- Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
- Title: “UFC Fight Night 179″ (UFC on ESPN+ 37, UFC Fight Island 5)
- Venue: Flash Forum, Yas Island (UFC Fight Island), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Date: October 10, 2020 (USA), October 11, 2020 (UAE)
- Number of bouts: 13
FIGHT CARD
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
- Brazil: Bruno Silva, Rodrigo Nascimento, Markus Perez, Edson Barboza, Marlon Moraes
- Canada: K.B. Bhullar
- England: Tom Breese, Tom Aspinall
- Finland: Makwan Amirkhani
- France: Alan Baudot
- Jordan: Ali AlQaisi
- Georgia: Giga Chikadze
- Morocco: Youssef Zalal
- Poland: Marcin Tybura
- Russia: Tagir Ulanbekov
- South Africa: Dricus du Plessis
- Spain: Ilia Topuria
- Switzerland: Stephanie Egger
- USA: Tracy Cortez, Tony Kelley, Impa Kasanganay, Joaquin Buckley, Chris Daukaus, Youssef Zalal, Ben Rothwell, Cory Sandhagen
- Venezuela: Omar Morales
WEIGH-INS RESULTS
- Flyweight: Bruno Silva (125.5lbs) vs Tagir Ulanbekov (126lbs)
- Women’s Bantamweight: Tracy Cortez (136lbs) vs Stephanie Egger (135.5lbs)
- Featherweight: Giga Chikadze (146lbs) vs Omar Morales (145.5lbs)
- Bantamweight: Ali AlQaisi (136lbs) vs Tony Kelley (136lbs)
- Middleweight: Impa Kasanganay (185.5lbs) vs Joaquin Buckley (185.5lbs)
- Heavyweight: Chris Daukaus (227lbs) vs Rodrigo Nascimento (265lbs)
- Middleweight: Tom Breese (186lbs) vs KB Bhullar (186lbs)
- Featherweight: Youssef Zalal (146lbs) vs Ilia Topuria (146lbs)
- Heavyweight: Tom Aspinall (252lbs) vs Alan Baudot (254lbs)
- Middleweight: Markus Perez (186lbs) vs Dricus Du Plessis (186lbs)
- Heavyweight: Ben Rothwell (265lbs) vs Marcin Tybura (263lbs)
- Featherweight: Edson Barboza (145.5lbs) vs Makwan Amirkhani (146lbs)
- Bantamweight: Marlon Moraes (136lbs) vs Cory Sandhagen (136lbs)
FIGHT RESULTS
Bout # |
FIGHTERS |
Division |
|
Red Corner (Country) |
Blue Corner (Country) |
||
PRELIMINARY CARD |
|||
1 |
Bruno “Bulldog” Silva (Brazil) | Tagir Ulanbekov (Russia) | Flyweight |
|
|||
2 |
Tracy Cortez (USA) | Stephanie Egger (Switzerland) | Women’s Bantamweight |
|
|||
3 |
Giga “Ninja” Chikadze (Georgia) | Omar Morales (Venezuela) | Featherweight |
|
|||
4 |
Ali “The Royal Fighter” AlQaisi (Jordan) | Tony “Primetime” Kelley (USA) | Bantamweight |
|
|||
5 |
Impa “Tshilobo” Kasanganay (USA) | Joaquin “New Mansa” Buckley (USA) | Middleweight |
|
|||
6 |
Chris Daukaus (USA) | Rodrigo “Ze Colmeia” Nascimento (Brazil) | Heavyweight |
|
|||
7 |
Tom Breese (England) | K.B. “The Bengal” Bhullar (Canada) | Middleweight |
|
|||
MAIN CARD |
|||
8 |
Youssef “The Moroccan Devil” Zalal (USA / Morocco) | llia Topuria (Spain) | Featherweight |
|
|||
9 |
Tom Aspinall (England) | Alan “The Black Samourai” Baudot (France) | Heavyweight |
|
|||
10 |
Markus “Maluko” Perez (Brazil) | Dricus “Stillknocks” du Plessis (South Africa) | Middleweight |
|
|||
11 |
Ben Rothwell (USA) | Marcin “Tybur” Tybura (Poland) | Heavyweight |
|
|||
Co-Main Event |
|||
12 |
Edson Barboza (Brazil) | Makwan “Mr. Finland” Amirkhani (Finland) | Featherweight |
|
|||
Main Event |
|||
13 |
Marlon “Magic” Moraes (Brazil) | Cory Sandhagen (USA) | Bantamweight |
|