For you to become the next Number One Contender for the MMATorch Prediction Championship, send in your picks for UFC 80, to be held Saturday, January 19, to air on PPV. If you're able to correctly predict the most UFC 80 fights, you'll earn a head-to-head championship match-up with your picks against our champion at Ultimate Fight Night on January 23, 2008.    

At UFC 79, Micky Wan was a no show against the immovable force known as MMA Torch Columnist Mike Jarsulic. Also, at UFC 79, MMA Torch Betting Champion Tyson Kubas was defeated by Jarsulic. But, Kubas outlasted everybody else in the Prediction contest and is the NEW #1 Contender. Can Kubas exact a little revenge? Are we in the age of Jarsulicean dominance?

Here's your chance to be next in line for a title opportunity at Ultimate Fight Night, where you'll go head-to-head with either Kubas or Jarsulic, a mere four days later.

Below is the complete fight card for UFC 80. Please send in your predictions with the following format:

(Winner / Method of Victory / Ending Round)

PART A - Who wins?

PART B - How do they win? Methods of victory can be -- submission, KO/TKO, Unanimous/Majority/Split Decision, DQ.

PART C - What round do they win in? All fights will have 3 five-minute rounds.

Here’s a recent example of our Prediction Format for UFC 76.

UFC 80: RAPID FIRE

1 - Per Eklund (14-2-1) vs. Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout (13-3-1)

2 - James Lee (25-2) vs. Alessio "Legionnarius" Sakara (15-6-1)

3 - Paul Kelly (7-0) vs. Paul Taylor (8-2-1)

4 - Antoni Hardonk (5-4) vs. Colin "Big C" Robinson (9-3)

5 - Jorge "Conquistador" Rivera (14-6) vs. Kendall "Da Spyda" Grove (10-4)

6 - Wilson Gouveia (9-4) vs. Jason "Punisher" Lambert (23-6)

7 - Jess "Joker" Liaudin (12-8) vs. Marcus "Irish Hand Grenade" Davis (18-4)

8 - Gabriel Gonzaga (8-2), MMA Torch Nation #3 ranked UFC heavyweight vs. Fabricio Werdum (9-3-1)

9 - B.J. "Prodigy" Penn (12-4-1), MMA Torch Nation #1 ranked UFC lightweight vs. Joe "Daddy" Stevenson (33-7), MMA Torch Nation #2 ranked UFC lightweight - UFC Lightweight Championship

Your UFC 80: RAPID FIRE Predictions can be e-mailed to mailto:drscruf18@yahoo.com.

The new number one contender for the MMATorch Prediction Championship will be determined by who correctly predicts the most fights at UFC 80. The winning MMATorch reader or writer will compete head-to-head against our champion in predicting fights at Ultimate Fight Night on Wednesday, January 23. The championship match between MMATorch Prediction Champion Mike Jarsulic and Tyson Kubas will be detailed in our Staff Predictions article before UFC 79. That is, God and internet willing.

To be eligible, you must submit at least Part A above. Part B and Part C are optional. In the event of a tie, the winners will be determined by who correctly predicts the most combined methods (Part B) and rounds of victory (Part C).  There are 2 tiebreaker points that can be earned per fight.  The methods and rounds of victory will be worth one point each for non-decision predictions.  For decision predictions, one point will be awarded for picking a decision and one point will be awarded for correctly picking unanimous, majority or split decision.  In the further event of a tie, a correct KO or TKO prediction will be awarded half a point.  

Please send in your predictions by 6:00 a.m. EST on Saturday, January 19. Entries can be resubmitted up until this time. Please make a note in your e-mail that your entry is a resubmission, which will void your original entry.

Remember -- you've got to play to win, so send in your predictions and show us why you deserve to reign supreme as the MMATorch Prediction Champion. It won't be an easy task securing a spot in the championship match, but once you're there, it'll be easier to stay on top. As the champion, you'll only have to compete with one other person. The rest of us, in the meantime, will be competing against each other to become the new number one contender for your title. Good luck all!

Your UFC 80: RAPID FIRE Predictions can be e-mailed to DRSCRUF18@yahoo.com.