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So Myself, GBK and Wolf are bringing you another jam packed TWW. GBK has uncovered a multi account scandal, Wolf decided on five of the finest prospects and i done a few articles including my own rising stars and the around the orgs round up. 

 

Multi Scandal Time

One of the biggest issues in MMA Tycoon is that of multi accounts. The blatant abuse of them, or even worse the covert use of them, to gain an advantage over others is something that has happened as far back as anyone remembers, and happens in almost any game you will find. So it’s about time TWW News brought to you the latest news in multi accountings, with blatant abuse that is yet to be dealt with, along with a good story about one multi account who got zapped after multiple instances of abusing them, but we will cover that after.

Our first story is one that TWW News readers will be familiar with, as we remember fond times of one particular edition where multi accounts were brought to light (And my own ignorance on display evidently). Three accounts in particular, Harriet Marshall (93610), Ben Frankham (93607) and Steve Tompkins (97355), have been caught by TWW News before with instances of company abusing, but now have been caught attempting to manipulate fight offers in order to be matched against each other. 

A look back at their fight history shows that Harriet Marshall and Ben Frankham have fought each other 23 times, with 11 of those instances being QFC bouts. Ben Frankham and Steve Tompkins have fought each other 22 times, with 16 of those being QFC’s, and lastly, Harriet Marshal and Steve Tompkins have fought each other 14 times, with 9 of those instances being QFC. I feel it is important to note how many QFC bouts there were, as it shows the bulk of the fights did not involve an org owner sending the fights, and the matchups being done single handedly by these accounts.

Now, you may think that this could just be a coincidence, they might just have their fighters based in the same areas and have QFC’s normally. But just like last time, we have confirmation that all three of these accounts match IP addresses. Matching IP’s might have an excuse, friends or family members may play the game, but when you see how many times they have fought each other, and their previous instance of company abusement, it is clear this isn’t such a case and is simply multi abusing in order to feed wins to accounts and fighters. 

The scandal only grows further, as we have confirmation from a certain manager that he has received requests from these managers to have their fighters matched against each other in an org, and they refuse to accept any fighters against other people that aren’t for a title or that they don’t have a clear advantage in. This means they are ruining an experience for another manager while conducting their malevolent bullshit and it’s about bloody time that they got a full swing of the banhammer to their multi abusing asses.

Now onto some nicer news, with a bit of backstory to make this a satisfying ending to this multi scandal article. Some people may have noted a few months back, I was selling VIP on the forums, and I received a request from a manager requesting to buy 6 months of VIP. Now, my price for this was $600k, and after looking at the account, I noticed he only had $20k in his account, with no company or jet to hold the money in. After I stated the price was $600k, I had my suspicions aroused, and that is when the evidence unfolded.

After looking at his account to see when he would have the money to transfer to me, I noticed he suddenly showed up as “offline”. Having PM’ed him the price just 2 minutes previous, my suspicions were running as rampant as Rabid when he spots something he doesn’t like in the game. While offline, a magical $500k suddenly appeared in his account, and he would reappear online 2 minutes later. He would send on the $500k to me, and then send me a message he had sent it. I needed to be sure of my suspicions, so I told him the price was $600k and he was still missing $100k. Sure enough, he would go offline, only to have an additional $100k show up in his account while he was offline, and he would appear online again to send the money.

It was at this point I sent him a message stating I refuse to buy VIP for a person who was clearly a multi accounter, and I would send on a message to Mike stating what happened. The guy would protest his innocence at this, but a message to a mod would reveal the true manager behind the whole saga: Azamat Alikov.

I would receive a message from the account stating Azamat had sent him the money for his VIP, but by this time I had confirmation that Azamat in fact match IP’s with him, along with 8 other Non-VIP accounts and 1 VIP account. A series of messages would follow, with Azamat then mailing me under his actual account threatening to report me for this, but I had already reported him to Mike and a mod at this point.

