CONGRATULATIONS TO lonestar!!!
BPL Champion (Season 4)
The battle for first place was locked up early by lonestar. He took an early lead and (unlike everyone else who has taken early leads in the BPL) he held onto it week after week. SFC gave him a run toward the end, closing the gap substantially, but it was not to be. SFC (who, as most of you know, is yours truly and therefore not in any event prize eligible) came within 10 pts, but lonestar’s the lead held up.
As usual, congratulations are in order to everyone who finished in the top 20. 200+ members of the site competed, submitting picks. So, that’s quite an accomplishment.
The final top 20 were:
1. lonestar
2. SFC
3. newmansthaman
4. Trident
5. hearns55
6. chuyelloco
7. BoneSlinger
8. chleq
9. theunderdog
10. roganr
11. Kakita
12. Hotspur77
13. deeko
14. viticio
15. secondsout
16. WHYTE
17. Quick
18. jay98107
19. MatthewKowalyk
20. 2P1S
Those of you who have been participating since the beginning will see some familiar names in that list. Boneslinger came in third last season (or second, if you don’t count SFC) and 7th this season. roganr finished in 4th last season and was 10th this time. roganr also finished in the top 20 back in season 2. Remarkable consistency from both of them!
For first place, lonestar will be receiving a package that includes a BPL t-shirt that looks similar to the hooded sweatshirt shown below.
The first and second runners up (which will be newmansthaman and Trident) will also receive prizes.
We’ll be contacting the winners for address information.
SEASON 5
We’re taking a short break right now, getting ready for the holidays, but are about to launch Season 5. The first fights that will be included in Season 5 are scheduled for Saturday, December 5, and we hope to have them up and ready for picks in the next couple days.
As part of Season 5, we are rolling out a whole new version of the website, which will have an entirely different look and feel. All of the fights, the stats, the participants’ picks, and season leaderboards, among other things, have been archived, so that you can go back and see, for example, how many people picked Carl Froch to beat Jermain Taylor (36 out of 111 picked Froch to win by decision). I hope everyone enjoys the new functionality!
