The No. 1 ranked p4p fighter Daniel Cormier is all set to make his return to the octagon to fight Derrick Lewis who is coming of a win over Alexander Volkov at UFC 229
As per Brett Okamoto of ESPN, UFC President Dana White confirmed that Lewis will fight Daniel Cormier at UFC 230 on Nov. 3 at Madison Square Garden.
The match was first reported By ESPN.
Brett Okamoto of ESPN tweeted,
”BREAKING: Per Dana White, “the fight is done” between Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov. 3 in New York.”
BREAKING: Per Dana White, “the fight is done” between Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov. 3 in New York.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) October 9, 2018
He also tweeted, ”Also confirmed directly with Daniel Cormier he’s accepted the Derrick Lewis fight at UFC 230 on Nov. 3 in Madison Square Garden.”
Also confirmed directly with Daniel Cormier he’s accepted the Derrick Lewis fight at UFC 230 on Nov. 3 in Madison Square Garden.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) October 9, 2018
Before this, the main event for UFC 230 was reported to be for women’s flyweight title between Valentina Shevchenko and Sijara Eubanks.
With the confirmation of this heavyweight title fight, here is how the entire UFC 230 card looks like:
-Daniel Cormier vs. Derrick Lewis( Main Event)
-Dustin Poirier vs. Nate Diaz(Co-main Event)
-Luke Rockhold vs. Chris Weidman
-Ronaldo Souza vs. David Branch
-Derek Brunson vs. Israel Adesanya
-Jason Knight vs. Jordan Rinaldi
-Lyman Good vs. Sultan Aliev
-Brian Kelleher vs. Domingo Pilarte
-Matt Frevola vs. Lando Vannata
-Karl Roberson vs. Jack Marshman
-Julio Arce vs. Sheymon Moraes
-Shane Burgos vs. Kurt Holobaugh