After a successful UFC 281 pay-per-view card at Madison Square Garden, the UFC is headed back to the Apex Center in Enterprise, Nevada, for UFC Fight Tonight: Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac (also known as UFC Fight Night 215 and UFC Vegas 65). The action is set to go down this Saturday, November 19, with a series of exciting matchups lined up for the fight fans.
Hard-hitting heavyweight contenders will headline the UFC Fight Tonight card as the No.7-ranked Derrick Lewis takes on the No.12-ranked Serghei Spivac.
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Taking the co-main event spot at UFC Vegas 65 will be a light heavyweight clash between Ion Cutelaba and Kennedy Nzechukwu.
'The Hulk' has lacked consistency throughout his promotional career and is fresh off two consecutive first-round submission defeats. His most recent loss came at the hands of Johnny Walker this past September. Nzechukwu, on the other hand, suffered two straight losses for the first time in his career through 2021-22 but rebounded with an impressive third-round TKO victory over Karl Roberson in July.
Also on the UFC Fight Tonight card, Muslim Salikhov will square off against Andre Fialho in a clash of welterweights.
The main card will also play host to another exciting heavyweight matchup as Chase Sherman takes on Waldo Cortes-Acosta.
The main card opener will see Jack Della Maddalena go up against Danny Roberts in a welterweight bout.
UFC Fight Tonight: Derrick Lewis looks to get back on track against Serghei Spivac
Derrick Lewis' UFC career has been on a downward trajectory of late. He is on a two-fight skid heading into this bout and has only won one of his last four UFC fights. With his latest defeat to Sergei Pavlovich, 'The Black Beast' fell out of the heavyweight top-five rankings, dropping down to No.7.
Lewis now has the opportunity to redeem himself and climb back towards the top. However, the Texan has another tough challenge ahead of him.
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Serghei Spivac has been on a roll recently, picking up back-to-back stoppage victories. The Moldovan dispatched Augusto Sakai with a second-round TKO last time out in August after scoring a first-round TKO win over Greg Hardy in March.
'The Polar Bear' will be determined to continue his strong run of form and climb up the rankings at the expense of the veteran Lewis in Saturday's UFC Fight Night main event.