Predictions for Round 2 (Season 1) - UFC 221: Romero vs Rockhold

Predictions for Round 2 (Season 1) - UFC 221 : Romero vs

The Spread:

MAIN CARD
Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero – for interim middleweight title
Curtis Blaydes vs. Mark Hunt
Cyril Asker vs. Tai Tuivasa
Jingliang vs. Jake Matthews
Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov

PRELIMINARY FIGHTS
Damien Brown vs. “maestro” Dong Hyun Kim
Israel Adesanya vs. Rob Wilkinson
Wilkinson vs Jeremy Kennedy
Jussier Formiga vs. Ben Nguyen
Mizuto Hirota vs. Ross Pearson
Teruto Ishihara vs. Jose Quinonez
Daichi Abe vs. Luke Jumeau

Scoring:
Winner: 5 points
Method: 3 points
Round: 1 point
Special - decision: 4 points
Performance 1: 3 points
Performance 2: 3 points
Fight of the Night: 1 point

- You need to submit predictions for the entire event, including all available options
- To get credit for correctly guessing the method and round, you must also have picked the correct winner



MAIN CARD:

1. Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov
Winner:
Method:
Round:

2. Jingliang vs. Jake Matthews
Winner:
Method:
Round:

3. Cyril Asker vs. Tai Tuivasa
Winner:
Method:
Round:

4. Curtis Blaydes vs. Mark Hunt
Winner:
Method:
Round:

5. Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero – for interim middleweight title
Winner:
Method:
Round:

Performance 1 and 2:
Fight of the Night:

Note: fight 5 is scheduled for 5 rounds, while the others are 3 rounds.
- I've included the preliminary fights because someone from the prelims could potentially snag Fight of the Night or one of the performance bonuses, so keep that in mind.

Deadline for predictions is February 11th (Saturday/Sunday) by 4:00 AM.

Standings after Round 1:
01. Paul Anderson7 27
02. Nicholas Nguyen 23
03. RodneyTrotter 22
04. neonorca38 21
05. balkanunited 17
06. Life on Mars 16
07. toplomjer 14
07. Alex Murphy3 14
09. lester 13

MAIN CARD:

1. Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov
winner: Tyson Pedro
method: Submission
round: 1

2. Jingliang vs. Jake Matthews
winner: Jingliang
method: KO/TKO
round: 2

3. Cyril Asker vs. Tai Tuivasa
winner: Tuivasa
method: KO/TKO
round: 1

4. Curtis Blaydes vs. Mark Hunt
winner: Curtis Blaydes
method: Decision
round:

5. Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero – for interim middleweight title
winner: Luke Rockhold
method: Decision
round:

performance 1 and 2 : Jingliang & Tai Tuivasa
Fight of the Night: Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero

MAIN CARD:

1. Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov
winner: Pedro
method: Submission round
round: 3

2. Jingliang vs. Jake Matthews
winner: Jingliang
method: Decision round
round:

3. Cyril Asker vs. Tai Tuivasa
winner: Tuivasa
method: TKO/KO
round: 2

4. Curtis Blaydes vs. Mark Hunt
winner: Blaydes
method: TKO/KO
round: 3

5. Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero – for interim middleweight title
winner: Rockhold
method: TKO/KO
round: 4

performance 1 and 2 : Jingliang & Tai Tuivasa
Fight of the Night: Rockhold vs Romero

MAIN CARD:

1. Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov
winner : method : round : 2. vs Tyson Pedro
Submission round
2

2. Jingliang vs. Matthews
Jingliang winner
Submission round
3

3. Cyril Asker vs. Tai Tuivasa
Tuivasa winner
Decision round

4. Curtis Blaydes vs. Mark Hunt
Blaydes winner
TKO/KO
2

5. Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero – for interim middleweight title
Rockhold winner
TKO/KO
3

performance 1 and 2 : Jingliang & Tai Tuivasa
Fight of the Night: Rockhold vs Romero

MAIN CARD:

1. Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov
winner: Tyson Pedro
method: Submission
round: 3

