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Tom Aspinall Stops Alan Baudot With First Round Ground-And-Pound – UFC Fight Island 5 Highlights

AspinallLiverpudlian finisher, Tom Aspinall certainly isn’t hanging around when he steps into the Octagon. Making his second appearance on ‘Fight Island’ following a forty-second knockout win over Jake Collier – Aspinall scored a similarly impressive stoppage over short-notice replacement, Alan Baudot with a ground-and-pound barrage. Facing the Factory X Paris trainee on short-notice following the […]

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Liverpudlian finisher, Tom Aspinall certainly isn’t hanging around when he steps into the Octagon. Making his second appearance on ‘Fight Island’ following a forty-second knockout win over Jake Collier – Aspinall scored a similarly impressive stoppage over short-notice replacement, Alan Baudot with a ground-and-pound barrage.

Facing the Factory X Paris trainee on short-notice following the shelving of a matchup with fellow prospect, Sergey Spivak – Team Kaobon trainee, Aspinall improved to 9-2 professionally with his second UFC win of the year. Utilizing the clinch to score a takedown following some exchanges in pocket – Aspinall established full-mount, and patiently postured, before laying down ground-and-pound forcing the issue for the debuting, Baudot.

Below, catch highlights of Aspinall’s quickfire victory over Baudot.

Tom Aspinall Dominates Alan Baudot – UFC Fight Island 5 Results

AspinallNext up on the UFC Fight Island 5 main card is a heavyweight bout between Tom Aspinall and Alan Baudot. Round 1: Baudot misses a spinning back fist. They both swing early on. Aspinall is the one advancing more. Baudot is backed up to the fence and nearly lands an elbow against a swinging Aspinall. […]

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Next up on the UFC Fight Island 5 main card is a heavyweight bout between Tom Aspinall and Alan Baudot.

Round 1: Baudot misses a spinning back fist. They both swing early on. Aspinall is the one advancing more. Baudot is backed up to the fence and nearly lands an elbow against a swinging Aspinall. Aspinall takes him down soon after and is in mount right away. He starts to land ground and pound and the fight ends soon.

Official result: Tom Aspinall defeats Alan Baudot via TKO (R1, ).

Ilia Topuria Outworks Youssef Zalal – UFC Fight Island 5 Results

Zalal TopuriaOpening up the UFC Fight Island 5 main card is a featherweight clash between Youssef Zalal and Ilia Topuria. Round 1: The two touch gloves as we get started. Zalal misses a body kick. Topuria is advancing aggressively. Topuria responds with a right hand as Zalal attempts a low kick. Zalal partially lands a head […]

Zalal Topuria

Opening up the UFC Fight Island 5 main card is a featherweight clash between Youssef Zalal and Ilia Topuria.

Round 1: The two touch gloves as we get started. Zalal misses a body kick. Topuria is advancing aggressively. Topuria responds with a right hand as Zalal attempts a low kick. Zalal partially lands a head kick. Zalal continues to use good footwork and lands a body kick. Topuria level changes and goes for the takedown. Zalal defends well and reveres Topuria against the fence. Topuria, however, suplexes Zalal to the ground beautifully and is now in full mount. Topuria looks to lock in an anaconda. Zalal continues to fight it but finds himself in a guillotine choke. It’s switched to an anaconda but Zalal scrambles and is on his feet. He separates and the round comes to an end.

Round 2: Zalal goes for the takedown now but Topuria is defending well. Topuria lands some hammer fists but Zalal continues to work. They separate. Zalal appears to be much slower now as Topuria advances forward. Topuria lands a huge one-two but Zalal eats it. Topuria quickly takes him down soon after. Topuria has transitioned to a mounted guillotine but Zalal gets out of it. Topuria transitions to his back. However, Zalal reverses and now has Topuria’s back! Topuria shrugs him off and lands some ground and pound. Zalal looks for a kneebar but to no avail as the round ends.

