Mar 20, 2011 - 1:41:22 PM

By Rich Hansen, MMA Torch Columnist:

What an interesting night this was in the MMA Torch Betting and Confidence Pick games. Yet another event where several players went 11-1, including one player who missed only on his 1-point pick, only to be snuffed out by a perfect 12-0, 78 point entry. Everyone in the Confidence Pick game did extremely well, with the worst entry still scoring a respectable 53 points. And overall, no one went worse than 8-4.

Yet despite that, the MMA Torch community doesn’t know how to bet. You, me, everyone, we suck at betting. Don't believe me, just check out the Championship match between Nick Center and Tyson “Kubi” Kubas...

BETTING CONTEST RESULTS

Wow. Nick Center and Kubi both lost $1000. That's right, both our esteemed champion and his challenger laid down goose eggs. It was a display of unbelievable futility. Both guys fared worse against each other in the betting contest than they would have in the Octagon against Jon Jones last night.

Nick Center: $0

$500 on Shogun for $0

$300 on Pellegrino for $0

$200 on Marshall for $0

Kubi: $0

$400 on Shalorus for $0

$300 on Pellegrino for $0

$300 on Philippou for $0

So, how to proceed? Immediate rematch for Kubi; like Maynard earned in his draw with Maynard? NO! Maynard earned a rematch due to putting on an all-time fight.

So, Center holds onto the title and faces the winner of the betting pool? NO! This isn't a democracy. I am stripping Center of the title because I can. The best performance in the Pool is automatically being declared the new champion. And that person is…

Daniel Moore: $2300.37

$500 on Pyle for $1250

$200 parlay on Jones, Pyle, and J Miller for $1050.37

Daniel Moore is the new betting Champion. He will defend his title against the second best performer in the betting pool...

Danny Mellor: $1880.03

$500 on Jones for $770.27

$200 on Pyle for $500

$100 on Barboza for $130.77

$200 parlay on Marquardt, J Miller, and Schaub for $478.99

Congratulations for Dan and Danny for their solid performances. Please, for the love of God, the whole world will be watching you on April 30. No goose-eggs, please.

CONFIDENCE GAME RESULTS

Now that I have gotten the talk of massive futility behind us, let's examine how well the MMA Torch community did on this event. Of course, I will overlook the fact that the favorites at UFC 128 did extremely well, because that couldn't have any effect on our ability to pick winners, now could it? Nah!

Anyhoooo, We had a Three-Way Dance for the title between Champion "Skarz" and challengers Tony Schuck and Daniel Moore.

Skarz: 71 points (missed on Almeida for 6, and Shogun for 1)

Tony Schuck: 65 points (missed on Pellegrino for 6, Almeida for 4, Shalorus for 2, and Shogun for 1)

Daniel Moore: 75 points (missed on Pellegrino for 3)

Congratulations to Daniel Moore for becoming a dual champion. Sometime greatnes is thrust upon you.

CONFIDENCE GAME POOL
The UFC 128 Confidence Game had 32 players making picks. Here is the breakdown on how we picked...

Benavidez 32, Loveland 0

Faber 31, Wineland 1

Barboza 31, Njokuani 1

Marquardt 29, Dan Miller 3

Schaub 29, CroCop 3

Catone 28, Philippou 4

Jim Miller 28, Shalorus 4

Koch 24, Assuncao 8

Jones 19, Shogun 13

Tibau 16, Pellegrino 15

Cane 13, Marshall 19

Pyle 13, Almeida 19

So, only two fighters that were not picked by a majority of us won their fights at UFC 128. Not too shabby, people. That said, here are the results of the pool. Facing off against Daniel Moore at UFC 129 will be longtime contributor Shaun godric Louis, who went an astounding 12-0. Way to go man!

