UFC Fight Night 214 predictions: Is anyone picking Amanda Lemos to upset Marina Rodriguez?

Check out our staff members’ picks for the UFC Fight Night 214 main card, which features Marina Rodriguez vs. Amanda Lemos.

Rodriguez
vs.
Lemos
Magny
vs.
Rodriguez
Parisian
vs.
Sherman
Maness
vs.
Ulanbekov
Dawson
vs.
Madsen
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
173-103
mrodriguez2022
M. Rodriguez
(74%)
drodriguez2022
D. Rodriugez
(60%)
parisian2022
Parisian
(60%)
ulanbekov2022
Ulanbekov
(57%)
dawson2022
Dawson
(56%)
Ken Hathaway
@kenshathaway
186-95
trophy copy 2018 Champion
mrodriguez2022
M. Rodriguez
drodriguez2022
D. Rodriugez
sherman2022
Sherman
ulanbekov2022
Ulanbekov
madsen2022
Madsen
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
179-102
mrodriguez2022
M. Rodriguez
drodriguez2022
D. Rodriugez
parisian2022
Parisian
ulanbekov2022
Ulanbekov
madsen2022
Madsen
Matthew Wells
@MrMWells
178-103
mrodriguez2022
M. Rodriguez
drodriguez2022
D. Rodriugez
parisian2022
Parisian
ulanbekov2022
Ulanbekov
madsen2022
Madsen
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
175-106
mrodriguez2022
M. Rodriguez
drodriguez2022
D. Rodriugez
sherman2022
Sherman
ulanbekov2022
Ulanbekov
madsen2022
Madsen
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohn
173-108
trophy copy 2014 Champion
mrodriguez2022
M. Rodriguez
drodriguez2022
D. Rodriugez
sherman2022
Sherman
ulanbekov2022
Ulanbekov
dawson2022
Dawson
Matt Erickson
@MMAjunkieMatt
171-110
mrodriguez2022
M. Rodriguez
magny2022
Magny
parisian2022
Parisian
maness2022
Maness
madsen2022
Madsen
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
171-110
mrodriguez2022
M. Rodriguez
drodriguez2022
D. Rodriugez
sherman2022
Sherman
ulanbekov2022
Ulanbekov
madsen2022
Madsen
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
165-116
trophy copy 2017 Champion
mrodriguez2022
M. Rodriguez
drodriguez2022
D. Rodriugez
parisian2022
Parisian
ulanbekov2022
Ulanbekov
madsen2022
Madsen
Nolan King
@mma_kings
164-117
mrodriguez2022
M. Rodriguez
drodriguez2022
D. Rodriugez
sherman2022
Sherman
ulanbekov2022
Ulanbekov
madsen2022
Madsen
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
157-124
mrodriguez2022
M. Rodriguez
drodriguez2022
D. Rodriugez
sherman2022
Sherman
maness2022
Maness
madsen2022
Madsen
Danny Segura
@dannyseguratv
138-143
mrodriguez2022
M. Rodriguez
magny2022
Magny
sherman2022
Sherman
ulanbekov2022
Ulanbekov
madsen2022
Madsen

The UFC stays on its Las Vegas home turf this week with a pair of women’s strawweight contenders at the top of the lineup.

UFC Fight Night 214 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]Marina Rodriguez[/autotag] (16-1-2 MMA, 6-1-2 UFC) takes on [autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag] (12-2-1 MMA, 6-2 UFC) at 115 pounds. Rodriguez is a -240 favorite at Tipico Sportsbook; the comeback on Lemos is +180. Our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are going with Rodriguez unanimously.

In the co-feature, perennial welterweight contender [autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag] (26-10 MMA, 19-8 UFC) takes on [autotag]Daniel Rodriguez[/autotag] (17-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC). Magny is a slight favorite at -125, but our staff members are going with Rodriguez at a hefty 9-2 clip.

Also on the main card, [autotag]Josh Parisian[/autotag] (15-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) meets [autotag]Chase Sherman[/autotag] (16-10 MMA, 4-9 UFC) in a heavyweight bout. Sherman is a slight favorite at -140, and he has a 7-4 lead in the picks.

[autotag]Tagir Ulanbekov[/autotag] (14-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) is more than a 2-1 favorite in his flyweight bout against [autotag]Nate Maness[/autotag] (14-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and has a big 9-2 picks lead.

And to open the main card, [autotag]Grant Dawson[/autotag] (18-1-1 MMA, 6-0-1 UFC) is a -220 favorite in his lightweight bout against the unbeaten [autotag]Mark Madsen[/autotag] (12-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC). But despite that, our staff pickers are bucking the odds and have Madsen near unanimous at 10-1.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Marina Rodriguez (74 percent), Daniel Rodriguez (60 percent), Parisian (59 percent), Ulanbekov (57 percent) and Dawson (56 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

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