UFC Battle Night time 221 predictions: Petr Yan or Merab Dvalishvili in heated rivalry?

	Yan vs. Dvalishvili	Romanov vs. Volkov	Krylov vs. Spann	Lingo vs. Ramos	Martinez vs. Nurmagomedov	Petrino vs. Turkalj
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 23-14	Yan (56%)	Romanov (53%)	Spann (59%)	Ramos (75%)	Nurmagomedov (84%)	Petrino (71%)
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 27-13	Yan	Romanov	Krylov	Ramos	Nurmagomedov	Petrino
Nolan King @mma_kings 26-14/em>	Yan	Volkov	Spann	Ramos	Nurmagomedov	Petrino
Matt Erickson @MattE 26-14	Dvalishvili	Romanov	Spann	Ramos	Nurmagomedov	Petrino
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 26-14	Dvalishvili	Romanov	Spann	Lingo	Nurmagomedov	Petrino
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 25-15 2018, 2022 Champion	Yan	Romanov	Spann	Lingo	Nurmagomedov	Petrino
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 24-16	Yan	Romanov	Spann	Ramos	Nurmagomedov	Petrino
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 24-16	Yan	Volkov	Krylov	Ramos	Nurmagomedov	Petrino
Simon Samano @SJSamano 24-16	Dvalishvili	Volkov	Krylov	Ramos	Nurmagomedov	Petrino
Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 23-17 2014 Champion	Dvalishvili	Romanov	Spann	Ramos	Nurmagomedov	Petrino
Brian Garcia @thegoze 22-18 2017 Champion	Yan	Romanov	Krylov	Ramos	Nurmagomedov	Petrino
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 22-18	Dvalishvili	Romanov	Spann	Lingo	Nurmagomedov	Petrino

The UFC stays in Las Vegas this week with a heated bantamweight rivalry atop the cardboard.

UFC Fight Night 221 takes place Saturday at The Theater at Virgin Accommodations in Las Vegas. The cardboard streams on ESPN+.

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In the primary occasion, former bantamweight champion Petr Yan (16-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) takes on Merab Dvalishvili (15-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC). Yan is a -260 favourite at Tipico Sportsbook; the comeback on Dvalishvili is +210. Nevertheless it’s not a blowout. Our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers have Yan forward by the smallest doable margin at 6-5.

Within the co-feature, Alexandr Romanov (16-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) meets Alexander Volkov (35-10 MMA, 9-4 UFC) at heavyweight. Romanov is a slight favourite at -150, however he has an enormous 8-3 lead within the picks.

Additionally on the primary card, Nikita Krylov (29-9 MMA, 10-7 UFC) takes on Ryan Spann (21-7 MMA, 7-2 UFC) in a struggle rescheduled from two weeks in the past when Krylov fell sick on struggle day at UFC Battle Night time 220. Krylov and Spann have been set to headline that card. Krylov is a -170 favourite within the mild heavyweight rebooted bout, but it surely’s Spann with a 7-4 picks lead.

Austin Lingo (9-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and Ricardo Ramos (16-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) are set to tangle at featherweight. Ramos is the most important favourite on the primary card at -370 and he has an enormous 8-3 lead from our workers members.

Said Nurmagomedov (17-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) is a -270 favourite towards Jonathan Martinez (17-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) at bantamweight and is certainly one of our two 11-0 unanimous picks on the primary card.

And to open the primary card, Vitor Petrino (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Anton Turkalj (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) have decide’em odds of their mild heavyweight matchup. Regardless of that, Petrino is our second unanimous decide.

In the MMA Junkie consensus picks, Yan (56 p.c), Romanov (53 p.c), Spann (59 p.c), Ramos (75 p.c), Nurmagomedov (84 p.c) and Petrino 71 p.c) are the alternatives.

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