2011-12-01
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Event Preview: Syn Euro: Breaking Dawn
Synchronicity Europe
2011-12-03, Helsinki, Kamppi Arena
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Milton Myers v Johnny Rotten -The first fight of the main card involves two guys who are no strangers to tough fights. With a combined 43 fights between them, Rotten and Myers will be an early fight of the night candidate. Rotten will be fighting smart and looking for openings to capitalize on, while Myers will be looking for a KOOTN award. Although Myers is more at home in the SFC cage, Rotten has been more of a success in the limelight. I would suggest that bettors hang on to their money, because this winner could be anyone’s guess! 
 

Nyyrikki Kaiho v Anthony Desperado -Kaiho began is SFC career with a rocky decision loss to former SFC star “Winky” Wright, but he then ran off 2 wins in a row, and looks to continue his streak. With a win Kaiho pushes his name into the title picture, but Desperado has other things in mind; Things like making his name in the SFC and getting his own title shots. Desperado is a veteran of Blitz and has fought some bad ass
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Golden Gloves & Grappling Heroes

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Original Revelation Generation in London is starting up a Golden Gloves League + Grappling Heroes League!
If you’re interested in creating a boxer or a grappler, and most importantly a well rounded fighter, then this event is for you. This will be a true test of who creates the best build. Fighters will all be on the same level playing field, thus VIP’s as well as Non-VIP’s can enter. If you are an active manager and plan on being around for a long time, and you want to create an all around fighter, then you should enter. New members are especially welcome, as this will allow you to create a project fighter that pays his own way!  

Creation Rules
· 110 points on creation to be put into the following secondary skills: Punch Technique, Striking Defense and Clinch. (These are not enforced but will benefit your fighter)
· All other points will be the managers’ choice.
· All fighters must be 18 years old.
· All fighters must be able to cu
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Clothing Company Creation Guide

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I know clothing companies. For 5-6 months I ran the top ten company, Renegade Fight Gear out of Amsterdam, and it was a success. However, clothing companies in MMA tycoon have a ton of in's & out's, so I am hopefully going to give you a guide to succeed in the harsh world of clothing.

Now let’s start from the ground floor up. Ok, so now that you have started a company here a few keys. First off, as a mentor told me once, the forums are your friend. You can advertise, give updates, show off new designs, hold giveaways, and purchase designs. All these are crucial, and are tactics used by all the top companies. As for designs, if you don't have any photoshop skills, like me, you don’t have to worry. There's a large market of people willing to sell you designs for a fair price. My advice? TAKE IT! A good product will sell itself. Second step: the pricing-unfortunately there is no set price that works, and so you must experiment. As a business owner you have to figure out what sells and what doesn’t, and as a wise man once said "Failure is a form of learning".

Next is inventory, which truthfully is quite simple, as you just have to make sure to stock your best sellers. My advice keep 100-200 on the shelves at all times. If something runs low, then
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Bedlam 62 Review

Event Review: Bedlam 62:
Bedlam
2011-11-25, Los Angeles, Hyashi's Lounge - Los Angeles
Attendance:992, Event Rating:101
Author:Alexander Marchione

Hyashi’s Lounge in Los Angeles hosted Bedlam 62 on Friday November 25th. Before I start with this review, let me give you some stats: A total of nine fights took place. One title was on the line in our main event heavyweight title fight. The final event rating was a 100.80. Nine hundred and ninety-one fans showed up to watch the fight card. The total disclosed fighter pay was $78,750. There were, or have not yet been, any of the night awards awarded to any fighters.

Main Event
Ludovic Presle vs Michael Gromowski 265 Ibs Title Fight

Our heavyweight title fight of the night turned out to be a good one. Although having a disappointing ending, the fight itself proved to be very entertaining. Gromowski came out way more aggressive than Presle. Gromowski came out and quickly landed a nice body kick, foll
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Coming soon, with Mike Tycoon

Editorial by Mike Tycoon

I thought I’d run through a few things that are in the pipeline. If you keep an eye on the Twitter or Facebook feeds, or stay active in the forums then you might know a lot of the plans but I’ll summarise a few things here and maybe throw out a few new ideas.

K1 option

There are lots of K1 orgs in the game anyway, so I thought it made sense to formalize it and separate it from the MMA rankings. I know people were a bit concerned that it would become “K1 Tycoon” and not “MMA Tycoon” but I see it as the opposite. Right now you could create a standup only org and you’re ranked in the same group as the MMA orgs, diluting the main rankings. So instead, let’s have separate hype/rankings, proper 10 point must scoring with knockdowns and a standing 8 count and really make the most of it. I think it will be genuinely exciting to have that sort of new game feel to the emerging rankings.

On the negative side, there’s a helluva lot of commentary that needs writing, so I’d appreciate your help with some contributions in the forum thread, here.  Whether we also do boxing only and ground fighting only games I’m not sure, as I think they might be a little lightweight. I’m not ruling it out though if people want to see it.

