Serghei Spivac earned the biggest victory of his MMA career last night (Sat., Feb. 4, 2023) at UFC Vegas 68 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, when “Polar Bear” iced knockout king Derrick Lewis with a dominant first-round submission (arm-triangle choke).
Lewis had little time to work his offense as Spivac scored a beautiful sweep early into the first. Spivac unloaded heavy ground-and-pound that put “Black Beast” on serious notice. Lewis fought to get back to his feet, but Spivac dragged him back down again and again. Eventually, Spivac grabbed a hold of the arm-triangle choke during a transition on the mat and forced Lewis to tap for just the second time in his career.
Check out the full fight video highlights below courtesy of UFC/ESPN:
Ready for the biggest fight of his career!
Sergei Spivac enters for his first main event at #UFCVegas68 pic.twitter.com/av3xGPdkge
— UFC (@ufc) February 5, 2023
The Beast is back in action!@TheBeast_UFC coming to get back in the win column in our #UFCVegas68 main event pic.twitter.com/vVntsav7Mp
— UFC (@ufc) February 5, 2023
Spivac made that look EASY. #UFCVegas68 pic.twitter.com/UkHwrRM512
— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) February 5, 2023
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