The Unranked Fighters Game 2025 Edition [Under new management: *NO* prize for winner this year :( sorry]

sonhow said:
Cejudo: wont fight at fly this year
Talbot: bust
Choi: will he even fight this year?
Hooper: green af no chance to get ranked maybe next year or year after that.
Battle: will he even fight this year?
Pyfer : fighting Fastelum but seems more interested in complaining about Mexicans than fighting.
Nemkov: stuck at pfl wont fight in ufc this year.
Jauregui: will she fight this year?
Oneil: will she fight this year?
Nunes: wants her title pack....probably next year

I sure made picks for this one
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Looks like I cursed them all. Battle even got cut ffs.
 
Haven't done my usual borderline autistic bullshit of charting how everyone's points are going but looking at my own? Man, I'm having a much less confident year here than last.


Mohawk Banditó said:
FLW: Clayton Carpenter (I was tempted to put Mokaev, cuz if he gets a re-invite before 2026, he'll probably be high up in the ranks with just one return win)
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Lost the ranking chance he had, now set to fight someone else unranked. Carpenter's not making it a big performance.

Mohawk Banditó said:
BW: Still sticking with my boy Farid Basharat
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UFC fucking this up big. Get my guy a goddamned meaningful fight. Still not ranked, still not fighting a ranked opponent.

Mohawk Banditó said:
FW: Youseff Zalal
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Heeey, #9 fighting #8. That's 7 points and looking for more.


Mohawk Banditó said:
LW: L'udo Klein
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Same story as Carpenter. Lost the ranked chance, booked against someone unranked. Probably no points.

Mohawk Banditó said:
WW: Rinat Fakhtetdinov
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Bonfim would have been a meaningful fight, but that fell through. Even as he got a first round victory to extend his streak, I think the robbery stank is too strong for people to rank him or book him better

Mohawk Banditó said:
MW: Gregory Rodriguez
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Lost a big ranking chance, but bounced back nicely, now booked against ranked #15, so a possible few points on the board.

Mohawk Banditó said:
LHW: Vadim Nemkov
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Mohawk Banditó said:
HW: Rizvan Kuniev
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Not only did he lose his big ranking shot, it got pushed back to eat a lot of the year. He still managed to end up ranked, until Delija jumped into the rankings and bumped him out.

Mohawk Banditó said:
WSW: Ketlen Souza (Went back and forth between her and Amorim multiple times)
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'Lost' 2 fights, though she deserved the win over her ranked opponent, which is a shame. Amorim was a stronger pick, but she's still not getting ranked either.

Mohawk Banditó said:
WFLW: Mayra Bueno Silva
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MBS is fighting for a rank later.... at WBW. She only took one shot at flyweight and peaced out. No points.

Mohawk Banditó said:
WBW: Nora Cornolle (There's a chance Nunes comes back, but it's not confirmed, and even if she does, there's still the chance she comes back for a one-off and retires again. I already got burned last year when GDR did that).
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Hey! #12, that's 4 points. A Nunes pick could still come out and burn people.



So, 11 total and maybe 14 at the most.
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I waited an extra week to see if there was any changes a week off from the last event of the year, cuz sometimes they update the rankings, then do a little 'correction' to that the next week. But I think this is a good a place as any to call it.

I'm a little cough syrup drunk, so anyone is invited to double check my work (I'm using the find tool a lot, so misspellings are fucking me up). There were 19 participants this time around, and I will blame that on the clear lack of any reward for winning this year instead of my lack of popularity compared to Siver. Yes, I'm sure it's the first reason.

Here's the list of picks and the points they scored you.

@TITS
FLW: Cejudo
BW: Pantoja
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ortega
WW: Battle
MW: Bo Nickel
LHW: Jacoby
HW: Nzechukwu
Total - 6 points

@deanambrose
FLW:Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW:Jakub Wikłacz
LW:Mateusz Rebecki
WW:Brian Battle
MW:Gregory Rodriguez - 2
LHW:Oumar Sy
HW:Kennedy Nzechukwu
WSW:Ketlen Souza
WFLW:Mayra Bueno Silva
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 7 points

@Banana Tree's Nemesis
FLW: Rei Tsuruya
BW: Jean Matsumoto
FW: Felipe Lima
LW: Mateusz Rebecki
WW: Rinat Fakhretdinov
MW: Roman Kopylov
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Rizvan Kuniev
WSW: Alexia Thainara - 1
WFLW: Eduarda Moura - 3
WBW: Nora Cornolle - 4
Total - 8 points

@World eater
FLW: Rei Tsuruya
BW: Peyton Talbot - 5
FW: William Gomis
LW: Esteban Ribovics
WW: Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW: Bo Nickal
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Jhonata Diniz
Total - 10 points

@Hdfi
FLW: Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ludovit Klein
WW: Rinat Fakhretdinov
MW: Bo Nickal
LHW: Vadim Nemkov
HW: Marcus Buchecha
WSW: Loma Lookboonmee
WFLW: Shi Ming
WBW: Tainara Lisboa
Total - 11 points

@sonhow
Fly:Cejudo
Bw:Talbot - 5
Fw: Doo Ho Choi
Lw:Hooper
Ww:Battle
Mw: Pyfer - 1
Lhw:Nemkov
Hw:Nemkov
Wsw:Jaurequi
Wflw:ONeil - 5
Wbw: Amanda Nunes
Total - 11 points

