UFC Fight Night 214 predictions: Is anyone picking Amanda Lemos to upset Marina Rodriguez?
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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, Marina Rodriguez (16-1-2 MMA, 6-1-2 UFC) takes on Amanda Lemos (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 Neil Magny (26-10 MMA, 19-8 UFC) takes on Daniel Rodriguez (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, Josh Parisian (15-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) meets Chase Sherman (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.
Tagir Ulanbekov (14-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) is more than a 2-1 favorite in his flyweight bout against Nate Maness (14-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and has a big 9-2 picks lead.
And to open the main card, Grant Dawson (18-1-1 MMA, 6-0-1 UFC) is a -220 favorite in his lightweight bout against the unbeaten Mark Madsen (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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