ALPHA-1: After the Storm

[LoveMuscle]

In late 1994, the United States Congress began a systematic crackdown on the sport known as Mixed Martial Arts. Viewed as “human ****fighting” by the stodgy old politicians, MMA became banned in state after state. Within a year, MMA was illegal throughout the country.

The Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) was hit the hardest by this. The largest MMA organization in North America – running huge shows out of the casinos in Nevada and California – was reduced to promoting shows out of high school gyms in small towns in the Midwest and Southeast, until eventually even those options went away. By early 1996, after being forced to Brazil and eventually Japan, the company was awash in red ink. In August, the venerable Japanese MMA promotion ALPHA-1 bought out their American counterpart for mere pennies on the dollar, cherry-picking only the most prized contracts from GAMMA’s roster and releasing the rest.

ALPHA-1’s owner, Ietsuna Hisamatsu, was not done acquiring other organization’s talent. The upstart England-based British Cage Fighting (BCF) was the next organization to be targeted by the former video game company executive. But instead of buying them out, Hisamatsu (under the advice of good friend and ALPHA-1 President Meiji Nishamura) conducted an all-out assault on BCF, signing many of their top performers (who had non-exclusive Associate contracts). In December 1996, BCF ceased operations, releasing the few performers they had left.

Sensing total world domination of the sport that most Japanese consider to be theirs, Hisamatsu and Nishamura set their sights on the only remaining MMA organization that had been able to maintain a somewhat-regular schedule – Canada’s intrepid all-female group, the Women’s Extreme Fighting Federation (WEFF). Within two weeks of the start of negotiations, the business deal was done – the WEFF was folded into ALPHA-1’s Women’s Division. As a privately held company, ALPHA-1 was not required to release the financial details of the deal; however, the rumor was that the cost of buying out WEFF was nearly as much as the price of GAMMA.

While it may have seemed like ALPHA-1 had secured the monopoly that its executives desired, all was not well within the company. Veteran home-grown talents could see the bloat within its ranks, and could see the writing on the wall – it just wasn’t going to be possible for everyone to stay happy with the available number of slots on the company’s monthly pay-per-view cards. In mid-December, ALPHA-1 announced a series of roster cuts to trim the talent pool down to a more manageable number. The public backlash was significantly greater than either Hisamatsu or Nishamura expected. On their New Year’s Eve show, they announced the hiring of a new Chief Matchmaker – Mittens Blurcat.

Blurcat, or course, is most famous for being the owner of the most popular web site dedicated to Mixed Martial Arts. While not admitting to it publicly, Hisamatsu and Nishamura privately hope that Blurcat will be able to turn around the public’s perception of ALPHA-1 by putting together fights that fans will be willing to buy tickets or pay to watch on pay-per-view, and by advising Nishamura on which free-agent fighters the fans want to see. The Blurcat.com forums suddenly took on a lot more significance than they had only a month earlier.

As the calendar turns to 1997, the entire World of Mixed Martial Arts has their eyes on the lone remaining superpower in the sport. Did ALPHA-1 make the right business moves? Can one superfan-turned-webmaster propel the sport to new heights? And what of America, where may still follow the sport that the politicians don’t want to be seen?

[LoveMuscle]

The main players:

OWNER: Ietsuna Hisamatsu

PRESIDENT: Meiji Nishamura

CHIEF MATCHMAKER: Mittens Blurcat

ANNOUNCERS: Midori Kato, Ryan Wayne

COLOR COMMENTATORS: Garth Ward, Jiro Komatsu

[LoveMuscle]

WOMEN’S DIVISION

CHAMPION: Sayoko Ebisawa (16-1)
1. Janinha (11-1)
2. Chiyo Yanagimoto (9-1)
3. Jenny DeNeuve (7-0)
4. Naora Kikuchi (9-1)
5. Hester Maclean (7-0-1)
6. Mizuki Watanabe (6-0)
7. Alison Beattie (10-3)
8. Roz Wareing (8-1-1)
9. Simone King (6-1)
10. Phoebe Bergman (14-5)

The rest:
Michelle Addams (4-0)
Lisa Labone (1-0)
Pamela O’Neill (1-0)
Veronika Sablikova (4-0)
Yutsuko Sasaki (7-4-1)
Hanako Shimizu (2-0)
Yuya Shimizu (4-1)
Romi Takahashi (4-0)
Taniko Uchiyama (6-2)
Sarah Vaughan (18-6)
April Watson (13-5)
Katarzyna Wojciechowska (8-4)


After the purchase of WEFF, the Women’s Division became ALPHA-1’s largest, and possibly most talented, division. There have been rumors of splitting the division into two weight classes, but nothing has been announced.

[LoveMuscle]

LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION

CHAMPION: Go Yamamoto (13-1)
1. Paulo Roberto Bezerra (9-1)
2. Chojiro Goto (8-1)
3. Sean Morrison (12-3)
4. Carlos da Guia (5-0)
5. Giovani Silva (20-9)
6. Teeratep Nutnum (5-0)
7. Ricardo Fernandes (15-7)
8. Rodolphe Gygax (16-7)
9. Callum Henson (4-0)
10. Marcus Speed (2-0)

The rest:
Atep of Indonesia (2-0)
Fujimaro Hidaka (1-1)


No division suffered as much from the roster cuts as the Lightweight Division. Similarly, the Lightweights threat on Blurcat.com has featured the most amount of posts for fans clamoring for their favorite fighter to be hired. Almost equally as controversial was the ranking of Morrison, GAMMA’s champion at this weight class, as only the No. 3 contender.

[LoveMuscle]

WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION

CHAMPION: Gabriel Gallego (12-0)
1. Julio Regueiro (9-0-1)
2. Claudio Palacios (10-2-1)
3. Will Kane (7-0)
4. Kafu Bunya (10-3)
5. Fumiaki Hayashi (13-4)
6. Randy Carsley (5-0)
7. Nathan Chambers (5-0)
8. Jack Humphreys (12-2)
9. Noach Van Der Capellen (10-3)
10. Joe Hinchcliffe (12-4)

The rest:
Peter Bracewell (17-7)
Ikku Funaki (5-3)
Scott Gillespie (2-0)
Simon Vine (7-3)


Fans of the old GAMMA promotion hit the Blurcat.com forums in mass once the Welterweight Division rankings were released. GAMMA mainstays Jack Humphreys, Noach Van Der Capellen, and Joe Hinchcliffe were placed at the bottom of the top 10 list, behind untested (but undefeated) Randy Carsley and Nathan Chambers, and BCF addition Will Kane.

[LoveMuscle]

MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION

CHAMPION: Juro Fukazawa (7-0)
1. Andrew Rush (12-0)
2. Maarten De Vries (13-4)
3. Patrick Thomas (6-1)
4. Dan Halvorsen (22-11-2)
5. Davis Spyrou (11-4)
6. Ieyoshi Yama****a (10-4)
7. Uwe Maier (5-1)
8. Carl Ratcliffe (9-3)
9. Tucker Plumm (13-7)
10. Yoshinobu Tanaka (8-14)

The rest:
Greg Atteveld (15-10)
Phil Ball (7-6)


With the way Fukazawa rose straight to the top of the Middleweight Division, it’s not surprising to see that most of the former ALPHA-1 fighters were among the roster cuts. While the British fans applauded the decision to name former BCF star Andrew Rush the No. 1 contender, American fans questioned the decision to release the last GAMMA Middleweight champion, Matthew Dean. The Blurcat.com forums were abuzz at the inclusion of Yoshinobu Tanaka in the top 10; after all, he has the worst record of anyone still under contract to ALPHA-1. However, one respected poster (a long-rumored Mittens Blurcat alias) pointed out that at least Tanaka was on a winning streak, while the others under consideration for the final spot were currently on losing streaks and had less-than-stellar records themselves. The fact that he’s Japanese in a Japan-centered organization didn’t hurt things, either. And due to the small size of the division, many posters were calling for new hires.

[LoveMuscle]

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION

CHAMPION: Tadamasa Yamada (13-1)
1. Zvonimir Asanovic (10-1)
2. John Rivero (7-0)
3. Heiji Endo (8-1)
4. Roberto Aldez (19-3)
5. Anthony LeToussier (13-5)
6. Faas Smit (5-0)
7. George Laurent (12-1)
8. Christopher Sharp (9-1)
9. Leon Banks (11-3)
10. Inejiro Chiba (20-4)

The rest:
Ashley Ballard (4-0)
Gempachi Higa (9-5)
Curt Kitson (10-3)
Mike Watson (2-0)


The Blurcat.con forums have been abuzz since the GAMMA buyout, speculating on the outcome of a potential champion vs. champion match between Tadamasa Yamada and Zvonimir Asanovic. Although not yet announced, most feel that it is just a matter of time before that fight takes place. The Light Heavyweight Division is already shaping up as ALPHA-1’s most popular, as many of the competitors are viewed as serious title threats.

[LoveMuscle]

HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION

CHAMPION: Hassan Fezzik (25-0)
1. Raul Hughes (11-0)
2. Hiro Arai (17-3)
3. Jeff Carlton (16-3)
4. Tony McCall (20-4)
5. James Foster (16-2)
6. Stafford Alois (18-7)
7. Tim Boyer (16-3-2)
8. Rick Stanley (20-7-3)
9. Robun Yamazaki (17-6)
10. Eddie Whelan (10-2)

The rest:
Mark Bicknell (8-3)
Bob Dozier (4-2)
Rav Kapur (5-0)
Steve Mason (2-0)
Lefter Oktay (6-0)
Thomas Smith (6-1)


The Heavyweight Division is the one by which most organizations are judged, and ALPHA-1 is the home of many of the legends of the sport. But the Japanese fans were up in arms about Raul Hughes being named the No. 1 contender; despite the fact that he was GAMMA’s last Heavyweight champion, many people feel like he’s more lucky than good, and should have to prove his worthiness as a title challenger against someone with a more well-known reputation, such as Hiro Arai or Robun Yamazaki. Still others want to see him against Hassan Fezzik, if only to prove that ALPHA-1 was always better than GAMMA.

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 36” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 3, January 1997 from Kanto, Japan.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Heavyweight title match: Hassan Fezzik © (25-0) vs. Raul Hughes (11-0)
ALPHA-1 Welterweight title match: Gabriel Gallego © (12-0) vs. Julio Regueiro (9-0-1)
Sean Morrison (12-3) vs. Chojiro Goto (8-1)
Heiji Endo (8-1) vs. Faas Smit (5-0)
Teeratep Nutnum (5-0) vs. Callum Henson (4-0)
Jenny DeNeuve (7-0) vs. Phoebe Bergman (14-5)
Mike Watson (2-0) vs. Ashley Ballard (4-0)
Romi Takahashi (4-0) vs. Veronika Sablikova (4-0)
Carl Ratcliffe (9-3) vs. Dan Halvorsen (22-11-2)
Randy Carsley (5-0) vs. Nathan Chambers (5-0)
Steve Mason (2-0) vs. Rav Kapur (5-0)
Uwe Maier (5-1) vs. Phil Ball (7-6)

[LoveMuscle]

Due to an injury suffered in training, Jenny DeNeuve is out of ALPHA-1: 36. She will be replaced by Mizuki Watanabe (6-0).

