I know it is getting repetitive, but this was yet another of those months where GAMMA continued their slow steady expansion. The stats mentioned below were taken at the end of last month (i usually record them from the 28th to the 30th of any given month).
We managed to increase our total top 1000 fighter to 94 + 24 in our affiliates, that is a total of 118 (+4 since last month). Our total top 200 fighters stayed at 30 (up by 2) which is also a record. Total fighters in the top 100 increased to 14 (was 13).
145lbs Division
Lukasz Wolek retains his title again month, ending the streak of Bart Bunga.
Lukasz will go up against Shin Dong Hyuk (223756) in his next one, a fighter he has already beaten and will hope to repeat.
155lbs Division
Fernando Prado (181926) dropped his title to Robin "Rockin" Yount (257101) after holding a 6 fight winning streak.
This makes Robin the youngest champion in GAMMA currently at just 25y of age. His move down from 170lbs proved to be a good decision. Robin and Lukasz are both GAMMA Affiliate graduates, so there a good feeling that the system is working.
His next opponent is fellow graduate Robert "Sitek" Sito (255000). This will be his second attempt at the title after failing against Fernando earlier this year.
170lbs Division
Lao Shin "To Chin" (256055) is the new 170lbs champion after dethroning the old champion Stanly Williams. Lao is riding a 6 fight winning streak currently and will want to keep that going. Interesting is that Lao is also a GAMMA Affiliate champion himself after competing at GAMMA NY earlier in his career. This is also the first title Laz Staz has ever won in GAMMA, putting him into the GAMMA manager Hall of Fame candidates for the future.
In his path he will find veteran GAMMA fighter Ilya Mstislav Volkov in what will be his first ever GAMMA title shot. He will probably be happy he avoided Stanly Williams as he already lost 2 times to him in the past.
185lbs Division
Matt Quin has had a breakout year and should be considered a candidate for that in the games awards. Last fight he beat old school veteran Stotty Bennett in what was probably his last try at the title.
He is facing Ed Gennaro in his next fight in what will be their trilogy. In the last outing Matt got the close decision win and probably will be looking for more of the same.
205lbs Division
Joe "Big Shot" Gage lost his title finally and is seriously considering a change in management, making the new champ Ivar "The Boneless" Lodbrok (229350)! This is the first time Ivar has held a GAMMA title after previously holding one in the Contenders.
In his first title fight will be Viv Richards, a veteran 205 contender and prior 185lbs champ. Viv was pleasantly shocked Joe lost the title after previously losing twice to him and will be happy to get a crack at the 205lbs title again.
265lbs
Gunnar Steigelmann lost his belt at 265+ but still holds his 265lbs belt. He defended that against 38y old "Hokori" Kenta Yuudai (175324). He will be defending his title against the much younger Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten (235659), which is on a good streak himself.
265lbs+
Luis Torres finally secured his first title at 265+ and is riding a 6 fight winning streak. His manager Blake Phoenix recently hit top 10 in the world rankings and is probably feeling pretty good with himself after previously failing to get the win over Gunnar.
He will be defending against Gerbert Bryant in what will be his first title shot.
