Ring of Warriors: The Premier Fighting Organization

Keep in mind, I devised this about a year ago and is purely fantasy. But i'd like to share my idea of what would and could possibly be the greatest mix of sport and spectacle in MMA today....

Envision an organization with the pageantry of the Olympics and a tournament format similar to Bellator, but on a much grander and appropriate scale. Elaborate entrance ramps, lighting, and national pride. Tournaments in each of the eight weight classes would usher in the new organization in hopes of finding a new star, or rekindling an older one. To qualify, one must be unproven, underappreciated, or unknown.

Tournaments all consist of 16 participants, reserves only utilized when necessary. Each opening round will commence under its own separate card. As the tournaments dwindle down, class tournaments will then be combined to make steadily stacked cards. For example: HW, CW, MW, and WW all have their opening rounds on their own eight fight bill. As it advances, the HW/CW quarters and MW/WW quarters will have their own respective cards, and will eventually combine all four for their semis. The same works out for the rest of the weightclasses.

Participants can range from prospects, veterans, pro wrestlers, sumo rikishis, Olympians, and champions of other combat sports.
Co-promotion is expected as are various fighters either moving up or down in weight.

After finals are determined, all championship bouts will occur on a massive 15 fight card that takes place within a soccer stadium.

Ruleset: Pride rules with the inclusion of elbows. Two ten minute rounds. Two judges will score the bout, if the verdict is split, the referee will then make his decision. If it is still ruled a draw, the fight will then enter a sudden death period consisting of five minutes. Fights will occur in an octaring, ala Pride's the BEST, turnbuckles similar to what Sengoku used.

Tournament Outlook:

Ring of Warriors I: Heavyweights (Saitama Super Arena)

Jerome Le Banner vs Asashoryu
Guram Gugenishvili vs Maro Perak
Satoshi Ishii vs Levan Razmadze
Liu Deli vs Mijain Lopez
Jared Rosholt vs Yusuke Kawaguchi
Shamil Abdurahimov vs David Oliva
Sokoudjou vs Stav Economou
Todd Duffee vs Vitaly Minakov

Ring of Warriors II: Cruiserweights (Ariake Colosseum)

Ricardo Arona vs Steve Bosse
Yoshiyuki Nakanishi vs Gilbert Yvel
Jimi Manuwa vs Mathias Schuck
Xande Ribiero vs Yoel Romero Palacio
Robert Drysdale vs Raphael Davis
Jan Blachowicz vs Tony Lopez
Cristiano Kamanishi vs Hae Joon Yang
Hans Stringer vs Emanuel Newton

Ring of Warriors III: Middleweights (Yokohama Arena)

Mamed Khalidov vs Mario Miranda
Jorge Santiago vs Dave Branch
Denis Kang vs Tim Williams
Ryuta Sakurai vs Claudio Enrique da Silva
Ralek Gracie vs Frank Trigg
Nobutatsu Suzuki vs Magomed Sultanakhmedov
John Phillips vs Rumen Dimitrov
Jake Rosholt vs Danilo Villefort

Ring of Warriors IV: Welterweights (Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium)

K-Taro Nakamura vs Shamil Zavurov
Dhiego Lima vs Alberto Mina
Yuya Shirai vs Gunnar Nelson
Taisuke Okuno vs Andrews Nakahara
Yuri Villefort vs Robert Whittaker
Xavier Lucas vs Hernani Perpetuo
John Howard vs Jordan Smith
Assan Njie vs Rosen Dimitrov

Ring of Warriors V: Lightweight (Nippon Budokan)

Mizuto Hirota vs Tyrone Glover
Ronys Torres vs Joseph Duffy
Antonio McKee vs Abdul Mohamed
ISAO Kobayashi vs Luciano Azevedo
Yasuaki Kishimoto vs Luiz Azeredo
Luiz Firmino vs Mairbek Taisumov
Takasuke Kume vs Joe Ellenberger
Alexander Sarnavskiy vs Maciej Jewtuszko

