Marcin Tybura-Sergey Spivak Rematch Slotted as Aug. 10 UFC Fight Night Headliner

The Ultimate Fighting Championship matchmakers decided this ranked heavyweight match needed five more rounds.

On the prelims of 2020’s UFC Fight Night 169 card, Marcin Tybura (25-8) faced and defeated Sergey Spivak (16-4) via grinding decision. Since then, the two have gone on similar runs of 7-2 and 6-2, respectively, to establish themselves in the top 10 at heavyweight. News broke in June that the two would run it back at the UFC Fight Night event on Aug. 10 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and the promotion announced Thursday morning that it would serve as the main attraction.

The win over Spivak in 2020 was the start of a run for Poland’s Tybura, who won his next four after the Spivak victory to put himself in title contention. Alexander Volkov spurred him at UFC 267, but he bounced back to claim decisions over Alexander Romanov and Blagoy Ivanov to stay in the picture. “Tybur” went on to headline UFC Fight Night 224 against Tom Aspinall , and the Brit smashed him in 73 seconds. In his last time out, Tybura put Tai Tuivasa to sleep in the main event of UFC Fight Night 239 this March.

The Moldovan will be looking to get back in the win column after a three-fight win streak was snapped by Ciryl Gane in Paris last year. Prior to the Gane stoppage, Spivak had put Greg Hardy , Augusto Sakai and Derrick Lewis away, all within two rounds. While Tybura has seen over a third of his wins come via decision, “The Polar Bear” has only relied on the judges twice to get his hand raised as a pro.

The currently unnumbered UFC Fight Night card will go down on Aug. 10 at Las Vegas’ UFC Apex facility. The remainder of the bout order beyond Tybura vs. Spivak 2 in the main event has not yet been finalized. Additional pairings that might serve on the main card include a rescheduled featherweight clash between Damon Jackson and Jose Mariscal , as well as a bantamweight battle pitting Javid Basharat against Chris Gutierrez . Additionally, Pannie Kianzad will face off against Karol Rosa at 135 pounds—Kianzad’s last two outings came on Tybura-headlined shows, and she lost both times.