UFC Fight Night 213 predictions: Who’s picking Calvin Kattar to stop Arnold Allen’s run?

	Kattar vs. Allen	Griffin vs. Means	Cortes-Acosta vs. Vanderaa	Fremd vs. Gore	Jacoby vs. Rountree
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 167-100	Allen (56%)	Griffin (58%)	Cortes-Acosta (81%)	Fremd (66%)	Jacoby (66%)
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 179-93 2018 Champion	Allen	Griffin	Cortes-Acosta	Fremd	Rountree
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 172-100	Allen	Means	Cortes-Acosta	Gore	Rountree
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 170-102	Allen	Griffin	Cortes-Acosta	Gore	Rountree
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 169-103	Kattar	Griffin	Cortes-Acosta	Gore	Jacoby
Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 169-103 2014 Champion	Allen	Means	Cortes-Acosta	Fremd	Jacoby
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 166-106	Allen	Means	Cortes-Acosta	Fremd	Jacoby
Simon Samano @SJSamano 165-107	Allen	Griffin	Cortes-Acosta	Fremd	Jacoby
Brian Garcia @thegoze 159-113 2017 Champion	Kattar	Griffin	Cortes-Acosta	Gore	Jacoby
Nolan King @mma_kings 159-113	Kattar	Griffin	Cortes-Acosta	Fremd	Jacoby
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 152-120	Kattar	Means	Cortes-Acosta	Gore	Jacoby
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 133-138	Kattar	Griffin	Cortes-Acosta	Fremd	Jacoby

The UFC is back in its Las Vegas home base this week with an intriguing featherweight matchup at the top of the bill.

UFC Fight Night 213 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, Calvin Kattar (23-6 MMA, 7-4 UFC) takes on Arnold Allen (16-1 MMA, 9-0 UFC) at 145 pounds. The fight is a virtual pick’em at Tipico Sportsbook. Allen is at -115; Kattar is at -110, and our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are split, too. They have Allen with the narrowest possible 6-5 picks lead.

In the co-feature, Max Griffin (18-9 MMA, 6-7 UFC) meets Tim Means (32-13-1 MMA, 14-10 UFC) at welterweight. Griffin is a 2-1 betting favorite and has a 7-4 picks lead.

Also on the main card, Waldo Cortes-Acosta (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is our only unanimous pick in his official UFC debut against Jared Vanderaa (12-9 MMA, 1-5 UFC), who has dropped four straight. Although Cortes-Acosta only is a 2-1 favorite, he has an 11-0 picks shutout.

Josh Fremd (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) meets Tresean Gore (3-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) in a middleweight bout that has Fremd a -170 favorite at the betting window. Our pickers think it’s close, though, and have Fremd with just a slim 6-5 lead.

And to open the main card, Dustin Jacoby (18-5-1 MMA, 6-2-1 UFC) is nearly a 2-1 favorite at light heavyweight against Khalil Rountree (10-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC). Three of our pickers are going with Rountree in an upset.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Allen (56 percent), Griffin (58 percent), Cortes-Acosta (81 percent), Fremd (66 percent) and Jacoby (66 percent) are the choices.

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