{"id":100552,"date":"2016-03-22T08:33:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T13:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=100552"},"modified":"2016-03-22T08:33:28","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T13:33:28","slug":"middle-earth-march-madness-round-2-bracket-vote-vote-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2016\/03\/22\/100552-middle-earth-march-madness-round-2-bracket-vote-vote-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle-earth March Madness \u2013 Round 2 Bracket \u2013 Vote Vote Vote!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd2.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-100553 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Middle-earth March Madness Round 2 is here! With 1000+ votes for each match-up, some of our first round match-ups came down to just 5 votes! <\/p>\n<p>In the Beauty Bracket, and with the biggest upset of the tournament so far, (1) Goldberry was beaten by the (16) Feanor! In the Brains Bracket, (6) Gwaihir managed to hold off (11) Turgon. In the Brawn Bracket, the battle of the dwarves was won by (11) Gimli when he took down (7) Dwalin. And in the Baddies Bracket, (3) Smaug decimated (14) Lurtz. <\/p>\n<p>Round 2 has its share of interesting match-ups &#8211; what are your favorites?<\/p>\n<p>Voting in Round 2 will remain open until <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">March 26th<\/span> at 10pm ET. At that point, we\u2019ll calculate the winners and post the next round on <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">March 27th<\/span>. Follow after the break for a complete bracket image (<a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd2.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\">download it<\/a>), and to vote on all of our Round 2 match-ups! [<a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"no-lazyload\">Round 2 Bracket<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"no-lazyload\">Round 1 Bracket<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><strong>Beauties &#8211; Round 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>March 22nd &#8211; March 26th 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\"><a id=\"pd_a_9357720\"><\/a><div class=\"CSS_Poll PDS_Poll\" id=\"PDI_container9357720\" style=\"\"><\/div><div id=\"PD_superContainer\"><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/polldaddy.com\/p\/9357720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take Our Poll<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\"><a id=\"pd_a_9357727\"><\/a><div class=\"CSS_Poll PDS_Poll\" id=\"PDI_container9357727\" style=\"\"><\/div><div id=\"PD_superContainer\"><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/polldaddy.com\/p\/9357727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take Our Poll<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; 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Round 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>March 22nd &#8211; March 26th 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\"><a id=\"pd_a_9357739\"><\/a><div class=\"CSS_Poll PDS_Poll\" id=\"PDI_container9357739\" style=\"\"><\/div><div id=\"PD_superContainer\"><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/polldaddy.com\/p\/9357739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take Our Poll<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\"><a id=\"pd_a_9357745\"><\/a><div class=\"CSS_Poll PDS_Poll\" id=\"PDI_container9357745\" style=\"\"><\/div><div id=\"PD_superContainer\"><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/polldaddy.com\/p\/9357745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take Our Poll<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\"><a id=\"pd_a_9357746\"><\/a><div class=\"CSS_Poll PDS_Poll\" id=\"PDI_container9357746\" style=\"\"><\/div><div id=\"PD_superContainer\"><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/polldaddy.com\/p\/9357746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take Our Poll<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; 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