[LoveMuscle]

Marcus Speed has renegotiated his contract, extending his deal with ALPHA-1 to 4 fights.

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 is pleased to announce the addition of the following people to its roster:

Women’s Division:

Haley Croft (5-0)
Umeka Fujiwara (2-0)
Kimie Igarashi (0-0)
Kirsten Page (7-3)
Gianna Russo (2-0)
Vicki Summers (9-2)



Lightweight Division:

Cory Brewer (7-4-1)
Jamie Hewitt (1-0)
Luke Hilton (4-1)
Marko Prochazka (10-2)



Welterweight Division:

Darin Blood (2-0)
Truck Gleeson (5-0)
Agustin Gonzalez (3-0)
Eli Harris (0-0)
Xie Ming (3-0)



Middleweight Division:

Jim Carpenter (20-5-1)
Bixente Fontaine (9-3)
Thorbjorn Rekdal (3-1-1)
Adam White (0-0)



Light Heavyweight Division:

Percy Catcher (6-2)
Aleksei Chekhov (8-2)
Petey Mack (6-1)
Nicolai Mickiewicz (9-1)



Heavyweight Division:

Mugur Boc (2-0)
Khru Duangjan (23-13)
Shane Gilchrist (11-2)
Dave Lennon (6-1)
Gunnar Nilsson (18-3)
Stratos Papaioannou (20-4)
Derek South (1-0)

[LoveMuscle]

James Foster has been injured in training, and will be out for 2-6 months. He joins Jenny DeNeuve and Jim Carpenter on the injured list.

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 has reached an agreement with Japanese Sports Vision 2 for a television show on the fourth Thursday of every month. The new show, the first regularly scheduled televised program in MMA history, will be called ALPHA Quadrant.

Also, it has been announced that ALPHA-1 has reached an agreement with Public Access Select to broadcast their next 6 events on pay-per-view in America and Canada. ALPHA-1 is currently seen in Japan and Asia on pay-per-view on J-Remote 1.

[LoveMuscle]

Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 36”:

Hassan Fezzik (26-0) def. Raul Hughes (11-1) by TKO in 1:45 of round 2 to retain the ALPHA-1 Heavyweight title (***)
Gabriel Gallego (13-0) def. Julio Regueiro (9-1-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to retain the ALPHA-1 Welterweight title (***)
Chojiro Goto (9-1) def. Sean Morrison (12-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Heiji Endo (9-1) def. Faas Smit (5-1) by TKO in 7:56 of round 1 (***)
Teeratep Nutnum (6-0) def. Callum Henson (4-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Mizuki Watanabe (7-0) def. Phoebe Bergman (14-6) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Mike Watson (3-0) def. Ashley Ballard (4-1) by TKO in 7:24 of round 1 (**)
Romi Takahashi (5-0) def. Veronika Sablikova (4-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Carl Ratcliffe (10-3) def. Dan Halvorsen (22-12-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Randy Carsley (6-0) def. Nathan Chambers (5-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Steve Mason (3-0) def. Rav Kapur (5-1) by knock out in 0:23 of round 1 (*)
Uwe Maier (6-1) def. Phil Ball (7-7) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Japanese Sports Vision 2 Thursday, week 4, February 1997 from Eastern Asia.

The fight card:

Marcus Speed (2-0) vs. Atep of Indonesia (2-0)
Gempachi Higa (9-5) vs. Percy Catcher (6-2)
Scott Gillespie (2-0) vs. Darin Blood (2-0)
Mugur Boc (2-0) vs. Derek South (1-0)
Umeka Fujiwara (2-0) vs. Hanako Shimizu (2-0)
Thorbjorn Rekdal (3-1-1) vs. Adam White (0-0)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 37” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 2, February 1997 from Kinki, Japan.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Light Heavyweight title match: Tadamasa Yamada © (13-1) vs. Zvomimir Asanovic (10-1)
ALPHA-1 Women’s title match: Sayoko Ebisawa © (16-1) vs. Janinha (11-1)
Naora Kikuchi (9-1) vs. Chiyo Yanagimoto (9-1)
Claudio Palacios (10-2-1) vs. Kafu Bunya (10-3)
Giovani Silva (20-9) vs. Marko Prochazka (10-2)
Ieyoshi Yama****a (10-4) vs. Davis Spyrou (11-4)
John Rivero (7-0) vs. Nicolai Mickiewicz (9-1)
Robun Yamazaki (17-6) vs. Rick Stanley (20-7-3)

[LoveMuscle]

New hires for February 1997:

Jennifer Nash (0-0), Women’s Division
Raul Pastor (0-0), Heavyweight Division

[BuddyGarner]

Those are some stacked cards! You need to pad these guys against some cans.;)

[LoveMuscle]

Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 37”:

Zvomimir Asanovic (11-1) def. Tadamasa Yamada (13-2) by knock out in 3:24 of round 2 to win the ALPHA-1 Light Heavyweight title (****)
Janinha (12-1) def. Sayoko Ebisawa (16-2) by submission in 8:37 of round 1 to win the ALPHA-1 Women’s title (**)
Naora Kikuchi (10-1) def. Chiyo Yanagimoto (9-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (***)
Kafu Bunya (11-3) def. Claudio Palacios (10-3-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Giovani Silva (21-9) def. Marko Prochazka (10-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Davis Spyrou (12-4) def. Ieyoshi Yama****a (10-5) by submission in 4:15 of round 3 (**)
John Rivero (8-0) def. Nicolai Mickiewicz (9-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Rick Stanley (21-7-3) def. Robun Yamazaki (17-7) by TKO in 1:24 of round 2 (**)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 38” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 2, March 1997 from Kyushu, Japan.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Lightweight title match: Go Yamamoto © (13-1) vs. Paulo Roberto Bezerra (9-1)
Anthony LeToussier (13-5) vs. Roberto Aldez (19-3)
Bixente Fontaine (9-3) vs. Maarten De Vries (13-4)
Stratos Papaioannou (20-4) vs. Tony McCall (20-4)
ALPHA-1 Middleweight title match: Juro Fukazawa © (7-0) vs. Andrew Rush (12-0)
Jack Humphreys (12-2) vs. Noach Van Der Capellen (10-3)
Roz Wareing (8-1-1) vs. Hester Maclean (7-0-1)
Ricardo Fernandes (15-7) vs. Rodolphe Gygax (16-7)

[LoveMuscle]

Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Atep of Indonesia (3-0) def. Marcus Speed (2-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Percy Catcher (7-2) def. Gempachi Higa (9-6) by knock out in 2:58 of round 3 (**)
Darin Blood (3-0) def. Scott Gillespie (2-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Mugur Boc (3-0) def. Derek South (1-1) by TKO in 7:37 of round 1 (*)
Umeka Fujiwara (3-0) def. Hanako Shimizu (2-1) by TKO in 2:38 of round 2 (*)
Adam White (1-0) def. Thorbjorn Rekdal (3-2-1) by TKO in 3:18 of round 3 (*)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Japanese Sports Vision 2 Thursday, week 4, March 1997 from Southern Asia.

The fight card:

Yoshinobu Tanaka (8-14) vs. Patrick Thomas (6-1)
Petey Mack (6-1) vs. Aleksei Chekhov (8-2)
Thomas Smith (6-1) vs. Dave Lennon (6-1)
Truck Gleeson (5-0) vs. Xie Ming (3-0)
Fujimaro Hidaka (1-1) vs. Jamie Hewitt (1-0)
Pamela O’Neill (1-0) vs. Gianna Russo (2-0)

[LoveMuscle]

New hire for March 1997:

Bill Brown (0-0), Light Heavyweight Division

[LoveMuscle]

Mugur Boc has failed a drug test! He will be suspended for the next year. :(

[LoveMuscle]

Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 38”:

Paulo Roberto Bezerra (10-1) def. Go Yamamoto (13-2) by TKO in 3:47 of round 4 to win the ALPHA-1 Lightweight title (****)
Anthony LeToussier (14-5) def. Roberto Aldez (19-4) by knock out in 1:20 of round 3 (***)
Maarten De Vries (14-4) def. Bixente Fontaine (9-4) by knock out in 1:49 of round 3 (****)
Stratos Papaioannou (21-4) def. Tony McCall (20-5) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Juro Fukazawa (8-0) def. Andrew Rush (12-1) by TKO in 1:31 of round 3 to retain the ALPHA-1 Middleweight title (***)
Noach Van Der Capellen (11-3) def. Jack Humphreys (12-3) by TKO in 2:56 of round 2 (*)
Hester Maclean (8-0-1) def. Roz Wareing (8-2-1) by split decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Ricardo Fernandes (16-7) def. Rodolphe Gygax (16-8) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 39” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 2, April 1997 from Hokkaido, Japan.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Heavyweight title match: Hassan Fezzik © (26-0) vs. Gunnar Nilsson (18-3)
Hiro Arai (17-3) vs. Jeff Carlton (16-3)
ALPHA-1 Welterweight title match: Gabriel Gallego © (13-0) vs. Will Kane (7-0)
Carlos da Guia (5-0) vs. Luke Hilton (4-1)
April Watson (13-5) vs. Sarah Vaughan (18-6)
Joe Hinchcliffe (12-4) vs. Peter Bracewell (17-7)
Inejiro Chiba (20-4) vs. Curt Kitson (10-3)
Greg Atteveld (15-10) vs. Tucker Plumm (13-7)

[LoveMuscle]

Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Patrick Thomas (7-1) def. Yoshinobu Tanaka (8-15) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Petey Mack (7-1) def. Aleksei Chekhov (8-3) by submission in 2:48 of round 2 (**)
Dave Lennon (7-1) def. Thomas Smith (6-2) by knock out in 3:22 of round 1 (**)
Truck Gleeson (6-0) def. Xie Ming (3-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Fujimaro Hidaka (2-1) vs. Jamie Hewitt (1-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Gianna Russo (3-0) def. Pamela O’Neill (1-1) by submission in 4:41 of round 1 (*)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Japanese Sports Vision 2 Thursday, week 4, April 1997 from South Eastern Asia.

