Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will be TO LIVE in 12:00 (midnight) ET for the UFC Fight Island 8 weigh-in event, where 28 hungry fighters will step on the scale before Wednesday’s mixed martial arts (MMA) event (January 20, 2021) on ESPN + and ESPN from inside the Etihad Arena on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.
After COVID-19 once again postponed the main event showdown between Leon Edwards and Khamzat Chimaev, the UFC called on longtime veterans Michael Chiesa and Neil Magny to introduce themselves and take on the role of headliners for a special ESPN card on mid-week on “Fight Island”.
UFC Fight Island 8 weigh-in text results below:
UFC Fight Island 8 Main Card on ESPN /ESPN +:
170 pounds: Michael Chiesa (170.5) vs. Neil Magny (171)
170 pounds: Warlley Alves (171) vs. Mounir Lazzez (171)
205 lbs.: Vinicius Moreira (206) vs Ike Villanueva (206)
125 lbs.: Roxanne Modafferi (126) vs. Viviane Araujo (126)
125 pounds: Tyson Nam (126) vs. Matt Schnell (126)
145 pounds: Lerone Murphy (146) vs Douglas Silva de Andrade (145)UFC Fight Island 8 Prelims Card on ESPN /ESPN +:
185 pounds: Omari Akhmedov (186) against Tom Breese (186)
135 lbs.: Ricky Simon (136) vs. Gaetano Pirrello (136)
125 pounds: Zarrukh Adashev (126) vs. Su Mudaerji (126)
185 pounds: 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 pounds: Manon Fiorot (126) vs. Victoria Leonardo (125.5)
Staredowns for the entire card will be posted later this morning.
MMAmania.com will cover live round-by-round, blow by blow, of the entire UFC Fight Island 8 fight card tomorrow, starting with the ESPN +/ ESPN “Prelims” games at 9am ET, then the balance remaining on the main card at ESPN + and ESPN at 12 pm ET.
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