UFC Picks: UFC 216

UFC 216 has two belts and a record on the line this Saturday. See who the RotoWire Staff thinks will walk away a winner.

Updated on October 5, 2017 3:56PM EST

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Following the cancellation of UFC 215's main event between Demetrious Johnson and Ray Borg, the two will try it again Saturday in Vegas, as Mighty Mouse will attempt to break Anderson Silva's all-time title defense record. That will help set the table for the main event, where the UFC will crown an interim lightweight champion in a highly-anticipated matchup between Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee. Also on the card is a showdown of top heavyweight contenders, where finishing artist Derrick Lewis looks to get back on track against UFC stalwart and jiu-jitsu special Fabricio Werdum. See what the RotoWire staff anticipates happening in an action-packed evening of fights.

If you're looking for a fantasy-specific breakdown of these fights on DraftKings, click here for Jon Litterine's UFC 216 preview.

Note: Werdum vs. Lewis (opponent change) and Dariush vs. Dunham (majority draw) will not count against any staff records this week.

MATCHUP	WEIGHT CLASS	JON	EVAN	JAKE
Tony Ferguson (-225) vs. Kevin Lee (+190)	Interim Lightweight Championship	Ferguson	Ferguson	Ferguson
(C) Demetrious Johnson (-1150) vs. Ray Borg (+700)	Flyweight Championship	Johnson	Johnson	Johnson
Fabricio Werdum (-250) vs. Derrick Lewis (+205)	Heavyweight	Werdum	Werdum	Werdum
Beneil Dariush (-230) vs. Evan Dunham (+290)	Lightweight	Dunham	Dariush	Dariush
Tom Duquesnoy (-165) vs. Cody Stamann (+135)	Bantamtweight	~~Duquesnoy~~	~~Duquesnoy~~	~~Duquesnoy~~
RECORD		2-1	2-1	2-1
OVERALL (since UFC 200)		51-36	48-39	54-33
PERCENTAGE		.586	.552	.621

MATCHUP	WEIGHT CLASS	RICHARD	CHRIS
Tony Ferguson (-225) vs. Kevin Lee (+190)	Interim Lightweight Championship	Ferguson	Ferguson
(C) Demetrious Johnson (-1150) vs. Ray Borg (+700)	Flyweight Championship	Johnson	Johnson
Fabricio Werdum (-250) vs. Derrick Lewis (+205)	Heavyweight	Lewis	Werdum
Beneil Dariush (-230) vs. Evan Dunham (+290)	Lightweight	Dunham	Dunham
Tom Duquesnoy (-165) vs. Cody Stamann (+135)	Bantamtweight	~~Duquesnoy~~	Stamann
RECORD		2-1	3-0
OVERALL (since UFC 200)		36-22	15-12
PERCENTAGE		.621	.556

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. Sirius XM contributor. Host of the RotoWire MMA Podcast, RotoWire Fantasy Football Podcast and RotoWire DFS Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @JakeSki52.
Richard Mann: Richard is a stats-based analyst that has appeared on ESPN MMA via Fightmetric. He handles event recaps in our Fight Stat Wrap column, and maintains his own, data-driven MMA blog at StrikescoreMMA.com. Follow him on Twitter at @RichardAMann.
Chris Olson: Contributor at RotoWire for DFS Baseball, as well as MMA fight recaps. Follow him on Twitter at @RealChrisOlson.