UFC 230

UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date November 3, 2018 (2018-11-03)
Venue Madison Square Garden
City New York City, New York, U.S.
Event chronology

UFC Fight Night: Volkan vs. Smith UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Korean Zombie

UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on November 3, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.[1][2]

Background

A UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between champion Daniel Cormier (also the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion) and Derrick Lewis is expected to headline the event.[3]

A bout for the vacant UFC Women's Flyweight Championship former UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship challenger Valentina Shevchenko and Sijara Eubanks was expected to serve as the event headliner.[4] Shevchenko was initially expected to face former UFC Women's Strawweight Champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk at UFC 231 for the title, but due to UFC 230 being in need of a main event, she was booked against Eubanks sooner.[5] Eubanks was expected to face Jessica Eye at UFC 232, before being moved to this bout.[6] After the UFC announced Cormier/Lewis on October 9, they confirmed this bout was canceled and that Shevchenko would return to her original bout at UFC 231.[3] Eubanks will remain on the event and will face former title challenger Roxanne Modafferi.[7]

A middleweight bout between former interim UFC Middleweight Championship challenger (as well as 2000 Olympic silver medalist and world champion in freestyle wrestling) Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa was scheduled for the event. However, Romero indicated in mid-August that while he has been cleared to fight, his doctors have recommended that he wait another four to five months (early 2019) to allow facial injuries incurred during his most recent fight to fully heal.[8]

A lightweight bout between Dustin Poirier and former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger and The Ultimate Fighter 5 lightweight winner Nate Diaz was expected to take place at the event. However on October 10, it was reported that Poirier pulled out due to injury and the bout was canceled.[9]

Fight card

Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Daniel Cormier (c) vs. Derrick Lewis [lower-alpha 1]
Middleweight Luke Rockhold vs. Chris Weidman
Middleweight Ronaldo Souza vs. David Branch
Middleweight Derek Brunson vs. Israel Adesanya
Featherweight Jason Knight vs. Jordan Rinaldi
Welterweight Lyman Good vs. Sultan Aliev
Bantamweight Brian Kelleher vs. Domingo Pilarte
Lightweight Matt Frevola vs. Lando Vannata
Middleweight Karl Roberson vs. Jack Marshman
Featherweight Julio Arce vs. Sheymon Moraes
Featherweight Shane Burgos vs. Kurt Holobaugh
Women's Flyweight Sijara Eubanks vs. Roxanne Modafferi
  1. ↑ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.

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Announced bouts

See also

References

  1. ↑ Staff (2018-07-08). "UFC announces rest of 2018 schedule from September through end of year". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  2. ↑ Damon Martin (2018-07-08). "UFC announces remaining schedule for 2018 including return to Madison Square Garden". mmanytt.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  3. 1 2 Brett Okamoto (2018-10-09). "Daniel Cormier-Derrick Lewis official; Valentina Shevchenko moved back to UFC 231". espn.com. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  4. ↑ Staff (2018-10-02). "UFC 230 finally has main event: Valentina Shevchenko vs. Sijara Eubanks for vacant flyweight title". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  5. ↑ Brandon Wise (2018-09-20). "Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Valentina Shevchenko set for flyweight title fight at UFC 231". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  6. ↑ Staff (2018-08-31). "Jessica Eye vs. Sijara Eubanks Targeted for UFC 232". mmaonpoint.com. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  7. ↑ Staff (2018-10-10). "Sijara Eubanks will fight at UFC 230, after all". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  8. ↑ Ariel Helwani (2018-08-20). "Yoel Romero: Doctor says I need 4-5 months to heal before next fight". espn.com. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  9. ↑ Staff (2018-10-09). "Dustin Poirier injured, out of UFC 230; Dana White says Nate Diaz off card, too". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  10. ↑ "UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  11. ↑ DNA, MMA (2018-09-22). "Ruslan Magomedov keert na drie jaar afwezigheid terug tegen Marcos "Pezão" in New York". MMA DNA. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
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