Ring of Warriors VI: Featherweight (Yoyogi National Gymnasium)

Yuji Hoshino vs Freddy Assuncao
Doo Ho Choi vs Dokonjonosuke Mishima
Remigijus Morkevicius vs Chris Horodecki
Masanori Kanehara vs Taiki Tsuchiya
Won Sik Park vs Isaac De Jesus
Renato Carneiro vs Martin Buschkamp
L.C. Davis vs Tyler Toner
Devidas Taurosevicius vs Jimmie Rivera

Ring of Warriors VII: Bantamweight (Ryogoku Kokugikan)

Rumina Sato vs Jens Pulver
Masakatsu Ueda vs Motonobu Tezuka
Kyoji Horiguchi vs Sidemar Honorio
Shintaro Ishiwatari vs Seiya Kawahara
Koetsu Okazaki vs Takafumi Otsuka
Hiromasa Ogikubo vs Yusaku Nakamura
Shunichi Shimizu vs Pedro Nobre
Taiyo Nakahara vs Honggang Yao

Ring of Warriors VIII: Flyweights (Tokyo Dome Hall)

Vic Darchinyan vs Haruo Ochi
B.J. Kojima vs Kentaro Watanabe
Rambaa Somdet vs Dileno Lopes
Yuki Shojo vs Mikihito Yamagami
Noboru Tahara vs Henry Cejudo
Kiyotaka Shimizu vs Junji Ito
Mitsuhisa Sunabe vs Fumihiro Kitahara
Manabu Inoue vs Junya Kudo
Junji Ikoma vs Alexandre Pantoja

Ring of Warriors IX: HW & CW GP Quarterfinals (Saitama Super Arena)
Ring of Warriors X: MW & WW GP Quarterfinals (Nippon Gaishi Hall)
Ring of Warriors XI: LW & FW GP Quarterfinals (Fukuoka Marine Messe)
Ring of Warriors XII: BW & FLY GP Quarterfinals (Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium)
Ring of Warriors XIII: HW/CW/MW/WW Semifinals (Yokohama Arena)
Ring of Warriors XIV: LW/FW/BW/FLY Semifinals (Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium)

Ring of Warriors XV: Grand Championship (Toyota Stadium)

Heavyweight Championship: Satoshi Ishii x Jared Rosholt
Asashoryu x Aleksander Emelianenko
Lightweight Championship: Mizuto Hirota x Ronys Torres
Bantamweight Championship: Kyoji Horiguchi x Masakatsu Ueda
Flyweight Championship: B.J. Kojima x Manabu Inoue
Featherweight Championship: Yuji Hoshino x Doo Ho Choi
Cruiserweight Championship: Jimi Manuwa x Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
Middleweight Championship: Jake Rosholt x Magomed Sultanakhmedov
Welterweight Championship: Dhiego Lima x Yuri Villefort
Dokonjonosuke Mishima x Remy Morkevicius
Gilbert Yvel x Yoel Romero Palacio
Taisuke Okuno x Jordan Smith
Nobutatsu Suzuki x John Phillips
Rambaa Somdet x Alexander Pantoja
Yasuaki Kishimoto x Koji Oishi

Ring of Warriors XVI (World Memorial Hall in Kobe, JP)

Megumi Fuji vs Yuka Tsuji
Pawel Nastula vs Alexander Lungu
Daniel Acacio vs Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Damian Grabowski vs Chris Barnett
Young Choi vs B.J. Lacy
Peter Graham vs Mike Martelle
Justin Wren vs Soa Palelei
Kajan Johnson vs Krazy Horse Bennett
Mackens Sermerzier vs Tomonari Kanomata
John Salter vs Ildemar Alcantara
Peter Sobotta vs Adam McDonough

Ring of Warriors XVII (First Council Casino in OK, USA):

