RotoWire Staff Picks: UFC 204

RotoWire Staff Picks: UFC 204

This article is part of our UFC Picks series.

"Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you." When UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping walks out in front of his hometown crowd to a song by Manchester's own Oasis, that's exactly what will be on his mind. All the way back at UFC 100 in 2009, Bisping suffered the most brutal knockout of his career when Dan Henderson landed a patented "H-Bomb" to put out his lights. Bisping will now get his shot at redemption against Henderson, who is now 46 years old and almost definitely competing as a professional fighter for the final time. Will Bisping stay on top, or will the UFC legend ride off into the sunset a champion? See how the RotoWire MMA Staff sees the pay-per-view portion of Saturday's card playing out below.

If you're looking for a fantasy-specific breakdown of these fights on DraftKings, click here for Jon Litterine's UFC 204 preview.

MATCHUP WEIGHT CLASS JON EVAN JAKE RICHARD
Dan Henderson (+195) vs.
Michael Bisping (-235)
MiddleweightBispingBispingBispingBisping
Gegard Mousasi (-335) vs.
Vitor Belfort (+270)
MiddleweightMousasiMousasiMousasiMousasi
Jimi Manuwa (+130) vs.
Ovince St. Preux (-150)
Light HeavyweightSt. PreuxSt. PreuxSt. PreuxSt. Preux
Daniel Omielanczuk (+155) vs.
Stefan Struve (-175)
HeavyweightStruveOmielanczukStruveStruve
Mirsad Bektic (-700) vs.
Russell Doane (+550)
FeatherweightBekticBekticBekticBektic
RECORD 4-1 3-2 4-1 4-1
OVERALL (since UFC 200) 21-13 17-17 20-14 4-1

THE PLAYERS

Jon Litterine: RotoWire lead MMA beat writer and scribe for our weekly DrafKings preview. Lead analyst on the RotoWire MMA Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @JonLitterine.
Evan Dahl: Pens our bi-weekly MMA Barometer column. Follow him on Twitter at @RealEvanDahl.
Jake Letarski: MMA and NCAA Hoops Senior Editor. Sirius XM contributor. Host of the RotoWire MMA Podcast, RotoWire Fantasy Football Podcast and RotoWire DFS Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @JakeSki52.
Richard Mann: New to the RotoWire MMA staff, Richard is a stats-based analyst that has appeared on ESPN MMA via Fightmetric. He handles event recaps in our Fight Stat Wrap column, and maintains his own, data-driven MMA blog at StrikescoreMMA.com. Follow him on Twitter at @RichardAMann.

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Evan Dahl
Evan Dahl is a law student who has been a die-hard MMA fan for over a decade. Outside of MMA, he roots for the Broncos, Brewers and Bucks.
Jake Letarski
RotoWire Editor for College Basketball and MMA. Frequent podcaster, plus radio and video guest. Follow Jake on Twitter at @RotoJake.
Jon Litterine
Jon Litterine is RotoWire's lead MMA Writer and MMA Editor. He has covered numerous MMA events live. He's also RW's NHL Prospect Analyst. Jon has been writing for RotoWire since 2005. He is a graduate of U Mass-Lowell.
Richard Mann
Richard is a statistical MMA analyst who regularly appears on ESPN MMA and InterMatWrestle.
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