Sadly UFC 200 wasn’t the event we’d all hoped for, and certainly won’t be remembered as a night of epic bouts. It’ll be remembered more for the saga surrounding the event than the action we saw, or the lack of action for that matter.
It wasn’t all bad; the preliminary UFC Fight Pass card had three straight first round TKO’s. Cain Velasquez looked back to his best with a first round TKO victory over Travis Browne, whilst Jose Aldo put on a masterclass in defeating Frankie Edgar via unanimous decision to win the Interim UFC Featherweight Title.
While we try to erase Cormier vs. Silva and Brock vs. Hunt from our memories, Amanda Nunes was a highlight, becoming the new UFC Bantamweight Champion by submitting Miesha Tate inside the first round..
Lets see how you all go on, along with the anticipated World Cup Semi-Final results!
CONFIDENCE GAME FIGHT PREDICTIONS
28 people submitted an entry for this card. Here’s a combined breakdown of how many confidence points you placed on each fighter (Winner in bold):
Amanda Nunes -11
Miesha Tate -148
Brock Lesnar -22
Mark Hunt -100
Daniel Cormier -185
Anderson Silva -6
Jose Aldo -49
Frankie Edgar -48
Cain Velasquez -163
Travis Browne -6
Julianna Pena -27
Cat Zingano -71
Kelvin Gastelum -54
Johny Hendricks -32
T.J Dillashaw -191
Raphael Assuncao -4
Sage Northcutt -206
Enrique Marin -0
Joe Lauzon -34
Diego Sanchez -36
Gegard Mousasi -198
Thaigo Santos -3
Jim Miller -113
Takanori Gomi -9
CONFIDENCE GAME RESULTS
Jaymon1002 (65 points) beats Dan Moore (53 points) to remain the MMATorch Confidence Picks Champion.
Jaymon1002 made a successful first defence of his title by beating an out of form Daniel Moore who only manage to return 53 points. Despite both players having similar picks and scores throughout the card, victory was sealed for Jaymon1002 when Jose Aldo and Brock Lesnar were both victorious.
Next up for Jaymon1002 will be Scott Pipher (73 points) who had a fantastic night predicting 10/12 fights correctly and only dropping 5 points in the process. Surprisingly the two fights he dropped points on were both heavy favourites in Gegard Mousasi and Cain Velasquez. Haven taken a break at UFC 199, Mac Kinder returned to the action, scoring (69 points) and securing second place in the pool.
The man from Philly is on a roll, will Scott Pipher be able to stop him at UFC 201?..
Here are the results of the Confidence Picks pool:
73- Scott Pipher
69- Mac Kinder
66- Tommy Strong
66- Sean Simpson
65- Jaymon1002
64- Eugene Kim
63- Richard Race
63- Jon Evans
63- Joel Wielenga
61- Mark Sacchetti
61- Michael Douglas
60- John Lewish
57- David Little
57- Charles Mickael
56- Blake Whorton
55- Norman Price
55- David Lindahn
53- Dan Moore
53- Sam Martin
51- Brian Foe
49- Ben S
49- Anthony Sinnott
49- Malcolm Piper
34- Neal Hollic
Note: Should either champion, or challenger fail to submit picks for UFC 201 (Lawler vs. Woodley) Mac Kinder would step up as a challengers and so on. Everyone else will be fighting for the No 1 contender slot on the night, and the right to face off against either Jaymon1002 or Scott Pipher at UFC 202.
BETTING GAME RESULTS
David Lindahn ($413.21) beats Dan Moore ($0) to retain his MMATorch Betting Title.
David Lindahn: $413.21
$300 on Mousasi for $413.21
Dan Moore: $0
That’s three in a row for David Lindahn who now has one foot inside the the hall of fame door. David’s sole returning bet on Mousasi was enough to remain champion. His victory was made a lot easier by the fact every bet placed by Dan, went up in smoke! Great job David.
Next up for David will be myself! Yes, you did read that correctly, I did in fact top the pool with a total of $3613.33. Scott Piper ran me a close second with $3044.50, if only he’d placed a 3 fight parlay instead of 2 the outcome would’ve been different. I look forward to the battle at UFC 201, David.
Here (in no particular order) are the results from the Betting Picks pool:
Tommy Strong: $3613.33
$500 on Pena for $1225
$250 on Aldo for $500
$50 on Gastelum for $91.67
$200 Parlay on Pena, Gastelum and Aldo for $1796.66
Scott Pipher: $3044.50
$500 on Nunes for $1550
$300 on Pena for $735
$100 Parlay on Nunes and Pena for $759.50
John Lewish: $1550
$500 on Nunes for $1550
Eugene Kim: $1535
$250 on Lesnar for $637.50
$250 on Nunes for $775
$50 on Pena for $122.50
Sean Simpson: $1335
$300 on Pena for $735
$300 on Aldo for $600
Jaymon1002: $1255
$300 on Gastelum for $550
$300 on Lesnar for $765
$200 on Pena for $490
Joel Wielenga: $1275
$500 on Lesnar for $1275
Charles Mickael: $1359.92
$300 on Aldo for $950.94
$400 on Mousasi for $550.94
$100 Parlay on Lauzon, Mousasi and Miller for $408.98
Michael Douglas: $1138.91
$200 on Lauzon for $373.91
$300 on Lesnar for $765
Mark Sacchetti: $950.94
$400 on Mousasi for $550.94
$200 on Aldo for $400
Richard Race: $934.78
$500 on Lauzon for $934.78
David Little: $510
$200 on Lesnar for $510
Sam Martin: $866.35
$200 Parlay on Dillashaw, Velasquez and Lesnar for $866.35
Brian Foe: $183.33
$100 on Gastelum for $1833.33
Anthony Sinnott: $476.47
$300 on Miller for $476.47
Ben S: $0
Mac Kinder: $0
Jon Evans: $0
Norman Price: $0
John Lewish: $0
Neal Hollic: $0
Blake Whorton: $0
Malcolm Piper: $0
Note: Should either champion, or challenger fail to submit picks for UFC 201 (Lawler vs. Woodley) Scott Pipher 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 either David or Tommy at UFC 202.
World Cup Semi-Final Result:
Scott Pipher (73) def. Ben S (49)
Richard Race (63) def. Mark Sacchetti (61)
Congraulations Scott and Richard, the Final will take place at UFC 201.
Performance Of The Night: None other than Scott Pipher for scoring an highly impressive 73 points on a card that was very hard to predict, and by coming a close second in the betting pool. Well done Scott!
GOAT: Having failed in both title challenges Dan Moore was close to getting this award. But luckily for Dan, Neal Hollic’s performance didn’t go unnoticed. Scoring only 33 points and predicting 3/12 correctly, there was only one winner for this award.
Thanks again to everyone who took part, feel free to follow me on Twitter, @Strong_te
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