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By: Dan Moore, MMA Torch UK Contributor
If you're watching a UFC on FUEL event, expect plenty of decisions. We've had a combined 23 fights on 2 FUEL cards (London and Tokyo) so far this year. Of those 23 fights, 17 of them relied on the (terrible) judges to provide us with a winner. Luckily the co-main and main event in Japan didn't need the judges, unfortunately for most of us both fights provided an upset. Let's take a look at how we all did:
CONFIDENCE GAME FIGHT PREDICTIONS
63 people submitted entries for this card. Here’s a combined breakdown of how many confidence points you placed on each fighter (Winner in bold):
Wanderlei Silva - 24
Brian Stann - 545
Mark Hunt - 54
Stefan Struve - 433
Diego Sanchez - 445
Takanori Gomi - 59
Yushin Okami - 91
Hector Lombard - 354
Rani Yahya - 218
Mizuto Hirota - 70
Dong Hyun Kim - 252
Siyar Bahadurzada - 172
Brad Tavares - 254
Riki Fukuda - 67
Takeya Mizugaki - 188
Bryan Caraway - 121
Kazuki Tokudome - 94
Cristiano Marcello - 145
Alex Caceres - 181
Kyung Ho Kang - 64
Hyun Gyu Lim - 292
Marcelo Guimaraes - 35
CONFIDENCE GAME RESULTS
Nick Williams (31 points) beat Clinton Tillett (23 points) to retain his title as MMA Torch Confidence Picks Champion. A first title defense for the champion but it wasn't exactly memorable. Nick dropped big points on Stann, Struve, Lombard, Marcello and Hirota for his 31 point haul. Clinton couldn't capitalize and only correctly predicted 4 of the 11 fights. He heads back to the pool for UFC 158 in 2 weeks time.
Next up for the reigning champion is Lee Hopwood who finished with an impressive 54 points. Lee won this one at a canter and only dropped points on Marcello, Hirota and Struve. After an embarrassing loss last weekend, Chris Houten is right back on form, but sadly for him it wasn't quite enough to out score Lee.
Here are the results of the Confidence Picks pool:
54 - Lee Hopwood
49 - Chris Houten
46 - Anthony Sinnott
45 - Harry "Super" Cooper
45 - Richard Race
45 - Chris McCann
44 - Kevin Seng
44 - Erwin "Skarz" Bouwman
43 - Cambo "Rambo" Nelson
41 - Mandeep Singh
41 - Rob Reid
41 - Carll Light
40 - Steve Goobie
39 - Sam Martin
39 - Chris Parkes
39 - Shaun Louis
39 - Adam "The Sandman" Lindley
38 - Scott Pipher
38 - Alex Potapoff
37 - James Brown
37 - Adam Tranter
37 - Brent King
37 - Chris Wallner
36 - Charles Mickael
36 - Nick Mizesko
35 - Matt "No Nickname" Page
35 - Jimbo Slice
35 - Michael Douglas
35 - Paul "Bad Boy" Beedham
35 - David Moxon
35 - Mark Bunce
34 - Gareth Moores
32 - Rick Thayer
32 - Dan Moore
32 - David Clatterbuck
32 - Casey Carmody
31 - "The American Dream" Mark Sacchetti
31 - Hunter Long
30 - JayMon1002
30 - Seth Gipson
30 - Avery "Averydamus" Clarke
30 - Ben Heather
29 - Wallace Stone
28 - Dennis Fagan
28 - Julie Dunn
28 - Bill Gallagher
27 - Paul Connellan
27 - Joel "Chico Guapo" Wielenga
26 - Jack Broadey
25 - Ed Gibbons
25 - Joe "The Prophet" Williams
25 - David Lindahn
25 - Sean Simpson
24 - James "The English Phenom" Cater
23 - Tommy Strong
23 - Brandon Ashcraft
22 - Ben Studer
21 - John Theis
20 - Eugene Kim
16 - Daryl Chumbley
13 - Jason McKee
Note: Should either the champion, or challenger fail to submit their picks for UFC 158 (St-Pierre vs. Diaz), Chris Houten 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 Nick, or Lee at UFC on FUEL 9 (Gustafsson vs. Mousasi) next month.
