Retired Fighters: BJ Powers (4-7,TGT) Leila Garrett (10-8,PL) -BJ and Leila would go on to create a pipeline of coaching and opportunities after retirement (Both fun fighters and I'll be taking a break from epilogue writing)
Retired Fighters: Charlie Collins|Style:MMA|Record:0-6 -After failing to pick up a win under the mentoring of Ket, Charlie, dreams broken, went back to her office day job. (1 of 2 fighters of mine that have retired without a win)
Retired Fighters: Ray Ward|Style:RnG|Record:3-10 -After making an early retirement from fighting, Ray began working as an advisor and accountant for Slam! under the tutelage of Slater and Simone Carroll. (I really just dropped the ball on him)
Retired Fighters: Jori Hughes(9-14,AA), Olive "Ket" Severn(21-33,MMA), Kathy Newman(3-5,PB), Rip Cullum(4-8) -With MR3 getting back into the swing of things, the winter weather posed issues to keeping to gym running. Things go so bad that it became evident that money would be tight forcing prospects such as Kathy and Rip to step away from the sport. Jori and Olive launched a plan to save the gym by operating out of temporary camps while providing seminars and have become part of MR3 management
Retired Fighters: Brock "The Moose" Glover|Style:CS/RK|Record:22-19|-After winning 7 of his last 8 fights, "The Moose" simply ran out of gas. He now trains his own school of boxers while competing in bare knuckle brawling to keep his reflexes sharp. (I focused on one skill and he turned into my 3rd best fighter. Wow)
Retired Fighters: Alaina Elliott|Style:8pts/AB|Record:16-25|-taking a break from fighting, Alaina decided to go "all in" on professional poker. She's won some local tournaments, but her poker winnings are nowhere close to her fighting earnings yet. (She was fun, even if she wasn't good until the end)
Retired Fighters: Elvis Mehman|Style:PyP/SiO|Record:18-21|-after going on a winning streak, an undiagnosed heart condition forced Elvis to call it quits early. He now teaches high school science. (I still haven't found my grove again, more wasted potential)
Retired Fighters: "Kovacs" Cade Harris|Style:DB/I|Record:16-17|- Striker turned grappler turned back to striker, Cade disappeared and was not heard from for a long time, outside of sparse reports that he had left the country. (A good win streak and a fun fighter although it didn't go great)
Retired Fighters: Naomi Thompson|Style:PB/WHF|Record:19-17|-went back to teaching Karate and TKD, but also joined a bare knuckle fight league where she has been doing well. (My latest best fighter, but I still feel I can do better)
Retired Fighters: Stu Curtis|Style:C&S/SB|Record:17-23| Barry Blair |Style:GP/SB|Record:15-19 -proteges of former gym members, both Barry and Stu went on to coach. Stu went on to coach high school swimming. Barry went on to coach wrestling in Mexico alongside his teacher Erika. Both guys are moonlighting as prospective managers to takeover the MR3 Gym. (Good fighters, knocking off some rust)
Retired Fighters: Aria Kelly | Age:36 |YP:10| Style: PG/SiO/SF| Record: 11-21 |-After a few wins to towards the end of her career, AK decided to go back to her roots and work as a recruiter for the military. (nothing really, but I couldn't get her power to work for me)
hey Mr Mr, you got problems viewing your stats? The Stat Style List underneath your fighters list (left hand side) is blank, you gotta change it back to what u used :)
Retired Fighters: Bruce "The Axe" Spencer| Age:30 |YP:9| Style: CS| Record: 13-21 |-Along with his buddy Buzz, Bruce also looked for office work. He settled for work at a consulting firm, but him and Buzz like to live it up on the weekends as mountain men in their free time. (I thought he was doing better but he's one of my worst fighters *shrug* still fun)
Retired Fighters: Buzz "The Buzzsaw" Cole | Age:27 |YP:9| Style: RK | Record: 14-18 |-Tired of fighting, Buzz now grinds it at his new office job in the hopes of carving out a normal life for himself and his kids. (Started pretty rough, but this game is all about finding that one style that does it)
Retired Fighters: Aria Sanders | Age:34 |YP:9| Style: PtP,AA | Record: 14-16 |-An early recruit to the MR3 gym, Aria was never all that invested, but she was very much a conditioning buff. She is currently training as a CrossFit coach. (Didn't have much hope for her but close to .500 isn't bad)
Retired Fighters: Jo "Jojo" White | Age:28 | Style: AA,SS | Record: 14-13 | -After getting to over .500, Jojo decided to call it a career and save her body.She now splits her time as a trainer, a hobby runner, and a fine arts student studying dance. (She was just getting good! It's harder to write these when I can't see the stats post-career)
Retired Fighters: Abigail Armstrong | Age:37 | Style: PG,DB | Record: 11-12 | -After a good stint in the lower leagues, Abigail never found her stride in the IFC. After retiring, she disappeared and no one knows where she went. Maybe Patrick "Full Camp" Fuller knows. (Good fighter gone awry, just like Patrick)
Retired Fighters: Patrick Fuller | Age:37 | Style: I,PL | Record: 8-14 | -Patrick found his inner peace in the gym. With the help of Travanis, he's transitioning to becoming a full time judo coach, but Troy is trying to pull him into modeling. Patrick will have choices for what do post-fight career.
