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Welcome to the first in our new #WHOAVersus series in which we compete with mixed martial arts stars in predicting the outcomes of every fight of a card!

Up first is UFC Bantamweight Jimmie Rivera (20-1), fresh from defeating Urijah Faber at UFC 203 and cementing his place firmly in the top ten of the division.

Jimmie fights out of Manhattan, New York and has not been defeated since his second professional fight in 2008.

He’s going toe-to-toe with #WHOA’s Managing Editor, Darren Russell who boasts a 1-0 record (in predictions, not MMA!) after defeating Scott Askham at UFC 202.

Here we go!

Women’s Bantamweight: Liz Carmouche vs Katlyn Chookagian

Jimmie: Katlyn Chookagian – she’s a close friend of mine and my girlfriend’s best friend!

Darren: Carmouche (sorry Jimmie!)

Middleweight: Rafael Natal vs Tim Boetsch

Jimmie: Rafael Natal

Darren: Tim Boetsch

Lightweight: Jim Miller vs Thiago Alves

Jimmie: Jim Miller

Darren: Jim Miller

Welterweight: Vicente Luque vs Belal Muhammad

Jimmie: Vicente Luque

Darren: Belal Muhammad

Middleweight: Rashad Evans vs Tim Kennedy

Jimmie: Rashad Evans

Darren: Rashad Evans

Lightweight: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Michael Johnson

Jimmie: Khabib for sure!

Darren: You can’t look past Khabib!

Featherweight: Frankie Edgar vs Jeremy Stephens

Jimmie: Frankie!

Darren: Frankie Edgar

Women’s Bantamweight: Miesha Tate vs Raquel Pennington

Jimmie: Miesha Tate

Darren: Cupcake!

Welterweight: Kelvin Gastelum vs Donald Cerrone

Jimmie: Cerrone

Darren: Cerrone

Middleweight: Chris Weidman vs Yoel Romero

Jimmie: Weidman

Darren: Romero!

Women’s Strawweight: Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Jimmie: Joanna

Darren: Joanna

Welterweight: Tyrone Woodley vs Stephen Thompson

Jimmie: Wonderboy

Darren: Wonderboy

Lightweight: Eddie Alvarez vs Conor McGregor

Jimmie: McGregor

Darren: Mystic Mac!

Big thanks to Jimmie Rivera and his sponsors at Tigear Fight Gear and Nutra Bio