[Marshmallo]

This could die on its arse pretty quickly but here goes.

I posted about this in the UFC/MMA thread but essentially it will involve people picking the winners of fights from the numbered UFC PPVs which take every few weeks. Points will be given out for picking who will win the fight, the method of their victory and the round in which the fight will end.

I have decided to score the league in the following way:
2 points given out for choosing the correct winner (NOTE: If you get this wrong you aren't eligible to pick up the other points for that fight) (You can also pick a draw)
1 point for picking the round in which the fight will end (If you think the fight will go the distance then put 'Decision' for this one)
1 point for the method of victory (If you think someone will win the fight within the distance, your options are 'submission' or 'KO/TKO'. If you think the fight will go the distance, your options are 'unanimous' or 'split' for the type of judges' decision)
1 bonus point if you get all three parts of the fight prediction correct

I am open to criticism/advice on the scoring system, I feel that what I have picked is fair though and I hope others agree. I'll also throw in a bonus at the end worth 5 points which will mean there are a total of 40 points available for each card.

Post your predictions in this thread. I'll post the first card in a separate post.

If there are any questions or anything is unclear ask away and I'll do my best to answer them.

[Marshmallo]

Card 1 - UFC 134

Main Card:
Anderson Silva vs Yushin Okami
Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua vs Forrest Griffin
Brendan Schaub vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Ross Pearson vs Edson Barboza
Luiz Cane vs Stanislav Nedkov

'Spike' Prelims:
Thiago Tavares vs Spencer Fisher
Rousimar Palhares vs Dan Miller

Bonus: There are seven Brazilians fighting in the fights above (Silva, Rua, Nogueira, Barboza, Cane, Tavares and Palhares). How many of them will be victorious in the Octagon on Saturday night?

Deadline: 11.55pm, Saturday 27th August

[DomDom]

I like the scoring system. I dunno about the bonus for getting a perfect fight prediction though. You're already getting two bonus points for that so I don't think a third is necessary.

[DomDom]

ameRight. Predictions.

Main Card:
Anderson Silva vs Yushin Okami
Winner: Anderson Silva
Will end in round two.
KO/TKO

Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua vs Forrest Griffin
Winner: Forrest Griffin
Will go to the judges.
Unanimous decision.

Brendan Schaub vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Winner: Brendan Schaub
Will end in round one.
KO/TKO

Ross Pearson vs Edson Barboza
Winner: Edson Barboza
Will end in round one.
Submission.

Luiz Cane vs Stanislav Nedkov
Winner: Luiz Cane
Will end in round two.
KO/TKO

'Spike' Prelims:
Thiago Tavares vs Spencer Fisher
Winner: Spencer Fisher
Will go to the judges.
Unanimous decision.

Rousimar Palhares vs Dan Miller
Winner: Dan Miller
Will end in round three.
Submission.

Three Brazilians to win.

This post has been edited by DomDom: 24 August 2011 - 23:35

[Marshmallo]

Main Card:
Anderson Silva vs Yushin Okami
Winner: Anderson Silva
Round: 4th
Method: KO/TKO

Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua vs Forrest Griffin
Winner: Forrest Griffin
Round: Decision
Method: Unanimous

Brendan Schaub vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Winner: Brendan Schaub
Round: 3rd
Method: KO/TKO

Ross Pearson vs Edson Barboza
Winner: Edson Barboza
Round: Decision
Method: Unanimous

Luiz Cane vs Stanislav Nedkov
Winner: Stanislav Nedkov
Round: First
Method: KO/TKO


'Spike' Prelims:
Thiago Tavares vs Spencer Fisher
Winner: Thiago Tavares
Round: Decision
Method: Split

Rousimar Palhares vs Dan Miller
Winner: Dan Miller
Round: Decision
Method: Unanimous


Bonus: There are seven Brazilians fighting in the fights above (Silva, Rua, Nogueira, Barboza, Cane, Tavares and Palhares). How many of them will be victorious in the Octagon on Saturday night?
3

[Marshmallo]

DomDom, on 24 August 2011 - 16:23, said:

I like the scoring system. I dunno about the bonus for getting a perfect fight prediction though. You're already getting two bonus points for that so I don't think a third is necessary.

I kind of agree tbh, but I thought another point for getting it spot on might be a decent idea. I'll see what others think though.

EDIT: You also missed the bonus question DomDom.

