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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Derrick Lewis Shares His Thoughts On Anthony Johnson’s Passing

Derrick Lewis is focused on his next fight at UFC Vegas 65, but that didn’t stop him from reflecting on the recent passing of a former UFC title challenger. The MMA community experienced a significant loss when it was announced that Anthony “Rumb…

Derrick Lewis is focused on his next fight at UFC Vegas 65, but that didn’t stop him from reflecting on the recent passing of a former UFC title challenger. The MMA community experienced a significant loss when it was announced that Anthony “Rumble” Johnson had passed away at age 38 following a battle with non-Hodgkin’s…

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UFC Vegas 65: Lewis vs. Spivak Fight Card, How to Watch

This Saturday at UFC Vegas 65, UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis will try to snap his two-fight losing streak against Serghei Spivak. Lewis hopes to get back into the win column after suffering two knockout losses this year. In his last fight, Sergei Pavlo…

This Saturday at UFC Vegas 65, UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis will try to snap his two-fight losing streak against Serghei Spivak. Lewis hopes to get back into the win column after suffering two knockout losses this year. In his last fight, Sergei Pavlovich defeated Lewis in less than a minute at UFC 277 on July…

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Derrick Lewis vs Serghei Spivac Set For November 19th

The return of Derrick Lewis is set, and he will be taking on yet another rising contender in Serghei Spivac. The UFC made the announcement official, with a post to their Twitter page. There they revealed that the former heavyweight title challenger in …

The return of Derrick Lewis is set, and he will be taking on yet another rising contender in Serghei Spivac. The UFC made the announcement official, with a post to their Twitter page. There they revealed that the former heavyweight title challenger in Lewis, will face the 15-3 Moldovan prospect Spivac in the main event…

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Derrick Lewis vs. Serghei Spivac set to headline UFC Vegas 65 on November 19.

Derrick LewisA pivotal heavyweight division clash between former title challenger, Derrick Lewis, and the surging, Serghei Spivac, is slated to headline UFC Vegas 65 on November 19. from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lewis, the current #7 ranked heavyweight contender, most recently featured at UFC 227 back in July, suffering a controversial first […]

Derrick Lewis

A pivotal heavyweight division clash between former title challenger, Derrick Lewis, and the surging, Serghei Spivac, is slated to headline UFC Vegas 65 on November 19. from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Lewis, the current #7 ranked heavyweight contender, most recently featured at UFC 227 back in July, suffering a controversial first round knockout defeat against Sergei Pavlovich at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

As for Spivac, the surging #12 ranked contender has landed victories in each of his last two Octagon appearances, most recently stopping Brazilian contender, Augusto Sakai at UFC Vegas 59 in August. The UFC confirmed the main event clash of Derrick Lewis and Serghei Spivac on their official Twitter account.

“With a combined 28 KOs, there two heavy hitters won’t go all 5 rounds. @TheBeast_UFC (Derrick Lewis) vs. Serghei Spivac is OFFICIAL for Nov 19!” 

Derrick Lewis is the most prolific knockout artist in the history of the UFC

26-10(1) as a professional, Lewis, the most prolific knockout artist in both the promotion’s heavyweight division and the entire organization to boot, suffered a prior knockout loss to recent UFC Paris headliner, Tai Tuivasa back in February before his knockout defeat to Pavlovich. 

In his most recent professional victory, Lewis stopped Chris Daukaus with a first round knockout back in December of last year.

Over the course of his lengthy Octagon tenure, the New Orleans-born heavyweight hitter has defeated the likes of Gabriel Gonzaga, Marcin Tybura, Alexander Volkov, Blagoy Ivanov, Alexey Oleynik, Curtis Blaydes, and current undisputed champion, Francis Ngannou.

Moldovan contender, Spivac on the other hand, has so far landed an impressive six victories since his landing in the UFC back in May 2019.

Suffering losses to Walt Harris, and Marcin Tybura to go with a TKO defeat to Tom Aspinall, Spivac has defeated Greg Hardy, Jared Vanderaa, Carlos Felipe, as well as finishing common-foe, Tuivasa, and beating Oleynik.

MMA Twitter Reacts To Spivac’s Dominant TKO Win Over Sakai

Serghei Spivac gave Augusto Sakai very few chances to mount any offense during their heavyweight bout at UFC Vegas 59. “The Polar Bear” made his game plan immediately clear when he took Sakai down with a trip early in the fight. The 27-year-old was abl…

Serghei Spivac gave Augusto Sakai very few chances to mount any offense during their heavyweight bout at UFC Vegas 59. “The Polar Bear” made his game plan immediately clear when he took Sakai down with a trip early in the fight. The 27-year-old was able to largely control Sakai for the rest of the round,…

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