UFC Fight Island 5 Main Card Highlights: Edson Barboza Lights Up Makwan Amirkhani
Edson Barboza put in work against Makwan Amirkhani at UFC Fight Island 5.
UFC Fight Island 5 has offered plenty of action from top-to-bottom. Barboza dropped Amirkhani multiple times, Tom Aspinall made short work of his opponent and more. Take a look below for all the video highlights.
Edson Barboza (no. 14) def. Makwan Amirkhani by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 29-28)
Barboza used his crisp boxing combinations to keep Amirkhani guessing. The most dominant round was the second as Barboza droppped “Mr. Finland” twice.
Barboza lands CLEAN! —
Featherweights are swinging through 2️⃣.
[ #UFCFightIsland5 #InAbuDhabi @VisitAbuDhabi ] pic.twitter.com/KVKhy9PRQB— UFC (@ufc) October 11, 2020
AGAIN! @EdsonBarbozaJR keeps hitting his target! —
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Marcin Tybura def. Ben Rothwell by unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)
Rothwell performed ably in round one; however, Tybura turned it on in the second and third. He landed a mean uppercut and followed-up with a double leg in the third. Rothwell’s face was a bloody mess by the final bell.
15 minutes of work!
—- @MarcinTybura grabs the UD at #UFCFightIsland5.
[ Co-main is next on #ESPNPlus ] pic.twitter.com/zPLLt5wd7f— UFC (@ufc) October 11, 2020
Dricus Du Plessis def. Markus Perez by KO via strikes (3:22, R1)
Du Plessis made an emphatic debut in the UFC. He caught Perez to the temple with a short hook, face-planting him and flatlining him with follow-up shots.
FIGHT ISLAND HITS DIFFERENT!!!
What a debut for @DricusDuPlessis —
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Tom Aspinall def. Alan Baudot by TKO via strikes (1:35, R1)
It was a short night at the office fo Aspinall, who took down Baudo, landed in mount and wraped things up with thudding ground-and-pound.
ANOTHER ONE! —
Tom Aspinall gets his second consecutive RD 1️⃣finish.
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Ilia Topuria def. Youssef Zalal by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
It was a competitive fight between two young fighters with fatigue affecting both competitors. Topuia showed off an impress array of submission skills, flawless switching from submission-to-submission.
More insanity on deck?
–: @MoroccanDevil45 vs @IliaTopuria – LIVE on ESPN+
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