UFC 212 staff picks: Forget the staff – MMAjunkie readers are split like never before

	Aldo vs. Holloway	Gadelha vs. Kowalkiewicz	Belfort vs. Marquardt	Bamgbose vs. Borrachinha	Medeiros vs. Silva
MMAjunkie readers’ consensus picks 2017: 45-33	Holloway (51%)	Kowalkiewicz (52%)	Belfort (56%)	Borrachinha (61%)	Silva (51%)
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2017: 52-26	Holloway	Gadelha	Belfort	Borrachinha	Silva
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2017: 49-29	Holloway	Gadelha	Belfort	Borrachinha	Medeiros
Dann Stupp @DannStupp 2017: 47-25 2015 Champion	Aldo	Gadelha	Belfort	Borrachinha	Silva
Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2017: 47-31 2016 Champion	Holloway	Gadelha	Marquardt	Borrachinha	Medeiros
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2017: 45-33 2014 Champion	Holloway	Gadelha	Belfort	Borrachinha	Medeiros
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2017: 45-33	Aldo	Gadelha	Belfort	Borrachinha	Silva
Fernanda Prates @nandaprates_ 2017: 45-33	Aldo	Gadelha	Belfort	Borrachinha	Medeiros
Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven 2017: 45-33	Aldo	Gadelha	Belfort	Borrachinha	Medeiros
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2017: 42-36	Holloway	Gadelha	Belfort	Borrachinha	Medeiros
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2017: 38-40	Holloway	Gadelha	Belfort	Borrachinha	Silva

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The UFC returns to Brazil on Saturday for UFC 212, which features a featherweight title-unification fight at the top of the card.

UFC 212 takes place Saturday at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, and the main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

In the main event, featherweight champion Jose Aldo (26-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) is a narrow 6-4 choice over interim titleholder Max Holloway (17-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC).

Also on the card, Claudia Gadelha (14-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) is the unanimous choice over fellow strawweight co-headliner Karolina Kowalkiewicz (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC), and Paulo Borrachinha (9-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is the 10-0 pick over middleweight Oluwale Bamgbose (6-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC).

Additionally, Vitor Belfort (25-13 MMA, 14-10 UFC) is a 9-1 pick over fellow middleweight vet Nate Marquardt (35-17-2 MMA, 13-10 UFC), and Yancy Medeiros (13-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC) is the 6-4 choice over fellow welterweight Erick Silva (19-7 MMA, 7-6 UFC).

In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Holloway, Kowalkiewicz, Belfort, Borrachinha and Silva are the choices, though the results were awfully close.

Check out all the picks above.

And for more on UFC 212, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.