UFC Fight Night 217 predictions: Who’s picking Sean Strickland over Nassourdine Imavov on short notice?

	Imavov vs. Strickland	Ige vs. Jackson	Kopylov vs. Soriano	Pennington vs. Vieira	Barcelos vs. Nurmagomedov
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 202-120 (2022)	Imavov (51%)	Ige (62%)	Soriano (68%)	Vieira (67%)	Nurmagomedov (88%)
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 215-112 (2022) 2018, 2022 Champion	Imavov	Jackson	Soriano	Vieira	Nurmagomedov
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 209-118 (2022)	Imavov	Jackson	Soriano	Pennington	Nurmagomedov
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 204-123 (2022)	Imavov	Ige	Soriano	Pennington	Nurmagomedov
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 203-124 (2022)	Imavov	Ige	Soriano	Vieira	Nurmagomedov
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 201-126 (2022)	Imavov	Jackson	Soriano	Pennington	Nurmagomedov
Simon Samano @SJSamano 201-126 (2022)	Imavov	Ige	Soriano	Vieira	Nurmagomedov
Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 200-127 (2022) 2014 Champion	Imavov	Jackson	Soriano	Pennington	Nurmagomedov
Nolan King @mma_kings 192-135 (2022)	Imavov	Ige	Soriano	Vieira	Nurmagomedov
Brian Garcia @thegoze 190-137 (2022) 2017 Champion	Imavov	Ige	Soriano	Vieira	Nurmagomedov
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 181-146 (2022)	Strickland	Ige	Soriano	Pennington	Nurmagomedov
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 161-166 (2022)	Imavov	Ige	Soriano	Vieira	Nurmagomedov

The UFC kicks off its 2023 with a home game, and a short-notice light heavyweight fight tops the lineup.

UFC Fight Night 217 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.