Event #7 for contest: UFC 144

[Svino]

This is the seventh out of ten events for the "Pick the right side of the line" contest.

The adjusted betting lines for UFC 144 are:

Frank Edgar (-113, 53%) vs. Ben Henderson (+113, 47%)

Quinton Jackson (-213, 68%) vs. Ryan Bader (+213, 32%)

Anthony Pettis (-223, 69%) vs. Joe Lauzon (+223, 31%)

Cheik Kongo (-257, 72%) vs. Mark Hunt (+257, 28%)

Jake Shields (-257, 72%) vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama (+257, 28%)

Yushin Okami (-285, 74%) vs. Tim Boetsch (+285, 26%)

Hatsu Hioki (-150, 60%) vs. Bart Palaszewski (+150, 40%)

Takanori Gomi (-178, 64%) vs. Eiji Mitsuoka (+178, 36%)

Takeya Mizugaki (-186, 65%) vs. Chris Cariaso (+186, 35%)

Norifumi Yamamoto (-270, 73%) vs. Vaughan Lee (+270, 27%)

Riki Fukuda (-257, 72%) vs. Steve Cantwell (+257, 28%)

Tiequan Zhang (-213, 68%) vs. Issei Tamura (+213, 32%)


The tournament standings to date are:

RedHottG2 5.47
mike 5.42
Ludo 5.36
High5 4.48
SPX 4.04
trotterz 3.76
ctm0808 1.66
MMA_scientist -0.80
poopoo -1.90
Svino -3.82

[Ludo]

Ben Henderson (+113, 47%)
Quinton Jackson (-213, 68%)
Anthony Pettis (-223, 69%)
Cheik Kongo (-257, 72%)
Jake Shields (-257, 72%)
Yushin Okami (-285, 74%)
Hatsu Hioki (-150, 60%)
Takanori Gomi (-178, 64%)

[poopoo333]

Frank Edgar (-113, 53%)

Quinton Jackson (-213, 68%)

Joe Lauzon (+223, 31%)

Cheik Kongo (-257, 72%)

Yoshihiro Akiyama (+257, 28%)

Tim Boetsch (+285, 26%)

Bart Palaszewski (+150, 40%)

Takanori Gomi (-178, 64%)

Takeya Mizugaki (-186, 65%)
Vaughan Lee (+270, 27%)
Steve Cantwell (+257, 28%)

Issei Tamura (+213, 32%)

[ctm0808]

Frank Edgar
Quinton Jackson
Anthony Pettis
Mark Hunt
Yoshihiro Akiyama
Yushin Okami
Takanori Gomi

[MMA_scientist]

Edgar
Jackson
Pettis
Kongo
Okami
Shields

[RedHottG2]

Ben Henderson (+113, 47%)
Takeya Mizugaki (-186, 65%)
Yushin Okami (-285, 74%)
Jake Shields (-257, 72%)
Hatsu Hioki (-150, 60%)
Anthony Pettis (-223, 69%)
Ryan Bader (+213, 32%)
Steve Cantwell (+257, 28%)
Eiji Mitsuoka (+178, 36%)
Mark Hunt (+257, 28%)
Vaughan Lee (+270, 27%)
Issei Tamura (+213, 32%)

[mike]

Frank Edgar (-113, 53%)
Quinton Jackson (-213, 68%)
Anthony Pettis (-223, 69%)
Cheik Kongo (-257, 72%)
Yushin Okami (-285, 74%)
Takeya Mizugaki (-186, 65%)
Norifumi Yamamoto (-270, 73%)
Issei Tamura (+213, 32%)

[SPX]

Edgar
Rampage
Pettis
Hunt
Shields
Okami
Bartimus
Cantwell

[High5]

Ben Henderson
Ryan Bader
Anthony Pettis
Jake Shields
Yushin Okami
Hatsu Hioki
Eiji Mitsuoka
Takeya Mizugaki
Vaughan Lee

[Svino]

Frank Edgar
Quinton Jackson
Joe Lauzon
Mark Hunt
Yoshihiro Akiyama
Tim Boetsch
Bart Palaszewski
Eiji Mitsuoka
Chris Cariaso
Vaughan Lee
Riki Fukuda
Tiequan Zhang

[trotterz]

Edgar
Bader
Pettis
Shields
Okami
Cantwell

[Svino]

Well, we sure showed that RedHott guy who is boss this week. Here are the scores for event #7:

RedHottG2 2.30
High5 1.18
Svino -0.12
Ludo -0.26
trotterz -0.28
ctm0808 -0.84
SPX -1.32
poopoo -1.34
MMA_scientist -2.08
mike -3.06

Congrats to RedHott and to High5 for being the only ones to return with positive scores.

Obviously, this spreads things out a bit, but there are still three events to go! The scores to date are:

RedHottG2 7.77
High5 5.66
Ludo 5.10
trotterz 3.48
SPX 2.72
mike 2.36
ctm0808 0.82
MMA_scientist -2.88
poopoo -3.24
Svino -3.94

[RedHottG2]

One thing is for sure, if I have one bad event it will tighten this up alot. I went into this with a goal of just finishing in the top three so as long as I do that I'll be happy. I figured some big dogs would hit this time and they did. I look for High5 and Ludo to give me a run at the end.

[SPX]

So RedHott, how are you making your bets? You claim you don't watch the sport and you won't convince me you're just picking names out of hat, so. . .?

[RedHottG2]

So RedHott, how are you making your bets? You claim you don't watch the sport and you won't convince me you're just picking names out of hat, so. . .?

Well the same way I pick my sports bets.. As far as this goes I start looking at what the line is doing about a 2-3 days before the event. I make all my plays based on line movement alone, that along with seeing what the opener was. I track steam moves and just go from there. The only plays I ever make based on my own knowledge is Baylor and Kansas because they are the only two teams I actually follow. I really know nothing about any of the other teams I play.. I have been in a funk lately but that happens so I am taking a break. I'll get back to winning on a daily basis again soon.