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UFC Fight Night 230: Make your predictions for Sodiq Yusuff vs. Edson Barboza

We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 230 event in Las Vegas.

Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).

Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the UFC Fight Night 230 main card staff predictions we release Friday ahead of the event. UFC Fight Night 230 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.

Make your picks for the fights below.

Tainara Lisboa vs. Ravena Oliveira

Records: Lisboa (6-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Oliveira (7-1-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
Past five: Lisboa 4-1, Oliveira 5-0
Division: Women’s bantamweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 10.09.23): Lisboa (-380), Oliveira (+300)

Brendon Marotte vs. Terrance McKinney

Records: Marotte (8-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), McKinney (14-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC)
Past five: Marotte 4-1, McKinney 2-3
Division: Lightweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 10.09.23): N/A

Emily Ducote vs. Ashley Yoder

Records: Ducote (12-8 MMA, 1-2 UFC), Yoder (8-8 MMA, 3-7 UFC)
Past five: Ducote 3-2, Yoder 1-4
Division: Women’s strawweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 10.09.23): Ducote (-340), Yoder (+270)

Heili Alateng vs. Chris Gutierrez

Records: Alateng (16-8-2 MMA, 4-1-1 UFC), Gutierrez (19-4-2 MMA, 7-2-1 UFC)
Past five: Alateng 3-1-1, Gutierrez 4-1
Division: Bantamweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 10.09.23): N/A

Irina Alekseeva vs. Melissa Dixon

Records: Alekseeva (5-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Dixon (5-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
Past five: Alekseeva 4-1, Dixon 5-0
Division: Women’s bantamweight
Rankings: Alekseeva No. 13
Odds (as of 10.09.23): Dixon (-135), Alekseeva (+115)

TJ Brown vs. Darren Elkins

Records: Brown (17-10 MMA, 3-4 UFC), Elkins (28-11 MMA, 17-10 UFC)
Past five: Brown 3-2, Elkins 3-2
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 10.09.23): Brown (-185), Elkins (+155)

Michel Pereira vs. Andre Petroski

Records: Pereira (28-11 MMA, 6-2 UFC), Petroski (10-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC)
Past five: Pereira 5-0, Petroski 5-0
Division: Middleweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 10.09.23): N/A

Christian Rodriguez vs. Cameron Saaiman

Records: Rodriguez (9-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC), Saaiman (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC)
Past five: Rodriguez 4-1, Saaiman 5-0
Division: Bantamweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 10.09.23): Rodriguez (-130), Saaiman (+110)

Edgar Chairez vs. Daniel Lacerda

Records: Chairez (10-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC), Lacerda (11-5 MMA, 0-4 UFC)
Past five: Chairez 3-2, Lacerda 1-4
Division: Flyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 10.09.23): Chairez (-275), Lacerda (+225)

Jonathan Martinez vs. Adrian Yanez

Records: Martinez (18-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC), Yanez (16-4 MMA, 5-1 UFC)
Past five: Martinez 5-0, Yanez 4-1
Division: Bantamweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 10.09.23): Martinez (-110), Yanez (-110)

Viviane Araujo vs. Jennifer Maia

Records: Araujo (11-5 MMA, 5-4 UFC), Maia (21-9-1 MMA, 6-5 UFC)
Past five: Araujo 2-3, Maia 3-2
Division: Women’s flyweight
Rankings: Maia No. 12
Odds (as of 10.09.23): Maia (-130), Araujo (+110)

Sodiq Yusuff vs. Edson Barboza

Records: Yusuff (13-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC), Barboza (23-11 MMA, 17-11 UFC)
Past five: Yusuff 4-1, Barboza 3-2
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 10.09.23): Yusuff (-175), Barboza (+130)

UFC Fight Night 230 fight card (as of Oct. 9, 11 a.m. ET)

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)

  • Sodiq Yusuff vs. Edson Barboza
  • Viviane Araujo vs. Jennifer Maia
  • Jonathan Martinez vs. Adrian Yanez
  • Edgar Chairez vs. Daniel Lacerda
  • Christian Rodriguez vs. Cameron Saaiman
  • Michel Pereira vs. Andre Petroski

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)

  • TJ Brown vs. Darren Elkins
  • Irina Alekseeva vs. Melissa Dixon
  • Heili Alateng vs. Chris Gutierrez
  • Emily Ducote vs. Ashley Yoder
  • Brendon Marotte vs. Terrance McKinney
  • Tainara Lisboa vs. Ravena Oliveira

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 230.

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