When Pete Dilorenzo was running around in that leather trench coat, Rob Font had a Jerry Curl, and Tapout was still cool.... Reigonal events would occur outside fairly often. Cards would be divided in to Ammy prelims, and pros on the main card. Occasionally you'd get a stick fight during the intermission. With everything at a stand still, are there any promoters exploring these alternate options? I can't help but to notice fighters chomping at the bit to get back in there. It just seems promoters are worried about a financial loss by going the streaming route. So I figured I'd just blast out some alternatives. Amateur prelims: It probably wouldn't hurt to not have to pay half the fighters on the card. Actually getting people to stream the event: In loo of ticket sales just credit the fighter when you buy the stream. The fighter will get their percentage still and it's guarneteed eyes on the show if you allow people to pay in advance. Ask gyms to help: No one wants to do anything for free, but I'm sure there's a gym with 4-5 guys looking to fight and secure a paycheck. I can't imagine a gym owner rejecting the idea of allowing an event to occur in their facility. It's free advertising and home field advantage for their fighters. Sponsorship: You can stream ads between fights and as a sponsor you actually get your commerical played vs just a logo on the cage floor. No offence Coops but sweaty dudes in spandex don't really make me crave fish and chips. I could go on and on but the bottom line is that there are alternatives. When no venue wanted to be associated with MMA promoters found a way. In 2020 it's never been easier to put on a kick ass show remotely. Take the risk, if you build it they will come.

When Travis, Steve, and I started this endeavor many months ago, one thing that was very important to us all was creating an unbiased, credible ranking system for the fighters in New England. It's been many years since there was an attempt to put rankings together, and outside of an algorithm based rankings system by a national site, there wasn't anything that fans, fighters, and promoters could use to help match and promote fights. This is our attempt at filling that gap. It's not perfect, and it's a work in progress, but we are proud of this first run and what it produced. We feel that they're pretty accurate, but there will always be debate when it comes to rankings. We welcome the debate, and look forward to making our rankings a staple of the New England MMA landscape for many years to come. So who's input did we get? The Fans In order to get the most accurate rankings possible you need to have a number of opinions melded as one, and that's what our formula is based around. As you may have seen, we have a page on our site where you can vote on all 18 different weight classes (pro and amateur) - ranking fighters 1-10. Some fighters may show up in multiple weight classes due to activity within both divisions. In terms of being eligible for the voting, we've settled on requiring a fighter to have had a MMA bout within the past 18 months. They also must have fought for one of the 9 New England promotions during that time. If a fighter is active with a major promotion (UFC, Bellator, PFL), then they will not being included in the rankings. If they are cut from said promotion, then they'll be eligible once they've entered the cage for one of the New England regional promotions. The Promotions & Media If you want accurate rankings, then you need to poll the most knowledgable people when it comes to the sport within our region. The promoters and media members should have an unbiased opinion of fighters when it comes to rankings. We had a dozen promoters, matchmakers, and media members submit a ballot for our Summer rankings! We are grateful for their participation, and are pretty excited about