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watching Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Abel Trujillo all I can say is ... well not a lot here, hope things get better as the night goes on.

2 months & 6 shows later here's the latest prediction table.....

Ufc on fuel tv 9

199lives, Mitchell, TDK2008 - 7
groundnpound, Master Yoda - 6

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Finale

groundnpound, TDK2008 - 2
Mitchell, Master Yoda - 1

UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez

Master Yoda, TDK2008, groundnpound - 4
Mitchell - 2

UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen

TDK2008, groundnpound - 4
Mitchell - 2

UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold

groundnpound - 7
Mitchell - 5
TDK2008, 199lives - 4

UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2

Mitchell - 8
groundnpound, 199lives, TDK2008 - 6

Outside The Cage: Predictions analysis

With 29 predictions from the past 6 events groundnpound is laying some solid foundations & is just 12 predictions away from claiming 199lives belt, he could do so over the next 2 events in June with 20 predictions on offer.
TDK2008 in second place has it all to do to make up the 11 prediction gap from 2nd place.

UFC Openweight Predictions Grand Prix II table

groundnpound

TKD2008

Mitchell

199lives

Master Yoda

Paul Ducky


10 predictions reached.

Thought i'd let the slender lead slip with the 2 and 4 pointers... The gold is in sight!

UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses

Fight of the Night: Junior dos Santos vs. Mark Hunt
Knockout of the Night: TJ Grant
Submission of the Night: Glover Teixiera

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.

Cain Velasquez: $400,000 (no win bonus) def. Antonio Silva: $75,000
Junior dos Santos: $240,000 (includes $120,000 win bonus) def. Mark Hunt: $160,000
Glover Teixeira: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus) def. James Te-Huna: $30,000
TJ Grant: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Gray Maynard: $45,000
Donald Cerrone: $82,000 (includes $41,000 win bonus) def. K.J. Noons: $41,000
Mike Pyle: $84,000 (includes $42,000 win bonus) def. Rick Story: $27,000
Dennis Bermudez: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus) def. Max Holloway: $14,000
Robert Whittaker: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Colton Smith: $15,000
Khabib Nurmagomedov: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus) def. Abel Trujillo: $8,000 ^
Stephen Thompson: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Nah-Shon Burrell: $9,000
George Roop: $26,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus) def. Brian Bowles: $19,000
Jeremy Stephens: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus) def. Estevan Payan: $10,000
^ Khabib Nurmagomedov was reportedly fined 20 percent of his purse for failing to make the required weight for his fight. The Nevada State Athletic Commission's initial report did not include information on the penalty.

Nick Diaz Launches Next Phase of His Professional Life… WAR MMA

Nick Diaz hasn’t said much recently about whether or not he will remain retired following his recent loss to Georges St-Pierre, but he is not sitting idle, launching a new facet to his professional life… WAR MMA.

Diaz made his new fight promotion official on Wednesday, announcing his first event, WAR 1, for June 22 at Stockton Arena in his hometown of Stockton, Calif. The fight card currently stands at six bouts, featuring Daniel Roberts vs. Justin Baesman in the main event.

Other announced bouts on the inaugural WAR MMA fight card include Antonio Banuelos against Benny Vinson, Caleb Mitchell vs. Evan Esguerra, Roy Boughton vs. Liron Wilson, Mike Persons vs. Clayton McKinney, and Darin Cooley vs. Cody Gibson.

More bouts will be announced in the upcoming days. WAR MMA fight cards are expected to feature a mix of professional and amateur bouts.

WAR 1 will stream live for free at NickDiazPromotions.com. The stream begins at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. Tickets are currently on sale.

Non-title bouts will consist of three five-minute rounds, while title bouts, when instituted, will consist of five five-minute rounds, and fall under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.

In an attempt to re-institute more of the grappling game into its fights, WAR does not allow for elbows to the head of grounded opponent, forcing the fighter in top position on the ground to either advance position or create space for punching.

WAR MMA bouts will also be fought in a ring instead of a cage. <<<

I like the elbow rule. Nice one Nick lad! Hope he's got someone helping run the show... Organisation was never his strong point.

Rousey vs Tate now for TUF18. Mysterious injury to Cat Zingano.... The timing!

UFC wanted this all along. All about the dollar... Dana White looked disgusted and shocked when Zingano knocked Tate out that night. Really fishy for me.

Zingano's a monster in the woman's division, they don't want Ronda getting her lights switched off too soon!

Not complaining though Rousey and Tate are pretty tasty!

Elbow rule not bad but a ring.... No Nicholas! Yup I don'y mid a few months of Rousey & Tate

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen runner up Uriah Hallwill make his official UFC debut against Nick Ring at UFC on Fox Sports 1 on August. 17 in Boston.

Tom Watson v Thales Leites added toUFC 163 in Rio De Janeiro. I thought this was the first event to be shown on BT Sports? Does anyone know when BT will start showing the UFC, I need to know so I can cancel ESPN.

(31-05-2013 19:51 )mitchell Wrote:  Tom Watson v Thales Leites added toUFC 163 in Rio De Janeiro. I thought this was the first event to be shown on BT Sports? Does anyone know when BT will start showing the UFC, I need to know so I can cancel ESPN.

Yeah, ESPN ends July 31st so UFC 163 will be the first on BT, as you say.

Although BT are keeping at least one ESPN branded channel up apparently in addition to the BT channels and then they will all be in the one BT Sports subscription package together. Does everybody's ESPN subscription just pass onto BT Sports then automatically from July 31st? It sounds that way but who knows.

ESPN FAQ - http://tv.espn.co.uk/gb/espl/faq/espn-and-bt/

UFC on Fuel TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum live on ESPN 1am Saturday/Sunday

Main card
Heavyweight - Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Fabricio Werdum
Welterweight - William Macario vs. Leonardo Santos
Light Heavyweight - Thiago Silva vs. Rafael Cavalcante
Middleweight - Daniel Sarafian vs. Eddie Mendez
Welterweight - Erick Silva vs. Jason High
Featherweight - Rony Jason vs. Mike Wilkinson
Preliminary card (Facebook)
Bantamweight - Raphael Assunção vs. Vaughan Lee
Middleweight - Ronny Markes vs. Derek Brunson
Featherweight - Godofredo Pepey vs. Felipe Arantes
Welterweight - Ildemar Alcantara vs. Leandro Silva
Featherweight - Rodrigo Damm vs. Mizuto Hirota
Middleweight - Caio Magalhaes vs. Karlos Vemola
Middleweight - Antonio Braga Neto vs. Anthony Smith

Not a great card this, name wise.