UFC Event Pick'em Pool (S4: UFC 157, 2/23)

[Cammo101]

Maybe I missed this, but what exactly are we doing picks for? All PPVs? All UFC? Strikeforce? Bellator?

[K1NG]

Maybe I missed this, but what exactly are we doing picks for? All PPVs? All UFC? Strikeforce? Bellator?

From the OP:

I suggest only UFC events (possibly only numbered events) to keep things more inclusive/less random.

[CPT]

Well it's definitely only UFC events, and now that I look at it, I think it should just be numbered UFC events (ie/not Versus, Fight Nights, TUF Finales, etc) unless we can figure out a way to make those worth less (which would then screw up the whole idea of using an average score).

[K1NG]

I'm fine with it only being numbered UFC events.

[SDM]

10- Anderson Silva (c) vs. Yushin Okami
9- Maurício Rua vs. Forrest Griffin
8- Paulo Thiago vs. David Mitchell
7- Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza
6- Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
5- Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos
4- Yuri Alcantara vs. Felipe Arantes
3- Rousimar Palhares vs. Dan Miller
2- Brendan Schaub vs. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
1- Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov

[K1NG]

You should update it to UFC 134 in the thread title.

[Headliner]

10- Anderson Silva (c) over Yushin Okami
9- Maurício Rua over Forrest Griffin
8- Brendan Schaub over Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
7- Paulo Thiago over David Mitchell
6- Ross Pearson over Edson Barboza
5- Fisher over Tavares
4- Yves Jabouin over Ian Loveland
3- Rousimar Palhares over Dan Miller
2- Yuri Alcantara over Felipe Arantes
1- Luiz Cane over Stanislav Nedkov

[CPT]

Updated thread title, I'll post my own picks in the next day or two...having a tough time making a final call on some of these fights, never mind the order.

[SDM]

having a tough time making a final call on some of these fights, never mind the order.

Tell me about it. Lots of pick ems and local question mark guys. I think we're all gonna do terribly with this event.

[spykelee]

Yea this is a pretty tough event for sure. There's maybe 2 fights that are "gimmie's", and everything else is a toss up. All I know, is I'm going to wait till near the end, and let everyone else make there picks... and then copy SDM

[SDM]

I'm gonna change my picks, CPT. Don't etch mine in yet. UGH. Not sure about so many of these fights.

EDIT: Picks are good now.

[K1NG]

Just make sure to have your picks locked by showtime. Editing after 6:00 PM ET should be an automatic DQ for the event since anyone can quickly pick the winner of the first fight and rank him high on their picks. I'll have my picks in today or tomorrow. I'll probably be watching this one at home so I should be able to have everyone's score up as soon as the event's over again. I'll put an average score as well for those who participated in the last event.

[singh_shady]

10 - Anderson Silva(c) vs. Yushin Okami
9 - Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza
8 - Brendan Schaub vs. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
7 - Maurício Rua vs. Forrest Griffin
6 - Paulo Thiago vs. David Mitchell
5 - Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos
4 - Thiago Tavares vs. Spencer Fisher
3 - Rousimar Palhares vs. Dan Miller
2 - Raphael Assunção vs. Johnny Eduardo
1 - Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov

[CPT]

Yeah I'm fine with changing picks up to a certain point. 6 PM ET the day of the event sounds fine, but I might make the cutoff a bit earlier, since there's no reason people shouldn't have their picks in by 4 or 5.

Also, this should probably go without saying, but once you start making picks, you're in the pool. That means, if you miss an event, it's a 0. Can't have people dodging events like this one and just cherry picking the easy ones. That being said, the following participants from 133 still have to make picks...

K1NG
2009NBAChamps
Nemesis21
High 5

Newcomers are welcome of course, as we can go by the average, and each event is a competition in itself.

[singh_shady]

^ Yea along with a cumulative points standing, I wouldn't mind having a ranking based on averages as well (with the number of events you've participated in being in parenthesis). I'm sure people will be missing events here and there, it's a way to not completely handicap them

[spykelee]

10- Anderson Silva (c) vs. Yushin Okami
9- Maurício Rua vs. Forrest Griffin
8- Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza
7- Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
6- Paulo Thiago vs. David Mitchell
5- Brendan Schaub vs. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
4- Rousimar Palhares vs. Dan Miller
3- Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
2- Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Tavares
1- Yuri Alcantara vs. Felipe Arantes

Man I'm scared for how this event is going to turn out. As mentioned prior, alot of very tough fights to call...

[K1NG]

^ Yea along with a cumulative points standing, I wouldn't mind having a ranking based on averages as well (with the number of events you've participated in being in parenthesis). I'm sure people will be missing events here and there, it's a way to not completely handicap them

That's a nice touch. I'll add that when I tally up the scores.

My picks are coming today, I swear.

[Cammo101]

10 - Anderson Silva (c) over Yushin Okami
9 - Erick Silva over Luis Ramos
8 - Edson Barboza over Ross Pearson
7 - Yuri Alcantara over Felipe Arantes
6 - Rousimar Palhares over Dan Miller
5 - Yves Jabouin over Ian Loveland
4 - Brendan Schaub over Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
3 - Stanislav Nedkov overLuiz Cane
2 - Forrest Griffin over Maurício Rua
1 - David Mitchell over Paulo Thiago

[CPT]

10 - Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami
9 - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
8 - Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson
7 - Dan Miller vs. Rousimar Palhares
6 - David Mitchell vs. Paulo Thiago
5 - Felipe Arantes vs. Yuri Alcantara
4 - Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
3 - Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
2 - Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Tavares
1 - Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos

[CPT]

Someone with balls could really take over with an Okami pick...but I'm not gonna be the one to do it.