OWP presents Pride and Honor Fighting (PHF)

[barnestormer]

PRIDE AND HONOR FIGHTING XIII
PHF Arena; Diemos, Mars
April 27, 2126

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Darth Fedor def. Baby Faced Assassin by KO (punching flurry).

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Slog def. Jazaki by submission (guillotine choke).

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Ken Hardonk def. Jr. Leatherface by TKO (ankle lock). Jr. Leatherface will be out of action for 4 cards.

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Gallos def. Cactus Jack by TKO (rear naked choke). Cactus Jack will be out of action for 5 cards.

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Akuma def. Wolf Hawfield by KO (nerve strike).

WELTERWEIGHT BOUT

Metalis def. "Black Tiger" Hiro Chan Lee by TKO (machine gun elbows). Hiro Chan will be out of action for 5 cards.

WELTERWEIGHT BOUT

Don Frye def. "Tap or Snap" Mike Butler by KO (running double leg).

PHF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TOURNAMENT

ROUND 1[/u]

Fireball Kid def. "King of Jive" Bob Charlie by submission (rear mounted punches and choke)

Little Mac def. Henry Danielson by TKO (jumping uppercut). Henry will be out of action for 6 cards.

Sidewinder def. Super Mario by TKO (face slam into mat). Super Mario will be out of action for 6 cards.

Ali Rashid def. UFO by TKO (hammerfist pummel). UFO will be out of action for 2 cards.

ROUND 2

Little Mac def. Fireball Kid by KO (back mount punches)

Ali Rashid def. Sidewinder by TKO (counter punches). Sidewinder will be out of action for 5 cards.

FINAL ROUND

Ali Rashid def. Little Mac by KO (head butts) to become the PHF Lightweight champion.

[jasonjaconetti]

Well, when I have a tournament, usual the first defense is a re-match of the finals, unless they really were one-sided. I think of ranking and who is #1 the way they do in the UFC & Strikeforce: (1) Who has a really good record and (2) Which fight would people want to see. Obviously there are fighters who stand out as the top contender (say you have a guy who is 4 or 5 wins in a row), but if not you do the best you can with what you have.

[barnestormer]

(Yesterday, I tried something different for PHF. I decided to try out Cosmic Crippler's timing and scoring system that he had posted on the Friends of Filsinger Games board some time ago. I decided I wasn't too crazy about it because it made the matches go 3 times as long as they normally would because of all of the extra time I had to take recording the points from each result. Anyway, here are the results of yesterday's card)

PRIDE AND HONOR FIGHTING XV
PHF Arena; Diemos, Mars
May 3, 2126

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Marshal Ace defeated Black Huricane by knock out at 1:45 of the first round.

HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Barrek def. Brakas by technical knock out at 4:30 of the first round. Brakas will be out of action for 6 cards.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Kimbal def. "El Toro Loco" Carlos Torez by knock out at 4:30 of the second round.

LADIES BOUT

The referee called a stop to the bout at 1:30 of the first round for the winner by submission by way of a kimura, Haley "Peanut" Jean.

PHF WELTERWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

Tyrone Fist is still the PHF Welterweight champion when he def. Dorian Marlor by knock out at 2:00 of the first round.

HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Mikey "Methane" Belcher def. Scampi Joe by technical knock out at 4:00 of the second round. Scampi Joe will be out of action for 3 cards.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Sir def. Justin "Spider" Webber by technical knock out at 1:00 of the first round. Justin will be out of action for 3 cards.

WELTERWEIGHT BOUT

Enrique Dolar def. Breno Souza by technical knock out at 5:00 of the first round. Breno will be out of action for 4 cards.

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

"Fireball" Joe Thomas def. Ken Hardonk by knock out at 4:30 of the first round.

PHF LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT

Ali Rashid def. Little Mac by knock out at 4:00 of the fifth and final round to retain the PHF Lightweight title.

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Akuma def. Barnyard Brawler by a split decision by the judges (The judges scored the match 10-9, 10-9, 9-10 in favor of Akuma) after 3 rounds of action.

PHF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

"Irish Shillelagh" Angus McElviegh def. "Whole Wheat" Kendall Toste by knock out at 3:30 of the second round to retain the PHF Light Heavyweight title.

