The
Ultimate Fighting Championship’s latest stint on Yas Island,
Abu Dhabi, continues on Saturday with
UFC Fight Night 179. The 13-fight card is now official after
all fighters made weight and is set to be headlined by bantamweight
contenders Marlon
Moraes and Cory
Sandhagen.
Finishes over Raphael
Assuncao, Jimmie
Rivera and Aljamain
Sterling have proven Moraes (23-6-1) as one of the most
dangerous fighters in the division. While “Magic” came up short
against former titleholder Henry
Cejudo, he bounced back with a split decision win over Jose Aldo. The
Brazilian will look to earn another crack at the belt with a win
and came in at 136 pounds.
Sandhagen (12-2) is looking to rebound over a disappointing
performance against Sterling that saw him get choked out in less
than 90-seconds. Prior to that defeat, the Colorado native won
decisions over Assuncao and John
Lineker. Sandhagen took full advantage of the one-pound
allowance and officially weighed 136 for the first headlining bout
of his career.
UFC Fight Night 179 will stream in its entirety on ESPN+.
Preliminary action begins at 5 p.m. ET and the main card kicks off
at 8 p.m. ET.
UFC Fight Night 179 Weigh-in Results:
Marlon
Moraes (136) vs. Cory
Sandhagen (136)
Makwan
Amirkhani (146) vs. Edson
Barboza (145.5)
Ben
Rothwell (265) vs. Marcin
Tybura (263)
Markus
Perez (186) vs. Dricus Du
Plessis (186)
Alan
Baudot (254) vs. Tom
Aspinall (252)
Youssef
Zalal (146) vs. Ilia
Topuria (146)
Tom
Breese (186) vs. K.B. Bhullar
(186)
Rodrigo
Nascimento Ferreira (265) vs. Chris
Daukaus (227)
Impa
Kasanganay (185.5) vs. Joaquin
Buckley (185.5)
Ali
AlQaisi (136) vs. Tony Kelley
(136)
Giga
Chikadze (146) vs. Omar
Morales (145.5)
Tracy
Cortez (136) vs. Stephanie
Egger (135.5)
Tagir
Ulanbekov (126) vs. Bruno Silva
(125.5)