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The UFC is in Azerbaijan’s capital city for the second straight year, and there’s a lightweight home-grown headliner.
UFC Fight Night 280 (Paramount+) takes place Saturday at National Gymnastics Arena in Baku.

Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.

Records: Magomedov (28-7-1 MMA, 4-3 UFC), Oleksiejczuk (22-9 MMA, 10-7 UFC)

Division: Middleweight

Rankings: None

Odds (as of 06.22.26): Magomedov -140, Oleksiejczuk +118

Junkie pick results: Oleksiejczuk 7, Magomedov 4

Records: Aliskerov (17-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC), Ferreira (15-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC)

Division: Middleweight

Rankings: None

Odds (as of 06.22.26): Aliskerov -225, Ferreira +185

Junkie pick results: Aliskerov 10, Ferreira 1

Records: Almabayev (23-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC), Johnson (19-8 MMA, 8-5 UFC)

Division: Flyweight

Rankings: None

Odds (as of 06.22.26): Almabayev -220, Johnson +180

Junkie pick results: Almabayev 9, Johnson 2

Records: Camilo (10-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC), Sadykhov (11-2-1 MMA, 4-1-1 UFC)

Division: Lightweight

Rankings: None

Odds (as of 06.22.26): Camilo +185, Sadykhov -225

Junkie pick results: Sadykhov 10, Camilo 1

Records: Magomedov (16-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC), Pereira (32-14 MMA, 10-5 UFC)

Division: Middleweight

Rankings: None

Odds (as of 06.22.26): Magomedov -350, Pereira +275

Junkie pick results: Magomedov 10, Pereira 1

Records: Fiziev (13-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC), Torres (17-3 MMA, 5-1 UFC)

Division: Lightweight

Rankings: Fiziev No. 12, Torres No. 13

Odds (as of 06.22.26): Fiziev -120, Torres +100

Junkie pick results: Torres 8, Fiziev 3

Readers 98-47: Torres (56%), Magomedov (79%), Sadykhov (88%), Almabayev (75%), Aliskerov (73%), Oleksiejczuk (59%)

Danny Segura 109-39: Torres, Pereira, Sadykhov, Almabayev, Aliskerov, Oleksiejczuk

Nolan King 99-49: Fiziev, Magomedov, Sadykhov, Almabayev, Aliskerov, Oleksiejczuk

Matthew Wells 98-50: Torres, Magomedov, Sadykhov, Almabayev, Aliskerov, Magomedov

Mike Bohn 97-51: Torres, Magomedov, Sadykhov, Almabayev, Aliskerov, Oleksiejczuk

Farah Hannoun 94-54: Fiziev, Magomedov, Sadykhov, Almabayev, Aliskerov, Magomedov

Simon Samano 94-54: Torres, Magomedov, Sadykhov, Almabayev, Aliskerov, Oleksiejczuk

Matt Erickson 94-54: Fiziev, Magomedov, Sadykhov, Almabayev, Aliskerov, Magomedov

Ken Hathaway 93-55: Torres, Magomedov, Sadykhov, Almabayev, Aliskerov, Oleksiejczuk

Brian Garcia 91-57: Torres, Magomedov, Sadykhov, Almabayev, Aliskerov, Oleksiejczuk

George Garcia 91-57: Torres, Magomedov, Camilo, Johnson, Ferreira, Magomedov

Jero Guerra 9-3: Torres, Magomedov, Sadykhov, Johnson, Aliskerov, Oleksiejczuk

Although they don’t count toward the standings, MMA Junkie staff members still pick the fights on the prelims. Here are the results:

Farman Hasanov vs. Eric Nolan: Hasanov 11, Nolan 0

Julius Walker vs. Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev: Yakhyaev 11, Walker 0

Andrey Pulyaev vs. Nursulton Ruziboev: Ruziboev 11, Pulyaev 0

Kaan Ofli vs. Javier Reyes: Reyes 7, Ofli 4

Theodor Berggren vs. Daniil Donchenko: Donchenko 10, Berggren 1

Bekzat Almakhan vs. Jean Matsumoto: Matsumoto 8, Almakhan 3

Tahir Abdullayev vs. Jefferson Nascimento: Nascimento 7, Abdullayev 4

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