Sherdog's Fantasy MMA Draft: 2023-2024 Season

Enjoy the carnage as Keith Shillan and Ben Duffy of the Shillan & Duffy Show are joined by Sherdog Associate Editor Jay Pettry and Devin Tejada, host of the Check The Kick Podcast, for Sherdog's first-ever fantasy MMA draft. Rules, and a recap of all the picks, can be found below.

RULES

- Season runs from Sept. 9, 2023, to Sept. 2, 2024
- Each team must draft one fighter from each UFC division except women's featherweight
- No more than three current UFC champions per team
- Each team must draft at least two fighters not currently ranked in the Sherdog Top 15

SCORING

1 win = 1 point, with the following bonuses:
R1 stoppage win +3
R2 stoppage win +2
R3-R5 stoppage win +1
main card win +1
Fight Night co-main event win +2
Fight Night main event win +5
PPV co-main event win +5
PPV main event win +10
win/defend UFC title +10
win over fighter drafted by another team +10

PENALTIES

1 loss = -1 pt, with the following additional penalties:
R1 stoppage loss -3
R2 stoppage loss -2
R3-R5 stoppage loss -1
USADA violation -10
get arrested -20

DRAFT RECAP

ROUND 1

Dev — Khamzat Chimaev, middleweight (U)
Ben — Alexandre Pantoja, men’s flyweight (C)
Jay — Israel Adesanya, middleweight (C)
Keith — Bo Nickal, middleweight (U)

ROUND 2

Keith — Valentina Shevchenko, women’s flyweight
Jay — Jiri Prochazka, light heavyweight
Ben — Sergei Pavlovich, heavyweight
Dev — Alex Pereira, light heavyweight

ROUND 3

Dev — Umar Nurmagomedov, men’s bantamweight
Ben — Aljamain Sterling, men’s bantamweight
Jay — Islam Makhachev, lightweight (C)
Keith — Alexander Volkanovski, featherweight (C)

ROUND 4

Keith — Tom Aspinall, heavyweight
Jay — Max Holloway, featherweight
Ben — Shavkat Rakhmonov, welterweight
Dev — Weili Zhang, strawweight (C)

ROUND 5

Dev — Arman Tsarukyan, lightweight
Ben — Raquel Pennington, women’s bantamweight
Jay — Leon Edwards, welterweight (C)
Keith — Ian Garry, welterweight

ROUND 6

Keith — Tatiana Suarez, strawweight
Jay — Marlon Vera, men’s bantamweight
Ben — Rose Namajunas, women’s flyweight (U)
Dev — Jailton Almeida, heavyweight

ROUND 7

Dev — Ilia Topuria, featherweight
Ben — Xiaonan Yan, strawweight
Jay — Alexander Volkov, heavyweight
Keith — Sean O'Malley, men’s bantamweight (C)

ROUND 8

Keith — Germaine de Randamie, women’s bantamweight (U)
Jay — Erin Blanchfield, women’s flyweight
Ben — Edson Barboza, featherweight (U)
Dev — Karine Silva, women’s flyweight (U)

ROUND 9

Dev — Mayra Bueno Silva, women’s bantamweight
Ben — Azamat Murzakanov, light heavyweight (U)
Jay — Mackenzie Dern, strawweight
Keith — Manel Kape, men’s flyweight

ROUND 10

Keith — Grant Dawson, lightweight
Jay — Tatsuro Taira, men’s flyweight (U)
Ben — Sean Strickland, middleweight
Dev — Brandon Royval, men’s flyweight

ROUND 11

Dev — Kevin Holland, welterweight
Ben — Michael Chandler, lightweight
Jay — Macy Chiasson, women’s bantamweight (U)
Keith — Magomed Ankalaev, light heavyweight

ROSTERS

Devin Tejada

265 — Jailton Almeida
205 — Alex Pereira
185 — Khamzat Chimaev (U)
170 — Kevin Holland
155 — Arman Tsarukyan
145 — Ilia Topuria
M135 — Umar Nurmagomedov
M125 — Brandon Royval
W135 — Mayra Bueno Silva
W125 — Karine Silva (U)
115 — Weili Zhang (C)

Ben Duffy

265 — Sergei Pavlovich
205 — Azamat Murzakanov (U)
185 — Sean Strickland
170 — Shavkat Rakhmonov
155 — Michael Chandler
145 — Edson Barboza (U)
M135 — Aljamain Sterling
M125 — Alexandre Pantoja (C)
W135 — Raquel Pennington
W125 — Rose Namajunas (U)
115 — Xiaonan Yan

Jay Pettry

265 — Alexander Volkov
205 — Jiri Prochazka
185 — Israel Adesanya (C)
170 — Leon Edwards (C)
155 — Islam Makhachev (C)
145 — Max Holloway
M135 — Marlon Vera
M125 — Tatsuro Taira (U)
W135 — Macy Chiasson (U)
W125 — Erin Blanchfield
115 — Mackenzie Dern

Keith Shillan

265 — Tom Aspinall
205 — Magomed Ankalaev
185 — Bo Nickal (U)
170 — Ian Garry
155 — Grant Dawson
145 — Alexander Volkanovski (C)
M135 — Sean O'Malley (C)
M125 — Manel Kape
W135 — Germaine de Randamie (U)
W125 — Valentina Shevchenko
115 — Tatiana Suarez