The fight card:

Teeratep Nutnum (6-0) vs. Cory Brewer (7-4-1)
Michelle Addams (4-0) vs. Yuya Shimizu (4-1)
Eddie Whelan (10-2) vs. Stafford Alois (18-7)
Ikku Funaki (5-3) vs. Simon Vine (7-3)
Christopher Sharp (9-1) vs. George Laurent (12-1)
Phil Ball (7-7) vs. Thorbjorn Rekdal (3-2-1)

[LoveMuscle]

Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 39”:

Hassan Fezzik (27-0) def. Gunnar Nilsson (18-4) by knock out in 5:26 of round 1 to retain the ALPHA-1 Heavyweight title (**)
Hiro Arai (18-3) def. Jeff Carlton (16-4) by split decision in 5:00 of round 3 (***)
Gabriel Gallego (14-0) def. Will Kane (7-1) by TKO in 1:27 of round 2 to retain the ALPHA-1 Welterweight title (**)
Carlos da Guia (6-0) def. Luke Hilton (4-2) by knock out in 1:29 of round 3 (***)
Sarah Vaughan (19-6) def. April Watson (13-6) by submission in 6:17 of round 1 (**)
Peter Bracewell (18-7) def. Joe Hinchcliffe (12-5) by submission in 2:44 of round 2 (**)
Curt Kitson (11-3) def. Inejiro Chiba (20-5) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Greg Atteveld (16-10) def. Tucker Plumm (13-8) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)

[LoveMuscle]

The bad news: Gabriel Gallego suffered an injury during his match, which will keep him out of action for at least 4 months. :(

The good news: James Foster has recovered from his injury and has started training. :)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 40” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 2, May 1997 from Kyushu, Japan.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Light Heavyweight title match: Zvonimir Asanovic © (11-1) vs. Heiji Endo (9-1)
Fumiaki Hayashi (13-4) vs. Kafu Bunya (11-3)
ALPHA-1 Women’s title match: Janinha © (12-1) vs. Alison Beattie (10-3)
Mark Bicknell (8-3) vs. Tim Boyer (16-3-2)
Carl Ratcliffe (10-3) vs. Davis Spyrou (12-4)
Leon Banks (11-3) vs. Percy Catcher (7-2)
Taniko Uchiyama (6-2) vs. Simone King (6-1)
Sean Morrison (12-4) vs. Marko Prochazka (10-3)

[LoveMuscle]

Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Teeratep Nutnum (7-0) def. Cory Brewer (7-5-1) by TKO in 4:17 of round 3 (***)
Yuya Shimizu (5-1) def. Michelle Addams (4-1) by TKO in 3:20 of round 2 (**)
Eddie Whelan (11-2) def. Stafford Alois (18-8) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Ikku Funaki (6-3) def. Simon Vine (7-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
George Laurent (13-1) def. Christopher Sharp (9-2) by knock out in 5:52 of round 1 (**)
Thorbjorn Rekdal (4-2-1) def. Phil Ball (7-8) by knock out in 1:39 of round 1 (*)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Japanese Sports Vision 2 Thursday, week 4, May 1997 from Chubu, Japan.

The fight card:

Mike Watson (3-0) vs. Bill Brown (0-0)
Marcus Speed (2-1) vs. Jamie Hewitt (1-1)
Eli Harris (0-0) vs. Agustin Gonzalez (3-0)
Kimie Igarashi (0-0) vs. Lisa Labone (1-0)
Uwe Maier (6-1) vs. Adam White (1-0)
Bob Dozier (4-2) vs. Raul Pastor (0-0)

[LoveMuscle]

New hires for May 1997:

Louise Clark (0-0), Women’s Division
Aleksander Ivanov (0-0), Heavyweight Division

[LoveMuscle]

Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 40”:

Zvonimir Asanovic (12-1) def. Heiji Endo (9-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to retain the ALPHA-1 Light Heavyweight title (***)
Kafu Bunya (12-3) def. Fumiaki Hayashi (13-5) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Janinha (13-1) def. Alison Beattie (10-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to retain the ALPHA-1 Women’s title (**)
Tim Boyer (17-3-2) def. Mark Bicknell (8-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Davis Spyrou (13-4) def. Carl Ratcliffe (10-4) by submission in 0:54 of round 3 (**)
Percy Catcher (8-2) def. Leon Banks (11-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Taniko Uchiyama (7-2) def. Simone King (6-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Marko Prochazka (11-3) def. Sean Morrison (12-5) by split decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 41” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 2, June 1997 from Hokkaido, Japan.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Middleweight title match: Juro Fukazawa © (8-0) vs. Maarten De Vries (14-4)
ALPHA-1 Lightweight title match: Paulo Roberto Bezerra © (10-1) vs. Giovani Silva (21-9)
Chojiro Goto (9-1) vs. Ricardo Fernandes (16-7)
Julio Regueiro (9-1-1) vs. Claudio Palacios (10-3-1)
Tadamasa Yamada (13-2) vs. Nicolai Mickiewicz (9-2)
James Foster (16-2) vs. Khru Duangjan (23-13)
Yoshinobu Tanaka (8-15) vs. Dan Halvorsen (22-12-2)
Phoebe Bergman (14-6) vs. Katarzyna Wojciechowska (8-4)

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Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Mike Watson (4-0) def. Bill Brown (0-1) by TKO in 2:34 of round 1 (**)
Jamie Hewitt (2-1) def. Marcus Speed (2-2) by stoppage in 0:11 of round 1 (*)
Agustin Gonzalez (4-0) def. Eli Harris (0-1) by TKO in 1:43 of round 3 (*)
Lisa Labone (2-0) def. Kimie Igarashi (0-1) by TKO in 1:51 of round 1 (*)
Adam White (2-0) def. Uwe Maier (6-2) by TKO in 4:21 of round 3 (**)
Bob Dozier (5-2) vs. Raul Pastor (0-1) by knock out in 7:57 of round 1 (*)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Japanese Sports Vision 2 Thursday, week 4, June 1997 from Chugoku, Japan.

The fight card:

Lefter Oktay (6-0) vs. Shane Gilchrist (11-2)
Fujimaro Hidaka (2-1) vs. Atep of Indonedia (3-0)
Bixente Fontaine (9-4) vs. Ieyoshi Yama****a (10-5)
Faas Smit (5-1) vs. Ashley Ballard (4-1)
Scott Gillespie (2-1) vs. Xie Ming (3-1)

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Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 41”:

Maarten De Vries (15-4) def. Juro Fukazawa (8-1) by TKO in 8:50 of round 1 to win the ALPHA-1 Middleweight title (****)
Paulo Roberto Bezerra (11-1) def. Giovani Silva (21-10) by TKO in 2:22 of round 2 to retain the ALPHA-1 Lightweight title (***)
Ricardo Fernandes (17-7) def. Chojiro Goto (9-2) by submission in 2:19 of round 1 (***)
Julio Regueiro (10-1-1) def. Claudio Palacios (10-4-1) by submission in 0:58 of round 1 (**)
Tadamasa Yamada (14-2) def. Nicolai Mickiewicz (9-3) by TKO in 8:50 of round 1 (**)
James Foster (17-2) def. Khru Duangjan (23-14) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Dan Halvorsen (23-12-2) def. Yoshinobu Tanaka (8-16) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Katarzyna Wojciechowska (9-4) def. Phoebe Bergman (14-7) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)

Additionally, ALPHA-1 president Meiji Nishimura announced that the Women’s Division would be split into two weight categories beginning with the next ALPHA Quadrant show.

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ALPHA-1’s pay-per-view contract with Public Access Select has expired; rather than renew with this very small company, we will attempt to target a larger audience in America and Canada.

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The following matched have been added to the upcoming “ALPHA Quadrant” card:

Romi Takahashi (5-0) vs. Haley Croft (5-0)
Roz Wareing (8-2-1) vs. Kirsten Page (7-3)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 42” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 2, July 1997 from Eastern Asia.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Light Heavyweight title match: Zvonimir Asanovic © (12-1) vs. Anthony LeToussier (14-5)
ALPHA-1 Women’s Lightweight title match: Mizuki Watanabe (7-0) vs. Yuya Shimizu (5-1)
John Rivero (8-0) vs. Petey Mack (7-1)
April Watson (13-6) vs. Sayoko Ebisawa (16-2)
Andrew Rush (12-1) vs. Patrick Thomas (7-1)
Go Yamamoto (13-2) vs. Rodolphe Gygax (16-8)
Simon Vine (7-4) vs. Nathan Chambers (5-1)
Thomas Smith (6-2) vs. Rav Kapur (5-1)
Veronika Sablikova (4-4) vs. Hanako Shimizu (2-1)

[LoveMuscle]

Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Shane Gilchrist (12-2) def. Lefter Oktay (6-1) by TKO in 4:51 of round 2 (***)
Romi Takahashi (6-0) def. Haley Croft (5-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Atep of Indonesia (4-0) def. Fujimaro Hidaka (2-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Kirsten Page (8-3) def. Roz Wareing (8-3-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Ieyoshi Yama****a (11-5) def. Bixente Fontaine (9-5) by TKO in 1:58 of round 2 (**)
Faas Smit (6-1) def. Ashley Ballard (4-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Scott Gillespie (3-1) def. Xie Ming (3-2) by submission in 3:37 of round 3 (*)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Japanese Sports Vision 2 Thursday, week 4, July 1997 from Ontario, Canada.

The fight card:

Vicki Summers (9-2) vs. Hester Maclean (8-0-1)
Gempachi Higa (9-6) vs. Christopher Sharp (9-2)
Truck Gleeson (6-0) vs. Darin Blood (3-0)
Callum Henson (4-1) vs. Luke Hilton (4-2)
Aleksander Ivanov (0-0) vs. Derek South (1-1)
Phil Ball (7-8) vs. Tucker Plumm (13-8)
Jennifer Nash (0-0) vs. Louise Clark (0-0)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 has signed a pay-per-view contract with American Option. They will broadcast our next 8 events throughout America.

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Our sponsorship with Ramaguchi has expired; we have replaced them as our secondary sponsor with Blast Cola.

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Some news & notes:

- Jenny DeNeuve has recovered from her injury and has started training again. Look for her to be in the ring within a couple of months.

- Fujimaro Hidaka announced that he is moving up to Welterweight.

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Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 42”:

Anthony LeToussier (15-5) def. Zvonimir Asanovic (12-2) by knock out in 1:22 of round 2 to win the ALPHA-1 Light Heavyweight title (***)
Yuya Shimizu (6-1) def. Mizuki Watanabe (7-1) by TKO in 2:26 of round 5 to win the ALPHA-1 Women’s Lightweight title (**)
Petey Mack (8-1) def. John Rivero (8-1) by TKO in 0:42 of round 3 (**)
April Watson (14-6) def. Sayoko Ebisawa (16-3) by submission in 3:34 of round 2 (**)
Andrew Rush (13-1) def. Patrick Thomas (7-2) by knock out in 7:16 of round 1 (*)
Go Yamamoto (14-2) def. Rodolphe Gygax (16-9) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Nathan Chambers (6-1) def. Simon Vine (7-5) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Rav Kapur (6-1) def. Thomas Smith (6-3) by TKO in 1:45 of round 3 (**)
Hanako Shimizu (3-1) def. Veronika Sablikova (4-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 43” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 2, August 1997 from Southern Asia.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Heavyweight title match: Hassan Fezzik © (27-0) vs. Stratos Papaioannou (21-4)
Carlos da Guia (6-0) vs. Teeratep Nutnum (7-0)
ALPHA-1 Women’s Heavyweight title match: Janinha © (13-1) vs. Naora Kikuchi (10-1)
Jenny DeNeuve (7-0) vs. Taniko Uchiyama (7-2)
Uwe Maier (6-2) vs. Carl Ratcliffe (10-4)
Leon Banks (11-4) vs. Aleksei Chekhov (8-3)
Randy Carsley (6-0) vs. Ikku Funaki (6-3)
Raul Hughes (11-1) vs. Tony McCall (20-5)
Yutsuko Sasaki (7-4-1) vs. Chiyo Yanagimoto (9-2)

[LoveMuscle]

Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Vicki Summers (10-2) def. Hester Maclean (8-1-1) by TKO in 7:17 of round 1 (***)
Gempachi Higa (10-6) def. Christopher Sharp (9-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Truck Gleeson (7-0) def. Darin Blood (3-1) by TKO in 3:33 of round 3 (**)
Callum Henson (5-1) def. Luke Hilton (4-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Aleksander Ivanov (1-0) vs. Derek South (1-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Tucker Plumm (14-8) def. Phil Ball (7-9) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Jennifer Nash (1-0) def. Louise Clark (0-1) by TKO in 1:17 of round 1 (*)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Japanese Sports Vision 2 Thursday, week 4, August 1997 from Quebec, Canada.