@fortheo
FLW: Rei tsuruya
BW: Vinicius oliveira - 3
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Fares Ziam - 1
WW: Oban elliott
MW: Gregory Rodriguez - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Nzechkuwu
WSW: Jaqueline Amorim
WFLW: Gabriella Fernandez - 1
WBW: Melissa Gatto
Total - 13 points

@Hellowhosthat
FLY - Clayton Carpenter
BW - Farid Basharat
FW - Jean Silva - 6
LW - Mateusz Rebecki
WW - Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW - Ikram Aliskerov
LHW - Oumar Sy
HW - Rizan Kuniev
SW - Fatima Kline - 4
FLW - Tereza Bleda
BW - Kennedy Freeman
Total - 15 points

@Mohawk Banditó
FLW: Clayton Carpenter
BW: Farid Basharat
FW: Youseff Zalal - 9
LW: L'udo Klein
WW: Rinat Fakhtetdinov
MW: Gregory Rodriguez - 2
LHW: Vadim Nemkov
HW: Rizvan Kuniev
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Mayra Bueno Silva
WBW: Nora Cornolle - 4
Total - 15 points

@WoozyFailGuy
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Talbot - 5
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Mateusz Rebecki
WW: Lazy King
MW: Ikram Aliskerov
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Kuniev
WSW: Fatima Kline - 4
WFLW: Ditcheva
WBW: Tereza Bleda
Total - 15 points

@tornado362
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Youssef Zalal - 9
LW: L'udovit Klein
WW: Rinat Fakhretdinov
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Kennedy Nzechukwu
WSW: Jaqueline Amorim
WFLW: Dakota Ditcheva
WBW: Tainara Lisboa
Total - 16 points

@RockyLockridge
FLW:Temirov
BW: Talbott - 5
FW: Mckee
LW: Jean Silva - 6
WW: Ruffy
MW: Pyfer - 1
LHW: Sy
HW:Texiera - 1
WSW: Kline - 4
WFLW: Ditcheva
WBW: Nunes
Total - 17 points

@Trupsi
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: F. Basharat
FW: Youssef Zalal - 9
LW: L'udovit Klein
WW: G.Bonfim - 5
MW: Robocop - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Nemkov
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Eduarda Moura - 3
WBW: Melissa Dixon
Total - 19 points

@Slapjit
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Daniel Marcos
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ilia Topuria - 20
WW: Bryan Battle
MW: Bo Nickal
LHW: Artem Vakhitov
HW: Ngannou
WSW: Ming Shi
WFLW: Gabriella Fernandes - 1
WBW: Tainara Lisboa
Total - 27 points

@UFCIsNOTRigged
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Youssef Zalal - 9
LW: Mauricio Ruffy - 2
WW: Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Ryan Spann
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Wang Cong - 4
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 27 points

@Oldboy91
FLW: Lone'er Kavanagh - 1
BW: Peyton Talbot - 5
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ignacio Bahamondes
WW: Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW: Renier De Ridder - 8
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Alex Pereira
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Wang Cong - 4
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 29 points

@Dreyga Hates You Sherbums
FLW: Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbot - 5
FW: Aaron Pico
LW: Ignacio Bahamondes
WW: Islam Machachev - 20
MW: Reiner De Ridder - 8
LHW: Minyang Zhang
HW: Kennedy Nzcheuku
WSW: Loma Lookaboonme
WFLW: Mayra Bueno Silva
WBW: Melissa Dixon
Total - 33 points

@'Suga Daddy'
FLW: Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Yousuff Zalal - 9
LW: Ilia Topuria - 20
WW: Bryan Battle
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Ming-Yang Zhang - 2
HW: Alex Pereira
WSW: Jaqueline Amorim
WFLW: Weili Zhang
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 38 points

AND THE GRAND WINNER WITH TWO NEW CHAMP PICKS!

@Koala
FLW: Figueiredo
BW: Felipe Lima
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Topuria - 20
WW: Makhachev - 20
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Mingyang - 2
HW: Nzechukwu
WSW: Lookboonmee
WFLW: Bueno Silva
WBW: Nunes
Total - 50 points


*Honorable mention to @Oldboy91 and @UFCIsNOTRigged for getting predictions in 6 different divisions.


This was a tough year. Really feels like a lot of our picks either hung out outside the ranks without ever getting a chance at those fringe 10-15 opponents, or getting random huge chances out of nowhere against tough opponents in the top 10.

As usual, I'll put together what would have been the best possible picks.

Flyweight: Picking Horiguchi (who was defending his Rizin belt on New Years Eve) would have snagged 8 points.
(Otherwise your only chance was catching 1 with Kavanagh)

Bantamweight: David Martinez was the biggest surprise, catching 6, but a lot of people cashed in on Talbott at 5.
(Only other choice was snagging Oliveira at 3).

Featherweight: Quite a few new names here with Onama (1), Vallejos (3), Pitbull (4), the popular pick of Silva (6), a surprising Garcia (8), but the most points would be 9 with Zalal.

