UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac

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UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateFebruary 4, 2023 (2023-02-04)
Venue UFC Apex
City Enterprise, Nevada, United States
AttendanceNot announced [1]
Event chronology
UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak (also known as UFC Fight Night 218, UFC on ESPN+ 76 and UFC Vegas 68) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 4, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [2]

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Background

The organization originally targeted a return to Seoul in South Korea to host the event. [3] Instead, the event was moved to the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada. [2]

A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Derrick Lewis and Serghei Spivac headlined the event. [2] The pair was previously expected to headline UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cuțelaba in November 2022 but while the event was in progress, Lewis was forced to withdraw due to non-COVID, non-weight cutting illness and the bout was cancelled. [4] However, Lewis later confirmed that he had in fact contracted COVID-19. [5]

A women's Strawweight bout between Loma Lookboonmee and Elise Reed was scheduled for the event. [6] However, the pair was moved to UFC 284 for undisclosed reasons. [7]

The four finals of Road to UFC Season 1 took place at this event. [8]

ESPN reporter Laura Sanko made her UFC color commentary debut at this event becoming the first female color commentator in the modern UFC era to call an event from the booth. [9]

A women's flyweight bout between Kim Ji-yeon and Mandy Böhm was expected to take place at the event. [10] However, Böhm was forced to withdraw before the event start due to illness and the bout was cancelled. [11]

Results

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Serghei Spivac def. Derrick Lewis Submission (arm-triangle choke)13:05
Light Heavyweight Devin Clark def. Jung Da-un Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Heavyweight Marcin Tybura def. Blagoy Ivanov Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Featherweight Choi Doo-ho vs. Kyle Nelson Draw (majority) (29–27, 28–28, 28–28)35:00 [lower-alpha 1]
WelterweightAdam Fugittdef.Yusaku KinoshitaTKO (elbows)14:36
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Lightweight Anshul Jubli def. Jeka Saragih TKO (punches and elbows)23:44 [lower-alpha 2]
FeatherweightLee Jeong-yeongdef.Yi ZhaDecision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28)35:00 [lower-alpha 3]
Bantamweight Rinya Nakamura def.Toshiomi KazamaKO (punch)10:33 [lower-alpha 4]
FlyweightPark Hyun-sungdef.Choi Seung-gukSubmission (rear-naked choke)33:11 [lower-alpha 5]
Middleweight Park Jun-yong def.Denis TiuliulinTechnical submission (rear-naked choke)14:05
Flyweight Tatsuro Taira def.Jesús Santos AguilarSubmission (triangle armbar)14:20
  1. ↑ Choi was deducted 1 point in Round 3 due to a headbutt.
  2. ↑ Road to UFC Lightweight Tournament Final.
  3. ↑ Road to UFC Featherweight Tournament Final.
  4. ↑ Road to UFC Bantamweight Tournament Final.
  5. ↑ Road to UFC Flyweight Tournament Final.

[12]

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [13]

See also

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