The fight card:

Sarah Vaughan (19-6) vs. Simone King (6-2)
Peter Bracewell (18-7) vs. Noach Van Der Capellen (11-3)
Michelle Addams (4-1) vs. Gianna Russo (3-0)
Marko Prochazka (11-3) vs. Cory Brewer (7-5-1)
Robun Yamazaki (17-7) vs. Stafford Alois (18-8)
George Laurent (13-1) vs. Curt Kitson (11-3)
Yoshinobu Tanaka (8-16) vs. Adam White (2-0)

[LoveMuscle]

Some news & notes:

- ALPHA-1 has reached an agreement with The Pop! Network to air 8 TV Specials throughout America and Canada.

- Roz Wareing has announced she's moving up to the Women's Heavyweight division.

[LoveMuscle]

Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 43”:

Hassan Fezzik (28-0) def. Stratos Papaioannou (21-5) by TKO in 1:40 of round 1 to retain the ALPHA-1 Heavyweight title (***)
Carlos da Guia (7-0) def. Teeratep Nutnum (7-1) by knock out in 1:54 of round 1 (***)
Janinha (14-1) def. Naora Kikuchi (10-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to retain the ALPHA-1 Women’s Heavyweight title (**)
Jenny DeNeuve (8-0) def. Taniko Uchiyama (7-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Uwe Maier (7-2) def. Carl Ratcliffe (10-5) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Leon Banks (12-4) def. Aleksei Chekhov (8-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Ikku Funaki (7-3) def. Randy Carsley (6-1) by TKO in 7:08 of round 1 (**)
Tony McCall (21-5) def. Raul Hughes (11-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Chiyo Yanagimoto (10-2) def. Yutsuko Sasaki (7-5-1) by knock out in 4:54 of round 3 (**)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 44” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 2, September 1997 from Chugoku, Japan.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Middleweight title match: Maarten De Vries © (15-4) vs. Davis Spyrou (13-4)
ALPHA-1 Lightweight title match: Paulo Roberto Bezerra © (11-1) vs. Ricardo Fernandes (17-7)
Inejiro Chiba (20-5) vs. Roberto Aldez (19-4)
Fumiaki Hayashi (13-5) vs. Joe Hinchcliffe (12-5)
Chojiro Goto (9-2) vs. Giovani Silva (21-10)
Greg Atteveld (16-10) vs. Dan Halvorsen (23-12-2)
Umeka Fujiwara (3-0) vs. Lisa Labone (2-0)
Rick Stanley (21-7-3) vs. Eddie Whelan (11-2)
Pamela O’Neill (1-1) vs. Louise Clark (0-1)

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Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Sarah Vaughan (20-6) def. Simone King (6-3) by TKO in 1:10 of round 2 (**)
Peter Bracewell (19-7) def. Noach Van Der Capellen (11-4) by submission in 0:45 of round 1 (**)
Gianna Russo (4-0) def. Michelle Addams (4-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Marko Prochazka (12-3) def. Cory Brewer (7-6-1) by knock out in 9:52 of round 1 (**)
Robun Yamazaki (18-7) def. Stafford Alois (18-9) by TKO in 3:25 of round 2 (**)
Curt Kitson (12-3) def. George Laurent (13-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Adam White (3-0) def. Yoshinobu Tanaka (8-17) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Japanese Sports Vision 2 Thursday, week 4, September 1997 from British Columbia, Canada.

The fight card:

April Watson (14-6) vs. Kirsten Page (8-3)
Steve Mason (3-0) vs. Raul Pastor (0-1)
Jamie Hewitt (2-1) vs. Atep of Indonesia (4-0)
Jack Humphreys (12-3) vs. Will Kane (7-1)
Bixente Fontaine (9-5) vs. Jim Carpenter (20-5-1)
Veronika Sablikova (4-2) vs. Kimie Igarashi (0-1)
Ashley Ballard (4-2) vs. Bill Brown (0-1)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Rays” live on The Pop! Network Tuesday, week 2, October 1997 from South Western Europe.

The fight card:

Alison Beattie (10-4) vs. Sayoko Ebisawa (16-3)
Heiji Endo (9-2) vs. Nicolai Mickiewicz (9-3)
Juro Fukazawa (8-1) vs. Thorbjorn Rekdal (4-2-1)
Marcus Speed (2-2) vs. Luke Hilton (4-3)
Katarzyna Wojciechowska (9-4) vs. Haley Croft (5-1)
Fujimaro Hidaka (2-2) vs. Eli Harris (0-1)
Mark Bicknell (8-4) vs. Bob Dozier (5-2)

[LoveMuscle]

Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 44”:

Davis Spyrou (14-4) def. Maarten De Vries (15-5) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to win the ALPHA-1 Middleweight title (***)
Paulo Roberto Bezerra (12-1) def. Ricardo Fernandes (17-8) by TKO in 2:54 of round 3 to retain the ALPHA-1 Lightweight title (****)
Roberto Aldez (20-4) def. Inejiro Chiba (20-6) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Fumiaki Hayashi (14-5) def. Joe Hinchcliffe (12-6) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Chojiro Goto (10-2) def. Giovani Silva (21-11) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Greg Atteveld (17-10) def. Dan Halvorsen (23-13-2) by submission in 0:53 of round 2 (**)
Umeka Fujiwara (4-0) def. Lisa Labone (2-1) by submission in 0:57 of round 2 (**)
Rick Stanley (22-7-3) def. Eddie Whelan (11-3) by TKO in 3:52 of round 1 (**)
Pamela O’Neill (2-1) def. Louise Clark (0-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 45” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 4, October 1997 from Chubu, Japan.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Welterweight title match: Gabriel Gallego © (14-0) vs. Kafu Bunya (12-3)
ALPHA-1 Women’s Heavyweight title match: Janinha © (14-1) vs. Vicki Summers (10-2)
Mike Watson (4-0) vs. Percy Catcher (8-2)
Tim Boyer (17-3-2) vs. Dave Lennon (7-1)
Carl Ratcliffe (10-5) vs. Patrick Thomas (7-2)
Sean Morrison (12-5) vs. Rodolphe Gygax (16-9)
Darin Blood (3-1) vs. Xie Ming (3-2)
Phoebe Bergman (14-7) vs. Roz Wareing (8-3-1)
Gianna Russo (4-0) vs. Jennifer Nash (1-0)

[LoveMuscle]

Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

April Watson (15-6) def. Kirsten Page (8-4) by TKO in 4:25 of round 2 (**)
Steve Mason (4-0) def. Raul Pastor (0-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Atep of Indonesia (5-0) def. Jamie Hewitt (2-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Jack Humphreys (13-3) def. Will Kane (7-2) by TKO in 2:19 of round 3 (**)
Bixente Fontaine (10-5) def. Jim Carpenter (20-6-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Kimie Igarashi (1-1) def. Veronika Sablikova (4-3) by TKO in 1:31 of round 1 (*)
Bill Brown (1-1) def. Ashley Ballard (4-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1's contract with Japanese Sports Vision 2 has come to an end; for now, ALPHA Quadrant will go on hiatus.

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New hires for October 1997:

Eiko Shiokawa (0-0), Women’s Lightweight Division

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Khru Duangjan has announced he's moving down to Light Heavyweight.

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Here are the results from “ALPHA Rays”:

Sayoko Ebisawa (17-3) def. Alison Beattie (10-5) by TKO in 2:17 of round 3 (**)
Heiji Endo (10-2) def. Nicolai Mickiewicz (9-4) by TKO in 1:30 of round 3 (**)
Thorbjorn Rekdal (5-2-1) def. Juro Fukazawa (8-2) by knock out in 4:28 of round 1 (**)
Luke Hilton (5-3) def. Marcus Speed (2-3) by knock out in 1:20 of round 3 (*)
Haley Croft (6-1) def. Katarzyna Wojciechowska (9-5) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Eli Harris (1-1) def. Fujimaro Hidaka (2-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Bob Dozier (6-2) def. Mark Bicknell (8-5) by knock out in 3:32 of round 1 (**)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA Quadrant has been picked up by Euro Cable Sports 1, starting Thursday, week 2, November 1997.

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Euro Cable Sports 1 Thursday, week 2, November 1997 from Eastern Europe.

The fight card:

Carlos da Guia (7-0) vs. Callum Henson (5-1)
Mizuki Watanabe (7-1) vs. Taniko Uchiyama (7-3)
Yutsuko Sasaki (7-5-1) vs. Hester Maclean (8-1-1)
Andrew Rush (13-1) vs. Ieyoshi Yama****a (11-5)
Scott Gillespie (3-1) vs. Agustin Gonzalez (4-0)
Christopher Sharp (9-3) vs. Khru Duangjan (23-14)
Thomas Smith (6-3) vs. Derek South (1-2)

[LoveMuscle]

Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 45”:

Kafu Bunya (13-3) def. Gabriel Gallego (14-1) by TKO in 2:47 of round 1 to win the ALPHA-1 Welterweight title (****)
Janinha (15-1) def. Vicki Summers (10-3) by TKO in 1:56 of round 3 to retain the ALPHA-1 Women’s Heavyweight title (**)
Percy Catcher (9-2) def. Mike Watson (4-1) by knock out in 1:19 of round 2 (***)
Dave Lennon (8-1) def. Tim Boyer (17-4-2) by TKO in 5:18 of round 1 (**)
Patrick Thomas (8-2) def. Carl Ratcliffe (10-6) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Sean Morrison (13-5) def. Rodolphe Gygax (16-10) by submission in 5:22 of round 1 (*)
Darin Blood (4-1) def. Xie Ming (3-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Phoebe Bergman (15-7) def. Roz Wareing (8-4-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Jennifer Nash (2-0) def. Gianna Russo (4-1) by knock out in 9:42 of round 1 (**)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 46” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 4, November 1997 from British Columbia, Canada.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Light Heavyweight title match: Anthony LeToussier © (15-5) vs. Petey Mack (8-1)
ALPHA-1 Women’s Lightweight title match: Yuya Shimizu © (6-1) vs. Jenny DeNeuve (8-0)
Romi Takahashi (6-0) vs. Sarah Vaughan (20-6)
Jeff Carlton (16-4) vs. Lefter Oktay (6-1)
Michelle Addams (4-2) vs. Kirsten Page (8-4)
Ikku Funaki (7-3) vs. Truck Gleeson (7-0)
Zvonimir Asanovic (12-2) vs. Gempachi Higa (10-6)
Go Yamamoto (14-2) vs. Cory Brewer (7-6-1)
Phil Ball (7-9) vs. Adam White (3-0)

[LoveMuscle]

New hires for November 1997:

Jose Garcia (0-0), Middleweight Division
Irene Rodriguez (0-0), Women’s Heavyweight Division

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Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Carlos da Guia (8-0) def. Callum Henson (5-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Mizuki Watanabe (8-1) def. Taniko Uchiyama (7-4) by knock out in 4:54 of round 1 (**)
Yutsuko Sasaki (8-5-1) def. Hester Maclean (8-2-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Andrew Rush (14-1) def. Ieyoshi Yama****a (11-6) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Scott Gillespie (4-1) vs. Agustin Gonzalez (4-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Christopher Sharp (10-3) def. Khru Duangjan (23-15) by knock out in 2:42 of round 1 (**)
Derek South (2-2) def. Thomas Smith (6-4) by TKO in 1:59 of round 2 (*)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Euro Cable Sports 1 Thursday, week 2, December 1997 from Western Europe.