(I've decided that tomorrow I'm going to do away with the scoring and timing system and will use a simplified point system to determine future rankings. The system will be as follows:

1. Successfully winning a title = 50 pts.
2. Successfully defending a title = 25 pts.
3. Winning a bout by submission = 20 pts.
4. Winning a bout by knock out = 10 pts.
5. Winning a bout by technical knock out = 5 pts.

All points are cumulative, so for example, winning a title by technical knock out would earn a fighter 55 pts., while winning a title by submission would earn that same fighter 70 pts. The fighter with the highest total points earns a title shot. In the event of a tie, the fighter with the highest number of wins and lowest number of losses will get the title shot.)

[barnestormer]

PRIDE AND HONOR FIGHTING
PHF Arena; Diemos, Mars
May 4, 2126

(The points each fighter has accumulated before the bout appears after their name)

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Jazaki (0) def. Marshal Ace (10) by submission due to a choke sleeper.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Baby Faced Assassin (0) def. Adrik Grigorev (10) by KO.

HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

The Panda Animan Ching Ling (0) made a successful debut when he def. Barrek (25) by submission due to a bear hug.

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Wolf Hawfield (10) def. Vos Aurilliae (5) by KO.

WELTERWEIGHT BOUT

"The Machine" Aethan Mercer (35) def. "Tap or Snap" Mike Butler (30) by submission due to a gogoplata.

HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Sherman "Tank" Abrahms (20) def. Gamma Beast (20) by submission due to a guillotine choke.

LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT

The "King of Jive" Bob Charlie (0) def. Fireball Kid (20) by KO.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Sabyr (30) def. "The Regal" Marcus Griffin (45) by submission due to a twisting ankle lock.

PHF HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

Eugeny Petrov (85) def. Pan (40) by TKO to retain the PHF Heavyweight title. Pan will be out of action for 2 cards.

PHF MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

Shogun (200) def. Cosmic Crippler (170) by KO to retain the PHF Middleweight title.

PHF LADIES TITLE BOUT

Khatherine Gracie (65) "Flower Power" Joshi Lynne (20) by submission due to a D'Arce choke to retain the PHF Ladies title.

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Iceman (5) def. Gallos (5) by KO.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Darth Fedor (10) def. Viktor Savelev (120) by KO.

WELTERWEIGHT BOUT

Metalis (5) def. Don Frye (10) by submission due to a rear naked choke.

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Octanus (20) def. Slog (20) by KO.

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PRIDE AND HONOR FIGHTING #17
PHF Arena; Diemos, Mars
May 10, 2126

(Total Attendance: 21, 100)

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Gallos def. Ken Hardonk by TKO. Ken will be out of action for 1 card.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Baby Faced Assassin def. Igor V by KO.

LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT

Little Mac def. "King of Jive" Bob Charlie by KO.

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Iceman def. Akuma by KO.

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Wolf Hawfield def. Slog by TKO. Slog will be out of action for 6 cards.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Darth Fedor def. Kimbal by TKO. Kimbal will be out of action for 5 cards.

WELTERWEIGHT BOUT

Enrique Dolar def. "Tap or Snap" Mike butler by KO.

NON-TITLE LADIES BOUT

PHF Ladies champion Khatherine Gracie def. Kyra Strutter by submission due to a D'Arce choke.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Sir def. "Whole Wheat" Kendall Toste by KO.

PHF HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

Mikey "Methane" Belcher def. Eugeny Petrov by submission due to a heel hook to win the PHF Heavyweight title.

PHF MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

Shogun def. Cosmic Crippler by KO to retain the PHF Middleweight title.

[barnestormer]

I was supposed to run this last Wednesday, but with my crazy work schedule, I've scaled back on the number of fight cards I'm running per week.

PRIDE AND HONOR FIGHTING #18
PHF Arena; Diemos, Mars
May 18, 2126

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Black Hurricane def. Hellfire by submission by way of a head scissors/triangle choke).

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Marshal Ace def. Vos Aurilliae by KO.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Adrik Grigorev def. "El Toro Loco" Carlos Torrez by KO.

LADIES BOUT

Haley "Peanut" Jean def. "Flower Power" Joshi Lynne by KO.

WELTERWEIGHT BOUT

Metalis def. Don Frye by KO.

