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Watch BT Sport’s Epic UFC Fight Island Promo (Video)

Fight IslandFight Island Events Approaching The UFC heads to Abu Dhabi next to kick off its Fight Island events. Fight Island has been talked about ever since UFC president Dana White revealed he was securing an island back in April to stage fights amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It’s been a couple of months since, but […]

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Fight Island Events Approaching

The UFC heads to Abu Dhabi next to kick off its Fight Island events.

Fight Island has been talked about ever since UFC president Dana White revealed he was securing an island back in April to stage fights amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

It’s been a couple of months since, but we are now edging closer with just under two weeks to go for the first event. And BT Sport have released a promo to hype up the upcoming events even further.

You can watch it below:

On Saturday, White also released a sneak peak of an Octagon on the island.

Unfortunately, that is only for training purposes as given the hot temperature in Abu Dhabi — especially during the summertime — there is no choice but to host the events in an indoor arena.

Regardless, we are in store for some great fights starting with UFC 251 on July 11 which will play host to three championship bouts.

You can see the full Fight Island cards below:

UFC 251 – JULY 11

  • Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns – welterweight title fight
  • Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway – featherweight title fight
  • Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo – bantamweight title fight
  • Jessica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas
  • Amanda Ribas vs. Paige VanZant
  • Volkan Oezdemir vs. Jiri Prochazka
  • Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Muslim Salikhov
  • Makwan Amirkhani vs. Danny Henry
  • Leonardo Santos vs. Roman Bogatov
  • Marcin Tybura vs. Alexander Romanov
  • Raulian Paiva vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
  • Karol Rosa vs. Vanessa Melo
  • Martin Day vs. Davey Grant

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Ige – JULY 15

  • Calvin Kattar vs. Dan Ige
  • Frankie Edgar vs. Pedro Munoz
  • Carla Esparza vs. Marina Rodriguez
  • Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Mounir Lazzez
  • Jared Gordon vs. Chris Fishgold
  • Modestas Bukauskas vs. Vinicius Moreira
  • Molly McCann vs. Talia Santos
  • Ricardo Ramos vs. Lerone Murphy
  • John Phillips vs. Dusko Todorovic
  • Tim Elliott vs. Ryan Benoit
  • Diana Belbita vs. Liana Jojua

UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez II – JULY 18

  • Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Joseph Benavidez – flyweight title fight
  • Jack Hermansson vs. Kelvin Gastelum
  • Marc Diakiese vs. Rafael Fiziev
  • Ariane Lipski vs. Luana Carolina
  • Alexandre Pantoja vs. Askar Askarov
  • Roman Dolidze vs. Khadis Ibragimov
  • Grant Dawson vs. Nad Narimani
  • Joe Duffy vs. Joel Alvarez
  • Brett Johns vs. Montel Jackson
  • Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Alexander Doskalchuk
  • Davi Ramos vs. Arman Tsarukyan
  • Carlos Felipe vs. Serghei Spivac

UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till – JULY 25

  • Robert Whittaker vs. Darren Till
  • Mauricio Rua vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
  • Alex Oliveira vs. Peter Sobotta
  • Fabricio Werdum vs. Alexander Gustafsson
  • Danny Roberts vs. Nicolas Dalby
  • Tom Aspinall vs. Jake Collier
  • Justin Tafa vs. Raphael Pessoa
  • Movsar Evloev vs. Mike Grundy
  • Bethe Correia vs. Pannie Kianzad
  • Nathaniel Wood vs. Umar Nurmagomedov
  • Ramazan Emeev vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov

Are you excited for Fight Island?

