| Oliveira vs. Poirier |
Nunes vs. Pena |
Neal vs. Ponzinibbio |
Garbrandt vs. Kara-France |
O’Malley vs. Paiva |
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| MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2021: 203-116 |
 Poirier (63%) |
 Nunes (87%) |
 Ponzinibbio (66%) |
 Garbrandt (53%) |
 O’Malley (82%) |
| John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2021: 207-112 |
Poirier |
Nunes |
Ponzinibbio |
Garbrandt |
O’Malley |
| Simon Samano @SJSamano 2021: 204-115 |
 Oliveira |
Nunes |
Ponzinibbio |
Garbrandt |
O’Malley |
| Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2021: 198-121 |
Poirier |
Nunes |
Ponzinibbio |
Garbrandt |
O’Malley |
| Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2021: 197-122  2014 Champion |
Poirier |
Nunes |
 Neal |
 Kara-France |
O’Malley |
| Nolan King @mma_kings 2021: 196-123 |
Poirier |
Nunes |
Neal |
Garbrandt |
O’Malley |
| Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2021: 194-125 2020 Champion |
Oliveira |
Nunes |
Ponzinibbio |
Kara-France |
O’Malley |
| Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2021: 191-128 |
Poirier |
Nunes |
Ponzinibbio |
Garbrandt |
O’Malley |
| Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2021: 187-132 2018 Champion |
Oliveira |
Nunes |
Neal |
Garbrandt |
O’Malley |
| Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2021: 186-133 |
Poirier |
Nunes |
Neal |
Garbrandt |
O’Malley |
| George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2021: 185-134 |
Poirier |
Nunes |
Ponzinibbio |
Garbrandt |
O’Malley |
| Brian Garcia @thegoze 2021: 184-135 2017 Champion |
Poirier |
Nunes |
Ponzinibbio |
Kara-France |
O’Malley |
| Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2021: 183-136 |
Poirier |
Nunes |
Ponzinibbio |
Garbrandt |
O’Malley |
| Matthew Wells @MrMWells 2021: 124-79 |
Poirier |
Nunes |
Neal |
Garbrandt |
O’Malley |
The final UFC pay-per-view of the year goes down Saturday in Las Vegas with a pair of title fights atop the card.
UFC 269 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 ESPN+.
(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)
In the main event, [autotag]Charles Oliveira[/autotag] (31-8 MMA, 19-8 UFC) puts his lightweight title on the line for the first time against former interim champ [autotag]Dustin Poirier[/autotag] (28-6 MMA, 20-5 UFC). Poirier is a -150 favorite at Tipico; the comeback on Oliveira is +120. Our 13 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are taking the challenger at a big 10-3 margin.
In the co-feature, women’s bantamweight and featherweight champ [autotag]Amanda Nunes[/autotag] (21-4 MMA, 14-1 UFC) puts her 135-pound title up against challenger [autotag]Julianna Pena[/autotag] (10-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC). Nunes is a massive 10-1 favorite, and she’s one of two unanimous picks from our staff members.
Also on the main card, [autotag]Geoff Neal[/autotag] (13-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) meets [autotag]Santiago Ponzinibbio[/autotag] (28-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) in a welterweight fight. Ponzinibbio is a slight favorite at -135, and he’s got an 8-5 edge in the picks.
Former bantamweight titleholder [autotag]Cody Garbrandt[/autotag] (12-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) makes his long-awaited flyweight debut against [autotag]Kai Kara-France[/autotag] (22-9 MMA, 5-2 UFC). Garbrandt is just a -145 favorite, but he’s got a big 10-3 lead from our pickers.
And to open the main card, [autotag]Sean O’Malley[/autotag] (14-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) is our second unanimous pick in his bantamweight fight against [autotag]Raulian Paiva[/autotag] (21-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC). O’Malley is the second biggest favorite on the main card at -340 and has a 13-0 picks shutout.
In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Poirier (63 percent), Nunes (87 percent), Ponzinibbio (66 percent), Garbrandt (53 percent) and O’Malley (82 percent) are the choices.
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