The Lucky Bastard Game

WHAT IS IT?

In short, it works similar to the Tapology Survivor game in the sense that it continues every week until there's a winner (or in some cases in this game no winner) but instead of picking your fighters, get assigned a random fighter from the upcoming UFC card and hope they win. 


FORMAT:

1) To enter, simply say that you want to enter at the start of a new game. The length of the games depend entirely on how long it takes to either find a winner or eliminate everyone.

2) Then, you will randomly be assigned a fighter from the upcoming UFC card. This will be decided by me using this site I found wheeldecide.com and putting all the fighters names on a wheel and going through the list of players one by one and spinning the wheel to decide which fighter they get. I'll make a very low quality video of the draw and post it here to show I'm not deliberately messing with anyone in particular. It might mean that some people end up with the same fighter but that doesn't affect the game as it's more of an everybody fighting for themselves kinda game rather than a head to head game.

3) If your randomly assigned fighter wins their fight then you're through to the next round. If their fight get cancelled or postponed then I'll count it as a loss as it would be considered unlucky. Draws and no contests will also count as losses for the same reason. This happens every week until there is only one left and they will be the winner. In a unique twist to make the game as stupid as possible, if everyone eventually goes out, then nobody wins the game and the game will be marked in the record books as "nobody ******* won" or something like that. For example, if there are 2 or 3 people left and they all have losing fighters then nobody wins the game. I feel this also adds weight to the game as you have to be REALLY lucky to be a winner as you literally have to be luckier than every other competitor to be the only one left standing!


WHAT DOES THE WINNER GET?

A place on the list of winners that will be displayed on the opening post of every new game and their current AV put on the new game poster (see below) in the middle of the horseshow so they effectively become the poster boy/girl/other for the new game!

Any questions, just ask! And remember, please don't take this game too seriously! I mean, it's practically a satire of the Survivor Game when you think about it lol!

For the sake of record keeping and historical intrigue, here's the link to the Tapology Lucky Bastard Game: 1st Edition that was on a separate thread: https://www.tapology.com/forum/threads/68098

I think he has a chance if he survives the early onslaught. I got Khamzat winning by round 2 sub though.

@Cheeseball

I've got Khamzat Chimaev by decision but that was before I realised it was 5 rounds and I can't be bothered to change it lol!

9 became 5 in the last round! The 5 lucky bastards that the MMA Gods have spared are:

• AyyLmaonnaise
• Bronco
• el222
• KyleH
• Nuggetheel

Good luck for this week!

Weeks won. I should be out, but I'm not complaining 

@el222

Well, a little luck never hurt lol! Doesn't matter how they get the win, as long as they are declared the winner then that's all that matters!

The weekly instalment of everybody's favourite low quality, wheel based, MMA related video will be uploaded shortly!

Just to clarify for those who can't/don't want to watch the video, the matchups are:

• AyyLmaonnaise - Joseph Pyfer
• Bronco - Denise Gomes
• el222 - Daniel Zellhuber
• KyleH - Damon Jackson
• Nuggetheel - Nikolas Motta

Good luck!

Lmao got the easiest pick of the card 

thank you wheel, I had Motta vs VanCamp as a coin flipper. I actually had VanCamp down to win until the the video came out, then i'm like screw it. so thank you wheel. 

I had Sabatini, thanks wheel!

I love how y'all are starting to talk to the wheel like its a sentient being.

Keep on sleeping man. The Wheel knows all.

Oh sorry I haven't unlocked my third eye yet. 

* Edited at 09.18.2022, 4:35 PM ET *

you can only call me crazy if you catch me having hours long conversations with it. lol.

The wheel was merciful this week as it only had a 40% kill rate! 5 become 3 and those 3 going through to the 4th round are:

• AyyLmaonnaise
• KyleH
• Nuggetheel

Good luck to you 3 and may the wheel spare you in the next round as well!

I'm cheering for the wheel.  Take them all down!

Schatte's comment gave me an idea. If every remaining contestant gets knocked out at once you should announce the wheel as the winner instead of saying nobody won.

* Edited at 09.18.2022, 10:56 PM ET *

Great shout @Cheeseball! That will be the official result if everyone gets knocked out from now on!