UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis (also known as UFC Fight Night 185, UFC on ESPN+ 43 and UFC Vegas 19) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on February 20, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.[1]

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis.
Information
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateFebruary 20, 2021 (2021-02-20)
VenueUFC Apex
CityLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane

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]

Fight card
Main card (ESPN+)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Curtis Blaydes vs. Derrick Lewis
Bantamweight bout Aiemann Zahabi vs. Drako Rodriguez

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    Announced bouts

    See also

    References
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