UFC on ESPN+ 37 predictions: Marlon Moraes or Cory Sandhagen in key bantamweight bout?

	Moraes vs. Sandhagen	Barboza vs. Amirkhani	Rothwell vs. Tybura	Du Plessis vs. Perez	Aspinall vs. Baudot	Topuria vs. Zalal
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2020: 114-70	Moraes (67%)	Barboza (79%)	Rothwell (69%)	Du Plessis (61%)	Aspinall (75%)	Zalal (85%)
Nolan King @mma_kings 2020: 122-62	Moraes	Barboza	Rothwell	Du Plessis	Aspinall	Zalal
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2020: 121-63	Sandhagen	Barboza	Rothwell	Du Plessis	Aspinall	Zalal
Dave Doyle @davedoylemma 2020: 120-64	Moraes	Barboza	Rothwell	Du Plessis	Aspinall	Zalal
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2020: 120-64	Sandhagen	Barboza	Rothwell	Du Plessis	Aspinall	Zalal
Simon Head @simonhead 2020: 119-65 2019 Champion*	Moraes	Amirkhani	Rothwell	Du Plessis	Aspinall	Zalal
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2020: 119-64	Moraes	Barboza	Rothwell	Du Plessis	Aspinall	Zalal
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2020: 118-66 2014 Champion	Moraes	Barboza	Rothwell	Du Plessis	Aspinall	Zalal
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2020: 118-66 2017 Champion	Moraes	Barboza	Rothwell	Du Plessis	Aspinall	Zalal
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2020: 116-68	Sandhagen	Barboza	Tybura	Perez	Aspinall	Zalal
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2020: 113-71 2018 Champion	Sandhagen	Amirkhani	Rothwell	Du Plessis	Aspinall	Zalal
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2020: 112-72	Moraes	Amirkhani	Rothwell	Du Plessis	Aspinall	Zalal
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2020: 112-72	Moraes	Barboza	Rothwell	Du Plessis	Aspinall	Zalal
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2020: 111-73	Moraes	Amirkhani	Rothwell	Du Plessis	Aspinall	Zalal
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2020: 76-108	Moraes	Amirkhani	Tybura	Perez	Baudot	Topuria

The UFC’s run at its “Fight Island” location continues this week with a key bantamweight bout at the top of the bill.

UFC on ESPN+ 37 takes place Saturday at Flash Forum at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The card streams on ESPN+.

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In the main event, Marlon Moraes (23-6-1 MMA, 5-2 UFC) takes on Cory Sandhagen (12-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in a fight with critical bantamweight title implications. And though Sandhagen is a slight favorite, our 14 editors, writers, videographers and radio hosts are taking Moraes at a 10-4 clip.

In the co-feature, Edson Barboza (20-9 MMA, 14-9 UFC) takes on Makwan Amirkhani (16-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC) at featherweight. Barboza is a -250 favorite, but he’s got just a 9-5 lead in the picks from our staff members.

Also on the main card, Ben Rothwell (38-12 MMA, 8-6 UFC) nearly is a 2-1 favorite in his heavyweight fight against Marcin Tybura (19-6 MMA, 6-5 UFC), and he’s got a big 12-2 picks lead.

South Africa’s Dricus du Plessis (14-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) makes his promotional debut at middleweight against Markus Perez (12-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) and is a slight favorite. But he has a whopping 12-2 lead in the picks.

Tom Aspinall (8-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is the main card’s biggest favorite against Alan Baudot (8-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who is making his promotional debut at heavyweight. Only one of our pickers is taking Baudot in an upset.

And to open the main card, Ilia Topuria (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is an underdog in his promotional debut against Youssef Zalal (10-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) at featherweight, and all but one of our pickers are taking Zalal to win.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Moraes (67 percent), Barboza (79 percent), Rothwell (69 percent), Du Plessis (61 percent), Aspinall 75 percent) and Zalal (85 percent) are the choices.

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