by Chris Asbrock

The UFC kicks off 2016 with what is set up to be a solid fight card. The UFC will surely do big business once again this year and will build off the momentum from an incredible last few months. Two days into 2016 and we feature a card with a title fight and another fight with title implecations. Myself and Jin Kim make our picks for the first major card this year.

Abel Trujillo (12-7) vs Tony Sims (12-3) 

Chris’ Pick: Sims
Jin’s Pick: Sims

Brian Ortega (9-0) vs Diego Brandao (20-10)

Chris’ Pick: Ortega
Jin’s Pick: Ortega

Lorenz Larkin (16-4) vs Albert Tumenov (16-2)

Chris’ Pick: Larkin
Jin’s Pick: Larkin

Andrei Arlovski (25-10) vs Stipe Miocic (13-2)

Chris’ Pick: Miocic
Jin’s Pick: Miocic

Robbie Lawler (26-10) vs Carlos Condit (30-8)

Chris’ Pick: Condit
Jin’s Pick: Lawler

Preliminary fights:

Sheldon Westcott (8-3-1) vs Edgar Garcia (14-4)
Joe Soto (15-4) vs Michinori Tanaka (10-1)
Dustin Poirier (18-4) vs Joseph Duffy (14-1)
Scott Holtzman (8-0) vs Drew Dober (15-7)
Nina Ansaroff (6-4) vs Justine Kish (4-0)
Alex Morono (11-3) vs Kyle Noke (22-7-1)
Michael McDonald (16-3) vs Masanori Kanehara (25-12-5)

Chris Asbrock is a staff writer and analyst for FTI Sports and can be followed on Twitter  and