Lightweight: New champ Topuria! 20 points!
(Only other new names are Torres, Ruffy, and Ziam at 3, 2, and 1, respectively)

Welterweight: Another new champ for 20, Islam!
(Most other people caught Bonfim for 5. D-Rod also had a bounceback year, so you'd get 1 point for him)

Middleweight: RDR was one of the busiest guys this year, becoming an 8 point pick
(MVP, Robocop, and Pyfer round out the other new names for 5 points, 2 points, and 1 point.)

Light Heavyweight: Literally only 1 name change, Zhang taking Smith's #14 for 2 points. Funny what happens when the top of a division is an instant rematch and the last 3 challengers spend the year doing a round robin tournament between themselves.

Heavyweight: Delija came out of nowhere to get 7 points.
(Walker had a stellar year worth 2 points, and big Tex got 1)

Woman's SW: Kline was good for 4 points, with Gomes for 3 and Thainara for 1 behind.

Woman's Fly: The whole back end of the rankings changed out, where O'Neil would snag you 5 points, Cong for 4, Moura for 3, Aldrich for 2, or Fernandes for 1. Lots of chances to pick up extra points for the few who decided to not pick any women.

Woman's BW: Any Cornolle pick would catch 4 points, with Edwards for 2 or Santos for 1 as your other options. Unfortunately, the bold pick of Nunes was booked just a little too late to pay off for everyone this year the same way the bold Harrison pick last year essentially won that game.

With a total of 93 points on the table, to be l get 50 is a big achievement
 
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I waited an extra week to see if there was any changes a week off from the last event of the year, cuz sometimes they update the rankings, then do a little 'correction' to that the next week. But I think this is a good a place as any to call it.

I'm a little cough syrup drunk, so anyone is invited to double check my work (I'm using the find tool a lot, so misspellings are fucking me up). There were 19 participants this time around, and I will blame that on the clear lack of any reward for winning this year instead of my lack of popularity compared to Siver. Yes, I'm sure it's the first reason.

@TITS
FLW: Cejudo
BW: Pantoja
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ortega
WW: Battle
MW: Bo Nickel
LHW: Jacoby
HW: Nzechukwu
Total - 6 points

@deanambrose
FLW:Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW:Jakub Wikłacz
LW:Mateusz Rebecki
WW:Brian Battle
MW:Gregory Rodriguez - 2
LHW:Oumar Sy
HW:Kennedy Nzechukwu
WSW:Ketlen Souza
WFLW:Mayra Bueno Silva
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 7 points

@Banana Tree's Nemesis
FLW: Rei Tsuruya
BW: Jean Matsumoto
FW: Felipe Lima
LW: Mateusz Rebecki
WW: Rinat Fakhretdinov
MW: Roman Kopylov
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Rizvan Kuniev
WSW: Alexia Thainara - 1
WFLW: Eduarda Moura - 3
WBW: Nora Cornolle - 4
Total - 8 points

@World eater
FLW: Rei Tsuruya
BW: Peyton Talbot - 5
FW: William Gomis
LW: Esteban Ribovics
WW: Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW: Bo Nickal
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Jhonata Diniz
Total - 10 points

@Hdfi
FLW: Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ludovit Klein
WW: Rinat Fakhretdinov
MW: Bo Nickal
LHW: Vadim Nemkov
HW: Marcus Buchecha
WSW: Loma Lookboonmee
WFLW: Shi Ming
WBW: Tainara Lisboa
Total - 11 points

@sonhow
Fly:Cejudo
Bw:Talbot - 5
Fw: Doo Ho Choi
Lw:Hooper
Ww:Battle
Mw: Pyfer - 1
Lhw:Nemkov
Hw:Nemkov
Wsw:Jaurequi
Wflw:ONeil - 5
Wbw: Amanda Nunes
Total - 11 points

@fortheo
FLW: Rei tsuruya
BW: Vinicius oliveira - 3
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Fares Ziam - 1
WW: Oban elliott
MW: Gregory Rodriguez - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Nzechkuwu
WSW: Jaqueline Amorim
WFLW: Gabriella Fernandez - 1
WBW: Melissa Gatto
Total - 13 points

@Hellowhosthat
FLY - Clayton Carpenter
BW - Farid Basharat
FW - Jean Silva - 6
LW - Mateusz Rebecki
WW - Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW - Ikram Aliskerov
LHW - Oumar Sy
HW - Rizan Kuniev
SW - Fatima Kline - 4
FLW - Tereza Bleda
BW - Kennedy Freeman
Total - 15 points

@Mohawk Banditó
FLW: Clayton Carpenter
BW: Farid Basharat
FW: Youseff Zalal - 9
LW: L'udo Klein
WW: Rinat Fakhtetdinov
MW: Gregory Rodriguez - 2
LHW: Vadim Nemkov
HW: Rizvan Kuniev
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Mayra Bueno Silva
WBW: Nora Cornolle - 4
Total - 15 points

@WoozyFailGuy
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Talbot - 5
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Mateusz Rebecki
WW: Lazy King
MW: Ikram Aliskerov
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Kuniev
WSW: Fatima Kline - 4
WFLW: Ditcheva
WBW: Tereza Bleda
Total - 15 points

@tornado362
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Youssef Zalal - 9
LW: L'udovit Klein
WW: Rinat Fakhretdinov
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Kennedy Nzechukwu
WSW: Jaqueline Amorim
WFLW: Dakota Ditcheva
WBW: Tainara Lisboa
Total - 16 points

