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Karim Johnson (347353) competed in GAMMA from 2021-09-18 until 2024-04-06 under GAMMA Hall of Fame manager Laz Staz.

Before competing in GAMMA, he was a Combate 265lbs and 265+lbs world champion. He even competed against GAMMA back in 2021-06-26 in a super fight against the then champion Hiro Manowaru in a fight that he won. He was already 13-2 when he joined GAMMA, so he obviously joined with lots of hype and promise.

Karim had 41 fights with a record of 27-14-0. 26 of those wins came via finishes (which is 5th all time) and he also had 27 Fight of the Night bouts (which is 6th all time).

He is a 5 time 265lbs+ world GAMMA champion! This could be an all time record, at least for the division but that is very hard to know without going through the whole list. Either way, winning then losing and then regaining the title 5 times, is obviously rediculous, especially at this level.

Karim has a total of 24 title fights, which ranks as 5th all time. He also had a crazy amount of super fights, in total 9, which is a modern era record and 4th highest in GAMMA history. His combined Super + Title fights is 33 which ranks 4th all time.

He is a GAMMA and MMA Tycoon Hall of fame fighter at the same time, he joined the game HOF back in 2022-03-13 becoming the #1 ranked fighter.

Back in 2022 he won the GAMMA fighter of the year and in 2023 he came 2nd. This is only the 8th time in history a fighter was ranked in the top 3 fighters of GAMMA for the year. In 2021 and 2022 he was ranked #1 among all fighters for the 265+ division in the whole game. Only 2 other fighters in GAMMA history have achieved the same feat.

He also competed in the latest (and probably last), MMA Tycoon Olympics back in 2022-04-07.

He had many memorable wins over former GAMMA champs, top 100 ranked fighters or GAMMA HOF fighters, including Leonardo Da Vincible, Viktor Babinski, Hiro Manowaru, LaTroy Johnson, Bento Barboza, Yago Nascimento, Billy Bob Brown, Hero Shima, Zahbit Lovanov, Beau Canada, Herbert Kreischer, William Riker, but his biggest win has to be over Kilo Maluga in probably the most hyped fight in modern MMA history.

He has a total of 556 ranking points which places him 4th in the all time list, just 1 win below Jeremy Tonal (31632) who is in 3rd place. He is also the fighter with the fewest fights among the top 12, meaning he achived more due to the quality of fights, not the quantity.

This is Laz Staz #5 induction into the GAMMA HOF, only 1 other manager has more and only 2 others have the same amount. This also pushed Laz to just 69 points away from surpassing Whymer Van Mastodon (40116) for the #1 all time GAMMA manager position, something he should achieve in 2024.

The Global Association of MMA is proud to induct legendary MMA Tycoon and GAMMA manager into it's Hall of Fame!

Bear Stevenson (81194) is a veteran Tycoon manager who started playing the game back in 2012-12-15 and has been active for the most part up till February 2024.

His highest all time record ranking is #4 in the manager standings and has an in game record to date of 1568-990-30. This places him #3 among all managers in KO wins and #6 in the all time wins list.

In GAMMA his record is 40-29-4, with a total of 73 fights. 13 of those fights were title fights and he also has 1 induction into our GAMMA fighter hall of fame.

Among all managers to compete in GAMMA, he is ranked #37 all time with a total of 349 ranking points when writing this article.

Without a doubt a MMA Tycoon and GAMMA legend.

Closet Case Conservative (275388) competed in GAMMA from 2018-04-07 until 2020-02-15 under 2 different managers Grumpy Bastard (102643) and Malikoy Muza (122694), his longer and more successful run being under Grumpy.

Before competing in GAMMA, had runs in Syn, MMMA and BRFC winning regional belts for BRFC. He then had an unbeaten run in the GAMMA Contenders, winning the 265+ lbs belt and held onto the belt for 4 fights before being promoted to the main GAMMA roster.

Closet had 31 fights with a record of 23-8-0. 23 of those wins came via finishes and he also had 12 Fight of the Night bouts.

He is a 3 time 265lbs+ world GAMMA champion, with a total of 7 title fights in the organization. This makes him one of the few people who held both the GAMMA and GAMMA Contenders title.

With 200 total points, this ranks him as #52 all time on the greatest fighter list. He is also a former MMA Tycoon #5 ranked fighter, something he achieved in 2019.

After losing the title, he later moved on from the organization and competed in various orgs and 4 different managers, however he never reached the peak he had in GAMMA.

His biggest GAMMA wins were over Diarmuid Curry, Jason Steele, Hiro Manowaru, Dustin Kruger, Hennan Hoyce, Bubba Gumption among others.

This is Grumpy Bastard (102643) #5 induction into the GAMMA HOF, only 2 other managers have achieved the same feat in our history.

I have done a statistical update to see which managers perfomed the best over the past 9 months.

This ranks only managers who have won a GAMMA title, it is impossible to rank everyone.

I did not include any of the super fights, as i update that live when they occur.

