 Hey everybody, what's going on? I am Greg Susman joined today by Game of Red Sea. We're breaking down UFC this Saturday night. What's happening, Gabe? Always a pleasure, Greg. Ready to rock and roll. Great to have the UFC back after a week off. Absolutely. We're ready to get into it with our main event. Tyron Woodley taking on Gilbert Burns here. It's Woodley, who is a bit of a favorite. Which way are you headed in this bout? You know, this is a really, really interesting fight. Gilbert Burns on a five fight win streak and he's a fighter that everybody is really hyping up right now. Woodley's an interesting case, Greg. We're talking about a former champion. Woodley should be a baseball player because nobody likes him and he always has issues with his contract, all right? But like Major League Baseball players right now, Woodley has a case. He's never been on Dana White's good side. You know, there's a saying, you know, I'll fight anyone anywhere at any time. Yeah, Woodley's not that guy, Greg. Woodley's like, yeah, you know what? That contract doesn't make sense. Why would I go there and fight him in that country? You know what? This fight doesn't make sense for me. He is like, he's a former champion and he's also a pound for pound champion of having reasons why he shouldn't fight somebody. But I'll tell you what, he's one tough SOB. And I think the perception of him and the reality of him are two different things. He's aging right now. He's 38 years old yet he hasn't really been in a lot of bloodbaths and wars. You know, when he lost the championship, it was very like anti-lethargic. He really didn't have anything. I think he was mentally fatigued. You know, even though he's 38, I think he's got a little bit of energy coming in here right now. And I don't like to fall for pre-fight hype too much, but I actually believe him. You know, Woodley does a lot of TMZ, your favorite website, Greg, right? TMZ Sports. But Woodley's like a regular actually on TMZ Sports. So he does a lot of, you know, interviews. Basically weekly almost. And he's talking about how he's gonna murder this guy. He's like, I'm dead serious. I'm not playing around. You know, people talk a lot of crap about me. You're gonna see who Woodley is this week. And he goes, I feel sorry for Burns. Now listen, Burns is a badass, man. All right, he's a badass. And God, I don't understand a number of this because all the hipsters on the street, Greg, are picking Burns to win this fight, but the number keeps going up. I don't know if it's the public taking Woodley, but I liked Woodley better when he was in the 160 range and he's been climbing his 184 right now, as we see at FanDuel. But I think Woodley is going to win this fight. Burns is good, Woodley's better. Woodley does everything great, Greg. He's a great wrestler. He's a great striker. He's got great fight IQ. He doesn't just fight for the entertainment aspect. He fights to win fights via points. He can mix it up. I expect an angry Woodley to be able to get it done. And I think this fight's gonna go the distance, man. Four of Woodley's last five fights have gone the distance. And we're talking about 25 minute fights, Greg. I mean, this guy was a champion or fighting for championships all the time. He's used to these long fights. I know Burns on a five fight win streak, but I'm gonna take Woodley. And I like this fight to go the distance and plus money, plus 136 to go the distance. So give me the former champ and give me the fight to go the distance. Woodley talks a lot of smack. He's a former champion and he's gonna back it up. At least that's what he's telling all of us wherever you listen, Burns is hot. But Woodley, the fighter you wanna go with and Gabe leaves this fight is going all the way. Up next, Augusta Sakai is taking on Blagoje Ivanov. And this is another really close fight. Two good fighters here. How do you see this one breaking down? Oh, that's a tough one. I feel like I'm on the jury here, Greg. On like a very, very difficult case. You know what I mean? It's like, wow, you can make cases for both of these guys. This is far from a star-laden card here. It's essentially a UFC Dana White contender card put together in Las Vegas and we should note this actually. I wanted to get to this. We should note they're fighting in a 25-foot cage as opposed to a 30-foot cage usually. Who's this gonna help? I don't know. I mean, basically it helps both fighters really, right? You know who it helps? It helps the fans because the fans watching this it's very hard to avoid your opponent. You know, you talk about fighting in a phone booth so to speak at 25 feet. But you can argue it has an advantage for both styles. You know, different styles of fighters in a sense. If you're a wrestler, you know, there's less room for your opponent to sort of maneuver and keep his distance from you when you shoot in for a takedown. If you're a striker, there's less room for a guy to sort of use his angles and move around. You can really walk him down and get him in a phone booth. So, you know, 25-foot cage could lead to entertainment and I'm rolling the dice. I'm going against the theory so to speak because I think a lot of these fights are gonna go the distance. But you talk about Sakai and Ivanov. So even, you know, so even. Ivanov as you would expect, you know, tough dude. You know, he can wrestle a little bit. He's got some heavy hands. Not, you know, these aren't like heavyweight champions we're talking about here, okay? I think Mike Tyson might be able to beat either one of these guys right now. But without being stated, they are very evenly matched. I just like Sakai here. He is talking about a guy who's four years younger. He's gonna be four inches taller. He's got a reach advantage. You know, Ivanov is faced tougher competition, okay? Two and two in his last four. But he's faced tougher competition. He got thrown in there and he was fighting really tough guys, big name fighters. You know, Dos Santos, Derek Lewis, et cetera. So there's no shame in his record. But nevertheless, I just prefer a guy that's winning. A guy that's younger and winning. He's only lost once in his career in Sakai. You know, three fight win streak right now on a UFC med, K.O.Tabura