| Smith vs. Spann |
Clark vs. Cutelaba |
Bohm vs. Lipski |
Giagos vs. Tsarukyan |
Gravely vs. Maness |
Arroyo vs. Buckley |
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| MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2021: 140-86 |
 Smith (68%) |
 Cutelaba (60%) |
 Lipski (55%) |
 Tsarukyan (86%) |
 Maness (51%) |
 Buckley (81%) |
| John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2021: 145-81 |
Smith |
Cutelaba |
 Bohm |
Tsarukyan |
 Gravely |
Buckley |
| Simon Samano @SJSamano 2021: 142-84 |
Smith |
Cutelaba |
Bohm |
 Giagos |
Gravely |
Buckley |
| Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2021: 139-87  2018 Champion |
 Spann |
Cutelaba |
Bohm |
Tsarukyan |
Maness |
 Arroyo |
| Nolan King @mma_kings 2021: 137-89 |
Smith |
Cutelaba |
Bohm |
Tsarukyan |
Gravely |
Buckley |
| Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2021: 136-90 |
Spann |
Cutelaba |
Bohm |
Tsarukyan |
Maness |
Buckley |
| Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2021: 136-90 2020 Champion |
Smith |
Cutelaba |
Bohm |
Tsarukyan |
Gravely |
Buckley |
| Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2021: 135-91 2014 Champion |
Smith |
Cutelaba |
Bohm |
Tsarukyan |
Maness |
Buckley |
| George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2021: 130-96 |
Smith |
 Clark |
Bohm |
Giagos |
Maness |
Buckley |
| Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2021: 130-96 |
Smith |
Cutelaba |
Bohm |
Tsarukyan |
Maness |
Buckley |
| Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2021: 129-97 |
Spann |
Cutelaba |
Bohm |
Tsarukyan |
Gravely |
Buckley |
| Brian Garcia @thegoze 2021: 128-98 2017 Champion |
Smith |
Cutelaba |
Bohm |
Tsarukyan |
Maness |
Buckley |
| Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2021: 126-100 |
Smith |
Cutelaba |
Bohm |
Tsarukyan |
Gravely |
Buckley |
| Matthew Wells @MrMWells 2021: 65-45 |
Spann |
Clark |
Bohm |
Tsarukyan |
Maness |
Buckley |
The UFC has a light heavyweight bout with a former title challenger atop the bill this week.
UFC Fight Night 192 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.
(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)
In the main event, former light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith (35-16 MMA, 10-6 UFC) takes on Ryan Spann (19-6 MMA, 5-1 UFC). Smith is a -180 favorite at Tipico. Our 13 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are backing Smith at 9-4 in the picks.
In the co-feature, Devin Clark (12-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC) takes on Ion Cutelaba (15-6-1 MMA, 4-5 UFC) at light heavyweight. Cutelaba is a -160 favorite and has a big 11-2 lead in the picks.
Also on the main card, Mandy Bohm (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is our lone unanimous pick in her women’s flyweight fight against Ariane Lipski (13-7 MMA, 2-4 UFC). In a rarity, Lipski is the betting favorite at -125 – and our readers are backing her, as well, despite our staff pickers taking Bohm at 13-0.
Arman Tsarukyan (16-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) is the biggest favorite on the entire card at -850 for his lightweight fight against Christos Giagos (19-8 MMA, 5-4 UFC). He’s also got a hefty 11-2 lead in the picks.
Our most contentious fight is at bantamweight between Tony Gravely (21-6 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and Nate Maness (13-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC). Gravely is a -220 favorite, but it’s Maness who has a 7-6 lead in the picks from our staff members.
And to open the main card, Antonio Arroyo (9-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) takes on Joaquin Buckley (12-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) at middleweight. Buckley is a 2-1 favorite, and he’s got a big 12-1 lead in the picks.
In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Smith (68 percent), Cutelaba (60 percent), Lipski (55 percent), Tsarukyan (86 percent), Maness (51 percent) and Buckley (81 percent) are the choices.
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