Maia Vs Askren Predictions

Prediction: Michael Johnson over Stevie Ray by KO. Demian Maia and Ben Askren are near the top of the sport in their respective disciplines with Askren being one of the best collegiate wrestlers in the promotion and Maia being one of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners in the world. Odds Market UFC betting expert, Jason Paglia breaks down the UFC Fight Night 162 Main Event and shares his best betting predictions for Maia vs Askren's fight.

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(Editor’s note: The headshot for Ciryl Gane is incorrectly of Bellator’s Nick Newell. We regret the error.)

Maia
vs.
Askren		Johnson
vs.
Ray		Camacho
vs.
Dariush		Gane
vs.
Mayes		Salikhov
vs.
Staropoli
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
2019: 179-107 (63%)
Askren
(64%)
Johnson
(79%)
Dariush
(78%)
Gane
(82%)
Salikhov
(54%)
Nolan King
@mma_kings
2019: 90-49 (65%)
Askren
Johnson
Dariush
Gane
Staropoli
Dan Tom
@DanTomMMA
2019: 185-101 (65%)
Askren
Johnson
Dariush
Gane
Salikhov
Simon Head
@simonhead
2019: 92-52 (64%)
Askren
Ray
Dariush
Gane
Salikhov
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
2019: 181-105 (63%)
2017 Champion
Maia
Johnson
Dariush
Gane
Staropoli
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
2019: 181-105 (63%)
Askren
Johnson
Dariush
Gane
Staropoli
Ken Hathaway
@kenshathaway
2019: 180-106 (63%)
2018 Champion
Maia
Johnson
Dariush
Mayes
Salikhov
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohnMMA
2019: 177-109 (62%)
2014 Champion
Askren
Johnson
Dariush
Gane
Salikhov
John Morgan
@MMAjunkieJohn
2019: 177-109 (62%)
Askren
Johnson
Dariush
Gane
Salikhov
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
2019: 80-53 (60%)
Askren
Johnson
Dariush
Gane
Salikhov
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
2019: 172-114 (60%)
Askren
Johnson
Dariush
Gane
Staropoli
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
2019: 168-118 (59%)
Askren
Johnson
Dariush
Gane
Salikhov
Dave Doyle
@davedoylemma
2019: 108-86 (55%)
Maia
Johnson
Dariush
Gane
Staropoli
Matt Erickson
@MMAjunkieMatt
2019: 152-134 (53%)
Maia
Ray
Camacho
Mayes
Staropoli

The UFC returns to Singapore this week with a pair of highly touted welterweights in the main event.

UFC on ESPN+ 20 takes place Saturday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. The card streams on ESPN+.

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In the main event, former welterweight and middleweight title challenger Demian Maia (27-9 MMA, 21-9 UFC) takes on former Bellator and ONE Championship titleholder Ben Askren (19-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC), who is coming off a 5-second knockout loss to Jorge Masvidal. The oddsmakers have made Askren a favorite of around -175, and our 13 MMA Junkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are taking him at a fairly heavy 9-4 clip.

In the co-main event, Michael Johnson (19-14 MMA, 11-10 UFC) is more than a 3-1 favorite in his lightweight fight against Stevie Ray (22-9 MMA, 6-4 UFC), and he’s the overwhelming pick of 11 of our 13 staff members.

Maia Vs Askren Predictions

Predictions

Beneil Dariush (16-4-1 MMA, 10-4-1 UFC) is only a -150 favorite in his lightweight fight against Frank Camacho (22-7 MMA, 2-3 UFC), but he’s the biggest favorite among our staff members. Only one picker is taking Camacho to win a mild upset.

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Ciryl Gane (4-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is a heavy favorite, as well, among our pickers in his heavyweight fight against Don'Tale Mayes (7-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC). Gane is the biggest favorite on the entire card at -360 and has an 11-2 picks lead.

And to open the main card, Muslim Salikhov (15-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) takes on Laureano Staropoli (9-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) at welterweight in our most competitive fight, picks-wise. Salikhov nearly is a 2-1 favorite, but he has the narrowest possible picks lead at 7-6.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Askren (64%), Johnson (79 percent), Dariush (78 percent), Gane (82 percent) and Salikhov (54 percent) are the choices.

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