UFC 247 predictions: Did Jon Jones and Valentina Shevchenko get unanimous nods in Houston?

	Jones vs. Reyes	Shevchenko vs. Chookagian	Adams vs. Tafa	Bektic vs. Ige	Latifi vs. Lewis
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2020: 3-1	Jones (71%)	Shevchenko (90%)	Adams (63%)	Bektic (53%)	Lewis (86%)
Simon Head @simonhead 2020: 12-3 2019 Champion*	Jones	Shevchenko	Tafa	Bektic	Lewis
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2020: 12-3	Jones	Shevchenko	Adams	Ige	Lewis
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2020: 12-3	Jones	Shevchenko	Adams	Ige	Lewis
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2020: 12-3 2014 Champion	Jones	Shevchenko	Adams	Ige	Lewis
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2020: 12-3	Jones	Shevchenko	Adams	Ige	Lewis
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2020: 12-3 2017 Champion	Jones	Shevchenko	Tafa	Ige	Lewis
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2020: 12-3	Reyes	Shevchenko	Adams	Ige	Lewis
Nolan King @mma_kings 2020: 11-4	Jones	Shevchenko	Adams	Ige	Lewis
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2020: 11-4	Jones	Shevchenko	Adams	Ige	Lewis
Dave Doyle @davedoylemma 2020: 11-4	Reyes	Shevchenko	Adams	Ige	Lewis
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2020: 10-5 2018 Champion	Jones	Shevchenko	Tafa	Ige	Lewis
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2020: 10-5	Jones	Shevchenko	Adams	Ige	Lewis
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2020: 9-6	Reyes	Shevchenko	Adams	Bektic	Lewis
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2020: 9-6	Jones	Shevchenko	Adams	Bektic	Lewis

The UFC is back in Houston this week with a pair of title fights featuring dominant champions atop the card.

UFC 247 takes place Saturday at Toyota Center in Houston. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.

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

In the main event, light heavyweight champion Jon Jones (25-1 MMA, 19-1 UFC) puts his title on the line against unbeaten challenger Dominick Reyes (12-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC). Jones is a fairly heavy favorite from the oddsmakers in the fight at as much as 5-1. Not surprisingly, he has a big 11-3 lead in the picks from our 14 MMA Junkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers.

In the co-main event, women’s flyweight champ Valentina Shevchenko (18-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) is a massive favorite of as much as 16-1 against Katlyn Chookagian (13-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC), so it should come as little surprise that she is one of our two unanimous picks on the main card at 14-0.

The other unanimous pick is Houston resident Derrick Lewis (22-7 MMA, 13-5 UFC) in a heavyweight home fight against Ilir Latifi (14-7 MMA, 7-5 UFC). Lewis is more than a 2-1 favorite, has never lost in Texas in his career, and is a 14-0 pick.

Also on the main card, Juan Adams (5-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) is more than a 2-1 favorite in his heavyweight fight against Justin Tafa (3-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC), and he’s got a big 11-3 advantage in the picks.

And even though Mirsad Bektic (13-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) is a small favorite in his featherweight fight against Dan Ige (12-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC), it’s Ige who has a big 11-3 lead in the picks with most of our staff members thinking mild upset – even though our readers give Bektic the slight advantage.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Jones (71 percent), Shevchenko (90 percent), Adams (63 percent), Bektic (53 percent) and Lewis (86 percent) are the choices.

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