The fight card:

Tadamasa Yamada (14-2) vs. Leon Banks (12-4)
James Foster (17-2) vs. Rav Kapur (6-1)
Bixente Fontaine (10-5) vs. Uwe Maier (7-2)
Chojiro Goto (10-2) vs. Teeratep Nutnum (7-1)
Claudio Palacios (10-4-1) vs. Simon Vine (7-5)
Kimie Igarashi (1-1) vs. Irene Rodriguez (0-0)
Eiko Shiokawa (0-0) vs. Louise Clark (0-2)

[LoveMuscle]

Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 46”:

Petey Mack (9-1) def. Anthony LeToussier (15-6) by knock out in 2:45 of round 2 to win the ALPHA-1 Light Heavyweight title (***)
Jenny DeNeuve (9-0) def. Yuya Shimizu (6-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to win the ALPHA-1 Women’s Lightweight title (**)
Romi Takahashi (7-0) def. Sarah Vaughan (20-7) by TKO in 1:53 of round 2 (***)
Lefter Oktay (7-1) def. Jeff Carlton (16-5) by TKO in 6:33 of round 1 (***)
Kirsten Page (9-4) def. Michelle Addams (4-3) by TKO in 0:42 of round 3 (**)
Ikku Funaki (8-3) def. Truck Gleeson (7-1) by TKO in 6:21 of round 1 (*)
Gempachi Higa (11-6) def. Zvonimir Asanovic (12-3) by submission in 3:49 of round 2 (**)
Go Yamamoto (15-2) def. Cory Brewer (7-7-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Adam White (4-0) def. Phil Ball (7-10) by TKO in 1:52 of round 3 (**)

[LoveMuscle]

ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 47” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 4, December 1997 from Quebec, Canada.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Heavyweight title match: Hassan Fezzik © (28-0) vs. Shane Gilchrist (12-2)
ALPHA-1 Middleweight title match: Davis Spyrou © (14-4) vs. Greg Atteveld (17-10)
Alison Beattie (10-5) vs. April Watson (15-6)
Maarten De Vries (15-5) vs. Jim Carpenter (20-6-1)
Gunnar Nilsson (18-4) vs. Stafford Alois (18-9)
John Rivero (8-1) vs. Curt Kitson (12-3)
Ricardo Fernandes (17-8) vs. Giovani Silva (21-11)
Naora Kikuchi (10-2) vs. Simone King (6-3)
Fumiaki Hayashi (14-5) vs. Nathan Chambers (6-1)

[LoveMuscle]

New hires for December 1997:

Gene Oakley (0-0), Lightweight Division

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Our sponsorship with Bentons East has expired; we have promoted Blast Cola to be our primary sponsor and have reached an agreement with Farrah, Whitworth & Rahn to become our secondary sponsor.

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Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Leon Banks (13-4) def. Tadamasa Yamada (14-3) by knock out in 6:45 of round 1 (**)
James Foster (18-2) def. Rav Kapur (6-2) by TKO in 2:39 of round 1 (**)
Uwe Maier (8-2) def. Bixente Fontaine (10-6) by knock out in 3:16 of round 2 (**)
Teeratep Nutnum (8-1) def. Chojiro Goto (10-3) by TKO in 3:46 of round 2 (**)
Claudio Palacios (11-4-1) def. Simon Vine (7-6) by TKO in 7:46 of round 1 (**)
Kimie Igarashi (2-1) def. Irene Rodriguez (0-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Eiko Shiokawa (1-0) def. Louise Clark (0-3) by TKO in 4:31 of round 2 (*)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Euro Cable Sports 1 Thursday, week 2, January 1998 from Central Europe.

The fight card:

Jack Humphreys (13-3) vs. Julio Regueiro (10-1-1)
Hiro Arai (18-3) vs. Tony McCall (21-5)
Roberto Aldez (20-4) vs. Faas Smit (6-1)
Jamie Hewitt (2-2) vs. Luke Hilton (2-3)
Yuya Shimizu (6-2) vs. Gianna Russo (4-1)
Lisa Labone (2-1) vs. Hanako Shimizu (3-1)
Yoshinobu Tanaka (8-17) vs. Jose Garcia (0-0)

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Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 47”:

Hassan Fezzik (29-0) def. Shane Gilchrist (12-3) by knock out in 3:51 of round 1 to retain the ALPHA-1 Heavyweight title (***)
Davis Spyrou (15-4) def. Greg Atteveld (17-11) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to retain the ALPHA-1 Middleweight title (**)
Alison Beattie (11-5) def. April Watson (15-7) by TKO in 1:26 of round 3 (***)
Jim Carpenter (21-6-1) def. Maarten De Vries (15-6) by knock out in 0:28 of round 2 (**)
Gunnar Nilsson (19-4) def. Stafford Alois (18-10) by submission in 0:56 of round 1 (**)
John Rivero (9-1) def. Curt Kitson (12-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Ricardo Fernandes (18-8) def. Giovani Silva (21-12) by TKO in 1:22 of round 2 (**)
Naora Kikuchi (11-2) def. Simone King (6-4) by TKO in 6:43 of round 1 (**)
Nathan Chambers (7-1) def. Fumiaki Hayashi (14-6) by TKO in 9:38 of round 1 (*)

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Katarzyna Wojciechowska and Kimie Igarashi have both announced that they are moving down to compete in the Women’s Lightweight division.

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New hires for January 1998:

Rafael Clean (0-0), Lightweight Division
Searlas Fournier (0-0), Heavyweight Division

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Our sponsorship with Manuji Systems has expired; we have reached an agreement with Adamzon.com to become our tertiary sponsor.

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Callum Henson has announced that he is moving up to compete in the Welterweight division.

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WOMEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION

CHAMPION: Jenny DeNeuve (9-0)
1. Mizuki Watanabe (8-1)
2. Sayoko Ebisawa (17-3)
3. Alison Beattie (11-5)
4. Kirsten Page (9-4)
5. Yuya Shimizu (6-2)
6. April Watson (15-7)
7. Katarzyna Wojciechowska (9-5)
8. Taniko Uchiyama (7-4)
9. Gianna Russo (4-1)
10. Michelle Addams (4-3)

The rest:
Louise Clark (0-3)
Kimie Igarashi (2-1)
Jennifer Nash (2-0)
Pamela O’Neill (2-1)
Eiko Shiokawa (1-0)


When the Women’s Division split, most people felt that the Lightweight Division was the lesser of the two. Jenny DeNeuve is the undefeated champion, with Mizuki Watanabe and former Women’s champion Sayoko Ebisawa right on her heels.

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WOMEN’S HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION

CHAMPION: Janinha (15-1)
1. Romi Takahashi (7-0)
2. Naora Kikuchi (11-2)
3. Chiyo Yanagimoto (10-2)
4. Phoebe Bergman (15-7)
5. Yutsuko Sasaki (8-5-1)
6. Haley Croft (6-1)
7. Sarah Vaughan (20-7)
8. Vicki Summers (10-3)
9. Hester Maclean (8-2-1)
10. Roz Wareing (8-4-1)

The rest:
Umeka Fujiwara (4-0)
Simone King (6-4)
Lisa Labone (2-1)
Irene Rodriguez (0-1)
Veronika Sablikova (4-3)
Hanako Shimizu (3-1)


Janinha defeated Women’s champion Sayoko Ebisawa in February and successfully defended the title three more times in 1997, earning the “Female Fighter of the Year” award. Undefeated top contender Romi Takahashi looms on the horizon, though.

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LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION

CHAMPION: Paulo Roberto Bezerra (12-1)
1. Marko Prochazka (12-3)
2. Carlos da Guia (8-0)
3. Go Yamamoto (15-2)
4. Teeratep Nutnum (8-1)
5. Ricardo Fernandes (18-8)
6. Sean Morrison (13-5)
7. Atep of Indonesia (5-0)
8. Luke Hilton (5-3)
9. Chojiro Goto (10-3)
10. Giovani Silva (21-12)

The rest:
Cory Brewer (7-7-1)
Rafael Clean (0-0)
Rodolphe Gygax (16-10)
Jamie Hewitt (2-2)
Gene Oakley (0-0)
Marcus Speed (2-3)


Paulo Roberto Bezerra defeated Go Yamamoto for the Lightweight title in March and successfully defended it two more times throughout the year. Up-and-coming Carlos da Guia and Atep of Indonesia look like they may have what it takes to challenge for the title. Overall, one of ALPHA-1’s weakest divisions; hopefully, newcomers Rafael Clean & Gene Oakley can provide some quality depth.

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WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION

CHAMPION: Kafu Bunya (13-3)
1. Peter Bracewell (19-7)
2. Nathan Chambers (7-1)
3. Ikku Funaki (8-3)
4. Julio Regueiro (10-1-1)
5. Claudio Palacios (11-4-1)
6. Jack Humphreys (13-3)
7. Gabriel Gallego (14-1)
8. Randy Carsley (6-1)
9. Truck Gleeson (7-1)
10. Noach Van Der Capellen (11-4)

The rest:
Darin Blood (4-1)
Scott Gillespie (4-1)
Agustin Gonzalez (4-1)
Eli Harris (1-1)
Fumiaki Hayashi (14-6)
Callum Henson (5-2)
Fujimaro Hidaka (2-3)
Joe Hinchcliffe (12-6)
Will Kane (7-2)
Xie Ming (3-3)
Simon Vine (7-6)


Kafu Bunya went through contenders Fumiaki Hayashi and Claudio Palacios to move to the top of the list, then had to wait five months for champion Gabriel Gallego to recover from an injury before finally getting his title shot. One of ALPHA-1’s deepest divisions, top contenders Peter Bracewell and Ikku Funaki weren’t even ranked a year ago. There’s a wealth of veterans and youngsters all vying to get into the title mix.

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MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION

CHAMPION: Davis Spyrou (15-4)
1. Andrew Rush (14-1)
2. Uwe Maier (8-2)
3. Thorbjorn Rekdal (5-2-1)
4. Jim Carpenter (21-6-1)
5. Patrick Thomas (8-2)
6. Greg Atteveld (17-11)
7. Dan Halvorsen (23-13-2)
8. Ieyoshi Yama****a (11-6)
9. Bixente Fontaine (10-6)
10. Juro Fukazawa (8-2)

The rest:
Adam White (4-0)
Phil Ball (7-10)
Maarten De Vries (15-6)
Jose Garcia (0-0)
Tucker Plumm (14-8)
Carl Ratcliffe (10-6)
Yoshinobu Tanaka (8-17)


It was a crazy year in the Middleweight Division – Juro Fukazawa and Maarten De Vries held the title during the year, but are currently on losing streaks that see them well out of the championship hunt at the start of 1998. Davis Spyrou seems to be the only one who can sustain a winning streak, carrying him to a 4-0 record during the year. Andrew Rush has worked his way back to being the No. 1 contender – right where he was at this time last year. Don’t be surprised if impressive youngster Adam White jumps up the list considerably during the year; he already holds victories over contenders Uwe Maier and Thorbjorn Rekdal.

