2023-07-02
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Rebirth of "Anjo da Morte"

Fighter profile of Bento Barboza by Tycoon Judas

 An 18-year-old Bento Barboza set out for a Career in combat sports that starting in the ranks of Kick boxing taking part in the highly acclaimed VKT Heavyweight Grand Prix. Barboza the native of Lisbon, Portugal went on to win the competition putting away Tom Obama in the Finals with a 4th round TKO victory and winning his first of Championship title. 

Before the end of his Kickboxing career, Bento would try his luck in a MMA sanctioned bot against fellow VKT fighter and a man Bento would share the cage with many times in Jason Hightower. Hightower would put Bento away with a late third round KO and about 5 months after the bout both fighters would sign with the up-and-coming Promotion Dynasty MMA. 
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Ready for one final Bloodbath

Fighter profile of Kilo Maluga by Chris Karter

Kilo "Bloodbath" Maluga (61-14-0) has had the most illustrious career of any fighter in the history of the sport and the most feared knockout artist to ever grace the cage, finishing all 61 of his victories by way of knockout. He's accomplished more than any other fighter in the game and has arguably put together three or four hall of fame worthy resumes inside a single career. He's a 36-time SYN Heavyweight champion, an Olympic Gold medalist, the $10 million dollar YB Sol Heavyweight Grand prix winner, and the first ever back-to-back Fighter of the Year. There is no other fighter who comes close to competing with his insane resume.


It's madness to think that a fighter with this type of resume is still competing at 38 years old. After defeating his heavyweight rival Kjetil Olsen (30-12-0) with back at SYN 995 to re-capture the SYN Heavyweight title, many thought he'd lay down his gloves. That's not what he did at all. Instead he baffled MMA fans when he called
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Pinkman reaching for the stars!

Fighter profile of Jesse Pinkman by Crazy Horse

With mere days remaining until fight night, DMMA's double weight champion Jesse Pinkman stands to try and make further history when he takes on recently crowned Combate 145lb champion Juodasis Vaidouklis in a super fight.

The DMMA multi-weight champion is known for his high-energy pace that truly encompasses the ideals of mixed martial arts given his blend of striking and grappling. Rumours of a mysterious blue meth-like substance being the source of this energy have never been proven but seem to be the only real 'blemish' against Pinkman. When questioned about these allegations, Pinkman batted away the rumours suggesting that he was just a 'simple man living in his RV' doing the thing he loved the most (Editor's note: he's talking about fighting... not meth).

Pinkman comes into the fight riding an incredible 10 title fight win streak, with a lone blip in the middle of that coming in a once-off intra-org superfight between then DMMA 135 Champ Marko Kersikov. Arguably
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Shots fired by former sparring partners

Fighter profile of Malcolm Rivera by Chris Karter

Combate and SYN Heavyweight veteran sends warning shots to Combate Light Heavyweight champion after the latter shares sparring stories.


  Malcolm "El Martilla" Rivera (20-12-0) is ready to teach "The Pitbull" Mohammed Kahn (36-10-1) a lesson next time they train together after Kahn discussed past prior sparring sessions from back when Rivera was training at Convicted Fight Club early in his career and still a Light Heavyweight fighter.


Speaking to Miss Miracle and the Tycoon Times, Kahn spoke about past sparring sessions with the Combate heavyweight contender. Kahn claimed that he won a lot of rounds against Rivera, and submitted the former champ “many times,” and “beat him many times.” On Thursday, Rivera responded on his Instagram stories.

“Which person needs to speak, again and again, about this 15-year-old information? Gym insider information,” Rivera said. “When we will meet next time in a cage, I will show yo
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RISE Champ stirs up controversy with post-fight comments

Fighter profile of Willie Diggs by Chris Karter

Reigning RISE middleweight champion "Playoff" Willie Diggs (17-3-0) believes America needs to take women out of the workforce: "We need to put women back in the kitchen"

