UFC Fight Night - Almeida vs Lewis LIVE: UK start time, undercard, live stream and how to follow MMA
The UFC is back in Brazil as Jailton Almeida bids to move towards a title opportunity by battling Derrick Lewis this weekend.
The home favourite was due to face Curtis Blaydes in a five-round clash before the latter was forced to pull out due to injury.
Almeida will now looking to keep his undefeated record up inside the octagon in the UFC Fight Night event, the first in Sao Paulo since 2019.
'Malhadinho' (19-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC) may be set for his toughest fight to date in the form of two-time heavyweight title challenger Lewis.
'The Black Beast' (27-11 MMA, 18-9 UFC) cemented his staus as UFC's knockout king by finishing Marcos Rogerio de Lima inside 33-seconds in July.
Almeida vs Lewis: Date and how to follow
This event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 4.
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It is being held at the 11,000-capacity Ginasio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The prelim action will start at 11pm with the main card kicking off at 1am on Sunday morning for UK fans.
Almeida vs. Lewis can then be expected at around 4am.
The action will be shown on TNT Sport 2 and their coverage will start at 11pm.
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Almeida vs. Lewis: Fight card
Subject to change
Main card
- Main event: Jailton Almeida vs. Derrick Lewis
- Gabriel Bonfim vs. Nicolas Dalby
- Rodrigo Nascimento vs. Don'Tale Mayes
- Caio Borralho vs. Abus Magomedov
- Rodolfo Vieira vs. Armen Petrosyan
- Ismael Bonfim vs. Vinc Pichel
Preliminary card
- Elves Brener vs. Esteban Ribovics
- Victor Hugo vs. Daniel Marcos
- Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov
- Vitor Petrino vs. Modestas Bukauskas
- Angela Hill vs. Denise Gomes
- Eduarda Moura vs. Montserrat Ruiz
- Kaue Fernandes vs. Marc Diakiese
Almeida vs. Lewis: What has been said?
Blaydes has offered an apology to his fans following his withdrawal from this weekend’s event.
He said: “Injuries from camp weren’t healing at a fast enough pace for me to compete at the level required to be the best version of myself Nov 4.
“There’s a difference between being hurt and injured, took me almost 3 months to see the difference.
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“I’m going to take some time off from training and focus on rehabbing so I can come back fully confident in my athletic abilities.
“Apologies to everyone who was hyped up for this fight. I promise this decision wasn’t made in haste.”
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