|
 GP 73
Hello Geezer managers, I just wanted to let you know that my name is Chad and I will from time to time be doing an event preview. I just wanted to let you know that I try and capture the “fantasy” aspect of this game and I also will try and make these fun. I will voice a straight forward opinion, but in no way is this intended to be anything more than a fun little addition to Geezers and your MMA Tycoon experience. Thank you and I hope you enjoy.
MAIN CARD
Main Event
Welterweight Fight
Ronald McDonald (23-9, 8-1 GP) v Sten Biller (33-23, 0-0 GP
A fantastic main event ends GP 73 with former welterweight champion, Ronald McDonald vs journeyman and GP rookie, Sten Biller. McDonald had his 10 fight winning streak snapped at GP 70 by losing a UD to Renan St. Juste. McDonald is a fantastic stand up fighter, he has elite Muay Thai skills where he uses devastating knees and elbows to cut and destroy his opponents. He is averaging 12.2 elbows attempted per fight and 11.6 knees, while landing 59% of his elbows and 53% of his knees. He can also put a beating on his opponent’s legs with his very hard kicks; he averages 8.3 leg kicks a fight and lands 65% of them. He uses excellent speed to get in and out, using great striking defense also. Sten Biller enters on a 4 fight winning streak and is 6-1 in his last 7. This former champion will fight in his 6th organization when he throws his first punch for Geezers. Biller is one of the most frustrating fighters to face, especially if you’re a stand up fighter like McDonald. Biller does nothing and I mean NOTHING standing, after 56 fights he’s averaging .1 head punch and .1 body punch per fight in fact standing, altogether, he’s averaging 1.2 strikes per fight, wow. Instead he shoots for take downs, 7.9 of them on average per fight and he gets 24% of them. He only enters the clinch to try and get a trip take down, but in the little time he’s been there, he’s been beaten up. Once he’s on the mat it’s all submissions, he’s averaging 12.6 submissions per fight and he’ll keep doing it until he locks one up or he simply has to be given the round since he controls so well. He has 1 TKO win, 27 submissions and 5 decision wins. This will be a fight in a couple of ways, the biggest will be the fight McDonald will have to try and keep standing.
PREDICTION: McDonald 4th round TKO
Co-Main Event:
Lightweight Fight
Vevrin Betlach (34-15, 4-2 GP) v Mr Bronze (19-10, 7-3 GP)
Elite kick boxer, veteran Vevrin Betlach will take on the 28 year old elite wrestler Mr. Bronze for the 2nd time. Betlach is on a 3 fight winning streak all by decisions, in fact, his last 10 fights have gone to a decision. Betlach loves to keep a fight standing, he is averaging over 38 punches per fight and his opponents are averaging over 21. He has done a lot of damage in the clinch, landing 72% of head punches, and 88% of body punches. He’s a black belt in bjj, but he only has 1 submission win in his career. In their first fight, Betlach won by majority, he was able to batter the legs of Bronze to really slow him down in the later rounds. Mr Bronze is 4-1 in his last 5; the one loss was to Betlach. These two put up the FOTN in their previous fight, so this one should be awesome! Bronze will stand and bang with Betlach and he lands a higher percentage of his strikes at 60%. He has fantastic striking defense, but he’s lacking in take down defense. On the mat, he is very good, landing 45% of his ground strikes, but he has been beaten up there at times, opponents are landing 53% of their ground strikes. Is submission defense is fantastic as he’s not been submitted yet in his career. Their first fight was fought in all locations, mostly standing and on the ground; I would assume we’ll see that again. Another great fight, but I think Bronze gets his revenge.
PREDICTION: Bronze decision win
Heavyweight Fight
Ameri CanChopper (16-8, 0-0 GP) v Gregorio San Pedro (23-9, 1-1 GP)
“Badass” CanChopper will make his GP debut in this one. He is an elite Muay Thai kick boxer who has deadly head kicks. He has 5 KOTN awards in his career, 4 of them by head kick. He will stay standing, averaging 6.2 head punches and 11.7 leg kicks, he lands 66% of his head punches and 64% of his leg kicks. His KO strike is head kick, he will attempt 3.4 per fight, but if he lands one, watch out, the fight is usually over, he’s landing over half at 54%. He simply un-matched in the clinch, he can control and out work anyone there. Opponents often flail away, landing nothing or nothing significant, while he’s landing 93% of his head punches and picking apart, often cutting his opponents with elbows and knees. CanChopper will be taking on powerful, exciting Gregorio San Pedro who has 12 KO’s in his career. San Pedro is aggressive and will come at you with all sorts of different strikes, spinning back fists, superman punches, you name it, he’ll throw it. He at times is a little too wild, leaving himself open to counters; he’s been KO’ed 5 times as well. Gregorio started martial arts when he was just 6 years old under the tutelage of his Father whom was a Kenpo karate black belt. He’ll mainly stay standing, he hasn’t been tested nor likes to go to the mat that often, he’s only averaging .4 take downs per fight. He does his damage with his fists, not attempting many kicks, but he’ll throw all sorts of different punches. He is landing 63% of his averaged attempted 11.4 head punches per fight. He likes the clinch and has done very well there, so this fight might spend some time there with both of these fighters being very good at Muay Thai. He has excellent striking defense, but tends to leave himself open after missing a wild punch. Great fight, maybe favorite for FOTN or at least KOTN.
