UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivak is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on September 2, 2023, at the Accor Arena in Paris, France.
The event will mark the promotion’s second visit to France and first since the country’s much anticipated debut at UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa in September 2022.
The event is expected to be headlined by a heavyweight bout between former interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Ciryl Gane and Sergey Spivak.
A women’s bantamweight bout between Zarah Fairn dos Santos and Hailey Cowan was scheduled for the event. However on August 6, Cowan was forced out of the event due to an injury. She was replaced by promotional newcomer and the LFA Women’s Bantamweight Champion Jacqueline Cavalcanti.
A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Volkan Oezdemir and Azamat Murzakanov was expected to take place at the event. However, Murzakanov pulled out in early August due to unknown reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer Bogdan Guskov.
A lightweight bout between Nasrat Haqparast and Sam Patterson was expected to take place at the event.[ However, Patterson pulled out due to health issues. A replacement was found in promotional newcomer, Landon Quinones, and set for the following week at UFC 293.
A pair of bantamweight bouts featuring Taylor Lapilus vs. Muin Gafurov and Caolán Loughran vs. Yanis Ghemmouri were expected to take place at the event. However, Lapilus was instead matched up with Loughrán after Gafurov withdrew due to visa issues. Ghemmouri was instead matched up with William Gomis in a featherweight bout after his original opponent Lucas Almeida withdrew due to injury
Check out the latest UFC Paris odds as the UFC heads to France on Saturday for a Ciryl Gane vs. Sergey Spivak main event.
UFC Paris takes place at Accor Arena, and the entire event streams via ESPN+ at an early start time. The preliminary card begins at noon ET (9 a.m. ET), and the main card kicks off at 3 p.m. ET.
As of Tuesday, heavyweight Ciryl Gane is a -174 favorite (bet $174 to win $100) over fellow headliner Spivak, who is a +136 underdog (bet $100 to win $136). That gives Gane an implied win probability of 63.5% in the UFC Paris main event.
The total (over/under) for Gane vs. Spivak has not been set.
You can check out the full list of UFC Paris odds via FanDuel for all of the fights on Saturday’s lineup in France below.