Todd Duffee x Tyler East
Rhadi Ferguson x Ricardo Romero
Joe Ellenberger x Adam Lynn
Tim Williams x Josh Bryant
L.C. Davis x Ryan Schultz
Jimmie Rivera x Manny Tapia
Jack Marshman x Lucio Linhares
Isaac de Jesus x Tyler Toner
Waachiim Spiritwolf x Jacob McClintock
Hector Sandoval x Czar Sklavos

Ring of Warriors XVIII (Ginasio Milton Olaio Filho in Sao Paulo):

© Yuri Villefort x Dan Hornbuckle
Andre Galvao x Braulio Estima
Alexander Pantoja x Jose Maria Tome
Danillo Villefort x Antonio Braga Neto
Geronimo dos Santos x Jair Goncalves
Fabricio de Assis Costa da Silva x Jhon Teixeira da Conceicao
Rodolfo Marques Diniz x Emanuel Fernandez
Renato Carneiro x Alexandre Pimentel
Alberto Mina x Hernani Perpetuo
Pedro Nobre x Ralph Lauren
Fernando di Pierro x Francimar Barroso

Ring of Warriors XIX (Augusta Civic Center in ME, USA):

© Jake Rosholt x Tom Watson
Henry Cejudo x Jessie Riggleman
Thales Leites x Michal Materla
Cole Escovedo x Nick Mamalis
Peter Graham x Justin Wren
Emmanuel Newton x Roy Boughton
Chris Barnett x Nick Gaston
Jordan Rinaldi x Clay French
Mark Godbeer x DJ Linderman
John Salter x Jesse Forbes
Nick Agallar x Alvin Robinson

Ring of Warriors XX (DSC Indoor Arena in Abu Dhabi):

© Jared Rosholt x Semmy Schilt/Sergei Kharitonov
Robert Drysdale x Xande Ribeiro
Shamil Abdurahimov x Vinny Magalhaes
Marcelo Garcia x Leonardo Santos
Kron Gracie x Jutaro Nakao
Guram Gugenishvili x Gerald Turek
Magomed Sultanakhmedov x Dongi Yang
Gunnar Nelson x Yan Cabral
Alexander Sarnavskiy x Joseph Duffy
Mathias Schuck x Cristiano Kamanishi
Martin Buschkamp x Freddy Assuncao

Ring of Warriors XXI (Nippon Gaishi Hall):

© Mizuto Hirota x Jadamba Narantungalog
Satoshi Ishii x Yoel Romero Palacio
Dokonjonosuke Mishima x Yuji Hoshino
Manabu Inoue x Yuki Yasunaga
Takafumi Otsuka x Seiji Akao
Akitoshi Tamura x Kenji Osawa
Akihiro Maruyama x Steve Carl
Yuki Shojo x Atsushi Takeuchi
Takasuke Kume x Kazuki Tokudome
Hadairo x Daichi Fujiwara
Ante Delija x Chris Birchler

Ring of Warriors XXII (Ginasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia):

Ricardo Arona x King Mo
Ronys Torres x Luiz Firmino
Dhiego Lima x Amilcar Alves
Mario Miranda x Claudio Enrique da Silva
Willamy Chiquerim x Luciano Azevedo
Marcio Cruz x Guilherme Siva dos Anjos
Dileno Lopes x Michael William Costa
Young Choi x Carlos Eduardo
Richardson Moreira x Eugene Fadiora
Marcos Alexandre Campos de Almeida x Gilberto Trajano
Leandro Higo x Rafael Silva

Ring of Warriors XXIII (Sajik Arena in Busan, SK):

© Doo Ho Choi x Kazuyuki Miyata
© Jimi Manuwa x Melvin Manhoef
Denis Kang x Valentino Petrescu
Michihiro Omigawa x Won Sik Park
Myung Ho Bae x Jung Hwan Cha
A Sol Kwon x Yui Chul Nam
Hae Jun Yang x Jae Young Kim
Un Sik Song x Doo Won Seo
Soo Chul Kim x Kyung Ho Kang
Eun Soo Lee x Sang Soo Lee
Seok Mo Kim x Hyun Gyu Lim

