So we had a great Season 2 of the MMA Pick’em League but it’s time for a new season. Season 3 Begins with the Ultimate Fighter 8 final on December 13th which is 11 days away. Here’s a refresher for the vets and info for any interested newcomers to the league. The Norm: I’ll post the fight card under a Event Name Predictions thread. Reply in this thread your picks for each fight. If you’re like me and like to write an essay for each fight, please do so in another thread. We just want your winning picks in the thread please. The scoring system. For each bout of the event being contested, you must select the winner of the bout (worth 3 points). If you select the winner correctly, you are eligible for bonus points based on your other picks, including the method of the finish (KO, Sub or Decision - worth 3 points), and the round the fight will end (worth 3 points). Additionally, the fights must be ranked in "Lock Order." Assign every fight a ranking point, from #1 being your least confident, all the way up to the highest number being your most confident. These bonus points are also awarded to you if you choose the correct winner. Here’s an example. ZAE’s Picks from UFC 84 (and points) 11 - B.J. Penn - Sub - Rd2 (3+0+0+11= 14) 10 - Lyoto Machida - Dec (3+3+3+10 = 19) 8 - Wanderlei Silva - KO - Rd3 (3+3+0+8= 14) 7 -Thiago Silva - KO - Rd1 (3+0+3+7 =20) 5 -Wilson Gouveia - KO - Rd3 (0+0+0+0 = 0) 9 - Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou - KO - Rd1 (3+3+3+9=18) 4 - Zenko Yoshida - KO - Rd2 (3+0+0+4= 7) 6 - Toquinho - Sub - Rd2 (3+3+0+6= 12) 3 - Shane Carwin - KO - Rd2 (3+3+0+3= 9) 2 - Jason Tan - Dec (0+0+0+0= 0) 1 - Rich Clementi - KO - Rd 3 (3+0+0+1= 4) Total Score: 117 points I randomly assigned the ranking order, listed to the left of the fighters name, to ZAE’s picks as obviously we weren’t doing it at the time. Rankings will be based on score, I’ll toss in the W/L record and % as well to see how people are doing straight up and may use them as tie breakers at the end of the season too but mostly they’re there for fun info. In the event a fight is a no contest, everyone gets Zero points and it’s not counted against the W/L record. The Grand Prix has been fun and I believe everyone is enjoying it, so I plan on having one at the end of Season 3! I’d like to get an idea of how many people are interested in competing in the league so let me know if you're in for season 3! Any questions, ask away or shoot me a PM.
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody bgcolor="whitesmoke"><tr align="middle"><td colspan="6">MMA Pick'em Season 3 Standings</td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>Rank</td><td>Name</td><td>Points</td><td>Wins</td><td>Losses</td><td>Win %</td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>1</td><td>Celtic Fan</td><td>819 </td><td>69 </td><td>25 </td><td>.734</td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>2</td><td>Speeds</td><td>770 </td><td>63 </td><td>31 </td><td>.670 </td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>3</td><td>Chocolove</td><td>757 </td><td>63 </td><td>31 </td><td>.670 </td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>4</td><td>Black Mamba</td><td>638 </td><td>59 </td><td>35 </td><td>.628</td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>5</td><td>yankshater213</td><td>585 </td><td>51 </td><td>26 </td><td>.662</td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>6</td><td>Bombstriker </td><td>420 </td><td>36 </td><td>17 </td><td>.679</td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>7 </td><td>Valo35</td><td>385</td><td>33</td><td>10</td><td>.767</td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>8 </td><td>it's_GO_time</td><td>356</td><td>32</td><td>21</td><td>.604 </td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>9</td><td>Big Frame</td><td>332</td><td>30</td><td>21</td><td>.588</td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>10</td><td>Ghoti </td><td>187</td><td>16</td><td>4</td><td>.800 </td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>11</td><td>Celtic King</td><td>106 </td><td>13 </td><td>10 </td><td>.565 </td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>12</td><td>da rizzle</td><td>89</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>.800 </td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>13</td><td>isrus </td><td>66 </td><td>6 </td><td>4 </td><td>.600 </td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>14</td><td>superfan</td><td>60</td><td>6 </td><td>4 </td><td>.600</td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>15</td><td>ZAE</td><td>60</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>.600</td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>16</td><td>Kobe23</td><td>48</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>.600</td></tr><tr align="middle"><td>17</td><td>RunBMJ</td><td>9</td><td>3</td><td>7</td><td>.300</td></tr></tbody></table>
Schedule for Season 3: (schedule is subject to change) #1 Ultimate Fighter 8 Final - Dec 13 #2 UFC 92 - Dec 27 #3 UFC 93 - Jan 17 #4 Affliction 2 & WEC 38 - Jan 24 & 25 #5 UFC 94 - Jan 31 #6 UFC Fight Night 17 - Feb 7 #7 UFC 95 - Feb 21 #8 WEC 39 - March 1 #9 UFC 96 - March 7 #10 UFC Fight Night - April 1 I’m thinking of doing the K-1/Dream show on Dec 31st, but I’ll put up a poll first to see how ppl feel about doing it.
BWA-HA-HA-HA First I'm going to beat Mamba the Lakers fan, then watch the Blazers fan it's_GO_time flounder away in Season 3 glad to have you aboard, hope you have fun
i'd like to do this... valo referred me over here for this. we talk about mma all the time over at bbw i'm a huge mma fan, so count me in also... what the fuck im registered here and have 3840 posts?? hhaha
Awesome having you here dude, this pick em league is fun, I think you will like it. Your registered with that many posts because when this site acquired the old BBW, they kept all of our post counts to try to make the BBW posters happy.
welcome to the site. always glad to have someone else join in the fun. be sure to check out the pick'em thread for the first event, TUF 8 finals next saturday.
The other sites weren't dissolved, they were merged into this one, so the old posts and threads still exist. So you don't lose your post count.
