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Post by transition »

Combat Picks was built to be a fun tool for MMA fans to make predictions/picks on fights. The site was built by two people (1 design - 1 code) over the course of about a month. I don't have any plans for monetization - we really just built the site as MMA fans to be able to provide a fun service to other people.

http://www.combatpicks.com/

We have lots of improvements in the pipeline - i'd love to hear some feedback/ideas on what we can improve.

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Post by transition »

Combat Picks was built to be a fun tool for MMA fans to make predictions/picks on fights. The site was built by two people (1 design - 1 code) over the course of about a month. I don't have any plans for monetization - we really just built the site as MMA fans to be able to provide a fun service to other people.

http://www.combatpicks.com/

We have lots of improvements in the pipeline - i'd love to hear some feedback/ideas on what we can improve.

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#5

Post by damog »

transition wrote: post #4
chrishamant wrote: post #3

Just out of curiosity - how do you get the data for this?

Wikipedia

I'm a big MMA fan and a Web developer.

Are you only pulling Strikeforce and UFC events? Are you thinking at some point pulling from more sources? For instance, Sherdog's event calendars and the like?

This is also very nice that was recently featured on MiddleEasy: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=aHBsM3NmMG41bXVybW...

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Post by transition »

damog wrote: post #5
transition wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wikipedia

I'm a big MMA fan and a Web developer. Are you only pulling Strikeforce and UFC events? Are you thinking at some point pulling from more sources? For instance, Sherdog's event calendars and the like? This is also very nice that was recently featured on MiddleEasy: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=aHBsM3NmMG41bXVybW...

Right now i'm only pulling Strikeforce and UFC. Since the events are updated manually i don't really have the time right now to research and maintain cards for so many promotions. Perhaps with the use of something like mechanical turk it could be made manageable without breaking the bank.

I was trying to avoid scraping sherdog since i'm not sure of the legal ramifications of doing so. Felt a little bit safer using wikipedia.

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