UFC on FOX 26 staff picks: Lawler or 'RDA'? Who gets nod in battle of former champs?

	Lawler vs. Dos Anjos	Emmett vs. Lamas	Perry vs. Ponzinibbio	Cirkunov vs. Teixeira
MMAjunkie readers’ consensus picks 2017: 122-85	Lawler (70%)	Lamas (83%)	Perry (53%)	Cirkunov (51%)
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2017: 131-76	Lawler	Lamas	Ponzinibbio	Cirkunov
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2017: 130-77	Lawler	Lamas	Perry	Cirkunov
Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2017: 128-79 2016 Champion	Dos Anjos	Lamas	Perry	Cirkunov
Dann Stupp @DannStupp 2017: 127-80 2015 Champion	Dos Anjos	Lamas	Ponzinibbio	Cirkunov
Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven 2017: 126-81	Lawler	Lamas	Perry	Cirkunov
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2017: 123-84	Dos Anjos	Lamas	Perry	Teixeira
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2017: 121-86 2014 Champion	Lawler	Lamas	Ponzinibbio	Teixeira
Fernanda Prates @nandaprates_ 2017: 121-86	Lawler	Lamas	Perry	Cirkunov
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2017: 119-88	Lawler	Lamas	Perry	Teixeira
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2017: 119-88	Lawler	Lamas	Perry	Teixeira

The UFC is back in Canada for its penultimate event of 2017, and a battle between two former champions headlines the card.

UFC on FOX 26 takes place Saturday at Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The main card airs on FOX following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

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

In the main event, former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler (28-11 MMA, 13-5 UFC) takes on former lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos (27-9 MMA, 16-7 UFC), who now is fighting at 170 pounds. The fight virtually is a pick’em with the oddsmakers, but it’s Lawler who is the pick of seven of our 10 MMAjunkie editors, writers and radio hosts.

In the co-feature, former featherweight title challenger Ricardo Lamas (18-5 MMA, 9-3 UFC) is the lone unanimous pick on the card. All 10 of our pickers are taking him to top short-notice replacement Josh Emmett (12-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC), who stepped in after Lamas’ original opponent, former champ Jose Aldo, was tapped to challenge titleholder Max Holloway in the UFC 218 main event.

Also on the main card, Mike Perry (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) is the underdog in his welterweight fight against Santiago Ponzinibbio (25-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC), but he’s got a 7-3 edge in our staff picks. And to open the main card, Misha Cirkunov (13-3 MMA, 4-1 UFC) is the 6-4 choice over former light heavyweight title challenger Glover Teixeira (26-6 MMA, 9-4 UFC).

In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Lawler, Lamas, Perry and Cirkunov are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

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