PREDICTION: San Pedro 2nd round KO
Heavyweight Fight
Mr Mrs (14-7, 2-3 GP) v Fatu Tua (17-4, 1-0)
Mr Mrs is in desperate need of a win after losing 3 straight. He will take on Fatu Tua who won his GP debut with a cut stoppage over Easter Bunny at GP 68. Mrs is a good fighter, but his striking defense just hasn’t been great, especially when he loses, he at times will look for a perfect punch, all the while his taking punches. He can finish, no doubt there with 13 (T)KO finishes, but he can get his bell rung when he’s allowing so many strikes to land, he’s been (T)KO’ed in all of his losses. He hasn’t been great in the clinch or the ground, he has tremendous submission defense, but he doesn’t control a fight too well on the mat. Fatu Tua is just 2-4 in his last 6 and that’s after winning his first 15 fights of his career. He is one of the best finishers in the weight class, getting 15 (T)KO wins out of his 17. He is not a ground fighter, he has excellent take down defense, defending 91% of the take downs against him. He is landing 54% of his stand up punches, but where he’s looked the best and he can change a fight is in the clinch. He is fantastic at locking his opponents up and landing punches in the clinch, he averages 14.9 clinch punches and he’s landing 64% of them. At times he gets a little flat footed, he’ll tend to give up a lot of strikes, particularly kicks. And like I said, he is not a ground fighter, he has been beaten up there, but fights don’t usually go there often. This is going to be a good stand up fight I believe, should be very entertaining. PREDICTION: Tua 2nd round TKO
Middleweight Fight
Lex Logic (11-1, 0-0 GP) v Nalle Puh (24-17, 1-1 GP)
Lex Logic will make his Geezers debut in this one; he is a former kick boxer where he accumulated a 9-1 record. Logic enters this fight on a 3 fight winning streak with a decision, TKO and KO win. Obviously at this point, spending so much time as a kick boxer, he’s spent no time on the mat, that would have to be his weakness at this point, has he been trained enough in bjj to compete in MMA? He’s got good power and fantastic kicking, but he’s been a beast in the clinch. He has one loss, in that fight he was dominated in the clinch, but overall he has done a lot more in the clinch, averaging over 28 clinch strikes to his opponents 22. He is also landing 70% of his head punches in the clinch and 64% of his leg kicks. He’ll be taking on Nalle Puh, 32 year old will try to and get back on the winning track after dropping his last fight. Puh is 1-2 in his last 3 fights, and he’s gone to a decision in 5 straight. He’s vowed to finish this fight, mainly because it’s been 50/50 with him on decisions, he has 13 decision wins and 12 decision loses. He’ll fight in all positions, he likes to keep a fight standing, but he has a brown belt in bjj so he can handle himself there fine. He has nasty elbows and really good knees in the clinch, where he is landing 78% of his elbows and 55% of his knees. He doesn’t go for take downs much, but that might change in this fight. He will have a major advantage in this one if he can get the fight to the mat. He is landing 54% of his ground strikes, but I don’t think he’d have to worry too much if he got this fight down; simple switch to a submission might be all he’d need. Logic is the better striker in this one, Puh will have to be very careful, but Puh is the much better ground fighter.
PREDICTION: Puh 2nd round submission
PRELIM CARD
Welterweight Fight
Joe Garelli (31-18, 0-0 GP) v Jamison Burkina (10-7, 0-2)
Wow, this is one crazy matchup, we have 49 fight, 33 year old veteran Joe Garelli in one corner and over in this corner we have 24 year old, 17 fight kid Jamison Burkina. Garelli is one of the oldest fighters in Geezers, super experienced, super smart and super on the ground. Joe Garelli is an electrician and handyman. He makes everything he needs, including homemade duct tape. He also espouses various conspiracy theories, particularly a concern with the government's suppression of information about extraterrestrials. This guy is good everywhere, he will use his elite wrestling skills to get a fight down, and once there he controls fights, improving his position constantly, he is averaging 7.3 ground strikes and he is landing 56% of them. He has also locked up 12% of his submission attempts. His one area to key on is in the clinch; he has been out fought there at times. Jamison Burkina is 0-2 in Geezers, and I just don’t know if he’s as talented as some of these fighters he’s facing. He is very good, very good, but he’s going up against fighters who have double or more the amount of experience as him. He has elite wrestling skills and is a bjj black belt, he has very good take down skills and he no doubt will want to take this fight there. He does very little standing, almost nothing in the clinch besides look for trips and guard pulls. Where he is at his best is when he uses his wrestling skills, he will be very aggressive on the ground, constantly looking to improve and when he has a slight opening, he will drop bombs on his opponent. He is averaging 25.8 ground strikes per fight and he’s landing 62% of them. This will be one big ground war I believe, should be awesome for you ground fight fans.
