UFC Fight Night 128 staff picks: Will it be Barboza or Lee, Edgar or Swanson in Atlantic City?

	Lee vs. Barboza	Edgar vs. Swanson	Sherman vs. Willis	Branch vs. Santos	Johns vs. Sterling	Hooker vs. Miller
MMAjunkie readers’ consensus picks 2018: 39-25	Barboza (52%)	Edgar (70%)	Willis (61%)	Santos (57%)	Sterling (55%)	Hooker (54%)
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2018: 43-21	Lee	Edgar	Willis	Santos	Johns	Hooker
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2018: 41-23	Barboza	Edgar	Willis	Santos	Johns	Miller
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2018: 41-23	Lee	Edgar	Willis	Santos	Johns	Hooker
Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven 2018: 39-25	Lee	Edgar	Willis	Santos	Sterling	Hooker
Trent Reinsmith @TrentReinsmith 2018: 38-26	Lee	Edgar	Willis	Santos	Johns	Miller
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2018: 38-26 2014 Champion	Lee	Edgar	Willis	Santos	Johns	Hooker
Dann Stupp @DannStupp 2018: 37-27 2015 Champion	Barboza	Edgar	Willis	Santos	Sterling	Hooker
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2018: 36-28	Lee	Swanson	Willis	Santos	Sterling	Hooker
Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2018: 36-28 2016 Champion	Lee	Edgar	Willis	Santos	Sterling	Hooker
Fernanda Prates @nandaprates_ 2018: 36-28	Lee	Swanson	Willis	Santos	Johns	Hooker
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2018: 34-30	Lee	Swanson	Sherman	Branch	Sterling	Miller
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2018: 33-31 2017 Champion	Lee	Swanson	Willis	Santos	Sterling	Hooker
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2018: 33-31	Lee	Edgar	Willis	Santos	Sterling	Hooker
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2018: 31-33	Lee	Swanson	Willis	Branch	Sterling	Miller

The UFC is back in New Jersey this week for the first time in more than two years.

UFC Fight Night 128 takes place Saturday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., and the card airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)

In the main event, Edson Barboza (19-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) takes on Kevin Lee (16-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) in a crucial lightweight battle (though it’ll be a touch bit higher since Lee missed his mark on the scale). Lee is just a slight betting favorite at -140, but he’s got 12 votes from our 14 MMAjunkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers.

In the co-feature, former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar (22-6-1 MMA, 16-6-1 UFC) meets Cub Swanson (25-8 MMA, 10-4 UFC) at featherweight, and Edgar is more than a 2-1 favorite. He has all 10 of our 14 of our staff members siding with him.

Also on the main card, Justin Willis (6-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) is a near unanimous pick at 13-1 against Chase Sherman (11-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) in their heavyweight fight. And Thiago “Marreta” Santos (17-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) is a heavy 12-2 pick over former two-division WSOF champ David Branch (21-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC) in their middleweight bout.

It’s a tight race between Brett Johns (15-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) and Aljamain Sterling (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in their bantamweight bout. Sterling, a slight underdog, has the 8-6 edge. And to open the main card, Dan Hooker (15-7 MMA, 5-3 UFC) meets New Jersey’s own Jim Miller (28-11 MMA, 17-10 UFC). Hooker is more than a 3-1 favorite and a 10-4 choice from our staff members.

In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Barboza, Edgar, Willis, Santos, Sterling and Hooker are the choices.

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