There’s are a pair of big events this weekend in the form of NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka & UFC 221.
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka is headlined by an IWGP Heavyweight Title Match as Kazuchika Okada defends against Sanada , while UFC 221 is headlined by a bout for the vacant UFC Interim Middleweight Title as Luke Rockhold faces Yoel Romero.
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka
(Note: I apologize for having the NJPW The New Beginning picks up later than the event itself, but my computer crashed three times yesterday and I didn’t have enough time left to get the picks up before the show.)
IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Sanada
Picking Okada: David Tees, Sean Ross Sapp, Kyler James, Pat Fannin, John Moorehouse, Bryan Rose, James Lynch, Mike Straw & Jeremy Lambert
Picking Sanada:
Final Tally: Okada (9) – Sanada (0)
IWGP NEVER Openweight Title Match: Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Evil
Picking Goto: Sean Ross Sapp, Kyler James, Pat Fannin, John Moorehouse, Bryan Rose, James Lynch, Mike Straw & Jeremy Lambert
Picking Evil: David Tees
Final Tally: Goto (8) – Evil (1)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi
Picking Ospreay: Sean Ross Sapp, Kyler James, Pat Fannin, John Moorehouse, Bryan Rose, James Lynch & Jeremy Lambert
Picking Takahashi: David Tees & Mike Straw
Final Tally: Ospreay (7) – Takahashi (2)
Katsuya Kitamura Best Of Seven Series Match #6: Katsuya Kitamura vs. Yuji Nagata
(Note: Bryan Rose & James Lynch didn’t make a pick for this match.)
Picking Kitamura: Sean Ross Sapp, Kyler James & Mike Straw
Picking Nagata: David Tees, Pat Fannin, John Moorehouse & Jeremy Lambert
Final Tally: Kitamura (3) – Nagata (4)
Special Singles Match: Yoshi-Hashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
Picking Yoshi-Hashi:
Picking Naito: David Tees, Sean Ross Sapp, Kyler James, Pat Fannin, John Moorehouse, Bryan Rose, James Lynch, Mike Straw & Jeremy Lambert
Final Tally: Yoshi-Hashi (0) – Naito (9)
Special Singles Match: Gedo vs. Bushi
Picking Gedo: Pat Fannin
Picking Bushi: David Tees, Sean Ross Sapp, Kyler James, John Moorehouse, Bryan Rose, James Lynch, Mike Straw & Jeremy Lambert
Final Tally: Gedo (1) – Bushi (8)
Toa Henare, David Finlay & Juice Robinson vs. Chaos (Jay White, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii)
Picking Henare/Finlay/Robinson:
Picking Chaos: David Tees, Sean Ross Sapp, Kyler James, Pat Fannin, John Moorehouse, Bryan Rose, James Lynch, Mike Straw & Jeremy Lambert
Final Tally: Henare/Finlay/Robinson (0) – Chaos (9)
Ryusuke Taguchi, Kushida, Michael Elgin & Togi Makabe vs. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, Taka Michinoku & Taichi)
Picking Kushida/Elgin/Taguchi/Makabe: Sean Ross Sapp & John Moorehouse
Picking Suzuki-Gun: David Tees, Kyler James, Pat Fannin, Bryan Rose, James Lynch, Mike Straw & Jeremy Lambert
Final Tally: Kushida/Elgin/Taguchi/Makabe (2) – Suzuki-Gun (7)
Roppongi 3K (Sho & Yoh) vs. Suzuki-Gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desparado)
Picking Roppongi 3K: David Tees, Sean Ross Sapp, Kyler James, Pat Fannin, John Moorehouse, Mike Straw & Jeremy Lambert
Picking Suzuki-Gun: Bryan Rose & James Lynch
Final Tally: Roppongi 3K (2) – Suzuki-Gun (7)
UFC 221
UFC Interim Middleweight Title Decision Fight: #1 Yoel Romero vs. #2 Luke Rockhold
Picking Romero: John Moorehouse & Bryan Rose
Picking Rockhold: David Tees, Sean Ross Sapp, Kyler James, Pat Fannin, James Lynch, Mike Straw & Jeremy Lambert
Final Tally: Romero (2) – Rockhold (7)
#5 Mark Hunt vs. #9 Curtis Blaydes
Picking Hunt: Kyler James, Bryan Rose, Mike Straw & Jeremy Lambert
Picking Blaydes: David Tees, Sean Ross Sapp, Pat Fannin, John Moorehouse & James Lynch
Final Tally: Hunt (4) – Blaydes (5)
Tai Tuivasa vs. Cyril Asker
Picking Tuivasa: David Tees, Sean Ross Sapp, Pat Fannin, John Moorehouse & James Lynch
Picking Asker: Kyler James, Bryan Rose, Mike Straw & Jeremy Lambert
Final Tally: Tuivasa (5) – Asker (4)
Jake Matthews vs. Li Jingliang
Picking Matthews: Sean Ross Sapp, Kyler James, Pat Fannin, Mike Straw & Jeremy Lambert
Picking Jingliang: David Tees, John Moorehouse, Bryan Rose & James Lynch
Final Tally: Matthews (5) – Jingliang (4)
#13 Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov
Picking Pedro: David Tees, Sean Ross Sapp, Kyler James, Pat Fannin, John Moorehouse, Bryan Rose, James Lynch, Mike Straw & Jeremy Lambert
Picking Safarov:
Final Tally: Pedro (9) – Safarov (0)
Do you agree or disagree with what the Fightful staff picks for the event, then share your thoughts in the comments section below.
