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Matt Erickson

2023 PFL 6 predictions: Who’s picking upsets to close out regular season?

Olivier AubinMercier PFL Magomed Magomedkerimov Anthony Romero Clay Collard Magomed Umalatov Shane Burgos Shane Mitchell Stevie Ray

	Aubin-Mercier vs. Romero	Mitchell vs. Sy	Burgos vs. Nishikawa	Magomedkerimov vs. Zawada	Lopez vs. Umalatov	Collard vs. Ray
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 95-59	Aubin-Mercier (86%)	Sy (88%)	Burgos (85%)	Magomedkerimov (88%)	Umalatov (90%)	Collard (65%)
Matt Erickson @MattE 98-56	Aubin-Mercier	Mitchell	Burgos	Magomedkerimov	Umalatov	Ray
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 96-58	Aubin-Mercier	Sy	Burgos	Magomedkerimov	Umalatov	Collard
Nolan King @mma_kings 96-58	Aubin-Mercier	Sy	Burgos	Magomedkerimov	Umalatov	Ray
Simon Samano @SJSamano 94-60	Aubin-Mercier	Sy	Burgos	Magomedkerimov	Umalatov	Collard
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 92-62	Aubin-Mercier	Sy	Burgos	Magomedkerimov	Umalatov	Ray
Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 90-64 2014 Champion	Aubin-Mercier	Sy	Burgos	Magomedkerimov	Umalatov	Ray
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway -89-65 2018, 2022 Champion	Aubin-Mercier	Sy	Burgos	Magomedkerimov	Umalatov	Collard
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 88-66	Aubin-Mercier	Sy	Burgos	Magomedkerimov	Umalatov	Collard
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 87-67	Aubin-Mercier	Sy	Burgos	Magomedkerimov	Umalatov	Collard
Brian Garcia @thegoze 85-69 2017 Champion	Aubin-Mercier	Sy	Burgos	Magomedkerimov	Umalatov	Collard
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 81-73	Aubin-Mercier	Sy	Burgos	Magomedkerimov	Umalatov	Collard

The PFL’s regular season wraps up this week with the third of three straight events in Atlanta.

PFL 2023, Week 6 takes place Friday at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. The main card airs on ESPN following prelims on ESPN+.

(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)

Week 6 features welterweights and lightweights looking to punch their tickets to the postseason. The main card includes Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Anthony Romero, Shane Burgos vs. Yamato Nishikawa and Clay Collard vs. Stevie Ray at lightweight, plus Shane Mitchell vs. Sadibou Sy, Magomed Magomedkerimov vs. David Zawada and Nayib Lopez vs. Magomed Umalatov at welterweight.

Check out all the picks above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for PFL 2023, Week 6.

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