Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are back to breakdown this week’s UFC event in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. With picks and odds for every fight on the card. From Marlon Moraes vs. Cory Sandhagen in the main event down to Bruno Silva vs. Tagir Ulanbekov in the opening prelims.
This week’s UFC Fight Island 5 event in Abu Dhabi carries with it a stellar main event. Marlon Moraes looks to stake his claim to top contender status once again with a fight against Cory Sandhagen. And the co-main features a quality featherweight scrap, as Edson Barboza looks to right his run of recent poor outings against Makwan Amirkhani. After that, things get a bit dicier.
For anyone still interested in diving deep into the undercard, however, check out the Prelims Vivi below.
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Here’s a look at the UFC Fight Island 5 fight card as it stands right now:
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | 8pm/5pm ET&PT
Marlon Moraes vs. Cory Sandhagen – At 4:10, Odds 16:48, Picks – Both: Sandhagen
Edson Barboza vs. Makwan Amirkhani – At 19:35, Odds 32:25, Picks – Both: Barboza
Ben Rothwell vs. Marcin Tybura – At 34:23, Odds 39:21, Picks – Both: Rothwell
Markus Perez vs. Dricus du Plessis – At 39:35, Odds 48:31, Picks – Both: du Plessis
Tom Aspinall vs. Alan Baudot – At 49:55, Odds 59:55, Picks – Both: Aspinall
Youssef Zalal vs. Ilia Topuria – At 1:01:46, Odds 1:08:26, Picks – Both: Zalal
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 5pm/2pm ET&PT
Tom Breese vs. KB Bhullar – At 3:31, Odds 16:11, Picks – Zane: Breese, Connor: Bhullar
Chris Daukaus vs. Rodrigo Nascimento – At 17:00, Odds 21:40, Picks – Both: Nascimento
Impa Kasanganay vs. Joaquin Buckley – At 23:03, Odds 36:00, Picks – Both: Kasanganay
Ali AlQaisi vs. Tony Kelley – At 37:35, Odds 46:45, Picks – Both: Kelley
Giga Chikadze vs. Omar Morales – At 47:00, Odds 1:01:40, Picks – Zane: Chikadze, Connor: Morales
Tracy Cortez vs. Stephanie Egger – At 1:02:01, Odds 1:04:57, Picks – Both: Cortez
Bruno Silva vs. Tagir Ulanbekov – At 1:06:24, Odds 1:12:11, Picks – Both: Ulanbekov
For those of you following the picks made on the show, we started tracking them with the July 13th, 2020 Vivisections for ‘Kattar vs. Ige’. So far the standings are:
Last week Zane went 5 out of 11 & Connor went 6 out of 11
Zane is now 83/132 & Connor is now 87/132
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