UFC Fight Night 179 Marlon Moraes vs. Cory Sandhagen Fight Card: Prediction & Preview, Date & Location, Odds

UFC Fight Night 179 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 37) will take place on October 10, 2020, at the Flash Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The main card is scheduled to begin at 4:00 am (October 11) local time in Abu Dhabi, with a full preliminary card beginning at approximately 1:00 am Gulf Standard Time.



Former WSOF Bantamweight Champion and UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen is expected to headline the event.

' A flyweight bout Tagir Ulanbekov and Bruno Gustavo da Silva was supposed to take place at UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill. However, due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the pairing was rescheduled and expected to take place at this event.

Also, Edson Barboza was scheduled to face Jeremy Stephens. However, Stephens declined the fight after indicating he did not feel the date allowed him adequate time to prepare and safely make the required weight. Barboza will now face Sodiq Yusuff instead.



Match Card:

Bantamweight bout: [Headliner] Marlon Moraes vs. Cory Sandhagen.

Featherweight Bout: Edson Barboza vs. Makwan Amirkhani



Heavyweight Bout: Ben Rothwell vs. Marcin Tybura

Middleweight Bout: Markus Perez vs. Dricus du Plessis

Heavyweight Bout: Tom Aspinall vs. Alan Baudot

Featherweight Bout: Youssef Zalal vs. llia Topuria

Preliminary card (ESPN+)

Middleweight Bout: Tom Breese vs. K.B. Bhullar

Heavyweight Bout: Chris Daukaus vs. Rodrigo Nascimento

Middleweight Bout: Impa Kasanganay vs. Joaquin Buckley

Bantamweight Bout: Ali AlQaisi vs. Tony Kelley

Featherweight Bout: Giga Chikadze vs. Omar Morales

Women's Bantamweight Tracy Cortez vs. Stephanie Egger

Flyweight Bout: Bruno Silva vs. Tagir Ulanbekov

A featherweight bout between Seung Woo Choi and Youssef Zalal was listed for the event. However, on October 2, it was stated that Choi retreated from the fight and was ousted by fellow newcomer llia Topuria.

A heavyweight bout between Sergey Spivak and Tom Aspinall was supposed to take place at the event. However, Spivak withdrew from the bout in early October due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer Alan Baudot.

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