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AFO New Year’s Redemption is coming up this Saturday, and it’s locked and loaded on Tapology.com for you to make your picks.

18 fights in total, barring any changes this week.  All you need to do to get started is click through to the AFO event page:

http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/afo-new-years-redemption-7860

Good luck!  Maybe soon we’ll start adding up who is picking the best for all the local fights, and doing ongoing rankings of where everyone stacks up.

Quick results to hold you over until the official NortheastMMA review, and leaderboard from everyone’s Tapology picks.  Lots to talk about from this event and I’m sure Mark Hoxie’s writeup will not disappoint.

CES Snow Brawl Quick Results

1: Tyson Chartier defeats Justin Switzer via rear naked choke, 3:45 Round 3
2: Ruben Rey defeats James King via KO (knee), 2:09 Round 1
3: Doug Bolanes defeats Josh LaBossiere via KO (punch), 1:11 Round 1
4: Luiz Rodrigues defeats Lionel Young via triangle choke, 4:58 Round 1
5: Hitalo Machado defeats Jeff Anderson via unanimous decision
6: Tateki Matsuda defeats Jason Bennett via split decision
7: Greg Rebello defeats Tiawan Howard via unanimous decision
8: Dan Lauzon defeats Damien Trites via guillotine choke, 1:54 Round 1

Tapology Prediction Leaderboard

Not only did Ruben “Rukus” Rey pick up an awesome real-life W tonight, but he also topped the prediction leaderboard to win a yet-to-be-determined prize from CES.  Not a bad night’s work.

Username — Correct Picks — Points

- RUKUS – 7 of 8 correct – 500 points
- CSABigTimBigTim – 7 of 8 correct – 475 points
- Jason Franklin – 7 of 7 correct – 450 points
- Gregory – 7 of 8 correct – 425 points
- ksturdiv – 7 of 8 correct – 400 points
- TheSpider45 – 7 of 8 correct – 400 points
- bellypin_is_lord – 7 of 8 correct – 400 points
- oneMoreRound – 7 of 8 correct – 400 points
- Mark Hoxie – 6 of 8 correct – 400 points
- Bonnell – 7 of 8 correct – 375 points
- mjl1121 – 7 of 8 correct – 375 points
- jeremy – 6 of 8 correct – 350 points
- TheSauceFactor – 6 of 6 correct – 325 points
- renegade753 – 5 of 8 correct – 325 points
- keeganh – 6 of 8 correct – 300 points
- punisher9 – 6 of 8 correct – 300 points
- Theo_Desjardin – 5 of 8 correct – 300 points
- dhaggs – 5 of 8 correct – 300 points
- Jdruth – 5 of 7 correct – 300 points
- mcaswe – 5 of 8 correct – 250 points
- mangler – 5 of 6 correct – 250 points
- monster4eva – 3 of 6 correct – 200 points
- IRISHMADMAN – 3 of 6 correct – 150 points
- PrimeAthletics – 3 of 6 correct – 150 points
- RJCT – 2 of 2 correct – 150 points
- Bigj383 – 2 of 2 correct – 150 points
- Lettuce – 2 of 3 correct – 125 points
- mark – 2 of 3 correct – 100 points
- jamieanderson – 0 of 1 correct – 0 points

Upcoming Contests

Still a ways away, but it’s never too early to start locking in your picks. AFO New Year’s Massacre has already got two title fights announced and you can already start making your picks on this solid main and co-main event fights:

http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/afo-new-years-redemption-7860

Snow Brawl is just days away, this Thursday night at the Twin River Casino in Rhode Island. It’s a stacked card featuring many of the area’s biggest names. This is most definitely the place to be on Thursday… go get yourself some tickets.

Making picks = fights get more exciting = you can win stuff. Just ask OneMoreRound who crushed it on AFO’s last card and won free cage side seats to their next show. Here’s the CES event page to get started:

http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/ces-snow-brawl

Latest CES Predictions

In the main event, 76% are going with Dan Lauzon to defeat Damien Trites in a fight with a whole lot of smack talk leading up to it. Most people picking Lauzon think it will end via KO/TKO, and most people picking Trites think it will end via submission. I’m thinking it might be both at the same time, like Matt Hughes / Carlos Newton.