This post has been edited by Marshmallo: 24 August 2011 - 16:42

[Fisherman]

Main Card:
Anderson Silva vs Yushin Okami
Winner: Anderson Silva
Round: 1st
Method: KO/TKO

Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua vs Forrest Griffin
Winner: Forrest Griffin
Round: Decision
Method: Split

Brendan Schaub vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Winner: Nogueira
Round: 2nd
Method: Sub

Ross Pearson vs Edson Barboza
Winner: Pearson
Round: Decision
Method: Unanimous

Luiz Cane vs Stanislav Nedkov
Winner: Cane
Round: Decision
Method: Unanimous


'Spike' Prelims:
Thiago Tavares vs Spencer Fisher
Winner: Thiago Tavares
Round: 2nd
Method: KO/TKO

Rousimar Palhares vs Dan Miller
Winner: Palhares
Round: 1st
Method: Sub

Bonus: There are seven Brazilians fighting in the fights above (Silva, Rua, Nogueira, Barboza, Cane, Tavares and Palhares). How many of them will be victorious in the Octagon on Saturday night?
5

[ICTChris]

Main Card:
Anderson Silva vs Yushin Okami - KO round 2
Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua vs Forrest Griffin - decision split
Brendan Schaub vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira - decision unanimous
Ross Pearson vs Edson Barboza - TKO round 2
Luiz Cane vs Stanislav Nedkov - decision unanimous

'Spike' Prelims:
Thiago Tavares vs Spencer Fisher - submission round 2
Rousimar Palhares vs Dan Miller - submission round 1

Four of seven Brazilians to win.

[Poet of the Macabre]

Marshmallo, on 24 August 2011 - 16:22, said:

Card 1 - UFC 134

Main Card:
Anderson Silva vs Yushin Okami KO Round 3
Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua vs Forrest Griffin Unanimous Decision
Brendan Schaub vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira TKO Round 1
Ross Pearson vs Edson Barboza KO Round 2
Luiz Cane vs Stanislav Nedkov Split Decision

'Spike' Prelims:
Thiago Tavares vs Spencer Fisher Submission Round 1
Rousimar Palhares vs Dan Miller Submission Round 3

Bonus: There are seven Brazilians fighting in the fights above (Silva, Rua, Nogueira, Barboza, Cane, Tavares and Palhares). How many of them will be victorious in the Octagon on Saturday night?
Four

Deadline: 11.55pm, Saturday 27th August

[J_Stewart]

Main Card:
Anderson Silva vs Yushin Okami - KO round 3
Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua vs Forrest Griffin - Decision split
Brendan Schaub vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira - KO round 2
Ross Pearson vs Edson Barboza - Submission round 2
Luiz Cane vs Stanislav Nedkov - Decision unanimous

'Spike' Prelims:
Thiago Tavares vs Spencer Fisher - KO round 1
Rousimar Palhares vs Dan Miller - Decision unanimous

Four of seven Brazilians to win.

[Marshmallo]

Everyone made weight thankfully.

[BUNTS]

Main Card:
Anderson Silva vs Yushin Okami - KO round 3
Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua vs Forrest Griffin - KO round 2
Brendan Schaub vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira - KO round 1
Ross Pearson vs Edson Barboza - Decision split
Luiz Cane vs Stanislav Nedkov - Decision unanimous

'Spike' Prelims:
Thiago Tavares vs Spencer Fisher - Submission round 2
Rousimar Palhares vs Dan Miller - Submission round 2

For those of you who like a bet, Silva, Shogun and Schaub all to win by KO is 10/1 on Paddy Power.

[Poet of the Macabre]

Points update?

[Marshmallo]

Tonight was the first chance I got to watch it folks, apologies for the delay.

1) ICTChris 14
2) BUNTS 13
= Marshmallo 13
4) J_Stewart 12
= Fisherman 12
6) Poet of the Macabre 11
7) DomDom 7

Make sure I've got your scores right, it's been a long day

This post has been edited by Marshmallo: 01 September 2011 - 11:13

[ICTChris]

In the style of Rousmilar Palhares I'm going to claim victory now.

This post has been edited by ICTChris: 01 September 2011 - 10:13

[Marshmallo]

I knew I'd make a mistake. Fisherman I'd done you out of a point, fixed it now though.

[Fisherman]

Marshmallo, on 01 September 2011 - 11:14, said:

I knew I'd make a mistake. Fisherman I'd done you out of a point, fixed it now though.

