UFC Fight Night 186 predictions: Jairzinho Rozenstruik or Ciryl Gane in heavyweight showdown?

	Rozenstruik vs. Gane	Ankalaev vs. Krylov	De La Rosa vs. Silva	Munhoz vs. Rivera	Caceres vs. Croom
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2021: 14-15	Gane (63%)	Ankalaev (81%)	Silva (52%)	Munhoz (57%)	Caceres (72%)
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2021: 18-11 2020 Champion	Gane	Ankalaev	Silva	Rivera	Caceres
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2021: 18-11	Rozenstruik	Ankalaev	Silva	Munhoz	Caceres
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2021: 17-12	Rozenstruik	Ankalaev	De La Rosa	Munhoz	Caceres
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2021: 16-13 2018 Champion	Gane	Ankalaev	Silva	Rivera	Caceres
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2021: 16-13 2017 Champion	Rozenstruik	Ankalaev	De La Rosa	Rivera	Caceres
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2021: 16-13	Gane	Ankalaev	Silva	Rivera	Caceres
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2021: 15-14	Gane	Ankalaev	Silva	Rivera	Croom
Simon Head @simonhead 2021: 15-14 2019 Champion*	Gane	Ankalaev	De La Rosa	Rivera	Croom
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2021: 15-14 2014 Champion	Rozenstruik	Ankalaev	Silva	Rivera	Caceres
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2021: 14-15	Gane	Ankalaev	Silva	Rivera	Caceres
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2021: 14-15	Gane	Ankalaev	De La Rosa	Munhoz	Caceres
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2021: 13-16	Rozenstruik	Ankalaev	De La Rosa	Munhoz	Caceres
Nolan King @mma_kings 2021: 11-18	Gane	Ankalaev	Silva	Munhoz	Caceres

The UFC has a big heavyweight fight in the headlining spot for the second straight week.

UFC Fight Night 186 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The event streams on ESPN+.

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In the main event, Jairzinho Rozenstruik (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) takes on the unbeaten Ciryl Gane (7-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC). The winner is expected to stay in the hunt for a title shot. Gane is the third biggest favorite on the card at -250 at BetMGM, but he’s only got an 8-5 picks lead from our 13 editors, writers, videographers and radio hosts.

In the co-feature, Magomed Ankalaev (14-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) is a prohibitive -350 favorite at light heavyweight against Nikita Krylov (27-7 MMA, 8-5 UFC), and Ankalaev is our lone unanimous pick on the main card.

It’s a close fight from a betting perspective between Montana De La Rosa (11-6 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Mayra Bueno Silva (7-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) at women’s flyweight. Silva is a slight favorite at -145, and she’s got an 8-5 lead in the picks.

Pedro Munhoz (18-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) and Jimmie Rivera (23-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) meet in a crucial bantamweight rematch. They fought more than five years ago and Rivera won a split decision. Rivera is a -155 favorite this time around and has an 8-5 picks lead.

And to open the main card, Alex Caceres (17-12 MMA, 12-10 UFC) meets Kevin Croom (21-12 MMA, 0-0 UFC) in a featherweight fight. Caceres is a 2-1 favorite and has a big 11-2 lead in our picks.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Gane (63 percent), Ankalaev (81 percent), Silva (52 percent), Munhoz (57 percent) and Caceres (72 percent) are the choices.

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