UFC 213 staff picks: Nunes or Shevchenko? Romero or Whittaker? Who do we like in pair of title fights?

	Nunes vs. Shevchenko	Romero vs. Whittaker	Blaydes vs. Omielanczuk	Overeem vs. Werdum	Miller vs. Pettis
MMAjunkie readers’ consensus picks 2017: 58-47	Shevchenko (54%)	Whittaker (54%)	Blaydes (63%)	Overeem (53%)	Pettis (70%)
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2017: 68-37	Nunes	Whittaker	Blaydes	Overeem	Pettis
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2017: 66-39	Nunes	Whittaker	Blaydes	Overeem	Pettis
Dann Stupp @DannStupp 2017: 64-41 2015 Champion	Nunes	Whittaker	Blaydes	Werdum	Pettis
Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven 2017: 64-41	Shevchenko	Whittaker	Blaydes	Werdum	Pettis
Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2017: 63-42 2016 Champion	Nunes	Whittaker	Blaydes	Werdum	Pettis
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2017: 62-43	Shevchenko	Whittaker	Blaydes	Werdum	Pettis
Fernanda Prates @nandaprates_ 2017: 61-44	Nunes	Whittaker	Blaydes	Werdum	Pettis
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2017: 59-46 2014 Champion	Shevchenko	Romero	Blaydes	Overeem	Pettis
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2017: 58-47	Shevchenko	Romero	Blaydes	Overeem	Pettis
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2017: 56-49	Nunes	Romero	Blaydes	Overeem	Miller

A pair of titles are on the line Saturday at one of the UFC’s biggest events of the year.

UFC 213 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

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In the main event, women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes (14-4 MMA, 7-1 UFC) puts her title on the line in a rematch against Valentina Shevchenko (14-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC). Although Nunes won the first meet, Shevchenko currently is a slight betting favorite. But it’s the champ who has a 6-4 edge from our 10 MMAjunkie editors, writers and radio hosts.

In the co-main event, Yoel Romero (12-1 MMA, 8-0 UFC) takes on Robert Whittaker (18-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) for the interim middleweight title. Whittaker is a mild favorite and is a 7-3 pick from our staff members.

Also on the main card, Curtis Blaydes (6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) takes on Daniel Omielanczuk (19-7-1 MMA, 4-4 UFC) in a heavyweight bout. Blaydes is as much as a 9-1 favorite and is a unanimous pick from our staff members. And also at heavyweight, recent title challenger Alistair Overeem (42-15 MMA, 7-4 UFC) meets former champ Fabricio Werdum (21-6-1 MMA, 9-3 UFC) in a trilogy rematch. That fight is a close call with the oddsmakers, and our staff members are split right down the middle with their picks at 5-5.

To open up the main card, former lightweight champ Anthony Pettis (19-6 MMA, 6-5 UFC) returns to the division after a brief stint at featherweight to take on veteran Jim Miller (28-9 MMA, 17-8 UFC). Pettis is a heavy 9-1 pick from our staff members.

In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Shevchenko, Whittaker, Blaydes, Overeem and Pettis are the choices.

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