UFC Fight Night 215 predictions: Derrick Lewis or Serghei Spivac in heavyweight clash?

	Lewis vs. Spivac	Cutelaba vs. Nzechukwu	Cortes-Acosta vs. Sherman	Fialho vs. Salikhov	Maddalena vs. Roberts
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 180-106	Lewis (54%)	Nzechukwu (59%)	Cortes-Acosta (78%)	Salikhov (55%)	Maddalena (87%)
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 190-101 2018 Champion	Lewis	Nzechukwu	Cortes-Acosta	Salikhov	Maddalena
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 182-109	Spivac	Cutelaba	Cortes-Acosta	Salikhov	Maddalena
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 182-109	Spivac	Cutelaba	Cortes-Acosta	Salikhov	Maddalena
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 179-112	Lewis	Cutelaba	Cortes-Acosta	Salikhov	Maddalena
Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 178-113 2014 Champion	Spivac	Nzechukwu	Cortes-Acosta	Filaho	Maddalena
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 176-115	Lewis	Nzechukwu	Cortes-Acosta	Salikhov	Maddalena
Simon Samano @SJSamano 175-116	Lewis	Cutelaba	Cortes-Acosta	Filaho	Maddalena
Nolan King @mma_kings 170-121	Lewis	Cutelaba	Cortes-Acosta	Filaho	Maddalena
Brian Garcia @thegoze 169-122 2017 Champion	Lewis	Cutelaba	Cortes-Acosta	Salikhov	Maddalena
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 157-134	Lewis	Nzechukwu	Cortes-Acosta	Salikhov	Maddalena
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 142-149	Lewis	Cutelaba	Cortes-Acosta	Filaho	Maddalena

The UFC is back home in Las Vegas this week, and three sets of heavy hitters are atop the card.

UFC Fight Night 215 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.

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In the main event, former heavyweight title challenger Derrick Lewis (26-10 MMA, 17-8 UFC) takes on Serghei Spivac (15-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC). Spivac is a 2-1 favorite at Tipico Sportsbook; the comeback on Lewis is +165. But our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are bucking the betting odds and have Lewis with a big 8-3 lead.

In the co-feature, Ion Cutelaba (16-8-1 MMA, 5-7-1 UFC) meets Kennedy Nzechukwu (10-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) at light heavyweight. Nzechukwu is the favorite at the betting window at -170, but like in the main event, our pickers have underdog Cutelaba with the lead at 7-4.

Also on the main card, Waldo Cortes-Acosta (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is back for a quick turnaround at heavyweight against Chase Sherman (16-10 MMA, 4-9 UFC). Cortes-Acosta is more than a 2-1 favorite and is one of two unanimous picks on the main card at 11-0.

Andre Fialho (16-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) takes on Muslim Salikhov (18-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in a welterweight fight that nearly is a pick’em at the sportsbook. Salikhov is just a -115 favorite, but he’s up 7-4 in the picks.

And to open the main card, Jack Della Maddalena (12-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) is our second unanimous pick at 11-0 in his welterweight fight against Danny Roberts (18-6 MMA, 7-5 UFC). Maddalena is by far the biggest favorite on the card at -600.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Lewis (54 percent), Nzechukwu (59 percent), Cortes-Acosta (78 percent), Salikhov (55 percent) and Maddalena (87 percent) are the choices.

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