Union Cane's Prediction League - Season 1

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Union Cane's Prediction League

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Week Twelve Results

1. Floyd Mayweather Jr v. Victor Ortiz (12)	Floyd Mayweather KO4 (EKO)
2. Erik Morales v. Pablo Cesar Cano (12)	Erik Morales RTD10 (LKO)
3. Jessie Vargas v. Josesito Lopez (10)	Jessie Vargas SD
4. Anthony Crolla v. Juan Montiel (8)	Anthony Crolla SD
5. Saul Alvarez v. Alfonso Gomez (12)	Saul Alvarez TKO6 (EKO)
6. Tyson Fury v. Nicolai Firtha (12)	Tyson Fury TKO5 (EKO)
7. Ryan Greene v. Willie Thompson (10)
8. Willie Casey v. Daniel Kodjo Sassou (8)	Willie Casey TKO8 (LKO)
9. Stephen Smith v. Lee Selby (12)	Lee Selby TKO8 (LKO)
10. Paul Smith v. Paul Samuels (8)	Paul Smith TKO1 (EKO)

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Week Twelve Review

Dirty, cheap shot or opportunistic flash of brilliance?

Ultimately it matters not, the record books show KO4 and Mayweather moves one win away from emulating the great Joe Calzaghe.

Elsewhere there was more great entertainment from Tyson Fury, mixed fortunes for the Smith brothers and a controversial Vegas undercard, but the fight we are all interested in is the battle for the inaugural Union Cane's Prediction League title between coxy0001 and The genius of PBF.

The gauntlet was laid down by coxy0001 with an impressive haul of 12 points, however it wasn't quite enough, the boasts and bravado sounding decidedly hollow now.

Gentlemen, your Champion...

The genius of PBF



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Final League Table

Position	User Name	Weekly Score	HWS*	Total Score
1	The genius of PBF	16	-	116
2	coxy0001	12	-	111
3	Knowsit17	10	-	106
4	rowley	13	13	103
5	Union Cane	12	14	103
6	Dazstarr	14	13	100
7	ian_jamsie	15	12	100
8	Jdizzle	10	-	99
9	Mind the windows Tino.	11	-	98
10	alma	13	-	95
11	compelling and rich	9	-	93
12	sodhat	10	-	92
13	JJJohnson	16	-	91
14	Eyetoldyouso	15	-	90
15	The Galveston Giant	11	-	89
16	Il Gialloblu	10	-	88
17	TopHat24/7	15	-	86
18	Michaels, Sean	12	-	81
19	WelshDevilRob	21	-	77
20	bhb001	11	-	75
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21	eddyfightfan	17	-	74
22	licence_007	0	-	57
23	prettyboykev	22	-	56
24	Reborn-DeeMcK-Reborn	16	-	49
25	DavidBlunkettsuppercut	10	-	47
26	Boxtthis	0	-	36
27	Super D Boon	0	-	31
28	TRUSSMAN66	0	-	29
29	PPVxHOTTY	0	-	28
=30	Sugar Boy Sweetie	0	10	27
=30	Day V Lately	0	10	27
32	Dominic Dicoco	0	-	24
=34	Solder_of_Fortune	0	8	23
=34	Steffan	0	8	23
35	d260005p	0	-	19
36	Scottrf	0	-	17
37	Lumbering_Jack	0	-	16
38	wow_junky	0	-	14
39	spencerclarke	0	-	9
40	wheelchair1991	0	-	8
41	King Raoh	0	-	4

*HWS - Highest individual Weekly Score is used to separate those tied on points, unless I am involved in which case (to avoid accusations of corruption) the Lowest Highest Weekly Score takes precedence.

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Predictor of the Week Award

Week One	Knowsit17
Week Two	Knowsit17
Week Three	The genius of PBF
Week Four	Sugar Boy Sweetie
Week Five	Il Gialloblu
Week Six	coxy0001
Week Seven	ian_jamsie
Week Eight	eddyfightfan
Week Nine	coxy0001
Week Ten	JJJohnson
Week Eleven	Michaels, Sean
Week Twelve	prettyboykev

Scottrf wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Union Cane wrote:What was the grasshopper doing up the tree in the first place?

Surely he should have been hopping in the grass, not climbing up trees. Deserves everything he got in my opinion.

I didn't ask him Union.

Did you not listen, I was late for my train.

Should have got there early. Could have went to the pub by Morrissons.

And risk meeting Steffan?

Rather take my chances with the European Hornet.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Scottrf wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Union Cane wrote:What was the grasshopper doing up the tree in the first place?

Surely he should have been hopping in the grass, not climbing up trees. Deserves everything he got in my opinion.

I didn't ask him Union.

Did you not listen, I was late for my train.

Should have got there early. Could have went to the pub by Morrissons.

And risk meeting Steffan?

