1 win in the last 4 ½ years. Needless to say, Bellator isn’t bringing him back. Anthony Pettis (9-5) won in the co-main event. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

01-03-2011, 10:10 PM	#281
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Tonight on HDNet, Cage Warriors: Unchained! The big question tonight will be whether or not, Lyoto Machida can get revenge for his loss to Ryan Bader. Both men are coming off of losses, and both men are still in the hunt for the light heavyweight title. A big win for either man could put his name back into the title contention hat. Look for Bader to keep Machida close and try and get him to the ground. Machida is a finisher and he is dangerous all over, but can he avoid being controlled by Bader for 3 rounds? We will find out in just a few short hours. The co-main tonight is the lightweight battle between Rich Clementi and Shannon Gugerty. Clementi is a well rounded, wily veteran and he is on a roll, but still outside the upper echelon of the lightweight division. Gugerty is experienced, with only 3 career losses is also well rounded. His win over Dave Jansen put his name on the short list of fighters who are coming up toward the top. Other fighters on the card tonight are Martin Kampmann, Fabio Silva and Razak Al-Hassan. It’s time for the big show on HDNet! Chris Price (18-4, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Jesse Forbes (14-6, Wrestling) in the middleweight division. Forbes took Price out of his standup game and kept the pressure on throughout. His grappling was superior and his ground work was great. Forbes wins a poor fight in a decision. Thiago Tavares (15-5, BJJ) takes on Bobby Stack (10-4, Wrestling/Muay Thai) in the lightweight division. The fight was all about grappling early on, but Stack did well, and avoided being put into a bad position. Stack used good strikes and scored a takedown in the final frame. Tavares tired out and Stack stole the show late working to mount and getting the decision win. Decent fight. Ben Holscher (11-3, Wrestling) takes on Rory MacDonald (10-3, Muay Thai/BJJ) in the welterweight division. The teacher was trying to lay it to the student here, but it was MacDonald who took the fight early on. Macdonald hurt Holscher twice, but was put on his back eventually. In the second, Holscher got it to the ground early on. From there, he took MacDonald’s back putting the RNC on for the finish. Great fight. Jon Madsen (6-2, Wrestling, 260) takes on George Bush (10-4, Wrestling, 255) in the heavyweight division. Madsen, with expectations high, wanted to get this to the ground. Bush shocked him by storming in with a fast takedown and then pinning Madsen there for most of the round, easily taking it. Madsen came out in the second and shot fast. Bush timed him perfectly and knocked him out with a brutal blow to the head. Bush keeps on rollin’ with the big KO! Decent fight. Ricardo Tirlone (12-4, BJJ) takes on Scott McAfee (10-3, BJJ) in the lightweight division. Tirlone has a noticeable size difference. This was a tight contest with a lot of action. The fighters split the first two rounds and it came down to the third. McAfee got caught with a takedown, but fought it off, forced the stand up and went to town but it wasn’t enough as Tirlone took the decision. Average fight. JJ Ambrose (14-4, BJJ) takes on the Stun Gun, Dong Hyun Kim (13-3, Judo) in the welterweight division. Yep, if you have paid attention at all, you had an idea how this fight was going to turn out. Ambrose tried to put Kim on his back, but it was Kim who scored the takedown. Almost as soon as he tried to mount any offense at all, Ambrose locked a beautiful triangle on from the bottom and Kim was helpless to do anything but tap out. Fantastic fight. The last prelim fight is about to take place. Bigfoot Silva (17-4, BJJ/Muay Thai, 290) takes on Chris Tuchscherer (20-3, Wrestling, 285) in the heavyweight division. Silva was a big favorite coming into the fight. But the pressure was on to show what he could do. Silva dominated the first round, but in the second round, it was Tuchscherer who jumped guard, and put Silva on the defensive. Silva defended a triangle and then was swept on a