A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Derrick Lewis and Sergey Spivak was expected to headline the event. However, while the event was in progress, Lewis was forced to withdraw due to non-COVID, non-weight cutting illness and the bout was cancelled. As a result, Kennedy Nzechukwu and Ion Cuțelaba instead headlined the event. Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Ion Cuțelaba (Light Heavyweight) Chase Sherman vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (Heavyweight) André Fialho vs. Muslim Salikhov (Welterweight) Jack Della Maddalena vs. Danny Roberts (Welterweight) Charles Johnson vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (Flyweight)
After a stirring victory over Jan Blachowicz that earned him the UFC light heavyweight title, Glover Teixeira will put his belt on the line for the first time against 205-pound powerhouse Jiri Prochazka in a UFC 275 main event on June 11 that highlights the UFC’s return to Singapore. Fresh from a pair of knockouts over Volkan Oezdemir and Dominick Reyes that skyrocketed him into a title fight, the Czech Republic’s Prochazka is one of the most dangerous fighters in the sport, but Brazil’s Teixeira has seen it all over the course of his storied career, and after a long road to get to the top, he’s intent on remaining there. Plus, the most dominant champion in the UFC, flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko, returns in search of her seventh successful title defense as she attempts to hold off the charge of hungry Brazilian contender Taila Santos in the UFC 275 co-main event.
Vicente Luque vs. Belal Muhammad (Welterweight) Caio Borralho vs. Gadzhi Omargadzhiev (Middleweight) Miguel Baeza vs. André Fialho (Welterweight) Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Wu Yanan (Bantamweight) Pat Sabatini vs. T.J. Laramie (Featherweight) Mounir Lazzez vs. Ange Loosa (Welterweight)
Francis Ngannou vs. Cyril Gane (Heavyweight) Brandon Moreno vs. Deiveson Figueiredo (Flyweight) Michel Pereira vs. Andre Fialho (Welterweight) Cody Stamann vs. Said Nurmagomedov (Bantamweight) Rodolfo Vieira vs. Wellington Turman (Middleweight)
Bellator 167 was headlined by a bantamweight fight pitting Darrion Caldwell against Joe Taimanglo. Caldwell and Taimanglo previously met in a catchweight bout at Bellator 159. Caldwell did well in the first two rounds, but was caught with a fight-ending guillotine choke nine seconds into the third round. The defeat was the first loss of Caldwell’s career and Caldwell was a 14-1 favorite entering the bout, making the upset the fourth biggest in MMA history. Taimanglo was riding a four-fight winning streak into the rematch. Caldwell came into the first bout with Taimanglo off a career-best win over Joe Warren at Bellator 151. A featherweight bout between Pat Curran and John Teixeira was also scheduled for this card. However, the fight was cancelled in early November due to an injury sustained by Curran. Teixeira instead faced Justin Lawrence.
