UFC 252 predictions: Will it be Miocic or Cormier as best heavyweight in UFC history?

	Miocic vs. Cormier	O’Malley vs. Vera	Dos Santos vs. Rozenstruik	Burns vs. Pineda	Dodson vs. Dvalishvili
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2020: 78-52	Miocic (52%)	O’Malley (72%)	Rozenstruik (54%)	Burns (84%)	Dvalishvili (60%)
Nolan King @mma_kings 2020: 91-39	Cormier	Vera	Dos Santos	Burns	Dvalishvili
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2020: 91-39	Miocic	O’Malley	Dos Santos	Burns	Dodson
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2020: 89-41	Miocic	O’Malley	Dos Santos	Burns	Dvalishvili
Simon Head @simonhead 2020: 87-43 2019 Champion*	Miocic	O’Malley	Rozenstruik	Burns	Dvalishvili
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2020: 87-43 2014 Champion	Cormier	O’Malley	Dos Santos	Burns	Dodson
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2020: 86-44 2017 Champion	Cormier	Vera	Rozenstruik	Burns	Dvalishvili
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2020: 86-44	Miocic	O’Malley	Dos Santos	Burns	Dodson
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2020: 84-46	Cormier	Vera	Rozenstruik	Burns	Dvalishvili
Dave Doyle @davedoylemma 2020: 83-47	Cormier	O’Malley	Rozenstruik	Burns	Dvalishvili
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2020: 81-49	Cormier	Vera	Dos Santos	Burns	Dvalishvili
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2020: 81-49 2018 Champion	Miocic	O’Malley	Dos Santos	Burns	Dvalishvili
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2020: 80-50	Cormier	O’Malley	Dos Santos	Burns	Dvalishvili
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2020: 80-50	Cormier	O’Malley	Dos Santos	Burns	Dvalishvili
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2020: 54-76	Cormier	Vera	Dos Santos	Pineda	Dodson

The UFC is back on pay-per-view this week with a heavyweight title trilogy rematch atop the bill.

UFC 252 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+.

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

In the main event, heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic (19-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) meets former heavyweight and light heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier (22-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC) for the third time. Their series is tied at 1-1, and Cormier has said he will retire after this fight. The fight is a pick’em with the oddsmakers and our readers like Miocic. But nine of our 14 editors, writers, videographers and radio hosts are picking Cormier to go out on top.

In the co-main event, unbeaten bantamweight prospect Sean O’Malley (12-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) takes on veteran fighter Marlon Vera (17-6-1 MMA, 9-5 UFC). O’Malley is a heavy favorite around 3-1, but he’s only got a 9-5 lead in the picks.

Also on the main card, former heavyweight champ Junior Dos Santos (21-7 MMA, 15-6 UFC) returns against Jairzinho Rozenstruik (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC). And though Rozenstruik is a slight favorite and is our readers’ pick, our staff members are taking Dos Santos heavily at a 10-4 clip.

Herbert Burns (11-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) is a heavy favorite in his featherweight bout against Daniel Pineda (26-13 MMA, 3-4 UFC), which was moved up from the prelims. Only one of our pickers is taking Pineda in an upset.

And to open the main card, Merab Dvalishvili (11-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) is a sizable favorite at bantamweight against John Dodson (21-11 MMA, 10-6 UFC), and he’s got a big 10-4 picks lead.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Miocic (52 percent), O’Malley (72 percent), Rozenstruik (54 percent), Dvalishvili (60 percent) and Burns (84 percent) are the choices.

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