Staff picks are in for ONE Championship‘s second card of 2019, ONE Championship: Hero’s Ascent. The fight card takes place Friday in Manila and will feature the first trilogy fight in the history of the company.
The Fights
ONE Championship: Hero’s Ascent is headlined by the highly anticipated trilogy fight between current flyweight champion Geje Eustaquio and former champion Adriano Moraes. The winner could potentially be facing promotional newcomer Demetrious Johnson for their next title defense. Also on the card, ONE Championship’s first lightweight champion Honorio Banario will face off with Lowen Tyanes in the first fight of the lightweight grand prix. The flyweight bout between Danny Kingad and Tatsumitsu Wada is bound to be a great fight. Kingad is 6-1 in the promotion with his only loss coming to Moraes. Wada is a former DEEP champion and is one of the top flyweight fighters in Japan. Rounding out our picks is a middleweight bout between submission artists Reinier de Ridder and Rong Fan
The winner of staff picks in the 2019 calendar year will have the choice to either be awarded a customized championship belt from ProAmBelts, are a customized championship chain from Championship Chains. 2018’s winner was Michael DeSantis, who finished the year with a record of 202-101.
Staff Pick Standings After UFC on ESPN+1
Mike Skytte: 7-3
Jeremy Brand: 6-4
Wesley Riddle: 6-4
Michael DeSantis: 6-4
Ryan Wagner: 6-4
Brian Gerson: 6-4
Ed Gallo: 5-5
Connor Deitrich: 4-6
Omar Villagrana: 4-6
Patrick Auger: 4-6
Justin Pierrot: 4-6
Mitch Banuelos: 4-6
Suraj Sukumar: 4-6
Matt Bricker: 2-8
Sasha Moksyakov: 0-0
Steven Rae: 0-0
Staff Picks
Reinier de Ridder (9-0) vs Rong Fan (10-1)
Jeremy Brand: Fan via UD
Wesley Riddle: de Ridder via Round 2 TKO
Mike Skytte: de Ridder via UD
Justin Pierrot: Fan via Round 3 TKO
Michael DeSantis: de Ridder via Round 1 SUB
Ryan Wagner: Fan via UD
Mitch Banuelos: Fan via UD
Ed Gallo: Fan via UD
Omar Villagrana: Fan via UD
Brian Gerson: Fan via SD
Matt Bricker: Fan via UD
Connor Deitrich: de Ridder via Round 2 SUB
Patrick Auger: Fan via UD
Sasha Moksyakov: Fan via UD
Staff picking de Ridder: 4
Staff picking Fan: 10
Danny Kingad (8-1) vs Tatsumitsu Wada (20-9-2)
Jeremy Brand: Kingad via Round 2 TKO
Wesley Riddle: Wada via UD
Mike Skytte: Wada via Round 3 SUB
Justin Pierrot: Kingad via UD
Michael DeSantis: Kingad via UD
Ryan Wagner: Kingad via UD
Mitch Banuelos: Kingad via UD
Ed Gallo: Wada via Round 2 KO
Omar Villagrana: Kingad via UD
Brian Gerson: Kingad via Round 1 KO
Matt Bricker: Kingad via UD
Connor Deitrich: Kingad via UD
Patrick Auger: Kingad via UD
Sasha Moksyakov: Kingad via UD
Staff Picking Kingad: 11
Staff Picking Wada: 3
Honorio Banario (14-7) vs Lowen Tynanes (9-0)
Jeremy Brand: Banario via Round 1 TKO
Wesley Riddle: Tynanes via Round 1 SUB
Mike Skytte: Banario via Round 2 TKO
Justin Pierrot: Tynanes via SD
Michael DeSantis: Tynanes via UD
Ryan Wagner: Tynanes via UD
Mitch Banuelos: Banario via Round 2 TKO
Ed Gallo: Banario via UD
Omar Villagrana: Banario via UD
Brian Gerson: Banario via Round 2 TKO
Matt Bricker: Tynanes via UD
Connor Deitrich: Banario via Round 2 TKO
Patrick Auger: Banario via UD
Sasha Moksyakov: Banario via UD
Staff Picking Banario: 9
Staff Picking Tynanes: 5
Geje Eustaquio (11-6) vs Adriano Moraes (17-3)
Jeremy Brand: Eustaquio via UD
Wesley Riddle: Moraes via SD
Mike Skytte: Eustaquio via UD
Justin Pierrot: Eustaquio via UD
Michael DeSantis: Moraes via UD
Ryan Wagner: Moraes via UD
Mitch Banuelos: Eustaquio via UD
Ed Gallo: Eustaquio via UD
Omar Villagrana: Eustaquio via UD
Brian Gerson: Eustaquio via UD
Matt Bricker: Eustaquio via UD
Connor Deitrich: Eustaquio via UD
Patrick Auger: Moraes via UD
Sasha Moksyakov: Moraes via UD
Staff picking Eustaquio: 9
Staff Picking Moraes: 5
