Bellator 222: MacDonald vs. Gracie staff picks and predictions

The Bloody Elbow team has made its picks for Friday’s Bellator 222 card in New York. Good news, everyone! We were not unanimous for the main event between Rory MacDonald and Neiman Gracie. Opinion was split right down the middle, so you can’t bring up the BE curse for a big fight this time around. Meanwhile, most of us are going with Lyoto Machida over Chael Sonnen in the co-main, and ditto Kyoji Horiguchi over Darrion Caldwell to open up the DAZN broadcast.

Note: Predictions are entered throughout the week and collected the day before the event. Explanations behind each pick are not required and some writers opt not to do so for their own reasons. For example, if Phil Mackenzie entered all…