For you to become the next Number One Contender for the MMATorch Prediction Championship, send in your picks for UFC 73: STACKED, to be held Saturday July 7 to air on PPV. If you're able to correctly predict the most UFC 73 fights, you'll earn a head-to-head championship match-up with your picks against our champion at WEC 29 on August 5, to air on the Versus network. This will mark the first time an MMATorch Championship is defended at a WEC event. The
WEC 29 Fight Card looks like it's going to be "stacked" in its own right, so it's time to give the UFC's baby brother some love. Plus, after Saturday night, we don't get another UFC until August 25.
At UFC THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER 5 FINALE, Lindley Hardie became the new MMATorch Prediction Champion. Hardie defeated MMATorch columnist Matt Pelkey in head-to-head competition with his UFC TUF 5 FINALE picks. Hardie will be defending his title for the first time at UFC 73 against MMATorch columnist John Taylor. Taylor was the winner of our UFC TUF 5 FINALE Prediction Contest. Taylor will be looking to recapture the gold for the MMATorch writers.
Below is the complete fight card for UFC 73. 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 or Majority or Split Decision, DQ.
PART C - What round do they win in? All fights will have 3 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 72.
UFC 73: STACKED
1 - Mark Bocek vs. Frank Edgar
2 - Jason Gilliam vs. Chris Lytle
3 - Jorge Gurgel vs. Diego Saraiva
4 - Stephan Bonnar vs. Mike Nickels
5 - Heath Herring vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
6 - Kenny Florian vs. Alvin Robinson
7 - Rashad Evans vs. Tito Ortiz
8 - Sean Sherk vs. Hermes Franca {Lightweight Championship}
9 - Anderson Silva vs. Nate Marquardt {Middleweight Championship}
Your UFC 73: STACKED 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 73. The winning MMATorch reader or writer will compete head-to-head against our champion in predicting WEC 29 fights. The championship match between MMATorch Prediction Champion Lindley Hardie and MMATorch columnist John Taylor will be detailed in our Staff Predictions article before UFC 73.
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 alone. In determining method/round of victory scores, KO and TKO will count as one and the same, as will split, majority and unanimous decision. These methods of victory will only be differentiated between if a further tiebreaker is necessary.
Please send in your predictions by 4:00 p.m. EST on Saturday July 7.
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. Good luck all!
Your UFC 73: STACKED Predictions can be e-mailed to
mmatorch_predictions@yahoo.com.
MMATORCH PREDICTION CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Lindley Hardie
Champ from 6/23/2007 - Present
Defeated Matt Pelkey
Title Defenses: —
Matt Pelkey
Champ from 6/16 - 6/23/07
Defeated Jerry Cattelane
Title Defenses: 0
Jerry Cattelane (2)
Champ from 6/12 - 6/16/07
Defeated Tyson Kubas
Title Defenses: 0
Tyson Kubas
Champ from 5/26 - 6/12/07
Defeated Mike Jarsulic
Title Defenses: 0
Mike Jarsulic
Champ from 3/3 - 5/26/07
Defeated Jerry Cattelane
Title Defenses: 3
Jerry Cattelane
Champ from 2/24 - 3/3/07
Defeated Shawn Ennis
Title Defenses: 0
