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UFC 107 Prediction and Betting Contests


Dec 10, 2009 - 10:44:47 AM

By Matt Pelkey, MMATorch Columnist

For the first time since UFC 104, Dana White and Co. will give us a title fight for the main event at UFC 107. That still pales in comparison to the TWO title match-ups we offer here at the Torch. At UFC 106, Nick "sent from my ipod touch" Underwood captured the Prediction Title, his first championship, and Scott "The Fountain of Youth" Hart brushed aside yet another challenger to retain his Betting Title. Saturday night, Underwood puts his newly minted belt on the line against Torch Head-Honcho Jamie Penick, while Hart will take on Torch Resident Nice Guy Lane Bradford.

As always, if you're not involved in a title fight, your participation won't be for naught. Simply best the rest of the field and you'll earn a title shot at UFC 108. Good luck everyone!


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.

B.J. Penn (-285) vs. Diego Sanchez (+225)

Frank Mir (-225) vs. Cheick Kongo (+185)

Kenny Florian (-225) vs. Clay Guida (+185)

Jon Fitch (-500) vs. Mike Pierce (+325)

Paul Buentello (+105) vs. Stefan Struve (-135)

Wilson Gouveia (-125) vs. Alan Belcher (-105)

Shane Nelson (+260) vs. Matt Wiman (-340)

Johny Hendricks (-500) vs. Ricardo Funch (+325)

Rousimar Palhares (-340) vs. Lucio Linhares (+260)

DaMarques Johnson (+205) vs. Edgar Garcia (-265)

Kevin Burns (EVEN) vs. T.J. Grant (-130)


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 Guida and he won, you would make back the hundred you bet, plus $185 for a total payout of $285.

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 $225 on Florian and he won, you'd make back the $225, plus a $100 profit, for a total payout of $325.

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. The lines are courtesy of Bodog.

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. Again, good luck.

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Will
10 Dec 2009, 13:45
Diego Sanchez
Frank Mir
Clay Guida
Jon Fitch
Paul Buentello
Wilson Gouveia
Matt Wiman
Johny Hendricks
Rousimar Palhares
Edgar Garcia
Kevin Burns

500 Frank Mir
300 Guida
200 Sanchez
Tony Shuck
10 Dec 2009, 21:00
diego 1st rd tko
mir 1st rd sub
florian decision
fitch 3rd tko
struve 2nd sub
belcher 3rd tko
wiman 1st ko
hendricks 1st tko
palhares 2nd sub
garcia decision
burns decision

diego 400
struve 400
belcher 200
Dustin
11 Dec 2009, 12:59
Penn 3rd sub
Mir 2nd sub
Florian 3rd sub
Fitch 2nd tko
Struve 3rd sub
Belcher decision
Wiman 2nd sub
Hendricks 2nd tko
Palhares 1st tko
Garcia 2nd sub
Grant 3 rd sub

500 Florian
400 Mir
100 Penn
Aidan
11 Dec 2009, 13:12
BJ Penn 4th sub
Frank Mir 1st sub
Kenny Florian decision
Jon Fitch 2nd tko
Paul Buentello 1st tko
Alan Belcher decision
Matt Wiman decision
Johny Hendricks 2nd tko
Rousimar Palhares 2nd sub
Edgar Garcia 3rd tko
TJ Grant decision

Buentello $500
BJ Penn $300
Alan Belcher $200
lightning101
11 Dec 2009, 17:10
penn- r1 ko
mir- r1 submission
florian- decision
fitch- r1 submission
struve- r1 submission
belcher- decision
wiman- r3 tko
hendricks- r1 tko
palhares- r2 submission
garcia- decision
grant- decision

betting:

florian- 200
penn- 200
belcher- 200
struve- 200
mir- 200
Mikey "Effin" Fritz
11 Dec 2009, 17:24
Diego Sanchez via 1st rd KO
Frank Mir - 2nd rd SUB
Clay Guida - DEC
Jon Fitch - 2nd rd TKO
Stefan Struve - rd 2 SUB
Wilson Gouveia - DEC
Matt Wiman - 1st rd TKO
Johny Hendricks - 1st rd KO
Rousimar Palhares - 2nd RD TKO
Edgar Garcia - 2nd RD TKO
T.J. Grant - DEC

