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| Aldo vs. Holloway |
Gadelha vs. Kowalkiewicz |
Belfort vs. Marquardt |
Bamgbose vs. Borrachinha |
Medeiros vs. Silva |
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| MMAjunkie readers’ consensus picks 2017: 45-33 |
 Holloway (51%) |
 Kowalkiewicz (52%) |
 Belfort (56%) |
 Borrachinha (61%) |
 Silva (51%) |
| Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2017: 52-26 |
Holloway |
 Gadelha |
Belfort |
Borrachinha |
Silva |
| Simon Samano @SJSamano 2017: 49-29 |
Holloway |
Gadelha |
Belfort |
Borrachinha |
 Medeiros |
| Dann Stupp @DannStupp 2017: 47-25  2015 Champion |
 Aldo |
Gadelha |
Belfort |
Borrachinha |
Silva |
| Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2017: 47-31 2016 Champion |
Holloway |
Gadelha |
 Marquardt |
Borrachinha |
Medeiros |
| Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2017: 45-33 2014 Champion |
Holloway |
Gadelha |
Belfort |
Borrachinha |
Medeiros |
| Brian Garcia @thegoze 2017: 45-33 |
Aldo |
Gadelha |
Belfort |
Borrachinha |
Silva |
| Fernanda Prates @nandaprates_ 2017: 45-33 |
Aldo |
Gadelha |
Belfort |
Borrachinha |
Medeiros |
| Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven 2017: 45-33 |
Aldo |
Gadelha |
Belfort |
Borrachinha |
Medeiros |
| George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2017: 42-36 |
Holloway |
Gadelha |
Belfort |
Borrachinha |
Medeiros |
| John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2017: 38-40 |
Holloway |
Gadelha |
Belfort |
Borrachinha |
Silva |
(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)
The UFC returns to Brazil on Saturday for UFC 212, which features a featherweight title-unification fight at the top of the card.
UFC 212 takes place Saturday at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, and the main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.
In the main event, featherweight champion Jose Aldo (26-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) is a narrow 6-4 choice over interim titleholder Max Holloway (17-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC).
Also on the card, Claudia Gadelha (14-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) is the unanimous choice over fellow strawweight co-headliner Karolina Kowalkiewicz (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC), and Paulo Borrachinha (9-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is the 10-0 pick over middleweight Oluwale Bamgbose (6-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC).
Additionally, Vitor Belfort (25-13 MMA, 14-10 UFC) is a 9-1 pick over fellow middleweight vet Nate Marquardt (35-17-2 MMA, 13-10 UFC), and Yancy Medeiros (13-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC) is the 6-4 choice over fellow welterweight Erick Silva (19-7 MMA, 7-6 UFC).
In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Holloway, Kowalkiewicz, Belfort, Borrachinha and Silva are the choices, though the results were awfully close.
Check out all the picks above.
And for more on UFC 212, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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