Nice 1, i would never have noticed mind!

I take it UFC 135 Jones vs Rampage is next for predictions? Just that theres a 'Fight Night' a week before.

Heres the card as of now.

UFC 135 Sep 24th
Jon Jones vs. Quinton Jackson
Matt Hughes vs. Diego Sanchez
Nate Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi
Cole Escovedo vs. Takeya Mizugaki
Ben Rothwell vs. Mark Hunt
Travis Browne vs. Rob Broughton
Tim Boetsch vs. Nick Ring
Tony Ferguson vs. Aaron Riley
Ricardo Romero vs. James Te Huna
Junior Assuncao vs. Eddie Yagin

[Marshmallo]

Card 2 - UFC 135

Main Card:
Jon Jones vs Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
Matt Hughes vs Josh Koschek
Travis Browne vs Rob Broughton
Nate Diaz vs Takanori Gomi
Ben Rothwell vs Mark Hunt

'Spike' Prelims:
Tony Ferguson vs Aaron Riley
Nick Ring vs Tim Boetsch

Bonus: What will win Fight of the Night? (If you think it'll be one of the three prelims which aren't listed above then by all means pick that: http://uk.ufc.com/event/UFC135#/fight )

Deadline: 11.55pm, Saturday 24th September

[Fisherman]

Main Card:
Jon Jones vs Quinton "Rampage" Jackson Jones 3rd round TKO
Matt Hughes vs Josh Koschek Koschek 1st round TKO
Travis Browne vs Rob Broughton Browne 2nd round TKO
Nate Diaz vs Takanori Gomi Diaz Decision unanimous
Ben Rothwell vs Mark Hunt Rothwell Decision unanimous

'Spike' Prelims:
Tony Ferguson vs Aaron Riley Ferguson Decison unanimous
Nick Ring vs Tim Boetsch Ring 2nd round TKO

Bonus: What will win Fight of the Night? Diaz- Gomi

[DomDom]

Main Card:
Jon Jones vs. Rampage Jackson
Winner: Jon Jones
Will end in round three.
KO/TKO

Matt Hughes vs. Josh Koscheck
Winner: Josh Koscheck
Will end in round two.
KO/TKO

Travis Browne vs. Rob Broughton
Winner: Travis Browne
Will end in round one.
KO/TKO

Nate Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi
Winner: Takanori Gomi
Will end in round one.
KO/TKO

Ben Rothwell vs. Mark Hunt
Winner: Mark Hunt
Will end in round one.
KO/TKO

Prelims
Tony Ferguson vs. Aaron Riley
Winner: Tony Ferguson
Will end in round two.
KO/TKO

Nick Ring vs. Tim Boetsch
Winner: Nick Ring
Will go to decision.

Oh, FOTN to go to Ring vs. Boetsch.

This post has been edited by DomDom: 24 September 2011 - 19:06

[Marshmallo]

Jon Jones vs Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
Winner: Jones
Round: 3
Method: Submission

Matt Hughes vs Josh Koschek
Winner: Koscheck
Round: 2
Method: KO/TKO

Travis Browne vs Rob Broughton
Winner: Browne
Round: 1
Method: KO/TKO

Nate Diaz vs Takanori Gomi
Winner: Gomi
Round: Decision
Method: Unanimous

Ben Rothwell vs Mark Hunt
Winner: Rothwell
Round: 1
Method: Submission

Tony Ferguson vs Aaron Riley
Winner: Ferguson
Round: 3
Method: KO/TKO

Nick Ring vs Tim Boetsch
Winner: Ring
Round: 2
Method: Submission

Bonus: Diaz vs Gomi

[GiGi]

Latecomers allowed? Also when does the league end?

[Marshmallo]

GiGi, on 20 September 2011 - 14:19, said:

Latecomers allowed? Also when does the league end?

Go for it. I've no idea when it'll end, any suggestions from anyone?

[GiGi]

Marshmallo, on 20 September 2011 - 14:37, said:

Go for it. I've no idea when it'll end, any suggestions from anyone?

Depends how many shows you want to fit in. How many are there in a calendar year now anyway, 14-15?

[Marshmallo]

GiGi, on 20 September 2011 - 14:46, said:

Depends how many shows you want to fit in. How many are there in a calendar year now anyway, 14-15?

8 more. That would take us to a total of 9. If I include the UFC on Fox show that would make it 10 which could be reasonable.