UFC Fight Island 5 was light on recognizable names, but it delivered far more than anyone could have expected. When a spinning wheel kick in the main event is a distant second for best knockout of the night to a spinning kick on the prelims, you know you had a special event take place.
In the main event, Cory Sandhagen bounced back from a submission loss to Aljamain Sterling in a big way when he finished former title challenger Marlon Moraes in the second round of their bantamweight scrap. After the win, Sandhagen endorsed the as yet unbooked fight between champion Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling as the next 135-pound title fight.