In Abu Dhabi - UFC Fight Island 5

In Abu Dhabi – UFC Fight Island 5

By: Julio Olmo

No. 1 ranked Marlon Moraes battles No. 4 ranked Cory Sandhagen with a potential title shot on the line in the bantamweight division. The co-main event will see dynamic featherweights compete, trying to climb higher in the rankings, as Edson Barboza takes on Makwan Amirkhani.

Due to a positive COVID-19 test, UFC removed Roman Kopylov from his middleweight bout in UFC Fight Island 5 with Tom Breese. The league replaced Kopylov with undefeated Canadian newcomer KB Bhullar, who finished an impressive six of his eight UFC wins in the first round.

This matchup is intriguing because The Bengal originally was scheduled to take part in Dana White’s Contender Series, but opted to go directly to the UFC because he felt ready.

This feeling was despite being away from the Fighting Game for several years!

The lesser-known names in the UFC, especially The Fill-Ins, are often easy prey because, and this is not an exaggeration, they are just fighting for the cost Air-Fare and Hotel Accommodations.

Because of sentimental reasons, I sure hope KB does well, which leads to more significant and more prominent accomplishments for him.

KB Bhullar (Photo Via CageSidePress.Com)

Saturday, October 17th – UFC Fight Island 6 Preview:

UFC Fight Night headliners will be top 5 featherweight contenders Brian Ortega and Chan Sung Jung, on Saturday, October 17, from UFC FIGHT ISLAND 6 In Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island.

Main Card starts at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT followed by The Prelims starting at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT.

.@KoreanZombieMMA vows to put trash talk in the past, hopes Brian Ortega is willing to do the same (via @mma_kings) https://t.co/THuRTbPS83

— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) October 2, 2020

THE LINEUP.

Titles are on the line from #UFCFightIsland 🏆

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— UFC (@ufc) September 17, 2020