Serghei Spivac submits Marcin Tybura with beautiful armbar in UFC Vegas 95 main event

The Final Combating Championship returned to us tonight, August 10, 2024 for UFC Vegas 95, happening dwell from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Headlining the occasion tonight was a heavyweight rematch between no. 8 ranked Marcin Tybura (25-9) and no. 9 ranked Serghei Spivac (17-4).

Tybura gained their first battle through unanimous resolution again in 2020, successful all three rounds on two of the three judges’ scorecards.

Tybura was going into that battle off a defeat to Augusto Sakai (KO), whereas Spivac went in off a win over Tai Tuivasa (arm-triangle choke).

Since their first battle Poland’s Tybura had gone 7-2, defeating the likes of Maxim Grishin (UD), Ben Rothwell (UD), Greg Hardy (TKO), Walt Harris (TKO), who defeated the Moldovan in his UFC debut, Alexandr Romanov (MD), Blagoy Ivanov (UD), and Tai Tuivasa (rear bare choke), the defeats coming to Alexander Volkov (UD) and interim UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall (TKO).

Spivac then again had gone 6-2 since dropping to Tybura, defeating the likes of Carlos Felipe (MD), Jared Vanderaa (TKO), Aleksei Oleinik (UD), Greg Hardy (TKO), Augusto Sakai (TKO), and Derrick Lewis (arm-triangle choke), his two defeats coming to Tom Aspinall (TKO) and former interim champion Ciryl Gane (TKO).

As you see these two have various widespread opponents; Tybura has a win over a reputation Spivac misplaced to (Walt Harris), Spivac has two wins over names Tybura misplaced to (Augusto Sakai, Derrick Lewis), they every beat Tai Tuivasa and Greg Hardy, they usually every misplaced to Tom Aspinall.

Proceed studying to see how our UFC Vegas 95 heavyweight essential occasion of the night went down:

Official Consequence: Serghei Spivac def. Marcin Tybura through submission (armbar) at 1:44 of spherical one

Spivac landed a superb proper hand as soon as the bout started, quickly after capturing in on a takedown the place he partially took Tybura’s again alongside the fence. He fell to his facet in try to take the again, and almost secured the place earlier than Tybura picked his proper hook off and ended up in high place.

It didn’t take lengthy from right here and Spivac went for an armbar from his guard, fantastically shifting his hips and flipping Tybura over as he completed the battle with it lower than two minutes into the opening spherical.

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Serghei Spivac as soon as once more proves he could be a significant issue within the UFC’s heavyweight division. Nobody had ever submitted Marcin Tybura earlier than in 33 skilled MMA fights, and he’s a BJJ black belt.

Although he’s misplaced a number of instances: to an athletic, heavy hitter in his UFC debut at simply 24 years of age, a much more skilled Tybura in his twelfth professional battle, after which the 2 of the present high three heavyweights on this planet in Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane.

Spivac remains to be solely 29 years of age.

As a heavyweight, he has a wealth of time to proceed enhancing and doubtlessly turn into the most effective on this planet some day.

The Moldovan contender improves to 17-4 as an expert tonight, 15 of these victories coming through end (11 within the first spherical) with seven knockouts and now eight submissions.

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