This article is part of our UFC Picks series.
UPDATE (7/7): Former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson "The Spider" Silva has been added to UFC 200 as a late replacement for Jon Jones in his fight against Daniel "DC" Cormier. Check out how the writers see it playing out below.Even without the light heavyweight championship, UFC 200 contains two title fights, and much intrigue brought by the return of Lesnar from the WWE. To celebrate the occasion, our writers got together to offer up their picks for the card, as well as the two title fights set to go down Thursday and Friday.
If you're looking for fantasy-specific breakdowns of the fights, please click here for Jon Litterine's breakdown of UFC 200.
For a fight-by-fight breakdown of UFC Fight Night 90 on Thursday, click here for a preview courtesy of Evan Dahl.
Without further delay, here are our picks:
| MATCHUP | WEIGHT CLASS | JON | EVAN | JAKE |
| (C) Miesha Tate (-260) vs. Amanda Nunes (+220) | Women's Bantamweight | Nunes | ||
| Brock Lesnar (+145) vs. Mark Hunt (-165) | Heavyweight | Lesnar | Lesnar | |
| (C) Daniel Cormier (-360) vs. Anderson Silva (+300) | Light Heavyweight | Cormier | Cormier | Cormier |
| Jose Aldo (-120) vs. Frankie Edgar (+100) | Featherweight | Aldo | ||
| Cain Velasquez (-275) vs. Travis Browne (+235) | Heavyweight | Velasquez | Velasquez | Velasquez |
| Cat Zingano (-175) vs. Julianna Pena (+155) | Women's Bantamweight | |||
| Johny Hendricks (-160) vs. Kelvin Gastelum (+140) | Welterweight | Gastelum | ||
| T.J. Dillashaw (-440) vs. Raphael Assuncao (+350) | Heavyweight | Dillashaw | Dillashaw | Dillashaw |
| Sage Northcutt (-345) vs. Enrique Marin (+285) | Lightweight | Northcutt | Northcutt | Northcutt |
| Diego Sanchez (-105) vs. Joe Lauzon (-115) | Lightweight | |||
| Gegard Mousasi (-295) vs. Thiago Santos (+235) | Middleweight | Mousasi | Mousasi | Mousasi |
| Jim Miller (-245) vs. Takanori Gomi (+205) | Lightweight | Miller | Miller | Miller |
| (C) Joanna Jedrzejczyk (-130) vs. Claudia Gadelha (+110) | Women's Strawweight | Jedrzejczyk | Jedrzejczyk | |
| (C) Rafael Dos Anjos (-350) vs. Eddie Alvarez (+285) | Lightweight | |||
| RECORD | 8-6 | 9-5 | 8-6 |
THE PLAYERS
Jon Litterine: RotoWire lead MMA beat writer and scribe for our weekly DrafKings preview. Lead analyst on the RotoWire MMA Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @JonLitterine.
Evan Dahl: Pens our bi-weekly MMA Barometer column. Follow him on Twitter at @RealEvanDahl.
Jake Letarski: MMA and NCAA Hoops Senior Editor. Host of the RotoWire MMA Podcast and RotoWire DFS Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @JakeSki52.
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