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PFL Week 3 predictions: Who are our unanimous picks at welterweight, featherweight in Chicago?

The PFL wraps up the first half of its 2024 regular season with welterweights and featherweights in action at the third of three straight weeks of events.

PFL 2024, Week 3 (ESPN/ESPN+) takes place Friday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

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

Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.

Bubba Jenkins vs. Kai Kamaka

Bubba Jenkins

Records: Jenkins (21-7), Kamaka (12-5-1)
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.15.24): Jenkins -155, Kamaka -130
Junkie pick results: Jenkins 10, Kamaka 1

Goiti Yamauchi vs. Neiman Gracie

Goiti Yamauchi def. Neiman Gracie Bellator 284

Records: Yamauchi (28-6), Gracie (12-4)
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.15.24): Yamauchi -250, Gracie +205
Junkie pick results: Yamauchi 9, Gracie 2

Gabriel Braga vs. Justin Gonzales

2023 PFL Championships at The Anthem in Washington D.C., Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. (Cooper Neill / PFL)

Records: Braga (12-1), Gonzales (14-3)
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.15.24): Braga -185, Gonzales +155
Junkie pick results: Braga 11, Gonzales 0

Logan Storley vs. Shamil Musaev

Logan Storley def. Brennan Ward | Bellator 298

Records: Storley (15-2), Musaev (16-0-1)
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.15.24): Storley -205, Musaev +170
Junkie pick results: Storley 8, Musaev 3

Brendan Loughnane vs. Pedro Carvalho

PFL 10: Championships at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. (Cooper Neill / PFL)

Records: Loughnane (27-5), Carvalho (13-8)
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.15.24): Loughnane -535, Carvalho +400
Junkie pick results: Loughnane 11, Carvalho 0

Andrey Koreshkov vs. Magomed Umalatov

Andrey Koreshkov

Records: Koreshkov (27-4), Umalatov (14-0)
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.15.24): Koreshkov +115, Umalatov -135
Junkie pick results: Koreshkov 6, Umalatov 5

Check out all the main card picks below.

PFL Week 3 main card picks

Koreshkov
vs.
Umalatov
Loughnane
vs.
Carvalho
Storley
vs.
Musaev
Braga
vs.
Gonzales
Yamauchi
vs.
Gracie
Jenkins
vs.
Kamaka
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
64-35

Umalatov
(63%)

Loughnane
(96%)

Storley
(66%)

Braga
(86%)

Yamauchi
(74%)

Jenkins
(78%)
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohn
70-29
2014 Champion

Koreshkov

Loughnane

Storley

Braga

Yamauchi

Jenkins
Ken Hathaway
@1khathaway
65-34
2018, 2022 Champion

Koreshkov

Loughnane

Storley

Braga

Yamauchi

Jenkins
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
65-34

Umalatov

Loughnane

Storley

Braga

Yamauchi

Jenkins
Nolan King
@mma_kings
63-36
2023 Champion

Umalatov

Loughnane

Storley

Braga

Yamauchi

Kamaka
Matt Erickson
@MattE
62-37

Koreshkov

Loughnane

Storley

Braga

Yamauchi

Jenkins
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
62-37

Umalatov

Loughnane

Storley

Braga

Yamauchi

Jenkins
Matthew Wells
@MrMWells
61-38

Koreshkov

Loughnane

Musaev

Braga

Gracie

Jenkins
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
57-42

Umalatov

Loughnane

Musaev

Braga

Yamauchi

Jenkins
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
55-44
2017 Champion

Koreshkov

Loughnane

Storley

Braga

Yamauchi

Jenkins
Danny Segura
@dannyseguratv
53-46

Koreshkov

Loughnane

Storley

Braga

Yamauchi

Jenkins
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
45-54

Umalatov

Loughnane

Musaev

Braga

Gracie

Jenkins

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for PFL 3024, Week 3.

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