The Official Sports Betting / Predictions Thread

[[MERIT]]

Do you follow sports? Do you know your shit? Then this is the place for you! Whatever your passion, be
it Football, Basketball, Baseball, Soccer, MMA, Boxing, Tennis, Golf, this is the place to prove you know
what the fuck you're talking about!


Post an event and your prediction before the opening bell. I will keep a running tally of each member's
prediction results in this main post, as well as an updated list of upcoming events. I'll post the events
about which I care and want to make predictions. Post yours and I'll add them to the main post. We
will all be ranked by how accurate we are. 1 correct prediction = 1 point. Good luck!


List the date of the event along with your prediction! Please do your due diligence
and alert me to the result once your event has ended, so that I can update your tally.


You must make 10 predictions to join the PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE rankings. This is to assure that one-off wankers don't claim
the crown with a perfect [1 / 1 = 100%] record and never come back. Those with 0 - 9 predictions will be in the AMATEUR LEAGUE.
THE OCCULTHAWK CHALLENGE is dedicated to mini-games. The most points get you the #1 spot. Confidence points are listed
in RED. Each correct prediction also counts toward your total in the other leagues.

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RANKINGS:

<[ PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE ]>
[10+ Predictions]

1 - MERIT [ 49 / 78 = 63 % ]

2 - Fluff [ 23 / 50 = 46 % ]

3 - OccultHawk [ 25 / 58 = 43 % ]

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<[ AMATEUR LEAGUE ]>
[1 - 9 Predictions]

1 - Akai [ 1 / 1 = 100 % ]

2 - Key [ 2 / 3 = 67 % ]

3 - Mindfulness [ 1 / 4 = 25 % ]

---- WWWP [ 1 / 4 = 25 % ]

5 - Neapolitan [ 0 / 0 = 0 % ]

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<[ THE OCCULTHAWK CHALLENGE ]>

1 - MERIT [ 0 Confidence Points ]

---- OccultHawk [ 0 Confidence Points ]

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PENDING PREDICTIONS:

Fluff:
► Chelsea will finish in the top 4 of the 2018-2019 Premier League [May 2019]
► Liverpool will finish in the top 4 of the 2018-2019 Premier League [May 2019]
► Manchester City will finish in the top 4 of the 2018-2019 Premier League [May 2019]
► Tottenham Hotspur will finish in the top 4 of the 2018-2019 Premier League [May 2019]

► Liverpool will win the 2018-2019 Premier League Championship [May 12, 2019]

► Harry Edward Kane of Tottenham Hotspur will be the 2018-2019 Premier League top scorer [May 2019]

► Cardiff City will be relegated to the EFL Championship following the 2018-2019 Premier League season [May 2019]
► Huddersfield Town will be relegated to the EFL Championship following the 2018-2019 Premier League season [May 2019]
► Southampton will be relegated to the EFL Championship following the 2018-2019 Premier League season [May 2019]

► Aston Villa will be promoted to the Premier League from the EFL Championship following the 2018-2019 season [May 2019]
► Leeds United will be promoted to the Premier League from the EFL Championship following the 2018-2019 season [May 2019]
► Stoke City will be promoted to the Premier League from the EFL Championship following the 2018-2019 season [May 2019]

MERIT:
► Bucks > Wizards [February 6, 2019 @ NBA] (5 points)

► Raptors > Hawks [February 7, 2019 @ NBA] (4 points)

► 76ers > Nuggets [February 8, 2019 @ NBA] (2 points)

► Jazz > Spurs [February 9, 2019 @ NBA] (3 points)

► Pelicans > Grizzlies [February 9, 2019 @ NBA] (1 point)

► Israel Adesanya > Anderson Silva [February 9, 2019 @ UFC 234] (3 points)
► Jim Crute > Sam Alvey [February 9, 2019 @ UFC 234] (1 point)
► Kyung Ho Kang > Teruto Ishihara [February 9, 2019 @ UFC 234]
► Lando Vannata > Marcos Rosa [February 9, 2019 @ UFC 234]
► Nadia Kassem > Montana De La Rosa [February 9, 2019 @ UFC 234]
► Raulian Paiva > Kai Kara-France [February 9, 2019 @ UFC 234]
► Ricky Simon > Rani Yahya [February 9, 2019 @ UFC 234]
► Robert Whittaker > Kelvin Gastelum [February 9, 2019 @ UFC 234] (2 points)

► Aaron Chalmers > Corey Browning [February 9, 2019 @ Bellator Europe 1]
► Arunas Andriuskevicus > James Mulheron [February 9, 2019 @ Bellator Europe 1]
► Dominique Wooding > Bailey Gilbert [February 9, 2019 @ Bellator Europe 1]
► Karl Etherington > Darren Towler [February 9, 2019 @ Bellator Europe 1]
► Mehrdad Janzemini > Colin Fletcher [February 9, 2019 @ Bellator Europe 1]
► Patricky Freire > Ryan Scope [February 9, 2019 @ Bellator Europe 1]

