UFC on ESPN+ 20 predictions: Can Ben Askren bounce back from record KO loss against Demian Maia?

	Maia vs. Askren	Johnson vs. Ray	Camacho vs. Dariush	Gane vs. Mayes	Salikhov vs. Staropoli
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2019: 179-107 (63%)	Askren (64%)	Johnson (79%)	Dariush (78%)	Gane (82%)	Salikhov (54%)
Nolan King @mma_kings 2019: 90-49 (65%)	Askren	Johnson	Dariush	Gane	Staropoli
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2019: 185-101 (65%)	Askren	Johnson	Dariush	Gane	Salikhov
Simon Head @simonhead 2019: 92-52 (64%)	Askren	Ray	Dariush	Gane	Salikhov
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2019: 181-105 (63%) 2017 Champion	Maia	Johnson	Dariush	Gane	Staropoli
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2019: 181-105 (63%)	Askren	Johnson	Dariush	Gane	Staropoli
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2019: 180-106 (63%) 2018 Champion	Maia	Johnson	Dariush	Mayes	Salikhov
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2019: 177-109 (62%) 2014 Champion	Askren	Johnson	Dariush	Gane	Salikhov
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2019: 177-109 (62%)	Askren	Johnson	Dariush	Gane	Salikhov
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2019: 80-53 (60%)	Askren	Johnson	Dariush	Gane	Salikhov
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2019: 172-114 (60%)	Askren	Johnson	Dariush	Gane	Staropoli
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2019: 168-118 (59%)	Askren	Johnson	Dariush	Gane	Salikhov
Dave Doyle @davedoylemma 2019: 108-86 (55%)	Maia	Johnson	Dariush	Gane	Staropoli
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2019: 152-134 (53%)	Maia	Ray	Camacho	Mayes	Staropoli

The UFC returns to Singapore this week with a pair of highly touted welterweights in the main event.

UFC on ESPN+ 20 takes place Saturday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. The card streams on ESPN+.

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In the main event, former welterweight and middleweight title challenger Demian Maia (27-9 MMA, 21-9 UFC) takes on former Bellator and ONE Championship titleholder Ben Askren (19-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC), who is coming off a 5-second knockout loss to Jorge Masvidal. The oddsmakers have made Askren a favorite of around -175, and our 13 MMA Junkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are taking him at a fairly heavy 9-4 clip.

In the co-main event, Michael Johnson (19-14 MMA, 11-10 UFC) is more than a 3-1 favorite in his lightweight fight against Stevie Ray (22-9 MMA, 6-4 UFC), and he’s the overwhelming pick of 11 of our 13 staff members.

Beneil Dariush (16-4-1 MMA, 10-4-1 UFC) is only a -150 favorite in his lightweight fight against Frank Camacho (22-7 MMA, 2-3 UFC), but he’s the biggest favorite among our staff members. Only one picker is taking Camacho to win a mild upset.

Ciryl Gane (4-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is a heavy favorite, as well, among our pickers in his heavyweight fight against Don’Tale Mayes (7-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC). Gane is the biggest favorite on the entire card at -360 and has an 11-2 picks lead.

And to open the main card, Muslim Salikhov (15-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) takes on Laureano Staropoli (9-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) at welterweight in our most competitive fight, picks-wise. Salikhov nearly is a 2-1 favorite, but he has the narrowest possible picks lead at 7-6.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Askren (64%), Johnson (79 percent), Dariush (78 percent), Gane (82 percent) and Salikhov (54 percent) are the choices.

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