UFC Fight Night 124 staff picks: One toss up, three heavy favorites in St. Louis

	Choi vs. Stephens	Belfort vs. Hall	Clark vs. VanZant	Meek vs. Usman
MMAjunkie readers’ consensus picks 2017: 124-92 (2017)	Choi (59%)	Hall (79%)	VanZant (68%)	Usman (72%)
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2017: 135-81 2017 Champion	Stephens	Hall	VanZant	Usman
Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2017: 131-85 2016 Champion	Choi	Hall	VanZant	Usman
Dann Stupp @DannStupp 2017: 129-82 2015 Champion	Choi	Hall	VanZant	Usman
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2017: 131-85	Choi	Hall	Clark	Usman
Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven 2017: 129-87	Stephens	Hall	VanZant	Usman
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2017: 128-88	Choi	Hall	Clark	Usman
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2017: 127-89 2014 Champion	Choi	Hall	VanZant	Usman
Fernanda Prates @nandaprates_ 2017: 123-93	Choi	Hall	VanZant	Usman
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2017: 122-94	Stephens	Hall	VanZant	Usman
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2017: 121-95	Stephens	Hall	VanZant	Meek
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2017: 0-0	Stephens	Hall	VanZant	Usman
Trent Reinsmith @TrentReinsmith 2017: 0-0	Choi	Hall	VanZant	Usman
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2017: 0-0	Stephens	Hall	VanZant	Meek
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2017: 0-0	Stephens	Hall	Clark	Usman

The UFC is back for its first event of the new calendar year, and it has touched down in St. Louis for the first time in its history.

UFC Fight Night 124 takes place Sunday at Scottrade Center in St. Louis. The card airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

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

In the main event, Jeremy Stephens (26-14 MMA, 13-13 UFC) takes on Dooho Choi (14-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) in a featherweight bout. Choi is a slight favorite in the fight, but our 14 MMAjunkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers (we’ve expanded the field for 2018) are split right down the middle at 7-7.

In the co-feature, former champion Vitor Belfort (26-13 MMA, 15-10 UFC) meets Uriah Hall (13-8 MMA, 6-6 UFC) in a middleweight bout – and in what could be Belfort’s final fight. Hall is a -250 favorite, and he is the only unanimous pick on the card with 14 of 14 taking him to win.

Also on the main card, Jessica-Rose Clark (8-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) looks to build on her successful promotional debut when she takes on Paige VanZant (7-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC), who is moving up from strawweight to the UFC’s new women’s flyweight division. Clark actually is a slight favorite over VanZant, but it’s VanZant with a big 11-3 edge.

And to open the main card, Emil Meek (9-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) takes on Kamaru Usman (11-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) at welterweight. Usman is the biggest favorite on the card, and he’s got a 12-2 edge with just a pair of pickers going with Meek, the heavy underdog.

In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Choi, Hall, VanZant and Usman are the choices.

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