UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac (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]
| UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 4, 2023 | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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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+) | |||||||
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| 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 | |
Bonus awards
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[13]
- Fight of the Night: No bonus awarded.
- Performance of the Night: Serghei Spivac, Anshul Jubli, Rinya Nakamura, and Tatsuro Taira
