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UFC Rankings Report: Serghei Spivac Ties Stipe Miocic After UFC Fight Night Main Event Win

As always, the latest action on offer inside the Octagon has seen some climb the ladder toward contention and others fall away. And in the aftermath of UFC Fight Night: Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac, MMA News has you covered with this week’s updates to the official UFC rankings. Men’s Pound-For-Pound: There was one change to the male […]

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As always, the latest action on offer inside the Octagon has seen some climb the ladder toward contention and others fall away.

And in the aftermath of UFC Fight Night: Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac, MMA News has you covered with this week’s updates to the official UFC rankings.

Men’s Pound-For-Pound: There was one change to the male P4P order this week and it comes toward the bottom, with Charles Oliveira (#14) getting boosted above his fellow former UFC champion Sean Strickland (#15).

Women’s Pound-for-Pound: No changes.

Women’s Strawweight: No changes.

Women’s Flyweight: No changes.

Women’s Bantamweight: Macy Chiasson has received a late reward for her efforts at UFC 303 in late June, moving up one spot to #4 at 135 pounds at the expense of former title challenger Irena Aldana (#5).

Further down, Yana Santos has returned to the top 10 courtesy of her victory over Chelsea Chandler this past weekend, climbing above Miesha Tate (#11) and Pannie Kianzad (#12). the former of whom has dropped three positions. The defeated Chandler, meanwhile, remains clinging on to a ranking at #15 despite not boasting a single victory in the weight class.

Flyweight: No changes.

Bantamweight: No changes.

Featherweight: No changes.

Lightweight: No changes.

Welterweight: No changes.

Middleweight: No changes.

Light Heavyweight: At 205 pounds, former title challenger Dominick Reyes has edged closer to the top 10, moving up to #13 and swapping positions with Bogdan Guskov (#14).

Heavyweight: Serghei Spivac returned to winning ways in Saturday’s main event, avenging his 2020 loss to Marcin Tybura by locking the Polish veteran in an armbar inside the opening minutes. As a result, “Polar Bear” has risen by two places to #7, where he’s met a man on the opposite trajectory in the great Stipe Miocic. The ex-champ has slipped another spot to share that step of the ladder with Spivac.

Those changes have resulted in Jailton Almeida climbing one spot to #6 and the defeated Tybura slipping a place to #9.

You can view the full updated UFC rankings here.

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Serghei Spivac takes less than two minutes to finish Marcin Tybura via armbar – UFC Vegas 95 Highlights

Serghei Spivac taps out Marcin TyburaSerghei Spivac made it an early night inside The APEX, scoring a big first-round submission victory over Marcin Tybura…

Serghei Spivac taps out Marcin Tybura

Serghei Spivac made it an early night inside The APEX, scoring a big first-round submission victory over Marcin Tybura in the UFC Vegas 95 headliner.

Things got started early with Spivac landing a nice right hand. Tybura fired back with a calf kick prompting Spivac to shoot in and secure a quick takedown against the fence. Spivac attempted to take Tybura’s back but failed to do so. That allowed Tybura to reverse position and put Spivac on his back.

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From the bottom, Spivac snatched Tybura’s arm and locked in a slick armbar that forced Tybura to verbally tap out before they’d even reached the halfway point of the round.

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Official Result: Serghei Spivac def. Marcin Tybura via submission (armbar) at 1:44 of Round 1. 

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Chepe Mariscal dominates Damon Jackson in frenetic co-main event clash – UFC Vegas 95 Highlights

Chepe Mariscal dominates Damon Jackson in frenetic Co-Main event clash - UFC Vegas 95 HighlightsChepe Mariscal scored his seventh-straight win on Saturday night inside The APEX. Things got off to a fast start…

Chepe Mariscal dominates Damon Jackson in frenetic Co-Main event clash - UFC Vegas 95 Highlights

Chepe Mariscal scored his seventh-straight win on Saturday night inside The APEX.

Things got off to a fast start with both fighters meeting in the middle of the Octagon and immediately jockeying for position. Jackson landed some solid knees in the clinch and controlled much of the action up against the fence, but Mariscal landed some solid blows while dirty boxing. Before long, both fighters were shedding blood. Mariscal moreso due to a clash of heads in the opening round.

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Things picked up right where they left off in the first, but a low blow to Mariscal brought a brief pause in the action. Mariscal managed to trip up Jackson halfway through the round and landed some big ground-and-pound strikes as Jackson desperately tried to scramble. Jackson made it through the round, but absorbed well over 70 strikes on the ground from Mariscal in the process.

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Despite the beating he took in the second stanza, Jackson looked fresh, but it didn’t take long for Mariscal to complete a double leg, putting Jackson on the man less than 90 seconds into the scrap. However, Jackson quickly reversed things and briefly took Mariscal’s back. The position didn’t last long as Mariscal scrambled and got back to his feet.

It wasn’t long before Marsical was able to work Jackson back down to the mat and continue lighting up his opponent with ground strikes. Jackson never stopped moving to keep Mariscal from unloading on him, but as a result, Jackson was never able to get his offense going, leaving it pretty clear who would walk away the winner on the scorecards.

