Tapology Survivor Game 34

This is a bit of a unique situation, as we'll have two ongoing games of Survivor for the first time. I accidentally forget to set the finals last week between Cheese32165 and ShakeAndBake720, so they will duke it out on the 33rd game. I didn't want to keep everyone waiting, so here we are with Game #34. 

The first round will be Demian Maia vs. Jorge Masvidal. Make your pick!



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History of Survivors
Tapology Survivor 1 Swickotine 60
Tapology Survivor 2 Legz 45
Tapology Survivor 3 Legz 46
Tapology Survivor 4 curtwag84 43
Tapology Survivor 5 mmawizzard 55
Tapology Survivor 6 psychicdeath 44
Tapology Survivor 7 mmawizzard 43
Tapology Survivor 8 mmawizzard 41
Tapology Survivor 9 ED209 50
Tapology Survivor 10 Amp112 43
Tapology Survivor 11 CthulhuJones 47
Tapology Survivor 12 Huiop532 36
Tapology Survivor 13 ultramagnetic 40
Tapology Survivor 14 2 Nyce 45
Tapology Survivor 15 Cotton_Eyed Joe 43
Tapology Survivor 16 2 Nyce 40
Tapology Survivor 17 shot2thesac 44
Tapology Survivor 18 Dtrain24 29
Tapology Survivor 19 KPRO 38
Tapology Survivor 20 2ktweek 34
Tapology Survivor 21 Detroit Superstar 30
Tapology Survivor 22 Gunn4206 29
Tapology Survivor 23 Rob Hallman 30
Tapology Survivor 24 2kTweeK 31
Tapology Survivor 25 Legz 23
Tapology Survivor 26 Hyrm 27
Tapology Survivor 27 Follow The Money 28
Tapology Survivor 28 LegacyOfMisfortune 30
Tapology Survivor 29 GreenHornet 25
Tapology Survivor 30 DeathSquid 20
Tapology Survivor 31 Dtrain24 12
Tapology Survivor 32 Yossgold 22
Tapology Survivor 33 TBD 16

Maia (12 backers) was able to use his grade-A BJJ to edge out Masvidal (6 backers) in the opening round of this game. So, moving on: 


Yasdas
Huiop532
Vazio
Cheese32165
Ultramagnetic
Joking_Joe
DeathSquid
HJWalker
Hyrm
TheSnake101
Dtrain24
Confusion

Since the next card features zero close fights in terms of picking % here on Tap, we'll go with a prospect taking on someone with some UFC experience. 

Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Omari Akhmedov


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(I swear, Google is letting me embed fewer and fewer images each time I try).

Abdul Razak Alhassan.

Abdul Razak Alhassan... even if I never see him fight before

Abdul Razak Alhassan

Abdul Razak Alhassan, he'll be what Sokoudjou was supposed to be.

Abdul Razak Alhassan. 

If not for his Judo background and Ahkmedov's two recent KO losses, I would be tempted to pick Akhmedov.

Abdul Razak Alhassan

I fear we might need a new match up at this rate....Alhassan.

Alhassan.

@HJWalker or a new thread. I wonder, who's gonna be the contrarian?

I don't want to pick a new matchup at this point because it may screw someone who already put their pick in and is under the impression they don't need to worry about it anymore. There were hardly really any close match-ups in terms of picking percentage...I was kind of banking on a few people taking the more experienced guy in this one......oh well, lol. We'll see. Maybe someone will be willing to gamble. 

Guess we may get unlucky this round...I'm taking Alhassan too...

Abdul Razak Alhassan . Thanks

yep. Alhassan for me. everyone is counting on that vicious KO power.
soooo... all 12 people picked him.

I think Saunders-Sobotta or Madadi-Silva could've been a better choice for this round.

@Vazio Yeah...hindsight is 20/20 though. I figured some would take Akhmedov's experience over Alhassan's raw power and green. I guess we all see the potential though. 

To be fair though, more people on Tapology actually picked Saunders than Alhassan currently (84-78%). And it was basically even with Silva/Madadi back when I picked this fight. :/

@dtrain24 yeah, I hear ya. it's a weird UFC card with lots of clear favorites. I personally think Saunders-Sobotta is a coin-flip, but Tapology doesn't agree with that, apparently. anyways... eveybody wins, I guess. or no one. that would be fun.

Abdul Razak Alhassan

Omari's chin held up, and Alhassan's 22 years of judo apparently meant jack ****.

* Edited at 05.28.2017, 2:40 PM ET *

His chin didn't have much to hold up to. Never a follow up shot always one and it was never set up. Lucky to make it this far in his career

Can we start doing other promotions with this survivor game? At least Bellator?