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UFC Fight Island 8 Results: Chiesa vs. Magny

ChiesaLowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Fight Island 8: Chiesa vs. Magny results throughout the afternoon (Wed. 20th. January 2021) from the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Taking main event status on short-notice in what could prove to be a pivotal welterweight clash, The Ultimate Fighter 15 victor, Michael ‘The Maverick’ Chiesa meets with 170-pound mainstay, […]

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LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Fight Island 8: Chiesa vs. Magny results throughout the afternoon (Wed. 20th. January 2021) from the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Taking main event status on short-notice in what could prove to be a pivotal welterweight clash, The Ultimate Fighter 15 victor, Michael ‘The Maverick’ Chiesa meets with 170-pound mainstay, ‘The Haitian Sensation’ Neil Magny, with both hoping to earn a matchup against a top-five contender next, as they offer up three-fight win streaks, respectively.

Making his Octagon return for the first time in a year, submission threat, Chiesa has been flawless since his move to welterweight, besting former WEC and interim UFC welterweight champion, Carlos Condit, and one-time lightweight title chaser, Diego Sanchez to kickstart a two-fight rise. Co-headlining UFC Fight Night Raleigh last January, Chiesa defeated former 155-pound gold holder, Rafael dos Anjos via a unanimous decision.

Elevation Fight Team staple, Magny has himself witnessed a purple-patch of late. Amassing three wins on the trot, the Brooklyn native has taken three consecutive unanimous decision wins over Li Jingliang, Anthony Rocco Martin, and an August victory over former welterweight kingpin, ‘Ruthless’ Robbie Lawler.

A pair of 170-pound talents also feature in the co-main event as The Ultimate Fighter 3: Brazil victor, Warlley Alves meets with Tunisian striker, Mounir ‘The Sniper’ Lazzez.

Hoping to rebound to the winner’s enclosure, Alves battled opposite Randy Brown at UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo in November 2019, and makes his Octagon return off the back of a second-round triangle loss.

10-1 as a professional, Lazzez made his promotional bow at UFC Fight Island 1 in July, featuring against renowned knockout-ace Abdul Razak Alhassan, picking up a unanimous judging win over the power-puncher over three-rounds.

UFC Fight Island 8: Chiesa vs. Magny Results

Main Card: (ESPN+ 12 p.m. ET)

Welterweight: Michael Chiesa vs. Neil Magny

Welterweight: Warlley Alves vs. Mounir Lazzez

Light Heavyweight: Isaac Villanueva vs. Vinicius Moreira

Flyweight: Roxanne Modafferi vs. Viviane Araujo

Flyweight: Matt Schnell vs. Tyson Nam

Featherweight: Lerone Murphy vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade

Preliminary Card: (ESPN+ 9 a.m. ET)

Middleweight: Omari Akhmedov vs. Tom Breese

Bantamweight: Ricky Simon vs. Gaetano Pirrello

Flyweight: Su Mudaerji vs. Zarrukh Adashev

Middleweight: Dalcha Lungiambula vs. Markus Perez

Flyweight: Francisco Figueiredo vs. Jerome Rivera

Lightweight: Mike Davis vs. Mason Jones

Bantamweight: Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Sergey Morozov

Flyweight: Victoria Leonardo vs. Manon Fiorot

Max Holloway Shines In Masterful Decision Win Over Calvin Kattar – UFC Fight Island 7 Highlights

HollowayFormer UFC featherweight champion, Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway is back in the winner’s enclosure — possibly eclipsing his incredible 2018 outing against Brian ‘T-City’ Ortega to boot, snapping a two-fight rise of the number-six ranked Calvin Kattar in a five-round battering. Blasting out the gate early, Holloway looked incredibly sharp with his hands in the early […]

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Former UFC featherweight champion, Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway is back in the winner’s enclosure — possibly eclipsing his incredible 2018 outing against Brian ‘T-City’ Ortega to boot, snapping a two-fight rise of the number-six ranked Calvin Kattar in a five-round battering.

Blasting out the gate early, Holloway looked incredibly sharp with his hands in the early exchanges of the opening round. Landing a couple of nasty calf kicks, Kattar stifled some of the Hawaiian’s early pressure, sticking well behind his jab as the latter pushing forward as his customary. Landing a couple of decent spinning back-kicks to the midsection before the first round buzzer, Holloway’s sheer activity won him the opening frame.

