STANDINGS AS OF 2/27:
dynamite kido - 13
Real F'n Show - 10
whitemilesdavis - 10
Mad Dog - 9
Big F'N Swigg - 7

RULES:
Same rules apply as last month: 3 picks per fight, including: winner, round (1-5 for title fight, 1-3 otherwise), and how they win (knockout, submission, decision). Make sure to choose all 3 or your picks won't be counted.

Again, anyone new who wants to join in will start with 7 points this time.

PICKS IN BY MARCH 2nd at 8 ET.



Card:

HW Title Fight: Tim Sylvia vs. Randy Couture
Rich Franklin vs. Jason MacDonald
Jason Lambert vs. Renato Sobral
Chris Lytle vs. Matt Hughes
Martin Kampmann vs. Drew McFedries

HW Title Fight: Tim Sylvia vs. Randy Couture - R3 KO
Rich Franklin vs. Jason MacDonald - R2 SUB
Jason Lambert vs. Renato Sobral - R1 SUB
Chris Lytle vs. Matt Hughes - R3 DEC
Martin Kampmann vs. Drew McFedries - R1 SUB

HW Title Fight: Tim Sylvia vs. Randy Couture - R3 - Sub
Rich Franklin vs. Jason MacDonald - R2 - KO
Jason Lambert vs. Renato Sobral - R3 - Dec
Chris Lytle vs. Matt Hughes - R1 - KO
Martin Kampmann vs. Drew McFedries - R1 - Sub

HW Title Fight: Tim Sylvia vs. Randy Couture - R3 SUB
Rich Franklin vs. Jason MacDonald - R2 KO
Jason Lambert vs. Renato Sobral R3 DEC
Chris Lytle vs. Matt Hughes - R1 KO
Martin Kampmann vs. Drew McFedries R3 DEC

HW Title Fight: Tim Sylvia vs. Randy Couture-R2-KO
Rich Franklin vs. Jason MacDonald-R3-Dec
Jason Lambert vs. Renato Sobral-R2-Sub
Chris Lytle vs. Matt Hughes-R2-KO
Martin Kampmann vs. Drew McFedries-R3-Sub

Looks like a lot of people aren't feelin Silvia right now.

I feel like Couture has a bit more discipline.

There is no doubt that Couture is more skilled, disciplined, and pretty much better in every way. Randy's 2 opponents in this fight are age and size.

Which I don't think will be the biggest issue in the fight.

I don't think they'll be an issue either.

I just think that Couture is a much smarter fighter as well. I don't see Silvia being about to do his thing.

We will see.

HW Title Fight: Tim Sylvia vs. Randy Couture- Sylvia, 2nd round, KO
Rich Franklin vs. Jason MacDonald- MacDonald, 2nd round, submission
Jason Lambert vs. Renato Sobral- Sobral, 1st round submission
Chris Lytle vs. Matt Hughes- Hughes, 1st round, submission
Martin Kampmann vs. Drew McFedries- McFedries, 3 round decision

That Franklin fight is just to be different.

Franklin trains across the street from the bank I worked at in Ohio, so I can't pick him to lose. It'd be like me wanting Kid Kash to lose.

I was thinking of going with MacDonald myself. He's a really good fighter, but I'm thinking that Franklin is going to be on point this time around.

HW Title Fight: Tim Sylvia vs. Randy Couture - RD5 - split decision
Rich Franklin vs. Jason MacDonald - RD2 - KO
Jason Lambert vs. Renato Sobral - RD1 - submission
Chris Lytle vs. Matt Hughes - RD3 - submission
Martin Kampmann vs. Drew McFedries - RD3 - decision

The only fighter that everyone is picking is Hughes. Let's hope this isn't an upset crazy show like Pride 33...(although I do hope Hughes gets the shit kicked out of him)...

Personally I can't stand Hughes, but I see him reaching top form again. In all honesty though, he lost to GSP who is fucking awesome so I doubt that he's dropped off THAT much. He just has to go through the motions to get back to the same position that he was in.

I think Hughes is gonna come out PISSED and destroy that guy.

And if there's an upset here, it's gonna be how I predicted it... MacDonald over Franklin.

By the way, here's the schedule I'm working with...

As you can see, there's a big break after this show, but we come back with what I'm planning on doing as a doubleshot thread for the UFC 69/Pride 34 weekend. Then the big UFC 70 show which I think is being held in England. Should be something to look forward to.

I would agree with that actually.

The upset is gonna be Couture over Sylvia.

I should have clarified and say besides Couture, it's going to be MacDonald.

Results:

UFC 68 Picks Results:
Real F'n Show - 7 pts.
whitemilesdavis - 6 pts.
dynamite kido - 5 pts.
Mad Dog - 5 pts.
Big F'N Swigg - 3 pts.
TehDoct0r - 1 pt.

STANDINGS AS OF 3/4:
dynamite kido - 18 pts.
Real F'n Show - 17 pts.
whitemilesdavis - 16 pts.
Mad Dog - 14 pts.
Big F'N Swigg - 10 pts.
TehDoct0r - 8 pts.

Well, I'm not last anymore.

I kick ass!

BTW, regardless of which way Sylvia/Couture went, I wouldn't have called it an upset. That initial shot almost had my jaw drop tho, and Sylvia never really recovered.

So RFS, you shocked about Couture?

Eh, sorta, but what can I say, you guys knew what you were talking about. I figured if he was going to win it would be by decision, which he did. How long do you give his reign? Will we get Couture/Cro Cop?

I was torn on that fight. I thought Couture was the better fighter but I felt Sylvia had become good enough at just doing enough to win. All I know is that I'm pissed all the good tickets went so quick and I missed this show.

As much as I like Couture, Cro-cop would kill him dead. They need to protect couture for a couple of fights, then he heeds to retire. I think he proved his point with Sylvia, but there is really nothing else for him in the heavyweight ranks.

I don't think they'll do Couture/Cro-Cop quite yet. I also agree that Couture would be done. I could actually see them maybe doing a Silvia/Cro-Cop match though.

Really anyone they throw at him has no chance at this point. They only fighters in the world I could see beating Cro Cop right now are Fedor and possibly Nogueira. He's scary.

Yeah, agree.

Cro cop / Sylvia would be fun though. I think a lot of people would like to see that murder.

I'm salivating.

The sooner they can get the belt on Mirko, the sooner he can become the Fedor of the UFC. And it will be glorious.

Couture beats some nobody while Cro Cop murders Arlovski. Then they decide whether or not they want to give Couture another gimme before he's sacrificed on the checkered alter. If they do, they might feed Sylvia to Cro Crop. I'd like that, cause you'd have Cro Cop beating Arlovski, Sylvia, and Couture back to back to back, making the past couple years of UFC heavyweights look like schoolchildren.

Which with how the UFC heavy division's been, is exactly what they need.

MMA in general doesn't seem to have the strongest heavyweight division it's ever had. Fedor. Mirko, Nog, and possibly Barnett are probably tops, and 3 of them are in Pride. Light Heavyweight is loaded though.

Somebody on DVDR makes a good point : Couture vs. Crocop could be the best draw in MMA history. Thinking in those terms, maybe UFC should protect both of the guys for a few months, and I mean NO risks. No Arlovski, No Sylvia, nothing. Maybe a cupcake or two along the way, all the while building to the fight between those two.