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UFC followers who tuned in for Derrick Lewis vs. Serghei Spivac are leaving empty-handed. Saturday’s UFC Fight Night major occasion was canceled mid-broadcast after an sickness compelled Lewis off the cardboard.
Ranked heavyweights Lewis and Spivac have been the scheduled headliners for the most recent Fight Night card from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Reports trickled out on-line throughout the prelims that the combat could also be in jeopardy. UFC commentators Brendan Fitzgerald, Michael Bisping and Paul Felder subsequently introduced mid-broadcast the combat was off after Lewis got here down with an sickness.
“We have some unlucky information to share with you,” Fitzgerald advised the tv viewers. There is a non-COVID, non-weight-cutting sickness on the Derrick Lewis aspect. So our major occasion right this moment has been canceled. You hate to see it.”
A 3-round combat between mild heavyweights Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Ion Cutelaba was elevated to the principle occasion.
Lewis (26-10, 1 NC) was seeking to get again on observe after consecutive losses to top-five heavyweights Tai Tuivasa and Sergei Pavlovich. Spivac (15-3) had discovered his groove as of late, successful 5 of six heading into this week. A win over Lewis would probably have rewarded Spivac with a combat towards the heavyweight elite.
