For you to become the next Number One Contender for the MMATorch Prediction Championship, send in your picks for UFC 81: Breaking Point, to be held Saturday, February 2, to air on PPV. If you're able to correctly predict the most UFC 81 fights, you'll earn a head-to-head championship match-up with your picks against our champion at UFC 82: Pride of a Champion on March 1, 2008.  

At UFC 81, MMA Torch Columnist Mike Jarsulic defended his title for the second time in four days. Jars won going away after Swick scored the decision win over Burkman in the main event fight sending your humble author back to the drawing board. The new #1 contender is none other than the previous champion, Micky Wan. Wan rambled to an 8-1 record with a boatload of tiebreaker points to attain top contender status. Can Wan take back the title he abdicated just a  few short weeks ago? Or, will Jarsulic remain dominant and extend his career best record of title defenses? We'll find out on Saturday.

Here's your chance to be next in line for a title opportunity at UFC 82: Pride of a Champion, where you'll go head-to-head with either Wan or Jarsulic, on March 1, 2008.

Below is the complete fight card for UFC 81: Breaking Point. 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 81: Breaking Point

1 - Keita "K-Taro" Nakamura (14-2-2, 1 TKO, 8 Sub) vs. Rob "The Saint" Emerson (6-6, 2 TKO, 1 Sub)

2 - David Heath (7-2, 3 TKO, 3 Sub) vs. Tim Boestch (6-1, 3 TKO, 3 Sub)

3 - Marvin "The Beastman" Eastman (14-7-1, 4 TKO, 2 Sub) vs. Terry Martin (16-3, 10 TKO, 5 Sub)

4 - Chris "Lights Out" Lytle (24-15-5, 3 TKO, 17 Sub) vs. Kyle Bradley (13-4, 8 TKO, 4 Sub)

5 - Gleison Tibau (15-4, 2 TKO, 7 Sub) vs. Tyson Griffin (10-1, 5 TKO, 3 Sub)

6 - Ricardo "Big Dog" Almeida (8-2, 3 Sub) vs. Rob Yundt (6-0, 3 TKO, 2 Sub)

7 - Jeremy "Gumby" Horn (79-16-5, 19 TKO, 49 Sub) vs. Nate "The Great" Marquardt, MMA Torch Nation #5 ranked UFC Middleweight (25-7-2, 4 TKO, 14 Sub)

8 - Frank Mir (10-3, 1 TKO, 6 Sub) vs. Brock Lesnar (1-0, 1 Sub)

9 - Tim "Maine-iac" Sylvia. MMA Torch Nation #2 ranked UFC Heavyweight (24-3, 16 TKO, 2 Sub) vs. Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Noguiera, MMA Torch Nation #1 ranked UFC Heavyweight (30-4-1, 3 TKO, 18 Sub) - Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship

Your UFC 81: Breaking Point 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 81: Breaking Point. The winning MMATorch reader or writer will compete head-to-head against our champion in predicting fights at UFC 82: Pride of a Champion on Saturday, March 1. The championship match between MMATorch Prediction Champion Mike Jarsulic and #1 Contender Micky Wan will be detailed in our Staff Predictions article before UFN - Swick v. Burkman. 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. To earn a tiebreaker point, you must have selected the winner of the fight.

Please send in your predictions by 4:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, February 2. 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 81: Breaking Point Predictions can be e-mailed to DRSCRUF18@yahoo.com.