We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC 248 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 248 event staff predictions we release Friday ahead of the event. UFC 248 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.
Make your picks for all five main card fights inside:
Max Griffin vs. Alex Oliveira
Records: Max Griffin (15-7 MMA, 3-5 UFC), Alex Oliveira (20-8-1 MMA, 9-6 UFC)
Past five: Griffin 2-3, Oliveira 2-3
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 03.02.20): Oliveira -150, Griffin +120
Li Jingliang vs. Neil Magny
Records: Li Jingliang (17-5 MMA, 9-3 UFC), Neil Magny (21-7 MMA, 14-6 UFC)
Past five: Jingliang 4-1, Magny 3-2
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: Jingliang honorable mention
Odds (as of 03.02.20): Jingliang -175, Magny +145
Beneil Dariush vs. Drakkar Klose
Records: Beneil Dariush (17-4-1 MMA, 11-4-1 UFC), Drakkar Klose (11-1-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC)
Past five: Dariush 3-1-1, Klose 4-1
Division: Lightweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 03.02.20): Dariush -165, Klose +135
Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Records: Zhang Weili (20-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC), Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC)
Past five: Weili 5-0, Jedrzejczyk 2-3
Division: Women’s strawweight
Rankings: Weili No. 1, No. 4 pound-for-pound; Jedrzejczyk No. 5, No. 9 pound-for-pound
Odds (as of 03.02.20): Weili -150, Jedrzejczyk +120
Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero
Records: Israel Adesanya (18-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC), Yoel Romero (13-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC)
Past five: Adesanya 5-0, Romero 2-3
Division: Middleweight
Rankings: Adesanya No. 1, No. 8 pound-for-pound; Romero No. 4
Odds (as of 03.02.20): Adesanya -270, Romero +210
Next page: Full UFC 248 fight card
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero – for middleweight title
- Champ Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk – for women’s strawweight title
- Beneil Dariush vs. Drakkar Klose
- Li Jingliang vs. Neil Magny
- Max Griffin vs. Alex Oliveira
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET)
- Sean O’Malley vs. Jose Quinonez
- Austin Hubbard vs. Mark Madsen
- Saparbek Safarov vs. Rodolfo Vieira
- Gerald Meerschaert vs. Deron Winn
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/ESPN2/ESPN+, 6:15 p.m. ET)
- Polyana Viana vs. Emily Whitmire
- Jamall Emmers vs. Giga Chikadze
- Danaa Batgerel vs. Guido Cannetti