Ring of Warriors XXIV (Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium):

© Kyoji Horiguchi x Wilson Reis
K-Taro Nakamura x Yuya Shirai
Hiroshi Izumi x Hans Stringer
Shintaro Ishiwatari x Tatsumitsu Wada
Kiyotaka Shimizu x Phil Harris
Akiyo Nishiura x Masayuki Okude
Yasuaki Kishimoto x Koji Ando
David Oliva x Ron Sparks
Naho Sugiyama x Michelle Waterson
Diego Gonzalez x James Edson Berto
TAISHO x Vitali Krat
Adam Parkes x Anthony Hamilton

Ring of Warriors XXV (Yokohama Arena):

© B.J. Kojima x Tomohiro Matsunaga
ISAO Kobayashi x Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Masanori Kanehara x Remy Morkevicius
Taisuke Okuno x Eiji Ishikawa
Mitsuhisa Sunabe x Akira Kibe
SHOJI Maruyama x Jon Shores
Shunichi Shimizu x Bendy Casimir
Jason Jones x Martin Desilets
Ruan Potts x Karol Bedorf
Mats Nilsson x Alex Makhonin
Lyubo Simeonov x Esteves Jones

Ring of Warriors XXVI: Openweight Grand Prix Round of 16 (Nippon Budokan):

Hiroshi Tanahashi x Kiyoshi Tamura
Kazuhiro Nakamura x Liu Deli
Ralek Gracie x Harry Smith
Sanae Kikuta x James Thompson
Bobby Lashley x Shinichi Suzukawa
Nobutatsu Suzuki x Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
Pawel Nastula x Anthony Johnson
Asashoryu x KEI Yamamiya
Reserve: Katsuyori Shibata x Akihito Tanaka
Rin Nakai x Erin Toughill

Ring of Warriors XXVIII: Openweight Grand Prix Final Round (Tokyo Dome):

Openweight Grand Prix QF/SF/Championship

Superfights:
Miku Matsumoto x Felice Herrig
Satoshi Ishii x Ricardo Arona
Haruo Ochi x Sergio Pettis
Hideo Tokoro x Daisuke Nakamura
Jienotsu Nagashima x Keinosuke Yoshinaga
KEI Yamamiya x Akihito Tanaka

Impressive, so many great matchups.

Flyweight GP is stacked, w/ Lion Takeshi, Takaya and Miyata the Featherweight gp would be perfect

I could probably add Takaya and Lion to the field now, since at the time I created this DREAM was still in business.

I'd still like to keep Miyata or Takaya out for an automatic title shot on one of the championship cards.

Awesome concept.

Here's an updated version of my original idea I worked on over the weekend. I'm using mostly guys from overseas and domestic talent that isn't in any of the major organizations (Strikeforce, UFC, Bellator, etc):

Ring of Warriors XXVIII @ Galen Center in Los Angeles

Ruan Potts x Chaban Ka
Tyler East x Igor Kostin
Justin Wren x Daniel Omielanczuk
Richard Odoms x Smealinho Rama
Tony Johnson Jr. x Ante Delija
Nick Gaston x Jan Jorgensen
Lyubo Simeonov x Ajlin Ahmic
Raphael Butler x Orlando Sanchez

Ring of Warriors XXIX @ Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY

Paulo Filho x Egidijus Valavicius
Robert Drysdale x Atanas Djambazov
Sokoudjou x Emil Zahariev
Hiroshi Izumi x Francimar Barroso
Brandon Ropati x Jorge Gonzales
Hans Stringer x Akihito Tanaka
Jason Jones x Yuki Niimura
Carlos Eduardo x Anthony Taylor

