We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC 245 event in Las Vegas.
Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie 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 MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the UFC 245 event staff predictions we release Friday ahead of the event. UFC 245 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.
Make your picks for all five main card fights inside:
Urijah Faber vs. Petr Yan
Records: Urijah Faber (35-10 MMA, 11-6 UFC), Petr Yan (13-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC)
Past five: Faber 3-2, Yan 5-0
Division: Bantamweight
Rankings: Yan No. 4
Odds (as of 12.09.19): Yan -550, Faber +375
Jose Aldo vs. Marlon Moraes
Records: Jose Aldo (28-5 MMA, 10-4 UFC), Marlon Moraes (22-6-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC)
Past five: Aldo 3-2, Moraes 4-1
Division: Bantamweight
Rankings: Moraes No. 2, honorable mention pound-for-pound; Aldo No. 5 featherweight
Odds (as of 12.09.19): Moraes -200, Aldo +160
Amanda Nunes vs. Germaine de Randamie
Records: Amanda Nunes (18-4 MMA, 11-1 UFC), Germaine de Randamie (9-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC)
Past five: Nunes 5-0, de Randamie 5-0
Division: Women’s bantamweight
Rankings: Nunes No. 1, No. 1 pound-for-pound; de Randamie No. 3, No. 12 pound-for-pound
Odds (as of 12.09.19): Nunes -305, de Randamie +235
Max Holloway vs. Alexander Volkanovski
Records: Max Holloway (21-4 MMA, 17-4 UFC), Alexander Volkanovski (20-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC)
Past five: Holloway 4-1, Volkanovski 5-0
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: Holloway No. 1, No. 7 pound-for-pound; Volkanovski No. 3
Odds (as of 12.09.19): Holloway -175, Volkanovski +145
Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington
Records: Kamaru Usman (15-1 MMA, 10-0 UFC), Colby Covington (15-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC)
Past five: Usman 5-0, Covington 5-0
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: Usman No. 1, No. 10 pound-for-pound; Covington No. 3
Odds (as of 12.09.19): Usman -190, Covington +155
Next page: Full UFC 245 fight card
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington – for welterweight title
- Champ Max Holloway vs. Alexander Volkanovski – for featherweight title
- Champ Amanda Nunes vs. Germaine de Randamie – for women’s bantamweight title
- Jose Aldo vs. Marlon Moraes
- Urijah Faber vs. Petr Yan
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2, 8 p.m. ET)
- Geoff Neal vs. Mike Perry
- Irene Aldana vs. Ketlen Vieira
- Omari Akhmedov vs. Ian Heinisch
- Matt Brown vs. Ben Saunders
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/ESPN2/ESPN+, 6:15 p.m. ET)
- Chase Hooper vs. Daniel Teymur
- Kai Kara-France vs. Brandon Moreno
- Jessica Eye vs. Viviane Araujo
- Oskar Piechota vs. Punahele Soriano
