Bellator 175 staff picks: Is it 'Rampage' or the favored 'King Mo' with the edge in the rematch?

	Jackson vs. Lawal	Galvao vs. Sanchez	Gormley vs. Kharitonov	Kozola vs. Roberts	Carter vs. Lahat
MMAjunkie readers’ consensus picks 2017: 26-21	Jackson (64%)	Sanchez (57%)	Kharitonov (78%)	Kozola (52%)	Lahat (81%)
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2017: 32-15	Lawal	Sanchez	Kharitonov	Kozola	Lahat
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2017: 31-16	Lawal	Sanchez	Gormley	Kozola	Lahat
Dann Stupp @DannStupp 2017: 29-18 2015 Champion	Lawal	Sanchez	Kharitonov	Roberts	Lahat
Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven 2017: 29-18	Lawal	Galvao	Kharitonov	Kozola	Lahat
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2017: 28-19	Lawal	Galvao	Kharitonov	Kozola	Lahat
Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2017: 27-20 2016 Champion	Jackson	Galvao	Kharitonov	Kozola	Lahat
Fernanda Prates @nandaprates_ 2017: 26-21	Lawal	Galvao	Kharitonov	Kozola	Lahat
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2017: 26-21 2014 Champion	Jackson	Sanchez	Kharitonov	Kozola	Lahat
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2017: 26-21	Lawal	Galvao	Kharitonov	Kozola	Lahat
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2017: 19-28	Lawal	Sanchez	Kharitonov	Kozola	Lahat

Bellator returns Friday with one of the biggest rematches in the promotion’s history.

Bellator 175 takes place at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., near Chicago. The main card airs on Spike following prelims on MMAjunkie.

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

In the main event, Quinton Jackson (37-11 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) takes on Muhammed Lawal (20-6 MMA, 9-4 BMMA) in a rematch of their first fight at Bellator 120 in 2014. “Rampage” won that fight by unanimous decision. Lawal has revenge on his mind – and was willing to go up from light heavyweight to heavyweight for the fight. He’s a 2-1 favorite, despite being expected to have a significant size disadvantage. But our MMAjunkie editors, writers and radio hosts are picking “King Mo” at an 8-2 clip.

In the co-main event, former bantamweight champion Marcos Galvao (18-7-1 MMA, 9-4 BMMA) moves up to featherweight to take on Emmanuel Sanchez (14-3 MMA, 6-2 BMMA). Sanchez is the favorite at 2-1 – but the fight is split right down the middle at 5-5 with our pickers.

Also on the main card, Chase Gormley (14-5 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) takes on veteran heavyweight Sergei Kharitonov (23-6 MMA, 0-1 BMMA), who is more than a 2-1 favorite. Only one of our staff members is taking Gormley for the upset, making Kharitonov a 9-1 pick. Steve Kozola (7-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) tries to stay unbeaten when he meets Jake Roberts (7-1 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) at lightweight. Kozola is just a slight favorite, but he’s the pick of nine of our 10 staff members.

And to open the main card on Spike, Noad Lahat (10-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) meets local fighter Lloyd Carter (10-8 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) at featherweight. Lahat is the biggest favorite on the card at 7-1 and is the only unanimous pick from the MMAjunkie staff at the event.

In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Jackson, Sanchez, Kharitonov, Kozola and Lahat are the choices.

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