2013-01-11
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2013 - Coming Soon

Editorial by Mike Tycoon

First of all, hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year. I wanted to post an article about the year gone and the year upcoming, to give people a feeling of where we are headed.

2012 was a really tough year in real life with lots of time consuming problems to sort out and unfortunately that had a negative effect on the game, as I wasn’t able to spend as much time on it as I wanted/needed to. 2013 however, sees life a fair bit more settled and as a result, I hope to really get stuck in with a lot of improvements. The game has always been and will continue to be my full time job.

 

First off will be the new training system, combined with some improvements to the fight engine. If we can get through January without any dramas, I hope to have this done by March. I would say earlier but it’s better to be cautious on the date because this is a massive job. The new system will be less t
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Armageddon Fight Promotions - AFP-1 Event Horizon.

Event Preview: AFP-1 Event Horizon
Armageddon Fight Promotions
2013-01-19, New York, Micro Arena - New York
Author:Brunno Falcone

Armageddon Fight Promotions

In association with MMAAddict.com

Presents:

AFP-1 Event Horizon

Ricky Warner here to talk with you all about Armageddon Fight Promotions, the newest fight organizers in New York have opened their doors and are signing fresh young talent to the promotion. Their inaugural event is scheduled and is due to premier on January 19th 2013 at the Micro Arena in New York. The event is predicted to be a sold out affair with some of the hottest young talent in New York and beyond scheduled to fight on the card.

The fighters on the card may not be household names just yet, but rest assured they will be making their presence felt and you don’t want to miss out on this opportunity to see the future superstars of the arena as they step into the cage to be forged in the cruci
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GAMMA Gossip #2

Global Association of MMA, Fight Organization, London
Company profile by Mentor Guru Corleone

Hi there, viewers, welcome back to the second edition of GAMMA Gossip with me, your host - AC Jimbo, and what a packed show we have for you. First of all we'll take a look back over GAMMA 277 and then we'll turn out attention to the double-header weekend coming up, GAMMA 278: Colossus v Grimes and GAMMA 279: Juste v Barker.

First of all, let’s remind ourselves of the main happenings of the GAMMA 277 show that just took place.
As predicted last time on GAMMA Gossip, Nick Thompson snapped his losing streak by comfortably putting away The Dutchie in a two round demolition job, where it was a real relief that the referee
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GP U21 Tournament Final Preview

Event Preview: U21 Finale Bennet Vs Smaug
ZyD XyD
2013-01-13, St Petersburg, The Docks
Author:Lock Down

Under 21 Tournament Final - Scotty Bennet vs Cinder Smaug

A confusingly lucrative and drawn out tournament highlighted some of Tycoons most skillful and flamboyant managers as they pitted their young gladiators against each other in hopes of claiming the whopping $2 million prize put forth by Scott Davies and his legendary organization known as Geezers Palace. As the tournament endured, historical battles took place and the grunts fought with fierce motivation. Cinder Smaug, led by the duckling Swan Song enters the final crusade with a sense of satisfaction as he was able to cure his initial hiccups and rally back with a flaming vengeance. He is an excellent striker and considers the stand up realm his chosen field of battle. Although Smaug is a specialist, he prefers to control distance when he fights and would much rather be engaging with straight punches and sharp kicks. Standing in his way is a hellish creature spawned by JLP who goes by the name of Scotty Bennet. This
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LFNC 144 - Holiday Hangover Bonuses Announced

Event Review: LFNC 144 - Holiday Hangover
London Fight Night Club
2013-01-05, London, The H2O Arena
Attendance:19,328, Event Rating:269
Author:Joe Lang

BOOM! What a busy holiday season! We started off with a special pre-Xmas Fight Night which led to the Season's Beatings! That card brought us over to the New Year card and now that the New Year has come and gone we are left with the Holiday Hangover.

WHat better way to bring in the New Year than to get some new threads for your fighters? Black Hand Fight Gear in New York is our official merch partner so get your ass down to New York and get some new threads! If you can't make it to NY you can also order online for your convenience! Tell them Joe sent ya!

But for those who don't want to travel too far, London has it's own premier clothing line in Koffin Inc. Koffin have been proud sponsors of LFNC for a long time and have awesome gear for your fighters!

Now on to the card. For those who missed it, 9 out of 10 fights were finished which means that lots of bonuses got paid out. The one fight that went to the judges was action packed to the end!

What bonuses do I pay out? Well, for those who have just joined us I offer the following bonuses:
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GFC VI Review

Event Review: GFC VI
Gladiator Fighting Championship
2012-12-29, Las Vegas, Hard Knocks - Las Vegas
Attendance:3,000, Event Rating:180
Author:

The fighters of Gladiator Fighting Championship took to the cage on Saturday night to the delight of a capacity crowd at Hard Knocks Arena and scored the highest rated fight card in the org's brief history. Some of GFC's best and brightest emerged as title contenders and the organization one again proved itself to be a thriving a viable fight org in the Vegas market.