Round 3: Topuria level changes and is back on top of Zalal. Zalal threatens with an armbar but Topuria is not in serious danger. Topuria looks to attempt another submission but Zalal gets out of it. Topuria attempts another takedown but Zalal defends it and goes for a guillotine now. However, Topuria gets out of it and is on top again. Zalal gets up but Topuria has his back and drags him to the ground again. They’re back on the feet and Zalal looks like the much fresher fighter now. Zalal partially lands a head kick. Topuria is clearly fatigued here. Topuria ducks a left and beautifully-timed takedown. Zalal tries a flying switch knee but Topuria catches it and ends the round on top.

Official result: Ilia Topuria defeats Youssef Zalal via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Joaquin Buckley Scores Knockout Of The Year Contender Against Impa Kasanganay – UFC Fight Island 5 Highlights

BuckleyFormer UFC bantamweight champion, Cody Garbrandt certainly has some stiff competition in regards to Knockout of the Year accolades. Middleweight prospects, Impa Kasanganay and Joaquin Buckley slugged leather for an opening-round – before the latter sprung with a massive wheel kick to stop Kasanganay in shocking fashion. Scoring just his first Octagon win of his […]

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Former UFC bantamweight champion, Cody Garbrandt certainly has some stiff competition in regards to Knockout of the Year accolades. Middleweight prospects, Impa Kasanganay and Joaquin Buckley slugged leather for an opening-round – before the latter sprung with a massive wheel kick to stop Kasanganay in shocking fashion.

Scoring just his first Octagon win of his two-fight tenure – it’s certainly some way to get off the mark for St. Louis native, Buckley. Returning to winning ways following a knockout loss of his own to Kevin Holland, Buckley attempted a left high kick, with Kasanganay catching – before the latter spun on a sixpence and launched a massive back-kick-come-wheel-kick to land one of the most devastating knockouts in the history of the UFC.

Catch Buckley’s stunning knockout win below.

Marlon Moraes: Cory Sandhagen A Better Version Of Dominick Cruz

Moraes SandhagenAlthough Marlon Moraes previously wanted to face Dominick Cruz, he believes he’s now facing a better version in Cory Sandhagen. “Magic” was initially campaigning for a fight with Cruz but revealed that he was turned down by the former UFC bantamweight champion among other fighters. Instead, Moraes will now face Sandhagen in the UFC Fight […]

Moraes Sandhagen

Although Marlon Moraes previously wanted to face Dominick Cruz, he believes he’s now facing a better version in Cory Sandhagen.

“Magic” was initially campaigning for a fight with Cruz but revealed that he was turned down by the former UFC bantamweight champion among other fighters.

Instead, Moraes will now face Sandhagen in the UFC Fight Island 5 headliner this weekend and he even feels he’s facing a superior fighter in the 28-year-old who has been likened to Cruz multiple times.

“I think Cory is a better version of Dominick Cruz,” Moraes said during media day (via MMA Junkie). “I want to get in there and show the caliber of fighter I am.

“Getting there against a highly skilled opponent like Cory. Cory’s not an easy fight for anybody. In my opinion he’s one of the best fighters in the division and he’s one of the hardest guys to fight.”

Moraes is coming off a win, albeit a controversial one, over Jose Aldo and although some felt he was worthy of getting a bantamweight title shot, he was eventually skipped in favor of the latter.

But the Brazilian wasn’t mad about that especially as he always felt he needed one more win to challenge for the title again following his loss to Henry Cejudo last year.

“Not (mad) at all with not getting the title shot,” Moraes said. “I knew I needed another fight after beating Aldo and it was a close fight and I just fought for the title. People want to see someone get in there with a statement, and that fight was a good fight with a legend, but it wasn’t a statement. Here I am now. I focus on the fight and the performance I’m going to put on.”

While Aljamain Sterling appears to be the next in line for a title shot, it is yet to be confirmed. And given how anything can happen in the UFC, Moraes is hoping a huge performance on Saturday will see him eventually get the nod over Sterling.

“With the UFC everything changes,” Moraes added. “It’s all about your last performance and Sterling fought – I don’t remember when he last fought, so it must’ve been two, three months ago. We’re fighting Saturday and a lot of people are going to remember what happens Saturday.”

What do you think of Moraes’ comments?