how these turned out! The Formula We feel that it's important to have these rankings be as interactive as possible, and the main reason we decided to launch the fan voting section of the website. Having the fans, promoters, matchmakers, and media members opinions on this topic is critically important to producing accurate rankings. I can assure you, that this was the most detailed and in-depth analysis of people's opinions when it came to the rankings! We would challenge anyone to dispute the amount of time, effort, and data that went into these, and the results have produced, in our opinion, the most accurate New England MMA rankings we've seen to date. To calculate the final numbers, we incorporate 20% of the fan vote, 40% of the media vote, and 40% of the promoter vote. We've limited the emphasis that the fan vote has on the rankings in order to temper the popularity contest that naturally exists out there. In short, we have opinions on these rankings from the most knowledgable people in our sport in New England. Enough foreplay. Let's get into it and see the peking order of every weight division - professional and amateur! We'll highlight the top 3 fighters in each weight division below. You can view the full rankings HERE. PROFESSIONAL Flyweight - 125 lbs 1. Blaine Shutt 8-4 2. Johnny Lopez 12-5 Underdog MMA 3. Richie Santiago 8-2 Triforce MMA Bantamweight - 135 lbs 1. Jay Perrin 9-4 Sityodtong 2. Johnny Campbell 20-12 South Shore Sportfighting 3. Dinis Paiva 13-7 Juniko Featherweight - 145 lbs 1. Matt Bessette 24-9 Underdog MMA 2. Bruce Boyington 17-12 Titan Athletics 3. Don Shainis 8-2 Citadel MMA Lightweight - 155 lbs 1. Joe Giannetti 9-2 South Shore Sportfighting 2. Manny Bermudez 15-2 South Shore Sportfighting 3. Bruce Boyington 17-12 Titan Athletics Welterweight - 170 lbs 1. Vinicious de Jesus 9-2 Boxer MMA 2. Jon Manley 13-6 Manley MMA 3. Camron Lochinov 9-2 Team Link Middleweight - 185 lbs 1. Tim Caron 10-2 Burgess MMA 2. Justin Sumter 7-3 Fighting Arts Academy 3. Reginaldo Felix 6-3 Team Link Light Heavyweight - 205 lbs 1. William Knight 7-1 Thornton Martial Arts 2. Terrance Jean-Jacques 5-2 3. Fabio Cherant 4-1 Sityodtong Heavyweight - 265 lbs 1. Greg Rebello 26-9 Triforce MMA 2. Parker Porter 10-5 Underdog MMA 3. Dirlei Broenstrup 16-8 Team Link Women - LB for LB 1. Jessy Miele 9-3 IMB Academy of CT 2. Hilarie Rose 4-1 USMMA 3. Marisa Messer-Belenchia 3-1 Ultimate MMA VIEW FULL RANKINGS AMATEUR Flyweight - 125 lbs 1. Nate Russel 5-1 Fighting Arts Academy 2. Tyler Randall 6-1 Granite City MMA 3. Caleb Austin 4-0 CMBJJ Bantamweight - 135 lbs 1. Jeff Joy 4-0 Juniko 2. Kam Arnold 6-1 Recon MMA 3. Arthur Mpofu 3-1 SBG East Featherweight - 145 lbs 1. Tom Pagliarulo 5-1 Burgess MMA 2. Shane Dougherty 4-0 USMMA 3. Yorrick Anderson 3-0 Class One MMA Lightweight - 155 lbs 1. Mohammad Al Kinani 7-1 Evolution Athletix 2. Ramano Medina 5-0 Burgess MMA 3. Matt Bienia 6-2 Welterweight - 170 lbs 1. Mike Bezanson 5-0 Kaze Dojo 2. Sage Philippe 4-1 Team Link 3. Cameron Resnisky 3-0 The Cage Middleweight - 185 lbs 1. Spencer Payne 3-0 2. Jideofor Ojukwu 2-1 South Shore Sportfighting 3. Jeff Reynolds 2-1 Triumph MMA Light Heavyweight - 205 lbs 1. Yuri Panferov 5-0 Ultimate MMA 2. Jideofor Ojukwu 2-1 South Shore Sportfighting 3. Jared Rich 3-0 Granite City MMA Heavyweight - 265 lbs 1. Bryce Bamford 3-0 First Class MMA 2. Josh Walker 5-2 3. Paul Valente 2-1 Women - LB for LB 1. Glory Watson 6-1 Young's MMA 2. Megan Rosado 4-1 Evolution Athletix 3. Taylor Thompson 4-1 Simmler BJJ VIEW FULL RANKINGS

Hey guys, site looks great! Been away for quite awhile but used to get it on back in the unsanctioned days for Full Force and AFO. I also was featured in some local news for my work coaching boys wrestling. I just may have a fight or 2 left in me. As its been awhile, what promotion should I call?