UFC on FOX 27 staff picks: Who do we like in 'Jacare' Souza vs. Derek Brunson rematch?

	Souza vs. Brunson	Bermudez vs. Fili	Gillespie vs. Rinaldi	Camacho vs. Dober
MMAjunkie readers’ consensus picks 2018: 7-6	Souza (60%)	Bermudez (71%)	Gillespie (85%)	Dober (66%)
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2018: 9-4	Brunson	Bermudez	Gillespie	Camacho
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2018: 9-4	Brunson	Fili	Gillespie	Camacho
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2018: 9-4	Brunson	Bermudez	Gillespie	Camacho
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2018: 8-5	Brunson	Fili	Gillespie	Dober
Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven 2018: 7-6	Brunson	Bermudez	Gillespie	Dober
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2018: 7-6	Brunson	Bermudez	Gillespie	Dober
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2018: 7-6 2014 Champion	Brunson	Bermudez	Gillespie	Dober
Trent Reinsmith @TrentReinsmith 2018: 7-6	Souza	Bermudez	Gillespie	Dober
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2018: 6-7 2017 Champion	Souza	Fili	Gillespie	Camacho
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2018: 6-7	Souza	Bermudez	Gillespie	Camacho
Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2018: 6-7 2016 Champion	Souza	Bermudez	Gillespie	Dober
Dann Stupp @DannStupp 2018: 6-7 2015 Champion	Souza	Bermudez	Gillespie	Dober
Fernanda Prates @nandaprates_ 2018: 6-7	Brunson	Bermudez	Gillespie	Camacho
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2018: 6-7	Souza	Bermudez	Gillespie	Camacho

The UFC is ready to tee things up for the third straight weekend, and for the first time this calendar year on FOX.

UFC on FOX 27 takes place Saturday at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C., and 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, Ronaldo Souza (24-5 MMA, 7-2 UFC) meets Derek Brunson (18-5 MMA, 9-3 UFC) in a rematch. The middleweights fought five and a half years ago for Strikeforce, and “Jacare” knocked Brunson out in 41 seconds. He’s favored this time in the rematch, though not by much. But among our 14 MMAjunkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, nine are picking Brunson in a mild upset to just five for Souza, a former Strikeforce champion.

In the co-feature, Dennis Bermudez (16-7 MMA, 9-5 MMA) meets Andre Fili (17-5 MMA, 5-4 UFC) in a featherweight bout. Bermudez, the slight betting favorite, has a big 11-3 lead in our picks.

Also on the main card, Gregor Gillespie (10-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is one of the event’s top two favorites in his lightweight meeting with Jordan Rinaldi (13-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC). Gillespie is a -550 favorite – and the lone unanimous pick among our staff members.

To open the main card on FOX, Frank Camacho (21-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) takes on Drew Dober (18-8 MMA, 4-4 UFC) at welterweight. Dober is the favorite, but the fight is split right down the middle with our pickers at 7-7.

In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Souza, Bermudez, Gillespie and Dober are the choices.

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