UFC on ABC 5 predictions: Is anyone taking Josh Emmett over Ilia Topuria?

	Topuria vs. Emmett	Barber vs. Ribas	Lane vs. Tafa	Onama vs. Santos	Allen vs. Silva
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 95-59	Topuria (77%)	Ribas (67%)	Tafa (67%)	Santos (51%)	Allen (76%)
Matt Erickson @MattE 98-56	Topuria	Ribas	Lane	Santos	Allen
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 96-58	Topuria	Ribas	Lane	Santos	Allen
Nolan King @mma_kings 96-58	Topuria	Ribas	Lane	Onama	Allen
Simon Samano @SJSamano 94-60	Topuria	Ribas	Lane	Onama	Allen
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 92-62	Topuria	Barber	Lane	Santos	Allen
Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 90-64 2014 Champion	Topuria	Ribas	Lane	Onama	Allen
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway -89-65 2018, 2022 Champion	Topuria	Barber	Lane	Onama	Allen
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 88-66	Topuria	Ribas	Tafa	Onama	Allen
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 87-67	Emmett	Ribas	Lane	Onama	Allen
Brian Garcia @thegoze 85-69 2017 Champion	Topuria	Ribas	Tafa	Onama	Allen
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 81-73	Topuria	Ribas	Lane	Santos	Allen

The UFC returns to Florida this week with a key featherweight bout at the top of the lineup.

UFC on ABC 5 takes place Saturday at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. The main card airs on ABC following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

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In the headliner, Josh Emmett (18-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) takes on Ilia Topuria (13-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) at 145 pounds. In the co-feature, Maycee Barber (12-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) meets Amanda Ribas (11-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in a key women’s flyweight bout. In addition, Austen Lane (12-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) fights Justin Tafa (6-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) at heavyweight, David Onama (10-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) takes on Gabriel Santos (10-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at featherweight, and middleweights Brendan Allen (21-5 MMA, 9-2 UFC) and Bruno Silva (23-8 MMA, 4-2 UFC) open up the main card.

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