In an absolutely massive round for the former champion, Holloway split Kattar’s guard with a massive, slicing elbow on two separate occasions, drawing a sizeable cut on the forehead of the Matheun native. Almost scoring a similar buzzing beating high-kick knockdown, Holloway clipped Kattar behind the ear to close the second frame.

Having some better moments in the third round, Kattar landed well with that straight right on occasion, however, it was just more of the same from the onset from Holloway — scoring a series of lengthy combinations with aplomb with some of the best volume striking of his career.

In what’s sure to hold up as a Round of the Year contender, Holloway and Kattar bit down on their respective mouthpieces at the fence, swinging wild hooks and elbows for the majority of the fourth round. Holloway settled the pace in the first of two championship rounds towards the end, taking yet another frame in this one.

Taking the final round as well in one of the best displays in his carer, Holloway took home a unanimous decision win — even landing some incredible ‘no-look’ strikes on Kattar in the final minutes of the round. With Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega slated for UFC 260 in late March — Holloway should most definitely face the victor.

Below, check out the highlights from Holloway’s blitzing of Kattar over five-rounds.

Dana White Clues Possible UFC Fight Island Debut For Michael Chandler

ChandlerIn late September, former three-time Bellator lightweight best, Michael Chandler ended his ten-year, gold-laden stay with the promotion – penning a multi-fight deal with rival organization, the UFC.  While the Sanford MMA staple has yet to be booked for his promotional debut, UFC president, Dana White has recently insisted that there is not a rush […]

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In late September, former three-time Bellator lightweight best, Michael Chandler ended his ten-year, gold-laden stay with the promotion – penning a multi-fight deal with rival organization, the UFC. 

While the Sanford MMA staple has yet to be booked for his promotional debut, UFC president, Dana White has recently insisted that there is not a rush to get the Missouri native booked for his first Octagon outing. 

Chandler, 34, travelled to ‘Fight Island’ in Abu Dhabi, UAE in October, making championship weight as a possible backup to the as scheduled lightweight title unification clash between Khabib ‘The Eagle’ Nurmagomedov, and then interim titleholder, Justin ‘The Highlight’ Gaethje. With his services deemed unrequired, Chandler switched his attentions, and openly voiced his willingness to clash with another former interim gold holder, Tony ‘El Cucuy’ Ferguson.

The decorated amateur wrestler, along with Ferguson openly discussed and called for the potential pairing, with the above-mentioned White holding no qualms regarding that possible clash.

A would-be matchup ultimately hit a snag a number of weeks ago, however, with Chandler detailing how he was eager to meet with Ferguson on January 23 – in the co-main event of UFC 257 beneath a lightweight re-run between former titleholders, Dustin ‘The Diamond’ Poirier, and ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor.

With Ferguson keen on a December 12 UFC 256 outing instead, the promotion eventually looked to the streaking grappling ace, Charles ‘Do Bronx’ Oliveira, who now clashes with the Oxnard native in a couple of weeks time. 

Speaking with reporters gathered following UFC Vegas 15 on Saturday, White touched on the topic of Chandler’s possible debut, pointing to a need for his body to recover following the recent weight-cut, before hinting as a potential outing for the latter at an upcoming ‘Fight Island’ event. 

“The problem with Michael Chandler right not is he stepped up for that [Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje] fight and he cut weight, so he can’t turn around as fast as these other guys can right now,” White said. “We can’t do that to him. So, no hurry, take his time, get his body back together. We’ll get him something soon.“

“Once we go back to Abu Dhabi (UAE), there’s going to be a lot of big fights coming up here, so he’ll be a part of something.“

It would seem that Chandler has his lightweight debut options limited to the feature recent, Gaethje, or New Zealand striker, Dan ‘The Hangman’ Hooker, with the 34-year-old also claiming he started preparations for his debut outing, last week. 

Tai Tuivasa Scores Buzzer-Beating KO Over Stefan Struve – UFC 254 Highlights

TuivasaShoey-enthusiast, Tai ‘Bam Bam’ Tuivasa is back in the winner’s enclosure. Standing opposite the almost seven-foot veteran, Stefan ‘The Skyscraper’ Struve in our featured preliminary matchup of the night. Unloading at the fence, the knockout artist managed a massive uppercut win over the Dutch submission threat with a single-second remaining in the opening-frame. Looking to […]

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Shoey-enthusiast, Tai ‘Bam Bam’ Tuivasa is back in the winner’s enclosure. Standing opposite the almost seven-foot veteran, Stefan ‘The Skyscraper’ Struve in our featured preliminary matchup of the night.

