UFC Fight Night 65 staff picks: Is Miocic the favorite over Hunt, as odds suggest?

Recent odds have Stipe Miocic a nearly 2.5-1 (-250) favorite over Mark Hunt in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 65 heavyweight headliner, but is he such a clear-cut choice in MMAjunkie’s staff picks?

Among MMAjunkie’s nine full-time writers and radio hosts, Miocic (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) is the 7-2 choice over the veteran Hunt (10-9-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC), who’s actually ranked two spots (No. 5) ahead of Miocic (No. 7) in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA heavyweight rankings.

The bout, which streams on UFC Fight Pass from Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, isn’t the only lopsided choice, though.

In the middleweight co-headliner, Brad Tavares (13-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) is the 8-1 choice over Robert Whittaker(13-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC). Additionally, light heavyweight Anthony Perosh (15-8 MMA, 5-5 UFC) is a 6-3 pick over Sean O’Connell (16-6 MMA, 1-2 UFC), and lightweight Jake Matthews (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) is an 8-1 choice over James Vick (7-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC).

Check out all the picks above. Additionally, leave your main-card picks below. As usual, MMAjunkie reader “IAMMA” is organizing the MMAjunkie Member Picks, where “Jack,” “Gummiberry juice” and “abZ” are our leaders.

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