| Collard vs. Martinez |
Junior vs. Souto |
Aubin-Mercier vs. Manfio |
Price vs. Stephens |
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| MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 90-50 |
 Collard (91%) |
 Junior (90%) |
 Manfio (61%) |
 Stephens (85%) |
| Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 95-50  2018 Champion |
Collard |
Junior |
Manfio |
 Price |
| Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 94-51 2014 Champion |
Collard |
Junior |
Manfio |
Stephens |
| Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 92-53 |
Collard |
Junior |
Manfio |
Stephens |
| Simon Samano @SJSamano 91-54 |
Collard |
Junior |
Manfio |
Stephens |
| Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 91-54 |
Collard |
Junior |
 Aubin-Mercier |
Stephens |
| Matthew Wells @MrMWells 90-55 |
Collard |
Junior |
Manfio |
Stephens |
| Nolan King @mma_kings 87-58 |
Collard |
Junior |
Manfio |
Stephens |
| Brian Garcia @thegoze 87-58 2017 Champion |
Collard |
Junior |
Manfio |
Stephens |
| Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 86-59 |
Collard |
Junior |
Manfio |
Stephens |
| George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 80-65 |
Collard |
Junior |
Manfio |
Stephens |
| Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 72-73 |
Collard |
Junior |
Manfio |
Stephens |
The PFL is back with the start of its second regular season fights in the lightweight and light heavyweight divisions.
PFL 2022, Week 4 takes place Friday at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. The main card airs on ESPN following prelims on ESPN+.
(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)
In the main event, [autotag]Clay Collard[/autotag] (21-9) takes on [autotag]Alex Martinez[/autotag] (9-2) at lightweight. Collard and Martinez each have 3 points in the standings from decision wins in their first fights. Collard is about a 2-1 favorite, and he’s one of two unanimous picks on the main card from our 11 of our editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers.
In the co-feature, [autotag]Antonio Carlos Junior[/autotag] (14-5) will try to build on his 6 points from earlier in the season when he takes on [autotag]Bruce Souto[/autotag] (15-4) at light heavyweight. Junior is our other unanimous pick at 11-0.
Also on the main card, [autotag]Olivier Aubin-Mercier[/autotag] (14-5) meets 2021 lightweight season winner [autotag]Raush Manfio[/autotag] (16-3). And though Aubin-Mercier is as much as a 2-1 favorite at some online sportsbooks, it’s Manfio who has a near-unanimous picks lead at 10-1.
And to open the main card, we have another near-unanimous pick in [autotag]Jeremy Stephens[/autotag] (28-20). He’ll try for his first points of the season when he takes on [autotag]Myles Price[/autotag] (11-8) at lightweight. Stephens has a 10-1 picks lead.
In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Collard (91 percent), Junior (90 percent), Manfio (61 percent) and Stephens (85 percent) are the choices.
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