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By: Dan Moore, MMA Torch UK Contributor
9 of the 12 fights went to a decision this weekend (an unwanted UFC record). There were also plenty of upsets in terms of where you placed your points and most of them involved British fighters. On the one hand most of us lost points thanks to defeats to Che Mills, Paul Sass and Terry Etim. On the other hand, if you took a calculated risk and backed Andy Ogle or Tom Watson, you deserved the points they earned for you. Without further ado, let's take a look at how UFC on FUEL 7 went down:
CONFIDENCE GAME FIGHT PREDICTIONS
51 people submitted entries for this card. Here’s a combined breakdown of how many confidence points you placed on each fighter (Winner in bold):
Renan Barao - 404
Michael McDonald - 35
Cub Swanson - 154
Dustin Poirier - 140
Jimi Manuwa - 351
Cyrille Diabate - 14
Gunnar Nelson - 475
Jorge Santiago - 12
James Te Huna - 226
Ryan Jimmo - 128
Matthew Riddle - 116
Che Mills - 192
Renee Forte - 6
Terry Etim - 495
Danny Castillo - 35
Paul Sass - 251
Andy Ogle - 64
Josh Grispi - 132
Tom Watson - 73
Stanislav Nedkov - 192
Vaughan Lee - 148
Motonobu Tezuka - 51
Phil Harris - 23
Ulysses Gomez - 262
CONFIDENCE GAME RESULTS
Harry Cooper (44 points) defeated "The American Dream" Mark Sacchetti (36 points) to retain his title as MMA Torch Confidence Picks Champion. Another successful title defense for the reigning champion who managed to comfortably see off former champ Mark. Harry only got half of his predictions correct, but most of the incorrect ones were for small points which gave him the edge. Congrats on another win champ.
Next up for the reigning champion is Nick Williams who finished with an impressive 56 points. Michael Douglas also had 56 points so to find a winner I had to revert to tie breakers and both correctly predicted 8 winners. Nick had Barao winning by submission in R4 as his only correct methods/rounds, but that was enough to seal it for him. Michael picked Manuwa to win by TKO, which he did, but he predicted it for R2. As we all know the doctor stopped it in between rounds, so as per official rules it is classed as a R1 win meaning Michael missed missed out. Well done Nick and commiserations to you, Michael. Great effort all round.
Here are the results of the Confidence Picks pool:
56 - Nick Williams
56 - Michael Douglas
55 - Anthony Sinnott
55 - Mark Bunce
54 - Matt Page
53 - Daryl Chumbley
53 - Paul Connellan
53 - Hopwood 1980
52 - Shaun Louis
52 - James Cater
51 - Jason McKee
49 - Adam Lindley
49 - JayMon1002
47 - Brandon Ashcraft
46 - Chris Parkes
46 - Chris Wallner
45 - Jack Broadey
45 - Cambo Nelson
44 - Clinton Tillett
43 - Charles Mickael
43 - Jimbo Slice
43 - Avery "Odin" Clarke
43 - Hunter Long
43 - Rohan Mohanty
42 - Joel "Chico Guapo" Wielenga
42 - Steve Goobie
42 - Ed Gibbons
41 - Ben Heather
41 - John Dowd
41 - Rick Thayer
41 - Nick Mizesko
40 - David Moxon
39 - Dennis Fagan
38 - Gareth Moores
37 - James Brown
36 - Brent King
35 - David Clatterbuck
35 - Richard Race
34 - Eugene Kim
32 - Casey Carmody
32 - Rob Reid
31 - Tommy Strong
31 - Paul "Bad Boy" Beedham
30 - Alex Potapoff
30 - Dan Moore
29 - Carll Light
28 - Mandeep Singh
28 - David Lindahn
20 - Joe Williams
20 - Sam Martin
15 - Scott Pipher
Note: Should either the champion, or challenger fail to submit their picks for UFC 157 (Rousey vs. Carmouche), Michael Douglas will step up as a challenger, and so on. Everyone else will be fighting for the No 1 contender slot on the night, and the right to face off against Harry, or Nick at UFC on FUEL 8 (Silva vs. Stann) next month.
BETTING GAME RESULTS
Shaun Louis ($1336.67) defeated Harry Cooper ($601.11) to become the new undisputed MMA Torch Betting Picks Champion. Both champion and challenger had Manuwa and Riddle as their only successful picks of the night. Fortunately for Shaun he had more money on both of them and that was the difference. Congratulations, Shaun.
Harry Cooper: $601.11
$100 on Riddle for $290
$200 on Manuwa for $311.11
Shaun Louis: $1336.67
$300 on Riddle for $870
$300 on Manuwa for $466.67
Next for the new champion is long time competitor Anthony Sinnott who more than trebled his money for a return of $3129.23. Anthony had success with two great underdog bets; one being 'should have been' favorite Matt Riddle and the other Andy Ogle. He also nailed his parlay and moves on to a championship title match up with Shaun. Congrats.