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

Barnyard Brawler def. Jazaki by KO.

HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

The Panda AniMMAn Ching Ling def. Gamma Beast by KO.

HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Barrek def. Sherman "Tank" Abrahms by KO.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Sabyr def. "The Regal" Marcus Griffin by KO.

WELTERWEIGHT BOUT

"The Machine" Aethan Mercer def. Dorian Marlor by submission by way of a triangle choke.

PHF LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

Fireball Kid def. Ali Rashid by KO to become the new PHF Lightweight champion.

PHF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

Viktor Savelev def. "Irish Shillellagh" Angus McElviegh by KO to become the new PHF Light Heavyweight champion.

[barnestormer]

Due to budgetary constraints, Pride and Honor Fighting was no longer able to hold shows at the GWF's home arena, the Diemos Intergalactic Arena on Mars. The cost of renting the arena went up to 2,441,256 Federates (F) (203,438 seats x 12 Federates per seat rental price). Fortunately, because of the good working relationship that was developed between PHF and the GWF, the GWF offered PHF the use of one of its smaller venues, the Casini Auditorium on Mars, as its new home venue. The seating capacity of this venue is 20,120 and PHF would only have to pay the GWF 8 Federates per seat to hold its weekly shows there, which means that PHF would pay the GWF 160,960 Federates each week for arena rental fees. Ticket prices for each week's card will now be 20 Federates @ person.

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PRIDE AND HONOR FIGHTING #19
Casini Auditorium; Mars (Seating Capacity: 20,120)
May 25, 2126

(Total Attendance: 17,300)

(PRELIMINARY) MIDDLEWEIGHT MATCH

Jr. Leatherface def. Hellfire by submission due to a guillotine choke.

(PRELIMINARY) MIDDLEWEIGHT MATCH

Vos Aurilliae def. Gallos by knock out.

(PRELIMINARY) WELTERWEIGHT MATCH

Manchu Lin def. Don Frye by knock out.

LADIES MATCH

"Flower Power" Joshi Lynne def. Kyra Strutter by knock out.

MIDDLEWEIGHT MATCH

Octanus def. "Fireball" Joe Thomas by submission due to an arm lock.

WELTERWEIGHT MATCH

Dorian Marlor def. Enrique Dolar by knock out.

HEAVYWEIGHT MATCH

Scampi Joe def. Pan by submission due to an arm lock.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT MATCH

Sir def. Sabyr by submission due to a wakigatame.

PHF LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE RE-MATCH

Fireball Kid def. Ali Rashid by knock out to retain the PHF Lightweight title.

PHF WELTERWEIGHT TITLE MATCH

Tyrone Fist def. "The Machine" Aethan Mercer by knock out to retain the PHF Welterweight title.

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Next week's show starts the PHF's fiscal year, so I'll be reporting not only on the results of the card, but I will also be reporting the weekly financial status of PHF. For example, let's take this week's show:

TOTAL FAN ATTENDANCE: 17,300
TICKET PRICE: F 20.00
TOTAL GATE SALES: F 346,000

TOTAL CONCESSIONS AND MERCHANDISE SALES: F 558,876.50
TOTAL REVENUE: F 904,876.50

TOTAL GATE PAY (1/2 of ticket sales paid to the fighters): F 173,000.00
TOTAL CONCESSION AND MERCHANDISE PAY (1/2 of concession and merchandise sales paide to the fighters): F 139,719.13
TOTAL CONCESSION AND MERCHANDISE EXPENSE: F279,438.25
MMA PERMIT EXPENSE (The PHF must pay the UFSP Athletic Commission a fee every time they hold an event): F 100
ARENA RENTAL EXPENSE: F 160,960
TOTAL EXPENSE: F 753,217.38

PROFIT/LOSS: F 151,659.13

Each fighter on this week's card would earn F 15,635.95 for his/her appearance.

[barnestormer]

PRIDE AND HONOR FIGHTING #20
Casini Auditorium; Mars (Seat. Cap. 20,120)
June 1, 2126

(Total Attendance: 18,340)

MIDDLEWEIGHT MATCH

Marshal Ace def. Wolf Hawfield by TKO. Wolf will be out of action for 4 cards.

