The Bloody Elbow staff has made its predictions for Saturday’s UFC St. Petersburg card, and everyone except Shakiel Mahjouri has got Alistair Overeem beating Aleksei Oleinik in the main event. It’s a unanimous choice for Islam Makhachev over Arman Tsarukyan in the co-main. We had predictions lined up for Devin Clark vs. Ivan Shtyrkov, but now that fight is off.
Note: Predictions are entered throughout the week and collected the day before the event. Explanations behind each pick are not required and some writers opt not to do so for their own reasons. For example, if Phil Mackenzie entered all of his predictions on Wednesday without adding in any explanations, he has no idea if he’s going to be the only one siding with one fighter for any given fight.