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UFC on ESPN+ 15 predictions: Who’s taking Weili Zhang to beat Jessica Andrade for title?

Andrade
vs.
Zhang
Jingliang
vs.
Zaleski
De La Rosa
vs.
Kara-France
Evloev
vs.
Lu
Inoue
vs.
Yanan
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
2019: 144-73 (66%)
zhang2019
Zhang
(62%)
zaleski2019
Zaleski
(77%)
karafrance2019
Kara-France
(75%)
evloev2019
Evloev
(84%)
inoue2019
Inoue
(69%)
Nolan King
@mma_kings
2019: 53-17 (76%)
andrade2019
Andrade
zaleski2019
Zaleski
karafrance2019
Kara-France
evloev2019
Evloev
inoue2019
Inoue
Simon Head
@simonhead
2019: 55-20 (73%)
andrade2019
Andrade
zaleski2019
Zaleski
karafrance2019
Kara-France
evloev2019
Evloev
inoue2019
Inoue
Dan Tom
@DanTomMMA
2019: 150-67 (69%)
andrade2019
Andrade
zaleski2019
Zaleski
karafrance2019
Kara-France
evloev2019
Evloev
inoue2019
Inoue
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
2019: 148-69 (68%)
zhang2019
Zhang
zaleski2019
Zaleski
karafrance2019
Kara-France
evloev2019
Evloev
inoue2019
Inoue
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
2019: 43-21 (67%)
andrade2019
Andrade
zaleski2019
Zaleski
karafrance2019
Kara-France
evloev2019
Evloev
inoue2019
Inoue
John Morgan
@MMAjunkieJohn
2019: 144-73 (66%)
zhang2019
Zhang
zaleski2019
Zaleski
karafrance2019
Kara-France
evloev2019
Evloev
inoue2019
Inoue
Ken Hathaway
@kenshathaway
2019: 141-76 (65%)
trophy copy2018 Champion
zhang2019
Zhang
zaleski2019
Zaleski
karafrance2019
Kara-France
evloev2019
Evloev
inoue2019
Inoue
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohnMMA
2019: 141-76 (65%)
trophy copy2014 Champion
andrade2019
Andrade
zaleski2019
Zaleski
karafrance2019
Kara-France
evloev2019
Evloev
inoue2019
Inoue
Steven Marrocco
@MMAjunkieSteven
2019: 140-77 (64%)
andrade2019
Andrade
zaleski2019
Zaleski
karafrance2019
Kara-France
evloev2019
Evloev
inoue2019
Inoue
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
2019: 140-77 (64%)
trophy copy2017 Champion
andrade2019
Andrade
zaleski2019
Zaleski
karafrance2019
Kara-France
evloev2019
Evloev
inoue2019
Inoue
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
2019: 133-84 (61%)
andrade2019
Andrade
zaleski2019
Zaleski
dalarosa2019
De La Rosa
evloev2019
Evloev
yanan2019
Yanan
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
2019: 131-86 (60%)
andrade2019
Andrade
zaleski2019
Zaleski
karafrance2019
Kara-France
evloev2019
Evloev
inoue2019
Inoue
Dave Doyle
@davedoylemma
2019: 73-52 (58%)
zhang2019
Zhang
zaleski2019
Zaleski
karafrance2019
Kara-France
evloev2019
Evloev
inoue2019
Inoue
Matt Erickson
@MMAjunkieMatt
2019: 121-96 (56%)
zhang2019
Zhang
jingliang2019
Jingliang
dalarosa2019
De La Rosa
lu2019
Lu
yanan2019
Yanan

The UFC is back in China this week, and an upstart title challenger will try to capture a belt in front of her home fans.

UFC on ESPN+ 15 takes place Saturday at Universiade Sports Center in Shenzhen, China. The main card streams on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN.

(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)

In the main event, Jessica Andrade (20-6 MMA, 11-4 UFC) puts her women’s strawweight title on the line for the first time when she takes on challenger Weili Zhang (19-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC). Andrade is a slight favorite in the fight, and she’s got a fairly sizable lead in the picks from our 14 MMA Junkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, who are picking her at a 9-5 clip – even though nearly two of every three of our readers are picking Zhang to win.

In the welterweight co-feature, China’s own Li Jingliang (16-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) takes on Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (21-5 MMA, 7-1 UFC). Zaleski is a heavy 3-1 favorite, and only one picker is taking Jingliang to upset the Brazilian.

That blowout trend carries over to the rest of the main card. Only two pickers are going against Kai Kara-France (19-7 MMA, 2-0 UFC) in his flyweight fight against 2-1 underdog Mark De La Rosa (11-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC).

The unbeaten Movsar Evloev (11-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has a huge 13-1 edge in his featherweight fight against fellow UFC debutant Zhenhong Lu (18-6 MMA, 0-0 UFC). Evloev is more than a 5-1 favorite against Lu, who makes his promotional debut in front of his home fans.

And to open the main card, Wu Yanan (10-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will try to pull off a slight upset for the home crowd when she takes on former Invicta FC champion Mizuki Inoue (13-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who makes her UFC debut and has a whopping 12-2 lead in the picks despite being just a mild favorite.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Zhang (62%), Zaleski (77 percent), Kara-France (75 percent), Evloev (84 percent) and Inoue (69 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month for April: A thrilling battle for the BMF belt

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from April 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month award for April. At the bottom of the post, let us know...

Kevin Borjas: ‘Alessandro Costa is now Mexican … he’ll be fighting as a visitor’ at UFC 301 in Brazil

Brazil has always been known to be a passionate and fiery crowd when it comes to MMA, and some even think the fans there are wild enough to give their home fighters an edge over their foreign rivals. From throwing things to the famed ‘Uh, Vai Morrer!’ – “You’re...

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