UFC Vegas 71 community picks and predictions:

UFC Vegas 71 is Saturday night and headlining this latest APEX card are heavyweights Curtis Blaydes and Sergei Pavlovich. By now you may have seen our Staff Picks for the fights, but now it’s time to check out the community picks! These are picks made by Bloody Elbow readers, specifically the fine folks who have opted to support us with a paid subscription on Substack.

Each week paid subscribers there get a chance to make picks on UFC events and get included in our leader board. Whoever finishes the year on top the standings wins a prize (and bragging rights at the inaugural Bloody Elbow community picks champion).

For this week, our community is in line with our staff, picking Blaydes to come out on top against Pavlovich. They are also big on Bobby Green to beat Jared Gordon (hopefully without controversy).

Sadly this survey went out before we found out that Song Yadong vs. Ricky Simon was being shifted from the co-main event slot at UFC Vegas 71 to the main event slot at UFC Vegas 72. As you’ll see a lot of our readers were excited for that one (and picked it as the potential fight of the night here).

You can check out all our community’s picks for UFC Vegas 71 below. You’ll also see the picks from GirlCasual, whose picks I’m featuring since she did excellent last week going 9-5. And if you want to get in on the action (and be eligible for a prize when the season concludes) head on over to Substack. The community picks are a premium feature available to paid subscribers on Substack.

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UFC Vegas 71 Community picks

Sergei Pavlovich (28.6%) vs. Curtis Blaydes (71.4%)

Community pick: Curtis Blaydes
GirlCasual’s pick: Sergei Pavlovich

Brad Tavares (42.9%) vs. Bruno Silva (57.1%)

Community pick: Bruno Silva
GirlCasual’s pick: Tavares

Bobby Green (85.7%) vs. Jared Gordon (14.3%)

Community pick: Bobby Green
GirlCasual’s pick: Bobby Green

Iasmin Lucindo (50%) vs. Brogan Walker (50%)

Community pick: Tied
GirlCasual pick: Iasmin Lucindo

Jeremiah Wells (57.1%) vs. Matt Semelsberger (42.9%)

Community pick: Jeremiah Wells
GirlCasual’s pick: Matt Semelsberger

Ricky Glenn (78.6%) vs. Christos Giagos (21.4%)

Community pick: Ricky Glenn
GirlCasual’s pick: Ricky Glenn

Rani Yahya (50%) vs. Montel Jackson (50%)

Community pick: Tied
GirlCasual’s pick: Montel Jackson

Karol Rosa (50%) vs. Norma Dumont (50%)

Community pick: Tied
GirlCasual’s pick: Norma Dumont

Mohammed Usman (42.9%) vs. Junior Tafa (57.1%)

Community pick: Junior Tafa
GirlCasual’s pick: Mohammed Usman

Francis Marshall (64.3%) vs. William Gomis (35.7%)

Community pick: Francis Marshall
GirlCasual’s pick: Francis Marshall

Danaa Batgerel (64.3%) vs. Brady Hiestand (35.7%)

Community pick: Danaa Batgerel
GirlCasual’s pick: Brady Hiestand

Which fighters win Performance of the Night at UFC Vegas 71?

Community pick: Bobby Green (42.9%), Sergei Pavlovich (28.6%)
GirlCasual’s pick: Ricky Simon and Sergei Pavlovich

Which fight wins Fight of the Night at UFC Vegas 71?

Community pick: Bobby Green vs. Bruno Silva (28.6%)
GirlCasual’s pick: Ricky Simon vs. Song Yadong

Which fight are you most excited for at UFC Vegas 71?

Community pick: Sergei Pavlovich vs, Curtis Blaydes (42.9%)
GirlCasual’s pick: Ricky Simon vs. Song Yadong

Leader board

As we can see Adam Law has held on to his place atop the leader board. It’s close, though! Jeremy is right on his heels. Shout out to Mark Strong who had a strong performance last time out, going 10-5 at UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen. It’s pretty bunched up at the top, though, so we could see a lot of movement in our top 10 depending on how things shake out at UFC Vegas 71.

And if you want in on the action, head over to Substack and pick up a paid subscription. Then you will be eligible for our community picks surveys and get a shot at winning a prize.

