#8 Michael Chiesa (170.5 lbs.) vs. #9 Neil Magny (171 lbs.)
Warlley Alves (171 lbs.) vs. Mounir Lazzez (171 lbs.)
Vinicius Moreira (206 lbs.) vs. Ike Villanueva (206 lbs.)
#9 Viviane Araujo (126 lbs.) vs. #8 Roxanne Modafferi (126 lbs.)
#13 Tyson Nam (126 lbs.) vs. #9 Matt Schnell (126 lbs.)
Lerone Murphy (146 lbs.) vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade (145 lbs.)
#13 Omari Akhmedov (186 lbs.) vs. Tom Breese (186 lbs.)
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Gaetano Pirrello (136 lbs.) vs. Ricky Simon (136 lbs.)
Zarrukh Adashev (126 lbs.) vs. Su Mudaerji (126 lbs.)
Dalcha Lungiambula (186 lbs.) vs. Markus Perez (186 lbs.)
Francisco Figueredo (126 lbs.) vs. Jerome Rivera (126 lbs.)
Mike Davis (154.5 lbs.) vs. Mason Jones (156 lbs.)
Sergey Morozov (135 lbs.) vs. Umar Nurmagomedov (136 lbs.)
UFC Fight Island 8 results: Matches to make for ‘Chiesa vs Magny’ main card winners
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned to action earlier today (Weds., Jan. 20, 2021) to stage UFC Fight Island 8 inside Etihad Arena on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In the headlining act, Michael Chiesa earned an impressive win over Neil Magny (recap), while Warlley Alves got back in the win column with a huge knockout victory over Mounir Lazzez (video here). Related
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With Chiesa winning his fourth straight fight since making the move back up to Welterweight, it’s time for him to start facing the cream of the crop. A fight against Stephen Thompson seems appropriate since both men are pretty hot at the moment. Ranked No. 5, “Wonderboy” has won two in a row, including his most recent win against Geoff Neal. Chiesa isn’t too far behind at No. 8, though I fully expect him to get a bump
UFC Fight Island 8: Chiesa vs. Magny - Unofficial Awards
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UFC Fight Island 8 didn’t have quite the same impact the Fight Island 7 did – hard to top Max Holloway’s historic offensive explosion – but there’s no denying that it proved to be a satiating dose of action. While I’m sure it’s early start time in the middle of the week made it troublesome for many to partake of the action live, there are several fun scraps that make it a worthwhile effort to go back and check out if you were unable to. If you can’t – and even if you can – here’s some of the noteworthy highlights in the form of unofficial awards.
Here’s everything that happened at UFC Fight Island 8 last night
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Yesterday (Weds., Jan. 20, 2021), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) remained on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for UFC Fight Island 8. Last night’s show could easily be looked at as a quick appetizer prior to the UFC 257 main course that is fast approaching. The main event of Mike Chiesa vs. Neil Magny did a majority of the work in making the entire thing feel like a UFC event, as a fair portion of names were likely unfamiliar even to dedicated fans.