Welcome to the 3rd edition of the Ultimate Prediction League. You guys should already be familiar with the rules, but I'll just go over a few of the main ones. You pick the winners, method of victory and round of the 5 PPV main card fights. You must send me your picks via PM. You have until 1 hour before the PPV begins (9:00 EST) to send me your picks. Picks not sent via PM or sent after the deadline will not be counted. Scoring is as follows.... Picking the winner: 5 points (10 points if you correctly pick a draw) Picking the round (must pick the winner): 2 bonus points Picking the method of victory (must pick the winner): 2 bonus points Main Event fights will be scored double. The Main Event is... mikE (UPL Champion) vs TKO All other players will compete in the Battle Royal to determine the Number 1 Contender for UFC 150. Here are the fights.... Urijah Faber vs. Renan Barao (for interim bantamweight title) Tim Boetsch vs. Hector Lombard Shawn Jordan vs. Cheick Kongo Brian Ebersole vs. James Head Chris Clements vs. Matt Riddle Good luck, TFK
You might want to check the bouts on this card. I'm pretty sure Bahadurzada was an injury scratch and replaced by Matt Riddle. Also, when Ebersole stepped in to fight James Head, that fight was moved to the main card. Ring-McGee was moved to the FX prelims.
I updated the card. Thanks for looking out Trp. I just cut and pasted off of mmaweekly without really paying any attention. TFK
Here's the proof of my constant brain vs heart struggle. I picked Boestch to beat Lombard via 3rd stoppage. My rationale has some basis in watching Lombard get tired in his toughest Bellator fight against Schlemenko. He also hit Schlemenko with everything but the kitchen sink and didn't get him out of there. Conventional wisdom says Lombard tags Tim's easily tagable chin often and ends the fight with a highlight reel KO. But ultimately I want the underdog to win and picked based on that.
Another dull fight. Lombard looked so much better than Boetch, yet for an unknown reason, wasn`'t doing shit for most of the fight. wow that was a robbery
First time seeing Barao (after the first round). Like what I see so far. Very relaxed and composed. Should win this fight easily if he doesn't fade
Nope. The prelim had some exciting stuff with quick knockouts and good fights. The main card was absolute shit however. Lombard was a huge disappointment. He dropped an absolute turd tonight.
LOL... Are you kidding? Lombard didn't do anything AT ALL. He stood there and watched Boetsch. You don't win a fight by looking better. You actually have to do something. The judges got it exactly right. Boetsch threw more; landed more; and was the aggressor. Clear win for Boetsch.
Lombard is a fucking bum. This guy does nothing. He's not going to last long in the UFC. He needs to go back to Bellator and beat up more cans.
I am currently on vacation at an undisclosed beach house in a quiet shore town just north of Atlantic City, and trying to spend as little time on the internet as possible. I will update the scores when I return home. TFK