The childish insults would follow, and he even challenged me to fight one of his guys in what I assumed was him attempting to demand a Keyboard Warrior Trial by Combat. All of his multi accounts were deleted, and Azamat was left with just his own account once more….until recently.

Anybody who has looked at the list of orgs recently may have noticed an org called “NBC” in London. This was an org which housed numerous fighters who were Free Agents who got picked up by new accounts. This org would have the same fighters compete against each other over and over again, reaching a high of 18th in the world rankings. As soon as they started to move closer to the top 15, the org closed, with all profits taken out of it, and all the fighters released.

The real shit would start to come out when an org was set up in Helsinki called “M1”. This org signed all of the fighters released by NBC, and would continue the trend, at least for 5 events before shit would catch up to them. I had noticed this for a while, and reported it to the mods who checked out the IP’s of the managers involved, and surprise surprise, Azamat Alikov would once again show up as the main account of all of these.

Swift action would be taken, as within an hour of myself reporting everything to a mod, all of the accounts involved, including Azamat Alikov’s own personal account were deleted by Mike Tycoon. 

Now onto a story that hasn’t caught much attention, but still makes for a compelling story. Are you looking for an ID restricted org to put your fighter in? Want some clothing from a particular store in Hilo? Maybe you have a fancy for The Island and want some clothing for your fighter there? Or maybe you are looking for high quality training on The Island and need a good gym?

Fear not, for you can find all of that with just the one bunch of linked accounts. Yes that’s right, TWW News can report that LFC Hilo owner Metra Mbole (94880) has been found to have 5 other accounts on his IP all linkable back to himself. So let’s kick off with the list of his multi accounts and how they have benefited him.

First off we have Drizzy Breezy (95448) who runs a Private Gym in Hilo called “The Dojo” which contains a number of fighters who are managed by people linkable in this case. Add in that Breezy can be traced to competing in LFC since it began and it is obvious how it benefits Mbole, who has his own fighters in the Private Gym also.

Non VIP manager Biggy Smalls (96756) is the next manager who comes up on the list, and while not beneficial in terms of a company, a look at his fight record shows the obviousness of his benefits. Competing all the way since LFC KT 1, he has competed in numerous LFC events, and in fact, hasn’t competed in any org apart from LFC since the 23rd August 2014 when he competed in HFC with a fighter who would later compete in LFC also.

Back to VIP again and the next up for the firing line is Riley Freeman (97125) who runs Vikai Gear in Hilo, which surprise to say, Metra Mbole just so happens to be staff at. As well as allowing Mbole to run a clothing store in addition to having a Private Gym and an Org, Freeman can be traced back to competing at LFC 7, and being an ever present with fighters in the org since.

Last two to link up now and we go over to The Island now as Vikai Island Gear store owner Mr Pro (103161) is also involved in this scandal. Running an extension of the Vikai Gear brand, he also has fought in LFC, although this seems to be one of his more mild multi accounts.

And finally, we have Island Gym owner A$AP Man (99811) who runs THE GYM is also involved. With regular fights in LFC Hilo, he also shows up as on the same IP address as Metra Mbole, and rounds up the exploitation that has happened to allow Metra to have access to different company types in different locations.

This is a pretty extreme case of multi exploitation, as not only is he using these to run multiple companies, but he is also using them to fill up his org, most likely on small contracts in order to boost his profit margin and in order to fill out his events. With the evidence, it is clear breaching of the rules, particularly as even if he throws the “family” or “friend” argument, it still breaches the regularly stated fact that no interaction between the accounts is allowed if they are on the same IP address. All that remains now is to see what happens in light of these facts.

That’s all from the Multi Report for this issue, please note that all entrants on this article are confirmed as being on the same IP and we simply show the exploitation that constitutes a clear breach in the rules. Hope you all enjoyed, and I hope these scumbag cbombs get the banhammer in full swing.

