PFL Pittsburgh predictions: Is anyone picking Battle to upset Eblen?

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The PFL returns this week a former middleweight champion atop the lineup at PFL Pittsburgh (ESPN2/ESPN Deportes, ESPN app), which takes place Saturday at UPMC Events Center.

Get pick results from our 10 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.

Lazaro Dayron vs. Jacob Thrall​

• Records: Dayron (9-0-1), Thrall (15-7-1)
• Division: Bantamweight
• Rankings: None
• Odds (as of 03.28.26): Dayron -3500, Thrall +1300
• Junkie pick results: Dayron 10, Thrall 0

Julio Arce vs. Alexei Pergande​

• Records: Arce (21-6), Pergande (7-0)
• Division: Featherweight
• Rankings: None
• Odds (as of 03.28.26): Pergande -160, Arce +135
• Junkie pick results: Pergande 7, Arce

Ariane da Silva vs. Sumiko Inaba​

• Records: da Silva (17-11), Inaba (8-2)
• Division: Women’s flyweight
• Rankings: None
• Odds (as of 03.28.26): Da Silva -180, Inaba +150
• Junkie pick results: Da SIlva 7, Inaba 3

Impa Kasanganay vs. Dalton Rosta​

• Records: Kasanganay (19-6), Rosta (11-2)
• Division: Middleweight
• Rankings: None
• Odds (as of 03.28.26): Rosta -175, Kasanganay +145
• Junkie pick results: Rosta 6, Kasanganay 4

Johnny Eblen vs. Bryan Battle​

• Records: Eblen (16-1), Battle (12-2)
• Division: Middleweight
• Rankings: None
• Odds (as of 03.28.26): Eblen -420, Battle +320
• Junkie pick results: Eblen 9, Battle 1

Individual staff member picks, main card​

Readers 40-15: Eblen (65%), Kasanganay (52%), Inaba (63%), Arce (56%), Dayron (84%)

• Danny Segura 41-14: Eblen, Kasanganay, da Silva, Arce, Dayron
• Simon Samano 41-14: Battle, Kasanganay, Inaba, Pergande, Dayron
• Matt Erickson 40-15: Eblen, Rosta, Inaba, Pergande, Dayron
• Mike Bohn 37-18: Eblen, Rosta, Inaba, Pergande, Dayron
• Nolan King 37-18: Eblen, Kasanganay, da Silva, Pergande, Dayron
• Brian Garcia 35-20: Eblen, Rosta, da Silva, Arce, Dayron
• Matthew Wells 35-20: Battle, Kasanganay, da Silva, Pergande, Dayron
• Ken Hathaway 34-21: Eblen, Rosta, da Silva, Pergande, Dayron
• Farah Hannoun 34-21: Eblen, Rosta, da Silva, Pergande, Dayron
• George Garcia 33-22: Eblen, Rosta, da Silva, Arce, Dayron

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: PFL Pittsburgh predictions: Is anyone picking Battle to upset Eblen?

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