The Bloody Elbow team has made its predictions for UFC 262, and most of us are going with Charles Oliveira to beat Michael Chandler for the vacant UFC lightweight title. David Castillo and Zane Simon are backing Chandler to have the rare distinction of being both a Bellator and UFC champion. As for the co-main, most are picking Beneil Dariush over Tony Ferguson, which is a statement I don’t think we would’ve made even two years ago.
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.