Note: The originally-scheduled bantamweight matchup between Jimmie Rivera and John Lineker was scrapped after Lineker had to withdraw due to a tooth infection. UFC 219 will proceed with 10 scheduled fights.
If you're looking for a fantasy-specific breakdown of these fights on DraftKings, click here for Jon Litterine's UFC 219 preview.
| MATCHUP | WEIGHT CLASS | JON | EVAN | JAKE |
| Cris Cyborg (-370) vs. Holly Holm (+330) | Women's Featherweight Championship | Cyborg | Cyborg | Cyborg |
| Khabib Nurmagomedov (-280) vs. Edson Barboza (+240) | Lightweight | Khabib | Khabib | Khabib |
| Cynthia Calvillo (-245) vs. Carla Esparza (+205) | Women's Strawweight | Esparza | Esparza | |
| Carlos Condit (-160) vs. Neil Magny (+140) | Welterweight | |||
| RECORD | 3-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | |
| OVERALL (since UFC 200) | 58-38 | 53-43 | 61-35 | |
| PERCENTAGE | .604 | .552 | .635 |
| MATCHUP | WEIGHT CLASS | RICHARD | CHRIS |
| Cris Cyborg (-370) vs. Holly Holm (+330) | Women's Featherweight Championship | Cyborg | Cyborg |
| Khabib Nurmagomedov (-280) vs. Edson Barboza (+240) | Lightweight | ||
| Cynthia Calvillo (-245) vs. Carla Esparza (+205) | Women's Strawweight | Esparza | Esparza |
| Carlos Condit (-160) vs. Neil Magny (+140) | Welterweight | ||
| RECORD | 2-2 | 2-2 | |
| OVERALL (since UFC 200) | 41-26 | 19-17 | |
| PERCENTAGE | .612 | .528 |
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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