Anik’s Fire Forecast: 43rd Edition: Picks for UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington

Welcome to the 43rd edition of “Anik’s Fire Forecast!” First, I’d like to thank my loyal fans for supporting my work and tuning in to discover my predictions for each UFC card in 2023. It has been a successful year with over 200 correct picks and a 63 percent win percentage.

The UFC is closing off a historic 2023 with the best pay-per-view event yet. There are mouthwatering clashes in the cage and on the microphone. Here are my picks for UFC 296:

Championship Picks: C Leon Edwards over #3 Colby Covington, #2 Brandon Royval over C Alexandre Pantoja

Main Card Picks: #5 Shavkat Rakhmonov over #6 Stephen Thompson, Paddy Pimblett over Tony Ferguson, #10 Ian Machado Garry over #9 Vicente Luque

Prelim Picks: #10 Bryce Mitchell over #6 Josh Emmett, #5 Irene Aldana over #9 Karol Rosa, Cody Garbrandt over Brian Kelleher, #12 Casey O’Neill over Ariane Lipski

Early Prelim Picks: #15 Dustin Jacoby over #14 Alonzo Menifield, #15 Cody Durden over #12 Tagir Ulanbekov, Lucas Almeida over Andre Fili, Martin Buday over Shamil Gaziev, Randy Brown over Muslim Salikhov

2023 Pick Record: 201-114-6

Anik Subramanian

Anik Subramanian is an aspiring MMA journalist based in the United States. He discovered his passion for MMA when the sport was the first to return to live action during the pandemic. He is also a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and has been a lifelong sports fan.