Welcome back to the Sherdog staff Pick 'Em League, where as the 2019 season winds down, the race for glory is razor thin, with less than a single pick's worth of difference between first and second place. With three events left to go, it looks like a photo finish.
However, the same cannot be said for Bellator MMA's doubleheader trip to Hawaii this weekend, as the hybrid pick 'em card featuring three fights from Friday's "Salute the Troops" event and Saturday's Bellator 236 feature a whopping, unprecedented five unanimous picks out of six fights. That is not to say the cards are devoid of interest -- plenty of people are excited to see what Josh Barnett has left to offer after a three-year absence, and Ilima-Lei Macfarlane may be Bellator's most dominant champion -- but there isn't a whole lot of underdog love going on.
Without further ado, here are the Sherdog staff picks for Bellator 235: Barnett vs. Markes and Bellator 236: MacFarlane vs. Jackson.