For the co-main event, 100% of people right now are going with Greg Rebello over Ohio’s Tiawan Howard. Rebello gets to fight for the first time in his home state.

In a close one, 53% are siding with Sityodtong’s Luiz Rodrigues, whereas 47% are taking BKJA’s Lionel Young. The popular picks are Rodrigues via submission and Young via decision.

Another close one has 57% of people picking Mat Santos to defeat Snake Pit’s Ed Medeiros, who has got 43%. Medeiros backers are expecting a KO/TKO, while Santos pickers are going with submission.

Don’t tell Jason Bennett, but 94% of people have picked Tateki Matsuda to win their fight, with an even mix of sub / decision / tko picks.

We could be in store for a good one with 54% picking Hitalo Machado, against 46% for Jeff “Candyman” Anderson. No surprise, everyone who is picking Machado thinks it will be a sub.

In a battle of pro debut’s, 64% are taking Josh LaBossierre versus 36% for Doug Bolanes.

100% are picking Rockstar’s Ruben Rey over Extreme’s James King.

And lastly, Justin Switzer will look to spoil the hype behind Tyson Chartier’s pro debut. 92% are picking Chartier, mostly by KO/TKO, and 8% are taking Switzer.

Get your picks in by Thursday at 6:30pm.

The results are in and we’ve got a winner: “onemoreround” with 8 correct picks, including perfectly calling Luis Felix via R2 TKO, and perfectly calling Brian Marino via R1 TKO.  Impressive.  Email gregory@tapology.com to coordinate to get ahold of your 2 free cage side tickets for the next AFO show.

Click on any person below to see their fight-by-fight breakdown.  Correct winner was worth 50 points, correctly picking a decision was 25 bonus points, and correctly picking the method/round combination was 50 bonus points.

The next contest is right around the corner… CES: Snow Brawl is just 1 week away. Find the other article on NortheastMMA to get in on the action. Tapology keeps your entire history so you can see how you do over time. You can also make picks on every major UFC/Strikeforce/Bellator/etc.

AFO Thanksgiving Massacre Prediction Leaderboard

- onemoreround: 8 correct, 500 points

- mark: 6 correct, 400 points

- KinKong: 6 correct, 375 points

- dhaggs: 6 correct, 350 points

- Credible: 4 correct: 350 points

- Santos: 4 correct, 350 points

- PrimeAthletics: 6 correct, 350 points

- Peuglow: 6 correct, 300 points

- ksturdiv: 5 correct, 300 points

- asoukhamthath: 5 correct, 250 points

- Theo_Desjardin: 4 correct, 250 points

- Colgate: 5 correct, 250 points

- markgiove: 4 correct, 200 points

- Bonnell: 3 correct, 200 points

- Jake D: 4 correct, 200 points

- Lettuce: 4 correct, 200 points

- renegade753: 3 correct, 150 points

- stacie: 3 correct, 150 points

- Train2win: 3 correct, 150 points

- fattbill: 2 correct, 100 points

- bonesy: 1 correct, 100 points

- billythekid: 1 correct, 100 points

- DG21: 2 correct, 100 points

- TheSauceFactor: 1 correct, 50 points

- tysonmcneely: 1 correct, 50 points

- GGSmith: 1 correct, 50 points

- ferguy: 1 correct, 50 points

- tleea23: 1 correct, 50 points

- Gregory: 0 correct, 0 points

- beastofnewmexico: 0 correct, 0 points

- JPizzle: 0 correct, 0 points

- Jdhomsey: 0 correct, 0 points

- ScottAMillette: 0 correct, 0 points

- SeanMitchell: 0 correct, 0 points

- rperez: 0 correct, 0 points

- smitty0087: 0 correct, 0 points

AFO – Thanksgiving Massacre weigh-in results are today and the fights tomorrow (Wednesday) in Mansfield at 8:00pm, with doors opening at 6:30pm. Just gonna sit around and watch reality TV all night? Get up, get your tix, and go enjoy the fights.

