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Caspel · 24-04-2009, 04:34 PM

Hello all, today we are announcing two brand new tournaments for our members here at PlanetXbox360. The first we’d like to announce isn’t strictly a tournament, but something more than that as we are introducing our first ever UFC 2009: Undisputed league. We are fairly confident that this game is going to explode onto store shelves on May 19, 2009 so we are putting our full support into its online community with our very own online league. Let’s dig deep into how to sign-up.

Sign-ups:
1 – You’ll need to be a member of the forums.
2 – You’ll need an Xbox Live Gamertag
3 – You’ll need a valid e-mail address so your opponents can get a hold of you.
4 – You’ll need to provide your time zone so players understand the time differences and can plan matches accordingly.
5 – You’ll need to pick TWO fighters in TWO DIFFERENT weight classes

Example of a sign-up (my actual submission into the league)
1 – Forum Name: Caspel
2 – Gamertag: Caspel
3 – E-mail: DG423@chartermi.net
4 – Time Zone: Eastern
5 – Fighter Selections: Anderson Silva (Middleweight), Kenny Florian (Lightweight)

As you can see, we are allowing for players to select two fighters since the league is set up a little differently as players will be going through a series of matches in their “region” before advancing onto a tournament. So let’s discuss the rules and regulations.

Rules and Regulations:
1 – We are supporting all the divisions provided we get enough people to join the league (82 fighters in the game / 2 = 41 people in the league).

2 – It’s first come, first served when it comes to fighter selection. We are using AUTHENTIC FIGHTERS found in the game. NO ONLINE CREATIONS.

3 – Fighters for each weight division are broken down into groups of 4 or 5 fighters depending.

4 – Every fighter will face their opponents 3 times in their individual group. They can play their matches anytime they’d like to before the deadline. So if you’d like to play one and take time off to get back to practicing since you lost, you are eligible to do so.

5 – The two best fighters from each individual group will move on to a one loss tournament for the grand prizes for each division. Think of this like the World Baseball Classic.

6 – Every fight shall have the stamina bar turned off to create a more realistic fight between the participants.

7 – If there are any discrepancies on results or your opponents please e-mail or private message me and we’ll handle them privately rather than publicly on the forum.

8 – The league will start the following week after the game releases around May 25.

9 – Players will have two weeks to play their opponents in their group to advance onto the tournament.

10 – Please leave immaturity and bigotry in your own home and not on the forums or via communication with your opponents. If you are reported as becoming overly aggressive with your language from your opponents, you may possibly be disqualified.

11 – Groupings of each division will unveiled once everyone has joined and we are ready to start. If you have any knowledge of where fighters train at and where their hometowns are, then you’ll have the basis on how the league has been set up when it came down to grouping them. This is the closest you’ll see to the Olympics in MMA haha.

12 - Players MUST post their results in this fashion:
Chuck Liddell defeats Tito Ortiz via KO/Sub/Unanimous Decision at (3:00 in the 1st round). Rating: 5/5 stars. The rating is how exciting the match was to you; it's purely opinion.

13 – Rules are subject to change until the league commences.

We aren’t ready to fully reveal all the prizes, but we can guarantee you that it will be worth your time. We are working hard with THQ to coordinate prize packages to our winners, so stay tuned as they sponsored our last tournament and most likely will lend their support once again. As of this moment, we have two prizes to unveil to you for the potential five winners of each division.

Prizes:
1 – $50 Gamestop Card
2 – Xbox Live Arcade Game of Your Choice (list to be provided later)

More prizes will be unveiled like I said, and each of the five winners will be ranked from 1st place to 5th place as “Pound for Pound” best fighters via their results, activity (how often they view the forums), a ‘tribunal’ of their peers ranking them. These three things will play into how each of the 5 fighters are ranked when the league comes down to the endgame.

HOW TO POST RESULTS:
Players MUST post their results in this fashion:
Chuck Liddell defeats Tito Ortiz via KO/Sub/Unanimous Decision at (3:00 in the 1st round). Rating: 5/5 stars.
The rating is how exciting the match was to you; it's purely opinion.

In conclusion… please have fun and let us know if there is anything you need answered or clarified and I will gladly help you out.

