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 GAMMA announces The Kids of MMA (TKOMMA)
GAMMA has now created an organization where we will be testing our rookie fighters. This org is for teenagers aged 16 to 19. Anyone which is 20y of age will be released or promoted to our GAMMA contenders organization based in Las Vegas (if they are good enough).
Note: One exception to the 18-19y old rule is if your fighter was started at 16 or 17y. In which case they get promoted or released earlier
The purpose of this organization is:
- Fights will always be relatively even as most fighters will be just 18-19 years of age. Usually for most fighters in the game aged 18-19 they struggle to find fair fights in other orgs or on the QFC circuit. This will basically be the only place you will always be up against other teenagers.
- At just 16-19 every fighter will have some clear weaknesses, it will be up to you to try and manipulate them, so you will get plenty of slider testing practice.
- Most importantly though, you can test to see which fighters are worth keeping and those which are not. Often we end up keeping a bunch of useless fighters which have clearly bad hiddens. Not in this case though as you get to test them early.
- Contracts will be relatively small, however you will get to earn a lot more than any other place because i plan to “fund” various tournaments. Whenever we get 8 new fighters join up to a weight class, we will run a mini-tournament and get started. Winning such a tournament will be worth way more than what you could earn anywhere else at this age.
Weight classes
170lbs (Maximum weight for this division is 170lbs), fighters 180lbs and under will be signed here
205lbs (Maximum weight for this division is 205lbs), fighters 215lbs and under will be signed here
265lbs+ (Openweight division), fighters 216lbs and over will be signed here
Here is a link to the org GAMMA: The Kids of MMA
http://www.mmatycoon.com/orgpublic.php?oid=4253
To get a contract offer, relocate or create a fighter based in Las Vegas, then contact:
Ryan Maile
http://www.mmatycoon.com/managerprofilemanager.php?MgrID=70437
Give him your fighter ID number.
Note: Your fighter cannot be above 19y of age!
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GAMMA Confirms participating in the Olympics
This is a long time coming. Rumors about a worldwide org Olympics format where the top level orgs around the world would send some of their best fighters in each division to compete in a tournament have been going on since the summer of 2013, however communication fell through and nothing materialized.
However the MMA community has been asking for a massive tournament and these days that is not possible without the top orgs agreeing to terms.
Finally after about 1 month of negotiations, the "Big 3" of Syn, Ascension, Evolution, together with the majority of the Global Elite Orgs (Team Thomas, Cage Wars, GAMMA, Aggressive Damage), together with up and coming organization Sisu Fights, came to terms for what will be easily the biggest org vs org event to date.
GAMMA is again very proud to participate in yet another vital step towards what we hope will become a bi-annual event (Summer + Winter). We hope that the event will be a massive success and we will see plenty on interesting matchups between some of the best.
To discuss the Official Olympics please go here:
http://www.mmatycoon.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=43122&p=547056
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GAMMA: Back to the 4 round fights
In 2010 and 2011, GAMMA became the first ever org to implement a 4 round ranking system for their undercard fights (title fights were 5 rounds).
The main reason this system was implemented in the first place was that with a 4 round system, you needed to either win a decisive decision or win by TKO/Submission. If not it will lead to a draw.
I calculated that draws are about 1 1/2 times more likely (in total 4.3% of the fights were draws for that period). We also had about 15% more finishes due to the extra round, which in turn led to higher fight/event ratings.
So all in all, the org benefited from better ratings, the fans benefited with more controversy and decisive finishes.
Bottom line is that controversy and rivalries is what it is all about. Often undercard fighters have little chance competing for the title, so the best thing they have going is their history and rivalries within the org. This system helps to enhance that.
I put the decision to a vote and gave our managers these 3 options:
a) Keep it as it is (i.e 3 round fights)
b) 4 rounds for undercard, 5 rounds for title fights
c) 5 rounds for all fights.
Among the people which voted, 15% voted in favor of 3 round, 15% voted in favor of 5 round fights, 20% said they do not mind and 50% in favor of 4 round fights.
So, as of the 30th of June we will be returning to the 4 round fights.
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