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We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 116 event, which features a middleweight headliner between former UFC champion Luke Rockhold and former two-division WSOF titleholder David Branch.
Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMAjunkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).
Those MMAjunkie MMA reader consensus picks will be part of the UFC Fight Night 116 staff picks we release on Friday ahead of the event. UFC Fight Night 116 takes place Saturday at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, and it airs on FS1 following an early prelim on UFC Fight Pass.
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Records: Luke Rockhold (15-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC), David Branch (21-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC)
Past five: Rockhold 4-1, Branch 5-0
Division: Middleweight
Rankings: Rockhold No. 4, Branch No. 7
Odds (as of 9/10/17): Rockhold -440, Branch +350
Records: Thiago Alves (22-11 MMA, 14-8 UFC), Mike Perry (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC)
Past five: Alves 3-2, Perry 4-1
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Records: Hector Lombard (34-7-1 MMA, 3-5 UFC), Anthony Smith (27-12 MMA, 3-2 UFC)
Past five: Lombard 1-3 (one no-contest), Smith 4-1
Division: Middleweight
Rankings: None
Records: Gregor Gillespie (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC), Jason Gonzalez (11-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC)
Past five: Gillespie 5-0, Gonzalez 4-1
Division: Lightweight
Rankings: None
Records: Sergio Moraes (12-2-1 MMA, 6-1-1 UFC), Kamaru Usman (10-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC)
Past five: Usman 5-0, Moraes 4-0-1
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: Usman honorable mention
Records: Zu Anyanwu (14-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Justin Ledet (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC)
Past five: Anyanwu 5-0, Ledet 4-0 (one no-contest)
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
For more on UFC Fight Night 116, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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