WW -

My picks feel odd on this one, but a lot of compelling fights there that haven't happened, excited to see how they go. Page should be a fun wild card with some of those.

Drink has an insane amount of jj and grappling talent on his list here, and some decent striking guys in the mix.

Foul can pretty much re-inact GSPs career with this list, I see him clearing out this division with Diaz second place.

Mattys is the most like current UFC with USMan, Colby, and Edwards at the top.

Ulis is pretty old school here, but with Woodley in the mix. Some interesting wrestler matchups with Hughs, Askren, Koscheck.



Overall strength: Scared of the grappling Drink brings to the table on this one. Matty's has a decent variety too.

Champ Pick Gilbert Burns
Bellator - BBZ
Welterweights:
1. Stephen Thompson*
2. Gilbert Burns*
3. Robbie Lawler*
4. Neil Magny*
5. Rory MacDonald*
6. Jorge Masvidal*
7. Michael Chiesa*
8. Belal Muhammed*
9. Michael 'Venom' Page*
10. Brian Ebersole*
11. Hector Lombard*
12. Alex Oliveira*
13. Jake Matthews*
14. Muslim Salikhov*
15. Neiman Gracie*

Champ Pick: Condit
Drink - KOTC
Welterweights:
1. Carlos Condit*
2. Royce Gracie*
3. Jake Shields*
4. Jon Fitch*
5. Demian Maia*
6. Rousimar Palhares*
7. Melvin Manhoef*
8. Paul Daley*
9. Karo Parisyan*
10. David Rickels*
11. Jay Hieron*
12. Chris Lytle*
13. Melvin Guillard*
14. Shonie Carter*
15. Dan Lauzon*

Champ Pick: GSP
Foul - Affliction
Welterweights:
1. Georges St.Pierre*
2. Anthony Johnson*
3. Nick Diaz*
4. Kazushi Sakuraba*
5. Jason 'Mayhem' Miller*
6. Matt Riddle*
7. CM Punk*
8. Hayato Sakurai*
9. Marius Zaromskis*
10. Rick Story*
11. AJ Fletcher*
12. Josh Burkman*
13. Frank Trigg*
14. Martin Kampmann*
15. Thiago Alves*

Champ Pick: Usman
Matty - PrideFC
Welterweights:
1. Kamaru Usman*
2. Colby Covington*
3. Leon Edwards*
4. Vicente Luque*
5. Dan Hardy*
6. Santiago Ponzinibbio*
7. Mike Perry*
8. Dong Hyun Kim*
9. Gunnar Nelson*
10. Niko Price*
11. Sage Northcutt*
12. Brad Scott*
13. James Krause*
14. Marcus Davis*
15. Dhiego Lima*

Champ Pick: Hughes
Uli - M1
Welterweights:
1. Matt Hughes*
2. Tyron Woodley*
3. Matt Serra*
4. Johny Hendricks*
5. Ben Askren*
6. Josh Koscheck*
7. Julian Lane*
8. Jake Ellenberger*
9. Evangelista 'Cyborg' Santos*
10. Mike Jackson*
11. Peter Sobotta*
12. Pascal Krauss*
13. Jessin Ayari*
14. Albert Tumenov*
15. David Zawada*

Mac Danzig for my last lw

Thanks for the write ups Blim. Matty confirmed we can do a champions league with the top fighters from each org after running the sim for awhile.

Fouls last LW pick above ^

My picks this time are close to current UF, should be interesting having prime Yoel, Jacare, and Sonnen in the mix w izzy and Vettori

Drink went old school with several picks here with Franklin and Hendo, but still have Gegard who is a modern contender. Should be a fun one to watch

Foul has a mix of eras too, Whitaker vs Akiyama sounds fire though. Guys like Cung Lee and Tim Kennedy could be sleepers to get the belt.

Matty has a ton of good striker matchups, and top feels a bit open between guys like Bisping, cannonnier, Till

Uli is heavy in the Anderson silva era, we can see if he can finally beat Weidman in WMMA. Okami v silva was classic anderson domination.


OVerall strength: I like my picks here, got some top guys from last couple eras. At their peaks though all these are strong lists.


