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UFC Fight Night 223 predictions: See our three unanimous picks in Vegas

UFC Ricky Simon Song Yadong Simon Samano UFC Fight Night 223 Josh Quinlan Rodolfo Vieira Caio Borralho Julian Erosa Cortes

	Yadong vs. Simon	Borralho vs. Oleksiejczuk	Brundage vs. Vieira	Erosa vs. Padilla	Cortes-Acosta vs. Rogerio	Quinlan vs. Waters
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 63-41	Simon (59%)	Borralho (79%)	Vieira (75%)	Erosa (70%)	Cortes-Acosta (60%)	Quinlan (86%)
Matt Erickson @MattE 67-37	Yadong	Borralho	Vieira	Padilla	Cortes-Acosta	Quinlan
Simon Samano @SJSamano 67-37	Simon	Borralho	Vieira	Padilla	Cortes-Acosta	Quinlan
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 66-38	Simon	Borralho	Vieira	Erosa	Cortes-Acosta	Quinlan
Nolan King @mma_kings 66-38	Yadong	Borralho	Vieira	Padilla	Cortes-Acosta	Quinlan
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 64-40	Simon	Borralho	Vieira	Padilla	Cortes-Acosta	Quinlan
Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 63-41 2014 Champion	Simon	Borralho	Vieira	Erosa	Cortes-Acosta	Quinlan
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 60-44	Simon	Borralho	Vieira	Padilla	Cortes-Acosta	Quinlan
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway -60-44 2018, 2022 Champion	Simon	Borralho	Brundage	Padilla	Cortes-Acosta	Quinlan
Brian Garcia @thegoze 58-46 2017 Champion	Simon	Borralho	Vieira	Erosa	Cortes-Acosta	Quinlan
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 58-46	Simon	Borralho	Vieira	Padilla	Cortes-Acosta	Quinlan
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 57-47	Yadong	Borralho	Vieira	Erosa	Cortes-Acosta	Quinlan

The UFC stays in Las Vegas this week with a key bantamweight matchup atop the card.

UFC Fight Night 223 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card streams on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+.

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