For you to become the next Number One Contender for the MMATorch Prediction Championship, send in your picks for UFC 77, to be held Saturday October 20, to air on PPV. If you're able to correctly predict the most UFC 77 fights, you'll earn a head-to-head championship match-up with your picks against our champion at UFC 78 on November 17.
At UFC 76, Micky Wan successfully defended his MMATorch Prediction Championship against former champion Tyson Kubas. Also at UFC 76, MMATorch columnist Shawn Ennis won our number one contender contest and earned the right to compete against Wan for the title at UFC 77. Here's your chance to be next in line for a title oppurtunity at UFC 78, where you'll go head-to-head with either Wan or Ennis.
Below is the complete fight card for UFC 77. 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/Majority/Split Decision, DQ.
PART C - What round do they win in? All fights will have 3 five-minute rounds.
Here’s a recent example of our Prediction Format for UFC 76.
UFC 77: HOSTILE TERRITORY
1 - Jason Black vs. Matt Grice
2 - Josh Burkman vs. Forrest Petz
3 - Ryan Jensen vs. Demian Maia
4 - Jason MacDonald vs. Yushin Okami
5 - Alan Belcher vs. Kalib Starnes
6 - Stephan Bonnar vs. Eric Schafer
7 - Jorge Gurgel vs. Alvin Robinson
8 - Tim Sylvia vs. Brandon Vera
9 - Anderson Silva vs. Rich Franklin {Middleweight Title}
Your UFC 77: HOSTILE TERRITORY 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 77. The winning MMATorch reader or writer will compete head-to-head against our champion in predicting UFC 78 fights. The championship match between MMATorch Prediction Champion Micky Wan and MMATorch columnist Shawn Ennis will be detailed in our Staff Predictions article before UFC 77.
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). There are 2 tiebreaker points that can be earned per fight. The methods and rounds of victory will be worth one point each for non-decision predictions. For decision predictions, one point will be awarded for picking a decision and one point will be awarded for correctly picking unanimous, majority or split decision. In the further event of a tie, a correct KO or TKO prediction will be awarded half a point.
Please send in your predictions by 6:00 p.m. EST on Saturday October 20. 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 77: HOSTILE TERRITORY Predictions can be e-mailed to mmatorch_predictions@yahoo.com.
MMATORCH PREDICTION CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Micky Wan
Champ from 9/19/07 - Present
Defeated Lindley Hardie
Title Defenses: 1
Lindley Hardie
Champ from 6/23 - 9/19/2007
Defeated Matt Pelkey
Title Defenses: 3
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
