MMA Predictions: The EWB Fighting Championships

[Rich]

So, the idea has come to me that to make Japanese card a little bit differnet in scoring (as the Japanese like to be a little bit different anyway). So here's the way it's going to work, and I'll edit it into the first post at a later date.

For Japanese fight cards I want you to choose a "Top 3 picks" from each card, it doesn't matter which order they are, just the 3 you are most certain of. These fights will be subject to a 2x multiplier meaning you get double the score. These three will be marked on your picks like this

Fighter x-KO-2<- Top 3 Pick

thus making it obvious to me and everyone else which they are confident of. Its easy, its simple and anybody can do it... much like Britney Spears

[Powerhart]

Oh ok. Thanks for clearing that up.

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

Surprised everybody picked Noons, that's the pick I'm least confident in.

[Rich]

To be fair I was not 100%, but KJ will win the fight in terms of effective striking, the guys is an awesome boxer.

[Rich]

Since I am expecting an epic hangover tomorrow, I will be extending the deadlines by a few hours for the three cards. the new deadline is 12pm (noon) BST/4am PST.

Good luck guys

[DavidMarrio]

i'm currently having my epic hangover so my predictions will probably be pretty crap

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

Santiago/Misaki has been added to the card, is that one going to be part of this?

[Rich]

No.

A middleweight title fight between Sengoku champion Jorge Santiago (22-8 MMA, 6-1 SRC) and Kazuo Misaki (22-10-2 MMA, 3-2 SRC) – initially expected for this weekend's Sengoku Raiden Championship 13 event – is now targeted for the organization's currently unannounced Sengoku Raiden Championship 14 show.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) first reported the bout in May.

Although initially expected to take place at Sunday's show, it's now likely to headline the Japanese-based Sengoku Raiden Championship 14 event on Aug. 22, a source close to the organization today told MMAjunkie.com.

Sengoku Raiden Championships 13 takes place June 20 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Featherweight champ Masanori Kanehara vs. Marlon Sandro headlines the show.

Santiago and Misaki first fought in January 2009. The fight materialized after Santiago won the 2008 Sengoku middleweight grand prix. He then pushed his win streak to nine fights by scoring a come-from-behind fifth-round submission victory over Misaki. The Japanese fighter refused to tap from the rear-naked choke and went unconscious before the referee halted the fight.

After that title win, Santiago fought highly regarded Polish competitor Mamed Khalidov in a non-title fight. Khalidov extended his undefeated streak to 18 fights and stopped Santiago via first-round TKO at Sengoku Raiden Championships 11 in November.

However, in an immediate rematch in which the belt was up for grabs, Santiago avenged the defeat and stopped Khalidov via unanimous decision at Sengoku Raiden Championships 12 in March.

Santiago next meets Misaski, who's 1-1 since the loss to Santiago. Misaki, who was once ranked as one of the world's top-10 middleweight fighters while competing in PRIDE Fighting Championships, rebounded for a technical-submission win over Kazuhiro Nakamura in August but then suffered a dramatic TKO loss to striker Melvin Manhoef in December.

[DavidMarrio]

do i still have time for predictions or?

[Rich]

Yeah, my epic hangover has turned out so epic that until an hour ago I could barely function, your picks have also evened out the numbers so I don't have to hurt my head and predict myself

All 3 head to heads will be up in a couple of hours and on Monday/Tuesday I will do a mega results post where I will put results for Strikeforce, TUF finale, WEC and Sengoku

[Rich]

Powerhart

Court McGee-DEC-R3

Keith Jardine-KO-R1

Aaron Simpson-DEC-R3

Spencer Fisher-KO-R2

Rich Attonito-KO-R1

John Gunderson-DEC-R3

Brad Tavares-KO-R1

Josh Bryant-SUB-R3

Chris Camozzi-DEC-R3

James McSweeney-KO-R1

vs

MPH

Kris McCray-Dec-3

Keith Jardine-KO-2

Aaron Simpson-Dec-3

Spencer Fisher-KO-3

Jamie Yager-KO-1

Mark Holst-Sub-2

Brad Tavares-Sub-1

Kyle Noke-Dec-3

James Hammortree-KO-2

Travis Browne-KO-1

Perfecshaun

Court McGee-KO-3

Keith Jardine-KO-2

Aaron Simpson-Dec-3

Spencer Fisher-Dec-3

Rich Attonito-KO-2

Mark Holst-Dec-3

Brad Tavares-Dec-3

Kyle Noke-Sub-2

James Hammortree-Dec-3

Travis Browne-KO-3

vs

Davidmarrio

Court McGee-Dec-3

Matt Hamill-KO-2

Aaron Simpson-Dec-3

Spencer Fisher-Sub-2

Rich Attonito-TKO-1

John Gunderson-Dec-3

Brad Tavares-Sub-2

Kyle Noke-Dec-3

Chris Camozzi-Dec-3

James McSweeney-TKO-2

WVR Title Match

MPH (Champ)

