UFC Fight Night 236 predictions: Who’s taking Jack Hermansson to upset Joe Pyfer?

The UFC stays in its Las Vegas home base this week with middleweights at the top of the lineup for the second straight show.

UFC Fight Night 236 (ESPN+) takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

(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.

Armen Petrosyan vs. Rodolfo Vieira

Armen Petrosyan

Records: Petrosyan (8-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC), Vieira (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Betting odds: Vieira -120, Petrosyan +100
Junkie pick results: Petrosyan 8, Vieira 3

Darrius Flowers vs. Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson

Records: Flowers (12-6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC), Johnson (21-19 MMA, 13-15 UFC)
Division: Lightweight
Betting odds: Johnson -140, Flowers +120
Junkie pick results: Johnson 9, Flowers 2

Gregory Rodrigues vs. Brad Tavares

Gregory Rodrigues

Records: Rodrigues (14-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC), Tavares (20-8 MMA, 15-8 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Betting odds: Rodrigues -250, Tavares +205
Junkie pick results: Rodrigues 10, Tavares 1

Robert Bryczek vs. Ihor Potieria

Robert Bryczek

Records: Bryczek (17-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Potieria (20-5 MMA, 1-3 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Betting odds: Bryczek -160, Potieria +135
Junkie pick results: Bryczek 11, Potieria 0

Andre Fili vs. Dan Ige

Dan Ige

Records: Fili 2-3, Ige 2-3
Division: Featherweight
Betting odds: Ige -170, Fili +140
Junkie pick results: Ige 8, Fili 3

Jack Hermansson vs. Joe Pyfer

Joy Pyfer

Records: Hermansson (23-8 MMA, 10-6 UFC), Pyfer (12-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Betting odds: Pyfer -260, Hermansson +210
Junkie pick results: Pyfer 7, Hermansson 4

Check out all the main card picks below.

UFC Fight Night 236 main card picks

	Hermansson vs. Pyfer	Fili vs. Ige	Bryczek vs. Potieira	Rodrigues vs. Tavares	Flowers vs. Johnson	Petrosyan vs. Vieira
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 8-7	Pyfer (80%)	Ige (73%)	Bryczek (68%)	Rodrigues (68%)	Johnson (64%)	Petrosyan (60%)
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 11-4	Pyfer	Ige	Bryczek	Rodrigues	Johnson	Petrosyan
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 10-5	Pyfer	Ige	Bryczek	Rodrigues	Johnson	Petrosyan
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 10-5	Hermansson	Fili	Bryczek	Rodrigues	Johnson	Vieira
Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 10-5 2014 Champion	Hermansson	Ige	Bryczek	Rodrigues	Flowers	Vieira
Matt Erickson @MattE 10-5	Pyfer	Fili	Bryczek	Rodrigues	Flowers	Petrosyan
Nolan King @mma_kings 9-6 2023 Champion	Hermansson	Ige	Bryczek	Rodrigues	Johnson	Petrosyan
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 9-6	Pyfer	Ige	Bryczek	Rodrigues	Johnson	Petrosyan
Ken Hathaway @1khathaway 9-6 2018, 2022 Champion	Pyfer	Ige	Bryczek	Rodrigues	Johnson	Petrosyan
Simon Samano @SJSamano 8-7	Pyfer	Fili	Bryczek	Rodrigues	Johnson	Vieira
Brian Garcia @thegoze 8-7 2017 Champion	Hermansson	Ige	Bryczek	Rodrigues	Johnson	Petrosyan
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 6-9	Pyfer	Ige	Bryczek	Tavares	Johnson	Petrosyan

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