Cory Sandhagen stopped Marlon Moraes in round two of their five round bantamweight fight at UFC Fight Island 5 in Dubai.
Sandhagen dropped Moraes with a perfect spinning kick to the top of the head. Sandhagen landed a couple of ground shots, and the fight was stopped at 1:03.
Sandhagen is now 13-2. Moraes is 23-7-1.
Barboza Decisions Amirkhani
Edson Barboza won a unanimous decision over Makwan Amirkhani in a featherweight fight.
Barboza won by scores of 30-26, 30-27 and 29-28 to raise his mark to 21-9. Amirkhani is 16-5.
Marcin Tybura won a unanimous decision over Ben Rothwell in a heavyweight fight.
Tybura won by scores of 29-27 on all cards and is now 20-6. Rothwell is 38-13.
Dricus Du Plessis knocked out Markus Perez in the opening round of their middleweight fight.
De Plessis dropped Perez with a kick to the body and a punch, two pucnhes on the ground and the was stopped at 3:22.
Duplessis, 186 lbs of South Africa is 15-2. Perez is 11-4.
Tom Aspinall stopped Alan Baudot in the opening round of their heavyweight bout.
Aspinall got Baudot down, and was able to land some shots that forced the stoppage 1:35.
Aspinall of England is 9-2. Baudot is 8-2.
Ilia Topuria won a unanimous decision over Youssef Zalal in a featherweight bout.
Topuria won by scores of 29-28 on all cards and is now 9-0. Zalal is 10-3.
Tom Breese stopped KB Bhuller in the opening round of their middleweight fight.
Breese landed a hard left on the chin, and then knocked Bhuller down with a jab. Six Ground-And-Pound shots later, the fights was stopped at 1:42.
Breese of England is 12-2. Bhuller of Edmonton, Canada is 8-1.
Chris Daukaus needed just 45 seconds to destroy previously undefeated Rodrigo Nascimento in a heavyweight bout.
Daukaus dropped Nascimento with a perfect left hook. Daukaus landed several Ground-and-Pound shots before landing another perfect left hook that put Nascimento down again, and the fight was stopped.
Daukaus, 227 lbs of Philadelphia is 10-3. Nascimento is 8-1.
Joaquin Buckley scored a sensational 2nd round stoppage over Impa Kasanganay in a middleweight fight.
Buckley had a kick that was actually caught by Kasanganay, and with his foot in his Kasanganay’s hand, Buckley landed a jump spinning kick right in the face of Kasanganay that sent him down crashing on his back, and the fight was stopped at 2:03.
Buckley is now 11-3. Kasanganay is now 8-1.
Tony Kelly won a unanimous decision over Ali Al-Qaisi in a bantamweight fight.
Kelly won by scores of 30-27, and 29-28 twice and is now 6-2. Al-Qaisi is 8-5.
Giga Chikadze won a unanimous decision over Omar Morales in a featherweight bout.
Chikadze won by scores of 30-27 on all cards and is now 11-2. Morales is 10-1.
Tracy Cortez won a unanimous decision over Stephanie Egger in a bantamweight contest.
Cortez won by 30-27 scores on all cards, and is now 8-1. Egger is 5-2
Tagir Ulanbeknov won a unanimous decision over Bruno Silva in a flyweight bout.
Ulanbeknov won by scores of 30-27 and 29-28 twice and is now 12-5-1. Silva is 11-2.