UFC On PSN 20

Official poster for UFC On PSN 20

***UFC On PSN 20: Tyrone Vs. Fedor*** was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship in collaboration with Sony Interactive Entertainment through their PlayStation Network (PSN). The event took place on October 26, 2023, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

## Background

This event was announced to be the last UFC On PSN event in the PS4 era, as this event took place one day before the release of *EA Sports UFC 5*. This was also the first (and only) event to feature a full main card, preliminary card, and early preliminary card, with the latter featuring matchups full of fighters in their "primetime" versions of themselves, with the card being dubbed the "primetime card".

### Main Card

A UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Tyrone and former Pride Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko headlined this event. After Tyrone defeated Isaac Frost at UFC On PSN 17, he stated that he would be willing to fight the winner of Sergei Pavlovich vs. Fedor Emelianenko at UFC On PSN 18. After Fedor defeated Pavlovich, he would go on to state that he has expressed interest in fighting Tyrone for the UFC Heavyweight Championship. If Tyrone is victorious, he will break his own UFC record for the most consecutive heavyweight title defenses with five. With both fighters being regarded as two of the best heavyweights in all of MMA, Dana White announced that a celebratory "King Of The Heavyweights" belt will be awarded to the winner along with the UFC Heavyweight Championship. It was also announced that this fight would be Tyrone's last before entering retirement.

A UFC Welterweight Championship bout between current champion Tyrone Junior and welterweight contender Belal Muhammad served as the co-main event.

A UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Aaron Guevara and flyweight contender Brandon Royval was originally expected to take place at this event. However, Royval was forced out of the fight by the UFC due to contract disputes, and was replaced by former WFA Flyweight Champion Von Mejia, who was originally supposed to fight Ryan Wilkerson in the prelims. The two had previously met inside of the octagon two times before while both fighters were in the WFA, the first time with Guevara beating Mejia to capture the WFA Flyweight Championship, and successfully defended his belt against Mejia in the rematch.

A UFC Heavyweight trilogy between God and the Devil took place at this event. The pairing first met at UFC On PSN 15, where the Devil secured a win in the second round via knockout. The two would rematch at UFC On PSN 18, where God would enact his revenge in the second round via knockout. Both events broke the record for the highest grossing PPV events in history, with their first fight having a buyrate of 5.18 million, with their rematch having a buyrate of 5.19 million.

A UFC Welterweight bout between fan favorite Mitch Morales and former Bellator MMA Welterweight Championship title challenger Michael 'Venom' Page took place at this event. This fight was Page's UFC debut after signing to the promotion in free agency.

### Preliminary Card

A UFC Heavyweight bout between former champion Final Moss and Jairzinho Rozenstruik took place at this event.

A UFC Middleweight bout between undefeated prospects Keanu Barnett and Bo Nickal took place at this event.

A UFC Middleweight bout between former UFC Welterweight title challenger Darren Till and rising prospect Miguel Patel took place at this event.

A UFC Flyweight bout between former WFA Flyweight Champion Von Mejia and Ryan Wilkerson was supposed to take place at this event. However, Mejia was moved onto the main card to fight Aaron Guevara for the UFC Flyweight Championship after his original matchup against Brandon Royval was cancelled. UFC veteran Louis Smolka was set to fight Wilkerson as a replacement.

### "Primetime" Card

A UFC Middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva and former two-time UFC Welterweight and Middleweight Champion George St-Pierre took place at this event.

A UFC Light heavyweight bout between former division champions Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz took place at this event.

A UFC Middleweight bout between former Pride Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva and former two-time UFC Middleweight title challenger Chael Sonnen took place at this event.

A UFC Middleweight bout between former Strikeforce Light heavyweight Champion Dan Henderson and former UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping took place at this event.

A UFC Heavyweight bout between UFC Hall Of Famers Dan Severn and Mark Coleman kicked off this event.

#### Broadcasting controversy

Just before the bout between Henderson and Bisping took place, the live stream on YouTube was unexpectedly taken off the platform while it still remained untouched on pay-per-view. The UFC issued an apology for the inconvenience. The main card was uploaded to YouTube just two days later.

## Results

1. ↑ For the UFC Heavyweight and the symbolic "King Of The Heavyweights" championships
2. ↑ For the UFC Welterweight Championship
3. ↑ For the UFC Flyweight Championship
4. ↑ Page's UFC debut