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Sep 21, 2009 - 9:33:11 AM
By Matt Pelkey, MMATorch Columnist
UFC 103 is in the books, and (unfortunately) we have a new champ here at the Torch. It came down to tie-breakers, but in the end #1 contender and Betting Champ Scott "The Fountain of Youth" Hart upended your's truly to capture the Prediction Championship. Both of us posted respectable 8-5 records, but it was Hart who came out on top by predicting four rounds/methods correctly to my measly two. So...congrats to Mr. Hart for winning the Prediction Title...I guess.

We had a tricky situation for the Betting Title. #1 contender Bjorn "NorwegianNightmare" Hansen submitted his predictions, but failed to submit his betting picks. Thus, we went to the next best performer from the UFC 102 contests Mikey Fritz to take on champ Scott Hart. Then in another strange turn of events, both Hart and Fritz only managed on correct bet...both on Vitor Belfort...both for $400. So as the rules go, a tie goes to the champ. So still the Betting Champ, and now a simultaneous double champ, SCOTT "THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH" HART!!!! Now THAT'S worth congratulating.

In the betting pool, one man owned the night. Rich Boles won a title race in the prediction pool, besting Brian Fuller and Dennis by tie-breakers, and then he blew the field away in the betting pool, nailing all of his bets and over doubling his money. Congrats to Boles. He'll be taking on Scott Hart for both titles at UFC 104. The results follow:


Prediction Pool:

Rich Boles 9-4 (6)

Dennis (no last name given) 9-4 (4)

Brian Fuller 9-4 (4)

Bjorn "NorwegianNightmare" Hansen 8-5

Mikey Fritz 8-5

Kubi 7-6

Stephen Legaree 7-6

Nick Underwood 7-6

Frank Hyden 6-7

Nut 6-7

Overkill 6-7

Jamie Penick 5-8


Betting Championship:

Scott Hart- $400 on Belfort for $860
Total Payout: $860

Mikey Fritz- $400 on Belfort for $860
Total Payout: $860


Betting Pool:

Rich Boles- $400 on Belfort for $860
$400 on Dos Santos for $696.30
$200 on Lentz for $720
Total Payout: $2276.30

Matt Pelkey- $300 on Belfort for $645
$300 on Dos Santos for $522.22
$200 on Drwal for $420
Total Payout: $1587.22

Overkill- $200 on Lentz for $720
$400 on Belfort for $860
Total Payout: $1580

Brian Fuller- $300 on Daley for $1200
$100 on Dos Anjos for $180
Total Payout: $1380

Jamie Penick- $200 on Lentz for $720
$300 on Drwal for $630
Total Payout: $1350

Stephen Legaree- $300 on Koscheck for $360
$300 on Griffin for $400
Total Payout: $760

Nick Underwood- $300 on Belfort for $645
Total Payout: $645

Nut- $200 on Drwal for $420
Total Payout: $420

Frank Hyden- $300 on Matyushenko for $411.11
Total Payout: $411.11

Kubi- $100 on Daley for $400
Total Payout: $400

Anthony Brady- $0


Performer of the Night: Its tempting to go with Scott Hart seeing as how he defended his betting title for the fourth consecutive time and captured the prediction title from one of the toughest opponents he'll ever face, but he didn't perform exceptionally well in either contest. The award goes to Rich Boles for dominating both pools against a larger set of competition.


Goat of the Night: Four contestants were sub-.500 on their predictions, so I compared their bets. Jamie Penick turned a profit, so he's out. Same for Overkill. It came down to Nut and Frank Hyden. Nut bested Hyden by less than $9 in his bets, so this (dubious) award belongs to MMATorch's own Frank Hyden.

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