UFC Fight Night 86 staff picks: 'Big Ben' gets nod over Dos Santos

	Rothwell vs. Dos Santos	Lewis vs. Gonzaga	Ngannou vs. Blaydes	Johnson vs. Tybura	Pokrajac vs. Blachowicz	Moroz vs. Stanciu
MMAjunkie readers’ consensus picks 2016 picks: 30-15	Rothwell (55%)	Lewis (66%)	Ngannou (65%)	Johnson (54%)	Blachowicz (74%)	Moroz (69%)
Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2016 picks: 30-15	Rothwell	Lewis	Ngannou	Johnson	Blachowicz	Moroz
Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven 2016 picks: 30-15	Rothwell	Lewis	Blaydes	Tybura	Blachowicz	Moroz
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2016 picks: 29-16	Rothwell	Lewis	Blaydes	Tybura	Pokrajac	Stanciu
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2016 picks: 27-18	Rothwell	Lewis	Blaydes	Johnson	Blachowicz	Moroz
Dann Stupp @DannStupp 2016 picks: 27-18 2015 Champion	Rothwell	Lewis	Blaydes	Tybura	Blachowicz	Moroz
Brent Brookhouse @BrentBrookhouse 2016 picks: 25-20	Dos Santos	Lewis	Blaydes	Johnson	Blachowicz	Moroz
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2016 picks: 25-20 2014 Champion	Rothwell	Lewis	Ngannou	Tybura	Blachowicz	Moroz
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2016 picks: 24-21	Rothwell	Lewis	Blaydes	Tybura	Blachowicz	Moroz
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2016 picks: 21-24	Rothwell	Lewis	Blaydes	Johnson	Blachowicz	Moroz

Like his past three bouts, Ben Rothwell is again the underdog at the sports books, but when it comes to MMAjunkie’s staff picks for UFC Fight Night 86, he’s the overwhelming favorite over former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos.

Among our nine MMAjunkie writers, editors ad radio hosts, eight expect Rothwell (36-9 MMA, 6-3 UFC) to defeat Dos Santos (17-4 MMA, 11-3 UFC).

UFC Fight Night 86 takes place Sunday at Zagreb Arena in Zagreb, Croatia. The card airs on FOX Sports 1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

In other action, Derrick Lewis (14-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) is a unanimous 9-0 choice over heavyweight Gabriel Gonzaga (17-10 MMA, 12-9 UFC), newcomer Curtis Blaydes (5-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is a 7-2 pick over heavyweight Francis Ngannou (6-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC), newcomer Marcin Tybura (13-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is a narrow 5-4 choice over Timothy Johnson (9-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC), Jan Blachowicz (18-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC) is the 8-1 choice over light heavyweight Igor Pokrajac (25-12 MMA, 4-7 UFC), and Maryna Moroz (6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) is an 8-1 pick over strawweight Cristina Stanciu (5-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC).

In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Hunt (56%), Lombard (57%), Case (60%), Junior (61%), Te Huna (78%) and Rawlings (59%) have the edge.

Check out all the picks above. Additionally, leave your individual main-card picks below. As usual, MMAjunkie reader “IAMMA” is organizing the MMAjunkie Member Picks, where “Marco Ruas,” “Shaun Geez” and “Joseph Johnston” are our leaders.

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