UFC Fight Night 211 predictions: Four unanimous picks and two blowouts in Las Vegas

Check out our staff members’ picks for the UFC Fight Night 211 main card, which features Mackenzie Dern vs. Yan Xiaonan at strawweight.

Dern
vs.
Xiaonan
Brown
vs.
Trinaldo
Barcelos
vs.
Jones
Shainis
vs.
Yusuff
Castaneda
vs.
Santos
Borschev
vs.
Davis
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
154-93
dern2022
Dern
(77%)
brown2022
Brown
(77%)
barcelos2022
Barcelos
(80%)
yusuff2022
Yusuff
(90%)
castaneda2022
Castaneda
(76%)
davis2022
Davis
(66%)
Ken Hathaway
@kenshathaway
165-87
trophy copy 2018 Champion
dern2022
Dern
brown2022
Brown
barcelos2022
Barcelos
yusuff2022
Yusuff
castaneda2022
Castaneda
davis2022
Davis
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
161-91
dern2022
Dern
brown2022
Brown
barcelos2022
Barcelos
yusuff2022
Yusuff
castaneda2022
Castaneda
davis2022
Davis
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohn
159-93
trophy copy 2014 Champion
dern2022
Dern
brown2022
Brown
barcelos2022
Barcelos
yusuff2022
Yusuff
castaneda2022
Castaneda
borschev2022
Borschev
Matthew Wells
@MrMWells
157-95
dern2022
Dern
brown2022
Brown
barcelos2022
Barcelos
yusuff2022
Yusuff
castaneda2022
Castaneda
davis2022
Davis
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
156-96
dern2022
Dern
brown2022
Brown
barcelos2022
Barcelos
yusuff2022
Yusuff
castaneda2022
Castaneda
davis2022
Davis
Matt Erickson
@MMAjunkieMatt
155-97
dern2022
Dern
brown2022
Brown
barcelos2022
Barcelos
yusuff2022
Yusuff
castaneda2022
Castaneda
borschev2022
Borschev
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
155-97
dern2022
Dern
brown2022
Brown
barcelos2022
Barcelos
yusuff2022
Yusuff
castaneda2022
Castaneda
borschev2022
Borschev
Nolan King
@mma_kings
148-104
dern2022
Dern
brown2022
Brown
barcelos2022
Barcelos
yusuff2022
Yusuff
castaneda2022
Castaneda
davis2022
Davis
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
147-105
trophy copy 2017 Champion
dern2022
Dern
brown2022
Brown
barcelos2022
Barcelos
yusuff2022
Yusuff
castaneda2022
Castaneda
davis2022
Davis
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
138-114
dern2022
Dern
brown2022
Brown
barcelos2022
Barcelos
yusuff2022
Yusuff
castaneda2022
Castaneda
davis2022
Davis
Danny Segura
@dannyseguratv
123-128
dern2022
Dern
trinaldo2022
Trinaldo
barcelos2022
Barcelos
yusuff2022
Yusuff
castaneda2022
Castaneda
davis2022
Davis

The UFC is back on its home turf after a week off, and a pair of women’s strawweight contenders headline the card.

UFC Fight Night 211 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, [autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag] (12-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) takes on [autotag]Yan Xiaonan[/autotag] (15-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) at 115 pounds. Dern is a -240 favorite at Tipico Sportsbook; the comeback on Xiaonan is +180. Our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers have Dern as one of four unanimous picks on the main card at 11-0.

The co-main event features [autotag]Randy Brown[/autotag] (15-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) vs. [autotag]Francisco Trinaldo[/autotag] (28-8 MMA, 18-7 UFC) at welterweight. Brown is a -350 favorite, but he’s not unanimous. One of our pickers is taking Trinaldo to pull off the upset.

Also on the main card, [autotag]Raoni Barcelos[/autotag] (16-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) meets [autotag]Trevin Jones[/autotag] (13-8 MMA, 1-2 UFC) in a bantamweight bout. Barcelos is a -260 favorite and one of our four unanimous picks.

UFC newcomer [autotag]Don Shainis[/autotag] (12-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will have a tough task on his hands for his promotional debut when he meets [autotag]Sodiq Yusuff[/autotag] (12-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) at featherweight. Yusuff is the biggest favorite on the card at 11-1, and not surprisingly is a unanimous pick from our staff members.

Our fourth unanimous nod is [autotag]John Castaneda[/autotag] (19-5 MMA, 2-1 UFC) in his fight against [autotag]Daniel Santos[/autotag] (9-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC), which will take place at a contracted 140-pound catchweight. Castaneda is the smallest favorite on the man card at -190, but he pitched an 11-0 shutout in the picks.

And to open the main card, we have our most contentious bout from a picks standpoint. [autotag]Viacheslav Borshchev[/autotag] (6-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) takes on [autotag]Mike Davis[/autotag] (9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) at lightweight. Davis is a 2-1 favorite at the betting window and has a big 8-3 lead in the picks.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Dern (77 percent), Brown (77 percent), Barcelos (80 percent), Yusuff (90 percent), Castaneda (76 percent) and Davis (66 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

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