Season 17 Draft

[The Sandmen]

As always, if you are taking a point, you may draft your point any time. If you want a fighter, you must wait for your pick to come up.

Reminder, 1st pick in the 1st round is worth 2 points.

For this draft, since our point payout structure changed, I don't want that to be a reason for people to be discouraged from making swaps to bring in new fighters if they are wanting to. So to fix that, for this draft, swapping fighters will not cost you your draftable point. I'll just simplify what I'm thinking below.

- If you are SWAPPING for a fighter of the same sex, you can make the swap AND take a point with your pick.
- If you are SWAPPING a male for a female, you can make the swap AND take a point for your pick.
- If you are SWAPPING a female for a male, you get no additional point.
- If you want to ADD a fighter without giving anyone up, you sacrifice your draft pick only - it will cost you no additional points.



Round 1
1. Canadian Bulldozers (from Camp Cannon) - Antonio Rogerio Noguiera (drops Don Frye), 2 points
2. The West Coast Knockouts - Valentina Shevchenko
3. The Underdog Regime - Renan Barao (drops Joe Lauzon), 1 point
4. The Sandmen (from Canadian Bulldozers) - Demian Maia, drops Rafael dos Anjos, 1 point
5. Team GAP - 1 Point
6. Ferocity - Raquel Pennington
7. The Rocketmen - 1 Point
8. The Mighty Ducks - 1 Point
9. Lord Byron's Conquistadors - Hayato Sakurai (drops Ian McCall), 1 point
10. Phoenix Fight Club - Karolina Kowalkiewicz (drops Katja Kankaanpää), 1 point
11. The Sandmen - Justin Gaethje (drops Bob Sapp), 1 point
12. Broad Street Bullies - 1 Point


Round 2
1. The Sandmen (from Camp Cannon) - Ricardo Arona
2. The West Coast Knockouts- 1 Point
3. The Underdog Regime - Tatsuya Kawajiri (drops Eddie Alvarez), 1 point
4. Lord Byron's Conquistadors (from The Sandmen via Canadian Bulldozers) - Joe Lauzon
5. Team GAP - 1 Point
6. Ferocity - 1 Point
7. The Rocketmen - 1 Point
8. The Mighty Ducks - 1 Point
9. Lord Byron's Conquistadors - Don Frye
10. Phoenix Fight Club - DeAnna Bennett (drops Nate Quarry)
11. The Sandmen - 1 Point
12. Broad Street Bullies - 1 Point

[~ The ManMMA Insider ~]

Projected Rankings!


Heavyweights
1. Antonio Rogerio Noguiera (Little Nog)
2. Ricardo Arona
3. Mark Kerr.
4. Oleg Taktarov
5. Ricco Rodriguez
6. Guy Mezgar
7. Heath Herring,
8. Mark Hunt
9. Phil Davis


Middleweights
1. Chris Weidman
2. Demian Maia
3. Johny Hendricks
4. Hayato Sakurai (can fight at LW)
5. Dave Menne
6. Jeremy Horn
7. Chris Lytle
8. Yushin Okami
9. Shonie Carter
10. Alexander Shlemenko,



Lightweights
1. Renan Barao
2. Tatsuya Kawajiri
3. Kid Yamamoto,
4. Hayato Sakurai (can fight at MW)
5. Jussier Formiga
6. Pat Curran
7. Joseph Benavidez
8. Tony Ferguson
9. Genki Sudo,


Bantamweights
1. Valentina Shevchenko
2. Raquel Pennington
3. Germaine de Randamie
4. Ashlee Evans-Smith
5. Marion Reneau
6. Jéssica Andrade
7. Jennifer Maia (can also fight at flyweight)


Flyweights
1. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
2. Angela Hill
3. Yuka Tsuji
4. Livia Renata Souza
5. Jennifer Maia (can also fight at Bantamweight)
6. Alexa Grasso
7. DeAnna Bennett


Overall Rankings*
1. Antonio Rogerio Noguiera (HW)
2. Ricardo Arona (HW)
3. Chris Weidman (MW)
4. Demian Maia (MW)
5. Valentina Shevchenko (BW)
6. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (FW)
7. Hayato Sakurai (LW/MW)
8. Raquel Pennington (BW)
9. Renan Barao (LW)
10. Tatsuya Kawajiri (LW)

* Overall rankings are based on the perceived value of the fighter in relation to their potential and their weight class competitiveness and depth.


These are ~ The ManMMA Insider ~ 's projected rankings, and should, but may not necessarily, reflect the quality of the fighter. Though in some cases rankings may reflect a fighter's immediate value, other fighters are also valuable based on their potential, caps, etc. Much like an NHL draft, where some fighters will be "NHL-ready", others will be stars if given the chance to blossom and develop.

Happy drafting!

[xx - Former Bulldozers]

Don Frye for Antonio Rogerio Noguiera

Do I still get two points for the pick since I swapped fighters?

"1st pick in the 1st round is worth 2 points"
"If you are SWAPPING for a fighter of the same sex, you can make the swap AND take a point with your pick."

[The Sandmen]

Yes

[The Sandmen]

The West Coast Knockouts is up.

[The West Coast Knockouts]

Valentina Shevchenko

[xx - The Underdog Regime]

The Underdog Regime select Renan Barao, and drop Joe Lauzon. Underdogs will also take the free point.

[xx - Camp Cannon]

shoulda free'd up gaps team b4 draft

[The Rocketmen]

Bulldozers' 2 points added to points transactions update.

[The Sandmen]

May 24, 2016 7:39:18 GMT -5 The Rocketmen said:

Bulldozers' 2 points added to points transactions update.

Reminder to you and everyone else. Points taken in the draft cannot be used on Grand Prix fighters. The draft technically takes place after the Grand Prix (we just put it up at the same time to keep things moving quickly).

What CAN be used on GP fighters - points you received from trading a pick to someone.
What CANNOT be used on GP fighters - points you got FROM drafting.

[xx - Camp Cannon]

does the lingerie fighting champiobship count as established league?

[The Sandmen]

No.

[The Sandmen]

GAP informed me he is taking points with his picks.

[The Sandmen]

Ferocity is up.

[Ferocity]

Ferocity claims Raquel Pennington.
Point for next round