Hendricks

vs.

Thomson Nelson

vs.

Rosholt St. Preux

vs.

Cavalcante Benavidez

vs.

Makovsky Cirkunov

vs.

Nicholson Pyle

vs.

Spencer MMAjunkie readers’

consensus picks

2016 picks: 9-4

Hendricks (57%)

Nelson (69%)

St. Preux (89%)

Benavidez (90%)

Cirkunov (78%)

Pyle (69%) Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2016 picks: 9-4

Hendricks

Nelson

St. Preux

Benavidez

Cirkunov

Pyle Dann Stupp

@DannStupp 2016 picks: 8-5

2015 Champion

Hendricks

Nelson

St. Preux

Benavidez

Cirkunov

Pyle John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2016 picks: 8-5

Hendricks

Rosholt

St. Preux

Benavidez

Cirkunov

Spencer Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA

2016 picks:8-5

2014 Champion

Hendricks

Rosholt

St. Preux

Benavidez

Cirkunov

Spencer Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven

2016 picks: 8-5

Hendricks

Nelson

St. Preux

Benavidez

Cirkunov

Spencer Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt

2016 picks: 6-7

Hendricks

Nelson

St. Preux

Benavidez

Cirkunov

Pyle Brian Garcia

@thegoze

2016 picks: 6-7

Hendricks

Nelson

St. Preux

Benavidez

Cirkunov

Pyle Brent Brookhouse @BrentBrookhouse 2016 picks:5-8

Hendricks

Rosholt

St. Preux

Benavidez

Cirkunov

Pyle George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2016 picks: 4-9

Hendricks

Rosholt

St. Preux

Benavidez

Cirkunov

Pyle

The UFC’s annual Super Bowl weekend card takes place tonight and features a bunch of heavy favorites from our staff on the main card.

UFC Fight Night 82, which was UFC 196 before the heavyweight title main event fell off, takes place Saturday at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The majority of the card airs on FOX Sports 1 after early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

In the welterweight main event, former champ Johny Hendricks (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) is the unanimous choice of our nine MMAjunkie editors, writers and radio hosts to top Stephen Thompson (11-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC), who comes in on a five-fight winning streak.

There are three other unanimous picks from our staffers on the six-fight main card. Ovince Saint Preux (18-7 MMA, 6-2 UFC) is a 9-0 choice to top Rafael Cavalcante (12-6 MMA, 1-3 UFC) in their light heavyweight bout; flyweight Joseph Benavidez (23-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) is expected to take care of Zach Makovsky (19-6 MMA, 3-2 UFC); and light heavyweight Misha Cirkunov (10-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), the biggest favorite on the card, is a 9-0 pick over UFC newcomer Alex Nicholson (6-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC).

There are two contentious fights on the main card, per our pickers. Roy Nelson (20-12 MMA, 7-8 UFC) is a 5-4 pick over Jared Rosholt (14-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) in their heavyweight co-main event. And to open the main card, welterweight Mike Pyle (26-11-1 MMA, 9-6 UFC) is an underdog to Sean Spencer (12-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC), but has a 6-3 advantage in our staff picks.

In our MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, five favorites are coming out on top: Hendricks, Nelson, Saint Preux, Benavidez, Cirkunov. Pyle is the lone underdog to get the nod from the readers.

Check out all the picks above. Additionally, leave your individual main-card picks below. As usual, MMAjunkie reader “IAMMA” is organizing the MMAjunkie Member Picks, where three readers sit at 11-2 after the first three events in the new year of competition.

For more on UFC Fight Night 82, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.