Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will be LIVE by 12 vm (midnight) ET for the UFC Fight Island 8-weight event, where 28 hungry fighters will climb the scale ahead of Wednesday (January 20, 2021) Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event on ESPN + and ESPN from inside Etihad Arena on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.
After COVID-19 again postponed the showdown between Leon Edwards and Khamzat Chimaev, the UFC called on former veterans Michael Chiesa and Neil Magny to act and take over their duties for a special ESPN card in the middle of the week on ‘Fight Island’.
UFC Fight Island 8weight results below:
UFC Fight Island 8 Main Card on ESPN /ESPN +:
170 lbs: Michael Chiesa (170.5) vs Neil Magny (171)
170 lbs: Warlley Alves (171) teen Mounir Lazzez (171)
205 lbs .: Vinicius Moreira (206) teen Ike Villanueva (206)
125 kg: Roxanne Modafferi (126) against Viviane Araujo (126)
125 lbs: Tyson Nam (126) vs. Matt Schnell (126)
145 lbs: Lerone Murphy (146) teen Douglas Silva de Andrade (145)UFC Fight Island 8 Predictive Card on ESPN /ESPN +:
185 pounds: Omari Akhmedov (186) vs. Tom Breese (186)
135 lbs: Ricky Simon (136) vs. Gaetano Pirrello (136)
125 lbs: Zarrukh Adashev (126) against Su Mudaerji (126)
185 lbs .: Dalcha Lungiambula (186) vs. Markus Perez (186)
125 lbs: Francisco Figueredo (126) vs. Jerome Rivera (126)
155 pounds: Mike Davis (154.5) vs. Mason Jones (156)
135 pounds: Umar Nurmagomedov (136) against Sergey Morozov (135)
125 lbs: Manon Fiorot (126) against Victoria Leonardo (125.5)
Entries for the entire map will be posted later this morning.
MMAmania.com delivers LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Fight Island 8 fight card tomorrow, starting with the ESPN +/ ESPN “Prelims” matches at 09:00 ET, then the remaining main card balance is on ESPN + and ESPN at 12 p.m.
To see the latest and greatest news and footage from UFC Fight Island 8, check out our extensive event archive here. Click here for the full “Chiesa vs. Magny” fighting map and ESPN + / ESPN series.