Frankie Edgar is a substantial favorite heading into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 66 headliner, according to the sportsbooks, but when it comes to the MMAjunkie staff picks, do our writers and radio hosts agree?
Check out all the staff picks for UFC Fight Night 66, which airs on FOX Sports 1 from SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines, with a special 7 a.m. ET (4 a.m. PT) start time.
Among our nine staffers, Edgar (18-4-1 MMA, 12-4-1 UFC) is the 8-1 choice over fellow featherweight Urijah Faber (32-7 MMA, 8-3 UFC). The middleweight co-headliner had an identical tally, with Gegard Mousasi (36-5-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) getting the 8-1 nod over Costas Philippou (13-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC).
Elsewhere on the card, middleweight Luke Barnatt (8-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) is a 6-3 choice over Mark Munoz (13-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC), welterweight Neil Magny (14-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) is a 5-4 pick over Hyun Gyu Lim (13-4-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC), featherweight Yui Chul Nam (18-4-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is a 6-3 choice over Phillipe Nover (10-5-1 MMA, 0-3 UFC), and Mark Eddiva (6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) is a 7-2 choice over Levan Makashvili (6-1 MMA, 0-0 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 “Jack,” “Gummiberry juice” and “healy1835? are our leaders.
For more on UFC Fight Night 66, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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