The UFC Vegas 54 card features 11 fights, five preliminary bouts and six main card bouts. It is capped by a crucial light heavyweight bout between former champion Jan Blachowicz and Aleksandr Rakic. Due to editor travel, these previews will only feature the Cage Calculus forecast, the editor’s pick, and the odds-on Vegas favorite. We will be back to the full write-up previews for the next card. All CC projections are based on a fighter’s CC Rating and their place in the CC Rankings.

Nick Maximov vs. Andre Petroski (Men’s Middleweight)

Vegas Favorite: Maximov (-380)

Editor’s Pick: Maximov

Tatsuro Taira vs. Carlos Candelario (Men’s Flyweight)

Vegas Favorite: Taira (-240)

Editor’s Pick: Taira

[6] Virna Jandiroba vs. Angela Hill (Women’s Strawweight)

Vegas Favorite: Jandiroba (-165)

Editor’s Pick: Hill

Michael Johnson vs. Alan Patrick (Men’s Lightweight)

Vegas Favorite: Johnson (-135)

Editor’s Pick: Patrick

Viviane Araujo vs. [4] Andrea Lee (Women’s Flyweight)

Vegas Favorite: Lee (-125)

Editor’s Pick: Lee

Jake Hadley vs. Allan Nascimento (Men’s Flyweight)

Vegas Favorite: Hadley (-210)

Editor’s Pick: Hadley

Frank Camacho vs. Manuel Torres (Men’s Lightweight)

Vegas Favorite: Torres (-155)

Editor’s Pick: Camacho

[2] Katlyn Chookagian vs. [9/SW] Amanda Ribas (Women’s Flyweight)

Vegas Favorite: Chookagian (-155)

Editor’s Pick: Ribas

Davey Grant vs. Louis Smolka (Men’s Bantamweight)

Vegas Favorite: Grant (-300)

Editor’s Pick: Grant

[12] Ryan Spann vs. Ion Cutelaba (Men’s Light Heavyweight)

Vegas Favorite: Cutelaba (-210)

Editor’s Pick: Cutelaba

[1] Jan Blachowicz vs. [7] Aleksandr Rakic (Men’s Light Heavyweight)

Vegas Favorite: Rakic (-165)

Editor’s Pick: Blachowicz

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