Chute Boxe stuns fantasy fighting world with upset
Upstart team takes resounding first round win over Prediction Affliction
Fresh of their rousing victory over a respected and accomplished in Prediction Affliction, which brought two HOFers and multiple former champs and contenders into the fight, I sat down with one of Chute Boxe's foundes, atteiaissas. No, I don't know what his SN means, but apparently he's Dutch, so we can attribute any weirdness to that.
JFF NEWS: So which one are you again? Brother or sister/brother?
atteiaissas: I'm the older brother of the two, from Holland.
JFF NEWS: you guys are a team of rookies, and PA was all vets, including two HOFers. How did you pull off the first HUGE upset of 2010?
atteiaissas: We trained harder than we ever did just sparring non-stop. Everything we did leading up to the GP was simply the 'training' for the GP. We had our eyes set on this events months earlier.
JFF NEWS: you ended up winning very resoundingly, despite huge scores from the PA fighters. does it make it better to know you beat them at their best?
atteiaissas: Yeah, we don't want any excuses but I can't decide on the preparation for my opponent. The odds however were ridiculous, that bookie will end up bankrupt in no time.
JFF NEWS: You're fighting another veteran team next, and this time it's #1 ranked TXS, boasting both the UJC and JFC champions How is training going?
atteiaissas: Training camp is already in full swing because we're facing the very best JFF has to offer. Luckily everybody is active in the gym so we'll be ready come fight night.
JFF NEWS: When odds come out on the match, i am sure you will again be severe underdogs. do you see yourselves as underdogs?
atteiaissas: TXS camp are bad asses with proven records and loads of experience, but we believe we can beat them if we come in prepared like we did against PA, which is why we started training early. It's going to be rough but Chute Boxe is ready to deliver once again.
JFF NEWS: Some belts could change hands in this fight. Notably, Mikeyhattrick has a title shot i believe. what do you think is the key to that fight? how can Chute Boxe bring home its first ever title?
atteiaissas: Training, training, training. Team Chute boxe guarantees that MikeyHatTrick will be in top shape for his title fight.
JFF NEWS: Thanks for coming by.
atteiaissas: Thank you
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Year End Awards for 2009 Announced
TXS comes out big winners as expected, public polling and nominees for final three awards announced.
Fighter Of The Year
Castellammarese with a record of (16-4-0)
Golden Glove
BRAD with 7 KO wins
Golden Gi
Ace23 with 8 submission wins
Golden Okami
DanielsanFTW with 11 decision wins
KO of the Year
EisforENZO with a 79 point KO at JFC 25 over Bud53189
Final Three awards open for public vote soon
Fighters Fighter of the Year
Nominees
Castellammarese
- Former undefeated JFC Champion (4 Defenses), Winner of the "2009 Fighter of the Year" award (16-4), 12 fight win streak
DanielsanFTW
- UJC Champion (3 Defenses), Finished year as UJC Champion, Winner of the "2009 Golden Okami" (11 Decision wins)
El-Diablo
- Winner of JUF 2, JFC Champion (1 Defense)
Goodcat
- JFC Champion (6 Defenses), Finished year as JFC Champion, 12 fight unbeaten streak
Srdafish
- Winner of the UJC GP, First UJC Champion (1 Defense)
Upset of the Year
Nominees
bigskinny22 def. lightsout84 by KO ( 136 - 111 ) at UJC 1
kingofabuelos def. srdafish by Unanimous Decision ( 115 - 108 ) at JFC 25
srdafish def. Castellammarese by Submission ( 104 - 93 ) at UJC 5 for the first UJC Championship
Fight of the Year
Nominees
DanielsanFTW def. Castellammarese by Unanimous Decision ( 125 - 118 ) at UJC 11 to retain the UJC title
GoodCat and Chaely fight to a Unanimous Draw ( 115 - 115 ) at JFC 38 for the JFC Title
Celticwarrior def. Sessoms by Submission ( 152 - 133 ) at JFC 28 for the Vacant JFC title
Nominees for the final three awards were decided on by league staff (buffaloblue, castellammarese, elfudge35, pilqs, and myself. If anyone else was involved, i didn't know about it). Polls will be set up to poll the league soon.
New team to open doors
Team Ramrod forms out of GP failures
Like a phoenix (not phoenix-mma) from the ashes, a new team has formed out of the Grand Prix failure of a few teams. JTT members grapplethis and scott123 jumped ship following their team's 6-0 drubbing at the hands of JKSW, forming a new team with mma-p6u6n6x, who left TAJ after two teammates failed to make weight for the opening round. Don't bother trying to get on the team, because according to word from the camp, the final three members are already signed but still active in the Grand Prix. With the JFF News' inside knowledge on the full roster, we here can say for sure that this will be a team to be reckoned with in the future. This is a team without a captain, run as a full and open democracy. No decisions are made without majority agreement. The unit has already begun training for UFC 109 and Strikeforce: Miami, and word is the bonds of teammate-hood have formed almost instantly. Here is a video of grapplethis and mma-punx training the ancient art of syrupchugjitsu, designed to strengthen the core muscles and mental endurance
Current Roster
mma-p6u6n6x
scott123
mysteryfighter1*
mysteryfighter2*
mysteryfighter3*
grapplethis
*Mystery fighters will be revealed as their teams are eliminated from the Grand Prix. When they are revealed, it should create a dominoe effect in terms of free agents and teams looking to sign new fighters. The weeks after the GP promise to be quite interesting in terms of fighter/camp movement.