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Serghei Spivac Gives Short & Sweet Response To Jailton Almeida’s Callout Following His UFC Fight Night Main Event Win

UFC heavyweight contender Serghei Spivac doesn’t seem interested in pushing for a specific name following his win this past weekend. Spivac headlined a low-key card at the Apex on Saturday night, getting his chance for redemption opposite fellow European Marcin Tybura. The Polish fighter defeated his Moldovan peer on the scorecards back in 2020. But […]

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UFC heavyweight contender Serghei Spivac doesn’t seem interested in pushing for a specific name following his win this past weekend.

Spivac headlined a low-key card at the Apex on Saturday night, getting his chance for redemption opposite fellow European Marcin Tybura. The Polish fighter defeated his Moldovan peer on the scorecards back in 2020.

But “Polar Bear” got his revenge in Las Vegas, quickly locking in a tight armbar for the verbal submission less than two minutes into the very first round.

The performance, which saw Spivac earn a performance bonus, was followed by a relaxed interview from the 29-year-old heavyweight, during which he dismissed a push from Michael Bisping to call out a name.

Instead, Spivac simply said he’d be content sharing the cage with anybody above him in the heavyweight pecking order. And while he didn’t make the matchmaker’s life any easier, one contender did by throwing his name into the hat…

Almeida Calls Out Spivac, Gets Direct Response

During his post-fight press conference on Saturday night, Spivac reflected on his victory in the latest UFC Fight Night main event and assessed what could lie in his future.

“Polar Bear” reiterated his decision to avoid specific callouts, explaining that it’s difficult to pinpoint a name in an ever-changing weight class.

“When people ask me what’s next, it’s very hard for me to say because a lot of things can change in the heavyweight division really quickly,” Spivac said. “So it’s good for me when the UFC says who is next as opposed to me having to choose. I understand that tournaments happen every single Saturday, every single week, so I’ll wait and we’ll see what’s next.”

Spivac did have his attention turned to a callout that he was the recipient of, however.

Soon after the Moldovan’s win, the #7-ranked Jailton Almeida pitched a clash with him next. Spivac had little to say in response, but the three words he did utter would appear to signal a green light.

“Let him train.”

Almeida is coming off the first defeat of his UFC career, having had his push for a title shot stalled by Curtis Blaydes by way of a violent TKO at UFC 299 this past March.

Spivac, meanwhile, has won four of his last five. The sole loss in that run was a knockout setback at the hands of Ciryl Gane in Paris last September.

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‘Forever Indebted To Serghei Spivac For That Quick Finish’ – MMA Fans React To Spivac’s Slick Armbar In UFC Fight Night Main Event

Serghei Spivac continued his upward momentum and scored revenge in the process with a quick finish of Marcin Tybura in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night. Spivac got right on Tybura’s back as the round started, scoring an early takedown. The Polish heavyweight answered by reversing and getting in the Moldovan’s guard. While […]

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Serghei Spivac continued his upward momentum and scored revenge in the process with a quick finish of Marcin Tybura in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night.

Spivac got right on Tybura’s back as the round started, scoring an early takedown. The Polish heavyweight answered by reversing and getting in the Moldovan’s guard.

While Tybura tried to do work from there, it ultimately proved to be his undoing. Spivac locked his legs around the veteran’s arm and rolled through with an armbar from the back, scoring a verbal submission.

Serghei Spivac Avenges Loss To Marcin Tybura With First-Round Submission In UFC Fight Night Headliner

Tybura and Spivac first met at UFC Fight Night Norfolk in February 2020, with the former winning via unanimous decision.

“Polar Bear” has now won four of his last five fights and rebounds from a second-round TKO loss at the hands of Ciryl Gane last year in Paris. His only losses in the UFC have come against Tybura, Gane, Walt Harris, and current interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall.

Tybura, meanwhile, has now lost two of his last three fights.

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UFC Fight Night Results & Highlights: Serghei Spivac Submits Marcin Tybura

UFC Fight Night took place tonight from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights!  In the main event, top-ten ranked heavyweights Marcin Tybura (#8) and Serghei Spivac (#9) clashed. While in the co-main event, Damon Jackson faced Chepe Mariscal in a featherweight matchup.  UFC Fight Night Results: Main Card Preliminary […]

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UFC Fight Night took place tonight from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights! 

In the main event, top-ten ranked heavyweights Marcin Tybura (#8) and Serghei Spivac (#9) clashed. While in the co-main event, Damon Jackson faced Chepe Mariscal in a featherweight matchup. 

