UFC 118 - Competition Results

Good morning all, I trust you slept well. UFC 118 is in the books and, that said, it's time to announce the winner of the first ever Super North Star MMA Prediction Contest. I had a lot of entries, thanks to everyone who took the time to get involved it was amazing to go through all the answers this morning.

I'll be writing up about the card in question real soon so look out for that but now the moment of truth. The winner of the UFC 118 prediction thread with a very respectable total of 21 points is Chris Brentnall. Congratulations Chris, there's a Super North Star MMA shirt winging it's way to you in the post and it just remains for me to say thank you all very much for getting involved.

I've got a lot coming up in September including an amazing gym of the month, some awesome interviews and another competition with a prize supplied by the nice people at CKA Martial Arts. Thanks very much again and I'll leave you with this thought; if James Toney would have come out wearing one boxing glove would it have been any more ridiculous?

UFC 118 - Competition Time

Ladies and Gentlemen it's that time already.
The first of the new monthly competitions that give you the chance to win some sweet gear. Starting from next month, the good people at CKA Martial Arts have agreed to provide some awesome prizes for the competitions; everything from gum shields to hats will be on offer so check out the blog and get involved.

This month the prize is a limited edition Super North Star MMA T-Shirt as pictured here.


The best way to do mma competitions is to do prediction threads. That way everyone gets a fair crack, no-one can wikipedia the answers and the fights are that bit more exciting knowing that you stand to get free stuff.

So, the top and bottom of it is this. Send me your predictions for UFC 118 to this E-Mail Address (ColdFuryFilms@Gmail.com)

I need the winner, the round and the method for each fight. The choices for method are TKO, KO, Submission, Unanimous Decision or Split Decision. You'll get 1 point each for winner, method and round and a bonus point if you get all 3 right. You need to predict the whole card, including the prelims and the undercard so I've got more chance of getting a variety of scores.

I also need you to write the minute and second that you think the main event will finish in. This sounds really complex but will only be used in the event of a tie. Remember you only need to do this for the BJ Penn vs Frankie Edgar fight.


It should look something like this:

MAIN EVENT: BJ PENN ROUND 2 TKO 3.54
RANDY COUTURE  ROUND 1 TKO
DEMIAN MAIA ROUND 3 SUBMISSION
KENNY FLORIAN ROUND 3 SPLIT DECISION

And so on for the rest of the card which you can find details about here.

Also at the end of the e-mail if you put your name, T-shirt size and address so I can send you the prize should you be the lucky one. This competition is available to anyone in the world so get those predictions sent in.

I love the fact that I can do something like this, simply because through this blog, I've been able to do more writing work than I ever imagined possible. I was so happy today when the shirts came from Cafe Press. I guess this is my way of saying thanks to everyone who stops by, puts up with the fact that I'm stuck in the 80's and clearly obsessed with videogames.

Take Care, Get involved and I shall speak to you people real soon.
Ben

Competition News - I'd buy that for a dollar

It's odd how I've been doing nothing but playing videogames and watching MMA and it still doesn't feel enough. There is an epic ammount of mma on in the next few weeks and I've got so many things to write up so please keep on reading and getting involved. It's awesome to see how many more people are reading this blog and now with the stats that I can properly monitor just where everything comes from.

It blew my mind when I saw that people from all over the world were taking the time to hit up this blog that started as a crazy idea one day when I waiting for my friend Tran to come round. It's funny how things happen.

Anyhow to the matter in hand, I had this idea today about giving something back to the people who read the blog so I came up with this. I'm going to get a few of the shirts made and then I'm going to do a UFC 118 prediction competition. I'll work out a system nearer the time but you'll need to pick winner, method and round for each fight and get points for all of them. You'll also have to pick a time for the main event finishing, which will only be used in the event of a tie break.

Thanks again for taking the time to read and there's all kinds of good stuff to come in the next few days so come get involved; who knows, you might just win something.

Take Care
Ben