MIDDLEWEIGHT MATCH

Iceman def. Barnyard Brawler by KO.

WELTERWEIGHT MATCH

Metalis def. "Tap or Snap" Mike Butler by KO.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT MATCH

"The Regal" Marcus Griffin def. "Whole Wheat" Kendall Toste by KO.

PHF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE RE-MATCH

"Irish Shillelagh" Angus McElviegh re-captured the PHF Light Heavyweight title when he def. Viktor Savelev by submission by way of a knee bar.

PHF HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE RE-MATCH

Eugeny Petrov re-captured the PHF Heavyweight title when he def. Mikey "Methane" Belcher by KO.

PHF MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE MATCH

Cosmic Crippler captured the PHF Middleweight title when he def. Shogun by KO.

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TOTAL GATE REVENUE: F 366,800
TOTAL CONCESSION/MERCHANDISE REVENUE: F 587,058.90
TOTAL REVENUE: F 953,858.90

TOTAL GATE PAY: F 183,400
TOTAL CONCESSION/MERCHANDISE PAY: F 146,764.73
TOTAL CONCESSION/MERCHANDISE EXPENSE: F 293,529.45
MMA PERMIT EXPENSE: F 100
ARENA RENTAL EXPENSE: F 160,960
TOTAL EXPENSE: F 784,754.18

PROFIT/LOSS: F 169,104.73

Each fighter on this week's card took home F 23,583.21

[barnestormer]

(A couple of weeks ago, I was doing some MMA research on WikiPedia, and came across the Unified Rules designating weight limits for the nine different weight classes in MMA that was adopted by the Nevada State Athletic Commission: From lowest to highest, this is how they classify each weight class:

WEIGHT DIVISION	UPPER WEIGHT LIMIT (IN LBS.)
Flyweight	125 lbs. and below
Bantamweight	125.1 to135 lbs.
Featherweight	135.1 to 145 lbs.
Lightweight	145.1 to 155 lbs.
Welterweight	155.1 to 170 lbs.
Middleweight	170.1 to 185 lbs.
Light Heavyweight	185.1 to 205 lbs.
Heavyweight	205.1 to 265 lbs.
Super Heavyweight	265.1 and above

I was thinking about using the exact same system for both POW and PHF, but the differences in weights were not consistent. I mean, between the Flyweight and Bantamweight divisions, you have an upper weight limit difference of 10 lbs., same as the differences between bantamweight and featherweight, and featherweight and lightweights. Then between the light and welterweights, the difference increases to 15 lbs. until you get to the differences between middle and light heavyweights, then it goes up to 20 lbs. But then when you get to the differences between light heavyweights and heavyweights, it shoots way up to 65 lbs. That drastically put an uncontrollable number of fighters in both of my feds in the heavyweight division, so for PHF, I've decided to restructure the five weight classes for the male fighters (Lightweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight) where the difference between the upper weight limits is only 30 lbs. Because of this re-structuring, there were only two fighters that were left from the old lower weight classes (middleweight, welterweight, an lightweight) in the re-structured Welterweight division, Fireball Kid and Little Mac, so until I get some more fighters that fall under the re-structured weight classes below, they'll be fighting without any penalties in the Middleweight division. These are the new weight limits for PHF:

WEIGHT DIVISION	UPPER WEIGHT LIMIT (IN LBS.)
Lightweight	155 lbs. and below
Welterweight	156-185 lbs.
Middleweight	186-215 lbs.
Light Heavyweight	216-245 lbs.
Heavyweight	246 lbs. and above
Ladies	(Open Weight Class)

Because of the re-structuring of the weight classes, "The Irish Shillelagh" Angus McElviegh is no longer the PHF Light Heavyweight champion, as he has move up in class to the Heavyweight division. The new PHF Light Heavyweight champion is former Middleweight champion, Cosmic Crippler, who will still defend the title against former Middleweight champion Shogun in a re-match from last week. Because Tyrone Fist moved up in weight class to the Heavyweight division, the new PHF Middleweight champion is former Lightweight champion Fireball Kid. Hopefully that clears everything up. Now, on to the results!)