Here are our top best managers:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PUBoZ76tUVYpy_catEueWyYOFJmuzuShj9IpdqmsMX0/edit#gid=109474977

Aleksey Nikulin (48376) was by far the dominant force with a total of 160 total points. Together with his previous performance in GAMMA, he is one of the top contenders to get inducted into the GAMMA hall of fame. Aleksey dominated in almost all statistical categories, besides total title fights, that honor was reserved to #2 ranked GAMMA manager of all time, Laz Staz (82447).

Marky Mark (22640), Joe River (13987), Runt (108617), Alexander Biro (81823) all had very solid periods of dominance during this period, they rounded up the top 6.

I also updated the top manager list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PUBoZ76tUVYpy_catEueWyYOFJmuzuShj9IpdqmsMX0/edit#gid=396796386

Bear Stevenson (81194), Aleksey Nikulin (48376), Pablo Spezziale (16996), Lance Templeton (889) are all candidates for HOF induction and should see induction during 2024.

Laz Staz (82447) is getting closer and closer to surpassing Whymer Van Mastodon (40116) as the greatest manager in history. Carlos Castenada (84794) also became the 3rd manager in history to surpass 200 wins, although he is now retired from the game.

Crotch Grabber (310041) later renamed Andy Grabber competed in GAMMA from 2020-04-04 until 2021-04-10 under 2 different managers Grumpy Bastard (102643) and Bjorn O'Donnel (94172).

Before competing in GAMMA, he was already a veteran, winning regional belts for PFF, TGC and then at PPV level winning the prestigious PFC title.

Crotch had 17 fights with a record of 11-6-0. All his wins were via finishes, 13 of his fights were Fight of the Night classics.

He also competed at the very highest of levels as 10 of his fights were title or super fights.

He won the 265+ title in his very first GAMMA fight, holding both the GAMMA and PFC belt at the same time and he became a MMA Tycoon Hall of Famer, by being ranked #1 in the game after this fight. He ended up becoming a 2 tile GAMMA champion, with 3 title defenses.

With 203 total points, this ranks him as #50 all time on the greatest fighter list.

His GAMMA career was cut short after change of management and spent the rest of his career on the indy scene with mainly OFK.

His biggest GAMMA wins were over Zdravko Saric, Orpheus Boagrius, Thierry Paulin, Roar Horse, Hiro Manowaru, Sunray Spike, Franck Kodjia among others.

This is Grumpy Bastard (102643) #4 induction into the GAMMA HOF, only 4 other managers have achieved the same feat in our history. This also moved Grumpy up to #5 in the all time GAMMA manager list.

I have recently spent some time to update the GAMMA historical page. More specifically, now you can get a "live" update of the greatest fighters and managers in the organization's history. This means that i update the page as soon as a new fighter or manager is added, there is a separate document with tables and calculations ranking each fighter and manager.

Here is the link to the history page: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18u4iZ7ssA5uWSlD8KAUcXBdMsML0TbBU19V0J0VYkf0/edit

I have also made some adjustments to the formula for ranking fighters. This is how the formula looked before:

Old System
Highest rank - #1 60
Highest rank - #2 45
Highest rank - #3 30
Highest rank - #4 24
Highest rank - #5 20
Highest rank - #6 17
Highest rank - #7 14
Highest rank - #8 12
Highest rank - #9 11
Highest rank - #10 10

GAMMA Fighter of the year = 60
2nd place = 45
3rd place = 30

Tycoon Fighter of the year = 60
Tycoon Division Fighter of the year = 60

This is how the formula looks now:

New System
Highest rank - #1 100
Highest rank - #2 90
Highest rank - #3 80
Highest rank - #4 70
Highest rank - #5 60
Highest rank - #6 50
Highest rank - #7 45
Highest rank - #8 40
Highest rank - #9 35
Highest rank - #10 30

GAMMA Fighter of the year = 100
2nd place = 75
3rd place = 60

In short, i have totally removed the in game awards (because they are basically defunt now and very biased) and instead enhanced the in game top 10 rankings (which is based upon a formula) and the GAMMA awards (which is also based on a formula).

This is how the top rankings for fighters looks now:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PUBoZ76tUVYpy_catEueWyYOFJmuzuShj9IpdqmsMX0/edit#gid=0

I think the new system is more accurate and fair.

The GAMMA organization is proud to induct Foot Fungus (302783) into it's Hall of Fame!

Foot Fungus (302783) (Now renamed to Ryan Dinu) competed in GAMMA under 1 different managers, but had most of his success under GAMMA HOF manager, Grumpy Bastard (102643). Foot competed in GAMMA, from 2019-09-21 until 2020-11-21, which is relatively a short period of time considering.

When he joined GAMMA, he was already an established stat after he had won the Syn Europe title and was a multiple KOFC champ prior to that.

His career in GAMMA was only 17 fights, with a record of 12-5-0. However what he lacked in volume, he covered in quality. He competed in a total of 9 title fights and 3 super fights and acheived massive acclaim after he entered the MMA Tycoon Hall of fame, reaching the #1 spot in the p4p rankings.