Rather take my chances with the European Hornet.

Would rather run the risk of missing the train.

You would be surprised how many "wasps" that we see are, in fact, classed as hornets. They don't have to be the big b@stards that you occasionally see inthe UK, some of the smaller versions are actually hornets.

You wouldn't want to take your chances with a Japanese Hornet though (vespa mandarinia japonica, for you Scotty). Those bad boys are deadly. The toxin in their sting can kill you even without an allergic reaction. Masato Ono, an entomologist at Tamagawa University, described the sensation as feeling like a hot nail being driven into his leg. Nasty.

Mmm, maybe the mystery surrounding your lack of friends is becoming a little less perplexing Tito

Na, nature is cool.

Agreed Scott.

Jeff will thank me next time he is in the jungles of Japan and manages to avoid those Hornets.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:You would be surprised how many "wasps" that we see are, in fact, classed as hornets. They don't have to be the big b@stards that you occasionally see inthe UK, some of the smaller versions are actually hornets.

You wouldn't want to take your chances with a Japanese Hornet though (vespa mandarinia japonica, for you Scotty). Those bad boys are deadly. The toxin in their sting can kill you even without an allergic reaction. Masato Ono, an entomologist at Tamagawa University, described the sensation as feeling like a hot nail being driven into his leg. Nasty.

Seems like a fun guy:


Affiliation Tamagawa University Graduate School of Agriculture
Position Title Professor
Field of Specialization Insect Technology, Chemical Ecology
Room Number Division of Applied Entomology and Zoology
Research Keywords Social Bees and Wasps, Semiochemicals, Honeybee, Bumblebee, Hornet, Pollination, Ecological risks, Coevolution, Social behavior
Professional Affiliation Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology, The Entomological Society of Japan, International Union for the Study of Social Insects, International Society of Chemical Ecology, Ecological Society of Japan, Japan Ethological Society, Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan, Liberal and General Education Society of Japan, The Japanese Society for Virology

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Masato Ono...described the sensation as feeling like a hot nail being driven into his leg.

How would he know?

Didn't Michael Caine do a film about killer wasps or bees or something?

Not a lot of people know that he never actually said "Not a lot of people know that."

Michaels, Sean wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:You would be surprised how many "wasps" that we see are, in fact, classed as hornets. They don't have to be the big b@stards that you occasionally see inthe UK, some of the smaller versions are actually hornets.

You wouldn't want to take your chances with a Japanese Hornet though (vespa mandarinia japonica, for you Scotty). Those bad boys are deadly. The toxin in their sting can kill you even without an allergic reaction. Masato Ono, an entomologist at Tamagawa University, described the sensation as feeling like a hot nail being driven into his leg. Nasty.

Seems like a fun guy:


Affiliation Tamagawa University Graduate School of Agriculture
Position Title Professor
Field of Specialization Insect Technology, Chemical Ecology
Room Number Division of Applied Entomology and Zoology
Research Keywords Social Bees and Wasps, Semiochemicals, Honeybee, Bumblebee, Hornet, Pollination, Ecological risks, Coevolution, Social behavior
Professional Affiliation Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology, The Entomological Society of Japan, International Union for the Study of Social Insects, International Society of Chemical Ecology, Ecological Society of Japan, Japan Ethological Society, Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan, Liberal and General Education Society of Japan, The Japanese Society for Virology

Yeah, you mock him Michaels but he was brave enough to let a Hornet sting him in the leg, whereas you can't look at a tall building.

Union Cane wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Masato Ono...described the sensation as feeling like a hot nail being driven into his leg.

How would he know?

How do you know he hasn't driven a hot nail into his leg?

Watching your QI box set?

Scottrf wrote:Watching your QI box set?

I tell you what, this kind of research sure beats looking at porn all night.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:How do you know he hasn't driven a hot nail into his leg?

I don't, but if he had, then that would be the answer.

I wouldn't know.

[quote="Mind the windows Tino."]

Michaels, Sean wrote:

Yeah, you mock him Michaels but he was brave enough to let a Hornet sting him in the leg, whereas you can't look at a tall building.

Funny chaps these scientists. I was on a boat in the Whitsundays and one of the crew was an American Marine Biologist. He deliberately stung himself with the Irukandji Jellyfish to study the efects of the sting. He was bent double with spasms and nearly died. Still got his thesis in though......

Has everyone got Windy's PM?

What are we going to do about it?

Union Cane wrote:Has everyone got Windy's PM?

What are we going to do about it?

Yep.

Disgraceful.

Union Cane wrote:Has everyone got Windy's PM?

What are we going to do about it?

I have asked him what we can do about it but it looks terminal.

Dark day for this site.

I think we should revolt, we are rather good at causing havoc when we want to after all.

Utter disgrace, and i would use far stronger language than that if i could

What are going to do?! Someone write a thread, we should stand shoulder to shoulder and drive the insurgent from our ranks!