24 hours remaining to enter your fight picks on Tapology.  Get over there and make your picks – remember that whoever picks the best wins 2 free cage side tickets to the next AFO. If you like watching local MMA, making picks and then watching the results roll in will make the fights more exciting. Just like fantasy football makes each NFL game that much more intense.

http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/afo-thanksgiving-massacre

Here’s how predictions have come in so far on tomorrow’s card:

76% are picking Joe Proctor from Team Aggression, the current AFO lightweight champion, to defeat Luis Felix of Team Rockstar (24%).  Felix is just begging for a betting line with these odds, full with confidence that he can pull off the win.

In a very tight fight, 52% are siding with the more experienced Dan Bonnell of Renzo Gracie NH to take out hot young prospect Brian Marino of Allaire Fitness. This one is really interesting.

90% are going with Theo Desjardin to take out the controversial Doug Sonier. Over half of those people are looking for it to end in a KO or TKO… Desjardin will probably come into the cage with the crowd firmly behind him in this one.

71% are voting for Wai Kru’s Franklin Isabel to defeat Fernando Perez of Cape Cod Fighting Alliance (29%). Most people picking Isabel think it will end via submission.

Lewis Corapi of Sityodtong is grabbing 73% of votes over Matthew Kaponis of Lion’s Den CT (27%).

The rest of it breaks down as follows:

60% Sean Nichols vs 40% Jim Armato
53% Matt Andrikut vs 47% Patrick Walsh
77% Patrick Euglow vs 23% Joe Castriotta
58% Tom Evans vs 42% Vyacheslav Phinney
60% Graeme Prue vs 40% Ethan Connolly
64% Erik Grendon vs 36% Anthony Soto
62% Tom Venticinque vs 38% Joe Lancia
64% Jeff Lyon vs 36% Matthew Durling
55% Joe Powers vs 45% Keenan Raymond
71% Ricardo Georges vs 29% Richard Zhang
50% Elias Akiki vs 50% Joe Cloutier
90% Nate Andrews vs 10% Rick Joy
64% Tim Song vs 36% Jay Fillippini

Get your picks in over the next 24 hours and then watch the results live in person at the AFO, or on Tapology.com, where they will be entered as the fights take place.  Do it!

From CES:

Attention MMA Fans! CES MMA is pleased to announce it’s new partnership with NortheastMMA.net and Tapology.com. Fight Fans can go on Tapology to predict the winners of the bouts at our upcoming show CES MMA PRESENTS: “SNOW BRAWL” on Dec 2nd 2010. The person who predicts the most fights correctly will receive a prize from CES MMA (In the unlikely event of a tie each person will enter a lottery where a winner will be randomly selected).

Yes that’s right all you lovely NortheastMMA readers… CES is back with a great card in 2 weeks and Tapology & NortheastMMA are all about adding extra excitement and flavor to all the action taking place around here.  CES has got a solid card and you won’t want to miss out on getting your picks in and then heading to the show on 12/2.

All you need to do is go to the SNOW BRAWL EVENT PAGE ON TAPOLOGY, sign up if you haven’t already (takes about 10 seconds), and enter your fight picks.   Whoever gets the most points wins the contest.  You get points for every correct pick, as well as bonus points if you get the rounds & method of victory correct.

LATEST ANNOUNCED FIGHT CARD:

DAN LAUZON (reality) vs. (wai kru) DAMIEN TRITES

GREG REBELLO (sityodtong) vs TIAWAN HOWARD

LIONEL YOUNG (bkja) vs (sityodtong) LUIZ RODRIGUES

MAT SANTOS (team santos) vs (snake pit) ED MEDEIROS

JASON BENNET (lion’s den) vs (sityodtong) TATEKI MATSUDA

DOUG BOLANES (independent) vs (omoplata) JOSH LABOSSIERE

JEFF ANDERSON (explosion) vs (best way) HITALO MACHADO

TYSON CHARTIER (sityodtong) vs (explosion) JUSTIN SWITZER

RUBEN REY (rockstar) vs (team extreme) JAMES KING

MIKE CAMPBELL (sityodtong) vs (stealth squad) TONY HERVEY

MAT SANTOS (team santos) vs (fenix) EVERILTON SILVA

Don’t wait, don’t contemplate, get over to TAPOLOGY and make your picks, get your CES tickets, and stay right here on NortheastMMA to get all the latest updates and information about everything important that’s going on in the northeast U.S. MMA scene.