Champ Pick: Izzy
Bellator - BBZ
Middleweights:
1. Israel Adesanya*
2. Marvin Vettori*
3. Yoel Romero*
4. Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza*
5. Chael Sonnen*
6. Jack Hermansson*
7. Derek Brunson*
8. Matt Brown*
9. Thales Leites*
10. CB Dolloway*
11. Zak Cummings*
12. Elias Theodorou*
13. Andrew Sanchez*
14. Julian Marquez*
15. Brad Tavares*

Champ PIck - Gegard
Drink - KOTC
Middleweights:
1. Gegard Mousasi*
2. Dan Henderson*
3. Rich Franklin*
4. Ikuhisa Minowa*
5. Nate Marquardt*
6. Uriah Hall*
7. Jeremy Horn*
8. Evan Tanner*
9. Andre Muniz*
10. Lorenz Larkin*
11. Reiner De Ridder*
12. Jaime Jara*
13. Dave Menne*
14. Kendall Grove*
15. Carlos Newton*

Champ Pick - Rickson Gracie
Foul - Affliction
Middleweights:
1. Robert Whittaker*
2. Yoshihiro Akiyama*
3. Paulo Filho*
4. Brian Stann*
5. Cung Le*
6. Murilo 'Ninja' Rua*
7. Mike Swick*
8. Rickson Gracie*
9. Travis Lutter*
10. Tim Kennedy*
11. Denis Kang*
12. Alan Belcher*
13. Jason MacDonald*
14. Fabian Edwards*
15. Doug Marshall*

Champ Pick - Bisping
Matty - PrideFC
Middleweights:
1. Michael Bisping*
2. Paulo Costa*
3. Darren Till*
4. Jared Cannonier*
5. Khamzat Chimaev*
6. Chris Leben*
7. Edmen Shahbazyan*
8. Tom Breese*
9. Kevin Holland*
10. Eryk Anders*
11. Darren Stewart*
12. Antonio Carlos Junior*
13. Punahele Soriano*
14. Dricus Du Plessis*
15. Lee Murray*

Champ Pick - Anderson Silva
Uli - M1
Middleweights:
1. Anderson Silva*
2. Luke Rockhold*
3. Chris Weidman*
4. Kelvin Gastelum*
5. Matt Lindland*
6. Yushin Okami*
7. Mamed Khalidov*
8. Matt Horwich*
9. Abu Azaitar*
10. Alexander Shlemenko*
11. Abukar Yandiev*
12. Jeremy May*
13. Kevin Casey*
14. Tamdan McCrory*
15. Alex Reid*

Fouls last LW pick above ^


I went for Jon Jones era on this one, with modern champ Jan in the mix.

Drink has Rampage and DC, interesting matchups with guys like Vadim and Frank Shamrock

Foul has Jiri and a bunch of older guys, some good freakshow fights here. Hard to tell who will come out on top, maybe someone like King Mo

Matty has a strong top 3 with Wanderlei, Rashad, and Vitor followed by a bunch of more modern up and comers.

Ulis is more old school, I'm hoping to see Chuck KO the division.

Overall strength: Tough to say, at their peaks guys like Wanderlei and Chuck were scary. I like mine and like Drinks list here a bit for strength.


Champ Pick - Jon Jones
Bellator - BBZ
Light Heavyweights:
1. Jon Jones*
2. Shogun Rua*
3. Glover Teixeira*
4. Jan Blachowicz*
5. Phil Davis*
6. Magomed Ankalaev*
7. Johnny Walker*
8. Nikita Krylov*
9. Keith Jardine*
10. Ovince St. Preux*
11. Alessio Sakara*
12. Ilir Latifi*
13. Ed Herman*
14. Cezar Ferreira*
15. Sam Alvey*


Champ Pick: DC
Drink - KOTC
Light Heavyweights:
1. Rampage Jackson*
2. Daniel Cormier*
3. Vadim Nemkov*
4. Frank Shamrock*
5. Ricardo Arona*
6. Lil Nog*
7. Renato 'Babalu' Sobral*
8. Keith Hackney*
9. Ryan Spann*
10. Joe Riggs*
11. Vladimir Matyushenko*
12. Masakatsu Funaki*
13. Guy Mezger*
14. Kryzstof Soszynski*
15. Maurice Smith*

Champ Pick: Jiri
Foul - Affliction
Light Heavyweights:
1. Jiri Prochazka*
2. Forrest Griffin*
3. Ken Shamrock*
4. Kevin Randleman*
5. King Mo Lawal*
6. Jason Brilz*
7. Bobby Southworth*
8. Stephan Bonnar*
9. Roger Gracie*
10. Jerry Bohlander*
11. Seth Petruzelli*
12. Enson Inoue*
13. Hidehiko Yoshida*
14. Gokhan Saki*
15. Kazuhiro Nakamura*