guillotine attempt. Tuchscherer was in side control and used his elbows to pound out Silva for a convincing win. Fantastic fight. Ryan Jimmo (17-3, Karate) takes on Razak Al-Hassan (11-3, Wrestling) in the light heavyweight division. This is the first televised fight on the card. Both fighters came out aggressively and the fight worked it’s way to the ground after Jimmo defended a takedown. Al-Hassan would not stop though, and his submissions were strong. Jimmo has been susceptible to that in the past and this one came fast. Al-Hassan locked a guillotine in and that was that. Great fight. Fabio Silva (20-6, Muay Thai) takes on Siyar Bahadurzada ( 21-5-1, Muay Thai) in the light heavyweight division. Bahadurzada has a significant size advantage. How will that play out in a stand up war? Turns out it didn’t matter that much. This was a see-saw affair, where cage control was important. Silva scored a big knockdown in the second round, but could not finish. Bahadurzada held on and fought a close third round. Silva ended up taking 2 of 3 judges scorecards to get the win. Great fight. Martin Kampmann (17-4, Thai Boxing) takes on Ryo Chonan (21-12, Kyokoshin Karate) in the welterweight division. Kampmann is much bigger than Chonan. What a great fight. Kampmann tirelessly worked for a takedown in the first round, and got it, but Chonan defended well. Chonan scored a big knockdown early in the second, but Kampmann withstood the blast, and dodged the diving punch that followed. So with it at one a piece they went to the third. The judges didn’t need to score it though. Kampmann caught the MMA legend with a great counterpunch and knocked him out cold. Fantastic fight. Rich Clementi (38-16-1, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Shannon Gugerty (15-3, BJJ/Muay Thai) in the lightweight division. This is the co-main event. Our main show is turning out to be phenomenal. Clementi had Gugerty in full mount and was dropping elbows all over the place, and just destroying Gugerty in the first round. The ref would not stop the fight, and it took the wind right out of Clementi. Gugerty survived, took the second with great strikes. Going to the third, more clinical strikes as Clementi got wild, then was victimized by a killer counter attack that hurt him. The ref stopped the fight, awarding the TKO to Gugerty. Clementi is pissed. Fantastic fight. The main event is next. Ryan Bader (13-1, Wrestling) takes on Lyoto Machida (17-2, Karate) in the light heavyweight division. No fireworks here. Machida’s offense was countered as Bader put him on the ground over and over and over. Bader’s top control was nearly perfect as he worked to mount at one point. The rest of the time he dished out copious amounts of damage to secure the unanimous win. Decent fight. 4,667 fans were on hand for the show and it was rated as being average. Fight of the Night goes to Shannon Gugerty and Rich Clementi Knockout of the Night goes to George Bush Submission of the Night goes to JJ Amrbose Bader keeps his name in the hat, and now Machida goes back to the drawing board. No doubt he will be back, but not in the title picture. Shannon Gugerty gets lucky. Fabio Silva could be back in the title picture, but he will need to get at least one more win. Antonio Silva’s loss sets him back. Tuchscherer wasn’t a top contender so a loss to him really hurts. JJ Ambrose looked sweet. My boy Bush get’s a big win and Ben Holscher gets a win, but can’t find the dominance that got him the juniors title. Otherwise the show was alright. I was expecting it to be better, but I’ll take it. Following the show we cut ties with Jon Madsen (6-3), Rory MacDonald (10-4), and Thiago Tavares (15-6). Madsen came over from Strikeforce with an undefeated record, and a reputation. Three losses later and he leaves with his tail between his legs. MacDonald is still only 22, so his career has a long way to go. He managed 1 win, and Tavares we beaten 3 times in a row as well. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

01-09-2011, 09:12 PM	#282
