A four-fight winning streak has Derrick Lewis on the cusp of contention in the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight division.
The former Legacy Fighting Championship titleholder will toe the line against Shamil Abdurakhimov in the UFC Fight Night 102 main event on Friday at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. Meanwhile, the once-beaten Francis Ngannou faces Anthony Hamilton in the heavyweight co-headliner. The rest of the four-fight main card features a pair of light heavyweight tilts, as Corey Anderson locks horns with Sean O'Connell and Gian Villante confronts undefeated newcomer Saparbek Safarov.