In the co-main occasion, Mickey Gall (6-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) takes on 3-1 preferred Mike Perry (13-6 MMA, 6-6 UFC) at welterweight. Perrys got a strong lead in the choices at 9-5.
UFC on ESPN 12 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+.
(Editors note: Additional battles on the main card were finalized too late for our staff chooses function.).
In the MMA Junkie reader consensus choices, Poirier (75 percent), Perry (57 percent), Allen (77 percent) and Greene (66 percent) are the choices.
Also on the main card, Brendan Allen (14-3 MMA, 2-0 UFC) is a big favorite versus unbeaten advertising beginner Kyle Daukaus (9-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), and hes the heaviest favorite among our pickers at 12-2.
And Gian Villante (17-11 MMA, 7-8 UFC) goes up to heavyweight to handle Maurice Greene (8-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC). Greene is more than a 2-1 favorite, however he just has a small 8-6 lead in the picks with nearly half our employee taking Villante in an upset.
In the primary event, previous interim lightweight champ Dustin Poirier (25-6 MMA, 17-5 UFC) handles Dan Hooker (20-8 MMA, 10-4 UFC). Poirier is a 2-1 preferred in his return after losing a title marriage bout to champ Khabib Nurmagomedov this past September, and hes got a huge lead from our 14 editors, authors, videographers and radio hosts. Theyre siding with him at a 10-4 clip.
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