UFC Fight Night 185

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UFC Fight Night 185
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateFebruary 20, 2021 (2021-02-20)
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UFC Fight Night 185 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 43) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on February 20, 2021 at a TBA location. [1]

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Background

A heavyweight bout between Curtis Blaydes and former UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Derrick Lewis is expected to headline this event. [2] They were initially scheduled to serve as the headliner for UFC on ESPN: Smith vs. Clark in November, but the contest was scrapped due to Blaydes testing positive for COVID-19. [3]

A women's bantamweight bout between Ketlen Vieira and former Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion and UFC Women's Featherweight Championship challenger Yana Kunitskaya is expected to take place at this event. [4] They were initially scheduled to meet at UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan in August 2020, but then moved to UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik a week later. [5] In turn, Vieira had to pull out due to visa issues. [6]

A heavyweight bout between Sergey Spivak and Jared Vanderaa was initially scheduled to take place at UFC 256, but Vanderaa tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw from the event. [7] The pairing was then rescheduled for this event. [8]

A bantamweight bout between Aiemann Zahabi and Drako Rodriguez is expected to take place at the event. [9] The pairing was previously scheduled to take place in December of 2020 at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal, but it was scrapped in the days leading up to that event after Zahabi tested positive for COVID-19. [10]

A middleweight bout between Phil Hawes and Nassourdine Imavov originally expected to take place at UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar, but was scrapped due to undisclosed reasons just a few hours before the event. [11] They are now expected to meet at this event. [12]

Announced bouts

See also

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