beat Andrzej Erlowski. We saw, you know, with a nice win recently. I didn't think he would do it. And Chase Sherman as well. This fight is basically a pick-up. I'm gonna go with a slight favorite here. We'll lay the minus one 14 with the Brazilian and minus one 14 here. I think this fight goes the distance too, Greg. It's minus one 56. We should note Ivanov, he's never been K.O'd in 21, in 21 fights. And his last five fights have gone the distance. That's saying something for a heavyweight, Greg. That five fights in a row have gone the distance. This shouldn't, this won't be an exciting fight. But I think Sakai wins. And I think it does go the distance. As you said, incredibly tough to pick this one Sakai. He is hot. Just have that one lost. But Ivanov, he doesn't get knocked out. That's why you have to like this one going the distance. And hopefully Sakai picks the victory. He stays hot. You get him in there and you place your bet over the Fandals Sportsbook. All right, up next, Tim Elliott taking on Brandon Roybal. Roybal is the underdog. You always want to go with one of these underdogs here, Gabe. How good Roybal's your guy? Well, you know, we got, you know, the dog walkers right now. A lot of people are out of work right now, including the dog walking industry, because everyone's at home, Greg. So I'm going to step up. I'm giving them some work. I'm going to walk some dogs here. Got to give you an underdog or two. We're going to go with Roy Val here in which we're, you know, listen, 27 year old fighter. This is a hipster pick, guys. This is a hipster pick. I'm going to tell you something that some people watching that wouldn't know about me, baby. Number one, I used to have hair, all right? And a lot of it. I was in a heavy metal bag. But number two is I hosted an MMA show for about eight, nine, 10 years or so. MMA meltdown, all right? We had all the fighters on it. One of my regulars on the show was actually one of these fighters here in Tim Elliott. Okay, to prove that I'm ruthless, Greg. Yeah, he might have been a friend of the program and that's why I tell you I know him. He's going to lose. And I say that out of all due respect. But as I said, he used to have this guy on when I still had hair, essentially. He's been around a long time. Two and four in his last six fights. You know, you coming in here, Roy Val is a guy. He's a hungry fighter, guys. And you talk about the unique situation right now of no fans and desperation and pandemic and everything that's going on in the world. I've noticed over the last couple of weeks of these UFC cards, Greg, the up and comers, the guys that are used to fighting in adverse situations. They're used to fighting in front of no feds. You know, remember I told you about the guy that chased in rabbits in Arkansas? Remember Bryce Mitchell? He won easily, Greg. I said, this guy's fine. He's training in the woods. He's a nut job. All right, he's going to be fine. Roy Val has just strikes me as the perfect combination coming in here right now. Six years younger, really hungry fighter, that a lot of hipsters have been trying to get into the UFC for a couple of years now. This kid's going to be ready for his debut, Greg. And a plus 140, I got to like it. I mean, how am I going to lay minus 165, 64? So, and I like Tim Elliott, nice guy, great guy. But you know, he's past his prime right now. He's won in three in his last four fights. He's two in four in his last six. Hard to lay a price with him. Give me the underdog here. All right, even though Tim Elliott is a friend of the program, doesn't matter how nice a guy is when you're trying to make money. That's not how you're going to make money on Saturday night. Go with the underdog. Go with Brad and Roy Val. Moving on, let's talk about Spike Carlisle. You're getting him at plus money as well. Plus 120 is Carlisle on Saturday night. What do you like about Carlisle here? Because I just wanted the opportunity to say the word Spike Carlisle. Can you get a cooler name fight with these guys? Spike Carlisle and Billy Quaranteo. It sounds like it's a little wild west, you know? Sheriff Spike, Sheriff Carlisle, he's after that quarantine, you know? And you know, there's a showdown. I'll tell you what, man, the Alpha Ginger, this guy's a piece of work. He's ripped. You know, we're talking about a flyweight, you know, 145 pounder. His nickname, the Alpha Ginger. The guy is ripped. He probably is going to come in at about 160 or so. Suffocates, he smothers you. A lot of quick stoppages, all right, for Carlisle. But we're getting another opportunity here. Listen, the Alpha Ginger's on a five-fight win streak right now. We're getting him at plus 120. This is one of those fights where the deeper it goes, Carlisle could be in trouble. He's been very successful of getting the people early. He's got a good ground game. But at some point in time, I think that Billy is going to find himself on his back. And I think Billy the Kid is going to be a little bit of trouble. Carlisle is a great finisher at plus 120. I'm surprised about the number here. Because I'll tell you what, Roy Val, and this is for the hipsters out there, if you're a casual MMA fan, I'm not just telling you this, it's true. Like, if you go to the hardcore MMA websites, hardcore MMA fans, they all love this Roy Val kid, all right? I'm not talking about betting purposes, but he's sort of one of these guys that, you know, the hardcores have been hyping up for a little while. In a similar situation, a lot of people are buzzing about Carlisle. I'm surprised about the number. But if it's a trap, I'm walking right into it. It's like bait car. Arrest me, Greg. Give me Spike Carlisle. The only thing better than saying Spike Carlisle is the Alpha Ginger Spike Carlisle. That's a name we can bank with. That's a name that's going to win. You get him at plus 120, plus money. Hopefully the fight does not go long, but he still comes up with a winner anyway. Gabe Morenze, we appreciate the time. Good luck on Saturday night. Hey, always a pleasure, guys. Made the winners be yours. Absolutely. Enjoy the fights, everybody. Get those bets in over at the Family of Sports Book. And for Gabe Morenze, I'm Greg Susman. Stay safe, everybody.