This is the UFC Fight Island 5 live blog for Edson Barboza vs. Makwan Amirkhani, the featherweight co-headliner headliner for Saturday’s fight card on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.
Barboza, one of the most exciting strikers in UFC history, enters the fight at a career crossroads. Despite strong showings against a murderer’s row of competition, he’s lost five of his past six fights. His two most recent appearances, which came against Dan Ige and Paul Felder, were controversial calls, particularly the loss to Ige in his featherweight debut.