{"id":90269,"date":"2026-05-23T03:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T03:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/90269\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T03:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T03:54:09","slug":"pfl-brussels-predictions-patrick-habirora-vs-benson-henderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/90269\/","title":{"rendered":"PFL Brussels predictions: Patrick Habirora vs. Benson Henderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 22, 2026, 9:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The PFL returns this week for a show in Belgium with a home fighter headlining. PFL Brussels (ESPN+) takes place at ING Arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Get pick results from our 10 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.<\/p>\n<p>Asael Adjoudj vs. Keisuke SasuRecords:\u00a0Adjoudj (10-1), Sasu (14-4-1)Division:\u00a0FeatherweightRankings:\u00a0NoneOdds (as of 05.22.26):\u00a0Adjoudj -500, Sasu +380Junkie pick results:\u00a0Adjoudj 10, Sasu 0Marcirley Alves vs. Naoki Inoue<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779508448_420_90220329007-pfl-20260522-mb-7-9642.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Marcirley Alves vs. Naoki Inoue - PFL Brussels ceremonial weigh-ins at the iconic La Madeleine in Brussels, Belgium. Friday, May 22, 2026. (Matt Ferris \/ PFL)\"\/>Records:\u00a0Alves (15-4), Inoue (20-5)Division:\u00a0BantamweightRankings:\u00a0NoneOdds (as of 05.22.26):\u00a0Alves -130, Inoue -105Junkie pick results:\u00a0Alves 7, Inoue 3Boris Atangana vs. Jared Gooden<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:441px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779508448_442_90220321007-pfl-20260522-mb-7-9775.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Boris Atangana vs. Jared Gooden - PFL Brussels ceremonial weigh-ins at the iconic La Madeleine in Brussels, Belgium. Friday, May 22, 2026. (Matt Ferris \/ PFL)\"\/>Records:\u00a0Atangana (8-0), Gooden (23-11)Division:\u00a0Light heavyweightRankings:\u00a0NoneOdds (as of 05.22.26):\u00a0Atangana -910, Gooden +550Junkie pick results:\u00a0Atangana 10, Gooden 0Jake Hadley vs. Taylor Lapilus<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779508448_686_90220337007-pfl-20260522-mb-7-9891.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Taylor Lapilus vs. Jake Hadley - PFL Brussels ceremonial weigh-ins at the iconic La Madeleine in Brussels, Belgium. Friday, May 22, 2026. (Matt Ferris \/ PFL)\"\/>Records:\u00a0Hadley (12-5), Lapilus (24-4)Division:\u00a0BantamweightRankings:\u00a0NoneOdds (as of 05.22.26):\u00a0Lapilus -770, Hadley +475Junkie pick results:\u00a0Lapilus 9, Hadley 1Patrick Habirora vs. Benson Henderson<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779508448_580_90220332007-pfl-20260522-mb-7-0027.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Patrick Habirora vs. Benson Henderson - PFL Brussels ceremonial weigh-ins at the iconic La Madeleine in Brussels, Belgium. Friday, May 22, 2026. (Matt Ferris \/ PFL)\"\/>Records:\u00a0Habirora (8-0), Henderson (30-12)Division:\u00a0WelterweightRankings:\u00a0NoneOdds (as of 05.22.26):\u00a0Habirora -1600, Henderson +800Junkie pick results:\u00a0Habirora 10, Henderson 0Individual staff member picks, main card<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Readers\u00a079-42: Habirora\u00a0(60%), Lapilus\u00a0(81%), Atangana (80%), Inoue (58%), Adjoudj (81%)<\/p>\n<p>Danny Segura\u00a087-34: Habirora, Lapilus, Atangana, Alves, AdjoudjMike Bohn 78-43: Habirora, Lapilus, Atangana, Alves, AdjoudjNolan King 78-43: Habirora, Lapilus, Atangana, Alves, AdjoudjMatthew Wells 76-45: Habirora, Lapilus, Atangana, Alves, AdjoudjMatt Erickson 76-45: Habirora, Lapilus, Atangana, Inoue, AdjoudjSimon Samano\u00a075-46: Habirora, Lapilus, Atangana, Alves, AdjoudjKen Hathaway\u00a074-47: Habirora, Lapilus, Atangana, Alves, AdjoudjFarah Hannoun 72-49: Habirora, Lapilus, Atangana, Inoue, AdjoudjBrian Garcia\u00a070-51: Habirora, Lapilus, Atangana, Alves, AdjoudjGeorge Garcia 70-51: Habirora, Hadley, Atangana, Inoue, AdjoudjPreliminary card picks<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Although they don&#8217;t count toward the standings, MMA Junkie staff members still pick the fights on the prelims. Here are the results:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Baris Adiguzel vs. Gustavo Oliveira: Adiguzel 5, Oliveira 5Donegi Abena vs. Joe Schilling: Abena 9, Schilling 1Youssouf Binate vs. Movsar Ibragimov: Ibragimov 10, Binate 0Khamzat Abaev vs. Luca Poclit: Poclit 9, Abaev 1Keweny Lopes vs. Adam Meskini: Lopes 6, Meskini 4Ashley Reece vs. Rustam Serbiev: Serbiev 7, Reece 3<a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__lp gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/pfl\/2026\/05\/22\/photos-pfl-brussels-ceremonial-weigh-ins-and-fighter-faceoffs\/90220636007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - Photos: PFL Brussels ceremonial weigh-ins and fighter faceoffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779508449_78_90220327007-pfl-20260522-mb-7-0069.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 22, 2026, 9:00 p.m. ET The PFL returns this week for a show in Belgium with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[104],"tags":[2952,211,210,45613,18712,18713,18714,1499,18716,1500,1498,1495],"class_list":["post-90269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-accessfree","tag-belgium","tag-brussels","tag-sourcemma-junkie","tag-sstssportspfl","tag-sstsnpfl","tag-tagmartial-arts","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagpfl","tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116621873412629756","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}