@RockyLockridge
FLW:Temirov
BW: Talbott - 5
FW: Mckee
LW: Jean Silva - 6
WW: Ruffy
MW: Pyfer - 1
LHW: Sy
HW:Texiera - 1
WSW: Kline - 4
WFLW: Ditcheva
WBW: Nunes
Total - 17 points

@Trupsi
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: F. Basharat
FW: Youssef Zalal - 9
LW: L'udovit Klein
WW: G.Bonfim - 5
MW: Robocop - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Nemkov
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Eduarda Moura - 3
WBW: Melissa Dixon
Total - 19 points

@Slapjit
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Daniel Marcos
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ilia Topuria - 20
WW: Bryan Battle
MW: Bo Nickal
LHW: Artem Vakhitov
HW: Ngannou
WSW: Ming Shi
WFLW: Gabriella Fernandes - 1
WBW: Tainara Lisboa
Total - 27 points

@UFCIsNOTRigged
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Youssef Zalal - 9
LW: Mauricio Ruffy - 2
WW: Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Ryan Spann
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Wang Cong - 4
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 27 points

@Oldboy91
FLW: Lone'er Kavanagh - 1
BW: Peyton Talbot - 5
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ignacio Bahamondes
WW: Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW: Renier De Ridder - 8
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Alex Pereira
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Wang Cong - 4
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 29 points

@Dreyga Hates You Sherbums
FLW: Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbot - 5
FW: Aaron Pico
LW: Ignacio Bahamondes
WW: Islam Machachev - 20
MW: Reiner De Ridder - 8
LHW: Minyang Zhang
HW: Kennedy Nzcheuku
WSW: Loma Lookaboonme
WFLW: Mayra Bueno Silva
WBW: Melissa Dixon
Total - 33 points

@'Suga Daddy'
FLW: Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Yousuff Zalal - 9
LW: Ilia Topuria - 20
WW: Bryan Battle
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Ming-Yang Zhang - 2
HW: Alex Pereira
WSW: Jaqueline Amorim
WFLW: Weili Zhang
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 38 points

AND THE GRAND WINNER WITH TWO NEW CHAMP PICKS!

@Koala
FLW: Figueiredo
BW: Felipe Lima
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Topuria - 20
WW: Makhachev - 20
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Mingyang - 2
HW: Nzechukwu
WSW: Lookboonmee
WFLW: Bueno Silva
WBW: Nunes
Total - 50 points


*Honorable mention to @Oldboy91 and @UFCIsNOTRigged for getting predictions in 6 different divisions.


This was a tough year. Really feels like a lot of our picks either hung out outside the ranks without ever getting a chance at those fringe 10-15 opponents, or getting random huge chances out of nowhere against tough opponents in the top 10.

As usual, I'll put together what would have been the best possible picks.

Flyweight: Picking Horiguchi (who was defending his Rizin belt on New Years Eve) would have snagged 8 points.
(Otherwise your only chance was catching 1 with Kavanagh)

Bantamweight: David Martinez was the biggest surprise, catching 6, but a lot of people cashed in on Talbott at 5.
(Only other choice was snagging Oliveira at 3).

Featherweight: Quite a few new names here with Onama (1), Vallejos (3), Pitbull (4), the popular pick of Silva (6), a surprising Garcia (8), but the most points would be 9 with Zalal.

Lightweight: New champ Topuria! 20 points!
(Only other new names are Torres, Ruffy, and Ziam at 3, 2, and 1, respectively)

Welterweight: Another new champ for 20, Islam!
(Most other people caught Bonfim for 5. D-Rod also had a bounceback year, so you'd get 1 point for him)

Middleweight: RDR was one of the busiest guys this year, becoming an 8 point pick
(MVP, Robocop, and Pyfer round out the other new names for 5 points, 2 points, and 1 point.)

Light Heavyweight: Literally only 1 name change, Zhang taking Smith's #14 for 2 points. Funny what happens when the top of a division is an instant rematch and the last 3 challengers spend the year doing a round robin tournament between themselves.

Heavyweight: Delija came out of nowhere to get 7 points.
(Walker had a stellar year worth 2 points, and big Tex got 1)

Woman's SW: Kline was good for 4 points, with Gomes for 3 and Thainara for 1 behind.

Woman's Fly: The whole back end of the rankings changed out, where O'Neil would snag you 5 points, Cong for 4, Moura for 3, Aldrich for 2, or Fernandes for 1. Lots of chances to pick up extra points for the few who decided to not pick any women.

Woman's BW: Any Cornolle pick would catch 4 points, with Edwards for 2 or Santos for 1 as your other options. Unfortunately, the bold pick of Nunes was booked just a little too late to pay off for everyone this year the same way the bold Harrison pick last year essentially won that game.
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A top 10 finish. I know I will do better next year. huge props for people who accurate predicted Champs moving to new divisions
 
RockyLockridge said:
A top 10 finish. I know I will do better next year. huge props for people who accurate predicted Champs moving to new divisions
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Islam had been making some noise about going up, but when he beat Dustin and said he wants to go up next, only to be booked against Charles again, then it sounded like the usual noise and maybe not on an immediate horizon, especially when Charles was out and it was Moicano later instead.

