The final event of the UFC’s inaugural “Fight Island” stint goes down Saturday with UFC on ESPN 14, which aires on ESPN and streams on ESPN+ from Flash Forum at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. A high-stakes matchup between middleweight contenders takes center stage in the main event. Former champ Robert Whittaker (20-5 MMA, 11-3 UFC) returns for the first time since losing the belt to Israel Adesanya in October when he meets Darren Till (18-2-1 MMA, 6-2-1 UFC), who looks to go 2-0 since moving to 185 pounds. For more on the numbers behind the first 15-fight lineup in modern UFC history (and second overall along with UFC 2 in 1993), check below for 55 pre-event facts about UFC on ESPN 14. * * * * Main event Robert Whittaker Whittaker is the only New Zealand-born fighter in history to win a UFC championship. Whittaker is 8-1 since he moved up to the UFC middleweight division in November 2014

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