Marlon Sandro-Dec-5

Hiroshi Izumi-Dec-3

Rodrigo Damm-Sub-2

Shigeki Osawa-KO-2

Ikuo Usuda-Dec-3 -> TOP 3

Keita Nakamura-Dec-3

Takuya Wada-Dec-3 -> TOP 3

Sanae Kikuta-Dec-3

Hidetada Irie-Dec-3

Ye Won Nam-KO-1

Kazuki Tokutome-Sub-1 -> TOP 3

vs

Perfecshaun

Marlon Sandro-KO-3 <- Top 3 Pick

Chang Seob Lee-Dec-3 <- Top 3 Pick

Maximo "Maxi" Blanco-KO-2 <- Top 3 Pick

Shigeki Osawa-Dec-3

Kyung Ho Kang-Sub-1

Omar de la Cruz-KO-3

Takuya Wada-Sub-1

Sanae Kikuta-Sub-2

Hidetada Irie-KO-3

Ikkei Nagamura-Dec-3

Kazuki Tokutome-Dec-3

Powerhart

Kazuo Misaki-TKO-R3

Masanori Kanehara-TKO-R1 (Top 3 Pick)

Hiroshi Izumi-SUB-R3

Maximo Blanco-DEC-R3 (Top 3 Pick)

Katsuya Toida-SUB-R1

Kyung Ho Kang-DEC-R3

Keita Nakamura-TKO-R2

Takuya Wada-DEC-R3

Sanae Kikuta-SUB-R1

Ryo Kawamura-TKO-R2

Ikkei Nagamura-SUB-R1 (Top 3 Pick)

Kazuki Tokutome-DEC-R3

vs

davidmarrio

Marlon Sandro-KO-4-Top 3 Pick

Hiroshi Izumi-Dec-3

Maximo "Maxi" Blanco-KO-2- Top 3 Pick

Shigeki Osawa-Sub-2

Ikuo Usuda-TKO-1

Omar de la Cruz-TKO-3-Top 3 Pick

Takuya Wada-Dec-3

Sanae Kikuta-Dec-3

Ryo Kawamura-Dec-3

Ikkei Nagamura vs. Ye Won Nam

Yuma Ishizuka vs. Kazuki Tokutome

Powerhart

Jamie Varner-DEC-R3

Josh Grispi-SUB-R1

Chris Horodecki-TKO-R1

Yves Jabouin-TKO-R3

Will Campuzano-TKO-R2

Karen Darabedyan-DEC-R3

Wagnney Fabiano-SUB-R2

Bendy Casimir-DEC-R3

Rafael Assuncao-SUB-R1

Chris Cariaso-TKO-R1

Renan Barao-TKO-R2

vs

Perfecshaun

Jamie Varner-KO-1

L.C. Davis-Sub-3

Chris Horodecki-KO-2

Mark Hominick-Sub-3

Eddie Wineland-Dec-3

Karen Darabedyan-Dec-3

Frank Gomez-Dec-3

Erik Koch-Sub-2

Diego Nunes-KO-1

Rafael Rebello-Sub-2

Renan Barao-Dec-3

MPH

Jamie Varner-Sub-2

Josh Grispi-Sub-2

Chris Horodecki-Dec-3

Mark Hominick-Dec-3

Will Campuzano-Sub-3

Will Kerr-Dec-3

Wagnney Fabiano-Sub-1

Erik Koch-KO-2

Diego Nunes-Dec-3

Chris Cariaso-Dec-3

Renan Barao-Sub-1

vs

davidmarrio

Jamie Varner-Dec-3

Josh Grispi-TKO-2

Chris Horodecki-TKO-3

Mark Hominick-Sub-1

Eddie Wineland-Dec-3

Will Kerr-Sub-2

Wagnney Fabiano-Dec-3

Erik Koch-Dec-3

Rafael Assuncao-KO-2

Chris Cariaso-Dec-3

Renan Barao-KO-2

When all the results are posted at the beginning of the week I will announce the winner of the prize, offer it to them and if they are not in a position to accept then it will be passed to the next and so on and so forth

Good luck with your fights guys

[EddieG]

Sorry I didn't predict for these, I just didn't wanna risk running into TUF spoilers. :/

[Rich]

Perfecshaun

(0+0+15+13+18+0)=46

Defeats

Powerhart

(0+0+0+10+0+0)=10

by KO to retain Strikeforce championship

Kiniski

(0+18+0+18+10+0)=46

Defeats

MPH

(0+0+10+18+10)=38

by Unanimous Decision

Eddie G

(0+0+18+18+0+15)=51

defeats

davidmarrio

(0+0+10+18+0+0)=28

By submission in a fight of the night performance

Rich

(10+0+10+18+10+0)=48

defeats

Legendonline

(0+0+15+10+10+0)=35

By unanimous decision.