Kamaru Usman Changes Camps Ahead Of UFC 251 Title Bout

UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is switching things up ahead of his next title defense. Usman is set to put his welterweight title on the line against Gilbert Burns in the main event of UFC 251. The story going into this bout is an interesting o…

UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is switching things up ahead of his next title defense. Usman is set to put his welterweight title on the line against Gilbert Burns in the main event of UFC 251. The story going into this bout is an interesting one as Usman and Burns were training partners at Sanford […]

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Coach: Aljamain Sterling Shouldn’t Sign Another Fight Unless It’s For The Title

SterlingLongo: ‘No Question’ Sterling Has Earned Title Shot For Ray Longo, it’s title shot or bust for Aljamain Sterling. Sterling earned his fifth win in a row following his impressive first-round submission victory over Cory Sandhagen at UFC 250 earlier this month. In the process, “Funk Master” cemented himself as the next in line for […]

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Longo: ‘No Question’ Sterling Has Earned Title Shot

For Ray Longo, it’s title shot or bust for Aljamain Sterling.

Sterling earned his fifth win in a row following his impressive first-round submission victory over Cory Sandhagen at UFC 250 earlier this month.

In the process, “Funk Master” cemented himself as the next in line for a title shot with UFC president Dana White agreeing as much after the event. However, nothing is certain in this sport.

After all, not many would have expected Petr Yan to fighting Jose Aldo for the vacant bantamweight title at UFC 251 next month. Some may even argue that it should be Sterling facing Yan instead of Aldo.

Sterling’s head coach Longo even believes the fight with Sandhagen could have been a title fight in itself as he believes his pupil should not be fighting for anything less than a belt in his next outing.

“Over here we thought he deserved … this could have been a title fight,” Longo told MMA Junkie. “You had two really good guys on great winning streaks. Look, technically Aljo might be the uncrowned champ right now. Who the heck knows? But we always believed that he should have been fighting for a title, and if this is what he had to do to get there, to have that one more fight against a guy that’s right up there with him in the division, and that’s what he did.

“He couldn’t have had a better outcome, and now there’s absolutely no question he earned a title shot. … I wouldn’t sign a contract unless it’s for a title. I mean, he earned it. He deserves it, he works hard, and that’s what it’s all about.”

Sterling is certainly targeting the winner of that fight. In a recent interview, he stated how nobody could truly be considered the bantamweight champion until they took him out.

“Petr Yan may fight Jose Aldo and he may win the belt or Jose Aldo may win the belt but people are going to always look and see ‘you’ve got to beat this guy first’ and it gives me comfort knowing that people are behind me and realizing that my skills are dangerous and I’m a real threat to this division,” Sterling said. “In order to be considered the best, you have to take me out.”

Do you think Sterling is guaranteed the next title shot?

UFC 251: Frankie Edgar Doesn’t See Significant Changes In Preparation For Bantamweight Debut

Frankie Edgar feels his preparation for a move down to 135 pounds doesn’t yield drastic changes. Edgar is set to make his bantamweight debut on July 11. He’ll share the Octagon with Pedro Munoz on the UFC 251 card. The action is set to take…

Frankie Edgar feels his preparation for a move down to 135 pounds doesn’t yield drastic changes. Edgar is set to make his bantamweight debut on July 11. He’ll share the Octagon with Pedro Munoz on the UFC 251 card. The action is set to take place on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The location is […]

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Pedro Munhoz Hopes To Make History By Submitting Frankie Edgar

Pedro Munhoz wants his name in the history books following his bout with Frankie Edgar. Munhoz vs. Edgar is scheduled to take place on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The bantamweight tilt is set to be featured on the UFC 251 card on July 11. It’s a big…

Pedro Munhoz wants his name in the history books following his bout with Frankie Edgar. Munhoz vs. Edgar is scheduled to take place on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The bantamweight tilt is set to be featured on the UFC 251 card on July 11. It’s a big opportunity for Munhoz as Edgar has name […]

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Petr Yan Confident Ahead Of UFC 251: I Can Defeat Every Bantamweight

Petr Yan will be fighting for UFC gold on July 11 and he isn’t short on confidence. Yan will share the Octagon with former featherweight ruler Jose Aldo on the main card of UFC 251. Yan vs. Aldo will be contested for the vacant UFC bantamweight c…

Petr Yan will be fighting for UFC gold on July 11 and he isn’t short on confidence. Yan will share the Octagon with former featherweight ruler Jose Aldo on the main card of UFC 251. Yan vs. Aldo will be contested for the vacant UFC bantamweight championship. The action will be held on Yas Island […]

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