UFC on ESPN 8 predictions: Are we taking Alistair Overeem or Walt Harris in a heavyweight clash?

	Overeem vs. Harris	Gadelha vs. Hill	Barboza vs. Ige	Anders vs. Jotko	Vera vs. Yadong
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2020: 44-26	Harris (53%)	Gadelha (73%)	Barboza (65%)	Anders (54%)	Yadong (53%)
Nolan King @mma_kings 2020: 51-17	Overeem	Gadelha	Barboza	Jotko	Yadong
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2020: 50-18 2017 Champion	Harris	Gadelha	Ige	Anders	Vera
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2020: 50-18	Overeem	Gadelha	Barboza	Anders	Yadong
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2020: 50-18	Harris	Gadelha	Ige	Anders	Yadong
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2020: 48-20 2014 Champion	Overeem	Gadelha	Barboza	Jotko	Yadong
Simon Head @simonhead 2020: 48-20 2019 Champion*	Overeem	Gadelha	Barboza	Jotko	Yadong
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2020: 48-20	Harris	Gadelha	Ige	Anders	Vera
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2020: 48-20	Harris	Gadelha	Barboza	Jotko	Yadong
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2020: 47-19 2018 Champion	Harris	Gadelha	Barboza	Jotko	Yadong
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2020: 46-22	Overeem	Hill	Barboza	Jotko	Vera
Dave Doyle @davedoylemma 2020: 46-22	Overeem	Gadelha	Barboza	Jotko	Yadong
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2020: 44-24	Harris	Gadelha	Ige	Anders	Vera
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2020: 40-28	Overeem	Gadelha	Barboza	Anders	Yadong
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2020: 31-37	Overeem	Hill	Barboza	Anders	Vera

The UFC wraps up its mini-residency in Florida on Saturday with its third show in eight days.

UFC on ESPN 8 takes place Saturday at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. The card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+. The event is closed to fans, but the fights still will take place and will be broadcast with essential personnel on site.

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

In the main event, Alistair Overeem (45-18 MMA, 10-7 UFC) takes on Walt Harris (13-7 MMA, 6-6 UFC) at heavyweight. Harris is the favorite in the fight at around -150, but it’s Overeem with a slight 8-6 edge in the picks from our 14 editors, writers, videographers and radio hosts.

In the co-main event, former women’s strawweight title challenger Claudia Gadelha (17-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) takes on Angela Hill (12-7 MMA, 7-7 UFC), who is fighting for the seventh time in 14 months. Gadelha is the biggest favorite on the card at -210, and she’s the biggest favorite in our picks at 12-2.

Also on the main card, Edson Barboza (20-8 MMA, 14-8 UFC) makes the drop from lightweight to featherweight to take on Dan Ige (13-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC), who has won five straight. Barboza is a slight favorite, but he’s got a big 10-4 lead from our staff pickers.

Eryk Anders (13-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC) may be a mild underdog in his middleweight fight against Krzysztof Jotko (21-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC), but our pickers see it as a coin flip. The picks are dead even at 7-7.

And to open the main card, Marlon Vera (17-5-1 MMA, 9-4 UFC) meets Song Yadong (15-4-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) in a featherweight fight. Yadong nearly is a 2-1 favorite, and he’s got a heavy 9-5 lead in the picks.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Harris (53 percent), Gadelha (73 percent), Barboza (65 percent), Anders (54 percent) and Yadong (53 percent) are the choices.

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