This article is part of our UFC Picks series.
Max Holloway and Jose Aldo meet once again to battle it out for the UFC featherweight belt. Meanwhile two top heavyweight contenders fight for the possibility of a title shot. Both matchups and more go down in Detroit this weekend. See who the RotoWire MMA Staff thinks will take home the win below.If you're looking for a fantasy-specific breakdown of these fights on DraftKings, click here for Jon Litterine's UFC 218 preview.
| MATCHUP | WEIGHT CLASS | JON | EVAN | JAKE |
| (C) Max Holloway (-310) vs. Jose Aldo (+255) | Featherweight Championship | Holloway | Holloway | Holloway |
| Alistair Overeem (+205) vs. Francis Ngannou (-245) | Heavyweight | Ngannou | Ngannou | |
| Henry Cejudo (-255) vs. Sergio Pettis (+215) | Flyweight | Cejudo | Cejudo | Cejudo |
| Eddie Alvarez (+155) vs. Justin Gaethje (-175) | Lightweight | Alvarez | Alvarez | |
| Michelle Waterson (+170) vs. Tecia Torres (-200) | Women's Strawweight | Torres | ||
| RECORD | 4-1 | 2-3 | 5-0 | |
| OVERALL (since UFC 200) | 55-37 | 50-42 | 59-33 | |
| PERCENTAGE | .598 | .543 | .641 |
| MATCHUP | WEIGHT CLASS | RICHARD | CHRIS |
| (C) Max Holloway (-310) vs. Jose Aldo (+255) | Featherweight Championship | Holloway | |
| Alistair Overeem (+205) vs. Francis Ngannou (-245) | Heavyweight | ||
| Henry Cejudo (-255) vs. Sergio Pettis (+215) | Flyweight | Cejudo | |
| Eddie Alvarez (+155) vs. Justin Gaethje (-175) | Lightweight | Alvarez | |
| Michelle Waterson (+170) vs. Tecia Torres (-200) | Women's Strawweight | Torres | Torres |
| RECORD | 3-2 | 2-3 | |
| OVERALL (since UFC 200) | 39-24 | 17-15 | |
| PERCENTAGE | .619 | .531 |
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.
Chris Olson: Contributor at RotoWire for DFS Baseball, as well as MMA fight recaps. Follow him on Twitter at @RealChrisOlson.
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