Champ Pick: Wanderlei
Matty - PrideFC
Light Heavyweights:
1. Wanderlei Silva*
2. Vitor Belfort*
3. Rashad Evans*
4. Thiago 'Marreta' Santos*
5. Jimi Manuwa*
6. Aleksander Rakic*
7. Volkan Oezdemir*
8. Ion Cutelaba*
9. Sokoudjou*
10. Thiago Silva*
11. James Irvin*
12. Ivan Shtyrkov*
13. Jim Crute*
14. Paul Craig*
15. Liam McGeary*

Champ Pick: Chuck
Uli - M1
Light Heavyweights:
1. Chuck Liddell*
2. Tito Ortiz*
3. Lyoto Machida*
4. Alexander Gustafsson*
5. Ryan Bader*
6. Corey Anderson*
7. Anthony Smith*
8. Houston Alexander*
9. Noah Inhofer*
10. Joey Beltran*
11. Mike Kyle*
12. Martin Zawada*
13. Stephan Puetz*
14. Abdul-Kerim Edilov*
15. Gadzhimurad Antigulov*

Last one, Heavyweights!

I've got a fairly modern list with current champ and some current contenders. A lot of power with Francis, Hunt, Nelson, and Lewis in the mix.

Drink is more old school with Fedor, Barnett, and Kerr in the early picks.

Foul has more freakshow picks but some legit guys like Big Nog and Sammy Schilt

Matty has a strong lineup from UFC a few years ago with Brock, Reem, JDS, Mir, and Arlovski

Uli has recent champ Stipe but compelling old school guys like Cro cop, Couture, and Werdum in the mix too.

Strongest - Tough to call again with so many legends in this category. Matty might be my pick there just due to the number of legendary HWs he scored on this one.

Champ Pick - Francis
Bellator - BBZ
Heavyweights:
1. Francis Ngannou*
2. Cain Velasquez*
3. Mark Hunt*
4. Cyril Gane*
5. Derrick Lewis*
6. Curtis Blaydes*
7. Roy Nelson*
8. Igor Vovchanchyn*
9. Augusto Sakai*
10. Aleksei Oleinik*
11. Stefan Struve*
12. Heath Herring*
13. Tom Aspinall*
14. Soa Palelei*
15. Ben Rothwell*


Champ Pick: Fedor
Drink - KOTC
Heavyweights:
1. Fedor Emelienenko*
2. Josh Barnett*
3. Mark Kerr*
4. Jeff Monson*
5. Mariusz Pudzianowski*
6. Bigfoot Silva*
7. Sergei Kharitonov*
8. Tony Lopez*
9. Brett Rogers*
10. Travis Wiuff*
11. Marcin Tybura*
12. Cheick Kongo*
13. Andre Roberts*
14. Cole Konrad*
15. Blagoi Ivanov*


Champ Pick: Big Nog
Foul - Affliction
Heavyweights:
1. Big Nog*
2. Bobby Lashley*
3. Semmy Schilt*
4. Alexander Romanov* (replacing Jushin 'Thunder' Liger)
5. Dan Severn*
6. Kimbo Slice*
7. Tank Abbott*
8. Bob Sapp*
9. Aleksander Emelienenko*
10. Dave Bautista*
11. Alexander Volkov*
12. Jose Canseco*
13. Eric 'Butterbean' Esch*
14. Giant Silva*
15. Yoshihiro Takayama*

Champ Pick - Brock
Matty - PrideFC0
Heavyweights:
1. Brock Lesnar*
2. Alistair Overeem*
3. Junior Dos Santos*
4. Frank Mir*
5. Andrei Arlovski*
6. Shane Carwin*
7. Gabriel Gonzaga*
8. Jairzinho Rozenstruik*
9. Tai Tuivasa*
10. Brandon Vera*
11. Todd Duffee*
12. Vitaly Minakov*
13. Pat Barry*
14. Matt Mitrione*
15. Satoshi Ishii*

Champ Pick: Cro Cop
Uli - M1
Heavyweights:
1. Stipe Miocic*
2. Randy Couture*
3. Fabricio Werdum*
4. Mirko Cro Cop*
5. Mark Coleman*
6. Tim Sylvia*
7. Travis Browne*
8. Pedro Rizzo*
9. James Thompson*
10. Travis Fulton*
11. Popek Rak*
12. Ross Clifton*
13. Valentijn Overeem*
14. Wesley 'Cabbage' Correira*
15. Darrill Schoonover*