UFC Fight Night Results: Main Card

  • Heavyweight Main Event: Serghei Spivac def. Marcin Tybura via submission: R1, 1.44
  • Featherweight Co-Main Event: Chepe Mariscal def. Damon Jackson via unanimous decision (30-25×2, 30-26)
  • Welterweight: Danny Barlow def. Nikolay Veretennikov via split decision (29-28×2, 27-30)
  • Bantamweight: Chris Gutiérrez def. Quang Le via unanimous decision (29-28×3)
  • Women’s Bantamweight: Yana Santos def. Chelsea Chandler via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28×2)
  • Bantamweight: Toshiomi Kazama def. Charalampos Grigoriou via submission: R2, 1.55

Preliminary Card

  • Women’s Strawweight: Stephanie Luciano def. Talita Alencar via unanimous decision (30-27×3)
  • Women’s Bantamweight: Karol Rosa def. Pannie Kianzad via unanimous decision (30-27×3)
  • Heavyweight: Jhonata Diniz def. Karl Williams via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28×2)
  • Featherweight: Youssef Zalal def. Jarno Errens via submission: R1, 3.52

Preliminary Card Highlights

Youssef Zalal def. Jarno Errens

Youssef Zalal locked in a standing rear-naked choke to get the win against Jarno Errens in their featherweight bout.

Main Card Highlights

Toshiomi Kazama def. Charalampos Grigoriou

In this bantamweight bout, Toshiomi Kazama earned his first UFC victory after submitting Charalampos Grigoriou in the second round.

Yana Santos def. Chelsea Chandler

Yana Santos earned a unanimous decision win against Chelsea Chandler in their women’s bantamweight bout.

Chris Gutiérrez def. Quang Le

In this bantamweight bout, Chris Gutiérrez earned a unanimous decision victory against Quang Le.

Danny Barlow def. Nikolay Veretennikov

Danny Barlow remains undefeated after being handed a split decision win over Nikolay Veretennikov in their welterweight bout.

In the co-main event, Chepe Mariscal got it done on the scorecards to defeat Damon Jackson via unanimous decision.

Serghei Spivac def. Marcin Tybura

In the main event, Serghei Spivac took under two minutes to submit Marcin Tybura with an arm bar.

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Derrick Lewis medically cleared following UFC Vegas 65 main event cancellation

derrick lewisDerrick Lewis medically cleared just hours following main event cancellation Just minutes before the UFC Vegas 65 main card started yesterday, November 19, 2022, we were all informed that our main event between heavyweight contenders Derrick Lewis and Serghei Spivac had been cancelled via undisclosed medical issues on Lewis’ behalf. Color commentator Brendan Fitzgerald announced […]

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Derrick Lewis medically cleared just hours following main event cancellation

Just minutes before the UFC Vegas 65 main card started yesterday, November 19, 2022, we were all informed that our main event between heavyweight contenders Derrick Lewis and Serghei Spivac had been cancelled via undisclosed medical issues on Lewis’ behalf.

Color commentator Brendan Fitzgerald announced on the broadcast that Lewis was suffering from a ‘non-Covid, non-weight cutting issue’, and that he would not be competing in the events headliner.

Instead, light-heavyweight talents Kennedy Nzechukwu and Ion Cutelaba took their place, moving from the co-main event to the three round main event of the evening where Nzechukwu was victorious via TKO in round two.

Derrick Lewis was reportedly hospitalized, and though he hasn’t spoken out on his fight cancellation, he was cleared and released shortly thereafter. It was later understood that Lewis was battling stomach issues in the hours leading up, thus the reason the bout was scrapped and he was hospitalized.

We’re unsure whether or not the UFC aims to keep this match up together, but we can only hope, as a lot of us fans were really looking forward to it. It was to be a good test to see where Spivac was at in his career, and it was also going to be a good test to see if Lewis is still atop the UFC’s heavyweight division.

No. 7 ranked Derrick Lewis came into the bout on a two-fight losing skid, having been defeated by no. 4 ranked Tai Tuivasa and no. 5 ranked Sergei Pavlovich, who are ironically facing one another at UFC on ESPN 42 on December 3, 2022.

No. 12 ranked Serghei Spivac on the other hand was headed into UFC Vegas 65 on a two-fight win streak, having defeated Greg Hardy and Augusto Sakai over his latest two appearances.

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Derrick Lewis Weighs In On Israel Adesanya’s UFC 281 Gameplan

Derrick Lewis thinks that Israel Adesanya was close to defending his title at UFC 281, but he also understands how hard it can be to stick to a plan once you step into the cage. “The Black Beast” is set to take on Serghei Spivak in the main event of UF…

Derrick Lewis thinks that Israel Adesanya was close to defending his title at UFC 281, but he also understands how hard it can be to stick to a plan once you step into the cage. “The Black Beast” is set to take on Serghei Spivak in the main event of UFC Vegas 65. The heavyweight…

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Serghei Spivak: “I Don’t Do The Rankings”

Serghei Spivak isn’t particularly concerned about the person standing across from him in the cage, and he definitely isn’t worried about where he stands in the UFC rankings. The 27-year-old is currently experiencing his best year in the UFC since joini…

Serghei Spivak isn’t particularly concerned about the person standing across from him in the cage, and he definitely isn’t worried about where he stands in the UFC rankings. The 27-year-old is currently experiencing his best year in the UFC since joining the promotion in 2019. After having a three-fight win streak snapped by Tom Aspinall…

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