MacDonald

vs.

Thompson Cerrone

vs.

Cote Bosse

vs.

O’Connell Aubin-Mercier

vs.

Gouti Calderwood

vs.

Letourneau MMAjunkie readers’

consensus picks

2016 picks: 55-27

MacDonald

(58%)

Cerrone

(69%)

Bosse

(77%)

Aubin-Mercier

(77%)

Letourneau

(66%) Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2016 picks: 55-27

MacDonald

Cerrone

O’Connell

Aubin-Mercier

Letourneau Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven

2016 picks: 53-29

Thompson

Cerrone

O’Connell

Aubin-Mercier

Letourneau Dann Stupp

@DannStupp

2016 picks: 51-31

2015 Champion

MacDonald

Cerrone

Bosse

Aubin-Mercier

Letourneau Brent Brookhouse @BrentBrookhouse

2016 picks: 51-31

MacDonald

Cerrone

Bosse

Aubin-Mercier

Calderwood Brian Garcia @thegoze

2016 picks: 50-32

MacDonald

Cerrone

O’Connell

Aubin-Mercier

Letourneau Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt

2016 picks: 50-32

Thompson

Cerrone

O’Connell

Aubin-Mercier

Calderwood John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn

2016 picks: 49-33

Thompson

Cerrone

O’Connell

Aubin-Mercier

Calderwood Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA

2016 picks: 49-33

2014 Champion

MacDonald

Cerrone

Bosse

Aubin-Mercier

Letourneau George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge

2016 picks: 44-40

MacDonald

Cote

O’Connell

Aubin-Mercier

Letourneau

The UFC returns to Canada on tonight for a card that appears to be highly competitive.

Of the five bouts on the UFC Fight Night 89 main card, only one is a unanimous pick from our MMAjunkie editors, writers and radio hosts. And perhaps not surprisingly, he’s a Canadian.

Canadian fighters are competing in all five fights on the main card, and three of them are the favorites among our staff.

In the main event, Rory MacDonald (18-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) returns 11 months after losing a welterweight title bid against champ Robbie Lawler. The Montreal-based standout takes on American Stephen Thompson (12-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) in a fight that could determine the next challenger at 170 pounds. Six of our staff members are picking MacDonald in what essentially is a pick’em fight.

In the co-main event, two more welterweights do battle. Donald Cerrone (29-7 MMA, 16-4 UFC), fighting in the division for just the second time, takes on former middleweight title challenger Patrick Cote (23-9 MMA, 10-9 UFC). Cerrone lost a lightweight title shot against champ Rafael dos Anjos this past December, but moved to welterweight and won his debut in the weight class earlier this year. He’s an 8-1 pick to top Canada’s Cote.

To open up the main card, Canadian Valerie Letourneau (8-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has a 6-3 edge in the picks against Joanne Calderwood (10-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC). The women normally fight at strawweight – where Letourneau fought for the title this past November. But they’ll be fighting in the UFC’s first bout at 125 pounds – even though it’s not a sure thing the promotion will usher in the division after Saturday night. Also on the main card, American Sean O'Connell (17-7 MMA, 2-3 UFC) is a 6-3 pick over Canada’s Steve Bosse (11-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in their light heavyweight bout.

The lone unanimous pick is Canadian lightweight Olivier Aubin-Mercier (7-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC), who has a 9-0 edge over France’s Thibault Gouti (11-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC).

In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, MacDonald, Cerrone, Bosse, Aubin-Mercier and Letourneau are the choices.

UFC Fight Night 89 takes place Saturday at The Arena at TD Place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main card airs on FOX Sports 1 following prelims on FOX Sports 2 and UFC Fight Pass.

Check out all the picks above.

For more on UFC Fight Night 89, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.