$500 on Sanchez
$400 on Guida
$100 on Kongo
Big Willy
11 Dec 2009, 20:04
BJ Penn via submission, round 2
Frank Mir via submission, round 1
Clay Guida via decision
John Fitch via decision
Paul Buentello via TKO, round 1
Wilson Gouveia via TKO, round 2
Matt Wiman via decision
Johny Hendricks via KO, round 1
Rousimar Palhares via submission, round 3
DaMarques Johnson via decision
Kevin Burns via submission, round 2
cegawn
11 Dec 2009, 21:57
500 Penn
200 buentello
200 guida
100 kongo
Godric
12 Dec 2009, 05:58
BJ Penn 3rd sub
Frank Mir 2nd sub
Kenny Florian decision
Jon Fitch 2nd tko
Stefan Struve 2nd tko
Alan Belcher decision
Matt Wiman decision
Johny Hendricks 1st tko
Rousimar Palhares 2nd sub
Johnson 2nd tko
TJ Grant decision

BJ Penn $500
Kongo $300
Alan Belcher $200
Sam Matthew
12 Dec 2009, 12:43
BJ Penn - 3rd round Submission
Frank Mir - 1st round Submission
Jon Fitch - 3rd round TKO
Kenny Florian - Decision
Stefan Struve - 2nd round Submission
Alan Belcher - Decision
Matt Wiman - Decision
Johny Hendricks - 1st round TKO
Rousimar Palhares - Decision
DaMarques Johnson - 2nd round TKO
Kevin Burns - Decision

Deigo Sanchez - $100
Kenny Florian - $200
Alan Belcher - $200
Lucio Linhares - $100
DaMarques Johnson - $100
Kevin Burns - $300
Sam Martin
12 Dec 2009, 14:13
B.J. Penn - Sub - Round 4
Frank Mir - Sub - Round 1
Clay Guida - Decision
John Fitch - Decision
Paul Buentello - TKO - Round 2
Wilson Gouveia - TKO - Round 3
Shane Nelson - Decision
Johny Hendricks - TKO - Round 1
Rousimar Palhares - Sub - Round 1
DaMarques Johnson- TKO - Round 2
Kevin Burns - Decision

Shane Nelson - $250
DaMarques Johnson - $250
Clay Guida - $250
Paul Buentello - $250
Sylvia Martin
12 Dec 2009, 14:25
B.J. Penn - 2nd Round - Sub
Frank Mir - 3rd Round - Sub
John Fitch - Decision
Clay Guida - 3rd Round - Sub
Steven Struve - 2nd Round - KO
Wilson Gouviea - 3rd Round - Sub
Matt Wiman - Decision
Johny Hendricks - 2nd Round - Sub
Lucio Linhares - Decision
Edgar Garcia - 2nd Round - KO
Kevin Burns - 3rd Round - Sub

$300 - Clay Guida
$300 - Lucio Linhares
$200 - Kevin Burns
$200 - B.J. Penn
Sam Martin
12 Dec 2009, 14:29
SORRY DIDN'T FOLLOW RULES
REDO

B.J. Penn - Sub - Round 4
Frank Mir - Sub - Round 1
Clay Guida - Decision
John Fitch - Decision
Paul Buentello - TKO - Round 2
Wilson Gouveia - TKO - Round 3
Shane Nelson - Decision
Johny Hendricks - TKO - Round 1
Rousimar Palhares - Sub - Round 1
DaMarques Johnson- TKO - Round 2
Kevin Burns - Decision

Shane Nelson $400
Clay Guida $400
DeMarques Johnson $100
Paul Buenello $100
Boles
13 Dec 2009, 00:38
I think I did fairly well...

B.J. Penn (-285) 3, tko
Frank Mir (-225) decision
Kenny Florian (-225) decision
Jon Fitch (-500) decision
Stefan Struve (-135) submission 2
Alan Belcher (-105) 2, ko
Matt Wiman (-340) tko, 1
Johny Hendricks (-500) decision
Rousimar Palhares (-340) decision
Edgar Garcia (-265) tko, 2
T.J. Grant (-130) decision



B.J. Penn (-285) - $400
Kenny Florian (-225) - $100
Stefan Struve (-135) - $500
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