The first fight on the card was a lightweight battle pitting Anthony Kiedis (17-10-2) against Elvin Ruez (16-9). Both fighters spent the early part of the first round jockeying for positing and trying to working in and out of the clinch and attempting to take the other to the ground. With about a minute and a half gone in the round, Kiedis was able to grab the upper hand by landing a nice knee to the head from the clinch followed by a takedown. Kiedis was unable to capitalize and allowed Ruez to slow the action down to the point that the referee stood the fighters up due to lack of activity. Ruez quickly cut loose with some nice punches that stunned Kiedis and left him with a nasty cut. Ruez was able to secure the clinch on Kiedis and rock him with a mighty elbow. Ruez broke the clinch but quickly changed his mind and decided to re-engage and try to finish the fight up close. Kiedis was able to defend against Ruez's punches but soon ate a pair of wicked elbows that put him on queer street. Ruez followed up with some additional punches for good measure to finish of Kiedis by TKO at the 4:53 mark of round one.

The second fight was a middleweight bout between Cris Dorh (15-9) and Maek Houzo (25-22). Houzo took the fight into the clinch almost immediately
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Galaxy 9: Champions

Event Preview: Galaxy 9: Champions
Feral Combat
2013-01-13, London, Hayashi's Lounge - London
Author:

We come a long way but we are finally here. This event will be the first of many epic events. It has 3 title fights! Yes, we will have 3 new champions! It can’t get better than that! I bet everybody will give their best and we will have the best event in the history of Galaxy FC! And that’s enough reason to you read the entire Galaxy 9: Champions Preview! and blow your mind!

Liam ‘’The Phenom’’ Lawrence vs Beni Hasan

Lawrence is a boxer and has a BJJ purple belt. He has a bad 3 loss streak. In his debut in Galaxy FC he was knocked out in the first round and now has a record of 4-4. Hasan is BJJ fighter with a brown belt. He is debuting in Galaxy FC and has a negative record of 1-2. Hasan is the better fighter in the ground while Lawrence is the better striker but in his 4 victories, he never scored a knockout! But that may not be a problem since Hasan, in both his losses, he was submitted! So don’t be surprised if you see Lawrence getting
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Classifieds

My fighter Stephan Svein is looking for a contract with a company in the LA area. Contact if interested to sign him up.

Contact:
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CKZ 1 - Kickin" It Into Gear Preview

Event Preview: CKZ 1 - Kickin' It In Gear
Canadian Killzone
2013-01-12, Montreal, Paddy O'Malleys Bar - Montreal
Author:

Elijah Hoffman (4-3) vs Jon Thompson(7-5-1)

The main event of our first event features two experienced boxers, Elijah Hoffman and Jon Thompson. This one could go either way. Both men are very versed in boxing, and both hold purple belts in BJJ. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a 3 round slug fest from start to finish. This is a very important fight for both fighters, and both are looking to get back to their winnings ways. Hoffman has lost 3 of his last 4 fights, while Thompson is also coming off a fresh loss. Should be a very exciting fight!

Ali Carter(2-1) vs Chris Gale(0-0)

The co-main event of the evening is a very interesting matchup between Ali Carter and Chris Gale. Gale will be making his MMA debut, and is much more well-rounded than his opponent Carter, but you can never underestimate the power and accuracy of someone that has as deadly Muay Thai as Carter does. If it is an up-close and personal fight, Carter will take the nod, but if Gale gets ahold of him and brings him to the ground, it'll
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Ace of Spades Sits Down with Gim Ruut

Fighter profile of Gim Ruut by Kc Cooper

Ace of Spades Clothing in New York annouced at the beginning of the year that their very first Ace of the Month was Gim Ruut. They recently sat down with Gim and held a Q&A so the Tycoon Universe could get to know him a little better.

AOS: You were born in Des Moines Iowa, USA, which is known more for it's wrestling, but you ended up training BJJ instead..........how did you first find out about BJJ???

GR: I've been kind of an odd guy in my childhood. I started wrestling when I was 4 years old, but never really got into it. One day a friend of my father came with a tape of the UFC 1 and I fell in love right away with it, specially the submissions. Those were things that I wouldn't practice a lot in wrestling, so I wanted to do BJJ right away. And my father got me into classes with Rodrigo, a brazilian coach that lived in Des Moines for a long time and he was my first master in it. I'm glad that I watched that tape.

AOS: Why did you choose MMA over a normal job???

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