His biggest wins are over Darth Sidious, Michael Cole, Alphonzo Mirage, Tomomi Tsuruta, Robert MacArthur Jnr, Shawn Antoski and Song Turillo among others.

His 215 total points rank him 46 in the all time list of greatest GAMMA fighters. Only Simon Williams (58148) and Russ Rutger (62373) achieved more with 17 or less fights.

With this induction, Grumpy Bastard (102643) has not 3 fighters in the GAMMA Hall of Fame and is ranked 5th in the all time manager listings.

The GAMMA organization is proud to induct Shane "The Colonel" Raffington (345326) into it's Hall of Fame!

Shane competed in GAMMA under 2 different managers, but had most of his success under GAMMA HOF manager, Carlos Castenada (84794). Shane competed in GAMMA, back in 2020-04-19 when he joined our Contenders organization, he had just 5 fights outside of our affiliate before joining, after competing there for a few fights, he got promoted in 2020-10-03 and stayed with the organization for almost 3 years until 2023-09-02 when he retired.

He had a total of 48 fights for GAMMA with an overall record of 26-21-1. He is 15th all time in total finishes with 20 and competed in a total of 10 title fights with his biggest success being in the 185lbs division where he is a two time champion.

His biggest wins were over GAMMA greats such as Bill Newton, Papa Moosh Dambullah, Roland Weudke, Aurelius Augustus, Serafim Lupei, Santiago Costa, Jack Spratt among others.

His 179 total ranking points, place him at 54th in the all time ratings list.

This is Carlos Castenada (84794) 4th fighter to get inducted in the GAMMA hall of fame. Only Whymer Van Mastodon (40116) and Gale Hawthorne (22636) have more with 7 and 5 respectively.

The GAMMA organization is proud to induct Robert "Sitek" Sito (255000) into it's Hall of Fame!

Robert competed in GAMMA under GAMMA Hall of Fame manager Pawel Ufcowski (52087), this makes it Pawel's 3rd induction into the HOF of GAMMA, moving him into the 12th all time spot among managers with 839 total points.

After competing on the independent scene at INY, he moved to the 3rd tier of the GAMMA affiliation program competing in GKNY, becoming the champion in the 155lbs division. He then joined the GAMMA contender where he eventually became the 145lbs champion. This means that Robert is one of very few GAMMA legendary fighters to win a GAMMA title in 3 different GAMMA organizations. Something that will likely become more difficult in the future as we no longer have a 3 tier system any more.

In total, Robert competed in GAMMA from 2015-07-11 up till 2017-08-05. In total he had 39 fights in GAMMA and it's affiliates, with a 31-8 record, with 18 finishes, 13 Fight of the night awards. He was also involved in 10 title fights at the top level, winning the 155lbs title 5 times! He also competed in 1 super fight.

He had several high profile wins over top level opposition such as Robin Yount, Oscar Boma, Geoffrey Barbossa, Mathew Ridgeway.

His total of 189 total points in his career rank him 49th among all other GAMMA fighters historically. Most likely Robert would be higher on the all time list, but his manager retired at his peak and moved after being taken over by new management.

GAMMA is ready to announce their 2023 Fighter of the year awards! Unlike other awards, which are based on popularity and opinion, the GAMMA awards are based on a formula. The formula calculates GAMMA fighters performance during the year based upon the following criteria:

Note: We only rate fighters who won titles, fighters with lower than the top 10 in the ratings we did not include here

4 points win,
1 points loss,
2 points draw,
4 points title / super fight,
1 point Fight of night (FON)

Based on the points system mentioned above, here are the results for 2023:

Tam Yu Tai (372393) 13-2 12 title, 12 FON = 102
Karim Johnson (347353) 9-6, 11 title/super, 9 FON = 84
Aurelius Augustus (357859) 9-2, 11 title, 9 FON = 76
Orlando Sanguinetti (365011) 8-3, 8 title, 9 FON = 68
Odin Markkanen (364155) 11-2, 5 title, 4 FON (Has fight on 30th) = 65
Joosep L hmus (325071) 7-2, 9 title, 8 FON = 65
Milo Andrianakis (365202) 9-5-1, 3 title, 4 FON = 57
Wilfred Ainsworth (358394) 8-3, 5 title, 5 FON (Has fight on 30th) = 55
Graham Mantle (355131) 8-4-1, 8 title, 6 FON = 55
Petsuwan Sitsongrit (355161) 8-3, 5 title, 4 FON = 54

Odin and Wilfred have fights on the 30th of the month, but those results wont push them into the top 3, irrelevant of the results. Odin will surpass Orlando for 4th place though.

Tam was dominant all year long, the couple of slip ups he had, he eventually came back and regained the title. He was clearly the best fighter during this year.

Karim won last year's fighter of the year, he just missed out this year to his "brother" Tam Yu Tai. He was the biggest box office draw all year long though.

Aurelius probably could of won the fighter of the year, but he retired before it ended.

Odin was dominant all year as well, but did not compete in enough title or super fights. His 11 wins is the second best in the organization for the whole year.