The UFC stays in its Las Vegas home base this week with lightweight and featherweight contenders atop the lineup.
UFC Fight Night 228 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The event streams on ESPN+.
(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)
Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.
Records: Jourdain (14-6-1 MMA, 5-5-1 UFC), Ramos (16-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC)
Division: Featherweight
Betting odds: Jourdain (-140), Ramos (+120)
Junkie pick results: Ramos 6, Jourdain 5
Records: Battle (9-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC), Fletcher (10-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC)
Division: Welterweight
Betting odds: Battle (-185), Fletcher (+155)
Junkie pick results: Battle 11-0
Records: Rodriguez (16-3-2 MMA, 6-3-2 UFC), Waterson-Gomez (18-11 MMA, 6-7 UFC)
Division: Women’s strawweight
Betting odds: Rodriguez (-310), Waterson-Gomez (+250)
Junkie pick results: Rodriguez 11-0
Records: Ige (17-6 MMA, 9-5 UFC), Mitchell (15-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC)
Division: Featherweight
Betting odds: Mitchell (-200), Ige (+165)
Junkie pick results: Ige 9, Mitchell 2
Records: Fiziev (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC), Gamrot (22-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC)
Division: Lightweight
Betting odds: Fiziev (-155), Gamrot (+130)
Junkie pick results: Fiziev 9, Gamrot 2
Although fights on the prelims don’t count toward the standings in the MMA Junkie staff picks, we still pick each fight. Here are some key results:
The prelims produced no unanimous picks, but Tim Means (32-15-1 MMA, 14-12 UFC) has a 10-1 picks lead over Andre Fialho (16-7 MMA, 2-4 UFC) in their welterweight fight, and 10 of our 11 pickers are taking Jacob Malkoun (7-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) to beat Cody Brundage (8-5 MMA, 2-4 UFC).
Check out all the main card picks below.
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