UFC Fight Night 226 predictions: Is anyone picking against Paris favorite Ciryl Gane?

The UFC is back in one of the world’s most famous cities this week: Paris, “The City of Lights.”

UFC Fight Night 226 takes place Saturday at Accor Arena in Paris. The event streams on ESPN+.

(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.

Morgan Charriere vs. Manolo Zecchini

Records: Charriere (18-9-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Zecchini (11-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
Division: Featherweight
Betting odds: Charriere (-340), Zecchini (+270)
Junkie pick results: Charriere 8, Zecchini 3

Yanis Ghemmouri vs. William Gomis

Records: Ghemmouri (12-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Gomis (12-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC)
Division: Featherweight
Betting odds: Gomis (-240), Ghemmouri (+200)
Junkie pick results: Ghemmouri 6, Gomis 5

Bogdan Guskov vs. Volkan Oezdemir

Records: Guskov (14-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Oezdemir (18-7 MMA, 6-6 UFC)
Division: Light heavyweight
Betting odds: Guskov (+140), Oezdemir (-165)

Junkie pick results: Oezdemir 7, Guskov 4

Thiago Moises vs. Benoit Saint-Denis

Records: Moises (17-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC), Saint-Denis (11-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC)
Division: Lightweight
Betting odds: Moises (+135), Saint-Denis (-160)

Junkie pick results: Saint-Denis 11, Moises 0

Manon Fiorot vs. Rose Namajunas

Records: Fiorot (10-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC), Namajunas (11-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC)
Division: Women’s flyweight
Betting odds: Fiorot (-185), Namajunas (+155)
Junkie pick results: Fiorot 9, Namajunas 2

Ciryl Gane vs. Serghei Spivac

Records: Gane (11-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC), Spivac (16-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC)
Division: Heavyweight
Betting odds: Gane (-170), Spivac (+140)
Junkie pick results: Gane 11, Spivac 0

Preliminary card picks

Although fights on the prelims don’t count toward the standings in the MMA Junkie staff picks, we still pick each fight. Here are some key results:

After a matchup change, Caolan Loughran (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) went from being a favorite to the underdog against Taylor Lapilus (18-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC), who has a 9-2 lead in the picks.

Jacqueline Cavalcanti (5-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is the only unanimous pick on the prelims in her women’s bantamweight fight against Zarah Fairn (6-5 MMA, 0-3 UFC), who is looking for her first UFC win.

Check out all the playoff picks below.

UFC Fight Night 226 main card picks

	Gane vs. Spivac	Fiorot vs. Namajunas	Moises vs. Saint-Denis	Guskov vs. Oezdemir	Ghemmouri vs. Gomis	Charriere vs. Zecchini
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 148-88	Gane (69%)	Namajunas (52%)	Saint-Denis (74%)	Oezdemir (65%)	Gomis (75%)	Charriere (63%)
Nolan King @mma_kings 150-86	Gane	Namajunas	Saint-Denis	Oezdemir	Ghemmouri	Charriere
Simon Samano @SJSamano 149-87	Gane	Fiorot	Saint-Denis	Guskov	Ghemmouri	Charriere
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 147-89 2018, 2022 Champion	Gane	Fiorot	Saint-Denis	Oezdemir	Gomis	Zecchini
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 146-90	Gane	Fiorot	Saint-Denis	Oezdemir	Ghemmouri	Zecchini
Matt Erickson @MattE 145-91	Gane	Fiorot	Saint-Denis	Guskov	Gomis	Charriere
Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 144-92 2014 Champion	Gane	Fiorot	Saint-Denis	Oezdemir	Gomis	Charriere
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 142-94	Gane	Fiorot	Saint-Denis	Guskov	Ghemmouri	Zecchini
Brian Garcia @thegoze 140-96 2017 Champion	Gane	Fiorot	Saint-Denis	Oezdemir	Gomis	Charriere
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 139-97	Gane	Fiorot	Saint-Denis	Oezdemir	Ghemmouri	Charriere
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 137-99	Gane	Fiorot	Saint-Denis	Oezdemir	Gomis	Charriere
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 132-104	Gane	Namajunas	Saint-Denis	Guskov	Ghemmouri	Charriere

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