UFC on ESPN+ 35 predictions: Michelle Waterson or Angela Hill in key 115-pound bout?

	Waterson vs. Hill	Azaitar vs. Worthy	Lee vs. Modafferi	Herman vs. Rodriguez	Nelson vs. Quarantillo
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2020: 91-58	Waterson (52%)	Worthy (64%)	Lee (61%)	Rodriguez (66%)	Quarantillo (84%)
Nolan King @mma_kings 2020: 103-46	Hill	Worthy	Lee	Rodriguez	Quarantillo
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2020: 102-47	Hill	Worthy	Lee	Rodriguez	Quarantillo
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2020: 101-48	Hill	Azaitar	Lee	Rodriguez	Quarantillo
Simon Head @simonhead 2020: 99-50 2019 Champion*	Waterson	Worthy	Lee	Rodriguez	Quarantillo
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2020: 98-51	Hill	Worthy	Lee	Herman	Quarantillo
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2020: 97-52 2017 Champion	Hill	Worthy	Modafferi	Herman	Quarantillo
Dave Doyle @davedoylemma 2020: 96-53	Hill	Worthy	Modafferi	Herman	Quarantillo
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2020: 96-53	Hill	Worthy	Lee	Rodriguez	Nelson
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2020: 96-53 2014 Champion	Waterson	Worthy	Lee	Rodriguez	Quarantillo
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2020: 93-56 2018 Champion	Hill	Worthy	Lee	Rodriguez	Quarantillo
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2020: 92-57	Hill	Worthy	Modafferi	Herman	Nelson
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2020: 91-58	Hill	Worthy	Modafferi	Rodriguez	Quarantillo
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2020: 89-60	Hill	Worthy	Modafferi	Rodriguez	Quarantillo
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2020: 62-87	Waterson	Azaitar	Modafferi	Herman	Nelson

The UFC stays in Las Vegas this week with a key women’s strawweight bout at the top of the card.

UFC on ESPN+ 35 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.

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In the main event, Angela Hill (12-8 MMA, 7-8 UFC) becomes the first Black woman to headline a UFC card when she takes on Michelle Waterson (17-8 MMA, 5-4 UFC). Hill is a slight favorite, but our 14 editors, writers, videographers and radio hosts have her with a big lead at 11-3.

In the co-main event, Ottman Azaitar (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) meets slight favorite Khama Worthy (16-6 MMA, 2-0 UFC) at lightweight, and despite the reasonably close odds, only two of our pickers are taking Azaitar in a mild upset.

Also on the main card, Andrea Lee (11-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) meets Roxanne Modafferi (24-17 MMA, 3-5 UFC) in a women’s flyweight bout. Lee is the biggest favorite on the main card at more than 3-1, but our pickers nearly are split down the middle. Lee has just an 8-6 lead in the picks.

Ed Herman (24-14 MMA, 12-10 UFC) is a +200 underdog at light heavyweight against Mike Rodriguez (11-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC), but he’s got his fair share of underdog pickers. Rodriguez has a 9-5 picking edge.

And to open the main card, Kyle Nelson (13-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has three pickers taking him in a featherweight upset against Billy Quarantillo (14-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC).

(Note: The lightweight fight between Bobby Green (26-10-1 MMA, 7-5-1 UFC) and Alan Patrick (15-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) was added to the main card too late for our picks deadline.)

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Waterson (52 percent), Worthy (64 percent), Lee (61 percent), Rodriguez (66 percent) and Quarantillo (84 percent) are the choices.

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