RotoWire Staff Picks: International Fight Week 2016 (UFC 200)

RotoWire Staff Picks: International Fight Week 2016 (UFC 200)

This article is part of our UFC Picks series.

UPDATE (7/7): Former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson "The Spider" Silva has been added to UFC 200 as a late replacement for Jon Jones in his fight against Daniel "DC" Cormier. Check out how the writers see it playing out below.

Even without the light heavyweight championship, UFC 200 contains two title fights, and much intrigue brought by the return of Lesnar from the WWE. To celebrate the occasion, our writers got together to offer up their picks for the card, as well as the two title fights set to go down Thursday and Friday.

If you're looking for fantasy-specific breakdowns of the fights, please click here for Jon Litterine's breakdown of UFC 200.

For a fight-by-fight breakdown of UFC Fight Night 90 on Thursday, click here for a preview courtesy of Evan Dahl.

Without further delay, here are our picks:

MATCHUP WEIGHT CLASS JON EVAN JAKE
(C) Miesha Tate (-260) vs.
Amanda Nunes (+220)
Women's BantamweightTateTateNunes
Brock Lesnar (+145) vs.
Mark Hunt (-165)
HeavyweightHuntLesnarLesnar
(C) Daniel Cormier (-360) vs.
Anderson Silva (+300)
Light HeavyweightCormierCormierCormier
Jose Aldo (-120) vs.
Frankie Edgar (+100)
FeatherweightEdgarAldoEdgar
Cain Velasquez (-275) vs.
Travis Browne (+235)
HeavyweightVelasquezVelasquezVelasquez
Cat Zingano (-175) vs.
Julianna Pena (+155)
Women's BantamweightZinganoZinganoZingano
Johny Hendricks (-160) vs.
Kelvin Gastelum (+140)
WelterweightGastelumHendricksHendricks
T.J. Dillashaw (-440) vs.
Raphael Assuncao (+350)
HeavyweightDillashawDillashawDillashaw
Sage Northcutt (-345) vs.
Enrique Marin (+285)
LightweightNorthcuttNorthcuttNorthcutt
Diego Sanchez (-105) vs.
Joe Lauzon (-115)
LightweightSanchezSanchezSanchez
Gegard Mousasi (-295) vs.
Thiago Santos (+235)
MiddleweightMousasiMousasiMousasi
Jim Miller (-245) vs.
Takanori Gomi (+205)
LightweightMillerMillerMiller
(C) Joanna Jedrzejczyk (-130) vs.
Claudia Gadelha (+110)
Women's StrawweightJedrzejczykJedrzejczykGadelha
(C) Rafael Dos Anjos (-350) vs.
Eddie Alvarez (+285)
LightweightDos AnjosDos AnjosDos Anjos
RECORD 8-6 9-5 8-6

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. Host of the RotoWire MMA Podcast and RotoWire DFS Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @JakeSki52.

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Evan Dahl
Evan Dahl is a law student who has been a die-hard MMA fan for over a decade. Outside of MMA, he roots for the Broncos, Brewers and Bucks.
Jake Letarski
RotoWire Editor for College Basketball and MMA. Frequent podcaster, plus radio and video guest. Follow Jake on Twitter at @RotoJake.
Jon Litterine
Jon Litterine is RotoWire's lead MMA Writer and MMA Editor. He has covered numerous MMA events live. He's also RW's NHL Prospect Analyst. Jon has been writing for RotoWire since 2005. He is a graduate of U Mass-Lowell.
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