Nov 18, 2009 - 2:45:09 PM By Matt Pelkey, MMATorch Columnist
**UPDATE** All betting lines are now included. Also, the contest info was originally posted without the Uno/Camoes fight, so if you've already submitted your predictions, make sure you add your pick for that fight before Saturday night.
Its a quick turnaround from UFC 105 last weekend to UFC 106 this weekend, which means you, Torch reader, has to turn the intensity back up quickly as we prepare for a new round of contests. At UFC 105, your's truly Matt Pelkey defeated Rich Boles to capture my third prediction title. I'll be taking on Nick "sent from my ipod touch" Underwood Saturday night. Good luck to you Nick.
On the betting side, whiz kid Scott "The Fountain of Youth" Hart defended his title successfully for the 127th time, foiling my bid to become a simultaneous champ. He moves on to battle newcomer Hans "The Berserker" Hoehn. Should be some good match-ups here at the Torch, but what about from our friends at Zuffa. Let's take a look at the card.
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.
Forrest Griffin (-140) vs. Tito Ortiz (+110)
Josh Koscheck (-130) vs. Anthony Johnson (EVEN)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (-200) vs. Luis Cane (+160)
Karo Parisyan (-115) vs. Dustin Hazelett (-115)
Amir Sadollah (-200) vs. Phil Baroni (+160)
Ben Saunders (+190) vs. Marcus Davis (-240)
Kendall Grove (+160) vs. Jake Rosholt (-200)
George Sotiropoulos (-280) vs. Jason Dent (+220)
Brock Larson (-600) vs. Brian Foster (+400)
Paulo Thiago (-600) vs. Jacob Volkmann (+400)
Caol Uno (-600) vs. Fabricio Camoes (+400)
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 Cane and he won, you would make back the hundred you bet, plus $160 for a total payout of $260.
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 $200 on Nogueira and he won, you'd make back the $200, plus a $100 profit, for a total payout of $300.
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 6p.m. (EST) Saturday to get all your picks. Feel free to submit your predictions now and bets later, or wait and submit them all at once. Either way works for me.
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 (which would be me this time). 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. Again, good luck.
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Griffin
Koscheck
Nogueira
Karo
Amir
Davis
Rosholt
Sotiropoulos
Foster
Thiago
500 Kos
300 Griffin
150 Rosholt
50 Amir
Pouria
18 Nov 2009, 17:40
UFC 106 prediction contest
Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz:
Griffin winner via decision
Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson:
Koscheck winner via tko round 2
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Luis Cane
Cane winner via TKO round 2
Karo Parisyan vs. Dustin Hazelett
Parisyan winner via decision rd 3
Amir Sadollah vs. Phil Baroni
Baroni Winner via KO round 1
Ben Saunders vs. Marcus Davis
Davis winner via KO round 2
Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt
Grove winner via submission (armbar) round 1
George Sotiropoulos vs. Jason Dent
Dent winner via TKO round 3
Brock Larson vs. Brian Foster
Larson winner via TKO round 3
Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann
Thiago winner via submission (RNC) round 1
Tony Shuck
19 Nov 2009, 11:10
ortiz decision
johnson 1st rd ko
lil nog 2nd rd sub
hazelett 3rd sub
Baroni decision
davis 2nd rd tko
rosholt decision
Sotiropoulos 1st rd sub
larson 1st rd tko
thiago 1st rd sub
uno decision
Forrest Griffin $300
Josh Koscheck $100
Luis Cane $400
Marcus Davis $100
George Sotiropoulos $100
Dustin Rockow
20 Nov 2009, 12:46
500 Johnson
400 Griffin
100 Grove
Forrest Griffin round 3 tko
Anthony Johnson round 2 tko
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira round 1 tko
Amir Sadollah round 2 tko
Marcus Davis round 2 tko
Kendall Grove round 2 tko
George Sotiropoulos round 2 submission
Brock Larson round 1 tko
Paulo Thiago round 1 tko
Caol Uno round 1 submission
Mikey "Effin" Fritz
20 Nov 2009, 17:52
First off - Parisyan is not fighting ever again in the UFC. Correct?
Forrest Griffin by DEC
Anthony Johnson by TKO Rd 2
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira by TKO Rd 2
Phil Baroni by TKO Rd 1
Ben Saunders by TKO Rd 2
Kendall Grove by TKO Rd 2
George Sotiropoulos by SUB Rd 2
Brock Larson by TKO Rd 1
Jacob Volkmann by SUB Rd 2
Caol Uno By DEC
$400 on Baroni
$400 on Saunders
$200 on Volkmann
I should be battling for both titles this week but i broke my god damn leg
and like a dumbass waited to the last minute to put in my picks as usual.
The powers that be are just afraid so I get bumped back in line even though
i have a doctors note and a cast on my leg!! Good luck fuckers!!
hansmonster
21 Nov 2009, 13:35
griffin dec
koscheck rnd 2 tko
cane rnd 1 ko
*baroni rnd 1 tko
davis dec
roshalt rnd 2 tko
sotiropoulos rnd 2 sub
larson rnd 3 sub
thiago rnd 1 tko
uno dec
$500 on cane
$300 on sotiropoulos
$200 on baroni
cant wait for koscheck vs johnson. not to sure whats going to happen there.
matt6buckeye
21 Nov 2009, 17:14
no time for brilliant analysis...
Sotiropoulos by tko in round 2
Uno by decision
Larson by tko in round 1
Rosholt by tko in round 3
Saunders by decision
Baroni by tko in round 1
Nogueira by decision
Thiago by submission in round 2
Johnson by tko in round 1
Ortiz by tko in round 2
$300 on Ortiz
$300 on Johnson
$300 on Saunders
$100 on Camoes
Mikey fritz
23 Nov 2009, 13:52
Not that it matters much but this is the 2nd time there was a mistake on
the official outcome of my picks. Last time my betting was off from the
real results and this time I was 6-4 not 5-5. Like I said not huge, but I
just hope you check it over a little better next time to make sure you
don't crown a false victor.
