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 Light Heavyweight Bout - Lars Voller (183546) [LEGION OF DOOM] Def. Paul "PJ" Jones (104531) [LEGION OF DOOM] via Round 2 TKO (0:25)
Light heavyweights Lars Voller and Paul Jones kicked off the evening with an exciting bout. Both fighters were desperate for the win as they had suffered defeats in their last two respective fights. Voller dominated the first round, particularly in the clinch, opening up a significant cut on the face of Jones. As soon as Round 2 commenced, Voller hit Jones with a devastating head kick, which knocked Jones down and rocked him. Voller wanted nothing to do with a BJJ red belt on the ground and let him back up, where he clinched with him and finished him off with some strikes against the cage. Following his loss, Jones left GAMMA to continue his career elsewhere.
Middleweight Bout - Viv Richards (168454) [LEGION OF DOOM] Def. "The Cannibal" Karl Denke (63718) via Round 3 Submission (3:09)
Up next was a middleweight bout between Viv Richards and the 41 year old veteran Karl Denke. This fight marked the GAMMA debut of Viv Richards and depite his recent form Denke, a 64 fight veteran, was going to be no easy match up. The opening two rounds were close, with Richards probably getting the edge, but they ultimately didn’t matter after Richards rocked Denke, before beating him into submission in the third round. With now four losses in a row, retirement is surely something Denke and his manager would be considering at the moment.
Featherweight Bout - Russian "The Undead" Zombie (224142) [LEGION OF DOOM] Def. Danny White (229844) [Murder Inc] via Unanimous Decision
The third bout of the evening saw two young fighters in Russian Zombie and Danny White, continue to build their GAMMA careers. Both fighters came into the bout at just 26 years old and relatively similar records at 10-4 and 13-4 respectively. Zombie seemed to get the edge in the first round, then in the second, White got his ground game going and dominated the round. The final round was the most successful for White, which was enough for all three judges to score the bout 29-28 in his favour, giving him his second GAMMA victory, setting up a bigger fight in the future.
Welterweight Bout - Alexander "Russian Vityaz" Povetkin (50112) [LEGION OF DOOM] Def. Oberyn "The Model" Martell (156085) via Round 3 KO (1:59)
The next bout pitted Alexander Povetkin against Oberyn Martell. Both of the fighters brought with them questionable form, with Povetkin having lost his last two and Martel having won only five of his 12 fights at GAMMA. At 41 years old, the veteran Povetkin was also looking to show the world he’s still got it, with a win against a much younger fighter. Povetkin won the first round, then went on to dominate the second. Povetkin was raring to go in the final round and wanted a finish. He rocked Martell early on with a hard combination before dropping him with another combination. After letting him up, Povetkin hit him with some more hard punches before sealing it off with a huge right hand, which knocked Martell out cold, extending his record to 37-18-1
Open Weight Bout - Marcus Fenix (186326) Def. Danny Volcanic (129651) [Valhalla] via Unanimous Decision
The penultimate bout of the undercard saw Marcus Fenix face Danny Volcanic. Despite being six years younger than his opponent, Fenix brought with him a large experience advantage, but with a rather average record of 28-20, he would have been very keen to start a big win streak off the back of a loss. Volcanic came into the bout off of the back of a win in his GAMMA debut and was looking to make a quick climb through the GAMMA rankings. Fenix showed his class throughout the fight, out-striking and out-grappling Volcanic in all three rounds to bring home the unanimous decision victory and his sixth GAMMA victory.
Open Weight Bout - "The WarWagon" Jt Colossus (1688) [THE ILLUMINATI] Def. K.J. Choi (127918) [LEGION OF DOOM] via Round 1 TKO (2:19)
The feature bout of the undercard saw a true legend of both MMA and GAMMA in Jt Colossus go up against South Korean K.J. Choi. At 43 years old Colossus has done it all in this sport, coming into the fight with a record of 48-36-1, that’s a total of 85 fights. In adition to this, he has held titles in three organisations including one title reign here at GAMMA. His opponent Choi does not make for an easy opponent for anyone and was looking to build on his last fight which saw him take away a decision victory. Collusses clinched early in round one and that was pretty much it. He threw a multitude of punches while stopping Choi from breaking, until rocking him and finishing him against the cage, to take home his 49th victory, showing the world that at 43, he’s still got it.