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LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION

CHAMPION: Petey Mack (9-1)
1. Percy Catcher (9-2)
2. Leon Banks (13-4)
3. Gempachi Higa (11-6)
4. John Rivero (9-1)
5. Heiji Endo (10-2)
6. Roberto Aldez (20-4)
7. Christopher Sharp (10-3)
8. Faas Smit (6-1)
9. Anthony LeToussier (15-6)
10. Tadamasa Yamada (14-3)

The rest:
Zvonimir Asanovic (12-3)
Ashley Ballard (4-3)
Bill Brown (1-1)
Aleksei Chekhov (8-4)
Inejiro Chiba (20-6)
Khru Duangjan (23-15)
Curt Kitson (12-4)
George Laurent (13-2)
Nicolai Mickiewicz (9-4)
Mike Watson (4-1)


Another division with a wild year, as Tadamasa Yamada, Zvonimir Asanovic, and Anthony LeToussier all held the title during 2007, yet are a long ways away from getting a title shot now. Current champion Petey Mack and top contender Percy Catcher weren’t even on the ALPHA-1 roster a year ago.

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HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION

CHAMPION: Hassan Fezzik (29-0)
1. Rick Stanley (22-7-3)
2. James Foster (18-2)
3. Hiro Arai (18-3)
4. Dave Lennon (8-1)
5. Bob Dozier (6-2)
6. Gunnar Nilsson (19-4)
7. Tony McCall (21-5)
8. Robun Yamazaki (18-7)
9. Lefter Oktay (7-1)
10. Stratos Papaioannou (21-5)

The rest:
Stafford Alois (18-10)
Mark Bicknell (8-5)
Mugur Boc (3-0)
Tim Boyer (17-4-2)
Jeff Carlton (16-5)
Searlas Fournier (0-0)
Shane Gilchrist (12-3)
Raul Hughes (11-2)
Aleksander Ivanov (1-0)
Rav Kapur (6-2)
Steve Mason (4-0)
Raul Pastor (0-2)
Thomas Smith (6-4)
Derek South (2-2)
Eddie Whelan (11-3)


Another perfect year for Hassan Fezzik, and another “Fighter of the Year” award. Is there anyone who can beat him? Rick Stanley and James Foster appear to be next in line to try.

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Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Julio Regueiro (11-1-1) def. Jack Humphreys (13-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Hiro Arai (19-3) def. Tony McCall (21-6) by TKO in 8:30 of round 1 (**)
Roberto Aldez (21-4) def. Faas Smit (6-2) by TKO in 8:51 of round 1 (**)
Luke Hilton (6-3) def. Jamie Hewitt (2-3) by TKO in 1:28 of round 2 (**)
Gianna Russo (5-1) def. Yuya Shimizu (6-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Hanako Shimizu (4-1) def. Lisa Labone (2-2) by knock out in 9:38 of round 1 (*)
Jose Garcia (1-0) def. Yoshinobu Tanaka (8-18) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Euro Cable Sports 1 Thursday, week 2, February 1998 from North of England, United Kingdom.

The fight card:

Patrick Thomas (8-2) vs. Thorbjorn Rekdal (5-2-1)
George Laurent (13-2) vs. Nicolai Mickiewicz (9-4)
Darin Blood (4-1) vs. Eli Harris (1-1)
Aleksander Ivanov (1-0) vs. Searlas Fournier (0-0)
Gene Oakley (0-0) vs. Rafael Clean (0-0)
Michelle Addams (4-3) vs. Jennifer Nash (2-0)
Veronika Sablikova (4-3) vs. Roz Wareing (8-4-1)

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Fumiaki Hayashi has announced that he is moving down to compete in the Lightweight division.

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Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 48”:

Paulo Roberto Bezerra (13-1) def. Marko Prochazka (12-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to retain the ALPHA-1 Lightweight title (*)
Peter Bracewell (20-7) def. Kafu Bunya (13-4) by submission in 0:42 of round 3 to win the ALPHA-1 Welterweight title (**)
Sayoko Ebisawa (18-3) def. Kirsten Page (9-5) by TKO in 2:20 of round 3 (***)
Dan Halvorsen (24-13-2) def. Ieyoshi Yama****a (11-7) by knock out in 1:37 of round 3 (*)
Eddie Whelan (12-3) def. Stratos Papaioannou (21-6) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Rodolphe Gygax (17-10) def. Atep of Indonesia (5-1) by TKO in 1:48 of round 2 (**)
Joe Hinchcliffe (13-6) def. Will Kane (7-3) by knock out in 4:39 of round 2 (**)
Phoebe Bergman (16-7) def. Chiyo Yanagimoto (10-3) by submission in 0:53 of round 3 (**)
Aleksei Chekhov (9-4) def. Inejiro Chiba (20-7) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 49” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 4, February 1998 from Chubu, Japan.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Light Heavyweight title match: Petey Mack © (9-1) vs. Percy Catcher (9-2)
ALPHA-1 Women’s Heavyweight title match: Janinha © (15-1) vs. Romi Takahashi (7-0)
Taniko Uchiyama (7-4) vs. Katarzyna Wojciechowska (9-5)
Sean Morrison (13-5) vs. Ricardo Fernandes (18-8)
Juro Fukazawa (8-2) vs. Carl Ratcliffe (10-6)
Randy Carsley (6-1) vs. Callum Henson (5-2)
Yutsuko Sasaki (8-5-1) vs. Haley Croft (6-1)
Raul Hughes (11-2) vs. Mark Bicknell (8-5)
Ashley Ballard (4-3) vs. Khru Duangjan (23-15)

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Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Patrick Thomas (9-2) def. Thorbjorn Rekdal (5-3-1) by TKO in 2:43 of round 3 (**)
George Laurent (14-2) def. Nicolai Mickiewicz (9-5) by TKO in 3:41 of round 1 (***)
Eli Harris (2-1) def. Darin Blood (4-2) by TKO in 4:53 of round 1 (*)
Aleksander Ivanov (2-0) def. Searlas Fournier (0-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (DUD)
Gene Oakley (1-0) def. Rafael Clean (0-1) by knock out in 1:36 of round 3 (*)
Jennifer Nash (3-0) def. Michelle Addams (4-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Veronika Sablikova (5-3) def. Roz Wareing (8-5-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Euro Cable Sports 1 Thursday, week 2, March 1998 from Scotland, United Kingdom.

The fight card:

Robun Yamazaki (18-7) vs. Bob Dozier (6-2)
Heiji Endo (10-2) vs. Christopher Sharp (10-3)
Phil Ball (7-10) vs. Maarten De Vries (15-6)
Fujimaro Hidaka (2-3) vs. Scott Gillespie (4-1)
Simone King (6-4) vs. Hester Maclean (8-2-1)
Kimie Igarashi (2-1) vs. Louise Clark (0-3)
Giovani Silva (21-12) vs. Cory Brewer (7-7-1)

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Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 49”:

Petey Mack (10-1) def. Percy Catcher (9-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to retain the ALPHA-1 Light Heavyweight title (**)
Romi Takahashi (8-0) def. Janinha (15-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to win the ALPHA-1 Women’s Heavyweight title (****)
Katarzyna Wojciechowska (10-5) def. Taniko Uchiyama (7-5) by TKO in 1:19 of round 2 (**)
Sean Morrison (14-5) def. Ricardo Fernandes (18-9) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Carl Ratcliffe (11-6) def. Juro Fukazawa (8-3) by submission in 4:33 of round 3 (***)
Randy Carsley (7-1) def. Callum Henson (5-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Yutsuko Sasaki (9-5-1) def. Haley Croft (6-2) by submission in 4:27 of round 3 (**)
Raul Hughes (12-2) def. Mark Bicknell (8-6) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Ashley Ballard (5-3) def. Khru Duangjan (23-16) by knock out in 0:26 of round 2 (*)

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New hires for March 1998:

Stacy Funk (0-0), Women’s Lightweight Division

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 50” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 4, March 1998 from Chugoku, Japan.

The fight card:

Fumiaki Hayashi (14-6) vs. Go Yamamoto (15-2)
ALPHA-1 Middleweight title match: Davis Spyrou © (15-4) vs. Andrew Rush (14-1)
Leon Banks (13-4) vs. Gempachi Higa (11-6)
ALPHA-1 Women’s Lightweight title match: Jenny DeNeuve © (9-0) vs. Mizuki Watanabe (8-1)
Steve Mason (4-0) vs. Dave Lennon (8-1)
Vicki Summers (10-3) vs. Chiyo Yanagimoto (10-3)
Noach Van Der Capellen (11-4) vs. Truck Gleeson (7-1)
Eiko Shiokawa (1-0) vs. Gianna Russo (5-1)
Yoshinobu Tanaka (8-18) vs. Ieyoshi Yama****a (11-7)

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Pay-per-view news:

- ALPHA-1 has extended their contract with J-Remote 1 for 8 more events.

- ALPHA-1's contract with American Option has expired.

- ALPHA-1 has signed 8-event deals with USA Free Choice, Canada 1-Choice, and Euro Your Demand.

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Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Robun Yamazaki (19-7) def. Bob Dozier (6-3) by TKO in 5:06 of round 1 (**)
Heiji Endo (11-2) def. Christopher Sharp (10-4) by submission in 0:55 of round 3 (**)
Maarten De Vries (16-6) def. Phil Ball (7-11) by knock out in 6:36 of round 1 (**)
Fujimaro Hidaka (3-3) def. Scott Gillespie (4-2) by submission in 0:41 of round 2 (*)
Hester Maclean (9-2-1) def. Simone King (6-5) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Kimie Igarashi (3-1) def. Louise Clark (0-4) by TKO in 8:20 of round 1 (*)
Giovani Silva (22-12) def. Cory Brewer (7-8-1) by knock out in 4:44 of round 3 (*)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Euro Cable Sports 1 Thursday, week 2, March 1998 from Ireland, United Kingdom.

