| Vieira vs. Tate |
Brady vs. Chiesa |
Kang vs. Yahya |
Santos vs. Wood |
Grant vs. Yanez |
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| MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2021: 197-107 |
 Tate (71%) |
 Chiesa (56%) |
 Yahya (58%) |
 Santos (63%) |
 Yanez (77%) |
| John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2021: 201-103 |
Tate |
Chiesa |
 Kang |
Santos |
Yanez |
| Simon Samano @SJSamano 2021: 194-110 |
Tate |
 Brady |
Kang |
Santos |
Yanez |
| Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2021: 191-113  2014 Champion |
Tate |
Chiesa |
Kang |
Santos |
Yanez |
| Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2021: 189-115 |
Tate |
Chiesa |
Yahya |
Santos |
Yanez |
| Nolan King @mma_kings 2021: 188-116 |
Tate |
Brady |
Kang |
Santos |
Yanez |
| Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2021: 187-117 2020 Champion |
Tate |
Brady |
Kang |
Santos |
Yanez |
| Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2021: 183-121 |
Tate |
Chiesa |
Yahya |
Santos |
Yanez |
| Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2021: 182-122 2018 Champion |
Tate |
Chiesa |
Kang |
Santos |
Yanez |
| George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2021: 177-127 |
Tate |
Chiesa |
Yahya |
 Wood |
Yanez |
| Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2021: 176-128 |
Tate |
Brady |
Yahya |
Santos |
Yanez |
| Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2021: 176-128 |
Tate |
Chiesa |
Kang |
Santos |
Yanez |
| Brian Garcia @thegoze 2021: 176-128 2017 Champion |
Tate |
Brady |
Kang |
Santos |
Yanez |
| Matthew Wells @MrMWells 2021: 118-70 |
Tate |
Chiesa |
Kang |
Santos |
Yanez |
The UFC stays in Las Vegas this week with a former champion at the top of the lineup.
UFC Fight Night 198 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.
(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)
In the main event, former women’s bantamweight champion [autotag]Miesha Tate[/autotag] (19-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC) takes on [autotag]Ketlen Vieira[/autotag] (11-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC). Vieira is a slight -120 favorite at Tipico; the comeback on Tate is -105. But not a single one of our 13 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers is picking against Tate.
In the co-feature, [autotag]Sean Brady[/autotag] (14-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) takes on [autotag]Michael Chiesa[/autotag] (17-5 MMA, 11-5 UFC) at welterweight. Brady is a -175 favorite, but it’s Chiesa who has an 8-5 lead in the picks.
Also on the main card, [autotag]Kyung Ho Kang[/autotag] (17-8 MMA, 6-2 UFC) meets [autotag]Rani Yahya[/autotag] (27-10-1 MMA, 12-4-1 UFC) in a bantamweight bout. The fight nearly is a pick’em with Kang at -115 to -110 for Yahya. But Kang has a big 9-4 lead from our staff members.
[autotag]Taila Santos[/autotag] (18-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) is the biggest favorite on the main card at -380 in her women’s flyweight bout against [autotag]Joanne Wood[/autotag] (15-6 MMA, 7-6 UFC) – formerly Joanne Calderwood. Only one of our pickers is taking Wood in an upset.
And to open the main card, [autotag]Adrian Yanez[/autotag] (14-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is our second unanimous pick in his bantamweight bout against [autotag]Davey Grant[/autotag] (11-5 MMA, 4-4 UFC). Yanez is a big -320 favorite at the betting window.
In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Tate (71 percent), Chiesa (56 percent), Yahya (58 percent), Santos (63 percent) and Yanez (77 percent) are the choices.
Check out all the picks above.
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