International Fight Week 2019 is upon us, and the UFC is stacking up this week's pay-per-view with a pair of title fights, in addition to several emerging contenders with high finish rates.
As a reminder, these are purely picks. If you're looking for a fantasy-specific breakdown of these fights on DraftKings, click here for Jon Litterine's UFC 239 Preview or tune into Fight IQ live Friday at 8:00 p.m. EST on the RotoWire Youtube Channel.
| MATCHUP | WEIGHT CLASS | JON | JAKE | RICHARD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Jones (-600) vs. Thiago Santos (+450) | Light Heavyweight Championship | Jones | Jones | Jones |
| Amanda Nunes (-335) vs. Holly Holm (+275) | Women's Bantamweight Championship | Nunes | Nunes | Nunes |
| Ben Askren (-250) vs. Jorge Masvidal (+190) | Welterweight | Masvidal | ||
Jan Blachowicz (+150) vs. Luke Rockhold (-180) | Light Heavyweight | Blachowicz | ||
Diego Sanchez (+275) vs. Michael Chiesa (-365) | Welterweight | Chiesa | Chiesa | |
| UFC 239 RECORD | 4-1 | 4-1 | 2-3 | |
| 2019 RECORD | 18-10 | 17-11 | 12-16 | |
| 2019 PERCENTAGE | .643 | .607 | .429 | |
| ALL-TIME | 113-72 | 115-70 | 88-68 | |
| ALL-TIME PERCENTAGE | .610 | .622 | .564 |
| MATCHUP | WEIGHT CLASS | CHRIS OLSON | JOE "SUNTZU" | SHAUN "TheDFSniper" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Jones (-600) vs. Thiago Santos (+450) | Light Heavyweight Championship | Jones | Jones | Jones |
| Amanda Nunes (-335) vs. Holly Holm (+275) | Women's Bantamweight Championship | Nunes | Nunes | Nunes |
| Ben Askren (-250) vs. Jorge Masvidal (+190) | Welterweight | Masvidal | Masvidal | |
Jan Blachowicz (+150) vs. Luke Rockhold (-180) | Light Heavyweight | |||
Diego Sanchez (+275) vs. Michael Chiesa (-365) | Welterweight | Chiesa | Chiesa | |
| UFC 239 RECORD | 3-2 | 4-1 | 3-2 | |
| 2019 RECORD | 13-15 | 18-10 | 18-10 | |
| 2019 PERCENTAGE | .464 | .643 | .643 | |
| ALL-TIME | 64-61 | 45-29 | 48-26 | |
| ALL-TIME PERCENTAGE | .512 | .608 | .649 |
THE TEAM
Jon Litterine: RotoWire lead MMA beat writer and scribe for our weekly DrafKings preview. Lead analyst on the RotoWire MMA Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @JonLitterine.
Jake Letarski: RotoWire.com Operations Manager, plus MMA and NCAA Hoops Senior Editor. Host of the RotoWire MMA Podcast and guest on the RotoWire Fantasy Football Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @JakeSki52.
Richard Mann: Richard is a stats-based analyst that has appeared on ESPN MMA via Fightmetric. For RotoWire, he contributes as a fight recap writer and handles event recaps in our Fight Stat Wrap column. Follow him on Twitter at @RichardAMann.
Chris Olson: Contributor at RotoWire to "Fight IQ, presented by RotoWire," as well as DFS Baseball, and MMA fight recaps. Follow him on Twitter at @RealChrisOlson.
Joe "SunTszu": Known more commonly by his Twitter handle @SunTszu, Joe is a Hedge Fund Executive by day and high-volume DFS player by night. He is a 2x "Bracket Challenge" & "Gotham qualifier, who is currently ranked 4th in DFS MMA. You can also find him as one of the original contributors of "Fight IQ, presented by RotoWire," a DFS-centric video breakdown. He is also a co-creator of the "Creating Alpha in DFS" podcast.
@theDFSniper: @theDFSniper is the host and lead instigator of "Fight IQ, presented by RotoWire," a DFS-centric video breakdown. He also appears on the LoudMouth MMA podcast and contributes soccer content to DFS Army.
