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Live, blow-by-blow updates for today’s UFC Fight Island 5 event on ESPN+, which features a bantamweight tilt on top.
Join us today on Bloody Elbow for live results, discussion, round scoring, and play-by-play (main card) as UFC Fight Island 5 goes down in Abu Dhabi.
The headliner comes in the bantamweight division, with top contenders Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen looking for a potential title show with a big performance tonight.
The co-main event comes at featherweight, with striking standout Edson Barboza meeting replacement Makwan Amirkhani.
This is an ESPN+ show and is kicking off slightly earlier than usual. The seven-fight preliminary card is scheduled to start at 5pm ET/2pm PT on ESPN+. The six-fight main card will kick off at 8pm ET/5pm PT on the same streaming network. Join us and let us know what you think of tonight’s card.
Main Card (ESPN+)
Marlon Moraes vs. Cory Sandhagen
Edson Barboza vs. Makwan Amirkhani
Ben Rothwell vs. Marcin Tybura
Markus Perez vs. Dricus du Plessis
Tom Aspinall vs. Alan Baudot
Youssef Zalal vs. llia Topuria