The top of the UFC’s bantamweight division could see some movement this weekend when Marlon Moraes, who is the No. 1 ranked fighter in official UFC rankings, faces the No. 4 ranked Cory Sandhagen in the main event of UFC Fight Island 5.
The goal of each fighter in this matchup will be to solidify their claim as the next fighter to face current 135-pound kingpin Petr Yan. Yan won the UFC bantamweight crown in July with a fifth-round TKO win over former featherweight champion Jose Aldo. The UFC awarded that title shot to Aldo coming off a split-decision loss to Moraes in December 2019.