Up Next! UFC ‘Fight Island 5’ On ESPN+!

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Up Next! UFC ‘Fight Island 5’ On ESPN+!

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It’s a battle of Top 5 bantamweights as No. 1-ranked Marlon Moraes collides with No. 4-ranked Cory Sandhagen in the five-round main event, streaming exclusively on ESPN+, while Edson Barboza, Ben Rothwell, and Thomas Almeida also return to action.

Event: UFC Fight Island 5: “Moraes vs. Sandhagen”
Date: Sat., Oct. 10, 2020
Location: Flash Forum on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi
Broadcast: ESPN+ (5pm ET | 8pm ET)

UFC Fight Island 5 Main Event:

135 lbs.: Marlon Moraes vs. Cory Sandhagen

UFC Fight Island 5 Main Card on ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET):

145 lbs.: Edson Barboza vs. Makwan Amirkhani
265 lbs.: Ben Rothwell vs. Marcin Tybura
170 lbs.: Dricus Du Plessis vs. Markus Perez
265 lbs.: Tom Aspinall vs. Alan Baudot

UFC Fight Island 5 Prelims Card on ESPN+ (5 p.m. ET):

145 lbs.: Ilia Topuria vs. Youssef Zalal
185 lbs.: Tom Breese vs. K.B. Bhullar
265 lbs.: Chris Daukaus vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
185 lbs.: Joaquin Buckley vs. Impa Kasanganay
135 lbs.: Ali Alqaisi vs. Tony Kelley
145 lbs.: Giga Chikadze vs. Omar Morales
135 lbs.: Tracy Cortez vs. Stephanie Egger
125 lbs.: Bruno Silva vs. Tagir Ulanbekov

***Fight card, bout order and the amount of matches subject to drastic change because of the various global quarantine restrictions.***

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