POUND-FOR-POUND BEST: (Updated as of July 4th)
Pound-for-pound ratings: (Top 5 only will get prizes)
1. Forrest Griffin: 37.2 pts (11-1) - LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
2. Nate Marquardt: 34 pts (9-0) - MIDDLEWEIGHT
3. Drew McFedries: 28.8 pts (8-1) - MIDDLEWEIGHT
4. Jon Fitch: 28.5 pts (9-0) - WELTERWEIGHT
5. Michael Bisping: 28 pts (8-1) - MIDDLEWEIGHT
6. Tim Boetsch: 26.2 pts (9-3) LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
7. Thales Leites: 25.9 pts (7-2) - MIDDLEWEIGHT
8. Matt Arroyo: 24.9 pts (9-0) - WELTERWEIGHT
9. Demian Maia: 24.2 pts (8-1) - MIDDLEWEIGHT
10. James Irvin: 23.5 pts (8-0-1) - LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
11. Frank Mir: 22 pts (6-0) - HEAVYWEIGHT
12. Rashad Evans: 21.2 pts (7-2) - LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
13. Wanderlei Silva: 21 pts (6-0) - LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
14. Brock Lesnar: 18.3 pts (6-2-1) - HEAVYWEIGHT
15. Tim Sylvia: 17.4 pts (6-2-1) - HEAVYWEIGHT
16. Chris Leben: 17.3 pts (6-3) - MIDDLEWEIGHT
17. Kenny Florian: 16.8 pts (6-3) - LIGHTWEIGHT
18. Thiago Tavares: 16.6 pts (5-1) - LIGHTWEIGHT
19. Joe Lauzon: 16.4 pts (6-3) - LIGHTWEIGHT
20. Matt Hughes: 14.6 pts (6-3) - WELTERWEIGHT
21. Anthony Johnson: 13.2 pts (5-1) - WELTERWEIGHT
22. Rampage Jackson: 13 pts (5-4) - LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
23. Efrain Escudero: 11.8 pts (4-2) - LIGHTWEIGHT
24. Ryan Bader: 7.6 pts (5-7) - LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
25. Tito Ortiz: 5.1 pts (3-6) - LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT

FIGHTERS QUALIFIED FOR TOURNAMENT:
HEAVYWEIGHTS:
Frank Mir, Brock Lesnar, Tim Sylvia

LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHTS: (In order of rankings)
Forrest Griffin, Tim Boetsch, James Irvin, Rashad Evans, Rampage Jackson, Tito Ortiz,

MIDDLEWEIGHTS: (In order of rankings)
Nate Marquardt, Drew McFedries, Michael Bisping, Thales Leites, Demian Maia, Chris Leben,

WELTERWEIGHT:
Jon Fitch, Matt Arroyo, Matt Hughes

LIGHTWEIGHT:
Kenny Florian

Also, here's a brief preview of how the tournament is looking

Heavyweight:
Midwest vs. Europe
#1 Midwest - Brock Lesnar vs. #2 Europe
#1 Europe vs. #2 Midwest - Tim Sylvia
(Andre Arlovski is 2 wins away from being guaranteed a place in the tournament)

West Coast vs. Brazil
#1 West Coast vs. #2 Brazil
#1 Brazil vs. #2 West Coast

Light-heavy:
Midwest vs. Miscellaneous
#1 Midwest – Rashad Evans vs. #2 Miscellaneous - Tim Boetsch
#1 Miscellaneous - Forrest Griffin vs. #2 Midwest – Rampage Jackson

West Coast vs. Brazil
#1 West Coast - James Irvin vs. #2 Brazil
#1 Brazil vs. #2 West Coast - Tito Ortiz

Middleweight Division:
Brazil vs. Miscellaneous
#1 Brazil – Demian Maia vs. #2 Miscellaneous
#1 Miscellaneous – Drew McFedries vs. #2 Brazil - Thales Leites
(for Miscellaneous: Amir Sadollah, Rich Franklin, Kendall Grove)

West Coast vs. Europe
#1 West Coast – Nathan Marquardt vs. #2 Europe – Martin Kampmann
#1 Europe – Michael Bisping vs. #2 West Coast – Chris Leben

Welterweight:
International vs. Midwest / South
#1 International – vs. #2 Midwest / South – Matt Hughes
#1 Midwest / South – Matt Arroyo vs. #2 International –

Southwest vs. West Coast
#1 West Coast – Jon Fitch vs. #2 Southwest
#1 Southwest – vs. #2 West Coast

Lightweight:
International vs. Midwest

East Coast vs. West Coast
#1 East Coast - Kenny Florian vs. #2 West Coast -
#1 West Coast - vs. #2 East Coast
(Rich Clementi and Joe Lauzon are in contention for #2 East Coast)

