| Overeem vs. Harris |
Gadelha vs. Hill |
Barboza vs. Ige |
Anders vs. Jotko |
Vera vs. Yadong |
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| MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2020: 44-26 |
 Harris (53%) |
 Gadelha (73%) |
 Barboza (65%) |
 Anders (54%) |
 Yadong (53%) |
| Nolan King @mma_kings 2020: 51-17 |
 Overeem |
Gadelha |
Barboza |
 Jotko |
Yadong |
| Brian Garcia @thegoze 2020: 50-18  2017 Champion |
Harris |
Gadelha |
 Ige |
Anders |
 Vera |
| Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2020: 50-18 |
Overeem |
Gadelha |
Barboza |
Anders |
Yadong |
| Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2020: 50-18 |
Harris |
Gadelha |
Ige |
Anders |
Yadong |
| Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2020: 48-20 2014 Champion |
Overeem |
Gadelha |
Barboza |
Jotko |
Yadong |
| Simon Head @simonhead 2020: 48-20 2019 Champion* |
Overeem |
Gadelha |
Barboza |
Jotko |
Yadong |
| John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2020: 48-20 |
Harris |
Gadelha |
Ige |
Anders |
Vera |
| Simon Samano @SJSamano 2020: 48-20 |
Harris |
Gadelha |
Barboza |
Jotko |
Yadong |
| Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2020: 47-19 2018 Champion |
Harris |
Gadelha |
Barboza |
Jotko |
Yadong |
| Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2020: 46-22 |
Overeem |
 Hill |
Barboza |
Jotko |
Vera |
| Dave Doyle @davedoylemma 2020: 46-22 |
Overeem |
Gadelha |
Barboza |
Jotko |
Yadong |
| George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2020: 44-24 |
Harris |
Gadelha |
Ige |
Anders |
Vera |
| Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2020: 40-28 |
Overeem |
Gadelha |
Barboza |
Anders |
Yadong |
| Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2020: 31-37 |
Overeem |
Hill |
Barboza |
Anders |
Vera |
The UFC wraps up its mini-residency in Florida on Saturday with its third show in eight days.
UFC on ESPN 8 takes place Saturday at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. The card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+. The event is closed to fans, but the fights still will take place and will be broadcast with essential personnel on site.
(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)
In the main event, [autotag]Alistair Overeem[/autotag] (45-18 MMA, 10-7 UFC) takes on [autotag]Walt Harris[/autotag] (13-7 MMA, 6-6 UFC) at heavyweight. Harris is the favorite in the fight at around -150, but it’s Overeem with a slight 8-6 edge in the picks from our 14 editors, writers, videographers and radio hosts.
In the co-main event, former women’s strawweight title challenger [autotag]Claudia Gadelha[/autotag] (17-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) takes on [autotag]Angela Hill[/autotag] (12-7 MMA, 7-7 UFC), who is fighting for the seventh time in 14 months. Gadelha is the biggest favorite on the card at -210, and she’s the biggest favorite in our picks at 12-2.
Also on the main card, [autotag]Edson Barboza[/autotag] (20-8 MMA, 14-8 UFC) makes the drop from lightweight to featherweight to take on [autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag] (13-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC), who has won five straight. Barboza is a slight favorite, but he’s got a big 10-4 lead from our staff pickers.
[autotag]Eryk Anders[/autotag] (13-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC) may be a mild underdog in his middleweight fight against [autotag]Krzysztof Jotko[/autotag] (21-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC), but our pickers see it as a coin flip. The picks are dead even at 7-7.
And to open the main card, [autotag]Marlon Vera[/autotag] (17-5-1 MMA, 9-4 UFC) meets [autotag]Song Yadong[/autotag] (15-4-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) in a featherweight fight. Yadong nearly is a 2-1 favorite, and he’s got a heavy 9-5 lead in the picks.
In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Harris (53 percent), Gadelha (73 percent), Barboza (65 percent), Anders (54 percent) and Yadong (53 percent) are the choices.
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