According to ESPN, Curtis Blaydes has been pulled from his main event fight with Derrick Lewis after he tested positive for COVID-19.
It is reported that the UFC were hoping to reschedule Blaydes vs. Lewis for sometime in December.
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Presumably, UFC Vegas 15 will now be headlined by Anthony Smith vs. Devin Clark (which was previously scheduled to be the co-main event).
Blaydes was heading into this weekend’s event, at the UFC APEX, on a four-fight winning streak. After a TKO loss to Francis Ngannou in 2018, he beat Justin Willis, Shamil Abdurakhimov, Junior dos Santos, and Alexander Volkov.
Lewis is on a three-fight winning streak with wins over Blagoy Ivanov, Ilir Latifi, and Aleksei Oleinik.
rWith Blaydes sitting 2nd in the UFC heavyweight rankings (behind Francis Ngannou) and Lewis at 4th, their fight was likely to lead to a title shot in the near future.