The fight card:

Bixente Fontaine (10-6) vs. Adam White (4-0)
April Watson (15-7) vs. Yuya Shimizu (6-3)
Faas Smit (6-2) vs. Bill Brown (1-1)
Lisa Labone (2-2) vs. Irene Rodriguez (0-1)
Chojiro Goto (10-3) vs. Marcus Speed (2-3)
Derek South (2-2) vs. Raul Pastor (0-2)
Xie Ming (3-3) vs. Agustin Gonzalez (4-1)

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Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 50”:

Fumiaki Hayashi (15-6) def. Go Yamamoto (15-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (****)
Davis Spyrou (16-4) def. Andrew Rush (14-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to retain the ALPHA-1 Middleweight title (**)
Gempachi Higa (12-6) def. Leon Banks (13-5) by knock out in 1:22 of round 2 (***)
Jenny DeNeuve (10-0) def. Mizuki Watanabe (8-2) by TKO in 1:22 of round 3 to retain the ALPHA-1 Women’s Lightweight title (***)
Steve Mason (5-0) def. Dave Lennon (8-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Vicki Summers (11-3) def. Chiyo Yanagimoto (10-4) by TKO in 2:21 of round 3 (***)
Noach Van Der Capellen (12-4) def. Truck Gleeson (7-2) by TKO in 1:08 of round 2 (**)
Eiko Shiokawa (2-0) def. Gianna Russo (5-2) by TKO in 3:41 of round 3 (*)
Ieyoshi Yama****a (12-7) def. Yoshinobu Tanaka (8-19) by TKO in 2:37 of round 3 (**)

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Following his match, Yoshinobu Tanaka announced his retirement.

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 51” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 4, March 1998 from Kanto, Japan.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Heavyweight title match: Hassan Fezzik © (29-0) vs. Rick Stanley (22-7-3)
ALPHA-1 Lightweight title match: Paulo Roberto Bezerra © (13-1) vs. Carlos da Guia (8-0)
Naora Kikuchi (11-2) vs. Yutsuko Sasaki (9-5-1)
Gabriel Gallego (14-1) vs. Joe Hinchcliffe (13-6)
Mike Watson (4-1) vs. John Rivero (9-1)
Dan Halvorsen (24-13-2) vs. Jim Carpenter (21-6-1)
Teeratep Nutnum (8-1) vs. Rodolphe Gygax (17-10)
Alison Beattie (11-5) vs. Kirsten Page (9-5)
Jeff Carlton (16-5) vs. Thomas Smith (6-4)

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New hires for April 1998:

Tadiyuki Kakinomoto (0-0), Middleweight Division

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Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Adam White (5-0) def. Bixente Fontaine (10-7) by knock out in 0:39 of round 2 (**)
Yuya Shimizu (7-3) def. April Watson (15-8) by TKO in 4:41 of round 1 (**)
Bill Brown (2-1) def. Faas Smit (6-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Lisa Labone (3-2) def. Irene Rodriguez (0-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Marcus Speed (3-3) def. Chojiro Goto (10-4) by TKO in 1:59 of round 2 (**)
Raul Pastor (1-2) def. Derek South (2-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Agustin Gonzalez (5-1) def. Xie Ming (3-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Euro Cable Sports 1 Thursday, week 2, May 1998 from London, United Kingdom.

The fight card:

Lefter Oktay (7-1) vs. Rav Kapur (6-2)
Anthony LeToussier (15-6) vs. Curt Kitson (12-4)
Jamie Hewitt (2-3) vs. Marko Prochazka (12-4)
Janinha (15-2) vs. Roz Wareing (8-5-1)
Simon Vine (7-6) vs. Will Kane (7-3)
Jose Garcia (1-0) vs. Tadiyuki Kakinomoto (0-0)
Michelle Addams (4-4) vs. Stacy Funk (0-0)

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Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 51”:

Hassan Fezzik (30-0) def. Rick Stanley (22-8-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to retain the ALPHA-1 Heavyweight title (****)
Paulo Roberto Bezerra (14-1) def. Carlos da Guia (8-1) by TKO in 1:42 of round 5 to retain the ALPHA-1 Lightweight title (*****)
Yutsuko Sasaki (10-5-1) def. Naora Kikuchi (11-5) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Gabriel Gallego (15-1) def. Joe Hinchcliffe (13-7) by knock out in 0:25 of round 2 (***)
Mike Watson (5-1) def. John Rivero (9-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (***)
Jim Carpenter (22-6-1) def. Dan Halvorsen (24-14-2) by TKO in 2:46 of round 3 (***)
Teeratep Nutnum (9-1) def. Rodolphe Gygax (17-11) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Alison Beattie (12-5) def. Kirsten Page (9-6) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Thomas Smith (7-4) def. Jeff Carlton (16-6) by TKO in 2:46 of round 2 (***)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 52” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 4, May 1998 from Kyushu, Japan.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Women’s Heavyweight title match: Romi Takahashi © (8-0) vs. Phoebe Bergman (16-7)
ALPHA-1 Welterweight title match: Peter Bracewell © (20-7) vs. Ikku Funaki (8-3)
Jack Humphreys (13-4) vs. Kafu Bunya (13-4)
Sean Morrison (14-5) vs. Luke Hilton (6-3)
Mizuki Watanabe (8-2) vs. Katarzyna Wojciechowska (10-5)
Inejiro Chiba (20-7) vs. Zvonimir Asanovic (12-3)
Sarah Vaughan (20-7) vs. Haley Croft (6-2)
Carl Ratcliffe (11-6) vs. Ieyoshi Yama****a (12-7)
Stratos Papaioannou (21-6) vs. Stafford Alois (18-10)

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New hires for May 1998:

Kramer Mayweather (0-0), Middleweight Division

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Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Lefter Oktay (8-1) def. Rav Kapur (6-3) by TKO in 7:20 of round 1 (**)
Curt Kitson (13-4) def. Anthony LeToussier (15-7) by TKO in 2:21 of round 2 (**)
Jamie Hewitt (3-3) def. Marko Prochazka (12-5) by knock out in 3:40 of round 2 (**)
Janinha (16-2) def. Roz Wareing (8-6-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Simon Vine (8-6) def. Will Kane (7-4) by TKO in 8:13 of round 1 (**)
Jose Garcia (2-0) def. Tadiyuki Kakinomoto (0-1) by TKO on 6:38 of round 1 (*)
Michelle Addams (5-4) def. Stacy Funk (0-1) by knock out in 0:29 of round 2 (*)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Euro Cable Sports 1 Thursday, week 2, June 1998 from West Central Mexico.

The fight card:

Julio Regueiro (11-1-1) vs. Nathan Chambers (7-1)
Tony McCall (21-6) vs. Tim Boyer (17-4-2)
Thorbjorn Rekdal (5-3-1) vs. Kramer Mayweather (0-0)
Atep of Indonesia (5-1) vs. Rafael Clean (0-1)
Gianna Russo (5-2) vs. Louise Clark (0-4)
Chiyo Yanagimoto (10-4) vs. Simone King (6-5)
Nicolai Mickiewicz (9-5) vs. Khru Duangjan (23-16)

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Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 52”:

Romi Takahashi (9-0) def. Phoebe Bergman (16-8) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to retain the ALPHA-1 Women’s Heavyweight title (**)
Ikku Funaki (9-3) def. Peter Bracewell (20-8) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to win the ALPHA-1 Welterweight title (**)
Kafu Bunya (14-4) def. Jack Humphreys (13-5) by TKO in 9:21 of round 1 (***)
Sean Morrison (15-5) def. Luke Hilton (6-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Katarzyna Wojciechowska (11-5) def. Mizuki Watanabe (8-3) by TKO in 1:21 of round 3 (***)
Zvonimir Asanovic (13-3) def. Inejiro Chiba (20-8) by submission in 0:49 of round 2 (****)
Haley Croft (7-2) def. Sarah Vaughan (20-8) by knock out in 3:32 of round 3 (**)
Carl Ratcliffe (12-6) def. Ieyoshi Yama****a (12-8) by knock out in 2:20 of round 3 (**)
Stafford Alois (19-10) def. Stratos Papaioannou (21-7) by TKO in 1:37 of round 2 (**)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 53” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 4, June 1998 from Hokkaido, Japan.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Light Heavyweight title match: Petey Mack © (10-1) vs. Roberto Aldez (21-4)
ALPHA-1 Women’s Lightweight title match: Jenny DeNeuve © (10-0) vs. Sayoko Ebisawa (18-3)
Uwe Maier (8-2) vs. Maarten De Vries (16-6)
Fumiaki Hayashi (15-6) vs. Giovani Silva (22-12)
Kimie Igarashi (3-1) vs. Jennifer Nash (3-0)
Gunnar Nilsson (19-4) vs. Eddie Whelan (12-3)
Claudio Palacios (11-4-1) vs. Randy Carsley (7-1)
George Laurent (14-2) vs. Aleksei Chekhov (9-4)
Hanako Shimizu (4-1) vs. Irene Rodriguez (0-2)

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New hires for June 1998:

Ren Akai (0-0), Lightweight Division

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ALPHA-1 has signed a pay-per-view contract with Seleccion Mexico. They will broadcast our next 12 events throughout Mexico.

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Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Julio Regueiro (12-1-1) def. Nathan Chambers (7-2) by knock out in 4:56 of round 3 (**)
Tim Boyer (18-4-2) def. Tony McCall (21-7) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Kramer Mayweather (1-0) def. Thorbjorn Rekdal (5-4-1) by knock out in 4:57 of round 2 (*)
Rafael Clean (1-1) def. Atep of Indonesia (5-2) by TKO in 1:56 of round 2 (*)
Louise Clark (1-4) def. Gianna Russo (5-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Chiyo Yanagimoto (11-4) def. Simone King (6-6) by TKO in 0:53 of round 1 (**)
Nicolai Mickiewicz (10-5) def. Khru Duangjan (23-17) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Euro Cable Sports 1 Thursday, week 2, July 1998 from South Western Mexico.

The fight card:

Tadamasa Yamada (14-3) vs. Percy Catcher (9-3)
Scott Gillespie (4-2) vs. Eli Harris (2-1)
Mugur Boc (3-0) vs. Searlas Fournier (0-1)
Veronika Sablikova (5-3) vs. Lisa Labone (3-2)
Gene Oakley (1-0) vs. Ren Akai (0-0)
Taniko Uchiyama (7-5) vs. Kirsten Page (9-6)
Juro Fukazawa (8-3) vs. Phil Ball (7-11)

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Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 53”:

Petey Mack (11-1) def. Roberto Aldez (21-5) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to retain the ALPHA-1 Light Heavyweight title (***)
Sayoko Ebisawa (19-3) def. Jenny DeNeuve (10-1) by knock out in 0:41 of round 2 to win the ALPHA-1 Women’s Lightweight title (***)
Uwe Maier (9-2) def. Maarten De Vries (16-7) by TKO in 1:22 of round 3 (***)
Fumiaki Hayashi (16-6) def. Giovani Silva (22-13) by split decision in 5:00 of round 3 (***)
Kimie Igarashi (4-1) def. Jennifer Nash (3-1) by TKO in 2:35 of round 3 (*)
Gunnar Nilsson (20-4) def. Eddie Whelan (12-4) by submission in 4:30 of round 3 (**)
Randy Carsley (8-1) def. Claudio Palacios (11-5-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (***)
George Laurent (15-2) def. Aleksei Chekhov (9-5) by TKO in 1:22 of round 3 (**)
Hanako Shimizu (5-1) def. Irene Rodriguez (0-3) by TKO in 2:53 of round 2 (*)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 54” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 4, July 1998 from Kinki, Japan.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Heavyweight title match: Hassan Fezzik © (30-0) vs. Hiro Arai (19-3)
ALPHA-1 Middleweight title match: Davis Spyrou © (16-4) vs. Patrick Thomas (9-2)
Go Yamamoto (15-3) vs. Ricardo Fernandes (18-9)
Alison Beattie (12-5) vs. Yuya Shimizu (7-3)
Greg Atteveld (17-11) vs. Andrew Rush (14-2)
Shane Gilchrist (12-3) vs. Bob Dozier (6-3)
Leon Banks (13-5) vs. Christopher Sharp (10-4)
Naora Kikuchi (11-3) vs. Phoebe Bergman (16-8)
Callum Henson (5-3) vs. Truck Gleeson (7-2)

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New hires for July 1998:

Sukarno (0-0), Middleweight Division

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Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Tadamasa Yamada (15-3) def. Percy Catcher (9-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Scott Gillespie (5-2) def. Eli Harris (2-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Mugur Boc (4-0) def. Searlas Fournier (0-2) by TKO in 9:52 of round 1 (*)
Lisa Labone (4-2) def. Veronika Sablikova (5-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Ren Akai (1-0) def. Gene Oakley (1-1) by TKO in 4:24 of round 2 (*)
Taniko Uchiyama (8-5) def. Kirsten Page (9-7) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Juro Fukazawa (9-3) def. Phil Ball (7-12) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Euro Cable Sports 1 Thursday, week 2, August 1998 from Northern Mexico.