    "Playoff" Willie Diggs is coming off a big title defense knockout victory over division rival and former RISE middleweight champion Kane Thoupos (15-4-0) that saw him dispatch his foe with a big knockout punch. During the post press conference Willie decided to let the world know that he believes women need to be removed from the workforce.     Diggs has always been known for his brash words and controversial ideas which have caused many people to be offended by his comments. That trend has continued after his KOTN performance at RISE 183 main event against Kane "The Boss" Thoupos, as Diggs took aim at women saying they should be out of the workforce, just stay in the kitchen, and make babies for their male counterparts.     “We need to go back to taking women out of the workforce, and maybe
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C206: Kersikov vs Blank

Event Preview: C206: Kersikov vs Blank
Combate
2023-07-02, Tokyo, Tokyo Bowl
Author:Chris Karter

Tokyo, Japan - In one of the most anticipated events of the year, Combate 206 will be packed with over 93,000 hardcore Japanese fans when it host two of the best heavyweight fighters on the planet in the main event who collide for the Combate heavyweight championship.


Current Combate Heavyweight champion Andrei Kersikov (17-4-0) will put his belt on the line for the first time when he defends it against the 225 cm Billy "Bulldozer" Blank (19-8-0). Kersikov is the former champion of DMMA and WVT organizations who defeated top ranked fighters like GAMMA's long-time champion Karim Johnson (37-10-0) and WVT's former champion Tali Ihantala (31-12-0). Kersikov is coming off a highlight reel against Maximillian "The Lion" Bonaparte (21-7-0) back at Combate 199 that saw him capture the Heavyweight championship from the former champ with a flurry of punches that left the French fighter unconcious and he enters the matchup with all the hype behind him, currently ranked
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Convicted dominates at DMMA 209

Event Review: DMMA 209 Adeoluwa vs Kersikov
Dynasty MMA
2023-07-01, Los Angeles, LA Memorial Colossuseum
Attendance:92,708, Event Rating:647
Author:Chris Karter

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Dynasty MMA hosted DMMA 209 inside the massive LA Memorial Colossuseum, and by the end of the night over 92,000 fans left the arena with their pants saturated from excitement.


A few performances particularly stood out last night, highlighted by a main card that featured three fighters who are represented by the best damn management company in the game, Convicted Inc. Convicted Inc fighters went a perfect 3-0 with 3 finishes, and surely one of them will claim a Knockout of the Night bonus by the time the smoke clears.


First up was "The Honey Badger" Taz McKane (10-3-0) against Anthony Lalime (18-14-1), a bout that saw the Irishman batter his Canadian opponent for just over 10 minutes before scoring a TKO stoppage only 43 seconds into the third and final round. McKane is now 2-1 under the DMMA banner and this latest performance puts the Light Heavyweight division on notice. Watch out for The Honey Badger's vicious
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Johnny "Vampire Hunter" Albatross

Fighter profile of Johnny Albatross by John Wayne

Johnny "Vampire Hunter" Albatross is ready to add another belt to his gymnasium's championship wall. The former ENIGMA and Synchronicity Bantamweight champion is scheduled to take on the current Combate Bantamweight Champion Eduardo "Raw Power" Corassa in what fans are expecting to be a fire fight from the opening round and an early candidate for fight of the night honours.

Johnny is entering the contest with a 22-5 professional combat record going 13-2 in his last 15 bouts. The Spaniard from Seville is a known finisher holding a knockout percentage of 72.73%. He vows to his fans to add another knockout to his ever growing list of victims when he faces off against Corassa. See, Johnny doesn't just hunt vampires for a living. Inside the arena of mixed martial arts he hunts championship belts, perfection, and legacy.

Sao Paulo's Eduardo Corassa is a very experienced MMA fighter holding a professional record of 40-15-2. Fighting out of Rocco Mediate's Icec
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The future champion of RISE

Fighter profile of Tobias Berge by Melker Kjellgren

The talented submission expert Tobias Berge is on a hot streak, having won all 3 of his last matches, 2 of them by submission receiving sub of the night and the last win was by decision against his old rival Eric Jaquin. 

The 31 year old is one of the best submission experts in the entire game having won 14 out of 15 wins by submission and the last one by unanimous decision. The previous #1 island lightweight has a great chance at becoming the #1 lightweight in RISE. 

 

He awaits his title shot eagerly, hoping to make his home country Norway, one of the best fighting countries in the world.

 
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