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UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin Prediction and Betting Contests
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Jun 11, 2010 - 2:45:07 PM

By Matt Pelkey, MMATorch Columnist

With UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin right around the corner (do weeks have corners?) its time once again to put finger to keyboard and make some picks. We have a deep, but top-light (this would be the opposite of top-heavy, no?) card to look forward to, highlighted by a former champion vs. former champion battle between Rich Franklin and Chuck Liddell to see who gets to start their "run" to one last title shot.

At UFC 114, we crowned new champions here at the Torch. Just to recap, I, your humble host, reclaimed my Prediction title for the fourth time, unseating champion Kubi by the smallest of margins. Kubi, stretched too thin from defending two titles at once, also dropped the Betting Title, this time to Shaun Godric Louis.

I'll be taking on the Torch's own Rich "Blowtorch" Hansen, while Mr. Louis will look to defend his title for the first time against Dom762. Good luck to everyone, even those of you underlings just trying to earn your title shot. Let's take a look at the lineup:


PREDICTION CONTEST

I'm pretty sure everyone knows how this works by now, but just in case...Basically you pick the winners of each fight, including method (e.g. KO, submission, decision) and round. The winner is the one who picks the most fights correctly. Ties will be broken by who had the most number of rounds and methods correctly predicted. In case anyone is wondering, only rounds and methods in fights where you predicted the correct winner count.


Chuck Liddell (+125) vs. Rich Franklin (-150)

Mirko Filipovic (+140) vs. Pat Barry (-165)

Paulo Thiago (-215) vs. Martin Kampmann (+170)

Ben Rothwell (-150) vs. Gilbert Yvel (+120)

Carlos Condit (+120) vs. Rory MacDonald (-150)

Mac Danzig (-135) vs. Matt Wiman (+105)

Tyson Griffin (-260) vs. Evan Dunham (+200)

David Loiseau (+155) vs. Mario Miranda (-195)

James Wilks (-355) vs. Peter Sobotta (+275)

Claude Patrick (-325) vs. Ricardo Funch (+250)

Mike Pyle (+105) vs. Jesse Lennnox (-135)


BETTING CONTEST

As you can see, there's a number attached to each fighter. That number represents how much money you can make off each fighter. The way it works is, if a fighter has a positive number he's an underdog. The positive number means if you were to bet $100 dollars on him, you would make the amount of the positive number. For example, if you were to bet $100 on Kampmann and he won, you would make back the hundred you bet, plus $170 for a total payout of $270.

If the fighter has a negative number, that number represents how much you would have to bet to make $100 on the fighter. For example, if you bet $215 on Thiago and he won, you'd make back the $215, plus a $100 profit, for a total payout of $315.

Each contestant has $1000 in theoretical money. You can bet it on as many fighters as you'd like, but you have to bet on at least three. The most you can bet on a single fighter is $500, and bets have to be in multiples of $100.

I'm setting a deadline of 6 p.m. (EST) Saturday to get all of your picks in. The betting lines are courtesy of bloodyelbow.com.

Note: In the event that one of the #1 contenders fails to show for their title shot, the champ will defend against the next best performer from the previous contest. You've been warned, so bring your A game everybody!

As always you can submit your picks one of three ways: by emailing me at matt6buckeye@hotmail.com, posting them on the message boards, or by leaving them in the comments section right down there. Good luck!



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