By the way, when I call it a K1 option it will not be exact K1 rules, it will basically be standup and clinch fighting with no time limits in the clinch and no takedowns. We can’t call it K1 either
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Tycoon Flatmate

Editorial by Ernie Bilko

 

Review of AFC 15: Dynamite vs Mazric

Event Review: AFC 15: Dynamite vs Mazric
Asylum Fighting Championship
2011-11-26, London, Wild Bob's Bar - London
Attendance:736, Event Rating:81
Author:Jonny Dixon

 265 lbs.: Kid Dynamite def. Milano Mazric via KO (strikes), 1:20 of round 1

One more time Dynamite showed how good he is. 24-year old scored his fourth win in a row, and his next fight will be for title for sure. Kid is the first who didn’t let Mazric show his jiu-jitsu. Dynamite scored quick cross which cut Milano, then he landed very strong uppercut. Poor Mazric was just a training bag for pumped, dynamic T.N.T. Another hook from the older, then quick jab, powerful shot to the body and one more jab. Dynamite moved into the clinch but Mazric broke it with no problems. There was some distance between them and Kid used it to throw a jab, then he burned with quick as hell spinning back fist – and he landed! Mazric fell down and ref jumped in to save Italian.

170 lbs.: Eric Bing def. Bengt Larzon via KO (knee), 4:05 of round 1

One more time on this card striker proved to be better than grappler. I said if Bing will impress, he will get titleshot. And he impressed. Just a great performance of muay-thai skills right here. Eric just dominated Larzon in the clinch where from he managed bunch of sharp knees and elbows: to the head, to the body, just everywhere. Bing cut Bengt’s face, he rocked brown belt few times and knocked him down two times. Finally, he unleashed brutal knee to the head of helpless Larzon and that was over. Amazing knockout!

155 lbs.: Matteo Pavanati def. Gregori Rasputin via unanimous decision, 5:00 of round 3

If you’re looking for recipe how to fight with wrestlers, here it is: pinch of boxing, some scuffling skills, blue belt in jiu-jitsu and a good bit of muay-thai mixed with strong knees, elbows and great takedown defense.  Connect everything and you will receive Matteo Pavanati, the man who scored another victory over fantastic wrestler, this time Gregori Rasputin. Russian had nothing to say in front of amazing prep
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Classifieds

*Writer Wanted - $4000 a week* Original Revelation Generation in London is looking for a writer to unleash his creativity on the org events. Send mail to manager Edward Kyle for details.

Contact:
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Contact: Bunner Ting
NEED A WRITER? Looking to add more depth and fun to your little organization? PM me! 1 free review/preview as a tryout!

Contact: Rodrigo Oliveira
Come check out Xtreme Pwnage in Sydney for some of the best clothing in Tycoon World! Top quality products, all for $20 or less!

Contact: Knockout Bob
Let'Er Buck Fight Club. Time to put your funderwear on and put Boots to Asses! At L.B.F.C. we train everyone, from rising stars to world champions. Every fighter is a top priority!

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Jeff Smith - Tycoons own Pro Fighter

Video article by Jeff Smith

Hey guys, I just wanted to drop a line and thank everyone for the support on the forums and the in-game messages.  Sorry if I don't get back to every single person, but I have my hands full with running my org Triumph United in Sydney.  If you have a top free agent, or even a newer fighter, please message me in-game and I'll hook them up with a sweet deal!

Anyway, here is a video to the first round of my last fight. I moved my record to 9-1 with this win, and I'm traveling to Las Vegas for TUF 15 tryouts and to train at Xtreme Couture for a week.  Hope to make it on the show, or to sign with the UFC at 145. I'm supposed to talk to Joe Silva while im down there.  Thanks again for all the support, and I'll keep letting you guys know about any updates on my career!

-Jeff

New MMA Mecca Gym

Let'Er Buck ~ FIght Team (13 coaches come enjoy), Gym, Los Angeles
Company profile by Ceasar Tomson

I’ve been to many gyms throughout MMA country, from the beginner Cozad gyms to the elite gyms like Omega in LA, Hero in Las Vegas, and Hades in Rio. All of these gyms are great, and a good place to go to train in this beautiful art we call MMA. There was one gym that I visited the other day while checking out the MMA scene in L.A. that took me by surprise: Let’Er Buck Fight Club. This gym was straight out of a Roman Gladiator Ludus. You had men pushing themselves and their training partners to be the best. I sat by the cage and saw two super heavy weights sparring. If these two men were going 70%, then I’d hate to see what 100% is! I sat down and talked with them for a moment.

Mathew George, how is it training at this gym, and has it improved your fighting?
"It’s the greatest experience of my life. I haven’t been doing this long but I already had my first title fight and I blew it, so I came to this gym and the coaches taught me how to center myself not try to be the best at everything, but to build on the foundation that I already have. These are some great coaches we have here”.

Next I talked with Mathew Georges sparring partner, Keith Whipple.

Now, Mr. Whipple, how is Let’Er
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