LAS VEGAS – The UFC Fight Night 215 main event between [autotag]Derrick Lewis[/autotag] and [autotag]Serghei Spivac[/autotag] was canceled as Saturday’s card unfolded.
Lewis (26-10 MMA, 17-8 UFC) reportedly was hospitalized on the day of the event, forcing the promotion to scratch the heavyweight headliner with Spivac (15-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) at the UFC Apex. Word of Lewis going to the hospital first surfaced on Twitter.
Currently at the apex for the fights and hearing Lewis Spivac fight is off that Lewis had to go to the hospital
— Chris Hunichen – OTCtrade.com (@BigHuni) November 19, 2022
They are saying now Lewis is back from the hospital and still wants to fight, I’m not trolling as some suggested but just updating as I hear from the staff, now claiming they are going to try to still have the fight, will update as I hear more
— Chris Hunichen – OTCtrade.com (@BigHuni) November 19, 2022
According to cageside announcer Brendan Fitzgerald on the UFC Fight Night 215 broadcast, Lewis was forced out because of a “non-COVID, non-weight cutting illness.”
As a result of the change, the originally scheduled co-main event between Kennedy Nzechukwu and Ion Cutelaba was elevated to the final fight on the card.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 215.
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