Njokuani

vs.

Salter Rickels

vs.

Vasconcelos Archuleta

vs.

Spoon Ellen

vs.

Williams MMAjunkie readers’

consensus picks

2018: 148-95

Njokuani

(62%)

Rickels

(75%)

Archuleta

(85%)

Ellen

(54%) Ken Hathaway

@kenshathaway

2018: 162-81

Salter

Vasconcelos

Archuleta

Ellen Dan Tom

@DanTomMMA

2018: 156-87

Salter

Vasconcelos

Archuleta

Ellen Ben Fowlkes

@BenFowlkesMMA

2018: 153-90

2016 Champion

Njokuani

Rickels

Archuleta

Williams Simon Samano

@SJSamano

2018: 151-92

Salter

Rickels

Archuleta

Williams Abbey Subhan

@kammakaze

2018: 150-93

Salter

Vasconcelos

Archuleta

Williams Trent Reinsmith

@TrentReinsmith

2018: 150-93

Salter

Rickels

Archuleta

Ellen John Morgan

@MMAjunkieJohn

2018: 148-95

Salter

Vasconcelos

Archuleta

Williams Mike Bohn

@MikeBohnMMA

2018: 146-97

2014 Champion

Njokuani

Rickels

Archuleta

Williams Steven Marrocco

@MMAjunkieSteven

2018: 145-98

Salter

Rickels

Archuleta

Williams Brian Garcia

@thegoze

2018: 142-101

2017 Champion

Njokuani

Rickels

Archuleta

Williams Fernanda Prates

@nandaprates_

2018: 141-102

Njokuani

Rickels

Archuleta

Ellen George Garcia

@MMAjunkieGeorge

2018: 138-106

Salter

Rickels

Archuleta

Williams Matt Erickson

@MMAjunkieMatt

2018: 131-112

Salter

Vasconcelos

Spoon

Williams

Bellator is back in Oklahoma for the first of back-to-back shows this week, and a middleweight fight headlines the card.

Bellator 210 takes place Friday at WinStar World Casino & Resort in Thackerville, Okla. The main card airs on Paramount and streams on DAZN following prelims on MMAjunkie.

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

In the main event, Chidi Njokuani (18-5 MMA, 5-1 BMMA) stays at 185 pounds to take on John Salter (15-4 MMA, 5-1 BMMA). Despite Njokuani’s recent win in the weight class, it’s Salter with a fairly big 9-4 lead in the picks from our 13 MMAjunkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers.

In the co-feature, Bellator veteran and fan favorite David Rickels (19-5 MMA, 13-5 BMMA) takes on Bomba Vasconcelos (10-5 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) at lightweight. “Caveman” Rickels is carrying an 8-5 lead in our picks.

Also on the main card, Juan Archuleta (19-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) is a near unanimous choice over Jeremy Spoon (21-4 MMA, 2-2 BMMA) in their featherweight bout. Only one brave picker is going with Spoon. And to open the main card, Kristina Williams (2-1 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) has a big 9-4 lead over Bruna Ellen (4-1 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) in the picks for their women’s featherweight bout.

In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Njokuani (62 percent), Rickels (75 percent), Archuleta (85 percent) and Ellen (54 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

For more on Bellator 210, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.