UFC 221 is upon us and DraftKings is back with an awesome MMA $10,000 Strike contest! This contest is free for first time players (min. $5 deposit) or $3 for existing DK players.
First place is a cool $500 USD with a total of $10,000 up for grabs and over 1,000 players in the money.
Never played DraftKings Fantasy MMA? That’s OK, we’ve got you covered with an overview below.
The classic DK MMA tournament is a salary cap contest where players pick a lineup of 6 fighters. Each fighter has assigned salary and a valid lineup must not exceed the salary cap of $50,000.
Points are accumulated by each fighter through a variety of ways from significant strikes, knockdowns, and how quickly the win comes.
Let’s break down the scoring.
Knockdown: 10 Points
Reversal / Sweep: 5 Points
Takedown: 5 Points
Advance: 3 Points
Significant Strikes: 0.5 Points
It should be noted that Significant Strikes are any Distance Strike or Clinch/Ground Strikes that are considered “Power Strikes” by official scorers.
Advances include transition To Half Guard, To Side Control, To Mount, To Back Control.
The winner of each bout is also awarded bonus points tiered on which round the fight ends.
Round 1 Win: 90 Points
Round 2 Win: 70 Points
Round 3 Win: 45 Points
Round 4 Win: 40 Points
Round 5 Win: 40 Points
Decision Win: 30 Points
UFC 221: Romero vs Rockhold has some exciting matchups and interesting salary plays. Below are the current DraftKings salaries of each fighter competing on UFC 221 at the time of publication.
Interim Middleweight Championship Main Event Yoel Romero ($7,900) vs. Luke Rockhold ($8,300)
Heavyweight
Mark Hunt ($7,800) vs. Curtis Blaydes ($8,400)
Heavyweight
Tai Tuivasa ($9,300) vs. Cyril Asker ($6,900)
Welterweight
Jake Matthews ($7,400) vs. Li Jingliang ($8,800)
Light Heavyweight
Tyson Pedro ($9,100) vs. Saparbek Safarov ($7,100)
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Lightweight
Damien Brown ($7,700) vs. Dong Hyun Kim ($8,500)
Middleweight
Rob Wilkinson ($7,000) vs. Israel Adesanya ($9,200)
Featherweight
Jeremy Kennedy ($7,300) vs. Alexander Volkanovski ($8,900)
Flyweight
Jussier Formiga ($8,100) vs. Ben Nguyen ($8,100)
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Lightweight
Ross Pearson ($8,600) vs. Mizuto Hirota ($7,600)
Bantamweight
Teruto Ishihara ($7,500) vs. José Alberto Quiñónez ($8,700)
Welterweight
Luke Jumeau ($8,000) vs. Daichi Abe ($8,200)
Biggest UFC 221 DraftKings Favorite: Tai Tuivasa ($9,300)
Biggest UFC 221 DraftKings Underdog: Cyril Asker ($6,900)
Closest UFC 221 DraftKings Matchup: Jussier Formiga ($8,100) vs. Ben Nguyen ($8,100)
There’s no time to lose, enter the MMA $10,000 Strike contest today and get drafting!
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