Ring of Warriors XXX @ American Bank Center in Corpus Christi

Antonio Braga Neto x Vaughn Anderson
Tim Williams x Johnny Cisneros
John Phillips x Sean Strickland
Michal Materla x Ben Reiter
Jack Marshman x Tomasz Drwal
Adam Khaliev x John Michael Sheil
Eugene Fadiora x Bojan Velickovic
Mats Nilsson x Jeremy Smith

Ring of Warriors XXXI @ Sovereign Center Arena in Reading,PA

Dhiego Lima x Michel Richard dos Prazeres
Aslambek Saidov x Alan Johnston
Yan Cabral x Matus Laincz
Hernani Perpetuo x Adam McDonough
Takenori Sato x Piotr Hallmann
Santiago Ponzinibbio x Sergei Churilov
Brian Melancon x Yuta Watanabe
Tom Breese x Masayuki Hamagishi

Ring of Warriors XXXII @ Stockton Arena in Stockton, CA

Tyson Griffin x Fabricio da Silva
Willamy Chiquerim x Ivan Buchinger
Joe Ellenberger x Doo Won Seo
Takasuke Kume x Kajan Johnson
Leonardo Santos x Keinosuke Yoshinaga
Musa Khamanaev x Juha-Pekka Vainkainen
Kamal Shalorus x Gabriel Benitez
Vitali Krat x Lipeng Zhang

Ring of Warriors XXXIII @ Tucson Arena in Tucson

Remigijus Morkevicius x Brandon Bender
Mackens Semerzier x Chris Gruetzemacher
Renato Carneiro x Gleristone Santos
Jordan Rinaldi x Mark Streigl
Jon Shores x Chris Manuel
SHOJI Maruyama x Joe Taimanglo
Fransino Tirta x Alan Omer
Guan Wang x Conor McGregor

Ring of Warriors XXXIV @ Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston

Aljamain Sterling x David Aranda
Hideo Tokoro x Agustin Delarmino
Jimmie Rivera x Sirwan Kakai
Rodolfo Marques x Josh Hill
Tuerxun Jumabieke x Russell Doane
Nam Jin Jo x Toshihiro Shimizu
Pedro Nobre x Stephane Pelletier
Tatsumitsu Wada x Rafael Silva

Ring of Warriors XXXV @ Ocean Center in Daytona Beach

Alexandre Pantoja x Aaron Ely
Sergio Pettis x Takeshi Kasugai
Dustin Ortiz x Yuki Yasunaga
Dileno Lopes x Tadaaki Yamamoto
Hector Sandoval x Kris Edwards
Giorgio Andrews x Ali Bagautinov
Allamurad Karayev x Danny Martinez
Roy Docyogen x Atsushi Takeuchi

This is the way the sport ought to be.

Was just fucking around earlier and devised a second Super Hulk Tournament and just though I should share it...

Son of Super Hulk Tournament: Round One (Differ Ariake Arena)

Minowaman x Soa Palelei (Super Hulk x The Hulk)
James Thompson x Neil Grove
Bob Sapp x Zuluzinho
Alexander Lungu x Tadas Rimkevicius
Darrill Schoonover x Jason David Frank
Gan McGee x Jan Nortje
Scott Barrett x Jimmy Ambriz
Imani Lee x Chang Hee Kim

wekka wrote:Was just fucking around earlier and devised a second Super Hulk Tournament and just though I should share it...

Son of Super Hulk Tournament: Round One (Differ Ariake Arena)

Minowaman x Soa Palelei (Super Hulk x The Hulk)
James Thompson x Neil Grove
Bob Sapp x Zuluzinho
Alexander Lungu x Tadas Rimkevicius
Darrill Schoonover x Jason David Frank
Gan McGee x Jan Nortje
Scott Barrett x Jimmy Ambriz
Imani Lee x Chang Hee Kim

Thats not fair no one can beat that guy once he morphs......

Morphin' Belt is not allowed for it is a foreign object.

Post Morph Dragon Mask is allowed though, but even then, I don't know if that would be enough to withstand the barrage of a Tittyzord.