 

Around the Orgs

 

I was going to do a piece on Evo 200 but I have decided to do this as an alternative and perhaps another article to be done by TWW on a monthly basis. This will be a summary of what has went on around the tycoon world and the big news from the orgs.

 

So I’ll start off with Evo who just had their 200th event this past weekend. There were many big fights with big implications in the tycoon world. Leo Ferreira retired as the undisputed #1 p4p fighter in the game after a second round knock-out of Rinky Spider. Rockford Knight fought a closely fought battle against Brick Tires defeating him by unanimous decision earning him a shot against Rinky Spider again for the now vacant Evo HW title.

Former Ascension featherweight champion Jameson defeated Syn’s Featherweight champion Robertson to prove that he is the #1 mini man in the game at the moment.  Colin Croft defeated former Ascension champion Leonidas Katsaros by knockout in the second round which saw the Evo and Ascension LHW titles unified. Stack defeated Norton in an upset knock-out within the first thirty seconds of the fight. Falcao defeated Bishop via knockout in the 3rd round in a back and forth fight.

Custer took one step closer to the Evo LHW title defeating Moyses fighter Thor via Cuts in the 3rd round. Vagner Love notched another victory under his belt against Troid 205 champion Flagon Sackett via cuts in the second round. TTFC fighter Drago defeated Yoko via submission (strikes) and McColgan is now on a three fight win streak after putting away Apollo Gutz via UD.

 

In CEC which has recently merged with Ascension some title unification fights took place. Donowitz became the 155 champion and has successful defended his belt, it is now rumoured that he will be stepping up to welterweight in the upcoming months with a potential fight against Bowser Stormcrow in the not to distant future.

So far in the unification fights that have happened, no CEC champion has managed to retain their title against the invading Ascension fighters. Long time CEC champion Rocky Tyson was the best hope for them to prove themselves worthy but alas he fell to Jon Hess in a brutal knockout loss. According to sources close to Leo Ferreira that is the one regret he has about having to retire that he couldn’t go toe to toe with his former stable mate.

 

In Syn it has been pretty much business as usual with a majority of their champions retaining their belts and going on superfights. They recently wiped the floor with GAMMA in two superfights which was to be expected. There have been some rumblings however in the Tycoon community about the champions in Syn being underweight for their divisions.

Recently Colton took the Syn 185 belt despite being a welterweight and Lil Wayne recently took the 155 belt despite being a Bantamweight and is now looking to try and take the featherweight title also. As for the future in Syn? There feeder org has decided to turn into another top notch org, which we will discuss next and Colin Croft is coming to town to fight the Syn LHW champion. We should also note in the controversy which happened last time about JLP’s fighter not getting to fight Croft and saying that he would defeat guys like Renato. JLP fell short of defeating Renato as he got schooled and lost the fight 49-46. JLP’s guy (I cannot remember his name) has fallen back into obscurity as predicted.

 

As I announced just a few seconds ago for those of you who read this thing all the way through that Syn’s feeder org formerly AMS has rebranded itself and dropped the ID restriction looking to become the next force in the game. It is now called UPG and those who know of that name will remember the highly successful ID Org UPG Vegas and the not so successful mid tier org UPG NY. This could be seen as what would happen if a successful ID org decided to try and make the next step to becoming a power house org.

While I think UPG Vegas was in better shape when it merged with Ascension the newly named UPG shouldn’t be taken lightly as it contains some of the best prospects in the game. We at TWW wish the guys at UPG every success in the future and look forward to see them go from strength to strength.

 

Right I was meant to do MFN previously since I want to do the top four orgs before anyone else but I wrote that I would write about UPG and well here we are. MFN who round out the power four orgs in the game has had their belts changed hands a few times since last month.

We have seen the long time bantamweight champion Judd fall Lemieux via submission, Judd is now on a 3 fight losing streak and will hopefully bounce back. Balkin recently lost a superfight to Camacho, the highly touted prospect Camacho won a back and forth fight via UD. To round things off in MFN long time champion and my own fighter Andrei Kersikov fell to Mellow Mood for the 265+ championship, Mood would go on to defend the belt by defeating TTFC SHW champion Sellus.

