The TRUE 10 best pickers currently on Tapology

So everyone knows how to look at the profiles page, and we have the MVP thread. But I decided to do a little research and come up with my top 10 list of who in my opinion are the 10 best pickers on this site. If you cherry pick fights and only pick full UFC's then you are not up for consideration as your % isn't really legitimate in my eyes. This is simply on right or wrong and your %, perfects are not taken into account, it's just, do you pick the right guy on a regular basis. With that being said here is the top 10:

1. R1zla (66.5%)- No surprise here, not only is he leading the MVP race, but he has more contest places than anyone other than ACFMMA and has always picked all the fights and still has this glistening %.

2. Dannotheman (66.9%)- Is the only all fight picker with a higher % than R1zla but has only recently started picking every fight. Use to hover right around 70% but has dropped off a little bit since picking all fights, still tied for 1st in the MVP race and a very impressive %.

3. ACFMMA (65.6%)- The alpha dog forever now when it comes to making picks. Has over 2,400 predictions, over 10 places in the weekend contest and is sitting in a respectable top 15 spot right now in the MVP race.

4. crimedawg92 (66.2%)- Joining the ranks of the black belts today in fact. Crimedawg has quietly built a very stellar % as well as having over 1,000 fights picked and is currently near the top of the MVP race.

5. Kalibo (65.2%)- With over 1,700 fights picked, 65.2 is a stellar percentage for Kalibo. He must have picked all fights there for a long time, didn't really there at the end of 2011 but has started again in 2012. His pretty low standing so far in the MVP contest led me to put crimedawg a spot ahead of him. Still a staunch picker right there.

6. Wishishere (65.7%)- Only a member since July, wishishere has over 1,200 picks and a very impressive %. A team Punk Rock team mate of mine I'm glad to see he was as elite as he is upon review, and am glad to have him as a team mate!

7. mulefloyd (64.4%)- Runner up of the AV grand prix, mulefloyd is no slouch when it comes to making picks either. With over 1,500 picks, a top 10 spot in the MVP race and a 64+ percentage. mulefloyd is definitely near the top of the ranks.

8. Warjorge (64.8%)- We've all seen Warjorge at the top of the leaderboards for months. A member since May Warjorge has over 1,600 picks as well as a great %. This lead to Kallous picking him up in the 1st round! His 8th spot is due however to him being in either a slump or something in January as he is currently Mr. Irrelevant in our standings. Is this only a blip or a trend? In 2012 we will find out.

9. Prodigykid14 (64.2%)- Only a member since August Prodigy has quickly picked 849 fights and amassed a 64+ percentage. Very respectable picker here.

10. TheMMAmessiah (63.5%)- Now some people may ***** about me putting myself in here but if you look objectively I really think I deserve it. Only a member since September I have picked every fight out the gate and have a 63.4%. I have over 900 fights in that short time and that is practically every fight that's been available since I joined. Due to that as well as me being in the top 10 in the MVP contest, I think I deserve a spot for sure.

Honarable Mentions: A couple people were right there so I thought I'd give them a quick mention:

Michigandolphin (64.2%)- With over 1,500 picks and a 64+ there is an argument to be made for him to get a spot. But having been a member since 2010 and only around 1,500 fights there have been more than quite a few he has passed on. Also would have to look at the standings but think he is doing pretty well in the MVP race. 

Shabbalanya (63.4%)- This is the other guy who could be argued to get that #10 spot over me, we have identical %'s and have both been members for less than 6 months. I put me in the 10th spot due to me being in the top 10 in the MVP race and Shabbalanya being somewhere in the 40 range if I remember right.

Sixfeetunder (63.3%)- Another newish member sixfeet has only been here since October but has a stellar % and has already won 2 events in the MVP race so far.

t0rch (63.3%)- over 1,700 picks, a black belt and that %. Can't argue with t0rch's credentials.

So what does Tapology think? Did I do a good job? Did I miss someone? Being the Topic starter do I really deserve a top 10 spot? Let me know!!!

* Edited at 02.05.2012, 3:03 PM ET *

No Piercer Dan, KallousKlown, Thiago, Wolfman...? The top 5 is solid, but someone like Greg or one of the original guys should've made it. 

"Only a member since September I have picked every fight out the gate"

Dude  -- you said in other posts you used to have another account where you only picked UFC fights, which quite frankly is tied to whatever the back story is for you behind multiple accounts associated with sprinkling thumbs up all over your posts in the past. Stop being a contradictory attention *****. Those that are really good at something rarely feel the need to point that out to others. FFS.

So far I have picked 2410 fights.

And that's just a technicality, but Messiah, you couldn't have picked every fight out of the gate. I've joined about 3 weeks after you and I have 16 more picks than you and I remember not having picked at least several events at first (I think I missed one entire weekend) and missing a lot of fights in the first weekend that I started (if not for longer), like picking only 4 fights out of 9 for Bellator 54. So having 3 weeks on me you must've missed a lot more fights than me.

Blackwork beat me to it about his other accounts..but whatever I don't really want to get involved with this business

ive never missed an event and have currently picked 1320 fights

* Edited at 02.05.2012, 8:46 PM ET *

The way my % has been going lately look for me to make a run for this list later this year

I don't know how many picks @Fresno has, but he seems to be a consistently above average to awesome picker.

I'm at 64.8% but I only have maybe 420ish picks, seems like quite a lot cause I didn't join The Tapology till late December (right before UFC 141) but nowhere near the big dawgs with 1,500-2,000 picks and 65-66% correct rate.

* Edited at 02.05.2012, 8:07 PM ET *

Damn I'm at 420 picks right now, and not even a hitter to smoke!

I agree with you @mmamessiah.... I'm about as blunt as they come and i'll be the first to admit my percentage would drop atleast 10% if i tried to do what you guys do... KUDOS! ' Not sure why everyone is disliking this post, it's your opinion, and boo hoo to all of you who felt you should've been included. Perhaps do your own research like this gentlemen did and compile your own top 10 based on users who have the same number of picks as yourself.... I don't have the time to do it

thanks @bk and everyone is just mad I put myself on the list, I could understand if it was a ridiculous assessment, but if anybody made a list, you may have a couple people ahead of me that I don't, but there's no way you couldn't have me in the top 15, so I don't really see why it's pissing people off so bad. And ultimately Swick and WOlf probably should go ahead of me if you take longevity and reputation into account as well, but I just went by the %'s and stopped when I got to the last place, so I never even got to see Swick's and Wolf's stats so they weren't on my mind.