► Amanda Bell > Amber Leibrock [February 15, 2019 @ Bellator 215]
► Brandon Girtz > Pedro Carvalho [February 15, 2019 @ Bellator 215]
► Logan Storley > Ion Pascu [February 15, 2019 @ Bellator 215]
► Matt Mitrione > Sergei Kharitonov [February 15, 2019 @ Bellator 215]
► Pat McCrohan > Ilya Kotau [February 15, 2019 @ Bellator 215]

► DeAnna Bennett > Miranda Maveric [February 15, 2019 @ Invicta 34]
► Holli Salazar > Courtney King [February 15, 2019 @ Invicta 34]
► Vanessa Porto > Pearl Gonzalez [February 15, 2019 @ Invicta 34]

► Brian Peterson > Patrick Martin [February 15, 2019 @ LFA 60]
► Carl Wittstock > Luis Saldana [February 15, 2019 @ LFA 60]
► Clayton York > Julius Anglickas [February 15, 2019 @ LFA 60]
► Dakota Bush > Jordin Hinman [February 15, 2019 @ LFA 60]
► Trey Ogden > Anthony Baccam [February 15, 2019 @ LFA 60]

► Michael Page > Paul Daley [February 16, 2019 @ Bellator 216]
► Mirko Filipovic > Roy Nelson [February 16, 2019 @ Bellator 216]
► Vitaly Minakov > Cheick Kongo [February 16, 2019 @ Bellator 216]
► Yaroslav Amosov > Erick Silva [February 16, 2019 @ Bellator 216]

► Kyle Daukaus > Michael Wilcox [February 16, 2019 @ CFFC 72]
► Naoki Inoue > Sean Santella [February 16, 2019 @ CFFC 72]
► Sean Brady > Tajuddin Abdul Hakim [February 16, 2019 @ CFFC 72]

► Daichi Takenaka > Mark Abelardo [February 16, 2019 @ ONE Championship 89]
► Jihin Radzuan > Gina Iniong [February 16, 2019 @ ONE Championship 89]
► Shannon Wiratchai > Tae Kyung Kim [February 16, 2019 @ ONE Championship 89]
► Shuya Kamikubo > Dae Hwan Kim [February 16, 2019 @ ONE Championship 89]

► Aljamain Sterling > Jimmie Rivera [February 17, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN 1]
► Andrea Lee > Ashlee Evans-Smith [February 17, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN 1]
► Cain Velasquez > Francis Ngannou [February 17, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN 1]
► Cynthia Calvillo > Cortney Casey [February 17, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN 1]
► Kron Gracie > Alex Caceres [February 17, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN 1]
► Luke Sander > Renan Barao [February 17, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN 1]
► Manny Bermudez > Benito Lopez [February 17, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN 1]
► Myles Jury > Andre Fili [February 17, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN 1]
► Scott Holtzman > Nik Lentz [February 17, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN 1]
► Vicente Luque > Bryan Barberena [February 17, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN 1]

► Kyle Zimick > Hayden Buckner [February 22, 2019 @ LFA 61]
► Moses Murrietta > Brendan Allen [February 22, 2019 @ LFA 61]
► Sean Stebbins > Eric Kemper [February 22, 2019 @ LFA 61]

► Ahmed Mujtaba > Rahul Raju [February 22, 2019 @ ONE Championship 90]
► Amir Khan > Ariel Sexton [February 22, 2019 @ ONE Championship 90]
► Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev > Ev Ting [February 22, 2019 @ ONE Championship 90]

► Dylan Logan > Andrew Murphy [February 23, 2019 @ Bellator 217]
► George Tokkos > John Redmond [February 23, 2019 @ Bellator 217]
► James Gallagher > Steven Graham [February 23, 2019 @ Bellator 217]
► Jamie Stephenson > Charlie Ward [February 23, 2019 @ Bellator 217]
► Karl Moore > Yannick Bahati [February 23, 2019 @ Bellator 217]
► Kiefer Crosbie > Daniel Olejniczak [February 23, 2019 @ Bellator 217]
► Olga Rubin > Sinead Kavanagh [February 23, 2019 @ Bellator 217]
► Peter Queally > Myles Price [February 23, 2019 @ Bellator 217]
► Richie Smullen > Adam Gustab [February 23, 2019 @ Bellator 217]
► Shaun Taylor > Will Fleury [February 23, 2019 @ Bellator 217]
► Walter Gahadza > Ruben Crawford [February 23, 2019 @ Bellator 217]

► Chris Fishgold > Daniel Teymur [February 23, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN+ 3]
► Darko Stosic > Magomed Ankalaev [February 23, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN+ 3]
► Gillian Robertson > Veronica Macedo [February 23, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN+ 3]
► Liz Carmouche > Lucie Pudilova [February 23, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN+ 3]
► Marco Polo Reyes > Damir Hadzovic [February 23, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN+ 3]
► Michal Oleksiejczuk > Gian Villante [February 23, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN+ 3]
► Michel Prazeres > Ramazan Emeev [February 23, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN+ 3]
► Petr Yan > John Dodson [February 23, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN+ 3]
► Stefan Struve > Marcos Rogerio De Lima [February 23, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN+ 3]
► Thiago Santos > Jan Blachowicz [February 23, 2019 @ UFC on ESPN+ 3]

Neapolitan:
► During the 2019-2020 season, the NFL will extend the "horse collar" tackle to range from just above the ankles to the shoulder pads.