Powerhart

(10+0+0+0+15+18+10+0+18+0)=71

defeats

MPH

(0+0+0+0+0+0+10+10+0+18)=38

By KO

davidmarrio

(10+10+0+0+15+18+10+10+18+0)=91

defeats

Perfecshaun

10+0+0+0+18+0+18+13+0+15)=74

By Submission in a fight of the night performance.

MPH

(10+10+0+10+0+10+36+0+0+13+26)=115

defeats

Perfecshaun

(30+0+0+36+10+0+10+0+0+0+10)=96

via Submission in a Fight of the Night performance to retain the WVR title

Davidmarrio

(30+10+36+10+0+0+18+0+10+0+0)=114

defeats

powerhart

(0+10+20+0+18+18+18+0+18+0+10)=112

via split decision

Perfecshaun

(0+0+10+10+10+0+0+15+10+0+13)=68

defeats

powerhart

(0+18+10+0+0+0+10+0+0+10+10)=58

by unanimous decision.

MPH

(0+15+13+10+0+10+10+10+18+18+15)=119

defeats

davidmarrio

(0+10+13+10+10+15+18+10+0+18+10)=114

by Split decsion in a fight of the night performance.

Well done everyone. The winner of the super secret prize will be contacted tomorrow when my records are all updated and I add up the tallies, but it'll be one of MPH, davidmarrio, powerhart or perfecshaun. The post will also contain an important news update/request.

[EddieG]

Strikeforce fight of the night w00t w00t

[DavidMarrio]

i had staph infection that night.... Jamie Varner/Shalorus going to a draw fucked everyone over tho

Edited June 22, 2010 by davidmarrio

[Powerhart]

10 pts? 10 fucking points? That's got to be the worst set of predictions I've ever submitted for anything. I demand a rematch against davidmarrio for the next fight card.

Edited June 23, 2010 by Powerhart

[Rich]

Right Strikeforce and M-1 are being quite homosexual and have only released the main card for this event, so those are going to be the four matches that are predicted...

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum

Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos vs. Jan Finney (for women's middleweight title)

Cung Le vs. Scott Smith

Pat Healy vs. Josh Thomson

So yeah, 00:00 PST and 08:00 BST is the deadline...

Since the two people I have offered the suprise prize to have been found not wanting the prize (they are MPH and Davidmarrio) I am going to ask a set of 3 questions and if you are the first to answer them right you will win it!

1)Who did Randy Couture face in his first MMA match?

2)Who holds the only official win over Fedor Emelianenko in MMA?

3)What was the name of the 155lb division in the UFC before it was known as the lightweight division?

[Powerhart]

1)Who did Randy Couture face in his first MMA match? Tony Halme

2)Who holds the only official win over Fedor Emelianenko in MMA? Tsuyoshi Kohsaka

3)What was the name of the 155lb division in the UFC before it was known as the lightweight division? Bantamweight.

Why wouldn't you just offered it to me.

Edited June 24, 2010 by Powerhart

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

Not gonna be predicting for Saturday, sorry if I'm the champ. Back with a blast for next weekend.

[Rich]

So Powerhart got the suprise Prize, congratulations!

This is a smallish event because of the problems getting the real card in order, no biggie, UFC 116 next weekend should be a barn-burner!

So for some EWB FC news. As you may or may not know I will be going abroad to teach and travel from September to April, and as such will not be able to run this thing from Mid August onwards which means I am targetting WEC 50 as the final event where I will be running this thing.

What this means is that someone from the board could carry this on until i return, they will get all the info and records from me and would be in control.

Or we can call WEC 50 the last event and then you guys betweem you can decide how best to go about organising a different prediction contest. If you are interested in continuing the prediction contest as I run it (Its not too mcuh effort, the spreadsheeting makes it very straightforward) then either PM me or say something in the thread, but I would love for someone to carry this on as I have really enjoyed running it and I would hate to see it go to waste .

Again its up to you guys, discuss what you would like to happen in the thread.

Head 2 Heads

Rich

Fedor Emelianenko-KO-2

Cristiane Cyborg-KO-1

Scott Smith-KO-2

Josh Thomson-Sub-2

vs

Powerhart

Fedor Emelianenko-KO-1

Cristiane Cyborg-KO-1

Cung Le-DEC-3

Josh Thomson-SUB-3

Eddie G

Fedor Emelianenko-SUB-2

Cristiane Cyborg-DEC

Scott Smith-KO-3

Pat Healy-SUB-3

vs

legendonline

Fabricio Werdum - sub - 2

Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos ko - 3

Cung Le - dec -3

Thompson sub - 2

Brave pick of Werdum by Legend, hope it works out

Good luck everybody, and again, think what you would like to happen I have given you plenty of notice s you can decide what you want to happen with EWB FC when I can no longer run it.