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By: Dan Moore, MMATorch UK Contributor
Well that sucked, and I'm not just talking about the UFC 149 main card. After showing so much promise at the last event, most of us posted scores we'd rather forget, and even the better ones weren't that impressive. To top things off, the confidence picks championship match up between Dionico Ortiz and Jimbo Slice ended up with a combined score of just 35. It just wasn't to be for most of us, and UFC 150 can't come quickly enough, to put things right.
Without further ado, let's take a look at how UFC 149 panned out for you all:
CONFIDENCE GAME PRE FIGHT PREDICTIONS
44 people submitted entries for this card. Here’s a combined breakdown of how many confidence points you placed on each fighter (Winner in bold):
Anton Kuivanen - 85
Mitch Clarke - 31
Antonio Carvalho - 4 (Well done to Cambo Nelson and James Cater)
Daniel Pineda - 236
Bryan Caraway - 184
Mitch Gagnon - 32
Ryan Jimmo - 118
Anthony Perosh - 62
Francisco Rivera - 40
Roland Delorme - 136
Nick Ring - 52
Court McGee - 184
Matt Riddle - 69
Chris Clements - 150
James Head - 19 (Props to yours truly, Rich Hansen and Mark Sacchetti)
Brian Ebersole - 372
Cheick Kongo - 191
Shawn Jordan - 93
Tim Boetsch - 37
Hector Lombard - 297
Renan Barao - 158
Urijah Faber - 143
CONFIDENCE GAME RESULTS
Dionicio Ortiz (25 points) defeated Jimbo Slice (10 points) to become the NEW MMA Torch Confidence Picks Champion. Congratulations Dionicio and commiserations to Jimbo, hero to zero in one card dude, but I'm sure you'll be back on form very soon. This is normally the point where I highlight the few picks the challengers missed on! Not today, too much work, and not enough space on the website to list them all individually! Dionicio moves on to UFC 150 as champion, and will defend his title against a new challenger who goes by the name of "Ravishing" Mark Sacchetti.
Here are the results of the Confidence Picks pool:
45 - "Ravishing" Mark Sacchetti 40 - Matt Page 38 - Adam Martin 35 - Dan Moore 35 - Paul Henry 33 - Nick Williams 33 - JayMon1002 32 - James Cater 30 - David Moxon 30 - Tommy Strong 29 - Casey Vaccaro 28 - Ryan McMahon 28 - Rich Hansen 28 - Chris McCann 27 - Harry Cooper 27 - Marcos Rodriguez 27 - Waylon Turner 26 - Anthony Staivecki 26 - Clay Burley 24 - Ed Gibbons 24 - Avery Clarke 23 - Joel Wielenga 23 - Daryl Chumbley 22 - James Tippett III 21 - Joe Williams 21 - Carl Light 20 - Paul Forlai 20 - Michael Douglas 19 - Scott Pipher 19 - Cambo Nelson 18 - Jason McKee 17 - Shaun Louis 17 - John Penyak 16 - Scott Cumming 15 - Ben Ackermann 14 - David Little 12 - Kaleb Lipinski 11 - Richard Race 09 - Gareth Moores 07 - Scott Peet 07 - Kyle Walton
Note: Should either the champion, or contender fail to submit their picks for UFC 150 (Henderson vs. Edgar II), Matt Page would step up as a challenger, and so on. Everyone else will be fighting for the No 1 contender slot on the night, and the right to face off against Dionicio or Mark at UFC 151 (Jones vs. Henderson).
BETTING GAME RESULTS
Take a bow Clay Burley, what a performance, and probably the best i've ever seen. I hope for your sake you put the same bets on last night, but only with real money. For those new to this game, $9246.00 is an extremely impressive haul. Clay heads into UFC 150 as one of two new contenders for the MMA Torch Betting Picks Champion, where he'll face off against none other than yours truly, Dan Moore. We both have James Head to thank after he pulled off a major upset in beating Brian Ebersole. Hopefully for my sake, our UFC 150 match up will be a lot closer. If not I'm well and truly screwed!
