Fighter of the week

Fighter profile of Ranky Scorpion by Bjorn O'Donnel

Ranky Scorpion

Rinky Spider you say? No, Ranky Scorpion it is. This HW destroyer is a bit less well known , but has one hell of a career and is coming to the top in spectacular fashion. Ranky started his career with a 6-0 record, but would lose his next two fights and got released by his manegement team.

After that, he was picked up by one of the best managers in the MMA world, Whymer Van Mastodon. Under his management, he got to a 7-4 record , with most of his fights being at Aggressive Damage. All of his losses have come by way of (t)KO and that might have been the reason that he got released once again by his team. The poor american HW looked on his way out of the big scene, but got picked up by popular media tycoon J.J. Media.

A brutal head kick KO loss in his debut under J.J his guidance didn't look great, but after that one, Ranky got a new direction and found his way back to winning. He would win his next fight, against Willy Stoppers, by stopping the illustrious KO machine by using his groundgame to avoid a (t)KO loss.

It was a first big sign of a promising possible resurgence . In his next fight, he fought against Hades Hug, a fighter with not an amazing record, but who does have some good KO -power. Ranky dominated the fight before finishing it with brutal elbows on the ground. 

The fight that made him fighter of the week for me is his big win over Willy Stoppers this week in their rematch. He absolutely destroyed him in just over one minute of the firsts round and captured the Aggressive Damage superheavyweight belt.

His brutal win made him make a big move in the rankings as he enters the top 10 at SHW now and the 29 year old has the potential to get even higher. Will he be the next huge american champion ?  

There are some rumors going on that he can possibly have a superfight in EVO next, possibly even against the legend with a very similar name, Rinky Spider. I can't say that I am sure as it are only rumors. 

Congrats Ranky on becoming the fighter of the week! 

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