| UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship originally planned to take place on April 11, 2020 at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, United States. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was eventually postponed. The event was expected to be the third that the organization hosted in Portland, following UFC 102 in August 2009 and UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson in October 2016. A heavyweight bout between the former 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion and UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris was expected to serve as the event headliner. The pairing had previously been scheduled to headline UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik in December 2019. However, Harris pulled out of the fight in early November citing the disappearance and death of his stepdaughter in her home state of Alabama. A middleweight bout between Abu Azaitar and Alessio Di Chirico was scheduled for the event. However, Azaitar was pulled from the event for an undisclosed reason and replaced by Markus Perez. A middleweight bout between Derek Brunson and Edmen Shahbazyan was initially scheduled for UFC 248. However, it was announced on February 20 that the bout had been rescheduled and would serve as the co-main for this event. |