| Nunes vs. Spencer |
Assuncao vs. Garbrandt |
Sandhagen vs. Sterling |
Magny vs. Martin |
O’Malley vs. Wineland |
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| MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2020: 46-32 |
 Nunes (75%) |
 Garbrandt (54%) |
 Sandhagen (53%) |
 Magny (76%) |
 O’Malley (89%) |
| Nolan King @mma_kings 2020: 58-20 |
Nunes |
 Assuncao |
 Sterling |
Magny |
O’Malley |
| Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2020: 57-21 |
Nunes |
Assuncao |
Sterling |
Magny |
O’Malley |
| Simon Samano @SJSamano 2020: 55-23 |
Nunes |
Assuncao |
Sandhagen |
Magny |
O’Malley |
| Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2020: 55-23 |
Nunes |
Garbrandt |
Sandhagen |
Magny |
O’Malley |
| Simon Head @simonhead 2020: 54-24  2019 Champion* |
Nunes |
Garbrandt |
Sterling |
 Martin |
O’Malley |
| Brian Garcia @thegoze 2020: 54-24 2017 Champion |
Nunes |
Assuncao |
Sterling |
Magny |
O’Malley |
| Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2020: 53-25 2018 Champion |
Nunes |
Assuncao |
Sandhagen |
Magny |
O’Malley |
| John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2020: 53-25 |
Nunes |
Garbrandt |
Sterling |
Martin |
O’Malley |
| Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2020: 53-25 2014 Champion |
Nunes |
Garbrandt |
Sterling |
Magny |
O’Malley |
| Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2020: 52-26 |
Nunes |
Assuncao |
Sandhagen |
Magny |
O’Malley |
| Dave Doyle @davedoylemma 2020: 51-27 |
Nunes |
Assuncao |
Sandhagen |
Magny |
O’Malley |
| George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2020: 48-30 |
Nunes |
Garbrandt |
Sterling |
Magny |
O’Malley |
| Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2020: 44-34 |
Nunes |
Garbrandt |
Sterling |
Magny |
O’Malley |
| Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2020: 33-45 |
 Spencer |
Assuncao |
Sandhagen |
Magny |
 Wineland |
The UFC is back Saturday with an event headlined by arguably the greatest women’s fighter of all time.
UFC 250 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.
(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)
In the main event, women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion [autotag]Amanda Nunes[/autotag] (19-4 MMA, 12-1 UFC) puts her 145-pound title on the line for the first time against challenger [autotag]Felicia Spencer[/autotag] (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC). Nunes is the huge favorite at -650, and not surprisingly she’s a near-unanimous choice in the picks from our 14 editors, writers, videographers and radio hosts – only one of whom is picking Spencer in a major upset.
In the co-main event, [autotag]Raphael Assuncao[/autotag] (27-7 MMA, 11-4 UFC) takes on former bantamweight champion [autotag]Cody Garbrandt[/autotag] (11-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in a key contenders fight. Garbrandt is a slight favorite at -150, but it’s Assuncao with a slight 8-6 lead in the picks from our staff members.
Also on the main card, [autotag]Cory Sandhagen[/autotag] (12-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) takes on [autotag]Aljamain Sterling[/autotag] (18-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) in another important bantamweight bout. The fight is a virtual pick’em from the oddsmakers, and it’s close with our pickers, as well. Sterling has the edge at 8-6.
[autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag] (22-7 MMA, 15-6 UFC) is a -135 favorite against [autotag]Anthony Rocco Martin[/autotag] (17-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) in a welterweight fight. But despite those close odds at the sports books, Magny has a huge 12-2 lead over Martin in our picks.
And to open the main card, [autotag]Sean O’Malley[/autotag] (11-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is the second biggest favorite on the card in his fight against former WEC bantamweight champ [autotag]Eddie Wineland[/autotag] (24-13-1 MMA, 6-7 UFC). With O’Malley a -550 favorite, only one of our pickers is taking Wineland to pull off what would be the biggest upset of his career.
In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Nunes (75 percent), Garbrandt (54 percent), Sandhagen (53 percent), Magny (76 percent) and O’Malley (89 percent) are the choices.
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