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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is less than 48 hours away from kicking off its UFC Fight Island 2 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, topped by a flyweight championship rematch between Top 5 contenders Deiveson Figueiredo and Joseph Benavidez. The action gets underway this Sat. night (July 18, 2020) on Fight Island (Yas Island) in Abu Dhabi.
In addition to the 125-pound title fight between “Daico” and “Joe Jitsu,” Jack Hermansson and Kelvin Gastelum will collide for a spot in the middleweight title chase. But before anyone can fight, they must first hit the scale and prove themselves worthy.
Complete UFC Fight Island 2 weigh-in results below:
UFC Fight Island 2 Main Card:
125 lbs. Deiveson Figueiredo (125) vs. Joseph Benavidez (125) for vacant flyweight title
185 lbs.: Kelvin Gastelum (186) vs. Jack Hermansson (186)
155 lbs.: Marc Diakiese (156) vs. Rafael Fiziev (156)
125 lbs.: Luana Carolina (126) vs. Ariane Lipski (126)
125 lbs.: Askar Askarov (126) vs. Alexandre Pantoja (125)
UFC Fight Island 2 Prelims Card:
205 lbs.: Roman Dolidze (206) vs. Khadis Ibragimov (206)
150 lbs.: Grant Dawson (150) vs. Nad Narimani (150)
155 lbs.: Joel Alvarez (156) vs. Joe Duffy (155.5)
135 lbs.: Montel Jackson (136) vs. Brett Johns (136)
135 lbs.: Malcolm Gordon (135) vs. Amir Albazi (136)
155 lbs.: Davi Ramos (156) vs. Arman Tsarukyan (156)
265 lbs.: Carlos Felipe (261) vs. Serghei Spivac (240)
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Fight Island 2 fight card on fight night, starting with the ESPN+ “Prelims” undercard bouts at 5 p.m. ET, followed by the ESPN+ main card start time at 8 p.m. ET.
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