Macdonald Vs Gracie Predictions

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Bellator returns to New York this week, and the welterweight title is on the line in the main event.

Bellator 222 takes place Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York. The main card streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.

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In the main event, welterweight champion Rory MacDonald (20-5-1 MMA, 2-1-1 BMMA) puts his title on the line against Neiman Gracie (9-0 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) in a fight that also serves as a semifinal bout in Bellator’s ongoing welterweight grand prix. MacDonald nearly is a 2-1 favorite, but he’s got just the narrowest of edges from seven of our 13 MMA Junkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers.

In the co-feature, former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida (25-8 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) takes on Chael Sonnen (30-16-1 MMA, 2-2 BMMA). Machida is a significant favorite, and he’s the pick of 11 of our 13 staff members.

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Also on the main card, Dillon Danis (1-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) is one of two unanimous picks in his 175-pound catchweight fight against Max Humphrey (3-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA). The other unanimous nod goes to Ricky Bandejas (11-2 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) in his bantamweight bout against Patrick Mix (10-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA). Danis is the biggest favorite on the card at 10-1, but Bandejas only is a -125 favorite over Mix.

Juan Archuleta (22-1 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) nearly is a unanimous pick over former bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas (21-6 MMA, 11-3 BMMA) in their featherweight fight. But he has to settle for a 12-1 rout in the picks.

And to open the main card, bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell (12-2 MMA, 9-1 BMMA) puts his belt on the line in a rematch against Kyoji Horiguchi (27-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA). Caldwell went to Japan this past December to challenge for Horiguchi’s Rizin title, but came up short. Now Horiguchi goes after Caldwell’s Bellator belt, and he has an 8-5 lead in the picks.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, MacDonald (57 percent), Machida (69 percent), Danis (71 percent), Bandejas (61 percent), Archuleta (64 percent) and Horiguchi (56 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

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