Main Card
Welterweight Bout - Yeshua "I AM" Immanuel (123742) [THE ILLUMINATI] Def. "Dai tuong" Phan Tran Le (162219) [Murder Inc] via Round 2 TKO (4:33)
The first fight of the main card pitted 37 year old Yeshua Immanuel against 33 year old Phan Tran Le. Going into the fight, Israeli Immanuel had a professional MMA record of 18-12-1. It is interesting to note that the majority of Immanuel’s career has been here in GAMMA, with only five of his 31 fights occurring elsewhere, thus demonstrating that his manager Boondock The Destroyer (503) has been very pleased with the management of GAMMA. After losing the GAMMA title to Renan St Juste at GAMMA#476, Immanuel came a little undone and lost his next two fights. He was itching to get back into the win column, but a fight against Le is never easy. Despite being younger than Immanuel, Canadian Phan Tran Le is the more experienced of the two fighters and came in with a record of 27-18. While his time at GAMMA does not quite compare to Immanuel’s, Le has been around a while under manager Seamus OConnell (19091) and came into the fight off the back of wins against David Charles and Stanly Williams. Le has never fought for a title here at GAMMA, but has been the champion of a minor organisation. Both men went into the fight wanting to get back into the title mix, which made for an interesting fight while it lasted.
Immanuel took the fight into the clinch early in round one and both men began throwing strikes. Immanuel cut Le early with an elbow, which did not concern Le at the time. The two men continud striking, with Immaunel being both more active and more accurate, eventually rocking Le in the third minute. Le kept it together, but was hit with another elbow on the cut, opening it up even more. Both men continued to strike until the end of the round, with Immanuel getting the better of Le throughout the round.
Round 2 started much the same with Immanuel clinching. He landed another shot on the cut of Le, making it even worse before scoring a knockdown. Le worked his way up with the cage, only to be knocked down a minute later. On his way up from the second knockdown, he copped another shot on his cut, which was beginning to look rather gruesome. They continued battling in the clinch until Immanuel hit yet another elbow on the cut of Le in the fifth minute, which was enough for the referee to call in the doctor. The doctor ended the fight, meaning Immanuel won by way of TKO.
Immanuel was very pleased to be back in the win column and remembered to thank his sponsor after during the post-fight interview. During Le’s interview, I believe he said a quote from the video game Street Fighter, perhaps he was a little delirious from the blood loss.
Open Weight Bout - Vladislav "Farmer Mysterio" Maslow (197361) [The Hart Foundation] Def. Tio Malone (182171) [The Broken Halo Pride] via Round 2 TKO (1:13)
The next bout saw Russian Vladislav go up against American Tio Malone. At 30 years old, Vladislav Maslow had a professional record of 20-12 going into the bout, but was coming off the back of loss to open weight standout Tamias Poochyena in his last bout, which was his GAMMA debut. Maslow has taken part in many title fights in minor organisations, but has only ever had a brief stint as a champion. Now under the management of Mickey Hart (89500), he hopes to claim the most prestigious belt MMA has to offer. His opponent Malone, is a year his elder, but has less experience and only carried a record of 13-5 into the fight. Like his opponent, Malone has fairly recently come under new management in the form of Mega Jug (51182), after parting ways with his former manager after losing his GAMMA title to Patrick Bateman and his following fight to Fat Gorilla. He did however manage to get back to his winning ways in his last fight and was looking to make it two in a row against Maslow.
It did not take long for the intentions of both fighters to become crystal clear. Both men wanted to strike from a distance and they got their respective wishes. Maslow was quite a bit more aggressive than his opponent, which saw him thoroughly outstrike Malone and win the first round quite comfortably.
Round two started very much the same until Maslow hit Malone with a hard head kick early in the second minute. Malone fell to the floor and was met with a barrage of strikes, forcing the referee to end the fight.
