The Bloody Elbow team has made its predictions for UFC 242, and much to my surprise this is mostly a Dustin Poirier crowd, as we’re predominantly siding with Poirier to unseat Khabib Nurmagomedov as the undisputed UFC lightweight champion. As for the co-main event between Edson Barboza and Paul Felder, opinion is evenly split.
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 of his predictions on Wednesday without adding in any explanations, he has no idea if he’s going to be the only one siding with one fighter for any given fight.