4 Positives & 3 Negatives From UFC Vegas 65

On Saturday night, the MMA leader returned for its latest Fight Night event, UFC Vegas 65. After the wild events of UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden last weekend, which included two championships changing hands, the promotion closed…

On Saturday night, the MMA leader returned for its latest Fight Night event, UFC Vegas 65. After the wild events of UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden last weekend, which included two championships changing hands, the promotion closed out its November schedule with a much more low-key event from home base in Las Vegas. While last Saturday saw belts…

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Twitter Reacts To Greg Hardy’s Boxing Win Over Hasim Rahman Jr.

Greg Hardy utilized his considerable size advantage to earn a clear unanimous decision victory over Hasim Rahman Jr. at Misfits Boxing 3 in Austin, Texas. Rahman Jr. was originally set to take on Vitor Belfort at the event before Hardy stepped in as a …

Greg Hardy utilized his considerable size advantage to earn a clear unanimous decision victory over Hasim Rahman Jr. at Misfits Boxing 3 in Austin, Texas. Rahman Jr. was originally set to take on Vitor Belfort at the event before Hardy stepped in as a late replacement. The former UFC heavyweight only recently made the jump…

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Twitter Reacts To Greg Hardy’s Boxing Win Over Hasim Rahman Jr.

Greg Hardy utilized his considerable size advantage to earn a clear unanimous decision victory over Hasim Rahman Jr. at Misfits Boxing 3 in Austin, Texas. Rahman Jr. was originally set to take on Vitor Belfort at the event before Hardy stepped in as a …

Greg Hardy utilized his considerable size advantage to earn a clear unanimous decision victory over Hasim Rahman Jr. at Misfits Boxing 3 in Austin, Texas. Rahman Jr. was originally set to take on Vitor Belfort at the event before Hardy stepped in as a late replacement. The former UFC heavyweight only recently made the jump…

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Kennedy Nzechukwu stops Ion Cutelaba with brutal KO in impromptu headliner – UFC Vegas 65 Highlights

Kennedy NzechukwuNigerian light heavyweight division prospect, Kennedy Nzechukwu has landed his second Octagon victory of the year in his first headlining outing under the UFC banner, stopping Ion Cutelaba in a rallying performance in the main event of UFC Vegas 65. Initially slated to co-headline the event against Cutelaba, Nzechukwu was promoted to main event honors […]

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Nigerian light heavyweight division prospect, Kennedy Nzechukwu has landed his second Octagon victory of the year in his first headlining outing under the UFC banner, stopping Ion Cutelaba in a rallying performance in the main event of UFC Vegas 65.

Initially slated to co-headline the event against Cutelaba, Nzechukwu was promoted to main event honors after initial headliner, Derrick Lewis was forced from his heavyweight fight against Sergey Spivak due to medical issues.

Giving up the opening round against a grappling and wrestling-heavy approach from Cutelaba, Nzechukwu capitalized on a couple of well-placed step-in knee strikes in the second round.

Steaming forward as Cutelaba wobbled, a subsequent barrage of ground strikes at the fence felled Cutalaba, with referee, Keith Petersen eventually calling a halt to the action.

Below, catch the highlights from Kennedy Nzechukwu’s finish of Ion Cutelaba

UFC Vegas 65 Main Event Canceled Mid-Event After Derrick Lewis Withdrawal

Fans who tuned in early to watch the UFC Vegas 65 main event between Derrick Lewis and Sergey Spivac are going to be quite disappointed. UFC Vegas 65 was to see the return of fan favorite Lewis, who was looking to get back on track after losing three o…

Fans who tuned in early to watch the UFC Vegas 65 main event between Derrick Lewis and Sergey Spivac are going to be quite disappointed. UFC Vegas 65 was to see the return of fan favorite Lewis, who was looking to get back on track after losing three of his last four contests. Looking to…

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Breaking – Derrick Lewis out of tonight’s UFC Vegas 65 headliner with Sergey Spivak due to medical issues

Derrick LewisTonight’s scheduled heavyweight division main event at the UFC Apex facility of UFC Vegas 65 has been cancelled, with the promotion’s broadcast team confirming how main event feature, Derrick Lewis has been forced from the bout with Sergey Spivak due to “medical issues”. As per the UFC broadcast team consisting of play-by-play commentator, Brendan Fitzgerald, […]

Derrick Lewis

Tonight’s scheduled heavyweight division main event at the UFC Apex facility of UFC Vegas 65 has been cancelled, with the promotion’s broadcast team confirming how main event feature, Derrick Lewis has been forced from the bout with Sergey Spivak due to “medical issues”.

As per the UFC broadcast team consisting of play-by-play commentator, Brendan Fitzgerald, as well as color commentators, Paul Felder, and Michael Bisping, tonight’s main event between Derrick Lewis and Sergey Spivak, has been shelved by the organization – amid “medical issues” for the former. 

Derrick Lewis is currently riding a two-fight losing skid

Lewis, the current #7 ranked heavyweight contender, was scheduled to make his first Octagon walk since July of this year, where he suffered a first round knockout loss against surging Russian contender, Sergey Pavlovich. The loss followed a prior second round knockout defeat to Australian knockout ace, Tai Tuivasa.

As for Molodovan talent, Spivak, the 27-year-old is undefeated in his last two, most recently adding Augusto Sakai to a winning résumé that includes a prior knockout success against promotional alum, Greg Hardy.

As a result of the cancellation of Lewis’ fight with Spivak, a scheduled light heavyweight fight between Kennedy Nzechukuwu, and Ion Cutelaba will now take curtain-closing honors. The bout will come as an impromptu main event, and the first headlining slot for both men in their respective Octagon tenures. 

Back in July of this year, Nzechukwu defeated Karl Roberson with a knockout stoppage, while Cutelaba is currently riding a losing skid of two fights, dropping back-to-back submission losses to both recent victor, Ryan Spann, and Brazilian contender, Johnny Walker.