The Sherdog Staff Pick 'Em League is back after a bye week with no major MMA, and let us tell you, it was a much-needed break.
In case anyone forgot, two weeks ago was the truly disastrous (for us) UFC on ESPN 2 in Philadelphia, where none of the 21 pickers got more than four of the six main card fights right, and one staffer, who shall go unnamed since he's our boss, went oh-for-six. However, it's a brand-new day and a fresh card, and we're ready to pick the winners of the five-fight main card of UFC 236. For a card with several fights nearly even on the sports books, there actually were not too many close picks among the staff; we'll see if reality is kinder to us this time!
As a final piece of housekeeping, Sherdog contributing writer Alex Aboud has joined the league and will appear in the standings in a week or two, once he's picked enough fights to establish a baseline; i.e., we're not about to let some rookie make us all look like morons based on one lucky week of picks.
Without further ado, here are the Sherdog Staff Picks for UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2.