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UFC 143 CONTESTS: Confidence Pick and Betting Game Results
Feb 9, 2012 - 5:35:03 PM UFC 143 CONTESTS: Confidence Pick and Betting Game Results

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By Rich Hansen, MMA Torch Columnist:

Well, that didn’t last long. I come up with a great idea, dangle a prize in front of you people, but make it darn near impossible to obtain so that I can dangle it for several months in a row if not longer. I said, Just submit a perfect betting and a perfect picks entry, and you win a copy of Total MMA. Brilliant. After all in the entire time I’ve administered these stooped little games, only three people entered a ‘perfect perfect.’ And one of those people was me. So I figured I could use that little promotion for several months.

Or, maybe it would last for just one night. Congrats to Avery Clarke for being one of two players to submit a perfect perfect. Avery’s perfect perfect had the better beggin entry, so one copy of Total MMA by Jonathan Snowden is going to Canada (such a waste, eh?). Chris Knight loses Adrienne Curry, and then even worse misses out on becoming part of MMA Torch lore. So sad.

To the games themselves; Avery Clarke successfully defended his betting title with a payout of $3509.80. That was more than $2000 higher than the entry for challenger Mark Bunce. Bunce had a perfect betting entry, but his payout of $1635.29 was way too conservative to get past Clarke’s fantastic betting card.

Not only did Avery Clarke win the book, not only did he defend his betting title, but he is also the new confidence picks champion as well. As you know, Clarke went 11-0, which was well more than enough to defeat former champion Matt Pelkey. Pelkey went 0-11. That’s right. He pulled the collar on a night where ten betting favorites won fights. At least, I assume he pulled the collar, seeing as how he didn’t submit an entry and all!!! Being two weeks with the 142 results was bad, but it wasn’t as bad as forgetting to defend a title. For shame, Matty.

Looking forward to Japan and UFC 144, Avery Clarke will defend his betting title against Erwin (Skarz) Bouwman. Skarz had an identical betting entry to Avery Clarke, so great mind thinks alike, eh? That should make for quite the shootout at the end of this month. And in another great UFC 144 matchup, Clarke and the aforementioned Chris Knight will square off for the Confidence Picks championship. As you should recall, Knight won the pool at UFC 143 by going 11 for 11 with his picks.


CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Avery Clarke: $3509.80
$500 on Condit for $1375
$200 on Figueroa for $348.15
$100 on Werdum $168.97
$200 parlay on Condit, Figueroa, and Werdum for $1617.69

Mark Bunce: $1635.29
$400 on Barao for $577.78
$200 on Werdum for $337.93
$200 on Poirier for $238.10
$200 parlay on Barao, Poirier, and Koscheck for $481.48


CONFIDENCE GAME RESULTS

A record 45 people submitted entries for the UFC 143 Confidence Picks contest. At UFC 143, the chalk dominated. Here’s a breakdown of how our players picked the fights.

Diaz - 26
Condit - 19

Werdum - 23
Nelson - 22

Koscheck - 42
Pierce - 3

Barao - 35
Jorgensen - 10

Herman - 40
Starks - 5

Poirier 43
Holloway - 2

Figueroa - 27
Caceres - 18

Brown - 40
Cope - 5

Riddle - 43
Martinez - 2

Natal - 34
Kuiper - 11

Thompson - 40
Stittgen - 5


And now that you know how we picked, here are the results of the Confidence Picks pool:

Chris Knight 66
Rich Hansen 65 – only missed on Diaz
Skarz 65 – only missed on his countryman Kuiper
Cambo Nelson 65 – only missed on Jorgensen
Dennis Fagan 65 - only missed on Stittgen
Clay Burley 63
Shaun Louis 62
Harry Something 62
Mark Bunce 61
Dan Moore 60
Lex Potapoff 60
Chris McCann 60
Rich Race 60
Landon Eckles 60
Tyson Kubas 59
Corry Porter 58
Luke Foster 58
Kevin Seng 57
Jamie Penick 56
Sam Martin 56
Anthony Sinnott 56
Brian Yeatman 56
David Lindahn 56
Mike Jensen 56
Bob Oso 55
Jason Thompspn 55
Chris Wallner 55
Charles Mickael 55
Carll Light 54
Jason McKee 54
Brent King 54
Kenton McNany 54
Brad Walker 53
Jeff Klette 52
Casey Vaccaro 52
Jason Binder 50
Kieran Brookes 49
Stephen Woodall 49
Dionicio Ortiz 49
Kevin Something 48
Chris Moore 47
Steven Kaye 47
Scott Pipher 37
Joel Wielenga 33


BETTING CONTEST RESULTS


Skarz $3,509.80
Chris Knight $2,513.33
Corry Porter $2,487.22
Adam Lehmann $2,291.67
Luke Foster $2,160.34
Dennis Fagan $2,018.20
Chris Wallner $1,902.76
Rich Hansen $1,898.31
Chris McCann $1,689.28
Jason Thompson $1,677.02
Brian Yeatman $1,658.47
Jamie Penick $1,549.07
Sam Martin $1,508.37
Charles Mickael $1,503.22
Shaun Louis $1,464.81
Brent King $1,375.00
Cambo Nelson $1,375.00
Harry Something $1,173.15
Bob Oso $1,167.29
Jason Binder $1,100.00
Landon Eckles $1,071.42
Christopher Moore $1,018.61
Lex Potapoff $962.50
Kevin Seng $898.15
Anthony Sinnott $892.06
Brad Walker $885.86
Kenton McNany $825.00
Jason McKee $788.00
Rich Race $690.00
David Lindahn $689.29
Nur Vonugh $518.10
Mike Jensen $476.79
Stephen Woodall $435.19
Carll Light $428.89
Tyson Kubas $422.41
Kevin Something $387.76
Dan Moore $348.15
Steven Kaye $274.48
Dionicio Ortiz $154.05
Joel Wielenga $0.00
Jeff Klette $0.00
Clay Burley $0.00
Casey Vaccaro $0.00


Performer of the Night: Avery Clarke, again. He defended one title, won the other title, and went perfect perfect to get there. Not only that, but he won a little swag, as well. To be fair, there were plenty of people who had fantastic entries because so much chalk won. Everyone should be proud.


Goat of the Night: Well, everyone should be proud except for Forgot To Play Guy, that is.