Here are the results of the Betting Picks pool:
Clay Burley: $9246.00
$400 on Head for $1800
$300 on Boetsch for $1020
$200 parlay on Head, Kongo and Boetsch for $6426
Dan Moore: $1650.00
$250 on Kongo for $525
$250 on Head for $1125
David Moxon: $1641.11
$500 on Barao for $777.78
$100 on Kongo for $210
$200 parlay on Kongo and Barao for $653.33
Matt Page: $1516.67
$500 on Kongo for $1050
$300 on Barao for $466.67
Cambo Nelson: $1450.00
$250 on Boetsch for $850
$200 on Carvalho for $600
JayMon1002: $1410.00
$250 on Boetsch for $850
$360 on Barao for $560
Tommy Strong: $1360.00
$400 on Boetsch for $1360
"Ravishing" Mark Sacchetti: $1302.78
$250 on Kongo for $525
$500 on Barao for $777.78
Jimbo Slice: $1275.00
$500 on Kongo for $1050
$50 on Head for $225
Adam Martin: $1239.83
$500 on Jimmo for $844.83
$50 on Boetsch for $170
$50 on Head for $225
Casey Vaccaro: $1106.82
$100 on Kongo for $210
$200 parlay on Kuivanen, Caraway and Jimmo for $896.82
Michael Douglas: $1042.22
$400 on Barao for $622.22
$200 on Kongo for $420
Kevin Ortiz: $940.00
$300 on Ring for $600
$100 on Boetsch for $340
Chris McCann: $806.67
$100 on Boetsch for $340
$300 on Barao for $466.67
Dionicio Ortiz: $773.85
$200 on Kuivanen for $353.85
$200 on Kongo for $420
Carl Light: $680.00
$200 on Boetsch for $680
Jason McKee: $680.00
$200 on Boetsch for $680
Rich Hansen: $675.00
$150 on Head for $675
Anthony Staivecki: $630.00
$300 on Kongo for $630
Marcos Rodriguez: $570.61
$100 on Ring for $200
$100 on Riddle for $160.61
$100 on Kongo for $210
Joel Wielenga: $506.90
$300 on Jimmo for $506.90
Kaleb Lipinski: $500.00
$250 on Ring for $500
Avery Clarke: $420
$200 on Kongo for $420
Ed Gibbons: $400
$200 on Ring for $400
James Cater: $388.89
$250 on Barao for $388.89
David Little: $386.92
$100 on Kuivanen for $176.92
$100 on Kongo for $210
James Tippett III: $337.93
$200 on Jimmo for $337.93
Waylon Turner: $265.38
$150 on Kuivanen for $265.38
Harry Cooper: $210
$100 on Kongo for $210
Richard Race: $210
$100 on Kongo for $210
Daryl Chumbley: $150.00
$100 on Caraway for $150
Scott Peet: $0
John Penyak: $0
Ben Ackermann: $0
Joe Williams: $0
Shawn Louis: $0
Gareth Moores: $0
Scott Pipher: $0
Note: Should either contender (I'll be here) fail to submit their picks for UFC 150 (Henderson vs. Edgar II), David Moxon would step up as a challenger, and so on. Everyone else will be fighting for the No 1 contender slot on the night, and the right to face off against Clay or me at UFC 151 (Jones vs. Henderson) next month.
RECAP
MMA Torch Confidence Picks Championship Match Up (UFC 150)
Dionicio Ortiz (Champion) vs. "Ravishing" Mark Sacchetti (Challenger)
MMA Torch Betting Picks Championship Match Up (UFC 150)
Clay Burley (Challenger) vs. Dan Moore (Challenger)
Performer of the Night: Notable performances from Dionicio Oritz (poor score, but won a title), Dan Moore (consistent, and now a contender), Mark Sacchetti (new contender) and Matt Page (consistent) make them all worthy contenders for POTN. However, there can only be one winner tonight. Clay Burley, despite a fairly poor showing in the confidence picks, absolutely smashed the betting picks opposition, taking home almost 10 grand in the process. Congrats buddy.
Goat of the Night: If you weren't a contender for POTN, you were definitely a contender for GOTN. Wise move by Kyle Walton to steer clear of the betting this week, because you might have won this award. Gareth Moores also deserves special consideration for a woefully bad night, those two extra points saved you Gareth. However, step forward Scott Peet, you're the GOAT buddy, enjoy the accolade, you deserve it tonight!
We will be back for UFC 150 very soon, so keep an eye out for that. I'll also continue to post links on my Twitter account when the contests go live on the website.
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