Picking & Grinning: UFC Fight Night ‘Poirier vs. Johnson’

Dustin Poirier’s latest run in the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight division has taken him directly into the path of Michael Johnson.

Poirier will face Johnson in the UFC Fight Night 94 main event on Saturday at State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, Texas, as they author another chapter in the heated American Top Team-Blackzilians rivalry. In the middleweight co-headliner, former Ring of Combat champion Uriah Hall locks horns with Derek Brunson (online sportsbooks). The rest of the six-fight main card features a welterweight clash matching Roan Carneiro with Kenny Robertson, a featherweight duel pitting Chas Skelly against Maximo Blanco and a pair of lightweight scraps, as Evan Dunham meets Rick Glenn and Islam Makhachev tackles Chris Wade.

Ahead of UFC Fight Night “Poirier vs. Johnson,” members of the Sherdog.com staff swallowed their pride and put their reputations on the line with bold predictions:

Standings

Tristen Critchfield (64-35-2)
Jordan Breen (63-36-2)
Mike Fridley (61-38-2)
Brian Knapp (61-38-2)
Mike Sloan (55-44-2)

The Lineup

155: Dustin Poirier (20-4) vs. Michael Johnson (16-10)
185: Uriah Hall (12-6) vs. Derek Brunson (15-3)
155: Evan Dunham (17-6) vs. Rick Glenn (18-3-1)
170: Roan Carneiro (20-10) vs. Kenny Robertson (15-4)
155: Chris Wade (11-2) vs. Islam Makhachev (12-1)
145: Chas Skelly (15-2) vs. Maximo Blanco (12-7-1)
145: Gabriel Benitez (18-5) vs. Sam Sicilia (15-6)
170: Augusto Montano (15-2) vs. Belal Muhammad (9-1)
185: Antonio Carlos Jr. (5-2) vs. Leonardo Guimaraes (11-2)
135: Jose Alberto Quinonez (4-2) vs. Joey Gomez (6-1)
170: Erick Montano (7-3) vs. Randy Brown (7-1)
135: Alejandro Perez (17-6) vs. Albert Morales (6-0)

The Picks

Tristen Critchfield: Poirier, Brunson, Dunham, Robertson, Makhachev, Skelly, Benitez, Muhammad, Carlos Jr., Gomez, Brown, Perez

Jordan Breen: Poirier, Brunson, Dunham, Robertson, Makhachev, Skelly, Benitez, Muhammad, Carlos Jr., Gomez, Brown, Perez

Mike Fridley: Poirier, Brunson, Dunham, Robertson, Makhachev, Skelly, Sicilia, Muhammad, Carlos Jr., Gomez, Brown, Morales

Brian Knapp: Poirier, Brunson, Dunham, Robertson, Makhachev, Skelly, Sicilia, Muhammad, Carlos Jr., Gomez, Brown, Perez

Mike Sloan: Poirier, Brunson, Dunham, Carneiro, Makhachev, Skelly, Sicilia, Muhammad, Guimaraes, Gomez, Brown, Morales