2. Jingliang vs. Matthews
winner: Jingliang
method: KO/TKO
round: 1

3. Cyril Asker vs. Tai Tuivasa
winner: Tuivasa
method: KO/TKO
round: 2

4. Curtis Blaydes vs. Mark Hunt
winner: Curtis Blaydes
method: Decision
round:

5. Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero – for interim middleweight title
winner: Luke Rockhold
method: KO/TKO
round: 4

performance 1 and 2 : Jingliang & Tai Tuivasa
Fight of the Night: Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero

It’s actually kind of funny how much consensus we all had on the winners; I honestly expected most people to be leaning toward a Romero victory.

1. Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov
Winner: Tyson Pedro
Method: Submission round
Round: 3

2. Jingliang vs. Matthews
Winner: Jingliang
Method: KO/TKO
Round: 3

3. Cyril Gane vs. Tai Tuivasa
Winner: Tai Tuivasa
Method: Decision round
Round:

4. Curtis Blaydes vs. Mark Hunt
Winner: Mark Hunt
Method: TKO/KO
Round: 2

5. Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero – for interim middleweight title
Winner: Luke Rockhold
Method: TKO/KO
Round: 4

Performance 1 and 2: Jingliang & Tai Tuivasa
Fight of the Night: Curtis Blaydes vs. Mark Hunt

MAIN CARD:

1. Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov
Winner: Tyson Pedro
Method: Submission round
Round: 2

2. Jingliang vs. Jake Matthews
Winner: Jingliang
Method: KO/TKO
Round: 2

3. Cyril Gane vs. Tai Tuivasa
Winner: Tai Tuivasa
Method: KO/TKO
Round: 1

4. Curtis Blaydes vs. Mark Hunt
Winner: Curtis Blaydes
Method: KO/TKO
Round: 3

5. Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero – for interim middleweight title
Winner: Luke Rockhold
Method: KO/TKO
Round: 3

Performance 1 and 2: Luke Rockhold & Tai Tuivasa
Fight of the Night: Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero

MAIN CARD RESULTS:

1. Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov
Winner: Tyson Pedro
Method: Decision
Round:

2. Jake Matthews vs. Li Jingliang
Winner: Jingliang
Method: KO/TKO
Round: 1

3. Tai Tuivasa vs. Cyril Gane
Winner: Tai Tuivasa
Method: KO/TKO
Round: 2

4. Mark Hunt vs. Curtis Blaydes
Winner: Curtis Blaydes
Method: Decision
Round:

5. Yoel Romero vs. Luke Rockhold - for the interim middleweight title
Winner: Luke Rockhold
Method: Decision
Round:

Performance 1 and 2: Jingliang & Tai Tuivasa
Fight of the Night: Yoel Romero vs. Luke Rockhold

MAIN CARD:

1. Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov
Winner: Tyson Pedro
Method: Decision
Round:

2. Jingliang vs. Matthews
Winner: Jingliang
Method: KO/TKO
Round: 3

3. Cyril Gane vs. Tai Tuivasa
Winner: Tai Tuivasa
Method: KO/TKO
Round: 1

4. Curtis Blaydes vs. Mark Hunt
Winner: Curtis Blaydes
Method: Decision
Round:

5. Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero – for interim middleweight title
Winner: Luke Rockhold
Method: Submission round
Round: 4

Performance 1 and 2: Luke Rockhold & Tai Tuivasa
Fight of the Night: Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero

1. Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov
Winner: Saparbek Safarov
Method: Decision round
Round:

2. Jingliang vs. Jake Matthews
Winner: Jingliang
Method: KO/TKO
Round: 3

3. Cyril Asker vs. Tai Tuivasa
Winner: Tai Tuivasa
Method: KO/TKO
Round: 2

4. Curtis Blaydes vs. Mark Hunt
Winner: Curtis Blaydes method
Method: Decision round
Round:

5. Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero – for interim middleweight title
Winner: Yoel Romero method
Method: KO/TKO
Round: 4

Performances 1 & 2: Yoel Romero & Jingliang
Fight of the Night: Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero

Round 2 Results:
01. Alex Murphy3 27
02. babarej 25
03. quietskipper24 25
04. Haneke 23
05. toplomjer 22
06. balkanunited 22
07. JKD01 21
08. Kal-El 18
09. Life on Mars 13

Way to go, me :clapping: 😁

From what I can tell, it looks like our buddy Rodney Trotter totally forgot to get his picks in for this one, unfortunately. 😢
Haneke is just now making their big debut in this round.
I guess quietskipper24 was the only one who actually called the Romer fight correctly.
And, well, nobody managed to nail the fight of the night or the best performance.

I should probably double-check everyone's math just to make sure I haven't accidentally cheated anyone out of any points, 😉 since I still have to crunch all the numbers for the overall standings.

Alex Murphy3 said:Round 2 Standings:
01. Alex Murphy3 27
02. Paul Anderson7 25
03. Lester 25
04. Michael Haneke 23
05. thermometer 22
06. balkanunited 22
07. JKD01 21
08. Kal-El 18
09. Life on Mars 13

Way to go, me! 👏 😁

From what I can tell, it looks like our buddy Rodney Trotter totally forgot to submit his picks this time around. 😢
Michael Haneke finally made his debut in this round.
Lester was actually the only one who called Romer correctly.
And honestly? Not a single person nailed the fight of the night or the overall performance.

Everyone, please double-check my math just to be safe—I really don't want to accidentally cheat anyone out of their points! 😉 I still need to crunch all the numbers for the master leaderboard.

Oh man, lucky you guys... must be nice getting to play while I'm stuck working!!

Aha, so they actually started making those predictions back at UFC 220 when Miočić and Francis Ngannou were fighting 😉

Alex Murphy3 said:Oh, so we've been making predictions since UFC 220 when Miočić and Francis Ngannou stepped into the octagon? 😉

So you guys just started?

Well, looks like I'm still sitting pretty at the top. Guess I can enjoy the view for a little while longer 😬

Robert Fisher48 said:So, wait, are you guys seriously just getting started?

Yeah, yeah, we’re only through round two. We have seven rounds in total before we crown a champion, so there's still plenty of time to see where things land. Right now, we're just throwing out predictions for the big ones—you know, UFC 220, UFC 221, UFC 222, UFC 223, and so on. You could always jump in starting with UFC 222, though I guess you'd be playing a bit of catch-up on the points since you missed the first two rounds, but maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing if you just wanted to get some experience under your belt for next season. 😉

Paul Anderson7 said:Well, looks like I’m still sitting pretty at the top. I guess that means I get to enjoy this view for a little while longer. 😬

Hehe moći 😁

Alex Murphy3 said:Yeah, yeah, we're only through round two. We play seven rounds total before we crown a champion, but right now we’re just making our predictions for the big ones like UFC 220, UFC 221, UFC 222, UFC 223... so you can totally jump in starting with UFC 222. You'll be trailing a little behind in points since you missed those first two rounds, but hey, it's good practice for next season! 😉

Hehe 😁

Sounds good, I'd love to! I'll just start keeping track in my head beginning with UFC 222 🙂

Robert Fisher48 said:Sure thing, I’m more than happy to just run my own math in my head starting from 222 if that's how we're doing this.

Fine by me! :-)

So, here is the total tally after two rounds have wrapped up. Please, go ahead and double-check everything—I really hope I haven't accidentally shortchanged anyone on their points.

Standings after Round 2:
01. Paul Anderson7 52
02. JKD01 44
03. Alex Murphy3 41
04. Kal-El 39
05. balkanunited 39
06. Lester 38
07. toplomjer 36
08. Life on Mars 29
-- 09. Michael Haneke 23
10. Rodney Trotter 22

Since this forum caps out at 9 images per post, I figured I’d just lay out what these little "arrows" actually mean right here:

- stayed put in the rankings
- moved up the ladder
- dropped down the ranks

It’s a shame I can't hit my bets at the sportsbook quite as consistently as I do here. 😛