Unloading at the fence, the knockout artist managed a massive uppercut win over the Dutch submission threat with a single-second remaining in the opening-frame.

Looking to fight in the pocket against the much taller, Struve – Tuivasa utilised his heavy-hands in the clinch and at the fence, clipping Struve on occasion – before forcing the issue and referee Jason Herzog to step-in and call a halt to proceedings.

Denied his customary shoey by officials afterward, Tuivasa who scaled the Octagon fence in search of a shoe, was ultimately corralled by officials.

Check out the highlights from Tuivasa’s knockout win, below.

Dricus du Plessis Lands Massive KO In UFC Debut Against Markus Perez – UFC Fight Island 5 Highlight

du PlessisWhat a way to land in the Octagon. Decorated finisher, Dricus du Plessis gets a short-notice opportunity over former LFA middleweight best, Markus Perez – and scores a massive opening round knockout win. The 26-year-old former KSW welterweight champion, and former EFC middleweight and welterweight gold holder faced some early adversity with an aggressive approach […]

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What a way to land in the Octagon. Decorated finisher, Dricus du Plessis gets a short-notice opportunity over former LFA middleweight best, Markus Perez – and scores a massive opening round knockout win.

The 26-year-old former KSW welterweight champion, and former EFC middleweight and welterweight gold holder faced some early adversity with an aggressive approach from Perez – with a notable body kick drawing the attention from du Plessis early in the opening frame.

Scoring a body kick of his own, the knockout and submission ace then capitalized with a massive almost shovel left hook, dropping the Brazilian before following up with ground-and-pound to enter the UFC with a bang. Following the win, the South African spoke with former welterweight title challenger, Dan Hardy – where he called out streaking contender, Kevin Holland next.

Below, check out the highlights from du Plessis’ stunning Octagon debut win over Perez.

UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen Results

MoraesLowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen Results throughout the night (Sat. 10th. October 2020) from the Flash Forum on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Taking main event honours, one-time bantamweight title challenger, ‘Magic’ Marlon Moraes looks to possibly earn another crack at division gold, as he meets with division all-rounder, […]

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LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen Results throughout the night (Sat. 10th. October 2020) from the Flash Forum on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Taking main event honours, one-time bantamweight title challenger, ‘Magic’ Marlon Moraes looks to possibly earn another crack at division gold, as he meets with division all-rounder, Cory Sandhagen. Hoping to score his second consecutive win, Moraes last featured at UFC 245 in December of last year – taking home a close split decision win over former featherweight champion, José Aldo. Despite the close win, Moraes was overlooked in favour hos compatriot Aldo in regards to a title shot. Hoping to rebound to winning ways, Sandhagen dropped his first promotional loss when he dropped a rear-naked choke defeat to Aljamain Sterling at UFC 250 in June.

In our night’s co-main event, former lightweight mainstay, Edson ‘Junior’ Barboza looks to score his premier victory at his new featherweight home, as he clashes with Finish grappling ace, Makwan ‘Mr. Finland’ Amirkhani on short-notice. Barboza was originally scheduled to meet with ‘Super’ Sodiq Yussuf – with passport issues preventing the streaking division prospect from making the date.

In his second Octagon outing of the year, Barboza attempts to rebound to winning ways after a close decision loss to ‘Dynamite’ Dan Ige at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville in May. Making his second appearance on ‘Fight Island’ this year – Amirkhani scored an eye-catching anaconda finish over Danny Henry in July.

Check out our UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen results below. Also, make sure to follow along with us on Twitter at @LowKick_MMA

UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen Results

Main Card (ESPN+, 8 p.m ET)

Bantamweight: Marlon Moraes vs. Cory Sandhagen

Featherweight: Edson Barboza vs. Makwan Amirkhani

Heavyweight: Ben Rothwell vs. Marcin Tybura

Middleweight: Markus Perez vs. Dricus du Plessis

Heavyweight: Tom Aspinall vs. Alan Baudot

Featherweight: Youssef Zalal vs. Ilia Topuria

Preliminary Card (ESPN+, 5 p.m. ET)

Middleweight: Tom Breese vs. KB Bhullar

Heavyweight: Chris Daukaus vs. Rodrigo Nascimento

Middleweight: Impa Kasanganay vs. Joaquin Buckley

Bantamweight: Ali AlQaisi vs. Tom Kelley

Featherweight: Giga Chikadze vs. Omar Morales

Women’s Bantamweight: Tracy Cortez vs. Stephanie Egger

Flyweight: Bruno Silva vs. Tagir Ulanbekov