BETTING GAME RESULTS
This contest sucked and even horrible judges couldn't separate this awfulness. Simply by default Shaun Louis retains his title as MMA Torch Betting Champion and Clinton is banished back to the pool with his head held in shame! I did seriously consider ditching both guys, but seeing as there is no precedence, Shaun keeps hold of his title and moves on to UFC 158. If this happens again and both champion and challenger lay horrible stinking goose eggs. Both will get ditched and 1st and 2nd in the pool will battle it out to be the new champ.
Shaun Louis: $0
Clinton Tillett: $0
Next up for the champion is longtime player Jimbo Slice who hit on some very impressive bets to bring home $2998.62. Not many parlay bets came through this weekend but Jimbo's did and with Mark Hunt as one of his picks, it paid off handsomely. Honorable mention to Brent King who finished a very close second with an impressive return of $2712.50. Jimbo must be salivating at the thought of taking on a champion whose form has just hit rock bottom.
Here (in no particular order) are the results of the Betting Picks pool:
Jimbo Slice: $2998.62
$200 on Caceres for $366.67
$200 on Hunt for $510
$200 on Yahya for $373.91
$200 parlay on Caceres, Yahya and Hunt for $1748.04
Brent King: $2712.50
$250 on Okami for $687.50
$500 on Hunt for $1275
$250 on Silva for $750
Dan Moore: $1842.39
$250 on Yahya for $467.39
$500 on Okami for $1375
Matt "No Nickname" Page: $1200.00
$400 on Silva for $1200
Richard Race: $1375.00
$500 on Okami for $1375
Sam Martin: $1475.00
$150 on Sanchez for $200
$500 on Hunt for $1275
Steve Goobie: $1191.67
$200 on Caceres for $366.67
$300 on Okami for $825
Eugene Kim: $1466.67
$50 on Caceres for $91.67
$500 on Okami for $1375
Dennis Fagan: $522.22
$300 on Tavares for $522.22
David Moxon: $600.00
$200 on Silva for $600
Adam "The Sandman" Lindley: $1214.17
$50 on Sanchez for $66.67
$450 on Hunt for $1147.50
"The American Dream" Mark Sacchetti: $1441.67
$500 on Caceres for $916.67
$250 on Tokudome for $525
Brandon Ashcraft: $805.00
$200 on Okami for $550
$100 on Hunt for $255
James Brown: $2312.61
$300 on Yahya for $560.87
$500 on Hunt for $1275
$100 parlay on Yahya and Hunt for $476.74
Nick Williams: $522.22
$300 on Tavares for $522.22
Kevin Seng: $2232.56
$400 on Caceres for $733.33
$250 on Tavares for $435.19
$250 on Yahya for $467.39
$100 parlay on Caceres, Tavares and Yahya for $596.65
Erwin "Skarz" Bouwman: $1549.07
$100 on Taveres for $174.07
$500 on Okami for $1375
Mandeep Singh: $900.00
$300 on Silva for $900
JayMon1002: $800.00
$270 on Tavares for $470
$230 on Dong Hyun-Kim for $330
Avery "Averydamus" Clarke: $1375.00
$500 on Okami for $1375
David Lindahn: $210.00
$100 on Tokudome for $210
Ben Heather: $1014.82
$200 on Caceres for $366.67
$200 on Tavares for $348.15
$100 on Silva for $300
Jason McKee: $561.96
$200 on Dong Hyun-Kim for $286.96
$100 on Okami for $275
Mark Bunce: $600.00
$200 on Silva for $600
Joe "The Prophet" Williams: $510.00
$200 on Hunt for $510