I've PM'd the boss men, we should see what they say before doing anything silly.

I'm off, simple as that. Absloute disgrace.

Wait and see what happens rowley. Don't need you leaving too.

Will wait and see Scott but if Windy goes so do I, and can promise my retirement will not be in the style of Truss

Do you think the moderators have read meinkampt..

You haven't got any style Rowley but I do promise you if you go and Windy go then I'll go to.

I won't tolerate this kind of moderation guff and I'm an honorable man..

If I go they'd probably have a party..anyway

Sorry Truss, cheap dig and uncalled for, in our darkest hour solidarity is the order of the day

Start PM'ng the guys who matter lads

This is an utter disgrace. Someone has to be held accountable otherwise they could see an exodus of epic proportions

You've been making cheap digs for years..

I lack the wit or intelligence to manage much else Truss

Ahhh gone already

Don't post on here much, but like to read when I can. What's happened?

What the Flip happening today, is Windy leaving because of another Admin, where has Ghosty thread went, we need a thread to discuss what the Flip going on.

Hobo is making an announcement

In the words of Vinnie Jones from Eurotrip

"Common lads, it's going off"

I was rather selfishly wishing that the walls of 606v2 would fall all around us and I would be rembered as the last ever 'predictor of the week' on Union's thread. Am I a bad man?

Do you think if I PM rowley some more Hornet related facts he will come back?

You'll be remembered as the one who couldn't spell remembered.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Do you think if I PM rowley some more Hornet related facts he will come back?

We don't want him getting waspy...

Union Cane wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Do you think if I PM rowley some more Hornet related facts he will come back?

We don't want him getting waspy...

Think he was just stung by Windy's announcement.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Union Cane wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Do you think if I PM rowley some more Hornet related facts he will come back?

We don't want him getting waspy...

Think he was just stung by Windy's announcement.

Do you think windy was just winging it with that announcement?

Michaels, Sean wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Union Cane wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Do you think if I PM rowley some more Hornet related facts he will come back?

We don't want him getting waspy...

Think he was just stung by Windy's announcement.

Do you think windy was just winging it with that announcement?

Certainly flies in the face of his usual calm manner.

I used to run a prediction league once, anyone seen it?

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Michaels, Sean wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Union Cane wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Do you think if I PM rowley some more Hornet related facts he will come back?

We don't want him getting waspy...

Think he was just stung by Windy's announcement.

Do you think windy was just winging it with that announcement?

Certainly flies in the face of his usual calm manner.

Did that Davie get dogs abuse then?
Will windy be back? I personally don't think we'll see him for a while.

Union Cane wrote:I used to run a prediction league once, anyone seen it?

You did a very good job, will you be doing another in the near future? as I'm gutted I didn't enter this one

European Hornets: Their queen measures, at least 26 mm but not more than 36 mm in length. The workers as well as the males are usually smaller than their queen. Their wings are red-orange and yellow-striped abdomen with deeply indented eyes. They are normally larger than wasps but a bit smaller than the Asian hornets.

Rowley? Enough for you?

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:European Hornets: Their queen measures, at least 26 mm but not more than 36 mm in length. The workers as well as the males are usually smaller than their queen. Their wings are red-orange and yellow-striped abdomen with deeply indented eyes. They are normally larger than wasps but a bit smaller than the Asian hornets.

Rowley? Enough for you?

Fascinating stuff. Much better than that prediction tripe that used to be on this thread.

Michaels, Sean wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:European Hornets: Their queen measures, at least 26 mm but not more than 36 mm in length. The workers as well as the males are usually smaller than their queen. Their wings are red-orange and yellow-striped abdomen with deeply indented eyes. They are normally larger than wasps but a bit smaller than the Asian hornets.

Rowley? Enough for you?

Fascinating stuff. Much better than that prediction tripe that used to be on this thread.

Having spent the day researching this Seany, I am armed to the teeth with interesting hornet stuff. Do you think anyone is bored yet?

Do you think I am actually driving rowley away rather than tempting him back?

they always return to the hive Tino.

no-mas wrote:

Union Cane wrote:I used to run a prediction league once, anyone seen it?

You did a very good job, will you be doing another in the near future? as I'm gutted I didn't enter this one

You are in luck, the new one starts next week. If this one ever finishes.

Seems to have gone off at a tangent.

What would the captain say...

Union Cane wrote:

no-mas wrote:

Union Cane wrote:I used to run a prediction league once, anyone seen it?

You did a very good job, will you be doing another in the near future? as I'm gutted I didn't enter this one

What would the captain say...

Something like inimical or tangential or other such words that I don't understand.

I had to look up inimical.

Union Cane wrote:I had to look up inimical.

That makes me feel a little better.

What does it mean? I couldn't even work out if he was cross or not.