Sean Sheehan 
The Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York is the venue for the hotly anticipated UFC 223 this Saturday night. In the main event, some unknown version of the UFC lightweight title is up for grabs as featherweight champion Max Holloway takes on top-contender Khabib Nurmagomedov with interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson forced out just six days before the event with an injury and full champion Conor McGregor seemingly not back in the fighting fold as of yet. The strawweight title is also on the line Saturday as Rose Namajunas and Joanna Jedrzejczyk rematch their 2017 fight.
Check out my full analysis and picks for both fights in the video below.
Full Picks
Main Card
Lightweight: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Max Holloway – Nurmagomedov
Women’s Strawweight: Rose Namajunas vs. Joanna Jędrzejczyk – Namajunas
Featherweight: Renato Moicano vs. Calvin Kattar – Kattar
Lightweight: Michael Chiesa vs. Anthony Pettis – Chiesa
Lightweight: Al Iaquinta vs. Paul Felder – Felder
Preliminary Card
Women’s Strawweight: Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Felice Herrig – Kowalkiewicz
Flyweight: Ray Borg vs. Brandon Moreno – Borg
Lightweight: Joe Lauzon vs. Chris Gruetzemacher – Lauzon
Lightweight: Evan Dunham vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier – Dunham
Early Preliminary Card
Featherweight: Alex Caceres vs. Artem Lobov – Caceres
Women’s Flyweight: Bec Rawlings vs. Ashlee Evans-Smith – Evans-Smith
Light Heavyweight: Devin Clark vs. Mike Rodriguez – Clark
Featherweight: Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Kyle Bochniak – Magomedsharipov
Bet Of The Week
4/1 Chiesa, Kowalkiewicz, Caceres and Magomedsharipov.
Start Times
Early Prelims – 11.15pm on Fight Pass
Prelims – 1am on Fight Pass and BT Sport 2
Main Card – 3am on BT Sport 2
