UFC Fight Night 187 predictions: Edwards or Muhammad in welterweight showdown?

	Edwards vs. Muhammad	Cirkunov vs. Spann	Ige vs. Tucker	Grant vs. Martinez	Kape vs. Nicolau	Anders vs. Stewart
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2021: 18-15	Edwards (68%)	Cirkunov (51%)	Ige (65%)	Martinez (72%)	Nicolau (50.1%)	Stewart (61%)
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2021: 25-13 2020 Champion	Edwards	Cirkunov	Ige	Martinez	Nicolau	Stewart
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2021: 24-14 2018 Champion	Muhammad	Spann	Tucker	Martinez	Nicolau	Stewart
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2021: 24-14	Edwards	Cirkunov	Ige	Martinez	Kape	Stewart
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2021: 23-15 2017 Champion	Edwards	Cirkunov	Ige	Martinez	Kape	Anders
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2021: 23-15	Edwards	Spann	Ige	Martinez	Kape	Stewart
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2021: 23-15	Muhammad	Spann	Ige	Martinez	Kape	Anders
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2021: 22-16	Edwards	Cirkunov	Ige	Martinez	Nicolau	Stewart
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2021: 21-17	Edwards	Cirkunov	Ige	Martinez	Nicolau	Stewart
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2021: 20-18	Muhammad	Cirkunov	Ige	Martinez	Kape	Stewart
Simon Head @simonhead 2021: 20-18 2019 Champion*	Edwards	Spann	Ige	Grant	Nicolau	Stewart
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2021: 20-18 2014 Champion	Edwards	Spann	Ige	Martinez	Kape	Anders
Nolan King @mma_kings 2021: 19-19	Edwards	Spann	Ige	Martinez	Kape	Stewart
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2021: 18-20	Muhammad	Spann	Tucker	Martinez	Nicolau	Anders

The UFC stays on its home turf in Las Vegas this week with a welterweight clash atop the bill.

UFC Fight Night 187 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The event streams on ESPN+.

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In the main event, Leon Edwards (18-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) takes on replacement opponent Belal Muhammad (18-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) at welterweight. Edwards is a -275 favorite at BetMGM, and he has a 9-4 lead in the picks from our 13 editors, writers, videographers and radio hosts.

In the co-feature, Misha Cirkunov (15-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) meets Ryan Spann (18-6 MMA, 4-1 UFC) at light heavyweight. Cirkunov is a slim -125 favorite, but it’s Spann with a 7-6 edge in the picks.

It’s a close fight from a betting perspective between featherweights Dan Ige (14-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) and Gavin Tucker (13-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) with Ige a -155 favorite. But he has a big 11-2 lead in the picks.

Jonathan Martinez (13-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) is the main card’s biggest favorite at -300 at bantamweight against Davey Grant (10-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC). He’s also the biggest favorite from our staff pickers, near unanimous at 12-1.

Manel Kape (15-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) is a -140 favorite at flyweight against Matheus Nicolau (15-2-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC), and he’s got just a narrow 7-6 edge in our picks.

And to open the main card, Darren Stewart (12-6 MMA, 5-5 UFC) is a -185 favorite at middleweight against Eryk Anders (13-5 MMA, 5-5 UFC), and he’s got a big 9-4 lead in the picks.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Edwards (68 percent), Cirkunov (51 percent), Ige (65 percent), Martinez (72 percent), Nicolau (50.1 percent) and Stewart (61 percent) are the choices.

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