Who won Spivak vs Hardy?
Sergey Spivac beat Greg Hardy by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 272, on Saturday 5th March 2022 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).
Spivak vs Hardy stats
Sergey Spivac stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.
Greg Hardy made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.
Sergey Spivac's UFC record stood at 7-4-0, while Greg Hardy's came in at 4-5-0.
The stats suggested Hardy had a massive power advantage over Spivac, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Spivac's 38%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Spivac had a massive advantage over Hardy, boasting a 46% submission rate over Hardy's 0%.
Sergey Spivac was the younger man by 6 years, at 29 years old.
Hardy had a height advantage of 2 inches over Spivac. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.
Spivac was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 8 months earlier than Hardy, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 31 to Hardy's 22.
Spivak vs Hardy form
Hardy had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Tai Tuivasa at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Marcin Tybura at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had won against Maurice Greene at UFC Vegas 12 on 31st October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Before that, he had beaten Yorgan De Castro at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.
He had been defeated by Alexander Volkov at UFC on ESPN+ 21 on 9th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at CSKA Arena, Moscow, Russia.
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Spivac's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.
Hardy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.
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