UFC Picks: UFC 218

With the featherweigh title on the line, the RotoWire MMA Staff is pretty split. See who they believe will go home with a win this weekend.

Updated on November 30, 2017 6:03PM EST

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Max Holloway and Jose Aldo meet once again to battle it out for the UFC featherweight belt. Meanwhile two top heavyweight contenders fight for the possibility of a title shot. Both matchups and more go down in Detroit this weekend. See who the RotoWire MMA Staff thinks will take home the win below.

If you're looking for a fantasy-specific breakdown of these fights on DraftKings, click here for Jon Litterine's UFC 218 preview.

MATCHUP	WEIGHT CLASS	JON	EVAN	JAKE
(C) Max Holloway (-310) vs. Jose Aldo (+255)	Featherweight Championship	Holloway	Holloway	Holloway
Alistair Overeem (+205) vs. Francis Ngannou (-245)	Heavyweight	Ngannou	~~Overeem~~	Ngannou
Henry Cejudo (-255) vs. Sergio Pettis (+215)	Flyweight	Cejudo	Cejudo	Cejudo
Eddie Alvarez (+155) vs. Justin Gaethje (-175)	Lightweight	Alvarez	~~Gaethje~~	Alvarez
Michelle Waterson (+170) vs. Tecia Torres (-200)	Women's Strawweight	~~Waterson~~	~~Waterson~~	Torres
RECORD		4-1	2-3	5-0
OVERALL (since UFC 200)		55-37	50-42	59-33
PERCENTAGE		.598	.543	.641

MATCHUP	WEIGHT CLASS	RICHARD	CHRIS
(C) Max Holloway (-310) vs. Jose Aldo (+255)	Featherweight Championship	Holloway	~~Aldo~~
Alistair Overeem (+205) vs. Francis Ngannou (-245)	Heavyweight	~~Overeem~~	~~Overeem~~
Henry Cejudo (-255) vs. Sergio Pettis (+215)	Flyweight	Cejudo	~~Pettis~~
Eddie Alvarez (+155) vs. Justin Gaethje (-175)	Lightweight	~~Gaethje~~	Alvarez
Michelle Waterson (+170) vs. Tecia Torres (-200)	Women's Strawweight	Torres	Torres
RECORD		3-2	2-3
OVERALL (since UFC 200)		39-24	17-15
PERCENTAGE		.619	.531

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.

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