This article is part of our UFC Picks series.
Three title fights headline the UFC's final pay-per-view card of the year Saturday in Las Vegas, along with a pair of bantamweight showcase fights to round out the rest of the card. How many belts will change hands? See the MMA team's predictions below.
As a reminder, these are purely picks. If you're looking for a fantasy-specific breakdown of these fights on DraftKings, click here for Jon Litterine's 244 Preview or tune into Fight IQ live Thursday at 8:00 p.m. EST on the RotoWire Youtube Channel.
| MATCHUP | WEIGHT CLASS | JON | JAKE | RICHARD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Colby Covington (+155) vs. Kamaru Usman (-175) | Welterweight Championship | Usman | Usman | Usman |
Alexander Volkanovski (+150) vs. Max Holloway (-170) | Featherweight Championship | Volkanovski | ||
Germaine de Randamie (+240) vs. Amanda Nunes (-280) | Women's Bantamweight Championship | Nunes | Nunes | Nunes |
Marlon Moraes (-200) vs. Jose Aldo (+170) | Bantamweight | Moraes | Moraes | Moraes |
Petr Yan (-470) vs. Urijah Faber (+375) | Bantamweight | Yan | Yan | Yan |
| UFC 245 RECORD | 5-0 | 4-1 | 4-1 | |
| 2019 RECORD | 39-19 | 35-23 | 32-26 | |
| 2019 PERCENTAGE | .672 | .603 | .552 | |
| ALL-TIME | 134-81 | 133-82 | 108-78 | |
| ALL-TIME PERCENTAGE | .623 | .619 | .581 |
| MATCHUP | WEIGHT CLASS | CHRIS OLSON | JOE SUNTZU | SHAUN TheDFSniper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Colby Covington (+155) vs. Kamaru Usman (-175) | BMF Championship | Usman | Usman | |
Alexander Volkanovski (+150) vs. Max Holloway (-170) | Middleweight | Volkanovski | ||
Germaine de Randamie (+240) vs. Amanda Nunes (-280) | Welterweight | Nunes | Nunes | |
Marlon Moraes (-200) vs. Jose Aldo (+170) | Heavyweight | Moraes | Moraes | Moraes |
Petr Yan (-470) vs. Urijah Faber (+375) | Lightweight | Yan | Yan | Yan |
| UFC 245 RECORD | 4-1 | 4-1 | 3-2 | |
| 2019 RECORD | 33-25 | 34-24 | 34-24 | |
| 2019 PERCENTAGE | .569 | .586 | .586 | |
| ALL-TIME | 84-71 | 61-43 | 64-40 | |
| ALL-TIME PERCENTAGE | .542 | .587 | .615 |
THE TEAM
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.
Jake Letarski: RotoWire.com Operations Manager, plus MMA and NCAA Hoops Senior Editor. Host of the RotoWire MMA Podcast and guest on the RotoWire Fantasy Football Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @RotoJake.
Richard Mann: Richard is a stats-based analyst that has appeared on ESPN MMA via Fightmetric. For RotoWire, he contributes as a fight recap writer and handles event recaps in our Fight Stat Wrap column. Follow him on Twitter at @RichardAMann.
Chris Olson: Contributor at RotoWire to "Fight IQ, presented by RotoWire," as well as DFS Baseball, and MMA fight recaps. Follow him on Twitter at @RealChrisOlson.
Joe "SunTszu": Known more commonly by his Twitter handle @SunTszu, Joe is a Hedge Fund Executive by day and high-volume DFS player by night. He is a 2x "Bracket Challenge" & "Gotham qualifier, who is currently ranked 4th in DFS MMA. You can also find him as one of the original contributors of "Fight IQ, presented by RotoWire," a DFS-centric video breakdown. He is also a co-creator of the "Creating Alpha in DFS" podcast.
@theDFSniper: @theDFSniper is the host and lead instigator of "Fight IQ, presented by RotoWire," a DFS-centric video breakdown. He also appears on the LoudMouth MMA podcast and contributes soccer content to DFS Army.
