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The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs Team Chandler Premieres On ESPN+ On Tuesday, May 30.

One of the most exciting fighters to ever grace the Octagon, "Iron" Michael Chandler has always left the fans on their feet and cheering on fight night, with his memorable outings against Justin Gaethje, Tony Ferguson and Dustin Poirier among the best bouts ever seen in the lightweight division. In 2015, McGregor traveled to Las Vegas to coach a team of UFC prospects against Urijah Faber, and this year, he’s back to do it again. The two coaches will then square off in the Octagon on a date to be announced.

Former UFC champion Conor McGregor will make his long-awaited return to the octagon against Michael Chandler after the two have coached in the UFC's "The ...

The 34-year-old will pit his wits against American Chandler, 36, as the two coach teams of up-and-coming fighters against each other in the TV series, which begins on ESPN on May 30, with the pair scheduled to meet when the season ends. Feb 4 (Reuters) - Former UFC champion Conor McGregor will make his long-awaited return to the octagon against Michael Chandler after the two have coached in the UFC's "The Ultimate Fighter" reality TV show, UFC president Dana White has announced. Irishman McGregor, the organisation's former featherweight and lightweight champion and the first UFC fighter to hold two world titles simultaneously, has not fought since suffering a gruesome leg break against Dustin Poirier in July 2021.

UFC president Dana White confirmed the news Saturday saying the two coaches will go head-to-head at the end of the series, which begins May 30.

Chandler has been pushing for a fight against McGregor since making his UFC debut. McGregor last fought in the Octagon July 2021 at UFC 264 when he was defeated by Dustin Poirier via TKO decision after he suffered a broken leg. Conor McGregor will make his long-awaited return to UFC as he will join Michael Chandler as a coach on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter.

Check out live play-by-play and official results from UFC Fight Night 218 in Las Vegas, which features Derrick Lewis vs. Serghei Spivac.

Conor McGregor is returning to action to face Michael Chandler after the two serve as rival coaches on "The Ultimate Fighter."

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The bout was delayed, but now Derrick Lewis and Sergey Spivak will finally face off. Here is all you need to know about UFC Vegas 68, including the late ...

GMT ET - Main event: 3:15 a.m. - Main card: 1 a.m. - Prelims: 10 p.m. A WWFC heavyweight champion, Spivak joined the UFC in 2019. Lewis was supposed to fight Spivak in November but had to back out of the bout. “It is an honor to walk in the footprint of Kathy Long 30 years after her appearance on UFC 1. UFC Vegas 68 takes place inside the UFC’s APEX Center in Las Vegas. Regardless of the venue change, the UFC Vegas 68 main card will still start at 1 a.m. History will also be made at the event. The UFC planned to produce a fight night in Seoul, South Korea.

Derrick Lewis and Serghei Spivac get a second chance to step into the octagon and the Road to UFC finals winners will be determined.

[Mandy Bohm](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5730/mandy-bohm) [Jun Yong Park](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5054/jun-yong-park) def. [Toshiomi Kazama](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6199/toshiomi-kazama) [Hyun Sung Park](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6200/hyun-sung-park) def. [Jesus Santos Aguilar](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6072/jesus-santos-aguilar) [Denis Tiuliulin](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5941/denis-tiuliulin) [Tatsuro Taira](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5957/tatsuro-taira) def. [Yi Zha](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6196/yi-zha) [Rinya Nakamura](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6198/rinya-nakamura) def. [UFC Vegas 65](https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1345/ufc-vegas-65-lewis-vs-spivac), a heavyweight clash between [Derrick Lewis](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/939/derrick-lewis) and [Serghei Spivac](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5354/serghei-spivac) that was postponed on fight day (Lewis told reporters this week that it was due to a bout of COVID-19). [Anshul Jubli](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6195/anshul-jubli) [Jeong Yeong Lee](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6197/jeong-yeong-lee) def. [ESPN+](https://plus.espn.com/ufc/?irclickid=TZqxwU1EdxyNWqURvYS8SxW0UkDXzfR4ExBHSg0&irgwc=1&ex_cid=DSS-Affiliate-Impact-Content-Vox+Media-566982&cid=DSS-Affiliate-Impact-Content-Vox+Media-566982&tgclid=0e01001f-9fb5-4a4c-9100-0dec635ae99f&dclid=CNvPwLqfgfsCFUVYYgodaQsOHg), followed by a five-fight main card at 1 a.m. [Jeka Saragih](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6194/jeka-saragih) def. He’s never afraid of a scrap and that might turn out to be to his detriment. Choi is on a three-fight losing streak and while none of those losses are inexcusable ( Unfortunately, an injury removed any chance of “The Korean Zombie” headlining what would have been UFC South Korea so the decision was made to just tack another lineup to the Vegas board, even though a glut of Asian fighters (including the Road to UFC tournament finalists) had already been booked for this date.