24-04-2009, 04:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Caspel Staff Writer GamerCard: Caspel Caspel Read my Xbox 360 Blog Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 798	PlanetXbox360's 1st Official UFC 2009: Undisputed League (World MMA Classic!) Hello all, today we are announcing two brand new tournaments for our members here at PlanetXbox360. The first we’d like to announce isn’t strictly a tournament, but something more than that as we are introducing our first ever UFC 2009: Undisputed league. We are fairly confident that this game is going to explode onto store shelves on May 19, 2009 so we are putting our full support into its online community with our very own online league. Let’s dig deep into how to sign-up. Sign-ups: 1 – You’ll need to be a member of the forums. 2 – You’ll need an Xbox Live Gamertag 3 – You’ll need a valid e-mail address so your opponents can get a hold of you. 4 – You’ll need to provide your time zone so players understand the time differences and can plan matches accordingly. 5 – You’ll need to pick TWO fighters in TWO DIFFERENT weight classes Example of a sign-up (my actual submission into the league) 1 – Forum Name: Caspel 2 – Gamertag: Caspel 3 – E-mail: DG423@chartermi.net 4 – Time Zone: Eastern 5 – Fighter Selections: Anderson Silva (Middleweight), Kenny Florian (Lightweight) As you can see, we are allowing for players to select two fighters since the league is set up a little differently as players will be going through a series of matches in their “region” before advancing onto a tournament. So let’s discuss the rules and regulations. Rules and Regulations: 1 – We are supporting all the divisions provided we get enough people to join the league (82 fighters in the game / 2 = 41 people in the league). 2 – It’s first come, first served when it comes to fighter selection. We are using AUTHENTIC FIGHTERS found in the game. NO ONLINE CREATIONS. 3 – Fighters for each weight division are broken down into groups of 4 or 5 fighters depending. 4 – Every fighter will face their opponents 3 times in their individual group. They can play their matches anytime they’d like to before the deadline. So if you’d like to play one and take time off to get back to practicing since you lost, you are eligible to do so. 5 – The two best fighters from each individual group will move on to a one loss tournament for the grand prizes for each division. Think of this like the World Baseball Classic. 6 – Every fight shall have the stamina bar turned off to create a more realistic fight between the participants. 7 – If there are any discrepancies on results or your opponents please e-mail or private message me and we’ll handle them privately rather than publicly on the forum. 8 – The league will start the following week after the game releases around May 25. 9 – Players will have two weeks to play their opponents in their group to advance onto the tournament. 10 – Please leave immaturity and bigotry in your own home and not on the forums or via communication with your opponents. If you are reported as becoming overly aggressive with your language from your opponents, you may possibly be disqualified. 11 – Groupings of each division will unveiled once everyone has joined and we are ready to start. If you have any knowledge of where fighters train at and where their hometowns are, then you’ll have the basis on how the league has been set up when it came down to grouping them. This is the closest you’ll see to the Olympics in MMA haha. 12 - Players MUST post their results in this fashion: Chuck Liddell defeats Tito Ortiz via KO/Sub/Unanimous Decision at (3:00 in the 1st round). Rating: 5/5 stars. The rating is how exciting the match was to you; it's purely opinion. 