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Matt Erickson

UFC Fight Night 212 predictions: Is anyone taking Viviane Araujo over Alexa Grasso?

Grasso
vs.
Araujo
Martinez
vs.
Swanson
Todorovic
vs.
Wright
Assuncao
vs.
Wright
Cirkunov
vs.
Menifield
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
161-96

Grasso
(78%)

Swanson
(55%)

Todorovic
(61%)

Henry
(63%)

Menifield
(75%)
Ken Hathaway
@kenshathaway
171-91
2018 Champion

Grasso

Martinez

Todorovic

Henry

Menifield
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
167-95

Grasso

Martinez

Todorovic

Henry

Cirkunov
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohn
165-97
2014 Champion

Grasso

Swanson

Todorovic

Assuncao

Menifield
Matthew Wells
@MrMWells
164-98

Grasso

Martinez

Todorovic

Henry

Menifield
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
163-99

Grasso

Swanson

Todorovic

Henry

Menifield
Matt Erickson
@MMAjunkieMatt
161-101

Grasso

Swanson

Wright

Assuncao

Cirkunov
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
161-101

Grasso

Swanson

Wright

Assuncao

Menifield
Nolan King
@mma_kings
155-107

Grasso

Swanson

Todorovic

Henry

Menifield
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
154-108
2017 Champion

Grasso

Swanson

Todorovic

Henry

Menifield
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
146-116

Grasso

Swanson

Wright

Assuncao

Menifield
Danny Segura
@dannyseguratv
128-133

Grasso

Swanson

Todorovic

Assuncao

Menifield

The stays on its home turf after an off week, and a pair of women’s flyweight contenders are atop the bill.

UFC Fight Night 212 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, Alexa Grasso (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) takes on Viviane Araujo (11-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) at 125 pounds. Grasso is a -240 favorite at Tipico Sportsbook; the comeback on Araujo is +180. Our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers have Grasso as our lone unanimous picks on the main card at 11-0.

The co-main event features Jonathan Martinez (16-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) against Cub Swanson (28-12 MMA, 13-8 UFC) at bantamweight in Swanson’s move to the division after spending the bulk of his career, including the past nearly 15 years, at featherweight. Martinez is more than a 2-1 favorite, but most of our pickers are bucking the odds and have Swanson with a big 8-3 lead.

Also on the main card, Dusko Todorovic (11-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) takes on Jordan Wright (12-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) at middleweight. Todorovic is more than a 2-1 favorite and has an 8-3 picks lead.

Raphael Assuncao (27-9 MMA, 11-6 UFC) is the event’s second biggest underdog in his bantamweight fight against Victor Henry (22-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC), who is a -420 favorite. But Henry has just a 6-5 lead from our staff members.

And to open the main card, Misha Cirkunov (15-8 MMA, 6-6 UFC) meets Alonzo Menifield (12-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) at light heavyweight. Menifield is a -220 favorite and has a blowout in the picks at 9-2.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Grasso (78 percent), Swanson (55 percent), Todorovic (61 percent), Henry (63 percent) and Menifield (75 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 212.

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