But if we're gonna talk about people making noise just to make noise, I don't know how anyone expected it from Ilia. He said he'd move to LW, but he also said he'd be the first 3 division champ and probably at some point said he was going to uppercut God. Ya just kinda learn to ignore his ego over time.

Hell, even as late as December, the only other talk besides the usual grandiose self-predictions was his coach was saying he's gonna move up because he walks around nearly 188, and it was all widely met with disbelief. So that's a hell of a pick

Credit where credit's due though, even if there wasn't a special extra 4 points for guessing a new champ, @Koala still would have won with 42. In as tough a year to pick as this one has been, getting the 2 champs AND 3 other correct predictions?
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Mohawk Banditó said:
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I waited an extra week to see if there was any changes a week off from the last event of the year, cuz sometimes they update the rankings, then do a little 'correction' to that the next week. But I think this is a good a place as any to call it.

I'm a little cough syrup drunk, so anyone is invited to double check my work (I'm using the find tool a lot, so misspellings are fucking me up). There were 19 participants this time around, and I will blame that on the clear lack of any reward for winning this year instead of my lack of popularity compared to Siver. Yes, I'm sure it's the first reason.

@TITS
FLW: Cejudo
BW: Pantoja
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ortega
WW: Battle
MW: Bo Nickel
LHW: Jacoby
HW: Nzechukwu
Total - 6 points

@deanambrose
FLW:Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW:Jakub Wikłacz
LW:Mateusz Rebecki
WW:Brian Battle
MW:Gregory Rodriguez - 2
LHW:Oumar Sy
HW:Kennedy Nzechukwu
WSW:Ketlen Souza
WFLW:Mayra Bueno Silva
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 7 points

@Banana Tree's Nemesis
FLW: Rei Tsuruya
BW: Jean Matsumoto
FW: Felipe Lima
LW: Mateusz Rebecki
WW: Rinat Fakhretdinov
MW: Roman Kopylov
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Rizvan Kuniev
WSW: Alexia Thainara - 1
WFLW: Eduarda Moura - 3
WBW: Nora Cornolle - 4
Total - 8 points

@World eater
FLW: Rei Tsuruya
BW: Peyton Talbot - 5
FW: William Gomis
LW: Esteban Ribovics
WW: Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW: Bo Nickal
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Jhonata Diniz
Total - 10 points

@Hdfi
FLW: Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ludovit Klein
WW: Rinat Fakhretdinov
MW: Bo Nickal
LHW: Vadim Nemkov
HW: Marcus Buchecha
WSW: Loma Lookboonmee
WFLW: Shi Ming
WBW: Tainara Lisboa
Total - 11 points

@sonhow
Fly:Cejudo
Bw:Talbot - 5
Fw: Doo Ho Choi
Lw:Hooper
Ww:Battle
Mw: Pyfer - 1
Lhw:Nemkov
Hw:Nemkov
Wsw:Jaurequi
Wflw:ONeil - 5
Wbw: Amanda Nunes
Total - 11 points

@fortheo
FLW: Rei tsuruya
BW: Vinicius oliveira - 3
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Fares Ziam - 1
WW: Oban elliott
MW: Gregory Rodriguez - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Nzechkuwu
WSW: Jaqueline Amorim
WFLW: Gabriella Fernandez - 1
WBW: Melissa Gatto
Total - 13 points

@Hellowhosthat
FLY - Clayton Carpenter
BW - Farid Basharat
FW - Jean Silva - 6
LW - Mateusz Rebecki
WW - Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW - Ikram Aliskerov
LHW - Oumar Sy
HW - Rizan Kuniev
SW - Fatima Kline - 4
FLW - Tereza Bleda
BW - Kennedy Freeman
Total - 15 points

@Mohawk Banditó
FLW: Clayton Carpenter
BW: Farid Basharat
FW: Youseff Zalal - 9
LW: L'udo Klein
WW: Rinat Fakhtetdinov
MW: Gregory Rodriguez - 2
LHW: Vadim Nemkov
HW: Rizvan Kuniev
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Mayra Bueno Silva
WBW: Nora Cornolle - 4
Total - 15 points

@WoozyFailGuy
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Talbot - 5
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Mateusz Rebecki
WW: Lazy King
MW: Ikram Aliskerov
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Kuniev
WSW: Fatima Kline - 4
WFLW: Ditcheva
WBW: Tereza Bleda
Total - 15 points

@tornado362
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Youssef Zalal - 9
LW: L'udovit Klein
WW: Rinat Fakhretdinov
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Kennedy Nzechukwu
WSW: Jaqueline Amorim
WFLW: Dakota Ditcheva
WBW: Tainara Lisboa
Total - 16 points

@RockyLockridge
FLW:Temirov
BW: Talbott - 5
FW: Mckee
LW: Jean Silva - 6
WW: Ruffy
MW: Pyfer - 1
LHW: Sy
HW:Texiera - 1
WSW: Kline - 4
WFLW: Ditcheva
WBW: Nunes
Total - 17 points

@Trupsi
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: F. Basharat
FW: Youssef Zalal - 9
LW: L'udovit Klein
WW: G.Bonfim - 5
MW: Robocop - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Nemkov
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Eduarda Moura - 3
WBW: Melissa Dixon
Total - 19 points

