Seoul, South Korea, is no longer on the slate for the Ultimate Fighting Championship in early 2023.
Lewis will be looking to rebound from a pair of knockout losses to Tai Tuivasa and Sergei Pavlovich in 2022, putting him on the first multiple-fight skid since 2019. The UFC’s all-time leader in knockouts, “The Black Beast” set that record in December 2021 by pulverizing Chris Daukaus. Over the years, Lewis has topped names including Francis Ngannou, Curtis Blaydes, Alexander Volkov and many more as he has remained a perennial top contender for quite some time.
Since coming up short against then-surging contender Tom Aspinall in late 2021, Spivak has not looked back. In March, Spivak put a beating on Greg Hardy in just over two minutes to spell Hardy’s removal from the UFC roster. A subsequent outing against Augusto Sakai in August also went his way, as he overwhelmed the Brazilian en route to a second-round knockout. As a professional, “The Polar Bear” celebrates a finish rate of 87%, with a nearly equal number of knockouts and submissions to his credit.
On Feb. 4, the UFC Apex will now play host to this Fight Night event, with Las Vegas claiming the date that Seoul expected to hold. Several fights involving combatants from East Asia, including Doo Ho Choi vs. Kyle Nelson at featherweight and Da Un Jung-Devin Clark in the 205-pound division, are already booked for this date. It is unclear if these matches will remain on the lineup or if they will get pushed to another fight card. Jeka Asparido Saragih vs Anshul Jubli Zha Yi vs Jeong Yeong Lee Toshiomi Kazama vs Rinya Nakamura Seung Guk Choi vs Hyun Sung Park