UFC Fight Night 228 predictions: Are we picking against the grain in Fiziev-Gamrot or Ige-Mitchell?

The UFC stays in its Las Vegas home base this week with lightweight and featherweight contenders atop the lineup.

UFC Fight Night 228 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. 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.

Charles Jourdain vs. Ricardo Ramos

Records: Jourdain (14-6-1 MMA, 5-5-1 UFC), Ramos (16-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC)
Division: Featherweight
Betting odds: Jourdain (-140), Ramos (+120)
Junkie pick results: Ramos 6, Jourdain 5

Bryan Battle vs. A.J. Fletcher

Records: Battle (9-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC), Fletcher (10-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC)
Division: Welterweight
Betting odds: Battle (-185), Fletcher (+155)
Junkie pick results: Battle 11-0

Marina Rodriguez vs. Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Records: Rodriguez (16-3-2 MMA, 6-3-2 UFC), Waterson-Gomez (18-11 MMA, 6-7 UFC)
Division: Women’s strawweight
Betting odds: Rodriguez (-310), Waterson-Gomez (+250)
Junkie pick results: Rodriguez 11-0

Dan Ige vs. Bryce Mitchell

Records: Ige (17-6 MMA, 9-5 UFC), Mitchell (15-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC)
Division: Featherweight
Betting odds: Mitchell (-200), Ige (+165)
Junkie pick results: Ige 9, Mitchell 2

Rafael Fiziev vs. Mateusz Gamrot

Records: Fiziev (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC), Gamrot (22-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC)
Division: Lightweight
Betting odds: Fiziev (-155), Gamrot (+130)
Junkie pick results: Fiziev 9, Gamrot 2

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:

The prelims produced no unanimous picks, but Tim Means (32-15-1 MMA, 14-12 UFC) has a 10-1 picks lead over Andre Fialho (16-7 MMA, 2-4 UFC) in their welterweight fight, and 10 of our 11 pickers are taking Jacob Malkoun (7-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) to beat Cody Brundage (8-5 MMA, 2-4 UFC).

Check out all the main card picks below.

UFC Fight Night 228 main card picks

	Fiziev vs. Gamrot	Ige vs. Mitchell	Rodriguez vs. Waterson-Gomez	Battle vs. Fletcher	Jourdain vs. Ramos
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 159-92	Fiziev (63%)	Mitchell (66%)	Rodriguez (82%)	Battle (85%)	Jourdain (71%)
Nolan King @mma_kings 160-91	Fiziev	Mitchell	Rodriguez	Battle	Ramos
Simon Samano @SJSamano 159-92	Gamrot	Mitchell	Rodriguez	Battle	Jourdain
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 158-93 2018, 2022 Champion	Fiziev	Ige	Rodriguez	Battle	Jourdain
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 156-95	Gamrot	Ige	Rodriguez	Battle	Jourdain
Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 156-95 2014 Champion	Fiziev	Ige	Rodriguez	Battle	Jourdain
Matt Erickson @MattE 155-96	Fiziev	Ige	Rodriguez	Battle	Ramos
Brian Garcia @thegoze 151-100 2017 Champion	Fiziev	Ige	Rodriguez	Battle	Ramos
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 150-101	Fiziev	Ige	Rodriguez	Battle	Ramos
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 150-101	Fiziev	Ige	Rodriguez	Battle	Ramos
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 148-103	Fiziev	Ige	Rodriguez	Battle	Ramos
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 140-111	Fiziev	Ige	Rodriguez	Battle	Jourdain

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