@Slapjit
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Daniel Marcos
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ilia Topuria - 20
WW: Bryan Battle
MW: Bo Nickal
LHW: Artem Vakhitov
HW: Ngannou
WSW: Ming Shi
WFLW: Gabriella Fernandes - 1
WBW: Tainara Lisboa
Total - 27 points

@UFCIsNOTRigged
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Youssef Zalal - 9
LW: Mauricio Ruffy - 2
WW: Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Ryan Spann
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Wang Cong - 4
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 27 points

@Oldboy91
FLW: Lone'er Kavanagh - 1
BW: Peyton Talbot - 5
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ignacio Bahamondes
WW: Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW: Renier De Ridder - 8
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Alex Pereira
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Wang Cong - 4
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 29 points

@Dreyga Hates You Sherbums
FLW: Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbot - 5
FW: Aaron Pico
LW: Ignacio Bahamondes
WW: Islam Machachev - 20
MW: Reiner De Ridder - 8
LHW: Minyang Zhang
HW: Kennedy Nzcheuku
WSW: Loma Lookaboonme
WFLW: Mayra Bueno Silva
WBW: Melissa Dixon
Total - 33 points

@'Suga Daddy'
FLW: Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Yousuff Zalal - 9
LW: Ilia Topuria - 20
WW: Bryan Battle
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Ming-Yang Zhang - 2
HW: Alex Pereira
WSW: Jaqueline Amorim
WFLW: Weili Zhang
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 38 points

AND THE GRAND WINNER WITH TWO NEW CHAMP PICKS!

@Koala
FLW: Figueiredo
BW: Felipe Lima
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Topuria - 20
WW: Makhachev - 20
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Mingyang - 2
HW: Nzechukwu
WSW: Lookboonmee
WFLW: Bueno Silva
WBW: Nunes
Total - 50 points


*Honorable mention to @Oldboy91 and @UFCIsNOTRigged for getting predictions in 6 different divisions.


This was a tough year. Really feels like a lot of our picks either hung out outside the ranks without ever getting a chance at those fringe 10-15 opponents, or getting random huge chances out of nowhere against tough opponents in the top 10.

As usual, I'll put together what would have been the best possible picks.

Flyweight: Picking Horiguchi (who was defending his Rizin belt on New Years Eve) would have snagged 8 points.
(Otherwise your only chance was catching 1 with Kavanagh)

Bantamweight: David Martinez was the biggest surprise, catching 6, but a lot of people cashed in on Talbott at 5.
(Only other choice was snagging Oliveira at 3).

Featherweight: Quite a few new names here with Onama (1), Vallejos (3), Pitbull (4), the popular pick of Silva (6), a surprising Garcia (8), but the most points would be 9 with Zalal.

Lightweight: New champ Topuria! 20 points!
(Only other new names are Torres, Ruffy, and Ziam at 3, 2, and 1, respectively)

Welterweight: Another new champ for 20, Islam!
(Most other people caught Bonfim for 5. D-Rod also had a bounceback year, so you'd get 1 point for him)

Middleweight: RDR was one of the busiest guys this year, becoming an 8 point pick
(MVP, Robocop, and Pyfer round out the other new names for 5 points, 2 points, and 1 point.)

Light Heavyweight: Literally only 1 name change, Zhang taking Smith's #14 for 2 points. Funny what happens when the top of a division is an instant rematch and the last 3 challengers spend the year doing a round robin tournament between themselves.

Heavyweight: Delija came out of nowhere to get 7 points.
(Walker had a stellar year worth 2 points, and big Tex got 1)

Woman's SW: Kline was good for 4 points, with Gomes for 3 and Thainara for 1 behind.

Woman's Fly: The whole back end of the rankings changed out, where O'Neil would snag you 5 points, Cong for 4, Moura for 3, Aldrich for 2, or Fernandes for 1. Lots of chances to pick up extra points for the few who decided to not pick any women.

Woman's BW: Any Cornolle pick would catch 4 points, with Edwards for 2 or Santos for 1 as your other options. Unfortunately, the bold pick of Nunes was booked just a little too late to pay off for everyone this year the same way the bold Harrison pick last year essentially won that game.
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My...best pick...was WMMA?!
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All jokes aside thank you @Mohawk Banditó and congratulations to @Koala with some amazing picks!
 
WoozyFailGuy said:
My...best pick...was WMMA?!
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All jokes aside thank you @Mohawk Banditó and congratulations to @Koala with some amazing picks!
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Oh the numbers I posted were the points, not the ranks, so Jean Silva was your best pick.

Sorry if I didn't make that clear, but I was actually doing the addition in my post, so that's why I used the points.
 
Mohawk Banditó said:
Oh the numbers I posted were the points, not the ranks, so Jean Silva was your best pick.

Sorry if I didn't make that clear, but I was actually doing the addition in my post, so that's why I used the points.
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Phew, thought I was going to have to start hanging out with the goon(er) squad
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Good fun, hoping for an even more eventful next year!
 
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I waited an extra week to see if there was any changes a week off from the last event of the year, cuz sometimes they update the rankings, then do a little 'correction' to that the next week. But I think this is a good a place as any to call it.

