Emelianenko vs. Mir	Sanchez vs. Sicilia	Gracie vs. Torres	Harris vs. Lovato Jr.	Danis vs. Walker
MMAjunkie readers’ consensus picks 2018: 43-27	Emelianenko (56%)	Sanchez (63%)	Gracie (86%)	Lovato (54%)	Danis (72%)
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2018: 47-23	Mir	Sanchez	Gracie	Lovato	Danis
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2018: 45-25	Mir	Sanchez	Gracie	Lovato	Danis
Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven 2018: 44-26	Mir	Sanchez	Gracie	Lovato	Danis
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2018: 43-27	Mir	Sicilia	Gracie	Lovato	Danis
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2018: 42-28 2014 Champion	Mir	Sanchez	Gracie	Lovato	Danis
Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2018: 41-29 2016 Champion	Mir	Sanchez	Gracie	Lovato	Danis
Dann Stupp @DannStupp 2018: 41-29 2015 Champion	Emelianenko	Sanchez	Gracie	Lovato	Danis
Trent Reinsmith @TrentReinsmith 2018: 41-29	Mir	Sanchez	Gracie	Lovato	Danis
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2018: 40-30	Mir	Sanchez	Gracie	Lovato	Danis
Fernanda Prates @nandaprates_ 2018: 39-31	Mir	Sanchez	Gracie	Lovato	Danis
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2018: 38-32	Mir	Sanchez	Gracie	Lovato	Danis
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2018: 37-33 2017 Champion	Mir	Sanchez	Gracie	Harris	Danis
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2018: 37-33	Mir	Sanchez	Gracie	Harris	Danis
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2018: 36-34	Emelianenko	Sicilia	Gracie	Lovato	Danis

(This story was originally published on April 27, 2018.)

Bellator’s heavyweight grand prix continues this week with its third opening-round matchup, and it’s between a pair of legends.

Bellator 198 takes place Saturday at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., near Chicago. The main card airs on Paramount following prelims on MMAjunkie.

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

In the main event, Fedor Emelianenko (36-5 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) and Frank Mir (18-11 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) fight in the opening round of the heavyweight tournament. Mir is just a slight betting favorite at -145, and is returning after a layoff of more than two years for his Bellator debut. But he’s got 12 votes from our 14 MMAjunkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers.

In the co-feature, Emmanuel Sanchez (16-3 MMA, 8-2 BMMA) meets 12-fight UFC veteran Sam Sicilia (16-8 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) in a key featherweight fight. Only a pair of our 14 pickers are taking Sicilia to win in an upset.

Also on the main card, Neiman Gracie (7-0 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) is a unanimous pick in his welterweight bout against Javier Torres (10-3 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), and is the biggest favorite on the card at 12-1. Dillon Danis (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) is a 10-1 favorite in his MMA debut against Kyle Walker (2-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) in a 175-pound catchweight fight, and he’s a unanimous choice, as well.

Gerald Harris (23-5 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) came out of retirement for a short-notice middleweight fight against Rafael Lovato Jr. (7-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) on just a few days’ notice when John Salter pulled out. But it’s the favored Lovato who is a 12-2 pick.

In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Emelianenko, Sanchez, Gracie, Lovato Jr. and Danis are the choices.

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