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UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 picks and predictions

See who we think will win in Vegas this weekend.

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Tim Bissell
Oct 03, 2025
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The UFC has a rare big card this weekend. UFC 320, which may be the last PPV event ever for some of you, comes with two title fights. The main event is a rematch between Magomed Ankalaev and Alex Pereira for Ankalaev’s UFC Light Heavyweight title. The co-main sees Merab Dvalishvili meet Cory Sandhagen, with Dvalishvili’s UFC Bantamweight crown on the line.

The main card also has Jiri Prochazka vs. Khalil Rountree Jr., Josh Emmett vs. Youssef Zalal and Abus Magomedov vs. Joe Pyfer. That’s not bad, at all.

And the prelims have some intrigue about them, too. ‘Mini Ngannou’ Ateba Gautier is there, albeit in a total squash match. Chris Gutierrez vs. Farid Basharat should be a good contest. As should Austen Vanderford vs. Ramiz Brahimaj and Daniel Santos vs. JooSang Yoo. Patchy Mix also returns on this card, hoping to make amends for that awful debut. He’s getting Jakob Wiklacz, who just vacated the KSW Bantamweight title.

We’ve looked over these very fun matches and picked who we think is going to win. We’ve also got our round total picks for the PPV main card.

At our last event, Noche UFC 3, we didn’t do great. That upset laden card resulted in us mostly going 10-8. We’re killing it, though, when you look at the entire year. I’m top of the table, but I’m tied on points with Kristen. I get the top spot for just doing one better in picking fight winners this year. I hit on my lock pick at the last event (Alexander Hernandez), as did Kristen (Tatiana Suarez).

The lock pick is pretty obvious, for most of us, this time around. Check it out below.

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Magomed Ankalaev (-265) vs. Alex Pereira (+215)

Miguel: I picked Ankalaev with only a little trepidation in the first fight, and that feeling remains here as well for the rematch. Their first fight showed us that Pereira finds it much harder to get his game going against opponents who aren’t defensively void like Jiri and Hill or completely unwilling to change phases like Rountree.

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