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The Ultimate Fighting Championship looks set to return to Las Vegas on August 8 for a Fight Night card featuring a heavyweight showdown in the main event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Event<\/strong>: UFC Fight Night: \u201cLewis vs. Oleinik\u201d
Date<\/strong>: Saturday, 8th August 2020
Location<\/strong>: UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada
Broadcast<\/strong>:\u00a0ESPN+<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The heavyweight division is arguably as good as it has ever been right now, with Derrick Lewis and Aleksei Oleinik being at the heart of that movement. They may not be amongst the very top contenders in the top 15, but you just know there’s going to be fireworks whenever they step foot into the Octagon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With just over a month remaining until this scheduled event goes down, with a likely destination of the UFC APEX, it’s time to take a look at the fight card as it stands (h\/t MMA Mania<\/a>).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

UFC on ESPN+ 34 Main Event<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Heavyweight – Derrick Lewis vs. Aleksei Oleinik<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

UFC on ESPN+ 34 Announced Bouts<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Heavyweight – Ciryl Gane vs. Sergei Pavlovich<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Middleweight – Chris Weidman vs. Omari Akhmedov<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Women’s Bantamweight – Nicco Montano vs. Julia Avila<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Middleweight – Wellington Turman vs. Andrew Sanchez<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Women’s Strawweight – Nadia Kassem vs. Miranda Granger<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This event will serve as Lewis’ second fight in 2020 after he was able to grind out a unanimous decision victory over Ilir Latifi at UFC 247 in his hometown of Houston, Texas back in February. After the bout, Lewis revealed<\/a> that he had been suffering from a life or death medical problem, with doctors urging him not to even fight.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cThe UFC doctors know what it is and the doctors here in Houston know what it is,\u201d he explained. \u201cIt\u2019s just something that\u2019s been going on that I still got to get addressed. Yes, it\u2019s a life-or-death situation. [It\u2019s] serious, yes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cI\u2019m dead serious,\u201d Lewis added. \u201cIt\u2019s something that happens to a lot of athletes, it doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re healthy or not. It\u2019s something that can still happen to you at the drop of a hat. That\u2019s all I can say. My doctor told me he thinks I shouldn\u2019t have taken this last fight He said that in a situation like this he don\u2019t think I should fight. So I got a second opinion from the UFC doctors and they read over everything and checked everything out. They said it shouldn\u2019t be a problem.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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