Shaun Godric Louis: 78

Todd Daigle: 77

Evan Ottem, Danny Mellor, Michael Roberts: 75

Clay Burley: 73

Jamie Penick: 72

Cambo “Rambo” Nelson: 71

Dionicio Ortiz, Matt Pelkey: 70

clarkiefromcanada, Rich Hansen, Lane Bradford: 69, DUDE

Kort: 68

Eren “The Turk” Kozalak, Simon, Michael Wallen: 67

Josh Woods: 66

Casey Vaccaro: 62

Jonah Goodman: 61

Kenton McNany, Jason Binder: 60

Corry Porter: 59

Avery “Odin” Clarke: 57

Anthony Sinnot, Brian Fuller: 56

Chris Moore: 55

Bram Craig: 53


BETTING CONTEST POOL:

Daniel Moore: $2300.37

$500 on Pyle for $1250

$200 parlay on Jones, Pyle, and J Miller for $1050.37

Danny Mellor: $1880.03

$500 on Jones for $770.27

$200 on Pyle for $500

$100 on Barboza for $130.77

$200 parlay on Marquardt, J Miller, and Schaub for $478.99

Todd Daigle: $1805.37

$500 on Jones for $770.27

$300 on Tibau for $500

$100 on Pyle for $250

$100 parlay on J Miller, Jones, Schaub for $285.10

clarkiefromcanada: $1675.86

$500 on Jones for $770.27

$200 on Schaub for $271.43

$100 on J Miller for $136.36

$200 parlay on Jones, Benavidez, Schaub for $497.79

Evan Ottem: $1653.79

$300 on Marquardt for $388.24

$250 on Jones for $385.14

$250 on Schaub for $339.29

$200 parlay on Marquardt, Jones, Schaub for $541.13

Chris Moore: $1356.54

$300 on Faber for $360

$200 on J Miller for $272.73

$200 on Benavidez for $238.10

$100 on Pyle for $250

$100 on Schaub for $135.71

Josh Woods: $1323.47

$400 on Jones for $616.22

$200 on Koch for $317.65

$200 parlay on Faber, J Miller, Benavidez for $389.61

Corry Porter: $1198.24

$500 on Jones for $770.27

$200 parlay on Faber, J Miller, Barboza for $427.97

Eren “The Turk” Kozalak: $1003.08

$500 on Faber for $480

$400 on Barboza for $523.08

Jamie Penick: $1000

$400 on Pyle for $1000

Clay Burley: $1000

$400 on Pyle for $1000

Michael Wallen: $974.77

$400 on Tibay for $666.67

$200 on Jones for $308.11

Craig Bull: $899.68

$500 on Jones for $770.27

$100 on Marquardt for $129.41

Kort: $819.75

$300 on Catone for $450

$200 parlay on Faber, Benavidez, Marquardt for $369.75

Simon: $793.28

$200 on Cane for $314.29

$200 parlay on J Miller, Schaub, Marquardt for $793.28

Shaun Godric Louis: $750

$300 on Pyle for $750

OK, time out here. Shaun went 12-0 on his picks, but managed to bet $700 on losers. What did we learn here today? Bet on guys you pick to win!!! Continuing with our results now...

Rich Hansen: $625

$250 on Pyle for $625

Cambo "Rambo" Nelson (esteemed 9-time champion): $501.78

$200 parlay on Faber, Schaub, Jones for $501.78

Dionicio Ortiz: $500

$200 on Pyle for $500

Iceman: $500

$200 on Pyle for $500

Christopher Wallner: $478.99

$200 parlay on J Miller, Schaub, Marquardt for $478.99

Anthony Sinnot: $475.65

$250 on Schaub for $339.29

$100 on J Miller for $136.36

Forrest Mize: $418.15

$200 parlay on Jones, Schaub for $418.15

Kenton McNany: $389.61

$200 parlay on J Miller, Benavidez, Faber for $389.61

Casey Vaccaro: $308.11

$200 on Jones for $308.11

Skarz: $157.14

$100 on Koch for $157.14

Brian Fuller: $154.05

$100 on Jones for $154.05

Connor Thomas: $0

Trey Witzell: $0

Matt Pelkey: $0

rock0126: $0

Bram Craig: $0

Tony Schuck: $0

Connor Thomas: $0

Avery "Odin" Clarke: $0


Performer of the Night: Well, let's see here. Daniel Moore won the Confidence Picks title and won the Betting Game title. Yeah, you got this one, dawwwwg.

Goat of the Night: To the 13 people who submitted incorrect entries, costing me an extra 5 hours of work (on a volunteer basis), you’re the goats. C'mon people, it ain't all that difficult!

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