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Cage Warriors 53 will be in Denver, Colorado, and will be headlined by a light heavyweight title contender showdown between former champion, Raphael Davis and Stanislov Nedkov. Davis is priming himself for a return to a title fight, but he will probably need at least one more win in order to earn that spot. 205 is a cramped division, and these guys are going to be ready to put on a show. Nedkov stuggled and was upset in his fight with Antwain Brit, but rebounded with a good win over Xande Riberio. Davis will represent the toughest challenge that Nedkov has had in Cage Warriors. Nedkov brings a powerful punch, great Muay Thai, and stong grappling skills. He will need them against Davis, the former champ, NCAA All-American wrestler, and Olympic hopeful. Davis hits hard, and has submission skills to match his ground and pound. His only career loss was when he dropped the title to the other Davis. The co-main of the night is between LC Davis and one of the biggest names to make their debut in USA. This man is undefeated in 18 professional fights, and held the Shooto bantamweight title for over 4 years, making 5 title defenses along the way. Now, he steps up in weight class, steps up in talent class, and makes his way to the US to make his name here. Rumor has it that he was rewarded with one of the richest MMA contracts in history. Masakatsu Ueda is now 34, and is reasonably well know in the US. He is a world class grappler with good submissions. Former Cage Force, and Sengoku lightweight champion Mizuto Hirota takes on Takeya Mizugaki in a great lightweight battle. Other fighters on the card are Shogun Rua takes on the Dean of Mean, and Heath Herring makes his debut against Neil Cooke. Code: Cage Warriors 53: Davis v. Nedkov Raphael Davis (14-2)(#6) v. Stanislov Nedkov (14-1) LHW Masakatsu Ueda (16-0-2)(#1 BW) v. LC Davis (17-4) FW Takeya Mizugaki (17-6-2) v. Mizuto Hirota (18-4-1) LW Shogun Rua (20-8) v. Keith Jardine (16-9-1) LHW Heath Herring (32-16) v. Neil Cooke (10-2) (#3 SHW) HW ----Prelims---- Jim Wallhead (22-6) v. Drew Fickett (41-14) WW Kendall Grove (14-8) v. Mike Swick (14-7) MW Ricardo Almeida (12-6) v. Jake Rosholt (9-3) MW Cameron Dollar (7-4) v. Manny Gamburyan (11-8) FW Justin Wren (12-2)(#5 SHW) v. Mario Rinaldi (13-3) HW Per Eklund (21-6-1) v. Hidenori Nishino (6-7-2) LW Jeremy Horn (85-23-5) v. Jesse Juarez (15-9) WW Herring bounced around Europe and the US, winning the KSW Heavyweight title along the way, and finally comes back to a big company. He hasn’t lost in almost 2 years. Jim Wallhead should have been on the main show, but there was just no room for him there. For those unfamiliar he is the former UK UC welterweight champion. He is one of the best MMA fighters yet to make his way to the US. Justin Wren makes his return from his drug suspension, and he takes on the former KOTC heavyweight champion, in Rinaldi. So there are some compelling fights, even if there is no real big headlining fight. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

01-09-2011, 09:14 PM	#283
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	MFC’s latest card was headlined by Mirko Cro-Cop (26-12-2) taking on British heavyweight Stav Economou (12-3). It was short, it was explosive and a new MFC heavyweight champion was crowned. Twenty seven seconds into the first round, Economou knocked out the MMA legend. That is 5 losses in a row now for Cro-Cop, who can’t have much left in the tank. Thales Leites (19-3) has rebounded from his UFC cutting, won the MFC middleweight title and now made his first defense of the title with a TKO over Jason Day (22-10). Meanwhile, Shooto wasted now time in filling the vacant bantamweight title as Harou Ochi (5-3) grabbed the belt with a decision win over Marcus Galvao (11-6-1). __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

01-09-2011, 09:22 PM	#284
