With the UFC scheduled to return to the so-called Fight Island off of Abu Dhabi in the New Year, the promotion is starting to fill those festivities with fights featuring fighters who made big impacts in 2020.
MMA Fighting reports that a pair of middleweight bouts have been added to UFC Fight Island 7, scheduled to take place on January 16th.
Those bouts include Joaquin Buckley vs. Alessio Di Chirico and Phil Hawes vs. Nassourdine Imavov.
Buckley starred in the UFC’s highlight of the year for 2020, when he knocked out Impa Kasanganay with a spinning back kick at UFC Fight Night; Moraes vs.