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MMAjunkie reader predictions: Make your picks for UFC on ESPN 1 in Phoenix

We want your predictions for Sunday’s UFC on ESPN 1 event in Phoenix.

Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMAjunkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).

Those MMAjunkie MMA reader consensus picks will be part of the UFC on ESPN 1 staff picks we release Friday ahead of the event. UFC on ESPN 1 takes place Sunday at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix. The event airs on ESPN following early prelims on ESPN+.

Make your picks for all six main-card fights inside:

Myles Jury

Andre Fili vs. Myles Jury

Records: Andre Fili (18-6 MMA, 6-5 UFC), Myles Jury (17-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC)
Past five: Fili 3-2, Jury 2-3
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 02.11.19): Jury -190, Fili +155

Bryan Barberena vs. Vicente Luque

Records: Bryan Barberena (14-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC), Vicente Luque (14-6-1 MMA, 7-2 UFC)
Past five: Barberena 3-2, Luque 4-1
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 02.11.19): Luque -375, Barberena +285

Alex Caceres vs. Kron Gracie

Records: Alex Caceres (14-11 MMA, 9-9 UFC), Kron Gracie 4-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
Past five: Caceres 2-3, Gracie 4-0
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 02.11.19): Gracie -350, Caceres +265

Cynthia Calvillo vs. Cortney Casey

Records: Cynthia Calvillo (7-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC), Cortney Casey (8-6 MMA, 4-5 UFC)
Past five: Calvillo 4-1, Casey 2-3
Division: Women’s strawweight
Rankings: Calvillo No. 10, Casey honorable mention
Odds (as of 02.11.19): Calvillo -280, Casey +220

James Vick

Paul Felder vs. James Vick

Records: Paul Felder (15-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC), James Vick (13-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC)
Past five: Felder 3-2, Vick 4-1
Division: Lightweight
Rankings: Vick No. 11, Felder No. 14
Odds (as of 02.11.19): Vick -135, Felder +105

Francis Ngannou vs. Cain Velasquez

Records: Francis Ngannou (12-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC), Cain Velasquez (14-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC)
Past five: Ngannou 3-2, Velasquez 4-1
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: Ngannou No. 6
Odds (as of 02.11.19): Velasquez -225, Ngannou +175

Next page: Full UFC on ESPN 1 fight card

MAIN CARD (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET)

  • Francis Ngannou vs. Cain Velasquez
  • Paul Felder vs. James Vick
  • Cynthia Calvillo vs. Cortney Casey
  • Alex Caceres vs. Kron Gracie
  • Bryan Barberena vs. Vicente Luque
  • Andre Fili vs. Myles Jury

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, 7 p.m. ET)

  • Jimmie Rivera vs. Aljamain Sterling
  • Manny Bermudez vs. Benito Lopez
  • Ashlee Evans-Smith vs. Andrea Lee
  • Scott Holtzman vs. Nik Lentz

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 5:30 p.m. ET)

  • Jodie Esquibel vs. Jessica Penne
  • Renan Barao vs. Luke Sanders
  • Alexandra Albu vs. Emily Whitmire

For more on UFC on ESPN 1, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.

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