Here (in no particular order) are the results of the Betting Picks pool:
Brendan Murphy: $350.00
$100 on Forte for $350
Dan Moore: $120.00
$50 on Ogle for $120
Matt Page: $1850.15
$400 on Ogle for $960
$300 on Swanson for $481.82
$200 parlay on Nelson, Manuwa and Barao for $408.33
Richard Race: $290.00
$100 on Riddle for $290
Sam Martin: $725.00
$250 on Riddle for $725
Steve Goobie: $700.00
$200 on Forte for $700
Eugene Kim: $80.30
$50 on Swanson for $80.30
Dennis Fagan: $435.00
$150 on Riddle for $435
Jimbo Slice: $1796.15
$500 on Riddle for $1450
$250 on Nelson for $346.15
David Moxon: $471.72
$200 on Manuwa for $311.11
$100 on Swanson for $160.61
Adam Lindley: $864.96
$400 on Nelson for $553.85
$200 on Manuwa for $311.11
"The American Dream" Mark Sacchetti: $1045.14
$500 on Barao for $656.25
$250 on Manuwa for $388.89
Brandon Ashcraft: $290.00
$100 on Riddle for $290
James Brown: $1160.00
$400 on Riddle for $1360
Nick Williams: $1336.67
$300 on Riddle for $870
$300 on Manuwa for $466.67
JayMon1002: $1702.73
$300 on Watson for $550
$300 on Castillo for $572.73
$200 on Riddle for $580
Avery "Odin" Clarke: $1450.00
$500 on Riddle for $1450
Ben Heather: $388.89
$250 for Manuwa for $388.89
Jason McKee: $1970.66
$100 on Ogle for $240
$300 on Riddle for $870
$200 on Nelson for $276.92
$200 parlay on Nelson, Swanson and Barao for $583.74
Mark Bunce: $580.00
$200 on Riddle for $580
Jack Broadey: $1141.36
$150 on Watson for $275
$150 on Castillo for $286.36
$200 on Riddle for $580
Gareth Moores: $276.92
$200 on Nelson for $276.92
Ed Gibbons: $321.21
$200 on Swanson for $321.21
Daryl Chumbley: $727.62
$200 on Riddle for $580
$100 on Te-Huna for $147.62
Tommy Strong: $1450.00
$500 on Riddle for $1450
James Cater: $2046.21
$100 on Nelson for $138.46
$300 on Swanson for $481.82
$200 parlay on Harris, Lee and Watson for $1425.93
Brent King: $725.00
$250 on Riddle for $725
Charles Mickael: $388.89
$250 on Manuwa for $388.89
Cambo Nelson: $1120.00
$100 on Harris for $250
$300 on Riddle for $870
Paul Connellan: $1043.52
$100 on Ogle for $240
$200 on Manuwa for $311.11
$150 parlay on Te-Huna, Nelson and Swanson for $492.41
Michael Douglas: $2200.57
$400 on Watson for $733.33
$200 on Riddle for $580
$200 parlay on Lee, Watson and Manuwa for $887.24
Anthony Sinnott: $3129.23
$300 on Ogle for $720
$400 on Riddle for $1160
$200 parlay for Riddle, Nelson and Manuwa for $1249.23
Nick Mizesko: $1041.21
$300 on Ogle for $720
$200 on Swanson for $321.21
Rick Thayer: $777.78
$500 on Lee for $777.78
Chris Parkes: $614.94
$100 on Lee for $155.56
$350 on Barao for $459.38
John Dowd: $480.00
$200 on Ogle for $480
Hunter Long: $1417.31
$500 on Nelson for $692.31
$250 on Riddle for $725
Chris Wallner: $350.00
$100 on Forte for $350
David Clatterbuck: $321.21
$200 on Swanson for $321.21
Clinton Tillett: $656.25
$500 on Barao for $656.25
Casey Carmody: $1088.89
$200 on Lee for $311.11
$500 on Manuwa for $777.78
Rohan Mohanty: $870.00
$300 on Riddle for $870
Hopwood 1980: $1621.58
$200 on Te-Huna for $295.24
$500 on Barao for $656.25
$200 parlay on Lee, Nelson and Manuwa for $670.09
Mandeep Singh: $0
Bill Gallagher: $0
Rob Reid: $0
Alex Potapoff: $0
Joel "Chico Guapo" Wielenga: $0
David Lindahn: $0
Scott Pipher: $0
Joe Williams: $0
Note: Should either champion, or challenger fail to submit picks for UFC 157 (Rousey vs. Carmouche), James Cater would step up as a challenger, and so on. Everyone else will be fighting for the No 1 contender slot on the night, and the right to face off against Shaun or Anthony at UFC on FUEL 8 (Silva vs. Stann) next month.
RECAP
MMA Torch Confidence Picks Championship Match Up (UFC 157)
Harry Cooper (Champion) vs. Nick Williams (Challenger)
MMA Torch Betting Picks Championship Match Up (UFC 157)
Shaun Louis (Champion) vs. Anthony Sinnott (Challenger)
Performer of the Night: This was a really difficult card to predict from, so to come away with over $3000 is very impressive. Congratulations to you, Anthony Sinnott.
Goat(s) of the Night: It was impossible to separate Joe Williams and Scott Pipher; both of whom had a bad night at the office. Sorry guys!
We are back for UFC 157 (Rousey vs. Carmouche) later this week. I'll post links on my Twitter account when the contests go live.
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