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UFC 264 Predictions: Bleacher Report Staff Main Card Picks

UFC 264 goes down Saturday in Las Vegas, and the pre-fight buzz couldn't be louder.

In the card's main event, lightweight contenders Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor will look to settle their 1-1 tie—and potentially earn a crack at lightweight champ Charles Oliveira in the process. McGregor, a former two-division champ, won the pair's first encounter back in 2014 by first-round knockout. Poirier, a staple of B/R's pound-for-pound rankings, won the rematch with a second-round knockout back in January.

The UFC 264 co-main event will pit top-five welterweight contenders Gilbert Burns and Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson against each other in a fight that, like the main event, could produce an upcoming title challenger.