With UFC 86 this weekend and the Light Heavyweight Championship on the line, the MMA writers here at Sports Talk Buzz will begin making our picks for the five main fights on the card. This will continue, hopefully, for all future UFC events and let you, the reader, see just who can predict the most correct fights from event to event. My picks for Saturday are as follows:

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (-260) vs Forest Griffin (+200)

I have to go with Rampage in this fight. I don’t see the chin of Forrest Griffin going past the second round.

Patrick Cote (+100) vs Ricardo Almeida (-130)

I am picking the underdog, Patrick Cote, here. 

Josh Koscheck (-330) vs Chris Lytle (+220)

Josh Koscheck should have no problem getting this fight to the ground and controlling it. He is my pick here.

Joe Stevenson (-220) vs Gleison Tibau (+175)

In another upset I am picking Tibau to hand Stevenson his second straight loss.

Tyson Griffin (-350) vs Marcus Aurelio (+250)

Tyson Griffin should win this fight easily and I will pick him in this fight.

Let’s see how the chips fall on Saturday night in Las Vegas. I now invite the other MMA writers at the site to provide their picks in the comments section. Hopefully we hear from Kevin Lee as well as he has become more and more interested with the sport in the past few months. Any readers who would like to provide their picks are also more than welcome to do so. 

Bragging rights are most certainly on the line. Best of luck to all.

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