Jan 1, 2010 - 10:15:57 AM By Matt Pelkey, MMATorch Columnist
Author's Note: My apologies for the lateness of this post. I've had the flu the last few days and haven't been out of bed for more than a couple minutes at a time. I hope everyone had a fun and safe New Year's Eve!
The UFC brings us the little card that could(n't stay the least bit in tact) in UFC 108 this Saturday. What was originally supposed to be a monster year's end show has turned into a marginal pay-per-view at best. That's not to say it won't be a good night of fights, I think it will, there's just not much on the line, and considering all the fights that were at one time supposed to be on this card, it has to be considered a major disappointment. Nonetheless the show must go on, and so must our's here at the Torch.
At UFC 107, Jamie "The Boss" Penick bested Nick "sent from my ipod touch" Underwood to capture the Prediction title, while reigning betting champ Scott "The Fountain of Youth" Hart defended his title for the umpteenth time against Lane "Nice Guy" Bradford. Saturday, Penick will put his title on the line against comments section entry Godric while Hart will battle Penick who'll try to become a dual champ. That's what he have going down here at the Torch, but let's see what the UFC has in store:
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.
Rashad Evans (-215) vs. Thiago Silva (+170)
Paul Daley (+105) vs. Dustin Hazelett (-135)
Joe Lauzon (-300) vs. Sam Stout (+220)
Duane Ludwig (+350) vs. Jim Miller (-500)
Junior Dos Santos (-350) vs. Gilbert Yvel (+250)
Martin Kampmann (-280) vs. Jacob Volkmann (+210)
Dan Lauzon (+130) vs. Cole Miller (-160)
Mark Munoz (-400) vs. Ryan Jensen (+300)
Mike Pyle (+110) vs. Jake Ellenberger (-140)
Rafaello Oliveira (-180) vs. John Gunderson (+150)
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 Yvel and he won, you would make back the hundred you bet, plus $250 for a total payout of $350.
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 $350 on Dos Santos and he won, you'd make back the $350, plus a $100 profit, for a total payout of $450.
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 of your picks in. The lines are courtesy of betus.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!
Silva-R2 tko
Hazelett- R3 Sub
J.Lauzon- R1 Sub
J.Miller- R1 sub
Dos Santos- R2 tko
Kampmann- Decision
C.Miller- R2 Sub
Munoz- Decision
Ellenberger- R1 tko
Oliveira- Decision
betting:
Silva- 500
Daley- 300
C.Miller- 200
tony shuck
01 Jan 2010, 12:10
rashad tko 3rd
paul daley ko 1st
joe lauzon 2nd rd sub
miller decision
dos santos 2nd rd tko
kampmann decision
dan lauzon decision
munoz decision
oliveira 2nd sub
500 on daley
300 on rashad
200 on dan lauzon
illustrious
01 Jan 2010, 15:11
Evans - UD
Daley - 1st RD TKO
Stout - SD
Ludwig - 3rd RD tko
Yvel - 2nd RD TKO
Kampmann - UD
Miller - UD
Munoz - UD
Ellenberger - 2nd RD TKO
Gunderson - RD 1 Sub
100 on Yvel
200 on Gunderson
300 on Daley
400 on Ludwig
Godric
01 Jan 2010, 16:25
Evans - 1st RD KO
Lauzon - UD
Miller - 2nd RD Sub
Santos - 1st RD TKO
Kampmann - UD
Lauzon - 2nd RD Sub
Munoz - UD
Ellenberger - 2nd RD TKO
Oliveira 1st sub
500 on daley
300 on dan lauzon
200 on Rashad
Godric
01 Jan 2010, 16:30
Evans - 1st RD KO
Daley - 1st RD KO
Lauzon - UD
Miller - 2nd RD Sub
Santos - 1st RD TKO
Kampmann - UD
Lauzon - 2nd RD Sub
Munoz - UD
Ellenberger - 2nd RD TKO
Oliveira 1st sub
500 on daley
300 on dan lauzon
200 on Rashad
Aidan
01 Jan 2010, 19:10
Silva-R2 tko
Daley- R1 tko
J.Lauzon- decision
J.Miller- R1 sub
Dos Santos- R2 tko
Kampmann- R1 tko
C.Miller- Decision
Munoz- Decision
Ellenberger- R2 tko
Oliveira- Decision
Silva- $500
Daley- $300
Ellenberger- $200
Supernova
01 Jan 2010, 20:55
Silva - 2nd Rd TKO
Hazelett - 2nd Rd Sub.
Lauzon - 3rd Rd Sub.
J.Miller - 1st Rd KO
Dos Santos - 1st Rd TKO
Kampmann - 1st Rd TKO
C.Miller - 2nd Rd Sub.
Jensen - 1st Rd Sub.
Pyle - 2nd Rd Sub.
Oliveira - Decision
Jensen - $500
Silva - $300
Pyle - $200
Sam Matthew
01 Jan 2010, 23:07
Evans - Unanimous
Daley - 2nd round TKO
Joe Lauzon - Unanimous
Jim Miller - Unanimous
Dos Santos - 2nd round TKO
Kampmann - Unanimous
Cole Miller - 3rd round Submission
Munoz - Decision
Ellenberger - 1st round TKO
Oliveira - 1st round Submission
Thiago Silva - KO rd 2
Paul Daley - KO rd 1
Joe Lauzon - TKO rd 2
Jim Miller - SPL DEC
Junior Dos Santos - TKO rd 2
Martin Kampmann - TKO rd 2
Cole Miller - TKO rd 3
Mark Munoz - TKO rd 2
Jake Ellenberger - TKO rd 2
John Gunderson - SUB rd 2
Silva $400
Gunderson $400
Daley $200
matt6buckeye
02 Jan 2010, 16:59
Evans by TKO in round 2
Hazelett by submission in round 2
Lauzon by submission in round 2
Jim Miller by decision
Dos Santos by submission in round 3
Volkmann by decision
Cole Miller by decision
Munoz by tko in round 1
Ellenberger by decision
Oliveira by submission in round 1
$300 on Volkmann
$300 on Hazelett
$300 on Cole Miller
$100 on Ludwig
Boles
03 Jan 2010, 08:07
Did well again. 8-2 on picks. $500 on Rashad, $400 on C. Miller, $100 on
Ellenberger. Unless anyone emailed better picks into MAtt, I won betting,
but not picks.
