UFC Fight Island 5 features a bantamweight bout between former title challenger Marlon Moraes and top contender Cory Sandhagen.
Marlon Moraes is coming off of a unanimous decision win over former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo at UFC 245 last December, whereas Cory Sandhagen is coming off of a first-round submission loss to Aljamain Sterling at UFC 250 in June earlier this year.
In the co-main event, fans will be treated to a mouth-watering matchup between Makwan Amirkhani and Edson Barboza. It’s a must-win fight for Barboza who is coming off of a three-fight losing streak to Dan Ige, Paul Felder and Justin Gaethje.
Moraes vs Sandhagen Prelims:
Men’s flyweight: Tagir Ulanbekov (11-1, 1-0 UFC) def. Bruno Silva (10-5-2, 0-3 UFC) by unanimous decision
Women’s bantamweight: Tracy Cortez (8-1, 2-0 UFC) def. Stephanie Egger (5-2, 0-1 UFC) by unanimous decision
Men’s featherweight: Giga Chikadze (11-2, 4-0 UFC) def. Omar Morales (10-1, 2-1 UFC) by unanimous decision
Men’s bantamweight: Tony Kelley (7-2, 1-1 UFC) def. Ali AlQaisi (8-5, 0-2 UFC) by unanimous decision
Men’s Middleweight: Joaquin Buckley (10-3, 0-1 UFC def. Impa Kasanganay via KO in the second round
Men’s heavyweight: Chris Daukaus (9-3, 1-0 UFC) knocks out Rodrigo Nascimento (8-0, 1-0 UFC) in the first round.
Middleweight: Tom Breese (11-2, 4-2 UFC) def. KB Bhullar (8-0, 0-0 UFC) via TKO in round 1.
MAIN CARD:
Men’s featherweight: llia Topuria (8-0, 0-0 UFC) defeats Youssef Zalal (10-2, 3-0 UFC) via unanimous decision.
Men’s heavyweight: Tom Aspinall (8-2, 1-0 UFC) defeats Alan Baudot (8-1, 0-0 UFC) via TKO in round 1.
Middleweight: Dricus Du Plessis (15-2, 1-0 UFC) def. Markus Perez (12-4, 2-4 UFC) by first-round knockout
Heavyweight: Marcin Tybura (19-6, 6-5 UFC) def Ben Rothwell (38-12, 8-6 UFC) via unanimous decision.
Men’s featherweight: Edson Barboza (20-9, 14-9 UFC) defeats Makwan Amirkhani (16-4, 6-2 UFC) via unanimous decision.
Men’s bantamweight: Cory Sandhagen (12-2, 5-1 UFC) def. Marlon Moraes (23-6-1, 5-2 UFC) via TKO round 1.