OccultHawk:
► Bucks > Wizards [February 6, 2019 @ NBA] (Worth 5 points)

► Raptors > Hawks [February 7, 2019 @ NBA] ( Worth 4 points)

► Nuggets > 76ers [February 8, 2019 @ NBA] (Worth 2 points)

► Grizzlies > Pelicans [February 9, 2019 @ NBA] (Worth 1 point)

► Spurs > Jazz [February 9, 2019 @ NBA] (Worth 3 points)

► Anderson Silva > Israel Adesanya [February 9, 2019 @ UFC 234] (3 points)
► Robert Whittaker > Kelvin Gastelum [February 9, 2019 @ UFC 234] (2 points)
► Jim Crute > Sam Alvey [February 9, 2019 @ UFC 234] (1 point)

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UPCOMING EVENTS:


Milwaukee Bucks vs Washington Wizards [February 6, 2019]

Toronto Raptors vs Atlanta Hawks [February 7, 2019]

Philadelphia 76ers vs Denver Nuggets [February 8, 2019]

UFC 234 [February 9, 2019]

Bellator Europe 1 [February 9, 2019]

New Orleans Pelicans vs Memphis Grizzlies [February 9, 2019]

Utah Jazz vs San Antonio Spurs [February 9, 2019]

Bellator 215 [February 15, 2019]

Invicta 34 [February 15, 2019]

LFA 60 [February 15, 2019]

Bellator 216 [February 16, 2019]

CFFC 72 [February 16, 2019]

ONE Championship 89 [February 16, 2019]

UFC on ESPN 1 [February 17, 2019]

LFA 61 [February 22, 2019]

ONE Championship 90 [February 22, 2019]

Bellator 217 [February 22, 2019]

UFC on ESPN+ 3 [February 23, 2019]

English Premier League Championship [May 12, 2019]

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[[MERIT]]

Originally Posted by MERIT

[TRUNCATED TO SAVE SPACE]

Michael Chandler faces Bellator Lightweight Champion Brent Primus for the title.
MY PREDICTION: Michael Chandler wins via TKO in Round 1.

The other fight that I want to see is between Javy Ayala and Frank Mir.
MY PREDICTION: Frank Mir wins via Unanimous Decision.

Muhammed Lawal faces Liam McGeary.
MY PREDICTION: Liam McGeary wins vis TKO in Round 2.

After that, Lyoto Machida against Rafael Carvalho.
MY PREDICTION: Rafael Carvalho wins via Unanimous Decision.

The main event is Kevin Lee and Al Iaquinta.
MY PREDICTION: Kevin Lee wins via TKO in Round 2.

After that, we have a bout between Dan Hooker and Edson Barboza.
MY PREDICTION: Edson Barboza wins via submission in Round 2.

Then we have Jim Miller taking on Charles Oliveira.
MY PREDICTION: Charles Oliveira wins via submission in Round 1.

Then we have a bout between Zak Cummings and Trevor Smith.
MY PREDICTION: Zak Cummings wins via TKO in Round 1.

I went 5 for 8, giving me a 63%.

[[MERIT]]

My goal for this thread is to create some camaraderie amongst MB's sports fans

[Cuthbert]

Great idea. Thread has been a long time coming.

Can I include my pre season Premier League predictions in this? The top four and bottom three reads almost exactly as the table now is. Quite pleased with it tbh.

[[MERIT]]

Originally Posted by Fluff

Great idea. Thread has been a long time coming.

Can I include my pre season Premier League predictions in this? The top four and bottom three reads almost exactly as the table now is. Quite pleased with it tbh.

Of course! The more, the merrier!

[Cuthbert]

Cheers, I'll dig them up and post it on here. Posted it before the season started so no cheating or anything.

[[MERIT]]

I'm taking the Chiefs over the Seahawks on the 24th and Chiefs over the Raiders on the 30th.

At UFC 232, I'm picking Jon Jones > Alexander Gustafsson, Cyborg > Amanda Nunes, Carlos Condit > Michael Chiesa, Alexander Volkanovski > Chad Mendes, Walt Harris > Andrei Arlovski, Megan Anderson > Cat Zingano, Ryan Hall > BJ Penn, Uriah Hall > Bevon Lewis.

[Key]

^the chiefs v seahawks is gonna be a great game. Naturally I'm rooting for my state team but I've heard the chiefs are a force to be reckoned with this season so I'll be curious to see the outcome. The Hawk's have some potential this season tho.

[DwnWthVwls]

OH is about to go on a bender thanks to you.

[[MERIT]]

Originally Posted by Kiiii

^the chiefs v seahawks is gonna be a great game. Naturally I'm rooting for my state team but I've heard the chiefs are a force to be reckoned with this season so I'll be curious to see the outcome. The Hawk's have some potential this season tho.

So can I put you down for Seahawks > Chiefs?

Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

OH is about to go on a bender thanks to you.

Unless he wants to continue to be a dick and I leave him out of the fun.