The UFC stays on its home turf in Las Vegas this week with a welterweight clash atop the bill.
UFC Fight Night 187 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The event streams on ESPN+.
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In the main event, Leon Edwards (18-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) takes on replacement opponent Belal Muhammad (18-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) at welterweight. Edwards is a -275 favorite at BetMGM, and he has a 9-4 lead in the picks from our 13 editors, writers, videographers and radio hosts.
In the co-feature, Misha Cirkunov (15-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) meets Ryan Spann (18-6 MMA, 4-1 UFC) at light heavyweight. Cirkunov is a slim -125 favorite, but it’s Spann with a 7-6 edge in the picks.
It’s a close fight from a betting perspective between featherweights Dan Ige (14-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) and Gavin Tucker (13-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) with Ige a -155 favorite. But he has a big 11-2 lead in the picks.
Jonathan Martinez (13-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) is the main card’s biggest favorite at -300 at bantamweight against Davey Grant (10-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC). He’s also the biggest favorite from our staff pickers, near unanimous at 12-1.
Manel Kape (15-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) is a -140 favorite at flyweight against Matheus Nicolau (15-2-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC), and he’s got just a narrow 7-6 edge in our picks.
And to open the main card, Darren Stewart (12-6 MMA, 5-5 UFC) is a -185 favorite at middleweight against Eryk Anders (13-5 MMA, 5-5 UFC), and he’s got a big 9-4 lead in the picks.
In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Edwards (68 percent), Cirkunov (51 percent), Ige (65 percent), Martinez (72 percent), Nicolau (50.1 percent) and Stewart (61 percent) are the choices.
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