Jack Broadey: $793.91
$200 on Tokudome for $420
$200 on Yahya for $373.91
Carll Light: $1558.33
$100 on Caceres for $183.33
$500 on Okami for $1375
Gareth Moores: $1185.11
$200 on Tavares for $348.15
$200 on Dong Hyun-Kim for $286.96
$200 on Okami for $550
Ed Gibbons: $560.87
$300 on Yahya for $560.87
Rob Reid: $1000.00
$100 on Caceres for $183.33
$200 on Okami for $550
$200 on Sanchez for $266.67
Daryl Chumbley: $430.43
$300 on Dong Hyun-Kim for $430.43
Tommy Strong: $1335.00
$300 on Okami for $825
$200 on Hunt for $510
James "The English Phenom" Cater: $210.00
$100 on Tokudome for $210
Chris McCann: $1520.00
$200 on Tokudome for $420
$400 on Okami for $1100
Charles Mickael: $550.00
$300 on Caceres for $550
Chris Houten: $1173.15
$200 on Tavares for $348.15
$300 on Okami for $825
Cambo "Rambo" Nelson: $550.00
$200 on Okami for $550
Paul Connellan: $1060.00
$200 on Okami for $550
$200 on Hunt for $510
Michael Douglas: $560.87
$300 on Yahya for $560.87
Anthony Sinnott: $1310.00
$100 on Tokudome for $210
$400 on Okami for $1100
Harry "Super" Cooper: $1561.96
$100 on Yahya for $186.96
$500 on Okami for $1375
Nick Mizesko: $373.91
$200 on Yahya for $373.91
Joel "Chico Guapo" Wielenga: $137.50
$50 on Okami for $137.50
John Theis: $373.91
$200 on Yahya for $373.91
Alex Potapoff: $127.50
$50 on Hunt for $127.50
Chris Parkes: $689.12
$300 on Hyun Gyu-Lim for $385.71
$300 on Mizugaki for $422.45
$200 on Sanchez for $266.67
Hunter Long: $1072.69
$250 on Tavares for $435.19
$250 on Hunt for $637.50
Chris Wallner: $1602.22
$300 on Tavares for $522.22
$300 on Okami for $825
$100 on Hunt for $255
David Clatterbuck: $412.50
$150 on Okami for $412.50
Casey Carmody: $287.50
$50 on Okami for $137.50
$50 on Silva for $150
Bill Gallagher: $1590.00
$150 on Tokudome for $315
$500 on Hunt for $1275
Paul "Bad Boy" Beedham: $373.91
$200 on Yahya for $373.91
Lee Hopwood: $1390.47
$200 on Hyun Gyu-Lim for $257.14
$400 on Sanchez for $533.33
$200 on Silva for $600
Adam Tranter: $1060.00
$200 on Okami for $550
$200 on Hunt for $510
Seth Gipson: $720.29
$100 on Yahya for $186.96
$400 on Sanchez for $533.33
Ben Studer: $183.33
$100 on Caceres for $183.33
Scott Pipher: $0
Rick Thayer: $0
Sean Simpson: $0
Note: Should either champion, or challenger fail to submit picks for UFC 158 (St-Pierre vs. Diaz), Brent King 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 Jimbo at UFC on FUEL 8 (Gustafsson vs. Mousasi) next month.
RECAP
MMA Torch Confidence Picks Championship Match Up (UFC 158)
Nick Williams (Champion) vs. Lee Hopwood (Challenger)
MMA Torch Betting Picks Championship Match Up (UFC 158)
Shaun Louis (Champion) vs. Jimbo Slice (Challenger)
Performer of the Night: Two stand out performers this weekend. In equal share the prestigious winners of this award are Jimbo Slice and Lee Hopwood. Congrats.
Goat of the Night: This is going to both Shaun Louis and Clinton Tillett for dropping bombs in their betting title match up. You guys are supposed to be the elite!
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