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 wish you good luck but I don't want you to rely on luck"
Using the wheel in the link below and spinning again when it landed on a 4th or 5th round option for a 3 round fight, here are this week's wheely random picks!
Only 4 double-ups so with 17 players left we have 13 fighters and surprisingly only 2 of 13 fights with no action.
2nd fight has Trail Allman with Cory McKenna vs. Jaqueline Amorim
3rd fight - Mason0 has Mitch Ramirez vs. Thiago Moises
4th fight - Both Cozstradamus and TARTARA have Josh Culibao vs. Danny Silva
5th fight - Bellatrix with Jafel Filho vs. Calfoth with Ode Osbourne
6th fight - kushycake has Josiane Nunes vs. Chelsea Chandler
8th fight (The Lucky Bastard Main Event for this week) - Foghorn Sam and UNDER SURVEILLANCE with Gerald Meerschaert vs. FresnoMMA and Xconchris with Bryan Barberena
9th fight - Dixgo514 with Macy Chiasson vs. Pannie Kianzad
10th fight - ccollins44 with Christian Rodriguez vs. Isaac Dulgarian
11th fight - CangrejoRuiz and Themmahistorian with Ovince St. Preux vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu
in the co-main I have Bryan Battle vs. Ange Loosa
and in the main event CaptnKbec has Marcin Tybura vs. Tai Tuivasa
good luck all
"Grammar. The difference between knowing your **** and knowing you're ****."
17 entered the 2nd round. Only 8 answer the bell for the 3rd. A 52.94% elimination rate from @The Wheel
The 8 remaining lucky bastards are:
Bellatrix
CangrejoRuiz
CaptnKbec
ccollins44
Dixgo514
Foghorn Sam
Themmahistorian
UNDER SURVEILLANCE
A quick reminder of one of the more obscure rules, draws and no-contests count as losses in this game as your fighter being involved in a draw or no-contest is pretty unlucky so @mulefloydwho had Bryan Battle is eliminated as Bryan Battle's fight against Ange Loosa ended in a no-contest.
Good luck to the remaining lucky bastards!
"I wish you good luck but I don't want you to rely on luck"
Can't remember where I read it, but Kate has been watching @Stephen Terryyoutube videos while she's recovering from her medical procedures. I think she deserves a shout out!
* Edited at 03.22.2024, 3:24 PM ET *
"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. ― Bruce Lee"
I mean, I'm kinda in an awkward situation here. I mean, I do wish her well with her recovery but then again King Charles III also has cancer and I didn't give him a shout out either so it might seem weird to wish her well but not the King if you know what I mean. Would that count as treason, putting a princess before the king? In any case, I'd be very surprised to learn of either of them being MMA fans and even more so that they even knew of the existence of me or my videos.
"I wish you good luck but I don't want you to rely on luck"
Honestly, if that were the case then I'd scrap @The Wheelentirely and invite her to have the honour of choosing who gets drawn with who! I'll also throw in a signed Pink Panther plush toy as well lol!
"I wish you good luck but I don't want you to rely on luck"
Using the wheel in the link below and spinning again when it landed on a 4th or 5th round option for a 3 round fight, here are this week's wheely random picks!
I mean, outside of an airhead in Lungiambula, Shahbazyan has lost his last 4 fights, so it's not out of the realm of possibility, that being said I see Shahbazyan with the hand raised.
So the wheel made it convenient this week; 1st fight then a break until the 2nd fight of the main card.
In the first fight CaptnKbec has Mick Parkin vs. Mohammed Usman
then, after a 7 fight break, CangrejoRuiz has Billy Quarantillo vs. Yousef Zalal UNDER SURVEILLANCE has Payton Talbott vs. Cameron Saaiman Bellatrix and Themmahistorian have Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Foghorn Sam with A.J. Dobson ccollins44 has Karl Williams vs. Justin Tafa and dixgo514 has Amanda Ribas vs. Rose in the main event
"Grammar. The difference between knowing your **** and knowing you're ****."
If anyone is down to make a whatsapp chat / insta chat to talk about these fights in real time hit me up on IG @nickcozzi. Wanted to put it on here instead of one of the main threads because the Lucky Bastards are a solid group.
"what aint no country I've ever heard of. they speak English in what?"
