AMA Global Rumble

The AMA Global Rumble is a free-for-all event that occurs at the beginning of international season. It is a 40-man battle royale that follows elimination by toss-out of the ring. Each fighter enters at random every 90 seconds and fight each other to eliminate them. The winner is the last PMA in the ring. The winner is titled the Global Rumble Challenger and can challenge any member of the Global Ten to a one-on-one fight. Should that PMA defeat the Global Ten member, that PMA attains that ranking, switching ranks. The PMA then gains the title of Global Rumble Champion.

Only the top 50 (minus the Global Ten) in the AMA International Rankings are allowed to participate in the Global Rumble. PMAs can choose not to participate, which gives their spot to the next fighter.

## Reception

The Global Rumble is heavily divided in its legitimacy and fairness in the martial arts community. People who praise the event believe it is a good way to challenge the Global Ten and give potential top fighters a chance to prove themselves. Since many fighters can't afford traveling to tournaments to move up rankings, the Global Rumble is a good way to get publicity and a potential match against the Global Ten. The Global Ten is generally a heavily viewed event, most people waiting to see who will compete and when will they enter the ring. They also love to see the match between the winner and the Global Ten member, which could result in upsets. Many who favor the Global Rumble note that some of the best winner went on to become dominant Global Ten members.

Critiques include, of course, current Global Ten members, the ones who have a chance to lose their ranking. The event is fairly new to the AMA tournament history, and breaks tradition of winning tournaments to move up, rather than instantly get to challenge a Global Ten member. Gin Yukihira claims that the Global Rumble, "gives you a change to make finals of an S-Tier, yet does not change your ranking whatsoever unless you somehow defeat the Global Ten member." There have been times when the Global Rumble was force to cancel due to lack of participants who wanted to focus on the regular season. Because of this, many question whether the Global Rumble changes the way fighters train for tournaments and changes their priorities. A big critique is how the Global Rumble doesn't change anything and hurts more people. Should the winner defeat the Global Ten member, that person must hold it. Most winners of the Global Ten have been top 20 fighters, but there is a very low ratio of Global Ten rank changes. Top 20 fighters complain that they would have had a higher chance of moving up the rank if they went to S-Tier and A-Tiers rather than winning the Global Rumble. The lack of top 20 in the Global Rumble meant the event felt less competitive and the winner was a lower ranked fighter that had very little chance of winning the Global Ten challenge.

## Trivia

* Koshi Bando is the only fighter to win the Global Rumble three times
* Akira Sakurai is the youngest and first fighter to win the Global Rumble and defeat the Global Ten challenge on first try
* Izuku Yukihira is the youngest and lowest ranked Global Rumble Challenger