| UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 4, 2023 (2023-02-04) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac (also known asUFC Fight Night 218,UFC on ESPN+ 76 andUFC Vegas 68) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 4, 2023, at theUFC Apex facility inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2]
The organization originally targeted a return toSeoul,South Korea to host the event.[3] Instead, the event was moved to theUFC Apex inEnterprise, Nevada.[2]
A heavyweight bout between formerUFC Heavyweight Championship challengerDerrick Lewis andSerghei Spivac headlined the event.[2] The pair was previously expected to headlineUFC 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, contractedCOVID-19.[5]
A women's Strawweight bout betweenLoma Lookboonmee andElise Reed was scheduled for the event.[6] However, the pair was moved toUFC 284 for undisclosed reasons.[7]
The four finals ofRoad to UFC Season 1 took place at this event.[8]
ESPN reporterLaura Sanko made her UFCcolor 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 betweenKim Ji-yeon and Mandy Böhm was expected to take place at the event.[10] However, Böhm was forced to withdraw before the event started due to illness, and the bout was cancelled.[11]
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Serghei Spivac | def. | Derrick Lewis | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 1 | 3:05 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Devin Clark | def. | Jung Da-un | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Marcin Tybura | def. | Blagoy Ivanov | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Choi Doo-ho | vs. | Kyle Nelson | Draw (majority) (29–27, 28–28, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Welterweight | Adam Fugitt | def. | Yusaku Kinoshita | TKO (elbows) | 1 | 4:36 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Anshul Jubli | def. | Jeka Saragih | TKO (punches and elbows) | 2 | 3:44 | [b] |
| Featherweight | Lee Jeong-yeong | def. | Yi Zha | Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
| Bantamweight | Rinya Nakamura | def. | Toshiomi Kazama | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:33 | [d] |
| Flyweight | Park Hyun-sung | def. | Choi Seung-guk | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 3:11 | [e] |
| Middleweight | Park Jun-yong | def. | Denis Tiuliulin | Technical submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:05 | |
| Flyweight | Tatsuro Taira | def. | Jesús Santos Aguilar | Submission (triangle armbar) | 1 | 4:20 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[13]
