The latest fight night event will see the No. 1 seed Marlon Moraes (23–6–1) of the bantamweight division take on Cory Sandhagen (12–2). Both men are trying to clinch the No. 1 contender’s status for Petr Yan’s Bantamweight title as both Moraes and Sandhagen have won four out of their last five fights.
In the co-main event, Edson Barboza (20–9) and Makwan Amirkhani (16–4) will clash in a featherweight bout. While Barboza is known for his big wins over Anthony Pettis and Dan Hooker, the UFC veteran is in desperate need of a win as he’s currently on a three-fight losing streak.
Since joining the UFC in 2015, Amirkhani has only suffered two losses and the featherweight is coming off a submission victory over Danny Henry back at UFC 251. Also, expect Ben Rothwell, Dricus du Plessis, Tom Aspinall, Ilia Topuria, Tom Breese, and Giga Chikadze to compete as well.
Check out the full lineup for UFC Fight Island 5:
Main Card (8 PM ET/5 PM PT, 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. Ilia Topuria
Preliminary Card (5 PM ET/2 PM PT, ESPN+)
Tom Breese vs. KB Bhullar
Chris Daukaus vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
Impa Kasanganay vs. Joaquin Buckley
Ali Al-Qaisi vs. Tony Keller
Giga Chikadze vs. Omar Morales
Tracy Cortez vs. Stephanie Egger
Bruno Silva vs. Tagie Ulanbekov