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UFC Fight Night 99 staff picks: Only 1 picked Uriah Hall over Gegard Mousasi in 2015. How 'bout now?

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Hall
vs.
Mousasi
Pearson
vs.
Ray
Johnson
vs.
Volkov
Ishihara
vs.
Lobov
MMAjunkie readers’
consensus picks
2016: 110-66 (63%)
mousasi2016
Mousasi
(86%)
pearson2016
Pearson
(68%)
avolkov2016
Volkov
(58%)
ishihara2016
Ishihara
(61%)
Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA
2016: 113-63 (64%)
mousasi2016
Mousasi
pearson2016
Pearson
avolkov2016
Volkov
ishihara2016
Ishihara
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt
2016: 109-67 (62%)
mousasi2016
Mousasi
pearson2016
Pearson
avolkov2016
Volkov
ishihara2016
Ishihara
Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven
2016: 109-67 (62%)
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Mousasi
pearson2016
Pearson
avolkov2016
Volkov
ishihara2016
Ishihara
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn
2016: 108-68 (61%)
mousasi2016
Mousasi
pearson2016
Pearson
avolkov2016
Volkov
ishihara2016
Ishihara
Dann Stupp
@DannStupp
2016: 108-68 (61%)
trophy copy 2015 Champion
mousasi2016
Mousasi
sray2016
Ray
tjohnson2016
Johnson
ishihara2016
Ishihara
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA
2016: 107-69 (61%)
trophy copy 2014 Champion
mousasi2016
Mousasi
pearson2016
Pearson
avolkov2016
Volkov
ishihara2016
Ishihara
Brent Brookhouse @BrentBrookhouse
2016: 107-69 (61%)
mousasi2016
Mousasi
sray2016
Ray
avolkov2016
Volkov
ishihara2016
Ishihara
Brian Garcia @thegoze
2016: 104-72 (59%)
mousasi2016
Mousasi
pearson2016
Pearson
avolkov2016
Volkov
ishihara2016
Ishihara
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge
2016: 98-78 (55.7%)
mousasi2016
Mousasi
sray2016
Ray
tjohnson2016
Johnson
lobov2016
Lobov
Fernanda Prates @nandaprates_
2016: 61-49 (55.5%)
mousasi2016
Mousasi
sray2016
Ray
avolkov2016
Volkov
ishihara2016
Ishihara

(This story was originally published on Nov. 18.)

With the first of two cards today, the UFC stops in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

UFC Fight Night 99 takes place at SSE Arena Belfast in Belfast. The entire event streams on UFC Fight Pass.

In the main event, Uriah Hall (12-7 MMA, 5-5 UFC) and Gegard Mousasi (40-6-2 MMA, 7-3 UFC) meet in a middleweight rematch. In September 2015, the two fought in japan, where Hall pulled off a stunning second-round knockout for the upset. Now Mousasi goes after some revenge in the headliner.

Only one of our MMAjunkie editors, writers and radio hosts picked Hall to beat Mousasi the first time around. But this time, it’s unanimous. By a 10-0 margin, our staff is taking Mousasi, who is more than a 5-1 favorite in the rematch. In the first fight, he closed as big as a 7-1 favorite.

In the co-feature, England’s Ross Pearson (19-12 MMA, 11-9 UFC) meets Scotland’s Steven Ray (19-6 MMA, 3-1 UFC) in a lightweight battle. The odds are neck-and-neck, and so are the picks. Six of our staff members are taking Pearson; four give the nod to Ray.

Also on the main card, Timothy Johnson (10-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) meets former Bellator heavyweight champion Alexander Volkov (26-6 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who makes his UFC debut. Eight of 10 are taking the promtional newcomer to get a heavyweight win right out of the gate. And to open the main card on UFC Fight Pass, Teruto Ishihara (9-2-2 MMA, 2-0-1 UFC) takes on Ireland’s Artem Lobov (12-12-1 MMA, 1-2 UFC), a teammate of Conor McGregor. Nine of 10 are picking Lobov, who is better than a 2-1 favorite.

In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Mousasi, Pearson, Volkov and Ishihara are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

For more on UFC Fight Night 99, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.


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