PREDICTION: Garelli 2nd round TKO
Light Heavyweight Fight
Captain Beefheart (14-9, 0-2 GP) v Rob Elsworth (26-19-1, 0-1 GP)
A battle between two fighters looking for their first win inside Geezers. Captain Beefheart is 0-2 inside Geezers and just 1 and 4 in his last 5. He has good stand up skills, but he has been out struck so far in his career. He will tend to sit back too much in his fights, he will be aggressive, but at times he allows his opponents to push the pace. Where he’s at his best is in the clinch, he has excellent elbows, and he lands 52% of his 4.4 averaged attempted elbows per fight. He hasn’t been great on the ground, but he hasn’t been beaten up too bad there either. Rob Elsworth lost his first GP fight vs Phil Ivey, he has lost 2 straight and is just 2-5 in his last 7. If you want to learn how to throw an elbow, you need to watch a video by this guy, Elsworth has some of the best elbows in MMA Tycoon, and he averages 10 elbows per fight. He is fantastic in the Muay Thai clinch, if he gets you there, you are in trouble. He uses the elbows set up by knees; he often gets into a elbow, knee, elbow, knee combination. Elsworth is not good on the mat, so I think he’ll try to avoid that at all costs. This fight will be a stand up and clinch fight; I really like Elsworth if this fight goes to the clinch enough.
PREDICTION: Elsworth decision win
Light Heavyweight Fight
Taylor Davis (26-18-1, 1-3 GP) v Quinton Lind (23-16, 1-0 GP)
Taylor Davis will take his mundane fighting style and try and out point Quinton Lind. Davis has been around for a long time and he’s had 1 title shot in his career. He is an average fighter at this point of his career, but he is still perfectly capable of beating anyone. He has elite boxing skills, but his power has seemed to be less now. He is getting into more and more decisions later in his career. He tries to stay standing at all costs, and he’ll be very aggressive doing so. He is averaging 28.5 head punches per fight and 20 leg kicks per fight. He lands a good percentage of his strikes as well and he likes to get into stand and bang battles. Quinton Lind can finish a little better than Davis at this point, and he’s a former champion. He is a very smart fighter, who also prefers to stay standing. He is the perfect opponent for Davis in the fact that he will stand and bang. Lind does not like the ground game, he spends as little time there as he can, in fact he’s yet to attempt a single take down. He’s got very good kicking and good power, he is landing 62% of his head punches and 55% of his leg kicks. This one is going to be great! I think it might be up for FOTN.
PREDICTION: Lind 3rd round TKO
Middleweight Fight
Tom Jones (16-10-1, 3-4 GP) v Aleksander Ivanov (20-10, 0-1 GP)
Tom “The Tommy Gun” Jones has been anything but a weapon in his recent fights going 0-3 in his last 3 and 1-4 in his last 5. He has shown flashes of good power, but he has become a judge’s friend, going to their decision 17 times in his career. He is a smart fighter and he can do enough to win the judges over with 12 decision wins. He wants to avoid the mat, he is a good stand up fighter, but if he’s taken down he doesn’t do a whole lot and that’s where he loses fights. He is averaging 32.6 punches standing per fight and he has fantastic striking defense. He can fight very well in the clinch as well. He is a very good, quick striker who avoids and blocks strikes well; he is a very good decision fighter. Aleksander Ivanov might be the perfect opponent for Jones; he also would rather out point someone than finish a fight. These two are not your typical middleweights, they kinda fight like bantamweights. Ivanov is 3-1 in his last 4 fights, with 2 decision wins and 1 KO win. “The Great Bear” has monster leg kicks; he punishes legs and hobbles opponents which helps him out point fighters later. He is one of the most deadly fighters in the clinch; he dominates there, averaging 20.4 knees and over 19 punches. This should be a very good striking fight; I think Ivanov will take the fight in the clinch where he can dominate Jones.
PREDICTION: Ivanov decision win
Article views:
238
» Donate to this author |
