Looking for high level grapplers, it doesn't matter if he's an old timer looking for one last payday or a young up and comer, as long as you're active we'll take him. Message me(4966) in game and we'll work something out.

I drafted quite similar to last year - prospects just outside of the top 15 who I thought had a lot of upside - i've picked most of the same again hoping that the talent will shine through. The only one I really picked up with a shot at a championship was Asu if he fights early against one of the top flyweights.  I wanted to avoid Islam Makhachev as I think this might be his last fight at LW before going up to WW and fighting the winner of Balal vs Shavkat. He will relinquish his belt rather than be a two weight champion. I think Umar vs Merab is a lot closer than most people have it. Merab has been the whos who at BW - where as Umar really only has Sandhagen.  Gonzasco went for a risk reward approach - He went for the three heir apparents with Umar, Tatiana and Khamzat - Khamzat is really the only risk because of whatever the hell he has going on that causes him to miss fights.  Butch also got two heir apparents in Kayla and Shavkat - as I said above I expect Islam vs Shavkat to round out the year in December after he deals with Belal. Got a couple of really good prospects in Oumar and Dulatov.  Angel went for the big first fight purse with Islam and snagged Ankalaev - Ankalaevs value is tied in with fighting Poatan in the summer. The only real risk is Poatan taking a fight in April and getting injured. Prates is one to watch climbing up the ranks as well as Jean Silva.  I expect it to be somewhat close again this year with all the picks - most of mine really depend on getting on the rankings and fighting 2-3 times this year.   

Will there be a TGWC before the changes, or more specifically the one in December ?

No worries. and it's @Gator001's turn to make all his picks when he's back online. I'll get the first fight card up as soon as I finalize the camp rosters I think we had a pretty decent draft. I got most of the fighters that I really wanted this time around except for Umar Nurmagomedov How about you guys ?

Round 1 Gonzasco - Umar Nurmagomedov - 50k (Remaining - 150,000) The1rstSaint - Shara Magomedov - 15k (Remaining - 185,000) Fallen.Angel - Islam Makhachev - 100k (Remaining - 100,000) ArtieBanks - Payton Talbot 10k (remaining 190k) Gator001 - Round 2 Gator001 - ArtieBanks - Bo Nickal - 10k (remaining 180k) Fallen.Angel - Jean Silva - 10k (Remaining 90,000) The1rstSaint - Kayla Harrison - 50k (Remaining 135k) Gonzasco - Tatiana Suarez 50k (100k remaining) Round 3 Gonzasco - Khamzat Chimaev 50k (50k remaining) The1rstSaint - Islam Dulatov - 10K (125k remaining) Fallen.Angel - Carlos Prates - 15k (Remaining 75,000) ArtieBanks - Nurullo Aliev - 10k (170k remaining) Gator001 - Round 4 Gator001 - ArtieBanks - Fatima Kline 10k - (160k remaining)  Fallen.Angel - Magomed Ankalaev - 50k - (Remaining 25,000) The1rstSaint - Shavkat Rakmonov -50K - Remaining75,000) Gonzasco - Tagir Ulanbekov 15k - (35k remaining) Round 5 Gonzasco - Said Nurmagomedov 10k - (25k remaining) The1rstSaint - Oumar Sy - 10K - (65K remaining) - FINISHED DRAFTING Fallen.Angel -  Youssef Zalal - 10k (Remaining 15,000) ArtieBanks - Ikram Aliskerov 10k (150k remaining)  Gator001 - Round 6 Gator001 - ArtieBanks - Mateusz Rebecki 10k (140k remaining)  Fallen.Angel - Rinya Nakamura - 10k (remaining 5k) - FINISHED DRAFTING The1rstSaint - Rizvan Kuniev - 10k - (remaining 55,000) Gonzasco - Jacqueline Cavalcanti 15k (10k Remaining) Round 7 Gonzasco - Rei Tsuruya 10k - (0k Remaining) - Finished Drafting The1rstSaint - Austin Bashi - 10k - (45,000 Remaining) Finished Drafting Again  ArtieBanks - Joe Pyfer - 10k (130k remaining)  Gator001 - Round 8 Gator001 - ArtieBanks - Michael Morales - 15k (115k remaining)    Round 9 ArtieBanks - Rinat Fakhertdinov 10k (105k remaining)  Gator001 - Round 10 Gator001 - ArtieBanks - Lone'er Kavanagh 10k (95k remaining) Round 11 ArtieBanks - Bryan Battle 10k (85k remaining)  Gator001 - Round 12 Gator001 - ArtieBanks - Asu Almabayev 25k (60k remaining)  Round 13 ArtieBanks - Joel Alvarez 15k (45k remaining)  Gator001 - Round 14 Gator001 - ArtieBanks - Mauricio Ruffy 10k (35k remaining) finished drafting.  @Gator001 can make his picks when he is online    That was a my bad on Islam - I must have mistyped his name when searching to see if he had been selected. I've just finished my draft so it is just down to Gator.