Position	Community Member	Correct	Incorrect	Total Picks	%	Picks Back	Week 5 Record	Bonus Points
1	Adam Law	38	26	64	0.594	–	6-8	2
2	Jeremy	37	27	64	0.578	3	8-6	2
3	Christophe	36	28	64	0.563	4	8-6	2
4	lscottjose	35	29	64	0.547	4	7-7	2
5	Luke G	34	30	64	0.531	5	7-7	4
–	GirlCasual	34	30	64	0.531	7	9-5	2
7	Just Simon	33	31	64	0.516	5	6-8	2
8	Fishtown Simon	30	20	50	0.600	2	0-0	3
–	Sensei Scott	30	34	64	0.469	11	9-5	2
10	Benjamin Thornton	29	35	64	0.453	8	5-9	1
11	Mark Strong	28	36	64	0.438	14	10-4	3
12	BearHands	27	24	51	0.529	13	8-6	2
13	NickyBonz	25	25	50	0.500	7	0-0	1
14	Khabib “The Seagull” Nurmagomedov	24	13	37	0.649	8	0-0	3
15	Keyon Talieh	23	27	50	0.460	9	0-0	2
–	Kathy Hernandez	23	14	37	0.622	9	0-0	1
17	Beato Puente	20	18	38	0.526	12	0-0	2
18	The_Real_DeanD	17	23	40	0.425	15	0-0	1
19	mklip2001	16	13	29	0.552	23	7-7	2
–	macnife	16	12	28	0.571	16	0-0	1
21	cloacacarnage	15	10	25	0.600	17	0-0	1
22	Dent	14	11	25	0.560	18	0-0	1
–	Kaan	14	22	36	0.389	27	9-5
–	BigWarndog	14	8	22	0.636	18	0-0
25	Stanixx007	13	15	28	0.464	19	0-0	1
26	Federico	12	16	28	0.429	20	0-0	1
–	Wyatt	12	16	28	0.429	20	0-0	1
–	pmck003	12	22	32	0.375	26	6-8
29	Arran D	10	5	15	0.667	22	0-0	1
–	Thomas Goncalves	10	15	15	0.667	22	0-0	1
–	Tito Orcheese	10	5	15	0.667	22	0-0	1
–	Sure	10	16	26	0.385	27	5-9	1
33	chadokimu	9	5	14	0.643	14	9-5	1
–	Pembo	9	6	15	0.600	23	0-0	1
–	Stone Nicholson	9	3	12	0.750	23	0-0
–	don’t care	9	6	15	0.600	23	0-0
37	Nasal Waxing	8	4	12	0.667	24	0-0	1
–	The Oatmeal Handtruck	8	7	15	0.533	24	0-0	1
–	cubfanjg22	8	6	14	0.571	14	8-6
–	Eric Marentette	8	5	13	0.615	24	0-0
–	TotinosPizzaBoy	8	5	13	0.615	24	0-0
–	Tommy	8	6	14	0.571	14	8-6
43	Yes	7	3	10	0.700	25	0-0	1
–	pinkfloyd	7	8	15	0.467	25	0-0	1
–	Macknightio	7	3	10	0.700	25	0-0
–	WhiskeySmile	7	3	10	0.700	25	0-0
–	Indorfin	7	6	13	0.538	25	0-0
–	Jason Steiger	7	5	12	0.583	25	0-0
–	Limitless_DinD	7	6	13	0.538	25	0-0
50	High_light	6	4	10	0.600	26	0-0	1
–	Darker Than Black	6	6	12	0.500	26	0-0	1
–	Are Daneel	6	9	15	0.400	26	0-0	1
–	Ayaan Khan	6	9	15	0.400	26	0-0	1
–	Rich	6	9	15	0.400	26	0-0	1
–	TheCheeseBurgerLocker	6	4	10	0.600	26	0-0
–	inspectordeckard	6	7	13	0.462	26	0-0
56	DJNi	5	9	14	0.357	14	5-9	1
–	Smot Poker	5	9	14	0.357	14	5-9	1
–	Oatmeal Handtruck	5	5	10	0.500	27	0-0
–	Matthew Doolan	5	7	12	0.417	27	5-7
–	Hangovereasy	5	7	12	0.417	27	0-0
–	Martolord	5	8	13	0.385	27	0-0
–	Mike	5	8	13	0.385	27	0-0
–	Pastor Rose	5	8	13	0.385	27	0-0
–	Aidan	5	8	13	0.385	27	0-0
–	SuperWizard	5	8	13	0.385	27	0-0
67	Brigsy	4	11	15	0.267	28	0-0	1
–	Call Me Robert	4	11	15	0.267	28	0-0	1
–	Dennis Donoghue	4	9	13	0.308	28	0-0
–	Geo Thornton	4	9	13	0.308	28	0-0
–	The Professor	4	6	10	0.4	28	0-0
–	Theredman	4	9	13	0.308	28	0-0

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