13 – Rules are subject to change until the league commences. We aren’t ready to fully reveal all the prizes, but we can guarantee you that it will be worth your time. We are working hard with THQ to coordinate prize packages to our winners, so stay tuned as they sponsored our last tournament and most likely will lend their support once again. As of this moment, we have two prizes to unveil to you for the potential five winners of each division. Prizes: 1 – $50 Gamestop Card 2 – Xbox Live Arcade Game of Your Choice (list to be provided later) More prizes will be unveiled like I said, and each of the five winners will be ranked from 1st place to 5th place as “Pound for Pound” best fighters via their results, activity (how often they view the forums), a ‘tribunal’ of their peers ranking them. These three things will play into how each of the 5 fighters are ranked when the league comes down to the endgame. HOW TO POST RESULTS: Players MUST post their results in this fashion: Chuck Liddell defeats Tito Ortiz via KO/Sub/Unanimous Decision at (3:00 in the 1st round). Rating: 5/5 stars. The rating is how exciting the match was to you; it's purely opinion. In conclusion… please have fun and let us know if there is anything you need answered or clarified and I will gladly help you out. POUND-FOR-POUND BEST: (Updated as of July 4th) Pound-for-pound ratings: (Top 5 only will get prizes) 1. Forrest Griffin: 37.2 pts (11-1) - LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT 2. Nate Marquardt: 34 pts (9-0) - MIDDLEWEIGHT 3. Drew McFedries: 28.8 pts (8-1) - MIDDLEWEIGHT 4. Jon Fitch: 28.5 pts (9-0) - WELTERWEIGHT 5. Michael Bisping: 28 pts (8-1) - MIDDLEWEIGHT 6. Tim Boetsch: 26.2 pts (9-3) LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT 7. Thales Leites: 25.9 pts (7-2) - MIDDLEWEIGHT 8. Matt Arroyo: 24.9 pts (9-0) - WELTERWEIGHT 9. Demian Maia: 24.2 pts (8-1) - MIDDLEWEIGHT 10. James Irvin: 23.5 pts (8-0-1) - LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT 11. Frank Mir: 22 pts (6-0) - HEAVYWEIGHT 12. Rashad Evans: 21.2 pts (7-2) - LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT 13. Wanderlei Silva: 21 pts (6-0) - LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT 14. Brock Lesnar: 18.3 pts (6-2-1) - HEAVYWEIGHT 15. Tim Sylvia: 17.4 pts (6-2-1) - HEAVYWEIGHT 16. Chris Leben: 17.3 pts (6-3) - MIDDLEWEIGHT 17. Kenny Florian: 16.8 pts (6-3) - LIGHTWEIGHT 18. Thiago Tavares: 16.6 pts (5-1) - LIGHTWEIGHT 19. Joe Lauzon: 16.4 pts (6-3) - LIGHTWEIGHT 20. Matt Hughes: 14.6 pts (6-3) - WELTERWEIGHT 21. Anthony Johnson: 13.2 pts (5-1) - WELTERWEIGHT 22. Rampage Jackson: 13 pts (5-4) - LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT 23. Efrain Escudero: 11.8 pts (4-2) - LIGHTWEIGHT 24. Ryan Bader: 7.6 pts (5-7) - LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT 25. Tito Ortiz: 5.1 pts (3-6) - LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHTERS QUALIFIED FOR TOURNAMENT: HEAVYWEIGHTS: Frank Mir, Brock Lesnar, Tim Sylvia LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHTS: (In order of rankings) Forrest Griffin, Tim Boetsch, James Irvin, Rashad Evans, Rampage Jackson, Tito Ortiz, MIDDLEWEIGHTS: (In order of rankings) Nate Marquardt, Drew McFedries, Michael Bisping, Thales Leites, Demian Maia, Chris Leben, WELTERWEIGHT: Jon Fitch, Matt Arroyo, Matt Hughes LIGHTWEIGHT: Kenny Florian Also, here's a brief preview of how the tournament is looking Heavyweight: Midwest vs. Europe #1 Midwest - Brock Lesnar vs. #2 Europe #1 Europe vs. #2 Midwest - Tim Sylvia (Andre Arlovski is 2 wins away from being guaranteed a place in the tournament) West Coast vs. Brazil #1 West Coast vs. #2 Brazil #1 Brazil vs. #2 West Coast Light-heavy: Midwest vs. Miscellaneous #1 Midwest – Rashad Evans vs. #2 Miscellaneous - Tim Boetsch #1 Miscellaneous - Forrest Griffin vs. #2 Midwest – Rampage Jackson West Coast vs. Brazil #1 West Coast - James Irvin vs. #2 Brazil #1 Brazil vs. #2 West Coast - Tito Ortiz Middleweight Division: Brazil vs. Miscellaneous #1 Brazil – Demian Maia vs. #2 Miscellaneous #1 Miscellaneous – Drew McFedries vs. #2 Brazil - Thales Leites (for Miscellaneous: Amir Sadollah, Rich Franklin, Kendall Grove) West Coast vs. Europe #1 West Coast – Nathan Marquardt vs. #2 Europe – Martin Kampmann #1 Europe – Michael Bisping vs. #2 West Coast – Chris Leben Welterweight: International vs. Midwest / South #1 International – vs. #2 Midwest / South – Matt Hughes #1 Midwest / South – Matt Arroyo vs. #2 International – Southwest vs. West Coast #1 West Coast – Jon Fitch vs. #2 Southwest #1 Southwest – vs. #2 West Coast Lightweight: International vs. Midwest East Coast vs. West Coast #1 East Coast - Kenny Florian vs. #2 West Coast - #1 West Coast - vs. #2 East Coast (Rich Clementi and Joe Lauzon are in contention for #2 East Coast) Last edited by Caspel : 04-07-2009 at 06:32 PM.