UFC 192 staff picks: Heavy support for champ Cormier over Gustafsson

	Cormier vs. Gustafsson	Bader vs. Evans	Jordan vs. Magomedov	Bagautinov vs. Benavidez	Eye vs. Pena
Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2015 picks: 111-56	Cormier	Bader	Jordan	Benavidez	Pena
Brent Brookhouse @BrentBrookhouse 2015 picks: 111-56	Cormier	Evans	Jordan	Benavidez	Pena
Dann Stupp @DannStupp 2015 picks: 110-57	Cormier	Bader	Magomedov	Benavidez	Pena
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2015 picks: 107-60	Cormier	Bader	Jordan	Benavidez	Pena
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2015 picks: 105-62 2014 Champion	Cormier	Evans	Magomedov	Benavidez	Pena
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2015 picks: 105-62	Cormier	Evans	Jordan	Benavidez	Pena
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2015 picks: 104-63	Cormier	Bader	Jordan	Benavidez	Pena
Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven 2015 picks: 104-63	Cormier	Evans	Magomedov	Benavidez	Pena
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2015 picks: 103-64	Cormier	Bader	Jordan	Benavidez	Pena

In a turnaround from this past week’s event in Japan, Saturday’s UFC show is heavy on unanimous picks from the MMAjunkie staff.

Three fights on the UFC 192 main card have 9-0 selections, including the main event, from MMAjunkie’s writers, editors and radio hosts.

UFC 192 takes place at Toyota Center in Houston. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.

In the headliner, light-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier (16-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC), who looks for his first title defense, is a 3-1 favorite over Alexander Gustafsson (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC). All nine of our pickers think he’ll top the taller Gustafsson, who is fighting for a title for the second time in his UFC career.

Following the cancellation of a Johny Hendricks vs. Tyron Woodley co-headliner, Ryan Bader (19-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) is the 5-4 choice over ex-light-heavyweight titleholder Rashad Evans (19-3-1 MMA, 14-3-1 UFC) in the new co-main event.

Other unanimous picks include Julianna Pena (6-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) over fellow women’s bantamweight Jessica Eye (11-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) and Joseph Benavidez (22-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) over flyweight Ali Bagautinov (13-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC). And Shawn Jordan (18-6 MMA, 6-3 UFC) has six siding with him in his heavyweight bout against Ruslan Magomedov (13-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC).

Check out all the picks above. Additionally, leave your main-card picks below. As usual, MMAjunkie reader “IAMMA” is organizing the MMAjunkie Member Picks, where “sadowolf” is still leading both categories and looking to repeat his 2014 title for most wins.

And for more on UFC 192, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.