Bellator 196 staff picks: Is anyone picking Roger Huerta to top Benson Henderson?

	Henderson vs. Huerta	Borics vs. Nikolov	Castkova vs. Kielholtz	Belsanti vs. Moore	Pascu vs. Ruth
MMAjunkie readers’ consensus picks 2018: 30-21	Henderson (65%)	Nikolov (51%)	Kielholotz (56%)	Moore (75%)	Ruth (83%)
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2018: 32-19	Henderson	Borics	Kielholotz	Moore	Ruth
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2018: 31-20	Henderson	Borics	Kielholotz	Moore	Ruth
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2018: 30-21	Henderson	Borics	Kielholotz	Moore	Ruth
Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven 2018: 29-22	Henderson	Nikolov	Castkova	Moore	Ruth
Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2018: 29-22 2016 Champion	Henderson	Borics	Kielholotz	Moore	Ruth
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2018: 29-22 2014 Champion	Henderson	Borics	Kielholotz	Moore	Ruth
Dann Stupp @DannStupp 2018: 29-22 2015 Champion	Henderson	Nikolov	Kielholotz	Moore	Ruth
Fernanda Prates @nandaprates_ 2018: 28-23	Henderson	Borics	Kielholotz	Moore	Ruth
Trent Reinsmith @TrentReinsmith 2018: 28-23	Henderson	Borics	Kielholotz	Moore	Ruth
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2018: 26-25	Huerta	Nikolov	Kielholotz	Moore	Ruth
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2018: 26-25	Henderson	Borics	Kielholotz	Moore	Ruth
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2018: 25-26	Henderson	Nikolov	Kielholotz	Moore	Ruth
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2018: 24-27 2017 Champion	Henderson	Borics	Kielholotz	Moore	Ruth
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2018: 23-28	Henderson	Borics	Kielholotz	Moore	Ruth

Bellator is back Friday for its first of three events in April.

Bellator 196 takes place Friday at BOK Hall in Budapest, Hungary, and it airs on Paramount via same-day delay.

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In the main event, former UFC and WEC lightweight champion and former Bellator title challenger Benson Henderson (24-8 MMA, 1-3 BMMA) takes on Roger Huerta (24-9-1 MMA, 1-2 BMMA). Henderson is a near-unanimous pick to get just his second win in five Bellator fights: 13 of 14 of our MMAjunkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are taking Henderson.

In the co-feature, Adam Borics (10-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) meets promotional newcomer Teodor Nikolov (11-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) at featherweight after a headliner against Conor McGregor teammate James Gallagher fell off. Borics is a heavy 10-4 choice among our staff members.

Also on the main card, Petra Castkova (3-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) makes her promotional debut against Denise Kielholtz (1-1 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), who is a 13-1 choice. And we have two unanimous picks on the card. Brian Moore (10-6 MMA, 1-2 BMMA) is a 14-0 selection in his featherweight fight against Giorgio Belsanti (7-6-1 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), and Ed Ruth (4-0 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) is a unanimous pick to top Ion Pascu (17-7 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) in their 175-pound catchweight bout.

In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Henderson, Nikolov, Kielholtz, Moore and Ruth are the choices.

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