For you to become the next Number One Contender for the MMATorch Prediction Championship, send in your picks for UFC 71, to be held Saturday May 26. If you're able to correctly predict the most UFC 71 fights, you'll earn a head-to-head championship match-up at UFC Fight Night 10 on June 12.
At UFC 70, MMATorch Prediction Champion Mike Jarsulic successfully defended his title for the third straight time. Now Jarsulic will be defending his title against the winner of our UFC 70 Prediction Contest -- Tyson Kubas. Kubas went 8-2 with his UFC 70 picks, which was actually better than our champion. Now that the title is on the line, will Kubas be able to best our champion again, and end Jarsulic's winning streak?
Below is the complete fight card for UFC 71. Please send in your predictions with the following format:
(Winner / Method of Victory / Ending Round)
PART A - Who wins?
PART B - How do they win? Methods of victory can be -- submission, KO/TKO, unanimous/split decision, DQ.
PART C - What round do they win in? All undercard fights will have 3 five-minute rounds. The main event championship match will have 5 five-minute rounds. If you're predicting a decision victory, you do not need to include a round.
Here’s a recent example of our Prediction Format for UFC 70.
UFC 71: LIDDELL VS. JACKSON
1 - Wilson Gouveia vs. Carmelo Marrero
2 - Jeremy Stephens vs. Din Thomas
3 - Alan Belcher vs. Sean Salmon
4 - James Irvin vs. Thiago Silva
5 - Chris Leben vs. Kalib Starnes
6 - Houston Alexander vs. Keith Jardine
7 - Josh Burkman vs. Karo Parisyan
8 - Terry Martin vs. Ivan Salaverry
9 - Chuck Liddell vs. Quinton Jackson {Light Heavyweight Championship}
Your UFC 71: LIDDELL VS. JACKSON Predictions can be e-mailed to mmatorch_predictions@yahoo.com.
The new number one contender for the MMATorch Prediction Championship will be determined by who correctly predicts the most fights at UFC 71. The winning MMATorch reader or writer will compete head-to-head against our champion in predicting UFC Fight Night 10 fights. The championship match between MMATorch Prediction Champion Mike Jarsulic and MMATorch reader Tyson Kubas will be detailed in our Staff Predictions article before UFC 71.
To be eligible, you must submit at least Part A above. Part B and Part C are optional. In the event of a tie, the winners will be determined by who correctly predicts the most combined methods (Part B) and rounds of victory (Part C). In the further event of a tie, winners will be determined by Part B. In determining method/round of victory scores, KO and TKO will count as one and the same, as will split and unanimous decision. These methods of victory will only be differentiated between if a further tiebreaker is necessary.
Please send in your predictions by 6:00 p.m. EST on Saturday May 26. Entries can be resubmitted up until this time. Please make a note in your e-mail that your entry is a resubmission, which will void your original entry.
Remember -- you've got to play to win, so send in your predictions and show us why you deserve to reign supreme as the MMATorch Prediction Champion. It won't be an easy task securing a spot in the championship match, but once you're there, it'll be easier to stay on top. As the champion, you'll only have to compete with one other person. The rest of us, in the meantime, will be competing against each other to become the new number one contender for your title. We'll keep a lineage of the champions here on the site. As times goes on, there’ll be more and more people competing to be the new number one contender, so it’d be wise to get in on this contest now, for your best chance at securing your legacy in the record books early. Good luck all!
Your UFC 71: LIDDELL VS. JACKSON Predictions can be e-mailed to
mmatorch_predictions@yahoo.com.
MMATORCH PREDICTION CHAMPIONSHIP
Mike Jarsulic
Champ from 3/3/2007 - Present
Defeated Jerry Cattelane
Title Defenses: 3
Jerry Cattelane
Champ from 2/24 - 3/3/2007
Defeated Shawn Ennis
Title Defenses: 0
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