I'm a little cough syrup drunk, so anyone is invited to double check my work (I'm using the find tool a lot, so misspellings are fucking me up). There were 19 participants this time around, and I will blame that on the clear lack of any reward for winning this year instead of my lack of popularity compared to Siver. Yes, I'm sure it's the first reason.

Here's the list of picks and the points they scored you.

@TITS
FLW: Cejudo
BW: Pantoja
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ortega
WW: Battle
MW: Bo Nickel
LHW: Jacoby
HW: Nzechukwu
Total - 6 points

@deanambrose
FLW:Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW:Jakub Wikłacz
LW:Mateusz Rebecki
WW:Brian Battle
MW:Gregory Rodriguez - 2
LHW:Oumar Sy
HW:Kennedy Nzechukwu
WSW:Ketlen Souza
WFLW:Mayra Bueno Silva
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 7 points

@Banana Tree's Nemesis
FLW: Rei Tsuruya
BW: Jean Matsumoto
FW: Felipe Lima
LW: Mateusz Rebecki
WW: Rinat Fakhretdinov
MW: Roman Kopylov
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Rizvan Kuniev
WSW: Alexia Thainara - 1
WFLW: Eduarda Moura - 3
WBW: Nora Cornolle - 4
Total - 8 points

@World eater
FLW: Rei Tsuruya
BW: Peyton Talbot - 5
FW: William Gomis
LW: Esteban Ribovics
WW: Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW: Bo Nickal
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Jhonata Diniz
Total - 10 points

@Hdfi
FLW: Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ludovit Klein
WW: Rinat Fakhretdinov
MW: Bo Nickal
LHW: Vadim Nemkov
HW: Marcus Buchecha
WSW: Loma Lookboonmee
WFLW: Shi Ming
WBW: Tainara Lisboa
Total - 11 points

@sonhow
Fly:Cejudo
Bw:Talbot - 5
Fw: Doo Ho Choi
Lw:Hooper
Ww:Battle
Mw: Pyfer - 1
Lhw:Nemkov
Hw:Nemkov
Wsw:Jaurequi
Wflw:ONeil - 5
Wbw: Amanda Nunes
Total - 11 points

@fortheo
FLW: Rei tsuruya
BW: Vinicius oliveira - 3
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Fares Ziam - 1
WW: Oban elliott
MW: Gregory Rodriguez - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Nzechkuwu
WSW: Jaqueline Amorim
WFLW: Gabriella Fernandez - 1
WBW: Melissa Gatto
Total - 13 points

@Hellowhosthat
FLY - Clayton Carpenter
BW - Farid Basharat
FW - Jean Silva - 6
LW - Mateusz Rebecki
WW - Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW - Ikram Aliskerov
LHW - Oumar Sy
HW - Rizan Kuniev
SW - Fatima Kline - 4
FLW - Tereza Bleda
BW - Kennedy Freeman
Total - 15 points

@Mohawk Banditó
FLW: Clayton Carpenter
BW: Farid Basharat
FW: Youseff Zalal - 9
LW: L'udo Klein
WW: Rinat Fakhtetdinov
MW: Gregory Rodriguez - 2
LHW: Vadim Nemkov
HW: Rizvan Kuniev
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Mayra Bueno Silva
WBW: Nora Cornolle - 4
Total - 15 points

@WoozyFailGuy
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Talbot - 5
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Mateusz Rebecki
WW: Lazy King
MW: Ikram Aliskerov
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Kuniev
WSW: Fatima Kline - 4
WFLW: Ditcheva
WBW: Tereza Bleda
Total - 15 points

@tornado362
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Youssef Zalal - 9
LW: L'udovit Klein
WW: Rinat Fakhretdinov
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Kennedy Nzechukwu
WSW: Jaqueline Amorim
WFLW: Dakota Ditcheva
WBW: Tainara Lisboa
Total - 16 points

@RockyLockridge
FLW:Temirov
BW: Talbott - 5
FW: Mckee
LW: Jean Silva - 6
WW: Ruffy
MW: Pyfer - 1
LHW: Sy
HW:Texiera - 1
WSW: Kline - 4
WFLW: Ditcheva
WBW: Nunes
Total - 17 points

@Trupsi
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: F. Basharat
FW: Youssef Zalal - 9
LW: L'udovit Klein
WW: G.Bonfim - 5
MW: Robocop - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Nemkov
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Eduarda Moura - 3
WBW: Melissa Dixon
Total - 19 points

@Slapjit
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Daniel Marcos
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ilia Topuria - 20
WW: Bryan Battle
MW: Bo Nickal
LHW: Artem Vakhitov
HW: Ngannou
WSW: Ming Shi
WFLW: Gabriella Fernandes - 1
WBW: Tainara Lisboa
Total - 27 points

@UFCIsNOTRigged
FLW: Ramazan Temirov
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Youssef Zalal - 9
LW: Mauricio Ruffy - 2
WW: Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Ryan Spann
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Wang Cong - 4
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 27 points

@Oldboy91
FLW: Lone'er Kavanagh - 1
BW: Peyton Talbot - 5
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Ignacio Bahamondes
WW: Gabriel Bonfim - 5
MW: Renier De Ridder - 8
LHW: Oumar Sy
HW: Alex Pereira
WSW: Ketlen Souza
WFLW: Wang Cong - 4
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 29 points

