Week 9 rankings, chat and predictions

[Certain]

Season 3

Hello, friends. Week 8 was glorious, without a doubt the highest-quality week of writing of the season. Almost everyone showed, almost everyone voted and we had several intriguing sign-ins.

Here are rankings and matchups for Week 9, with topics in bold after the second battler's name:

Championship
1. oats (8-0)
2. El Pancake (4-2) | Creative Control

Contender match
3. zygote (6-2)
4. Frank (6-2) | Let It Slide

5. Vividlyvague (5-2)
6. Just Write (3-2) | To the Death

7. Johnathan Mercy (1-0)
8. Zombie (1-0) | Bring the Pain

9. rhetoric (1-1)
10. King Ra. (4-4) | The World Is Yours

11. Mike Wrecka (3-5)
12. Smegma (0-0) | One More Chance

13. Certain (1-1)
14. timeless (4-4) | (to be determined)

15. Adonis (3-5)
16. dyedinthewool (1-2) | Ain't the Devil Happy

17. d0ubt (0-1)
18. MMLP (0-2) | Protect and Serve

19. Soulstice (0-1)
20. Split Eight (0-2) | Get It Together