Maslow was very pleased to have picked up his first GAMMA win and remembered to thank his fans following the fight. His opponent, however, has now lost 5 of his last six fights, all by way of KO/TKO, perhaps demonstrating that he has lost his chin, or maybe it was always fragile and he is now struggling to protect it.
Light Heavyweight Bout - "The Purple Stripe" Pierre Trudeau (113658) [Dogs of War] Def. "The Bear" Pavel Dubrov (186835) [LEGION OF DOOM] via Unanimous Decision
The co-main event of the evening saw Pavel Dubrov make his GAMMA debut against GAMMA veteran Pierre Trudeau. 38 year old Trudeau is a native of Canada and has been fighting in GAMMA since his manager Rogelio Cottonfloss (88129) signed him and brought him here in early 2014. Since then, he has fought 17 times here at GAMMA and holds wins over Ted Stefans and Ender Wiggin. He was hoping to claim his 33rd professional victory in this bout and get another shot at the GAMMA gold, which he has failed to win on four occasions. His opponent Dubrov was set to make his GAMMA debut at 31 years old. Dubrov, a Russian native, brought wit him a record of 17-9 under the management of the one and only Mentor Corleone (3503). Dubrov has held a title in a now extinct organisation, but will be hoping to eventually hold the big one here at GAMMA.
Round one saw a decent mix of striking from distance as well as in the clinch. Both men were cut early on, before Dubrov initiated the clinch. Trudeau was the more active fighter in the clinch before breaking it. Trudeau was winning from the distance so Dubrov clinced again, but was also struggling in the clinch. The clinch was broken, then reinitiated by Trudeau to close what was just about a winning round for him.
Trudeau went for a bit of a different tactic in round 2 and clinched early before pulling guard. From his guard he swept Dubrov and tried to pass before being swept by Dubrov, who was very inactive from Trudeau’s guard, causing the referee to stand them up. Dubrov clinched almost instantly, but Trudeau pulled guard again. Dubrov managed to stand up from Trudeau’s guard just before the end of the round. It was a hard round to score, as Dubrov had more top time, but Trudeau was more active on the ground, but the second round would just about go to Trudeau.
Round three was much like round one, however, both men seemed keen to clinch. Trudeau got the better of the exchanges and made a mess of Dubrov’s face throughout the round. The final round was probably the most dominant for Trudeau, but was still close.
Trudeau would have thought he won the fight, but was probably nervous as you can never know with the judges. Fortunately for him, all three judges gave him the win, extending his record to 33-15-2 and earning him a title shot.
Open Weight Title Bout - "American Psycho" Patrick Bateman (180187) [LEGION OF DOOM] Def. Doomsday Drost (131933) [GRABTHE.INFO] via Round 1 TKO (3:53)
The main event of the evening was the fight GAMMA fans around the world had been waiting for, Patrick Bateman challenging Doomsday Drost for his his open weight belt against. Drost came into the bout with a record of 32-15 at 36 years old. The Canadian is only a recent addition to GAMMA with his last bout being his debut. That bout saw him beat Patrick Bateman for the open weight belt, which is about the best start to a GAMMA career anyone could hope for. His manager Seppo Koskinen (2820) was looking to prove that his man’s win over Bateman was no fluke and beating him a second time would prove just that. American 35 year old Bateman, was furious about losing his belt to Drost and was dying to set the record straight in this bout. He came into the bout with a record of 29-12, with most of his fights coming under the management of his current manager Digga Dogman (91254). The loss to Drost was his first in eight bouts, which would perhaps serve as a wakeup call and get him back to his dominating ways.
Both fighters were keen to keep the fight at a distance in round one, with Bateman opening up a cut on Drost early. Cuts have really been Drost’s Achilles heel so to speak, throughout his career, something I’m sue Bateman knew well. The cut became a target for bateman as the two men continued to strike. Towards the 2 minute mark, Bateman hit the cut again, making it worse. In the fourth minute of the bout, he hit it twice more producing one ugly sight. Concerned for Drost’s safety, the referee called the doctor into the cage. The doctor called the fight off, meaning Bateman won the fight via TKO.
Bateman, ecstatic to win his belt back thanked the fans in attendance, which almost made up for their disappointment in the way the fight ended.
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