 

That does it for now on the org round up side of things. I will report this more as time goes on and include smaller orgs in these write ups if people wish to see that.

 

Wolf’s Hole part 2

Rising Stars

Lorne Malvo (249050) – Malvo is sitting at a comfortable 12-2 at 24 years of age, with 7 of those wins being from (T)KO which is a good sign considering he fights at the lower weight classes. He is the former INY champion who hosted a lot of the top competition for his ID range and he has now made the move to LEGACY where he will be fighting even tougher opponents. His manager JLP is no stranger to managing top level fighters either, so expect him to have a strong finish to 2015 and sign to a top org sometime in early 2016 where he will improve on his current rank of 76 LW. JLP himself gave his thoughts on Malvo,http://www.mmatycoon...=35520&p=709111 going by that he will be dominating 2016.

Chief Tappenahomma (243544) – at 24 Chief is already in the top 100 p4p and soon to be breaking into the top 10 at WW, with an 11-2 record and 9 of those wins coming from (T)KO against solid opposition his power is very impressive. Unbeaten since claiming the Imperial title, even beating another very impressive rising star Cid Strife, only a minor hiccup in a super-fight against Imperial’s 155 champion (which resulted in a draw). He should be ready by the end of 2015/early 2016 to move up a level org wise and fight tougher competition and make him a household name in the tycooniverse.

Stu "The Grim Reaper" Grimson (247480) – It may be a bit premature to write about Grimson given the fact he hasn’t had a fight since August, but before that he dominated every opponent he fought in NEX and all but 1 he finished by (T)KO. With a record of 17-0, he is currently one of the most prized FA’s on the market and it will be very interesting to see where he signs to and if he can dominate opponents the same way he once did. Expect him to sign to a top org either later this year or some point in early 2016.

Malik "Hantā" Al-Khaldi (249054) – Sitting at a comfortable 10-0 in his career, Malik is currently training his holes ready to take over. When Dino says he is almost ready for big things, you tend to take his word for things. Granite chin and the power he possesses makes him a must watch fighter when he decides to return to fighting, but don’t expect it to be in his current org LFC as he has basically cleaned out their MW division and could take on much tougher fights. He will probably have 1 or 2 more fights before the year is out, then make his move to top 10 p4p in 2016. (Unless his confidence sucks)

Jong Un "Gangnam Style!" Kim (240725) – When it comes to fighter below the weights of 155lbs, Aylib is the master at managing them. He has been called before ‘King of the Midget Weights’ and that still runs true. Kim has destroyed every opponent in Imperial and the time is upon him to make the move to a better org where he can test himself against tougher competition. No offence to Imperial’s other 135’ers but he has blown them out of the water with his striking but also his submission skills. It’s hard to see that changing. Kim is almost top 10 in his weight class and can very realistically make top 10 before 2015 ends, and 2016 he should be climbing higher on the p4p list.

 

Rising Stars Part 2

 

Derfel Cadarn

This is one of the finest heavyweight prospects in the game at the moment. The granite chinned, well versed monster that is Cadarn has racked up an impressive 8-1 record so far in his early career. He is still at the ID org stage of his career and learning his craft but it is needless to say that he could be the next Rinky Spider or Dustin Douglas; a granite chinned monster that will run through a top orgs division at some point in his career. At the moment young Cadarn is learning his craft at Troid, a 210k ID org and in the near future will be going up against some of the most talented prospects the game has to offer.

 

Jose Alvaro

Now while I try to keep things 25 and under as far as prospects go in the TWW, I couldn’t help but notice this guy rising up through the ranks at Insanity. Jose has racked up an impressive 12-0 record so far in his career. He is from the former farming system run by Axla and now under the tutelage of Michael Knight this young contender is going from strength to strength.  He has a chin made of stone but appears to be lacking slightly in the power department which is very discouraging at heavyweight. This however maybe a slider issue and only a temporary thing. As for what is next with the big man? He is looking to capture the heavyweight title on the 24th of October.