Former UFC champion Conor McGregor will compete against lightweight Michael Chandler as coaches in the upcoming season of "The Ultimate Fighter" -- then ...

[Dailymotion ](https://www.dailymotion.com/DeccanHerald) [Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/deccanherald/) [Twitter ](https://twitter.com/DeccanHerald) He defeated Tony Ferguson in May 2022 and Dan Hooker in his UFC debut in January 2021. 6, 2018, and to Poirier on Jan. He lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov by submission on Oct.

Rinya Nakamura scored the second-fastest debut finish in featherweight history to win the "Road to UFC" tournament at UFC Fight Night 218.

Serghei Spivac may have hammered the final nail in the coffin of Derrick Lewis' run as a UFC title contender.

[Denis Tiuliulin](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5941/denis-tiuliulin)via technical submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:05 of Round 1 [Tatsuro Taira](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5957/tatsuro-taira)def. [Seung Guk Choi](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6201/seung-guk-choi)via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:11 of Round 3 [Jun Yong Park](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5054/jun-yong-park)def. [Jesus Santos Aguilar](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6072/jesus-santos-aguilar)via submission (triangle armbar) at 4:20 of Round 1 [Kyle Nelson](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4704/kyle-nelson)ruled a majority draw (29-27, 28-28, 28-28) [Jeka Saragih](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6194/jeka-saragih)via TKO (ground and pound) at 3:44 of Round 2 [Jeong Yeong Lee](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6197/jeong-yeong-lee)def. [Toshiomi Kazama](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6199/toshiomi-kazama)via KO (punch) at :33 of Round 1 [Marcin Tybura](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3542/marcin-tybura)def. Judges scored the contest 30-27, 29-28, and 29-28 for Tybura, who called for a re-booked bout against [Jairzinho Rozenstruik](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5156/jairzinho-rozenstruik) in his post-fight interview. [Yi Zha](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6196/yi-zha)via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28) [Rinya Nakamura](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6198/rinya-nakamura)def. [UFC Vegas 68](https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1357/ufc-vegas-68-lewis-vs-spivac), which took place at the UFC APEX. Spivac (16-3) dragged Lewis (26-11, 1 NC) to the mat at will, scoring at six takedowns in the brief contest, before going to work and securing the fight-ending submission. [Jon Jones](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/47/jon-jones),” Spivac added after some prodding from UFC commentator [Michael Bisping](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/84/michael-bisping).

Derrick Lewis, the UFC's all-time KO leader, needed a win in the worst way but had no offense and was submitted in the first round with an arm triangle.

With no real back-and-forth affairs to choose from, the UFC elected to hand out four Performance of the Night bonuses at UFC Vegas 68.

Jubli improved his pro record to 7-0 with the win and is now the second-Indian born fighter in the history of the UFC. The lightweight bout between Anshul Jubli and Jeka Saragih was the final Road to UFC bout at UFC Vegas 68, and Jubli made sure that he wasn’t outshined by the other contract winners. The final four bouts of the Road to UFC tournament made up the latter half of the UFC Vegas 68 prelims, and bantamweight Rinya Nakamura wasted no time securing his UFC contract. [UFC](https://www.mmanews.com/news/ufc/) Vegas 68 was a [fairly low-profile](https://www.mmanews.com/2023/02/ufc-vegas-68-results-2/) Fight Night offering from the UFC, with the main highlights prior to the event being the final bouts for the Road to UFC tournament and the main event between top heavyweights [Derrick Lewis](https://www.mmanews.com/profiles/derrick-lewis/) and Serghei Spivac. UFC Vegas 68 kicked off with a flyweight bout between Tatsuro Taira and the debuting Jesus Aguilar, and the 23-year-old Taira continued his rise as one of the division’s most promising talents. Those fights did end up providing a few of the event’s most notable wins, and with no real back-and-forth fights to choose from for a Fight of the Night the UFC elected to hand out four Performance of the Night bonuses.

