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UFC 297: Make your predictions for Strickland vs. Du Plessis, Pennington vs. Bueno Silva title fights

Matt Erickson
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UFC 297: Make your predictions for Strickland vs. Du Plessis, Pennington vs. Bueno Silva title fights

Make picks for Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington, Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Royval and more at UFC 297

We want your predictions for UFC 297 in Toronto with Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis and Raquel Pennington vs. Mayra Bueno Silva and more.

We want your predictions for UFC 297 in Toronto.

Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).

Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the UFC 297 main card staff predictions we release Friday ahead of the event. UFC 297 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

Make your picks for the fights below.

Jimmy Flick vs. Malcolm Gordon

Records: Flick (16-7 MMA, 1-2 UFC), Gordon (14-7 MMA, 2-4 UFC)
Past five: Flick 3-2, Gordon 2-3
Division: Flyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 01.15.24): Gordon -120, Flick +100

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Priscila Cachoeira vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius

Records: Cachoeira (12-5 MMA, 4-5 UFC), Jasudavicius (9-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC)
Past five: Cachoeira 3-2, Jasudavicius 3-2
Division: Women’s flyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 01.15.24): Jasudavicius -345, Cachoeira +275

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Yohan Lainesse vs. Sam Patterson

Records: Lainesse (9-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC), Patterson (10-2-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC)
Past five: Lainesse 3-2, Patterson 4-1
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 01.15.24): N/A

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Gillian Robertson vs. Polyana Viana

Records: Robertson (12-8 MMA, 9-6 UFC), Viana (13-6 MMA, 4-5 UFC)
Past five: Robertson 3-2, Viana 3-2
Division: Women’s strawweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 01.15.24): Robertson -190, Viana +160

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Serhiy Sidey vs. Ramon Taveras

Records: Sidey (10-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Taveras (9-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
Past five: Sidey 5-0, Taveras 4-1
Division: Bantamweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 01.15.24): N/A

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Charles Jourdain vs. Sean Woodson

Records: Jourdain (15-6-1 MMA, 6-5-1 UFC), Woodson (10-1-1 MMA, 4-1-1 UFC)
Past five: Jourdain 3-2, Woodson 3-1-1
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 01.15.24): Jourdain -175, Woodson +135

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Garrett Armfield vs. Brad Katona

Records: Armfield (9-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC), Katona (13-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC)
Past five: Armfield 4-1, Katona 5-0
Division: Bantamweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 01.15.24): Katona -190, Armfield +260

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Arnold Allen vs. Movsar Evloev

Records: Allen (19-2 MMA, 10-1 UFC), Evloev (17-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC)
Past five: Allen 4-1, Evloev 5-0
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: Allen No. 7, Evloev No. 8
Odds (as of 01.15.24): Evloev -165, Allen +140

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Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Chris Curtis

Records: Barriault (16-6 MMA, 5-5 UFC), Curtis (30-10 MMA, 4-2 UFC)
Past five: Barriault 3-2, Curtis 3-2
Division: Middleweight
Rankings: Curtis honorable mention
Odds (as of 01.15.24): Curtis -165, Barriault +140

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Neil Magny vs. Mike Malott

Records: Magny (28-11 MMA, 21-10 UFC), Malott (10-1-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC)
Past five: Magny 2-3, Malott 5-0
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 01.15.24): Malott -250, Magny +205

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Raquel Pennington vs. Mayra Bueno Silva

Records: Pennington (15-8 MMA, 12-5 UFC), Bueno Silva (10-2-1 MMA, 5-2-1 UFC)
Past five: Pennington 5-0, Bueno Silva 3-1-1
Division: Women’s bantamweight
Rankings: Pennington No. 2, honorable mention women’s pound-for-pound; Bueno Silva No. 4
Odds (as of 01.15.24): Bueno Silva -165, Pennington +140

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Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis

Records: Strickland (28-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC), Du Plessis (20-2 MMA, 4p-0 UFC)
Past five: Strickland 3-2, Du Plessis 5-0
Division: Middleweight
Rankings: Strickland No. 1, No. 8 pound-for-pound; Du Plessis No. 4
Odds (as of 01.15.24): Strickland -130, Du Plessis +115

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UFC 297 fight card (as of Jan. 15, noon ET)

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Champ Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis – for middleweight title

  • Raquel Pennington vs. Mayra Bueno Silva – for vacant women’s bantamweight title

  • Neil Magny vs. Mike Malott

  • Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Chris Curtis

  • Arnold Allen vs. Movsar Evloev

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews, 8 p.m. ET)

  • Garrett Armfield vs. Brad Katona

  • Charles Jourdain vs. Sean Woodson

  • Serhiy Sidey vs. Ramon Taveras

  • Gillian Robertson vs. Polyana Viana

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET)

  • Yohan Lainesse vs. Sam Patterson

  • Priscila Cachoeira vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius

  • Jimmy Flick vs. Malcolm Gordon

Story originally appeared on MMA Junkie