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PRIDE AND HONOR FIGHTING #21
Casini Auditorium; Mars (Seat. Cap.: 20,120)
June 8, 2126

(TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 19,440)

HEAVYWEIGHT MATCH

The Klingon MMA fighter M'Por got a KO victory in his debut match against Mikey "Methane" Belcher.

HEAVYWEIGHT MATCH

Igor V def. "El Toro Loco" Carlos Torrez by KO.

MIDDLEWEIGHT MATCH

UFO def. Little Mac by TKO. Little Mac will be out of action for 6 cards.

LADIES MATCH

Sanctuari def. Haley "Peanut" Jean by KO.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT MATCH

"Black Tiger" Hiro Chan Lee def. Akuma by submission due to a fist thrust to the throat. (Somehow, that didn't seem right, but "darkrider" had it appear in bold on the MMA thread I got it from on the Friends of Filsinger Games board when I was looking for MMA characters, so I had to go with it when I made the card version of the character.)

MIDDLEWEIGHT MATCH

Heinrich von Maur made a successful debut when he def. Jazaki by KO.

MIDDLEWEIGHT MATCH

Slog def. Ali Rashid by KO.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT MATCH

Black Hurricane def. Ken Hardonk by TKO. Ken will be out of action for 1 card.

HEAVYWEIGHT MATCH

Gamma Beast def. Barrek by KO.

HEAVYWEIGHT MATCH

Darth Fedor def. Justin "Spider" Webber by TKO. Justin will be out of action for 2 cards.

HEAVYWEIGHT MATCH

Sherman "Tank" Abrahms def. Ching Ling by KO.

PHF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RE-MATCH

With both fighters moving up in weight class to the light heavyweight division and a middleweight title re-match was already scheduled between them for this week, the PHF championship committee decided that the middleweight title re-match will now be a re-match for the light heavyweight title, with the same stipulation that Shogun must re-capture the title or his current earned points would be re-set to 0. Knowing that if he lost that it would be a long climb back up the rankings ladder, Shogun def. Cosmic Crippler by TKO to become the PHF Light Heavyweight champion. Cosmic Crippler will be out of action for 4 cards.

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Total Gate Revenue: 388,800 Federates
Concessions and Merchandise Revenue: 693,232 Federates
Total Revenue: 1,082,032 Federates
Talent Gate Pay: 194,400 Federates
Concession/Merchandise Pay: 173,308 Federates
Concession/Merchandise Expense: 346,616 Federates
MMA Permit Expense: 100 Federates
Arena Rental Expense: 161,680 Federates
Total Expense: 876,104 Federates
PROFIT/LOSS205,928 Federates[/b]

Each Fighter took home 15,321.17 Federates

[LWPD]

Jun 9, 2011 19:33:39 GMT -5 barnestormer said:

(A couple of weeks ago, I was doing some MMA research on WikiPedia, and came across the Unified Rules designating weight limits for the nine different weight classes in MMA that was adopted by the Nevada State Athletic Commission: From lowest to highest, this is how they classify each weight class:

WEIGHT DIVISION	UPPER WEIGHT LIMIT (IN LBS.)
Flyweight	125 lbs. and below
Bantamweight	125.1 to135 lbs.
Featherweight	135.1 to 145 lbs.
Lightweight	145.1 to 155 lbs.
Welterweight	155.1 to 170 lbs.
Middleweight	170.1 to 185 lbs.
Light Heavyweight	185.1 to 205 lbs.
Heavyweight	205.1 to 265 lbs.
Super Heavyweight	265.1 and above

I think customizing the weight classes is fine. The unified rules above are just a snapshot result of the NJSAC version of what is fair. In reality, it doesn't prevent guys from playing the rules to their advantage with water weight cutting schemes. Historically, Vale Tudo (from which UFC was derived) purposely featured fights with size disparity. Legends like Rei Zulu and Ivan Gomes were promoted as men with unique styles as opposed to champions of a certain weight. Originally UFC adopted the same marketing technique. Rorion Gracie pushed the visual of 'big man vs small man' to sell his family's brand of jiu jitsu as living proof of technique overcoming size/strength handicaps. Every fight was open weight.

The carnival vibe was slowly lost in the U.S. as sanctioning through athletic commissions became a goal. For a game like this you need flexibility, along with some form of mechanic that measures the effect of attempted weight cuts and a modifier when the cut goes bad.