UFC 286 Predictions: Who Picks Leon Edwards To Upset Kamaru Usman Again?

	Edwards vs. Usman	fiziev vs. Gaethje	Barberena vs. Nelson	Maia vs. O’Neill	Dolidze vs. Vettori
MMA junkie readers consensus picks 30-19	Usman (59%)	fiziev (52%)	Nelson (62%)	O’Neill (73%)	Vettori (59%)
George García @MMAjunkieGeorge 33-16	Usman	Gaethje	Barberena	O’Neill	Dolidze
Nolan King @mma_kings 30-19/em>	Usman	fiziev	Nelson	Maia	Vettori
Matt Erickson @Mat 30-19	Usman	Gaethje	Nelson	O’Neill	Dolidze
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 30-19	Usman	fiziev	Nelson	O’Neill	Dolidze
Simon Samano @SJSamano 29-20	Edwards	Gaethje	Nelson	O’Neill	Dolidze
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 29-20 2018, 2022 champions	Usman	fiziev	Barberena	O’Neill	Dolidze
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 28-21	Usman	fiziev	Barberena	O’Neill	Vettori
Mike Boehn @MikeBohn 27-22 Champion 2014	Usman	fiziev	Nelson	O’Neill	Vettori
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 27-22	Usman	Gaethje	Nelson	O’Neill	Vettori
Brian Garcia @thegoz 26-23 Champion 2017	Usman	Gaethje	Barberena	O’Neill	Vettori
Subhan Abbey @kammakaze 26-23	Edwards	Gaethje	Nelson	O’Neill	Vettori

The UFC returns to London this week for the third time in about a year, with a welterweight trilogy rematch on the card.

UFC286 takes place on Saturday at The O2 in London. The main card will air on pay-per-view after prelims on ESPNews and early prelims on ESPN+.

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Main Event Welterweight Champion Leon Edwards (20-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) takes on the former champion Kamaru Usman (20-2 MMA, 15-1 UFC) in a trilogy title rematch. Usman barely struggled with Edwards for nearly 25 minutes when they battled last August, but Edwards scored a stunning late headbutt knockout to clinch the title.

Usman is a -250 favorite at Tipico sports betting; the comeback on Edwards is +200. It’s not a shutout, although it’s a blowout. Our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers have Usman by a 9-2 lead.

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in the co-function, Rafael Fiziev (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) takes on the former interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje (23-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC). Fiziev is more than a 2-1 favourite, but it’s Gaethje who has the narrowest lead imaginable at 6-5.

Also on the main map Bryan Barberena (18-9 MMA, 9-7 UFC) scores Gunnar Nelson (18-5-1 MMA, 9-5 UFC) in a welterweight bout. Nelson is the biggest favorite on the main card at -360, but he only has a 7-4 lead on our staff picks.

Jennifer Maia (20-9-1 MMA, 5-5 UFC) takes on the undefeated Casey O’Neill (9-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) in a Women’s Flyweight bout. O’Neill is a -170 favorite – the smallest favorite on the main card. Still, it comes closest to a unanimous vote at 10-1.

And to open the main card, former middleweight title challenger Marvin Vettori (18-5-1 MMA, 8-4-1 UFC) fights Roman Dolidze (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC). Vettori is almost a 3-1 favorite at the betting window, but he only has a 6-5 lead on picks.

Im MMA junkie consensus picksUsman (59 percent), Fiziev (52 percent), Nelson (62 percent), O’Neill (73 percent) and Vettori (59 percent) are available.

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