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UFC Fight Night 210 predictions: Is anyone riding Yadong against Sandhagen?

Sandhagen
vs.
Yadong
Njokuani
vs.
Rodrigues
Algeo
vs.
Fili
Amedovski
vs.
Pyfer
Boser
vs.
Nascimento
Barriault
vs.
Hernandez
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
147-90

Sandhagen
(71%)

Njokuani
(66%)

Fili
(51%)

Pyfer
(89%)

Boser
(72%)

Hernandez
(64%)
Ken Hathaway
@kenshathaway
160-82
2018 Champion

Sandhagen

Njokuani

Algeo

Pyfer

Boser

Barriault
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
155-87

Sandhagen

Njokuani

Fili

Pyfer

Boser

Barriault
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohn
153-89
2014 Champion

Sandhagen

Njokuani

Fili

Pyfer

Boser

Barriault
Matthew Wells
@MrMWells
150-92

Sandhagen

Njokuani

Fili

Pyfer

Nascimento

Barriault
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
149-93

Sandhagen

Njokuani

Fili

Pyfer

Boser

Hernandez
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
149-93

Sandhagen

Njokuani

Fili

Pyfer

Boser

Barriault
Matt Erickson
@MMAjunkieMatt
147-95

Yadong

Rodrigues

Fili

Pyfer

Nascimento

Hernandez
Nolan King
@mma_kings
143-99

Sandhagen

Njokuani

Algeo

Pyfer

Boser

Hernandez
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
141-101
2017 Champion

Sandhagen

Njokuani

Fili

Pyfer

Boser

Hernandez
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
130-112

Sandhagen

Njokuani

Fili

Pyfer

Nascimento

Hernandez
Danny Segura
@dannyseguratv
117-125

Sandhagen

Njokuani

Fili

Pyfer

Boser

Hernandez

The UFC stays home in Las Vegas this week with a key bantamweight matchup at the top of the bill.

UFC Fight Night 210 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 interim bantamweight title challenger Cory Sandhagen (14-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) takes on Song Yadong (19-6-1 MMA, 8-1-1 UFC). Sandhagen is a 2-1 favorite at Tipico Sportsbook; the comeback on Yadong is +150. Our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers have Sandhagen a near-unanimous pick at 10-1.

The co-main event is a middleweight bout between former Bellator fighter and Dana White’s Contender Series product Chidi Njokuani (22-7 MMA, 2-0 UFC) and Gregory Rodrigues (12-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC). Njokuani is just a slight favorite at -125, but he’s got a huge lead from our pickers and is nearly unanimous at 10-1.

Also on the main card, Bill Algeo (16-6 MMA, 3-2 UFC) takes on Andre Fili (21-9 MMA, 9-8 UFC) at featherweight. Fili is a -135 favorite and has an outsized 9-2 picks lead, despite the close odds.

The only unanimous pick on the card is Contender Series signee Joe Pyfer (9-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who is the event’s biggest favorite at -520 for his middleweight fight against Alen Amedovski (8-3 MMA, 0-3 UFC). Pyfer has a shutout from our staff members at 11-0.

Tanner Boser (20-8-1 MMA, 4-3 UFC) takes on Rodrigo Nascimento (8-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in a heavyweight tilt that has Boser a -180 favorite. He’s got a big 8-3 lead in the picks.

And to open the main card, Marc-Andre Barriault (14-5 MMA, 3-4 UFC) meets Anthony Hernandez (9-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) at middleweight. Hernandez is a -210 favorite, but our pickers have it as the most contentious fight on the main card. Hernandez has the slimmest possible lead at 6-5.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Sandhagen (71 percent), Njokuani (66 percent), Fili (51 percent), Pyfer (89 percent), Boser (72 percent) and Hernandez (64 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 210.

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