UFC Picks: UFC 217

UFC heads to Madison Square Garden with a stacked card featuring three title fights. See who the RotoWire MMA Staff thinks will bring home the win.

Updated on November 2, 2017 6:14PM EST

UFC Picks

On what could be a historic day Saturday, Madison Square Garden will host its second UFC event since the legalization of mixed martial arts in the state of New York. Three title belts will be on the line, headlined by the return of former welterweight king Georges St-Pierre. He'll move up a division to take on middleweight champ Michael Bisping in a matchup that's as even as they come. Preceding that bout will be a bantamweight showdown between Cody Garbrandt and T.J. Dillashaw, where a feud leading back to early days at Team Alpha Male has left no shortage of bad blood. Not to be outdone, UFC Women's Strawweight Champion and heavy favorite Joanna Jedrzejczyk looks to stay unbeaten by making her sixth consecutive title defense against Rose Namajunas. With loaded undercards featuring future title challengers as well, UFC 217 is stacked up to be the most exciting card of the year -- and one that offers the most DFS payouts and contests. Check out how the RotoWire MMA staff sees the pay-per-view portion of the card shaking out.

If you're looking for a fantasy-specific breakdown of these fights on DraftKings, click here for Jon Litterine's UFC 217 preview.

MATCHUP	WEIGHT CLASS	JON	EVAN	JAKE
(C) Michael Bisping (-110) vs. Georges St-Pierre (-115)	Middleweight Championship	St-Pierre	~~Bisping~~	~~Bisping~~
(C) Cody Garbrandt (-180) vs. TJ Dillashaw (+150)	Bantamweight Championship	~~Garbrandt~~	~~Garbrandt~~	~~Garbrandt~~
Joanna Jedrzejczyk (-600) vs. Rose Namajunas (+450)	Women's Strawweight Championship	~~Jedrzejczyk~~	~~Jedrzejczyk~~	~~Jedrzejczyk~~
Stephen Thompson (-185) vs. Jorge Masvidal (+150)	Welterweight	Thompson	Thompson	Thompson
Johny Hendricks (+200) vs. Paulo Borrachinha (-250)	Middleweight	Borrachinha	Borrachinha	Borrachinha
RECORD		3-2	2-3	2-3
OVERALL (since UFC 200)		54-38	50-42	56-36
PERCENTAGE		.587	.543	.609

MATCHUP	WEIGHT CLASS	RICHARD	CHRIS
(C) Michael Bisping (-110) vs. Georges St-Pierre (-115)	Middleweight Championship	~~Bisping~~	St-Pierre
(C) Cody Garbrandt (-180) vs. TJ Dillashaw (+150)	Bantamweight Championship	~~Garbrandt~~	Dillashaw
Joanna Jedrzejczyk (-600) vs. Rose Namajunas (+450)	Women's Strawweight Championship	~~Jedrzejczyk~~	~~Jedrzejczyk~~
Stephen Thompson (-185) vs. Jorge (+150)	Welterweight	Thompson	~~Masvidal~~
Johny Hendricks (+200) vs. Paulo Borrachinha (-250)	Middleweight	Borrachinha	Borrachinha
RECORD		2-3	3-2
OVERALL (since UFC 200)		38-25	18-14
PERCENTAGE		.603	.563

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. Sirius XM contributor. Host of the RotoWire MMA Podcast, RotoWire Fantasy Football Podcast and RotoWire DFS Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @JakeSki52.

Richard Mann: Richard is a stats-based analyst that has appeared on ESPN MMA via Fightmetric. He handles event recaps in our Fight Stat Wrap column, and maintains his own, data-driven MMA blog at StrikescoreMMA.com. Follow him on Twitter at @RichardAMann.

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