UFC on ESPN 18 Smith vs Clark

Date
Sun 29th November 2020 (UTC)
Sat 28th November 2020 (Local)

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03:00:00 UTC

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League
UFC

Season
2020

Round
38

Status

Location
UFC APEX

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Description

UFC on ESPN: Smith vs. Clark (also known as UFC on ESPN 18 and UFC Vegas 15) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on November 28, 2020, at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Background

A heavyweight bout between Curtis Blaydes and former UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Derrick Lewis was expected to serve as the event headliner. A day before the event, the bout was canceled as Blaydes tested positive for COVID-19.

Shamil Gamzatov was briefly linked to a fight with Devin Clark at the event. However, Gamzatov was removed from the bout in mid-October due to alleged visa issues and replaced by former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Anthony Smith. Originally scheduled to be a three-round co-main event, this bout was promoted as the new five-round headliner after the cancelation of the original main event.

A featherweight bout between Sean Woodson and Jonathan Pearce was scheduled for the event. However, Woodson withdrew a week before the event a due to unknown reasons and was replaced by Kai Kamaka III.

Renato Moicano and Rafael Fiziev were expected to meet in a lightweight bout at this event. In turn, Moicano pulled out on November 21 after testing positive for COVID-19 and the bout was rescheduled for UFC 256.

A flyweight bout between Amir Albazi and Zhalgas Zhumagulov was expected to take place at this event. However on November 24, it was announced that Zhumagulov pulled out due to visa issues and the bout was rescheduled for UFC 257.

At the weigh-ins, Norma Dumont Viana weighed in at 139.5 pounds, three and a half pounds over the women's bantamweight non-title fight limit. Her bout proceeded at catchweight and she was fined 30 percent of her individual purse, which went to her opponent Ashlee Evans-Smith.

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Result List

01	Anthony Smith	WIN
01	Devin Clark	LOSS

02	Miguel Baeza	WIN
02	Takashi Sato	LOSS

03	Parker Porter	WIN
03	Josh Parisian	LOSS

04	Bill Algeo	WIN
04	Spike Carlyle	LOSS

05	Norma Dumont	WIN
05	Ashlee Evans-Smith	LOSS

06	Jonathan Pearce	WIN
06	Kai Kamaka	LOSS

07	Anderson dos Santos	WIN
07	Martin Day	LOSS

08	Gina Mazany	WIN
08	Rachael Ostovich	LOSS

09	Sumudaerji	WIN
09	Malcolm Gordon	LOSS