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The Elevation Fight Team standout will carry a four-fight winning streak into his five-round confrontation with Derrick Lewis in the UFC Fight Night 185 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Blaydes, 30, sports a 9-2 record inside the Octagon, having lost only to Francis Ngannou. He last appeared at UFC on ESPN 11 in June, when he laced a heavyweight record 14 takedowns in a unanimous decision over former Bellator MMA champion Alexander Volkov. Lewis, meanwhile, has rattled off three straight victories. The 36-year-old New Orleans native last competed at UFC Fight Night 174, where he took care of Alexey Oleynik with second-round punches on Aug. 8.
UFC Fight Night “Blaydes vs. Lewis”—which streams live to ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT—also features a women’s co-main event matching Ketlen Vieira with Yana Kunitskaya, a featherweight tilt pitting Charles Rosa against Darrick Minner, a middleweight affair slotting Phil Hawes opposite Nassourdine Imavov and a pair of heavyweight battles, as the aforementioned Oleynik faces Chris Daukaus and Andrei Arlovski meets Tom Aspinall. In addition, ESPN+ will stream the undercard in its entirety at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT, the eight-bout slate of prelims anchored by a featherweight duel between Jared Gordon and Danny Chavez.
A closer look at the UFC Fight Night 185 particulars:
THE LINEUP
265: Curtis Blaydes vs. Derrick Lewis135: Ketlen Vieira vs. Yana Kunitskaya
145: Charles Rosa vs. Darrick Minner
265: Alexey Oleynik vs. Chris Daukaus
185: Phil Hawes vs. Nassourdine Imavov
265: Andrei Arlovski vs. Tom Aspinall
145: Jared Gordon vs. Danny Chavez
155: Drakkar Klose vs. Luis Pena
135: Eddie Wineland vs. John Castaneda
145: Nate Landwehr vs. Julian Erosa
125: Shana Dobson vs. Casey O'Neill
145: Chas Skelly vs. Jamall Emmers
135: Aiemann Zahabi vs. Drako Rodriguez
265: Sergey Spivak vs. Jared Vanderaa
THE RUNDOWN
• Preview: The Main Card• Preview: The Prelims
• Weigh-in Report
• By The Numbers: Blaydes vs. Lewis
• By The Numbers: UFC Fight Night 185 Pre-Fight Edition
• 5 Defining Moments: Andrei Arlovski
• Rivalries: Alexey Oleynik
• Prime Picks
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