The heavyweight showdown will be the main event of the event, which was originally supposed to take place in Seoul, however, due to an injury to the Korean Zombie, the organization had to postpone a trip to South Korea.
37-year-old Derrick Lewis lost two fights in a row, losing by knockouts to Tai Tuivasa and Sergey Pavlovich, and 27-year-old Sergey Spivak, representing Moldova, on the contrary, returns to the octagon on a streak of two wins, finishing with technical knockouts of Greg Hardy and Augusto Sakay.
The Black Beast and Polar Bear are currently ranked seventh and twelfth in the UFC heavyweight rankings, respectively.