UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac
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
UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski

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]

Background

The organization originally targeted a return to Seoul, 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 started due to illness, and the bout was cancelled.[11]

Results

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

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]

• Fight of the Night: No bonus awarded.
• Performance of the Night: Serghei Spivac, Anshul Jubli, Rinya Nakamura, and Tatsuro Taira

See also

• List of UFC events
• List of current UFC fighters
• 2023 in UFC

References

1. Mike Bohn (2023-02-05). "UFC Fight Night 218 post-event facts: Derrick Lewis' struggles continue". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
2. Mike Heck (2022-12-15). "Derrick Lewis vs. Sergey Spivak rebooked to headline UFC Vegas 68". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
3. Jay Anderson (2022-10-19). "First fights reported for UFC Seoul on Feb. 24, 2023". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
4. Mike Bohn (2022-11-22). "Derrick Lewis reportedly hospitalized, UFC Fight Night 215 headliner vs. Sergey Spivak canceled mid-event". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
5. Danny Segura (2023-02-01). "Derrick Lewis: COVID-19 reason why original booking vs. Serghei Spivac fell through". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
6. Farah Hannoun and Nolan King (2022-11-07). "UFC books Loma Lookboonmee vs. Elise Reed for Feb. 4 event". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
7. Steve Duncan (2022-12-22). "Loma Lookboonmee vs. Elise Reed rescheduled for UFC 284". mma.uno. Retrieved 2022-12-22. (in Spanish)
8. Staff (2022-11-22). "Anshul Jubli set to compete at UFC Seoul". asianmma.com. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
9. Staff (2023-01-30). "Laura Sanko to make UFC color commentary debut at UFC Fight Night 218". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
10. Staff (2022-10-20). "Ji Yeon Kim faces Mandy Bohm at UFC Seoul". asianmma.com. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
11. Damon Martin (2023-02-04). "UFC Vegas 68 loses Mandy Bohm vs. Ji Yeon Kim just hours before the event". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
12. "UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak". Ultimate Fighting Championship. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
13. Staff (2023-02-05). "UFC Fight Night 218 bonuses: Serghei Spivac's domination worthy of an extra $50,000". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-02-05.