Retired Fighters: "Angel" Evandro Barros|Style:LL|Record:1-4 -The final member of the Gen 3 team decided to step down to assume an executive role at the gym.
With the help of him, retired owners Travanis and Jane, newly successful model Troy, "Slam! Energy and Apparel" Owners Slater and Simone, and reenergized pipelines of fighters from Mexico, Brazil, Canada, the Mid/South-West US, and all over the world, MR3 World Gym was ready for a grand reopening.
Retired Fighters: Natia McDougal(15-22,FS), Sage Caldwell(12-11,FS), Shelton Dunn(0-0), Jack Mack(9-14,WHF), Ann Haynes(12-16,PG), Kate Best(0-0), Ella Edwards(12-12,MMA), Mark Harris(12-13,PyP/CS), Angelique Lindsey(0-0), Gemma Flowers(3-9,AB) -With the general fighter mood lowers due to underperformance, MRMR Gym was struggling, when tragedy hit. One of the coaches ended up catching a contagious virus and an outbreak at the gym forced the doors closed. It's been quiet since...
Retired Fighters: Hunter Perry|Style:8Pts/PL|Record:16-19| Diambu Olanrewaju |Style:I|Record:14-12 -Sensing that they had reached their ceiling in fighting, Both Diambu and Hunter decided to switch careers. Hunter followed in the footsteps of her idol and partner Erika and pursued a criminal justice career. Diambu, tired of fighting, now teaches History and rarely talks about his mma career. Both are happy. (Oh boy just wait...)
Retired Fighters: Devin King|Age:31| Style:PG/I|Record:12-17| -After a decade of fighting, King called it quits. He continues to teach seminars on Jiu Jitsu but also took a liking to marathons after being introduced to Jane Lewis via Travanis. He has found average success, but continues to push on. (Cool name, funny hair)
Retired Fighters: Floyd Lucas|Age:27| Style:LL/SS|Record:13-12| -Son of retired fighter Hugh, Floyd achieved his goal of outranking his father and retired. Floyd returned to Brazil to relax and took up posting instagram photography as a hobby. (The story of Floyd who took up LL and SS because of his dad Hugh wrote itself)
Retired Fighters: Erika "America" Dominguez|Age:40| Style:GP/SB|Record:19-11| =While a late career didn't afford her a run in the EFC, the talented Erika moved back to Mexico to coach and train at her old stomping grounds Los Caudillos MMA. She splits her time there and at the Police Academy in a desire to quell Mexican crime rate. (I really wanted to use her in the EFC. AHHHHH, my best fighter so far)
Retired Fighters: Amelia "Wasteland" Hill|Age:33|Style:WS/GP|Record:26-40|-After relegating herself to "gatekeeper" because of a tough career start, "Wasteland" was able to find brief success in the EFC. With this newfound confidence, Amelia began work as a life coach, splitting her time between personal training and counseling. Her company slogan is: "You have to be willing to go to the Wasteland if you want to make a change". (I have no idea what happen, she just got good)
Retired Fighters: Adaline Hughes|Age:33|LP/DB|Desiring to climb the ranks as high as possible, Adaline came to the conclusion that her ceiling had been met. She's now a financial benefactor and cornerman of wrestling rival Sage Caldwell. (Good power and wanted to do more)
Retired Fighters: Mick MacNeil | Age: 26 | CS | Unable to recover from a string of early losses, Mick decided to retire from MMA early and preserve his body. Unable to get away from the sport, Mack decided to study to become an MMA ref. (Broke my 0-10 rule and he won his 12th fight, hence the nickname, tough luck)
Retired Fighters: Slater Carroll Age: 35 21-25 CD,FS | Simone "11" Lambert Age:36 31-33 SiO,8Pts -While Slater went back to school to finish his degree in engineering, Simone pursued a career in acting. The two would reunite months later in a business venture to set up the "Slam!" clothing line and MMA gym, and both continue to pursue business opportunities (Up to now, my two best fighters, Slater was 9-2 at one point and Simone had a win streak in the EFC)
