Dillashaw

vs.

Garbrandt Johnson

vs.

Cejudo Aldrich

vs.

Viana Moicano

vs.

Swanson Holland

vs.

Santos MMAjunkie readers’

consensus picks

2018: 99-50

Dillashaw

(51%)

Johnson

(82%)

Viana

(67%)

Swanson

(65%)

Santos

(78%) Dan Tom

@DanTomMMA

2018: 102-51

Dillashaw

Johnson

Viana

Moicano

Santos Ken Hathaway

@kenshathaway

2018: 97-56

Dillashaw

Johnson

Viana

Moicano

Santos Mike Bohn

@MikeBohnMMA

2018: 97-56

2014 Champion

Dillashaw

Johnson

Viana

Moicano

Santos Trent Reinsmith

@TrentReinsmith

2018: 97-56

Dillashaw

Johnson

Viana

Moicano

Santos Simon Samano

@SJSamano

2018: 96-57

Dillashaw

Johnson

Viana

Moicano

Holland Ben Fowlkes

@BenFowlkesMMA

2018: 96-57

2016 Champion

Garbrandt

Johnson

Viana

Moicano

Santos Abbey Subhan

@kammakaze

2018: 95-58

Dillashaw

Johnson

Viana

Swanson

Holland John Morgan

@MMAjunkieJohn

2018: 93-60

Garbrandt

Johnson

Aldrich

Moicano

Santos Steven Marrocco

@MMAjunkieSteven

2018: 92-61

Dillashaw

Johnson

Viana

Swanson

Santos Brian Garcia

@thegoze

2018: 89-64

2017 Champion

Garbrandt

Johnson

Viana

Swanson

Santos Fernanda Prates

@nandaprates_

2018: 89-64

Dillashaw

Johnson

Viana

Moicano

Santos Matt Erickson

@MMAjunkieMatt

2018: 89-64

Garbrandt

Cejudo

Aldrich

Swanson

Holland George Garcia

@MMAjunkieGeorge

2018: 88-65

Dillashaw

Cejudo

Viana

Swanson

Holland

The UFC is back in Southern California this week with a pair of championship rematches at the top of the bill.

UFC 227 takes place Saturday at Staples Center in Los Angeles, and the main card airs on pay-per-view following preliminary-card bouts on FX and UFC Fight Pass.

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

In the main event, bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw (15-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC) takes on former champ, former teammate and fierce rival Cody Garbrandt (11-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) in a rematch for the title. Dillashaw beat Garbrandt to win back the belt at UFC 217 this past November. He is just a slight betting favorite at -125, but he’s a big favorite among our 13 MMAjunkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers with only four pickers taking Garbrandt.

In the co-feature, dominant flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson (27-2-1 MMA, 15-1-1 UFC) meets Olympic gold medalist wrestler Henry Cejudo (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in another title-fight rematch. Johnson is about a 5-1 favorite to beat Cejudo again, and only two of our pickers are taking the underdog challenger in an upset.

Also on the main card, J.J. Aldrich (6-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) takes on Polyana Viana (10-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in a women’s strawweight bout. Viana is just a slight favorite at -160, but has the bulk of the picks with an 11-2 edge.

Renato Moicano (12-1-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) meets Cub Swanson (25-9 MMA, 10-5 UFC) in a featherweight bout. Moicano is one of the card’s biggest favorites at more than 3-1, but has only an 8-5 lead in the picks.

And to open the main card, Kevin Holland (13-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) takes on Brazil’s Thiago “Marreta” Santos (17-6 MMA, 9-5 UFC) in a middleweight bout. Santos has a significant 9-4 lead over Holland among our staff members.

In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Dillashaw (51 percent), Johnson (82 percent), Viana (67 percent), Swanson (65 percent) and Santos (78 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

For more on UFC 227, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.