My picks for this card -
Poirier - Alvarez is coming off that brutal loss, and he has reached the top of the mountain already so the fire might not be burning as strong as before. Poirier is faster then him and I believe has the slight edge in the striking department. Besides that brutal KO to Johnson, Poirier has not lost in over 3 years to a guy named Conor. Eddie has a chance to grapple his wake to a victory but that is his only path to a win, I don't think he will KO/TKO Poirier. Eddie has not had a KO/TKO finish in almost 5 years and has looked average in his UFC fights to date. Poirier takes this one.
Masvidal - I think people will be surprised at how good Mas's ground game is. I think he has pretty good TDD, and he isn't a slouch on the ground. Mas def has the striking advantage and this will be the quickest fighter I think Maia has faced in a while. I do think Maia may even get him down at some point in the 1st, but then I see Mas surviving and picking him apart on the feet in round 2 and 3 and even finish Maia.
Yair/Edgar - I was on Edgar but now all I think I will bet is the fight to go the distance. Yair is a lot bigger then Edagr (not like this is anything new for Edagr though) and I can see this fight going 3 ways, Edgar getting the DEC, Yair using his kicks and staying at distance for the DEC, or Yair catching Edgar coming in and finishing Edgar. But Edgar hasn't been finished in his career, and for that reason I think there is a good chance this goes the DEC. For me the bet to make is the fight goes the distance. I might parlay it with something else.
Stipe - The first fight was close and I actually thought Stipe won. Since then Stipe has not lose, finished his last 4 opponents and is the champ and JDS is 1-1, getting finish by Overeem in the process. No doubt Stipe has improved in the last 3 years since the last JDS fight, not sure we can say the same about JDS. JDS has also not fought in 13 months, so rust could be a factor here that no one seems to mention. I got Stipe in this one.
Still on the fence about some others so will wait for the weigh ins later.