 

Project Falcon

From the house that Jorma built, this is another top young prospect from the stable that brought you guys like Tiago Renato. The granite chinned lightweight is a respectable 6-1 in his career and is currently trying to make a name for himself in the legacy lightweight division. While his major weakness is his ground game, it will be something that Jorma will tighten up in the upcoming months no doubt. In contract his striking game looks legit and over time we will see if this young prospect can live up to the former rising star Tiago Renato.

 

Rodney Garcia

While a bit younger than some of the guys mentioned on Rising Stars, Garica looks like a monster. One of the rarest things at heavyweight is a grappler, never mind a submission fighter but Garcia seems to be finding success. With a granite chin and what appears to be a respectable amount of power the big man loves nothing more than to make people tap out.

Despite being younger than most guys mentioned he has more fights than most going a very impressive 13-1 so far in his young career. Perhaps a time out to train and get those skills in order before moving up to the big time is needed in order for him to fulfil his potential.

 

The Leo Ferreira Story.

 

While most stories of the fighters growing up on the mean streets of somewhere or turning into some master assassin before turning into the cage; Leo Ferreira is different. He was born in Curitiba, Brazil, the son of a doctor and accountant who offered encouragement for Leo to follow in their footsteps in academics.

Moving to America at the age of 5, Leo was already fluent in seven different languages and already reading at a university level, studying the works of Cicero and Seneca. He graduated first in his class at Cambridge University with a duel degree in philosophy and theology followed by a PH.D in theology by the age of 14. Despite the academic plaudits, Leo felt his life was incomplete and decided to fly back to his native Brazil in order to re-evaluate where his life was going.

 

While roaming about the beaches in Rio a young Leo Ferreira had his first encounter with Mannetosen. The silver tonged Norwegian and Leo discussed many different topics in philosophy and both found a common ground; Gandhi was a pussy. Mannetosen persuaded Leo to join his gym and learn from some of the best fighters in the planet.

The first time Leo got punched by Aloha Hoi in a training session that was him hooked; literally. He decided to ditch his academics and instead concentrate his time becoming a fighter. While philosophers over the world have struggled to find any meaning in their lives, Leo had found his and it was to punch motherfuckers in the face.

 

Leo’s career got off to a shaky start going 3-4 in his first few fights. While academics seemed easy to him, he felt a challenge for the first time in his life. Over the next few months Leo took to fighting at regional shows in Montreal. He went on a 9 fight win streak defeating people who give cans a bad name.

This however boosted the confidence of Leo as he destroyed opponent after opponent with ease. It was then he got the call he had been waiting for. Heroic one of the top orgs in the game threw over a million his way to join the ranks there. He would be joining a division littered with talent such as Marko Kersikov, Gun Slinga, Muay Thai, Stoppers and McGinley. Mannetosen set Leo the challenge to go out there and get that belt.

 

The jump from EMMA to Heroic was a big leap but Leo took to it with ease quickly disposing of the first two fighters with ease bringing his record to an impressive 15-4 and earning many plaudits within the MMA community for being tough as nails.

The plaudits though had gotten to Leo’s head, he began taking training less and less serious and instead enjoyed the playboy lifestyle that Rio had to offer. Leo felt invincible and Mannetosen decided to humble him by arranging a fight against Anderson McGinley in a title eliminator. Anderson destroyed Leo, he hit Leo with everything he had in his arsenal but still Leo refused to go down without a fight.

The loss showed two things, Mannetosen believed that he had a world beater on his hands and Leo now knew that he had to take his training more seriously. Leo took a quick rebound fight before going away for a month in order to get his head straight, watch tape on the fighters in Heroic and re-define who he was as a fighter.

 

So that is it for the TWW News this month, we will be back at the start of November with more news, opinions and other shit. TWW News

 

 

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