By Rich Hansen, MMA Torch Columnist:
Once again, I need to apologize for the delay on releasing the results to our contests. What you consider an insufferable delay, I merely call ?delaying the drama?. With no further ado?
CONFIDENCE GAME RESULTS Long time player Shaun Louis tried valiantly to defend his Confidence Picks title against another long time player in Simon Kerry. Simon defeated Shaun by a score of 47-39 to become the new champion.
Shaun Louis: 39 points.
McDonald 10
Alves
Tibau 8
Rampage 7
Barao 6
Browne 5
Torres
Mir 3
Grove
Santiago
Simon Kerry: 47 points.
Rampage 10
Mir 9
Barao 8
Stann 7
McDonald 6
Struve
Tibau 4
Torres
Boetsch 2
Story 1
Simon Kerry?s first defense will be against ?Kubi? Tyson Kubas, who scored a very solid 51 points, only missing out on Thiago Alves for 4 points. The
jerk beat me by 3 points. No hard feelings Kubi. But to everyone else, bet heavy on Simon next week at UFC 131 in Vancouver.
BETTING CONTEST RESULTS The Betting Champion at UFC 130 was Danny Mellor. Apparently Mellor is allergic to fame, as he laid a goose egg, missing on all of his bets. As a result, challenger and MMA Torch Editor Jamie Penick is the new champion. Penick hardly set the bar high, as his only successful bet was $100 on Brin Stann, which paid $166.67. Um, congratulations on backing into the title, boss man.
Jamie will have a tough go next week, as he will be defending his title against, you guessed it, Kubi. Kubi more than doubled his initial $1000, and will now challenge for both the Confidence Picks and the Betting Game titles. Try and guess who will be named performer of the night.
CONFIDENCE GAME POOL:
We had 24 players for the UFC 130 Confidence Picks Game. Here is a breakdown on how many players picked each fighter on the UFC 129 card:
Tibau 26, Oliveira 0
McDonald 26, Caraiso 0
Barao 24, Escovedo 2
Stann 22, Santiago 4
Rampage 21, Hamill 5
Alves 21, Story 5
Torres 18, Johnson 8 - Whoops
Mir 8, Nelson 18 - Whoops
Browne 9, Struve 17 - Whoops
Grove 16, Boetsch 10 - Whoops
So MMA Torch consensus picks went 6-4. Now to individual results
Kubi: 51
Rich Hansen: 48
Mike Jansen, Jay Hurtubise: 44
Michael Roberts: 43
Christopher Moore: 42
Daniel Moore: 40
Clay Burley, Skarz: 39
Danny Mellor: 38
Brent King, Matt Pelkey: 37
Chris McCann: 35
Jamie Penick: 33
lightning101: 31
Chris Wallner, Syd Bailey, Bam White, Casey Vaccaro: 30
Jason Binder: 29
Josh Ely, Cambo ?Oh how the mighty have fallen? Nelson: 27
Anthony Sinnott: 26
BETTING CONTEST POOL:
24 entries, 6 profited. And one of those profits was for $4.52. 7 goose eggs. Not our best effort.
Kubi: $2163.60
$300 on Boetsch for $630
$300 on Johnson for $413.21
$200 on Stann for $333.33
$200 parlay on Rampage, Browne, Stann for $787.06
Michael Roberts: $1927.50
$350 on Boetsch for $735
$300 on Story for $885
$100 on Johnson for $307.50
Rich Hansen: $1687.63
$500 on Browne for $857.14
$50 on Johnson for $102.50
$200 parlay on Tibau, Stann, Browne for $727.98
Shaun Louis: $1599.31
$300 on Browne for $514.29
$200 on Rampage for $275.47
$200 on Rampage, Browne, Mir for $809.55
Clay Burley: $1305
$300 on Story for $885
$200 on Boetsch for $420
Matt Pelkey: $1004.52
$300 on Johnson for $615
$200 on Barao, Mcdonald, Tibau for $389.52
Connor Thomas: $857.14
$300 on Boetsch for $514.28
$200 on Mir for $342.86
Daniel Moore: $540
$200 on Boetsch for $420
$100 on McDonald for $120
lightning101: $471.07
$200 on Stann for $333.33
$100 on Rampage for $137.74
Bam White: $445.89
$350 on Tibau for $445.89
Brent King: $442.50
$150 on Name for $442.50
Chris McCann, Skarz: $421.13
$200 parlay on Tibau, McDonald, Rampage for $421.13
John Dowd: $416.67
$150 on Stann for $416.67
Christopher Moore: $342.74
$100 on Rampage for $137.74
$100 on Johnson for $205
Anthony Sinnott, Syd Bailey: $333.33
$150 on Stann for $333.33
Clinton Baker, Trey Witzell, Josh Ely, Cambo Nelson, Sengster, Casey Vaccaro, Chris Wallner: $0
Performer of the Night: Kubi won the pools for both games, only missed on one pick (Alves), didn?t miss on one bet, and was the only player to double his money. Yeah, that?ll do.
Goat of the Night: Karyn Bryant
Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/prediction_and_betting_contests/article_9528.shtml
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