UFC Fight Night 198 predictions: Is anyone picking Ketlen Vieira over Miesha Tate?

	Vieira vs. Tate	Brady vs. Chiesa	Kang vs. Yahya	Santos vs. Wood	Grant vs. Yanez
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2021: 197-107	tate2021 Tate (71%)	chiesa2021 Chiesa (56%)	yahya2021 Yahya (58%)	santos2021 Santos (63%)	yanez2021 Yanez (77%)
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2021: 201-103	tate2021 Tate	chiesa2021 Chiesa	kang2021 Kang	santos2021 Santos	yanez2021 Yanez
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2021: 194-110	tate2021 Tate	brady2021 Brady	kang2021 Kang	santos2021 Santos	yanez2021 Yanez
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2021: 191-113 trophy copy 2014 Champion	tate2021 Tate	chiesa2021 Chiesa	kang2021 Kang	santos2021 Santos	yanez2021 Yanez
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2021: 189-115	tate2021 Tate	chiesa2021 Chiesa	yahya2021 Yahya	santos2021 Santos	yanez2021 Yanez
Nolan King @mma_kings 2021: 188-116	tate2021 Tate	brady2021 Brady	kang2021 Kang	santos2021 Santos	yanez2021 Yanez
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2021: 187-117 trophy copy 2020 Champion	tate2021 Tate	brady2021 Brady	kang2021 Kang	santos2021 Santos	yanez2021 Yanez
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2021: 183-121	tate2021 Tate	chiesa2021 Chiesa	yahya2021 Yahya	santos2021 Santos	yanez2021 Yanez
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2021: 182-122 trophy copy 2018 Champion	tate2021 Tate	chiesa2021 Chiesa	kang2021 Kang	santos2021 Santos	yanez2021 Yanez
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2021: 177-127	tate2021 Tate	chiesa2021 Chiesa	yahya2021 Yahya	wood2021 Wood	yanez2021 Yanez
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2021: 176-128	tate2021 Tate	brady2021 Brady	yahya2021 Yahya	santos2021 Santos	yanez2021 Yanez
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2021: 176-128	tate2021 Tate	chiesa2021 Chiesa	kang2021 Kang	santos2021 Santos	yanez2021 Yanez
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2021: 176-128 trophy copy 2017 Champion	tate2021 Tate	brady2021 Brady	kang2021 Kang	santos2021 Santos	yanez2021 Yanez
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 2021: 118-70	tate2021 Tate	chiesa2021 Chiesa	kang2021 Kang	santos2021 Santos	yanez2021 Yanez

The UFC stays in Las Vegas this week with a former champion at the top of the lineup.

UFC Fight Night 198 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.

(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)

In the main event, former women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate (19-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC) takes on Ketlen Vieira (11-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC). Vieira is a slight -120 favorite at Tipico; the comeback on Tate is -105. But not a single one of our 13 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers is picking against Tate.

In the co-feature, Sean Brady (14-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) takes on Michael Chiesa (17-5 MMA, 11-5 UFC) at welterweight. Brady is a -175 favorite, but it’s Chiesa who has an 8-5 lead in the picks.

Also on the main card, Kyung Ho Kang (17-8 MMA, 6-2 UFC) meets Rani Yahya (27-10-1 MMA, 12-4-1 UFC) in a bantamweight bout. The fight nearly is a pick’em with Kang at -115 to -110 for Yahya. But Kang has a big 9-4 lead from our staff members.

Taila Santos (18-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) is the biggest favorite on the main card at -380 in her women’s flyweight bout against Joanne Wood (15-6 MMA, 7-6 UFC) – formerly Joanne Calderwood. Only one of our pickers is taking Wood in an upset.

And to open the main card, Adrian Yanez (14-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is our second unanimous pick in his bantamweight bout against Davey Grant (11-5 MMA, 4-4 UFC). Yanez is a big -320 favorite at the betting window.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Tate (71 percent), Chiesa (56 percent), Yahya (58 percent), Santos (63 percent) and Yanez (77 percent) are the choices.

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