By Matt Erickson |
October 4, 2020 10:55 pm
We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 37 event in Abu Dhabi.
Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).
Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the UFC on ESPN+ 37 event staff predictions we release Friday ahead of the event. UFC on ESPN+ 37 takes place Saturday at Flash Forum at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The card streams on ESPN+.
Make your picks for the six main card fights below.
Records: Ilia Topuria (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Youssef Zalal (10-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC)
Past five: Topuria 5-0, Zalal 4-1
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 10.05.20): Zalal -185, Topuria +150
Records: Tom Aspinall (8-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Alan Baudot (8-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
Past five: Aspinall 4-1, Baudot 4-1
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 10.05.20): Aspinall -370, Baudot +280
Records: Dricus Du Plessis (14-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Markus Perez (12-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC)
Past five: Du Plessis 4-1, Perez 2-3
Division: Middleweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 10.05.20): Du Plessis -150, Perez +120
Records: Ben Rothwell (38-12 MMA, 8-6 UFC), Marcin Tybura (19-6 MMA, 6-5 UFC)
Past five: Rothwell 2-3, Tybura 3-2
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 10.05.20): Rothwell -190, TYbura +155
Records: Edson Barboza (20-9 MMA, 14-9 UFC), Makwan Amirkhani (16-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC)
Past five: Barboza 1-4, Amirkhani 3-2
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 10.05.20): Barboza -250, Amirkhani +195
Records: Marlon Moraes (23-6-1 MMA, 5-2 UFC), Cory Sandhagen (12-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC)
Past five: Moraes 4-1, Sandhagen 4-1
Division: Bantamweight
Rankings: Moraes No. 2, Sandhagen No. 4
Odds (as of 10.05.20): Sandhagen -150, Moraes +120
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Marlon Moraes vs. Cory Sandhagen
- Edson Barboza vs. Makwan Amirkhani
- Ben Rothwell vs. Marcin Tybura
- Dricus Du Plessis vs. Markus Perez
- Tom Aspinall vs. Alan Baudot
- Ilia Topuria vs. Youssef Zalal
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 5 p.m. ET)
- K.B. Bhullar vs. Tom Breese
- Chris Daukaus vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
- Joaquin Buckley vs. Impa Kasanganay
- Ali Alqaisi vs. Tony Kelley
- Giga Chikadze vs. Omar Morales
- Tracy Cortez vs. Stephanie Egger
- Bruno Silva vs. Tagir Ulanbekov