See the top Twitter reactions to Serghei Spivac's dominant finish of Derrick Lewis in the UFC Fight Night 218 main event.

Spivak put on a clinic. Spivak on the arm triangle, Lewis taps. Up and down again. Lewis stands again and gets run to the mat again. [February 5, 2023] And more punches.

Derrick Lewis is officially on the worst losing streak of his career.The UFC fan favourite was hoping to get back on track by beating Sergey Spivak in.

[UFC 285](https://talksport.com/sport/mma/1306493/ufc-285-jon-jones-vs-ciryl-gane-date-uk-start-time-fight-card-live-stream-tv-channel/) on March 4. ‘Polar Bear’ is here, ‘Polar Bear’ is coming. He’s great, he’s a legend for me.

See The Fight Results As They Happen, Watch Post-Fight Interviews With The Winners And More From The UFC APEX In Las Vegas, Nevada.

[UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Spivac](/event/ufc-fight-night-february-04-2023), live from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 4, 2023. Taira stayed calm throughout, eventually extricating himself from the hold midway through the round before quickly climbing into mount and going on the offensive. Choi defended well and forced Park to adjust, but when they got to the canvas, “Peace of Mind” did the right things, locking up the choke and punching his ticket to the UFC. With the victory, Jubli remains undefeated and becomes just the second fighter from India to earn a UFC contract. Both started letting go of their hands and Nakamura continued to land the more telling blows, dropping Kazama with a clean right hand. The 28-year-old “King of Lions” leaned on his grappling advantage, dragging Jeka Saragih to the canvas in both the first and second rounds, climbing into dominant positions and unloading punishment once there. After eventually flatting Kinoshita out on the canvas, Fugitt unloaded a string of heavy elbows that instantly prompted referee Keith Peterson to step in and stop the fight. While Nelson had positive moments of his own and continued looking to engage and wrestle in the third, there was little damage being done, and Choi eventually managed to work free and close out the fight, roasting the Canadian’s ribs. This was a gruelling, hard-fought veteran effort from Tybura, who remains a formidable stalwart in the middle of the Top 15. In the third, Tybura surprised Ivanov by quickly closing the distance and turning to his grappling, spending the duration of the round controlling the action on the canvas. At no point did either man gain a serious advantage or land anything that really swung the fight in one direction, leading to the verdict being left to the scorecards. Spivac repeatedly dumped Lewis to the canvas, battering him with heavy blows each time before finally clamping onto a deep arm-triangle choke to secure the finish.

Derrick Lewis isn't in danger of losing his UFC spot. “The Black Beast” suffered his third consecutive loss and fourth in his past five fights on Saturday ...

“I love the guy. “Polar Bear” has won three consecutive fights via stoppage and holds a 6-1 record over his past seven UFC appearances. Spivac’s win keeps Lewis mired in the toughest stretch of his UFC run. He made a big statement tonight.” It was a literal flawless victory for Spivac, as the 37-year-old Lewis landed zero strikes on just three attempts en route to one of the most lopsided setbacks of his 26-fight octagon career. And he got manhandled tonight.

Dana White says Derrick Lewis' position on the UFC roster in not in jeopardy despite being "manhandled" at UFC Fight Night 218.

Conor McGregor could face a six-month wait to face Michael Chandler despite announcing his UFC comeback fight. The Irishman has not fought since breaking ...

[face a wait of up to six months from the date](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/mma/breaking-conor-mcgregor-ruled-out-28307047) he registers in the USADA drug-testing pool before he can compete again. [Dustin Poirier](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/dustin-poirier) in July 2021 but has made a return to full MMA training. I want to win this thing; I don't want to beat Conor later this year, I want to beat Conor badly on TUF. Now after receiving his call, Chandler believes a late fight would give time for the hugely-anticipated event to build hype through their documented team battle. However, a fight late in summer looks like it would make sense now filming has finished for his appearance in a remake of Hollywood classic 'Road House'. There are several big dates being thrown around for the pair to clash which could include in November, but an official date and venue have yet to be confirmed by UFC president Dana White.