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	The booking is finished for Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV. The show will be at the end of June, and will be fought at our home arena in New Jersey. There aren’t as many title fights on this card as on cards past, but I think it will still sell well. The main event of the night is going to be the Takeya Mizugaki/Mizuto Hirota fight as it gets dropped a week from the PPV show to main event the TV show. In it’s place on the PPV is Jim Wallhead taking on Drew Fickett. A juniors fight was added to the undercard to round out the show. There are two title fights on tap for our televised show with our lightweight champion, Christian Uflacker defending his title and our heavyweight champion, Raymond London defending his. Taking a closer look at our main event, we have Mizugaki, coming off of a TKO of Rich Crunkilton, following his loss to Champion Karen Darabedyan. Mizugaki is a deadly striker with strong ground skills. We haven’t seen Hirota in the US, but looking at what got him to the title in the first place is good striking with fantastic cardio. Look for these two to box for the bulk of the fight with a devastating knockout a distinct possibility. Christian Uflacker makes his first defense of the Juniors title against 22 year old, Korean jiu-jitsu fighter, Ye Won Nam. Nam is making his first fight in the US, but has a great record. Raymond London fights Daniel Cormier for the Juniors heavyweight title. London has a big challenge for his first title defense. Cormier is 2-1 in Cage Warriors, but still qualifies under the Juniors rules. He get’s the shot here, like Lashley got the shot earlier. Former Juniors featherweight champion Peter Dominguez rounds out the show. Here is the rundown of the entire fight card. Code: Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV From New Jersey Takeya Mizugaki (17-6-2) v. Mizuto Hirota (18-4-1) LW Cage Warriors Juniors Lightweight Title Fight Christian Uflacker (7-2) v. Ye Won Nam (8-1) LW Cage Warriors Juniors Heavyweight Title Fight Raymond London (8-1) v. Daniel Cormier (6-2) HW Syd Barnier (6-3) v. Peter Dominguez (5-4) FW ----Prelims---- Spencer Herns (5-2) v. Brian Barnes (7-2) MW Jin Kyu Lee (5-2) v. Michael Bowen (5-0) WW Popek Rak (7-2) v. Martin Mikhailov (6-1) HW Rawdon Lee (5-2) v. Joaquin Rocha (7-1) LHW Dylan Clay (7-3) v. Rick Legere (7-2) WW Danny Valimaki (7-3) v. Louis Alessio (5-1) LHW Nariaki Fukazawa (7-1) v. James Caron (5-1) FW Teriuihi Akita (7-2) v. Melvin Bailey (4-2) MW Nothing overly important on the undercard. Valimaki makes his return to the cage after losing his Juniors title. Otherwise, we just wait and see what the night will bring. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

01-20-2011, 09:06 PM	#285
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	JUNE 2012 We had a drastic drop in revenue as our international PPV contracts expired and were not renewed. Our popularity has hit a ceiling for the moment. We turned a profit, but it was only a fraction of what we have been doing in the previous months. Our profit was a whopping 360k. Better than a loss. We are going to be exploring some new streams of revenue after our current PPV contact expires this month. As far as TV deals go, we still have good coverage, and I am hopeful to rebuild our international growth. Popularity hasn’t changed much, we are still #2 in the world, and our popularity in Mexico and the UK are really strong. Asia and Japan are flagging big time. With the welterweights being taken care of last month we now head to 185lbs to look at the top middleweights in Cage Warriors. Here are the current rankings this month. Cage Warriors top 10 Middleweights 1. Tom Watson (15-3) Current Champ, defends against Paulo Filho in July. 2. Paulo Filho (24-1) Win over Mousasi set up title shot. 3. Karl Amoussou (19-2-1) Has rapidly made a name for himself since he came to the US. 4. Thomasz Drwal (22-3) Needs a step up in class to get in line for a title shot. 5. Fabio Silva (21-6) Former champ, keeps on winning, title shot getting closer. 6. Tim Kennedy (17-4) Lost to Amoussou in debut. 7. Tim Smith (13-3) Beat former Juniors champion O’Connell in debut 8. Gegard Mousasi (30-4-1) Loss to Filho in debut. 9. Danillo Villefort (15-4) On a three fight win streak. 10. Rouismar Palhares (13-4) Won in debut. The Best of the Rest: Ryan McGovern (18-8), Rory Markham (19-6), Siyar Bahadurzada (21-6-1), Gerald Harris (17-5), and Joe Riggs (34-12) After Filho look for some combination of Amossou/Drwal/Silva to decide who will get the next shot. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam