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Svino
12-16-2011, 06:47 PM
This event will be a trial event for the "Pick the right side of the line" contest so people can get a feel for how it works. The results will not be connected in any way to the eventual contest.

Feel free to participate even if you don't want to do the full contest.

I will post adjusted lines based on BookMaker's lines (*). You then pick the outcomes of as many fights as you want. Results will be scored as a bet risking your fighter's win percentage to win their opponent's win percentage. Picking Masdvidal would be risking 0.74 to win 0.26. Picking OSP would be risking 0.27 to win 0.73, and so on.

You can copy the text below and highlight the fighter you want to pick, or you can just make a list of names. Either way. The fighters and their odds for this event are:

Gilbert Melendez (-285, 74%) vs. Jorge Masvidal (+285, 26%)

Gegard Mousasi (-270, 73%) vs. Ovince St. Preux (+270, 27%)

Cristiane Santos (-733, 88%) vs. Hiroko Yamanaka (+733, 12%)

Kj Noons (-203, 67%) vs. Billy Evangelista (+203, 33%)

Justin Wilcox (-170, 63%) vs. Caros Fodor (+170, 37%)

Devin Cole (-144, 59%) vs. Gabriel Salinas-Jones (+144, 41%)

Roger Bowling (-300, 75%) vs. Jerron Peoples (+300, 25%)


(*) The formula, which I believe is the reverse of the process that is essentially in use by the oddsmakers, is this: Each moneyline is converted to a win%. The vig is removed by dividing by the sum of a fighter's and their opponent's win percentage, i.e. WinProbAdjusted = WinProb / (WinProb + OpponentsWinProb). Those who wish can check my numbers with the tool here:
http://www.sportility.net/juice.html

I then round off the resulting percentage to the nearest point, and convert that to a it's equivalent moneyline. (I also then round off the moneyline, so the percent I show is the true line used for the contest.)

sbjj
12-16-2011, 07:21 PM
Jorge Masvidal (+285, 26%)

Ovince St. Preux (+270, 27%)

Cristiane Santos (-733, 88%)

Kj Noons (-203, 67%)

Justin Wilcox (-170, 63%)

Devin Cole (-144, 59%)

Roger Bowling (-300, 75%)

SPX
12-16-2011, 07:34 PM
Man, this is some straight mathematical shit here . . . I'm going to have to think about this.

Ludo
12-16-2011, 08:28 PM
Man, this is some straight mathematical shit here . . . I'm going to have to think about this.

Don't be such a vagina.

Gilbert Melendez (-285, 74%)
Ovince St. Preux (+270, 27%)
Cristiane Santos (-733, 88%)
Kj Noons (-203, 67%)
Roger Bowling (-300, 75%)

MMA_scientist
12-16-2011, 09:10 PM
Do we have to pick every fight?

Ludo
12-16-2011, 09:16 PM
Do we have to pick every fight?

I doubt it, but obviously the chances are better if you do.

poopoo333
12-16-2011, 09:18 PM
I'm too fucking stupid. Peace.

poopoo333
12-16-2011, 09:20 PM
Gilbert Melendez (-285, 74%)

Ovince St. Preux (+270, 27%)

Caros Fodor (+170, 37%)

Roger Bowling (-300, 75%)

Cristiane Santos (-733, 88%)

MMA_scientist
12-16-2011, 09:24 PM
Gil
OSP
Noons
Wilcox

mike
12-16-2011, 09:49 PM
chris santos
wilcox
melendes
noons
osp

zY|
12-16-2011, 10:15 PM
tl;dr

Melendez
Mousasi
Cyborg
Noons
Wilcox

Svino
12-16-2011, 11:04 PM
Gilbert Melendez
Ovince St. Preux
Cristiane Santos
Kj Noons
Justin Wilcox
Gabriel Salinas-Jones
Roger Bowling

High5
12-17-2011, 12:00 PM
Jorge Masvidal (+285, 26%)
Ovince St. Preux (+270, 27%)
Cristiane Santos (-733, 88%)
Kj Noons (-203, 67%)
Justin Wilcox (-170, 63%)
Gabriel Salinas-Jones (+144, 41%)
Jerron Peoples (+300, 25%)

Thewisemann
12-17-2011, 01:03 PM
Masvidal
OSP
Santos
Noons
Wilcox

Luke
12-17-2011, 02:07 PM
Jorge Masvidal (+285, 26%)
Gegard Mousasi (-270, 73%)
Cristiane Santos (-733, 88%)
Billy Evangelista (+203, 33%)
Caros Fodor (+170, 37%)
Devin Cole (-144, 59%)
Roger Bowling (-300, 75%)

Svino
12-18-2011, 01:19 AM
Consensus picks OSP and Wilcox losing messes most of us up, but not Luke (also the only one to pick Evangelista, who seemed to be the right side of that line despite the loss).

If I didn't fuck up the totals, the results for this event would be thus:

Luke +1.09
poopoo +0.99
Ludo +0.69
zY +0.35
sbjj -0.05
mike -0.19
MMAscientist -0.31
Svino -0.35
Thewiseman -0.71
High5 -1.37

sbjj
12-18-2011, 04:03 AM
That is some Bad News Bears shit right there.