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Official Result: Chepe Mariscal def. Damon Jackson via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)

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VIDEO: Toshiomi Kazama Recovers From Near-KO To Land Crazy Comeback Submission At UFC Fight Night

Toshiomi Kazama’s nickname may be the “Silent Finisher,” but he made a lot of noise with the way he scored a victory over Charalampos Grigoriou at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night. Kazama was hit with a big left hand about 20 seconds into the second round, which saw him dropped to the mat. Grigoriou followed him […]

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Toshiomi Kazama’s nickname may be the “Silent Finisher,” but he made a lot of noise with the way he scored a victory over Charalampos Grigoriou at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night.

Kazama was hit with a big left hand about 20 seconds into the second round, which saw him dropped to the mat. Grigoriou followed him there and unleashed devastating ground-and-pound.

To everyone’s surprise, though, the referee did not stop the fight and Kazama survived the flurry.

Toshiomi Kazama Goes From Nearly Being Stopped To Scoring Submission Win At UFC Fight Night

Kazama quickly got himself back into the fight with his grappling ability. Grigoriou tried to fight fire with fire, but playing into that strength proved to have a devastating mistake.

The Japanese prospect was able to lock up a triangle choke and scored a submission victory just one minute after looking like he would be the one getting finished at the Apex.

Kazama breaks a two-fight losing skid and perhaps saved his UFC roster spot with the win, going 0-2 prior to tonight since a win over Keremuaili Maimaitituoheti on Road to UFC.

Grigoriou, who scored a win on Dana White’s Contender Series last year, is now 0-2 in the Octagon.

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UFC Vegas 95 in chaos: Three fighters miss weight, adding to ‘Worst Card of the Year’ claims

UFC Vegas 95 in chaos: Three fighters miss weight, adding to 'Worst Card of the Year' claimsBranded likely the ‘worst’ event of the year so far, tonight’s lacklustre UFC Vegas 95 card took another hit…

UFC Vegas 95 in chaos: Three fighters miss weight, adding to 'Worst Card of the Year' claims

Branded likely the ‘worst’ event of the year so far, tonight’s lacklustre UFC Vegas 95 card took another hit overnight – with three separate matchups bringing skewing weight misses, to a card already under a bright spotlight.

Returning to North America tonight following a cameo in Abu Dhabi – the UFC hosted an impressive card in the Middle East over the course of last weekend, topped by a title eliminator between Umar Nurmagomedov, and Cory Sandhagen.

However, tonight’s 10-fight event at the Apex facility has been met with it’s fair share of critics during this week, with a four-year-old rehashed rematch between European heavyweight stalwarts, Marcin Tybura and Serghei Spivac topping the event.

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Littered with a host of names not immediately recognizable to those but hardcore audiences, the event features just one former title charger – in the form of former Invicta FC star, Yana Santos, who suffered a first round knockout loss to Cris Cyborg back at UFC 222 in an unsuccessful featherweight championship fight. 

UFC Vegas 95 card hit with more negative comments

And during yesterday’s official weigh-ins, three fighters missed their respective weight class limits ahead of UFC Vegas 95 – forcing a trio of catchweight clashes in their place.

Firstly, slated to take on the above-mentioned, Santos in her return, Chelsea Chandler missed the bantamweight limit for the second fight consecutively, coming in at 141lbs – forcing a catchweight clash.

Furthermore on the same main card, Danny Barlow failed to meet the welterweight non-title fight limit for his bout with Nikolay Veretenitkov – coming in at 171.25lbs.

And in the night’s co-headliner, Chepe Mariscal came in at 149.5lbs for his slated featherweight fight with Damon Jackson, forcing another catchweight – adding to woes to an already lacklustre and criticized UFC Vegas 95 card. 

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First facing off back in 2020 on a UFC Fight Night Norfolk card, Polish contender, Tybura turned in a unanimous decision win over Spivac as part of a five fight win streak that begun that night in Virginia. 

UFC Fight Night: Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac 2 Weigh-In Live Stream & Results

UFC Fight Night: Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac 2 takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the official weigh-in results! After back-to-back events in Manchester, England, and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, mixed martial arts’ leading promotion is back on home soil to stage another card at the Apex facility […]

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UFC Fight Night: Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac 2 takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the official weigh-in results!

After back-to-back events in Manchester, England, and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, mixed martial arts’ leading promotion is back on home soil to stage another card at the Apex facility in Las Vegas.

Topping the lineup will be a rematch between a pair of top-10 heavyweights, with Marcin Tybura and Serghei Spivac running back their 2020 bout, which the Polish fighter won by way of unanimous decision.

Elsewhere, the likes of Damon Jackson, Danny Barlow, Chris Gutiérrez, and Yana Santos will all have their next assignments inside the Octagon.

UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2 Weigh-In Results

UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac takes place on Saturday, August 10, at the Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main card begins at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, with the preliminary card starting at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT.

See above for a live stream of the weigh-ins via MMA Junkie, and check out the full results below!

Main Card:

  • Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac (heavyweight main event)
  • Damon Jackson vs. Chepe Mariscal (featherweight co-main event)
  • Danny Barlow vs. Nikolay Veretennikov (welterweight)
  • Chris Gutiérrez vs. Quang Le (bantamweight)
  • Yana Santos vs. Chelsea Chandler (women’s bantamweight)
  • Toshiomi Kazama vs. Charalampos Grigoriou (bantamweight)

Preliminary Card:

  • Karol Rosa vs. Pannie Kianzad (women’s bantamweight)
  • Jhonata Diniz vs. Karl Williams (heavyweight)
  • Youssef Zalal vs. Jarno Errens (Featherweight)
  • Stephanie Luciano vs, Talita Alencar (women’s strawweight)

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