One of the distinctive MMA occasions of the 12 months heads to Arizona this Friday evening!
Olympic gold medallist, Henry Cejudo, leads Workforce Phoenix into battle towards heavyweight legend, Frank Mir, and his Workforce Vegas rivals at UFL 5 on Friday, August 30. The profitable metropolis will stroll away with $50,000 to share amongst its fighters in ‘The NBA of MMA’.
Fighters will earn extra factors for his or her workforce the sooner they end their bouts within the 5 Workforce Phoenix vs. Workforce Vegas contests scheduled to happen. If the scores are even on the finish of the evening, the profitable aspect will probably be determined based mostly on the shortest cage time wanted to achieve their factors whole.
In the principle occasion, Hunter Azure (11-3) will defend his bantamweight title towards fellow UFC veteran, Vince Morales (15-7), as a part of the Workforce Phoenix vs. Workforce Vegas collection. Azure received the belt at UFL 4 when he shocked Amun Cosme with a thunderous proper hand knockout and desires to proceed his newfound momentum at residence for Workforce Phoenix. His adversary, Morales, has been victorious in all of his 4 bouts since leaving the UFC, three of which have been by spectacular stoppage.
As a consequence of gold being on the road, this headlining bout is price extra factors with six up for grabs if the struggle is completed within the first spherical. The pair of bantamweights can declare 5 factors for his or her workforce in the event that they obtain a stoppage in spherical two and so forth.
PFL alumni, Sheymon Moraes (15-6), takes on late alternative, TJ Brown (18-11), within the light-weight co-main occasion. The Brazilian representing Workforce Phoenix is making his UFL debut following a TKO victory over Marlon Moraes in his final outing. Brown stepped into this struggle on simply hours’ discover and is returning to MMA after choosing up wins in naked knuckle, boxing and kickboxing. A most of 4 factors may be earned on this thrilling showdown.
Elsewhere on the cardboard, carnage is assured when knockout artist, Marcus Nash (1-0), collides with fellow finisher, Trent Miller (5-1), at middleweight. Undefeated, Ray Waters (4-0), meets Workforce Vegas’, William Gibson (3-1), in a welterweight matchup and ‘Samurai’, Jackson Santa Cruz (7-4), squares off with all-action, Anvar Boynazarov (5-3), at bantamweight.
UFL 5: Phoenix vs. Vegas will probably be streamed stay and without spending a dime completely on Rumble this Friday, August 30, with all the motion beginning at 9pm ET/6pm PST.
Full UFL 5 Battle Card
Most important Card
Most important Occasion
Bantamweight Title
Phoenix vs. Vegas
(c) Hunter Azure (11-3) vs. Vince Morales (15-7)
Co-Most important Occasion
Phoenix vs. Vegas
Light-weight
Sheymon Moraes (15-6) vs. TJ Brown (18-11)
Phoenix vs. Vegas
Middleweight
Marcus Nash (1-0) vs. Trent Miller (5-1)
Phoenix vs. Vegas
Welterweight
Ray Waters (4-0) vs. William Gibson (3-1)
Phoenix vs. Vegas
Bantamweight
Jackson Santa Cruz (7-4) vs. Anvar Boynazarov (5-3)
Preliminary Card
Flyweight
Yevgeni Shinkarevsku (1-0) vs. Richard Mahan (2-0)
Featherweight
Angel Atoigue (2-0) vs. Desmond Manabat (3-5)
Light-weight
Kaleo Meheula (3-3) vs. Cris Mims (2-6)
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Government Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and in addition a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.
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