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Matt Erickson

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+.

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

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.

Check out all the picks above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 215.

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