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The UFC is back for its final event in a bizarre calendar year of fighting with a welterweight bout at the top of the map.
UFC Fight Night 183 takes place on Saturday at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card airs on ESPN +.
(Click here to open a PDF of the Staff Selection Grid in a separate window.)
In the main event, former welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson (15-4-1 MMA, 10-4-1 UFC) faces Geoff Neal (13-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC). Neal is a slight favorite at BetMGM at -125, but it’s Thompson with a slight 8-6 lead from our 14 editors, writers, videographers and radio hosts.
In the co-feature, former featherweight champion Jose Aldo (28-7 MMA, 10-6 UFC) meets Marlon Vera (18-6-1 MMA, 10-5 UFC) in a bantamweight bout. Aldo is a -150 favorite on the pound, but slight underdog Vera has an 8-6 lead in picks.
Also on the main card, Michel Pereira (24-11 MMA, 2-2 UFC) faces Khaos Williams (11-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) in welterweight. Pereira is a slight favorite at -120, but Williams is our pickers’ biggest favorite at 11-3.
Rob Font (17-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) faces Marlon Moraes (23-7-1 MMA, 5-3 UFC) at bantamweight. Moraes is a -155 favorite, but the picks are a deadlock at 7-7.
And to open the main card, Greg Hardy (7-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) takes on Marcin Tybura (20-6 MMA, 7-5 UFC) at heavyweight. Hardy is a -130 favorite, and he has an 8-5 pick lead.
In consensus choices of MMA readers Junkie, Thompson (58%), Vera (52%), Williams (67%), Moraes (80%) and Hardy (58%) are the choices.
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