UFC Fight Island 8: Chiesa vs. Magny fight card

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Check out the fight card and bout order for UFC Fight Island 8, set for January 20th in Abu Dhabi. The UFC has three shows in the span of a week. This Saturday we have UFC…


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Check out the fight card and bout order for UFC Fight Island 8, set for January 20th in Abu Dhabi.

The UFC has three shows in the span of a week. This Saturday we have UFC Fight Island 7 on ABC, then UFC Fight Island 8 on Wednesday, January 20th. In the main event, welterweight contenders Michael Chiesa and Neil Magny square off in a five-round battle, replacing the original headliner of Leon Edwards vs. Khamzat Chimaev.

This card starts extraordinarily early and airs on both ESPN and ESPN+. I hope you like your shows starting at 9 AM ET!

Here’s the full lineup from the Etihad Arena:

Main Card (12 PM ET, ESPN/ESPN+)

Michael Chiesa vs. Neil Magny

Warlley Alves vs. Mounir Lazzez

Ike Villanueva vs. Vinicius Moreira

Roxanne Modafferi vs. Viviane Araujo

Lerone Murphy vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade

Preliminary Card (9 AM ET, ESPN/ESPN+)

Ricky Simon vs. Gaetano Pirrello

Su Mudaerji vs. Zarrukh Adashev

Dulcha Lungiambula vs. Markus Perez

Francisco Figueiredo vs. Jerome Rivera

Mike Davis vs. Mason Jones

Matt Schnell vs. Tyson Nam

Victoria Leonardo vs. Manon Fiorot