@Dreyga Hates You Sherbums
FLW: Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbot - 5
FW: Aaron Pico
LW: Ignacio Bahamondes
WW: Islam Machachev - 20
MW: Reiner De Ridder - 8
LHW: Minyang Zhang
HW: Kennedy Nzcheuku
WSW: Loma Lookaboonme
WFLW: Mayra Bueno Silva
WBW: Melissa Dixon
Total - 33 points

@'Suga Daddy'
FLW: Muhammad Mokaev
BW: Payton Talbott - 5
FW: Yousuff Zalal - 9
LW: Ilia Topuria - 20
WW: Bryan Battle
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Ming-Yang Zhang - 2
HW: Alex Pereira
WSW: Jaqueline Amorim
WFLW: Weili Zhang
WBW: Amanda Nunes
Total - 38 points

AND THE GRAND WINNER WITH TWO NEW CHAMP PICKS!

@Koala
FLW: Figueiredo
BW: Felipe Lima
FW: Jean Silva - 6
LW: Topuria - 20
WW: Makhachev - 20
MW: Gregory Rodrigues - 2
LHW: Mingyang - 2
HW: Nzechukwu
WSW: Lookboonmee
WFLW: Bueno Silva
WBW: Nunes
Total - 50 points


*Honorable mention to @Oldboy91 and @UFCIsNOTRigged for getting predictions in 6 different divisions.


This was a tough year. Really feels like a lot of our picks either hung out outside the ranks without ever getting a chance at those fringe 10-15 opponents, or getting random huge chances out of nowhere against tough opponents in the top 10.

As usual, I'll put together what would have been the best possible picks.

Flyweight: Picking Horiguchi (who was defending his Rizin belt on New Years Eve) would have snagged 8 points.
(Otherwise your only chance was catching 1 with Kavanagh)

Bantamweight: David Martinez was the biggest surprise, catching 6, but a lot of people cashed in on Talbott at 5.
(Only other choice was snagging Oliveira at 3).

Featherweight: Quite a few new names here with Onama (1), Vallejos (3), Pitbull (4), the popular pick of Silva (6), a surprising Garcia (8), but the most points would be 9 with Zalal.

Lightweight: New champ Topuria! 20 points!
(Only other new names are Torres, Ruffy, and Ziam at 3, 2, and 1, respectively)

Welterweight: Another new champ for 20, Islam!
(Most other people caught Bonfim for 5. D-Rod also had a bounceback year, so you'd get 1 point for him)

Middleweight: RDR was one of the busiest guys this year, becoming an 8 point pick
(MVP, Robocop, and Pyfer round out the other new names for 5 points, 2 points, and 1 point.)

Light Heavyweight: Literally only 1 name change, Zhang taking Smith's #14 for 2 points. Funny what happens when the top of a division is an instant rematch and the last 3 challengers spend the year doing a round robin tournament between themselves.

Heavyweight: Delija came out of nowhere to get 7 points.
(Walker had a stellar year worth 2 points, and big Tex got 1)

Woman's SW: Kline was good for 4 points, with Gomes for 3 and Thainara for 1 behind.

Woman's Fly: The whole back end of the rankings changed out, where O'Neil would snag you 5 points, Cong for 4, Moura for 3, Aldrich for 2, or Fernandes for 1. Lots of chances to pick up extra points for the few who decided to not pick any women.

Woman's BW: Any Cornolle pick would catch 4 points, with Edwards for 2 or Santos for 1 as your other options. Unfortunately, the bold pick of Nunes was booked just a little too late to pay off for everyone this year the same way the bold Harrison pick last year essentially won that game.
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hahaha
I remember this
I copied the guy who won the previous year by predicting Kayla Harrison at WBW
 
Doo Ho Choi in possibly his last year to have chance to make real impact in the sport of mma:
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Thread 'The 2026 Rankings Prediction Game!'

Welcome to another episode of

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[past games]
2025
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2023
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I'm going to throw into the bottom of this post the rankings as they stand today. Your job is to try and predict a new name at the end of 2026 in each division, and will be rewarded points for any correct guesses. The higher the rank, the more the points!

HERE ARE THE RULES:
Using the template above the spoiler (please use the goddamned template), pick 1 fighter per...
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This game is cool, but champs moving up seem like a workaround, they aren't "unranked" and it turns the game into the Who is going to move up a weight class game.
 
jeskola said:
This game is cool, but champs moving up seem like a workaround, they aren't "unranked" and it turns the game into the Who is going to move up a weight class game.
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Yeah. It's really a slippery slope of where to cut it off. Take returning fighters, for example: I think that betting on a Mokaev return to UFC and getting ranked is a prefecture laudable risk, but Nunes is already booked to fight Harrison, so I wouldn't call picking Amanda necessarily "brave."

I guess the risk is just in the loss. Yeah, Islam and Ilia scored huge points because they won, but Zhang lost, and rankers (usually) don't like trying to rank division-jumpers based on no wins in the weight division, so bets on her ended up with zero points.

I sorta just inherited the system at the last minute in 2024, and this year around, because my final quarter has been a fucking mess, I didn't have enough time to revisit this for any substantial changes. I don't know if I'd remove the ability to pick ranked fighters altogether, or maybe implement a cost, like people could choose a ranked fighter to jump, but at a 5-10 deficit, or only half points or something
 
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