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Matt Erickson

UFC Fight Night 228 predictions: Are we picking against the grain in Fiziev-Gamrot or Ige-Mitchell?

The UFC stays in its Las Vegas home base this week with lightweight and featherweight contenders atop the lineup.

UFC Fight Night 228 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The event streams on ESPN+.

(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.

Charles Jourdain vs. Ricardo Ramos

Records: Jourdain (14-6-1 MMA, 5-5-1 UFC), Ramos (16-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC)
Division: Featherweight
Betting odds: Jourdain (-140), Ramos (+120)
Junkie pick results: Ramos 6, Jourdain 5

Bryan Battle vs. A.J. Fletcher

Records: Battle (9-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC), Fletcher (10-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC)
Division: Welterweight
Betting odds: Battle (-185), Fletcher (+155)
Junkie pick results: Battle 11-0

Marina Rodriguez vs. Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Records: Rodriguez (16-3-2 MMA, 6-3-2 UFC), Waterson-Gomez (18-11 MMA, 6-7 UFC)
Division: Women’s strawweight
Betting odds: Rodriguez (-310), Waterson-Gomez (+250)
Junkie pick results: Rodriguez 11-0

Dan Ige vs. Bryce Mitchell

Records: Ige (17-6 MMA, 9-5 UFC), Mitchell (15-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC)
Division: Featherweight
Betting odds: Mitchell (-200), Ige (+165)
Junkie pick results: Ige 9, Mitchell 2

Rafael Fiziev vs. Mateusz Gamrot

Records: Fiziev (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC), Gamrot (22-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC)
Division: Lightweight
Betting odds: Fiziev (-155), Gamrot (+130)
Junkie pick results: Fiziev 9, Gamrot 2

Preliminary card picks

Although fights on the prelims don’t count toward the standings in the MMA Junkie staff picks, we still pick each fight. Here are some key results:

The prelims produced no unanimous picks, but Tim Means (32-15-1 MMA, 14-12 UFC) has a 10-1 picks lead over Andre Fialho (16-7 MMA, 2-4 UFC) in their welterweight fight, and 10 of our 11 pickers are taking Jacob Malkoun (7-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) to beat Cody Brundage (8-5 MMA, 2-4 UFC).

Check out all the main card picks below.

UFC Fight Night 228 main card picks

Fiziev
vs.
Gamrot
Ige
vs.
Mitchell
Rodriguez
vs.
Waterson-Gomez
Battle
vs.
Fletcher
Jourdain
vs.
Ramos
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
159-92

Fiziev
(63%)

Mitchell
(66%)

Rodriguez
(82%)

Battle
(85%)

Jourdain
(71%)
Nolan King
@mma_kings
160-91

Fiziev

Mitchell

Rodriguez

Battle

Ramos
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
159-92

Gamrot

Mitchell

Rodriguez

Battle

Jourdain
Ken Hathaway
@kenshathaway
158-93
2018, 2022 Champion

Fiziev

Ige

Rodriguez

Battle

Jourdain
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
156-95

Gamrot

Ige

Rodriguez

Battle

Jourdain
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohn
156-95
2014 Champion

Fiziev

Ige

Rodriguez

Battle

Jourdain
Matt Erickson
@MattE
155-96

Fiziev

Ige

Rodriguez

Battle

Ramos
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
151-100
2017 Champion

Fiziev

Ige

Rodriguez

Battle

Ramos
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
150-101

Fiziev

Ige

Rodriguez

Battle

Ramos
Matthew Wells
@MrMWells
150-101

Fiziev

Ige

Rodriguez

Battle

Ramos
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
148-103

Fiziev

Ige

Rodriguez

Battle

Ramos
Danny Segura
@dannyseguratv
140-111

Fiziev

Ige

Rodriguez

Battle

Jourdain

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 228.

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