BLC Season 4: New Tiers and Captains Needed.

We're back!  Well, almost.  Before we really get cranking on the new season I wanted to put my new tier breakdown out there for everyone to look at and suggest any potential adjustments that the majority would like to see made.  I took the results of the tier voting from last season (found here) and tried to break them down even further, moving to a five tier system, while tweaking the approval system a little to reflect that.  So without further ado, the proposed new tiers:

Tier 1:  UFC, Bellator and #'d WSOF events.  Unanimous "No" to remove.

Tier 2:  Invicta, #'d Cage Warriors, ONE FC, #'d BAMMA, Titan FC, and all AXS cards (Legacy, MFC, CES and RFA).  Two "Yes" votes to count.

Tier 3:  Regional WSOF events (Canada is the only so far), EFCA, CFA (no events since Oct. '13), PXC, #'d Pancrase, DEEP Impact & Cage Impact, Shooto Japan Round's cards and Gig Tokyo, KSW, Vale Tudo Japan, M-1, Jungle Fight, Shooto Brazil, Deep Jewels, pro KOTC, RUFF, Road FC, BAMMA Fight Night, Cage Warriors Fight Night, and XFCi.  Three "Yes" votes to count.

Tier 4:  Any all pro card that isn't listed in the above three tiers.  By nature this will include many of the lesser known Asian, European and Brazilian cards.  Four "Yes" votes to count.

Tier 5:  Any mixed pro/ammy card.  Five "Yes" votes to count.

If any card listed in tier's 1-3 puts on a mixed pro/ammy card (I'm looking at you, RFA & CWFN) it gets dropped one tier for that weekend (props to @yoss for this idea).  And of course the number of votes needed to be included is out of the six team captains. 

And speaking of captains, anyone who wants that responsibility let it be known here.  Once we have our six captains and make any tweaks necessary to the new tiers we'll get a draft thread up.

Sorry for the late reply. I'm a little late getting around today.  

Decisions, decisions.  I guess I'll take spot #5.

@MQuestionable.....what say ye?

1. @joe kerr - 4th pick
2. @psychicdeath - 5th pick
3. @MQuestionable - ?
4. @mmawizzard - ?
5. @yossgold - ?
6. @Breauxpati -?

* Edited at 08.24.2014, 5:42 PM ET *

At this pace we will be lucky to have the draft order decided and the draft completed by September.

* Edited at 08.24.2014, 9:37 PM ET *

My pick is whatever is left over.  I am in with mine!!!

Ill chose 6 and if MQuestionable decides to pick 6 I will go 3rd

* Edited at 08.24.2014, 10:00 PM ET *

Hey guys, sorry I've been MIA all weekend.  I was in a wedding yesterday and have been nursing a pretty killer hangover today, plus dealing with a leaking waterline in one of my bathrooms.  I'll drop @MQuest a line and let him know it's his choice and I'm sure @yoss will be on in a little while to wrap things up.  I should have time to get a draft thread going tomorrow as well.

@mmawizz, once we've determined draft order, I'll start a new thread, write down all who have already volunteered and the rest is up to you to "headhunt". Basically checking who is a good picker and writing on their walls to see if they want to play. Or you can also check who picks everything and just draft him/her without them officially playing, though I don't really like that method, since it's unreliable and less fun.

Ah, I see @omg is back from the dead ... Welcome back homie, hope you had a great time :)

Apologies to everyone, I've had a heavy work schedule and didn't get to finish watching this weekend's UFCs until just now (have been trying to avoid spoilers), so I pick first pick!

I'll take 2nd (funny, that's the place I picked last season when I had first choice :) ).

So draft order for odd rounds is:

1. @MQuestionable
2. @yossgold
3. @Breauxpati
4. @joe kerr
5. @psychicdeath
6. @mmawizzard

Even rounds:

1. @mmawizzard
2. @psychicdeath
3. @joe kerr
4. @Breauxpati
5. @yossgold
6. @MQuestionable

Draft thread coming soon ...

* Edited at 08.25.2014, 4:25 AM ET *

By the way, any of the captains who already have team names and logos in mind, please submit them to me (in any of the related forums or on my profile page) so that I can start setting up my **** :)

YossBreaux, so I am 3rd and 4th?

Yup, 3rd in this round and 4th in the next ... you're up now by the way ... check out the draft thread :)

* Edited at 08.25.2014, 2:38 PM ET *