Retired Fighters: Troy Hayden | Age:33 | Style: RK,I | Record: 16-17 | -after a shoulder injury forced him to step away mma, Troy took a stab at modeling. Troy now works as a fight magazine model with the aspiration of becoming a full male model (A really fun fighter to use and a surprise retirement, he will be missed)
Retired Fighters: Roy Rodgers| Age: 42| Style: AA,CS| Record:19-44 -after a mostly down career, Roy went on to write a book about the dark side of MMA. It was a cult hit (probably my worst fighter since Cael, but it was the beginning of my move from wrestlers to boxers)
Retired Fighters: Rory "Little Tiger" Walton
Age: 41
Style: TGT & SF
Record: 24-30
-after a long stay in the MMA, Rory is now a color commentator/analyst and a surfing enthusiast along with fellow fighter/friend Marco "Big Dragon" Meira
(a favorite fighter of mine who was always solid and got my first EFC win)
Retired Fighters: Micky Carpenter 13-23 GP/C&S -after a promising MMA start, two acl injuries would cause Micky to retire early, but he continues to corner and spar with his gym partner Slater (I had high hopes for him, but in a surprise to me, it didn't work out)
Retired Fighters: Hugh Lucas 23-27 SS/TT -a true MMA journeyman, Hugh ended up moving to Brazil where he continued to study Capoeira and enjoy retirement as an eternal vacationer. (my first champion who also taught me about inactivity, the sway and slay style is my favorite thus far)
Retired Fighters: Maria Fernanda Biurrarena 23-33 AB/PtP -the other of two training partners alonside Gat, Maria splits her time between coaching at Gat's newly named Los Caudillos MMA, being movie stunt director, and completing her BSA in Space Physics. (a very fun fighter who went through some droughts, but overall, I was happy with her)
Retired Fighters: Jane Lewis 21-26 PL/PtP -Taekwondo black belt and IFC main stay, Jane Lewis had options. After finding no joy in teaching TKD, she decided to try ultramarathons and loved it. She's still trying to convince her partner Travanis to join her. (my 2nd fighter and accidental all-around build was fun, and she retired after going 3-0)
Retired Fighters: Jake Frazier 15-21 DB/PG -protege of Cael "Grind" Barber, Jake Frazier similarly returned to his alma mater to coach wrestling, but different from Cael, he also makes youtube videos on effective dirty boxing techniques. (Grind II retires in a much better spot than Grind I)
Nice camp! I liked reading the retirement stories of your fighters. Feel free to challenge Gin and Chronic, Blue Ribbon Winners, or Atlanta Submission Fighting anytime!
Retired Fighters: Paulina Segura 11-14 PyP/I -one of the two training partners alongside Annely, Paulina went on to become a technical wrestling coach at Gat's wrestling gym. (could never really get her to work, so her early retirement doesn't surprise me)
Retired Fighters: Annely Gat 20-21 SB/SIO -after an 0-6 run in the EFC, the power brawler returned to Inchickta as a female executive rep. She now splits her time between Inchickta HQ and the female focused wrestling gym she founded in Mexico. (the fighter I had a ton of confidence in after doing well in the LFC, she never won a championship and her record doesn't do her justice, but an 8 fight win streak and my first 1st round win was fun)
Retired Fighters: Travanis McCoy: 15-19 I/PL -after a brief stint travelling the world coaching judo, McCoy decided to wind down and marry his sparring partner Jane Lewis. He now coaches in her corner.
(my first and most successful fighter thus far after starting out really slow, 9 fight win stream/4 UNO title defenses, and a brief EFC appearance )
thanks Matty Perry. I actually wrote the description before I knew the "Alumni" were saved, because I didn't want to cut and forget him. I hope I'm able to give everyone good epilogues.
Retired Fighters:
Cael Barber: 0-11 PG/SB
-went on to coach high-school wrestling, where his bjj skill helped his team go to the district championships
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