TRTSM Fight Club Tournament #1: Welterweights

[Stevie]

Hey! I'm Hawk's Friend Steve! I'm happy to be here, and look forward to meeting you all in the octagon~!

 

[Broward83]

I have powerbombed people in this game with Brock Lesnar...

..yes, its fucking epic.

 

[Matt Young]

Have you done the piledriver-esque head drop powerbomb?

 

[Broward83]

I believe that's the one I had done..it was fucking bad-ass when I first did it.

Also wound up powering out of an armbar by doing that whole lift up then slam down move.

 

[Obi Chris Kenobi]

Not sure I can be in chat (what would that be, about 1am GMT?) but I'll send my picks in!

 

[Matt Young]

I believe that's the one I had done..it was fucking bad-ass when I first did it.

Also wound up powering out of an armbar by doing that whole lift up then slam down move.

I know that, as a wrestler, you can do a mini-spinebuster/powerbomb out of your opponent's guard, a full grapple Batista style spinebuster, and that one. Not sure about reversals. I played a lot as Liddell in the demo and figured that stuff out.

Broward and anyone else who's game- we need to do some player matches in the next day or two.

 

[Broward83]

I'm always game for some player matches. It'd get me to stop wanting to find a way to traverse XBL to find all these fucks who play as Mir when I roll the HW division.

 

[Matt Young]

For sure. I've only played 15 or so player matches; none ranked. After Raw and the Lakers game, and possibly before depending on how much sleep I get before my morning class, I shall be on Live. Maybe we can get a small group of guys in a party chat and have a few fights, eh? Not sure who I'd use, though, as I've only played 6-7 exhibition matches. Other than that, it's just been my now 75 overall CAF, a few player matches as Mir, Lesnar, and Sera (once each) and countless Liddell/Rua matches on the demo.

 

[muzzington]

Muzz, what's your gamertag?

muzzington

 

[HSJ]

#10? Jesus.

 

[Lei Tong]

I'm a bit worried about the mythical Steve-E having such a high draft pick.

 

[Kageho]

Alright I logged in.

GT: AzureRouge

Though, I'll need to hook it up.

 

[Broward83]

Just don't let him get Diego...(Stevie that is)

 

[Stevie]

 

[KingPK]

Draft results:

1. Obi Chris Kenobi - Matt Hughes
2. Broward - Karo Parysian
3. BPS - BJ Penn
4. Me - Diego Sanchez
5. Kageho - Sean Sherk
6. Hawk's friend Steve - Josh Koscheck
7. Fazzle - Thiago Alves
8. Matt Young - Georges St. Pierre
9. Hawk - Anthony Johnson
10. HSJ - Amir Sadollah
11. Vicious Fish - Chris Lytle
12. Lei Tong - Martin Kampmann

Ok, I might have overlooked something. A 12-man tournament means four people get automatic byes and the XBoxMMA site randomly sets the brackets so there's no telling who will get them and that really isn't fair. So there's only one fair way to do it: I'm opening this up to four more people so we can have 16 fighters and everyone has the same number of fights. Basically I'm going to list the fighters that weren't picked and the first four people to claim a fighter is in.

Jon Fitch
Marcus Davis
Ben Saunders
Mike Swick
Matt Arroyo
Josh Burkman
Kyle Bradley

From now on I'm sticking to either an 8 or 16 man format; fuck byes.

 

[ViciousFish]

How the hell did I get Lytle?

He wasn't on my list.


NVM

I think I sent it after the draft. I'm totally fucked...

 

[HTQ]

When do we find out who is fighting who?

 

[KingPK]

Once I get the rest of the spots filled.

EDIT: XBoxMMA doesn't list BJ Penn or Thiago Alves as Welterweights. Fuck it, I'll run this tournament myself.

 

[HTQ]

Player skill being equal, BPS and Matt Young are my picks to meet in the final.

 

[Lei Tong]

Well, Kampmann is a damn good pick-up for the last pick, and just the type of style I need to beat Steve-E's wrestling/boxing style.

 

[Matt Young]

Wow. Didn't expect to get my number 2 pick (after Matt Hughes) and the highest rated guy in the whole division (and I think tied for highest rating in the game) at that pick. I need to practice, though. All but maybe a dozen of the fights I've played have been with my CAF.

 

[Kageho]

Good thing I took Sherk, he seems exactly what I needed to have a chance.

Though, I'm probably going to get creamed by all of you. I don't doubt it.

King, if you are running the tourney now, I want to fight fizzle fazzle.

 

[Obi Chris Kenobi]

Time to for Matt Hughes to engage!

 

[Broward83]

I was thinking of taking BJ or GSP but with playing as Karo in the division since the game came out, I felt more comfortable picking him up.

Depending on how the match-ups go, this could be quite the interesting tourney.

 

[HSJ]

Damn, I wish I sent in my picks on time. Amir? Maybe he can make a funny face and my opponent will be too distracted and get KOed.

 

[Kageho]

If I was a lower person on the ring, I would've just said:

"If GSP is there, great, if not, BPA please."

Cause honestly there was a lot of goodness left on the board.

 

[KingPK]

I'm giving it until midnight for people to sign up to boost this to 16 or I'm just running with a 12-man tourney and giving the four highest rated fighters (GSP, Penn, Alves and Sherk) the byes, which is the only fair way I can do it. I (and others I'd imagine) don't want to wait forever for this.

And once again, I'm NOT using the XboxMMA site for this. I'll post the matchups here and it's up to the participants to work out a time to play and BOTH PLAYERS must PM me the result (preferably with round and way of victory) before I log it in. That's the way the site does it and I think it is a good idea.

 

[KingPK]

Ok, I think we aren't getting any more people and I'm about to log out for the night, so I went ahead and set the first round brackets. I would like these matches completed by Friday night so we can have the weekend for the next round. Remember, BOTH people have to send me the result (either post it in the thread or PM me) for it to be logged and it is up to you guys to set the time to fight.

So, as Bruce Buffer would say....IT'S TIME!

Byes: Georges St. Pierre (Matt Young), BJ Penn (bps21), Thiago Alves (fazzle), Sean Sherk (Kageho)

First Round

Josh Koscheck (Stevie) vs. Matt Hughes (Obi Chris Kenobi)
[Winner faces Matt Young]

Anthony "Rumble" Johnson (Hawk) vs. Diego Sanchez (KingPK)
[Winner faces fazzle]

Amir Sadollah (HSJ) vs. Martin Kampmann (Lei Tong)
[Winner faces Kageho]

Chris Lytle (Vicious Fish) vs. Karo Parysian (UTBroward)
[Winner faces bps21]

So there it is. Good luck to everyone.

EDIT: Made minor adjustments.

 

[Stevie]

Obi Chris Kenobi, you can add me to Live at Steviec2k8. Being it's the Summer, and I have nothing to do with school being out, I am free to play generally whenever. Just hit me up.

 

[Lei Tong]

Amir Sadollah (HSJ) vs. Martin Kampmann (Lei Tong)

The warriors - come out to play