The fight card:

Sarah Vaughan (20-8) vs. Hester Maclean (9-2-1)
Heiji Endo (11-2) vs. Ashley Ballard (5-3)
Darin Blood (4-2) vs. Agustin Gonzalez (5-1)
Eiko Shiokawa (2-0) vs. Stacy Funk (0-1)
Mark Bicknell (8-6) vs. Aleksander Ivanov (2-0)
Sukarno (0-0) vs. Tadiyuki Kakinomoto (0-1)
Marcus Speed (3-3) vs. Cory Brewer (7-8-1)

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Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 54”:

Hiro Arai (20-3) def. Hassan Fezzik (30-1) by TKO in 7:16 of round 1 to win the ALPHA-1 Heavyweight title (****)
Patrick Thomas (10-2) def. Davis Spyrou (16-5) by knock out in 5:26 of round 1 to win the ALPHA-1 Middleweight title (***)
Go Yamamoto (16-3) def. Ricardo Fernandes (18-10) by TKO in 9:49 of round 1 (***)
Alison Beattie (13-5) def. Yuya Shimizu (7-4) by TKO in 1:16 of round 3 (**)
Andrew Rush (15-2) def. Greg Atteveld (17-12) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Shane Gilchrist (13-3) def. Bob Dozier (6-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (***)
Leon Banks (14-5) def. Christopher Sharp (10-5) by submission in 4:40 of round 3 (**)
Phoebe Bergman (17-8) def. Naora Kikuchi (11-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Truck Gleeson (8-2) def. Callum Henson (5-4) by TKO in 1:42 of round 3 (**)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 55” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 4, August 1998 from Southern Asia.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Lightweight title match: Paulo Roberto Bezerra © (14-1) vs. Sean Morrison (15-5)
ALPHA-1 Women’s Heavyweight title match: Romi Takahashi © (9-0) vs. Yutsuko Sasaki (10-5-1)
Gabriel Gallego (15-1) vs. Noach Van Der Capellen (12-4)
Zvonimir Asanovic (13-3) vs. Curt Kitson (13-4)
Carlos da Guia (8-1) vs. Rodolphe Gygax (17-11)
Steve Mason (5-0) vs. Stratos Papaioannou (21-7)
Vicki Summers (11-3) vs. Haley Croft (7-2)
Bixente Fontaine (10-7) vs. Dan Halvorsen (24-14-2)
Michelle Addams (5-4) vs. Louise Clark (1-4)

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The United States Congress lifted the federal ban on mixed martial arts, leaving it up to each state to determine whether or not to allow MMA competion in America.

Nevada and Illinois have quickly legalized MMA.

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Rays” live on The Pop! Network Friday, week 1, September 1998 from Nevada, America.

The fight card:

Robun Yamazaki (19-7) vs. James Foster (18-2)
Carl Ratcliffe (12-6) vs. Jim Carpenter (22-6-1)
Raul Hughes (12-2) vs. Thomas Smith (7-4)
Peter Bracewell (20-8) vs. Simon Vine (8-6)
Fujimaro Hidaka (3-3) vs. Xie Ming (3-4)

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Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Hester Maclean (10-2-1) def. Sarah Vaughan (20-9) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Heiji Endo (12-2) def. Ashley Ballard (5-4) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Darin Blood (5-2) def. Agustin Gonzalez (5-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Eiko Shiokawa (3-0) def. Stacy Funk (0-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Aleksander Ivanov (3-0) def. Mark Bicknell (8-7) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)
Tadiyuki Kakinomoto (1-1) def. Sukarno (0-1) by TKO in 3:06 of round 2 (*)
Cory Brewer (8-8-1) def. Marcus Speed (3-4) by stoppage in 0:52 of round 3 (*)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Euro Cable Sports 1 Thursday, week 2, September 1998 from Colombia, South America.

The fight card:

Teeratep Nutnum (20-8) vs. Jamie Hewitt (9-2-1)
Joe Hinchcliffe (11-2) vs. Kafu Bunya (5-3)
Inejiro Chiba (4-2) vs. Bill Brown (5-1)
April Watson (2-0) vs. Gianna Russo (0-1)
Jeff Carlton (8-6) vs. Rav Kapur (2-0)

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Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 55”:

Sean Morrison (16-5) def. Paulo Roberto Bezerra (14-2) by TKO in 3:17 of round 2 to win the ALPHA-1 Lightweight title (***)
Romi Takahashi (10-0) def. Yutsuko Sasaki (10-6-1) by TKO in 3:36 of round 1 to retain the ALPHA-1 Women’s Heavyweight title (***)
Noach Van Der Capellen (13-4) def. Gabriel Gallego (15-2) by TKO in 1:33 of round 2 (****)
Curt Kitson (14-4) def. Zvonimir Asanovic (13-4) by TKO in 0:21 of round 2 (***)
Carlos da Guia (9-1) def. Rodolphe Gygax (17-12) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Stratos Papaioannou (22-7) def. Steve Mason (5-1) by submission in 2:55 of round 2 (**)
Haley Croft (8-2) def. Vicki Summers (11-4) by knock out in 0:31 of round 1 (*)
Bixente Fontaine (11-7) def. Dan Halvorsen (24-15-2) by TKO in 2:58 of round 3 (*)
Michelle Addams (6-4) def. Louise Clark (1-5) by TKO in 3:59 of round 1 (*)


After his match, Stratos Papaioannou announced his retirement.

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 56” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 4, September 1998 from Eastern Asia.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Women’s Lightweight title match: Sayoko Ebisawa © (19-3) vs. Katarzyna Wojciechowska (11-5)
ALPHA-1 Middleweight title match: Patrick Thomas © (10-2) vs. Uwe Maier (9-2)
John Rivero (9-2) vs. Aleksei Chekhov (9-5)
Lefter Oktay (8-1) vs. Raul Pastor (1-2)
Jack Humphreys (13-5) vs. Claudio Palacios (11-5-1)
Luke Hilton (6-4) vs. Gene Oakley (1-1)
Roz Wareing (8-6-1) vs. Simone King (6-6)

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New hires for September 1998:

Brendon Job (0-0), Welterweight Division
Gregory Papadapoulos (0-0), Heavyweight Division

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Here are the results from “ALPHA Rays”:

Robun Yamazaki (20-7) def. James Foster (18-3) by knock out in 4:34 of round 3 (***)
Carl Ratcliffe (13-6) def. Jim Carpenter (22-7-1) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Thomas Smith (8-4) def. Raul Hughes (12-3) by TKO in 2:40 of round 3 (***)
Peter Bracewell (21-8) def. Simon Vine (8-7) by TKO in 2:47 of round 1 (**)
Fujimaro Hidaka (4-3) def. Xie Ming (3-5) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Rays” live on The Pop! Network Friday, week 1, October 1998 from The Maritimes, Canada.

The fight card:

Stafford Alois (19-10) vs. Tim Boyer (18-4-2)
Eddie Whelan (12-4) vs. Dave Lennon (8-2)
Adam White (5-0) vs. Jose Garcia (2-0)
Will Kane (7-4) vs. Eli Harris (2-2)
Faas Smit (6-3) vs. Khru Duangjan (23-17)

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Here are the results from “ALPHA Quadrant”:

Teeratep Nutnum (10-1) def. Jamie Hewitt (3-4) by TKO in 8:20 of round 1 (*)
Joe Hinchcliffe (14-7) def. Kafu Bunya (14-5) by TKO in 3:23 of round 3 (**)
Bill Brown (3-1) def. Inejiro Chiba (20-9) by submission in 1:33 of round 3 (**)
April Watson (16-8) def. Gianna Russo (5-4) by submission in 1:18 of round 2 (*)
Rav Kapur (7-3) def. Jeff Carlton (16-7) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA Quadrant” live on Euro Cable Sports 1 Thursday, week 2, October 1998 from Brazil, South America.

The fight card:

Maarten De Vries (16-7) vs. Ieyoshi Yama****a (12-8)
Kimie Igarashi (4-1) vs. Kirsten Page (9-7)
Derek South (2-3) vs. Gregory Papadopoulos (0-0)
Mike Watson (5-1) vs. Nicolai Mickiewicz (10-5)
Callum Henson (5-4) vs. Brendon Job (0-0)

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Here are the results from “ALPHA-1: 56”:

Sayoko Ebisawa (20-3) def. Katarzyna Wojciechowska (11-6) by TKO in 1:42 of round 1 to retain the ALPHA-1 Women’s Lightweight title (***)
Uwe Maier (10-2) def. Patrick Thomas (10-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 5 to win the ALPHA-1 Middleweight title (**)
John Rivero (10-2) def. Aleksei Chekhov (9-6) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Lefter Oktay (9-1) def. Raul Pastor (1-3) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Jack Humphreys (14-5) def. Claudio Palacios (11-6-1) by knock out in 1:55 of round 1 (**)
Luke Hilton (7-4) def. Gene Oakley (1-2) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (**)
Roz Wareing (9-6-1) def. Simone King (6-7) by unanimous decision in 5:00 of round 3 (*)

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ALPHA-1 announces “ALPHA-1: 57” live on pay-per-view Saturday, week 4, October 1998 from Illinois, America.

The fight card:

ALPHA-1 Light Heavyweight title match: Petey Mack © (11-1) vs. Gempachi Higa (12-6)
ALPHA-1 Welterweight title match: Ikku Funaki © (9-3) vs. Julio Regueiro (12-1-1)
Janinha (16-2) vs. Chiyo Yanagimoto (11-4)
Chojiro Goto (10-4) vs. Marko Prochazka (12-5)
Tony McCall (21-7) vs. Bob Dozier (6-4)
Juro Fukazawa (9-3) vs. Tucker Plumm (14-8)
Pamela O’Neill (2-1) vs. Jennifer Nash (3-1)

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New hires for October 1998:

Laura Adair (0-0), Women’s Heavyweight Division

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ALPHA-1 has extended its pay-per-view contracts with J-Remote 1 and Euro Your Demand. They will broadcast our next 18 events throughout Japan, Asia, Europe, and the United Kingdom.